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Chapter 2:
Vala avoided Daniel for the rest of the dance. She wasn't sure why Daniel's presence and voice had affected her as much as it had. By 11:30 p.m. all of the students had left and the chaperones were headed out. Vala and Daniel walked in silence to the car. When Daniel attempted to engage her in conversation Vala simply sat there. He finally gave up and they drove back to the base in silence.
Vala nearly flew into the building, abandoning Daniel outside. She reached the safety of her room and scrambled out of the dress and back into her B.D.U.'s before collapsing on the bed. She reached under one of the pillows and pulled out a picture of Daniel. The tears she had tried so hard to suppress came, rushing out of her eyes like a waterfall. Morning found her, sound asleep with the picture clutched to her breast and tearstains on her face.
Daniel walked slowly to his room, pondering Vala's strange behavior. He had enjoyed himself at the dance and was quite surprised that Vala had not. As he changed out of his dressy clothes he decided to call Sam for advice on women. He looked at the time 12:18 a.m., Damn he swore, maybe in the morning. By 2:00 a.m. Daniel had read an entire book on Goa'uld physiology and had two nightmares from the few minutes of sleep he had received. Finally, he decided he had to call.
The phone rang three times before a very disgruntled person answered. "Who the hell is calling at two in the morning? If this isn't important I will personally hunt you down…"
"Jack? I could've sworn I dialed Sam's number…" Daniel remarked.
"Daniel, you did call Sam. Now, tell me why," Jack replied.
Daniel paused before speaking again. "Jack, why are you at Sam's house at 2:00 a.m.?"
Jack nearly exploded. "Daniel, why the hell do you think I'm at Sam's? I never get to see her…"
"Oh. Well, maybe you could help me. It's about Vala, she is acting very strange."
"Vala? Acting strange? Never!"
"Ha ha, we chaperoned that dance and we had to dance in order to blend in. I knew the song so I started to sing. When the song ended she ran off crying. I didn't see her for the rest of the dance. When we drove back to the base Vala didn't say a word. And then she ran to her room," Daniel finally paused for breath.
"Did if ever occur to you that, perhaps Vala has feelings for you?" Jack asked.
"Vala? And me? Are you insane?"
"Daniel, her feelings are obvious to everyone except you. Just talk to her tomorrow. Now, good night!" Jack hung up immediately.
"Wai…" Daniel flopped backward onto the bed his mind busy as a beehive.
As Vala got ready for the day her mind wandered to the previous evening. She realized that she had probably offended Daniel and decided to apologize. She left her room and headed to the briefing room. She was hoping to intercept Daniel before the briefing began. Sam and Cam were sitting in the room discussing the latest intelligence. Vala stayed outside the door, lying in wait for Daniel.
About five minutes later he rounded the corner. Vala stepped away from the wall and said, in time with Daniel, "I need to talk to you." They both smiled ruefully.
Daniel opened his mouth when an alarm started blaring. "Unscheduled off-world activation!" Walter called. Both Vala and Daniel took off for the control room
When they arrived there was a radio transmission from SG-5 on P3X-729. "We have made contact with the natives. They showed Dr. Johnson some sold ruins with Goa'uld writing all over them. Johnson is requesting that Dr. Jackson join us and help translate. Also, Col. Carter may want to come as it appears there is a lot of Naquada in the ground," Major Stewart was saying.
Gen. Landry looked at Sam and Daniel who both nodded. "Dr. Jackson and Col. Carter will be through within the hour. Major, stay sharp.
"Thank you sir, Stewart out." The gate then shut down. Sam and Daniel departed to get ready to go off world. Vala sighed.
When Daniel finished packing he set off in search of Vala. He had missed his chance to talk to her earlier and wanted to finish their conversation before he went off world. He finally found her sitting in the mess hall eating some blue jello. Daniel sat down across from her and said, "Hello, Vala. I don't believe we finished our chat earlier."
Vala looked up startled, "No we didn't. I wanted to apologize for my behavior last night."
"You don't need to apologize Vala, I do. I really don't want what happened last night to come between our friendship," Daniel remarked.
Vala smiled, "Me neither."
Daniel stood up, "Well, aren't you going to come see Sam and I off?"
Vala stood up and followed Daniel out. She was thinking about how much she would miss him while he was away. These thoughts were a mystery to Daniel as the two walked towards the Gate Room in companionable silence. Daniel himself was wishing it was Vala, not Sam that accompanied him. He would really miss her if she wasn't off world with him.
When the two arrived Sam was already there. Gen. Landry told Walter to begin dialing the gate. The gate activated. Daniel picked up his bags, smiled at Vala, and followed Sam through.
A/N: A little tidbit for the next chapter...
What if Daniel can't get back?????