This is my sorry attempt at Valentine's Day fluff so it's not very good but I'm posting it anyway.

It's a sequel to Christmas with the Mitchells. I've got Teal'c in this one!


Disclaimer: Trust me, dollface, if I owned the Stargate franchise, SG-1 and SGA would still be on the air and SGU would never have happened.


Spoiler Warning: None


Chapter 1

12 February

"C'mon, Vala!" Sam yelled as she barrelled into the alien's room. "We're going to miss our flight."

"I'm coming, I'm coming," she retorted dragging a large suitcase behind her. "I don't see why we couldn't just take the Odyssey again. Your Tau'ri methods of transportation are far too primitive."

"I told you already. Jack is retired now and he didn't want to call in a favour."

Vala merely rolled her eyes as she followed her friend through the corridors of the SGC until they reached topside. It wasn't often she got to see Earth by day so she stopped for a moment to take in the scenery. Earth may have been a backward world when but came to transportation but it was gorgeous. Her thoughts were suddenly derailed, though when Samantha tugged on her arm to get her moving again.

"Let's go." she hissed.

Vala rolled her eyes again but followed Sam to her car where the blonde took her suitcase and quickly tossed it into the trunk before climbing in the driver's seat. Vala shook her head and jumped in as well. She barely got her seatbelt in place when Sam tore out of the parking lot at a speed that actually shocked Vala. This was nothing like driving with Daniel.

"Um, Samantha?" she tried after a few minutes. "Don't you think we ought to slow down? I'd like to get there in one piece, if that's all right with you."

Sam glared for a moment before looking toward the speedometer and Vala saw her cringe before slowing down. "Sorry, Vala. I just don't want anything to go wrong."

"I know but, trust me, getting there alive is the first step to things going right." she grinned and Sam spared her a small smile. "Really, everything is going to be just fine."

"How can you be so sure?" Sam asked, turning back to the road ahead. "We're SG-1. Plan A never works."

"That's why there are plans B through Z. And, if none of those work, we move on to the Goa'uld alphabet."

She heard Sam giggle and knew her joke had the desired effect. Samantha was finally starting to relax. Now all she had to do was make sure everything went as planned. Shouldn't be too difficult, she thought. After all, it was just a wedding. And, goodness knows, Vala had been involved in plenty of those.

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"Where the hell are they?" Jack asked for what seemed the millionth time. "It's not like Sam to be late."

"They'll be here, Jack." Daniel answered exasperatedly.

"What if something happened? Or worse, what if she changed her mind?"

"I do not believe Samantha Carter would do that, O'Neill." Teal'c answered stoically and Daniel was grateful for the Jaffa's presence. As best man, it was Daniel's job to keep Jack calm the next few days, but the man was already driving him wonko. He was glad he had Teal'c around for backup.

"You're right, you're right." Jack said but continued to pace. "And she is with your space pirate, Danny boy. God only knows what kind of trouble those two could get into together."

Daniel grinned at the thought of Sam and Vala being a modern day Thelma and Louise and it only widened when he saw the two women in question walking swiftly toward them. He was happy to see the serene look on Sam's face as she leant in to kiss Jack but one look at Vala and he could see something was bothering her. He opened his arms for her, fully expecting one of her enthusiastic kisses, but all he got was a quick hug and a perfunctory peck to the lips.

"What's wrong?" he whispered in her ear.

She looked up at him quickly, the crease in her brow growing, but quickly brought out her mega-watt smile. "Oh nothing, darling. I was just...thinking. So, when do we leave?"

Daniel knew a deflection when he saw it but decided to wait until they reached their destination to ask her about it. Instead, he placed his arm around her shoulders and led her to their departure gate. The others followed in tandem and soon they were on their way to Las Vegas.


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