The Apprentice: SG-1 Series

Chapter Seven: Good news and Pianos

I stared down at the grand piano sitting in the middle of the room and smiled. I had no idea Daniel even had this in his house. I glanced across the room into the kitchen were the entire team plus Sha're, Fraiser, and Hammond were. They were all laughing at something Jack had said. I smiled and walked into the room.

"What's with the piano I didn't know you played?" I asked, pointing at the piano.

Daniel glanced behind me at the Piano, a small frown on his face.

"I don't but I've been trying to learn," He replied.

I smirked. It was obvious to me that he wasn't getting the hang of playing, and it made me feel giddy that I knew something he didn't and would get the chance to be the one to teach him this time.

"Well I could teach ya sometime if ya like," I stated.

The team stared at me in shock for a second.

"You play the piano?" Hammond asked, intrigue lacing his voice.

"Yeah learned from my mom before she died, she was a piano teacher," I answered.

"Really, why didn't you ever mention that?" Daniel asked.

"I don't know just slipped my mind I guess," I replied, shrugging my shoulders.

"All right then show us, go forth, play for us," Jack ordered, making a shooing motion towards the piano.

I rolled my eyes but made my way back over to the piano. I sat down in front of the piano and the team gathered around me. I set my hands on the keys and took a second to think of what I wanted to play. It's been a while since I've played but my fingers still remember every key. I smiled as a song came to my mind and I quietly started to play. It took a minute, but they soon figured out what I was playing

"Is that moonlight sonata?" Sam asked.

I nodded my head and continued to play. As I played the memory of the day my mom taught me to play this song engulfed me. It was shortly after my 8th birthday. I can remember it like it just happened yesterday...

My tiny fingers ran over the keys on the piano in awe. Mom had been teaching me to play for some time now, and she was finally gonna teach me how to play her favorite song. I glanced up at mom, who was smiling down at me. She had dark brown hair that curled down her back almost to her waist, and she had brown eyes that seemed to glow whenever she was happy.

"You ready my little wolf?" She asked.

I nodded my head and glanced back at the piano. Mom positioned my hands on the keyboard, then placed hers right overtop of mine.

"Okay now move your hands with mine," She instructed.

Slowly we moved our hands together over the keys playing out the song several times. It took a couple hours, but I was getting the hang of the song. The problem I had the most with was that my fingers were still small, which made it hard to play. But soon enough I could slowly play it on my own with only a few errors every now and then.

"That's good little wolf. Just keep practicing and eventually you'll be able to play it by heart without even thinking about it," Mom stated, wrapping her arm around me in a hug.

I smiled and hugged her back.

"Well if it isn't my two favorite girls playing piano," A voice behind us exclaimed.

I turned with a smile to look at dad.

"Daddy!" I squealed, jumping up into his arms.

Dad was tall, and he had a mane of bright red hair, piercing blue eyes, and there were dozens of freckles splattered across his face. His hands were calloused from working at a construction site almost every day for the past several years, and he always wore a button up flannel shirt that was soft to the touch, and a pair of jeans. Hugging him was like hugging a giant teddy bear and I loved it.

"How's my little wolf doing?" Dad asked, kissing my cheek.

"Mommy taught me how to play Moonlight Sonata," I exclaimed.

"Did she now. Well you'll just have to play it for me," Dad requested.

I nodded my head, and dad set me back down on the ground. I sat back down at the piano, and slowly played the song taking my time to make sure I played it right...

I finished the song as the memory slowly faded away. I could hear everyone clapping, and I turned to face them.

"Wow you're really good, Adul'fia," Skaara stated, sitting down next to me.

"Well I learned from the best," I replied, shrugging my shoulders.

The team smiled at me and I stood up.

"All right let's go eat I'm starving," I announced.

Everyone chuckled and shook their heads. We made our way back into the kitchen and sat down at the table. Daniel and Jack served the food, and we all started talking. We spent the next two hours talking about the past year or so and laughing about things that have happened.

"I still can't believe that you can play like that and you never told us," Hammond stated.

"Indeed, it is an amazing talent," Teal'c concurred.

I blushed and glanced down at mine and Skaara's intertwined hands.

"Uh well ugh guys me and Sha're have something we'd like to tell all of you," Daniel exclaimed suddenly.

Everyone turned to look at the two. Sha're was smiling brightly and Daniel just looked nervous.

"Why don't you tell them," Daniel suggested, glancing down at Sha're.

I frowned slightly trying to think of what they wanted to say. Sha're smiled and nodded her head.

"I'm pregnant," Sha're announced.

For a second, I just sat there my mind not processing what she just said, and then suddenly I was wrapping my arms around her and Daniel.

"Holy crap congratulations," I exclaimed, smiling.

Everyone moved forward to either hug them or pat them on the back. We spent the next hour talking about plans for the baby and what they were going to name it.

"Well Janet already knows, we've been to several checkups. We know it's a girl, but we can't think of a name," Daniel confessed. I glanced over at Janet.

"And you didn't think to tell me," I scolded, smacking her on the arm.

"You know I couldn't besides they wanted it to be a surprise," Janet defended.

"What about Sophie for the baby's name?" Skaara asked.

My eyes went wide, and I glanced over at him.

"I like it, where did you hear that name?" Sha're asked. Skaara glanced down at me.

"Adul'fia told it to me. She was telling me about her mother one night and I asked what her mother's name was," Skaara replied. I smiled at him and leaned on his shoulder.

"Well I think it's a great name," Sha're said, smiling brightly. I smiled.

"Why don't you play us another song Adolfina?" Teal'c suggested.

There was a chorus of agreements from around the room and I stood up and moved towards the piano. I sat down at the piano and started playing another Beethoven song. The rest of the night was spent playing the piano and watching movies. By midnight we were all piled on or around the couch in the living room watching a movie, and soon enough everyone started to fall asleep. I was sitting in between Skaara and Daniel on the couch with Sha're sitting on the other side of Daniel.

Jack and Sam were sitting next to each other on the floor in front of the couch, and Teal'c had claimed the large armchair next to the couch, while Janet had claimed the pull-out couch Daniel had brought out, and Hammond claimed the other armchair. I smiled and rested my head on Skaara's chest and slowly drifted off to sleep...