I published the first bit of this ages ago and promised to do a companion/sequel. Well, I finally got to it but decided to re-post it all as one story. It'll only be about 3 chapters long, though, so you can rest assured that I have not forgotten about Return To Me. I'm still working on that but this one was just begging to be written.

Chapter 1

"Oh, come on, Muscles." Vala whined as she paced the Jaffa's quarters. "You don't actually have to say anything. Just give me a hint."

Teal'c only stared at her, showing no signs of breaking any time soon.

"Okay, how about this. I ask you a question and you answer without saying a word."

The Jaffa finally tilted his head in interest and Vala knew she had him. She rubbed her palms in anticipation.

"Good, now this is how we'll do it. I'll ask a question and you answer by lifting your eyebrows. One for yes, two for no. Got it?"

Teal'c's head was still tilted but after a few moments one eyebrow rose and Vala grinned.

"Question number one, did I hook up with anyone in those fifty years on the Odyssey?"

One eyebrow.

"More than one someone?"

Two brows.

"Was it a man?"

One brow and a twitch of the lips.

"Was it you?"

Two eyebrows.

"No, then. Okay. General Landry?"

Two again.

"Cameron?" she asked with a bit of hesitancy.

Two eyebrows.

"Wa-Was it Daniel?"

It was Teal'c's turn to hesitate this time as he studied her, obviously puzzled by her stutter. After a moment, though, a single brow rose and Vala had her answer. She wasn't sure how she felt about it. She'd apparently convinced Daniel to have sex with her sometime in the fifty years that never happened. If it had been anyone else, she probably could have written it off as an act of desperation. But Daniel...Vala knew he wasn't the type to just sleep with a woman out of boredom. He had to care about her first. Maybe even love her. Had they loved one another in those fifty years? Had she been able to finally take down her walls and let him in? Did she even want to know? Looking up, she noticed Teal'c still staring at her curiously and she cleared her throat.

"Did it last a long time?" she asked.

He rose one eyebrow and she nodded.

"Were we still together at the...at the end?"

One brow.

They'd been committed to each other and Vala felt a bubble of hope in her chest. If they'd been able to do it then, maybe they could do it now. She only had one more question to ask, but it was the hardest one yet.

"Did we love each other?" Vala held her breath and waited for him to answer.

"Indeed." He gave her a single nod and a slight smile.

Vala bit her lip and thought about this last revelation. She wasn't sure what she was going to do with the information, even if she would do anything with it. This was going to take some time to figure out. She turned back to Teal'c with a grateful smile. "Thank you, Teal'c." She kissed his cheek and turned to leave.

"You are most welcome, Vala Mal Doran."

Vala left without looking back. She had her answers, now it was time to figure out what to do with them.

()()()()

Meanwhile, just outside...

Daniel raised his hand to knock on Teal'c's slightly ajar door when he heard a voice. Vala. Not wanting to interrupt, he started to move away when he heard her say something about the Odyssey. He sighed when he realised she was badgering Teal'c about the fifty years he'd spent on the ship again. He knew he should either call her on it or walk away but her line of questioning intrigued for reasons he didn't want to analyse at the moment. She wanted to know if she'd been with anyone in that time and he wanted to scoff. Knowing Vala, she'd tried her wiles on them all. But then he realised that Teal'c was telling her that she'd only been with one person, only one...He felt his heart clench at that knowledge, especially as she listed everyone one on the ship only for Teal'c to obviously negate it. Everyone but him..Could it be? She finally got to him and he heard a stutter in her voice that gave him pause. Why should that affect her so much? Could it be that she actually had real feelings for him? Had he been wrong? Pushing his ear closer to the opening, he concentrated on what she was saying.

"Did it last a long time?" Daniel waited as the silence permeated the room then he heard her ask another question. "Were we still together at the...at the end?"

Daniel wished he could see Teal'c's reaction to this but he didn't want to give away his presence just yet. It seemed like forever before either alien spoke again and Daniel's breath caught at the question.

"Did we love each other?"

There was something in her voice, something he'd never heard from her. Or something he'd never wanted to hear. He was just about to walk away when Teal'c answered aloud this time.

"Indeed."

Daniel stumbled away from the door. Not only had Teal'c confirmed that he and Vala had been together in the fifty years they didn't remember, but that they'd had a committed relationship full of love for each other. It hadn't been one-sided. It wasn't a game. That knowledge left him stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he staggered away down the halls. He had to think about this.