Just Hold On: Girls' Day Out
Chapter: 2
By: AvitarGirl
Disclaimer: Don't own Stargate or Labyrinth
Summary: (Author's Note: Yeah as you can tell by the disclaimer, this is turning into a crossover. It wasn't my original intention but, hey it works. Oh and it's only mentioned in this chapter.) Sam and Vala go out for the day and end up in a bookstore…what will Vala find or rather what will Sam find for her?
Two o'clock in the morning. The sound of the telephone woke the sleeping colonel up. Sam grumbled to herself and managed to climb out of bed. The phone was probably on its 50th ring by now. She hoped hadn't woken up Vala, who was sleeping in the spare room.
Sam made her way downstairs and into the kitchen.
"I'm coming" she fussed at the phone, not bothering to look at the caller ID before answering it. "Hello" she said with a irritated tone.
"Carter?" came the sound of Jack's voice.
"Sir?" she asked sounding perplexed. "Why are you calling me at 2 AM?"
"Camron called me." Jack said yawning.
"Oh no!" Sam grumbled sitting down on one of the barstools at the kitchen counter. "What happened"
"Well it sounds like Danny-boy got a little drunk and pissed" Jack said, not sounding like he believed it much himself. "Cam said that he passed out on his couch and woke up asking for Vala"
"Dang!" Sam cursed. "Sir, I can't let him see her. Not while he's like that. He could either hurt her, or get himself hurt"
"Yes" Jack said, sounding slightly amused at the thought of how his two friends met. "I can see how that poses a problem"
"I mean it, sir" Sam said earnestly. "Vala still hasn't said what happened. I think she's afraid to"
"Carter," Jack started, "why don't you take Vala out for the day? You know? Let her see the city, take her to the mall while I fly in and knock some sense into our mild mannered archeologist"
Sam smiled. Jack always had a way with words. "What good will that do"
"I dunno" Jack said in his very 'Jackish' way. "But I think that Daniel will realize what he's done if I come and 'talk' with him"
Sam sighed, resigning herself to the plan. "Okay, sir. If you think it will work"
"I know it will work." Jack added quickly. "This is me planning to talk sense into Daniel. Not Camron"
He was right. Although the new leader of SG-1 was usually pretty good with most situations, Jack was the best one to call when the situation had something to do with a certain archeologist whining.
"Alright," Sam said with a yawn. "Any other reason you called"
"No, Not really" Jack said pausing for a moment. "Goodnight, Sam"
Sam allowed herself a small smile at hearing Jack use her first name. "Goodnight, Sir."
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"So" Vala said taking a bite of her pancakes. "What are we doing today"
Sam had decided not to tell her friend about the conversation she'd had with Jack a few hours ago. The last thing she wanted to do was upset Vala. Not when she was just starting to seem like her old self again.
"I think we'll go to the mall" she told her. "They say that shopping usually helps when you're upset"
Vala thought for a moment. She hadn't really done shopping for the pleasure of it, not on this planet anyway. She had a few things that she owned from going shopping with Daniel, but that had been quite some time ago.
"Alright" Vala agreed. "Sounds like fun"
Sam smiled. Good, at least her friend was open to doing something besides sitting around the house eating ice cream and watching movies all day. That had never been Sam's style. When she was upset, she went out and did something for herself. Granted she didn't always spend money doing something, but she would window shop or go to the park and read, or go out riding on her motorcycle. She didn't want Vala to fall into that trap of wasting her life moping about.
"Great" Sam said finally, before taking another bite of her breakfast. "After we finish breakfast, we'll get ready and go out. There are some wonderful stores I think you'll like"
Vala grinned excitedly. "A girls' day out" she said taking a sip of her orange juice. "This will be fun."
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"I don't know, Sam" Vala said a distasted look on her face. "I'm not much of a reader. I leave that to Daniel"
Sam smiled. For the past ten minutes she had been trying to explain to Vala that not all books were as boring as the ones that Daniel had in his office. "Just look at it" She insisted.
Vala cautiously took the book, and read the title. "Labyrinth" she stated. The look on her face was of total confusion. "You want me to read a book about mazes"
Sam groaned. "It's a story, Vala. It's like watching a movie only with words"
"You mean it's a novel?"
"Yes! A lot of books on this planet are novels"
"You could have said that you know" Vala grinned.
Sam groaned and walked away, muttering something under her breath. Vala smiled to herself. She knew that Sam was trying to help her, and she was grateful, but she hadn't realized that Earth had other books besides the boring type of history books that Daniel always read. Daniel. Why did she keep thinking about him? Wasn't she supposed to be thinking about other things while she was shopping? After breakfast Sam and Vala had gotten themselves ready for an entire day of shopping at the mall. They'd hit Victoria Secret, Macy's, JC Penny's, Nordstrom, Blockbuster, and now finally Border's Bookstore. It had been a great day. She had about five huge bags of stuff, two of which Sam was carrying for her. But every time she saw a shirt she liked, or a dress, the first thing that popped into her head was if Daniel would like it. She just couldn't help herself. Sighing, Vala went up to the cashier and bought the book. I hope Sam is right about this, she thought to herself.
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