Chapter 1

Disclaimer: Don't own anything, just borrowing the characters for a short while.

AN: This idea just wouldn't leave me alone. Fisrt SG-1 Story. Mentions events from season ten maybe a bit of nine. Takes place post Unending.

Summary: Daniel tries to get some work done, something makes him lose his concentration. Teal'c stops by and offers some advice and Daniel gets a "bad" idea.

Daniel Jackson sat in his lab hunched over the latest artifact that SG-6 had brought back from P4X-997. It was rather fascinating, at least to the archaeologist, it was covered in a rare dialect of ancient writing and Daniel had spent the last two days trying to decipher it. He had been making much progress on the translation when he felt another presence in the room.

"Hello darling" He almost dropped the artifact in his hand upon hearing her voice. Letting out a frustrated he ran a hand through his hair through his short brown hair. It still amazed him that this woman could change his whole demeanor at the drop of a hat.

"Vala..." He said in a warning tone

"You've been working on that Ancient thing for days. I so bored, can we please do something fun."

"This is fun." he told her, deadpan.

"Daniel," she whined "we're on down time, let's get out of here."

"Vala, can you please go bother someone else, I'm trying to work." He snapped in frustration, knowing full well that she didn't really deserve to be treated this way, but it was the only way he was ever going to get any work done. He had been making progress right until she came into his lab and started pushing his buttons, and she knew exactly which buttons to press to illicit the desired effect. He hated that she knew him so well, not that he would ever admit that to anyone. He could feel her grey-blue eyes burning into the back of his head. He slammed his pen down forcibly on his desk, and spun around to face her "Vala, please I need to get this done."

Her smile faltered a bit, and for a moment he thought he saw something different in her sparkling eyes, but he wrote it off as just a trick of the light. "Well I must be off anyhow, I told Samantha that I would meet her for lunch, don't work too hard." With one final bright smile and a flip of her long black hair over her shoulder, she spun on her heel and bounced out his door, which was something he couldn't help but smile at, if there was one thing he admired about her it was her spirit.

Daniel turned back to the artifact in front of him only to find that he had completely lost any concentration that he may have had before she came in. He didn't know how she did it but he found it impossible to get his focus back on the translation in front of him. He put his head down on his arms and let out an aggravated sigh. It was a wonder that he ever managed to get any work done with her around. He hated that in the span of a few minutes she was able to completely distract him from anything that he may have been trying to accomplish. He let out another sigh, and ran his hands over his face.


Teal'c had been passing by the door of the archaeologists lab and couldn't help but allow a small smile at the obviously distressed archaeologist. "DanielJackson" Teal'c's deep voice startled him. "Is something the matter?"

"No, I just can't seem to concentrate." The jaffa smiled slightly and bowed his head at his friend.

"Perhaps, DanielJackson it would be wise to take a break." Daniel sighed, knowing that his jaffa friend was right.

"Yeah," He said, sounding slightly defeated "Maybe I'll go home for a few days"

"I believe that is wise DanielJackson." Teal'c bowed his head once again. "I must take my leave, I am due to visit my son."

"Have a good time Tea'c" the archaeologist told his friend half heartedly. "Oh, and Teal'c, have you seen where Vala went?"

"I believe that I saw ValaMalDoran heading to the cafeteria."

"Thanks Teal'c" the former first prime bowed his head a final time before making his way towards the gate room, and couldn't help the small smile that graced his face at the way that the dark haired former space pirate affected the archaeologist. After the fifty years that they all had spent on the Odyssey he couldn't help but hope that events would in some way repeat themselves.

After putting away the artifact that he had been working on translating, Daniel left his lab and headed in the direction of the mess, hoping that he would find Vala there. She had been right earlier when she said that they should get off base for a while. He sighed and knew that he would regret what he was about to do the second he did it. He caught a pair of black pigtails and a sparkly barrette out of the corner of his eye and taking a deep breath he headed towards her knowing full well that this was a very bad idea.