Title: A Very Tau'ri Wedding

Rating: T

Summary: Vala struggles to understand Tau'ri wedding traditions as she prepares for her upcoming nuptials with Daniel.

Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate or any of its wonderful characters.

Chapter 1: The Proposal

"Sam?" Vala knocked loudly on the door to Sam's quarters.

She was about to tell Sam, as promised, how her date with Daniel had gone last night. Vala remembered that Sam had given her a strange look when she had told her that Daniel was making her dinner at his place, and now she had a feeling that she knew why.

"Come in!" Sam yelled from inside her quarters.

Vala entered and smiled warmly at her blonde friend who was currently at her bookshelf organizing things.

Sam smiled back at Vala. "Well? How did it go?" She stopped her organizing and went to face Vala.

"You knew didn't you?" Vala asked Sam.

"No...wait knew what? Sam feigned innocence quickly looking away from Vala.

Vala burst out in a happy laugh. "You are a terrible liar Samantha!"

Sam sighed. "Okay, okay I knew. You know I couldn't tell you, it would ruin everything! Wait, he didn't mess it up did he?"

Vala laughed again. "No, he didn't." She sat down in one of the chairs in Sam's room.

Sam sat across from her. "Well, tell me everything!" Sam looked at Vala excitedly.

"Well I don't think you want to know everything." Vala winked at Sam as she thought about how things had escalated last night.

Sam look almost horrified. "Umm, no just tell me how he proposed silly!" She leaned closer to Vala.

Vala smiled and as she told Sam of her date with Daniel she relived every moment in her mind.

When Vala arrived at Daniel's apartment she knocked and was almost immediately greeted by a grinning Daniel. She had taken extra care to wear something sexy, but not too showy because she knew that was what Daniel preferred. She had chosen a dark green spaghetti strap dress that went down to her knees. It wasn't even that low cut! She was quite proud of herself. Daniel ushered her inside placing his hand on the small of her back.

"You look breathtaking!"

Vala smiled at Daniel. "Thank you darling, you don't look half bad yourself."

Daniel lead Vala to his dining room where he had set up two tall white candles that were already lit and flickering gently. He had also set up actual china plates, not the paper plates that they usually ate off of.

Vala was mesmerized at how romantic Daniel could be when he actually tried.

"Oh Daniel, how lovely. All of this for a little date?"

Daniel frowned slightly at Vala, running his fingers through his short hair. "Don't you remember? We have been together for a year now."

Vala laughed. "Darling we have been together for years now." Vala wasn't sure what was up with Daniel, but he seemed like he had a lot on his mind.

"Right, well I mean officially not the odd friendship/pre-relationship thingy we had before." Again Daniel ran his fingers through his hair.

"Oh okay," Vala said as she smoothed out imaginary wrinkles on her dress.

Daniel pulled out Vala's chair for her before he went to the kitchen and brought out the dinner that he had made for their date.

Vala saw that Daniel had made one of her favorite dishes, stuffed chicken with homemade mashed potatoes and green beans. It was nothing fancy, but knowing that Daniel had made it for her had Vala smiling.

Daniel poured them each a glass of red wine before he served the food and sat down across from Vala.

"I...I hope you like this," Daniel stuttered a bit as he picked up his fork.

"Daniel, everything looks delicious and just the fact that you made it makes it wonderful." She smiled at Daniel and went to take a bite of her chicken.

After dinner, in which Daniel dropped his fork twice which Vala found very odd, they settled on the sofa to watch a movie together. Daniel held out a few choices for Vala to choose from, they were all romantic movies. Vala was surprised that he would rent romantic movies for them to watch because usually he grumbled when she suggested they watch one. However, she happily chose The Notebook for them to watch.

Daniel slipped the DVD into the player and went to sit next to Vala on his sofa. He immediately put his arm around her and pulled her close. Vala was elated just by the feeling of being in his arms. She felt so lucky to be with a man like Daniel. He may have been difficult to get, but now that she had him she never wanted to let go and that was definitely something new for her.

About halfway through the movie Vala sighed. "They are meant to be."

Daniel tightened his grip on Vala. "Just like us," he said as he pressed a kiss to the top of her head.

Vala took Daniel's hand in her own. She was surprised to find out that his palm was sweaty.

"Are you okay darling?" She looked at Daniel with concern.

His blue eyes bore down at her and she saw something flicker in them before he looked down. "Of...of course, why wouldn't I be?" Daniel's voice wavered when he said this.

Vala gave him a look. "Now Daniel, I know there something wrong so you better tell me." She crossed her arms.

Daniel sighed and Vala saw that he shook as he got up from the sofa. "Wait here and close your eyes."

Vala looked up at him excitedly. "A surprise? Oh, what is it? What is it?" She practically bounced in excitement.

Daniel gave her a stern look as he put the movie on pause. "Vala, I will be right back. Close your eyes and no peeking!" With that said, Daniel walked out of the room.

Vala closed her eyes and tried to think of what kind of surprise Daniel had in store for her.

A few minutes later Vala heard something fall on the floor with a very small thud followed by a curse from Daniel.

"Darling?" Vala was getting impatient.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Daniel huffed and Vala heard his footsteps get closer. She heard a soft "Damn it." come from Daniel and the urge to peak was almost too much to bear.

"Okay, open your eyes," Daniel said in a meek voice.

Vala opened her eyes and took in the scene before her. Daniel was on one knee and he had a small black box in his hands. Vala had seen enough movies to know what was happening. Her heart started pounding in her chest as she locked eyes with Daniel.

"Vala Mal Doran, we have been through so much together as friends, co-workers, and finally lovers. I never thought that that day on the Prometheus many years ago that the woman who beat me up and tried to steal the ship would one day become the love of my life, but here I am...here we are. What I am trying to say is that I love you with all my heart and I would be honored if you would be my wife. Will you marry me?" Daniel looked up at Vala expectantly as he flipped open the box to reveal a beautiful solitaire diamond in a white gold setting.

Vala didn't answer Daniel, instead she leapt from the sofa and pounced on him. She tackled him to the floor and kissed him with all the love that she possessed.

When they finally came up for air Daniel laughed. "I'll take that as a yes?"

"Yes, of course!" Vala attacked Daniel once again kissing him fully on the mouth. A few moments later Daniel's hands began to roam...

"Vala!" Sam interrupted. Vala realized that she was telling Sam about the proposal and not just reliving it in her head.

"Right, sorry you didn't want those details." Vala laughed and looked at Sam with a smirk. "Are you sure though? I don't mind bragging about what a fantastic lover Daniel is."

Sam started to look physically ill. "Stop! Please stop! Daniel is like a brother to me and eww just eww. Now where is that ring?" Sam lifted Vala's left hand and frowned when she saw the ring was not on her finger.

Vala pulled the ring, that was hung on a chain around her neck, out of the front of her shirt. "Daniel and I decided it was best if I didn't wear the ring on my finger until we announced our engagement to everyone."

"Oh okay I understand," Sam said as she studied the ring. "Now, we have a lot to discuss about this wedding Vala."

Vala smiled at Sam as they began to discuss wedding details.

End of Chapter 1...I will have a new chapter up soon, please review!