Disclaimer: I still don't own stargate…
After the initial jokes and prodding subsided, they'd finally sat down for the movie. Sam, Cameron and Teal'c took the couch, so Daniel and Vala shared the chair. It was just big enough for them to sit semi-comfortably, but Vala's legs were stretched across his, and every once in a while, Daniel would catch himself rubbing her leg instead of just resting his arms there.
He could only imagine what the others must be thinking. It wasn't as though he'd never thought of Vala in a sexual way, just never in a romantic way.
They were watching Vala's favorite movie, The Wizard of Oz, and every so often he would catch her humming along to the songs, or mouthing the words. He wondered if she knew she was doing it.
After the movie ended, and Dorothy got to go home, it was time for poker. Vala loved poker. Whether it was a full house or a royal flush, she loved playing with the cards, and loved even more winning. They of course played with fake money, as both Vala and Teal'c were so good at it, they would all go home broke otherwise. Especially Sam.
So of course, the only way to keep Vala interested in the game, was to get her liquored up.
"Oh come on! It's not like we made the Jell-O to fight with! She ran into me!"
"Oh, not even, you ran into me!" She made to hit him but it came out a shove.
Sam laughed.
"Oh come on you two lovebirds," Cameron said. "Kiss and make up!"
Daniel tried to laugh that off, but Vala actually climbed into his lap and laid one on him.
After a few seconds they split apart, both a little surprised.
"My turn, my turn!" Mitchell said, smiling.
Vala snapped out of it. "You wish," she said, sitting back in her chair. "Ask me to marry you and then we'll talk," she joked.
The rest of the night was one big blur of laughs, jokingly called Daniel and Vala's engagement party.
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Daniel had a headache before he even woke up. He was laying in his bed, almost falling off, so he rolled over, hitting someone with his arm as he went.
"Ow!" she said.
He looked over to see Vala beside him in her bra and underwear. He thought she would wake up after he hit her, but she didn't, so he just looked at her. Her makeup had run, she had the word 'bride' written on her forehead, she still had dried bits of Jell-O in it, and though he'd seen and felt her body before, on the Prometheus incident, he couldn't remember her ever looking that good.
"Vala?" he said.
"Good morning, Daniel," she said back, eyes still closed.
"What are you doing in my bed?" he asked.
"I'm not in your bed. You're in my bed," she corrected him.
"Open your eyes," he suggested.
She moaned in protest before finally doing so. Looking around, she seemed just as confused as him. And then she noticed her lack of clothes.
"Huh," she said, and then laid her head back down to go to sleep.
"Vala," Daniel said, trying to poke her awake.
"Blah," she said sleepily, pushing his hand away.
"Aren't you the least bit curious as to why you're in my bed half-naked?"
"Yep," she said, still trying to sleep.
Daniel looked at her, now almost laughing. "You look to me as though you aren't?"
"Ok, then."
Daniel got up, one hand to his head from the head-rush, and went to the bathroom to get Advil. He heard snoring coming from the tub, and opened the curtain to see Teal'c sleeping in the tub. His head hurt more thinking about that, so he went out into the kitchen to get a glass of water, and heard more snoring coming from the living room. So he went in there to find Sam and Cam, asleep on the couch in each other's arms, with the words best man and maid of honor written on their faces. For some reason that didn't hurt his head so much.
As he passed the mirror on his way back to the bedroom, he noticed he too, had writing on his face. 'Groom' was spelled in big black letters across his forehead.
"So, last night was at least fun," he said to himself.
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Sam and Cam were the first ones to join him in the kitchen, having been woken by the sounds of him making breakfast.
"Do you have to be so loud?" Sam asked, holding her head.
Daniel pointed to the bottle of Advil he'd left on the table. She offered some to Cam, but he declined. "I can hold my beer a bit better than you."
"So, then, would you care to fill me in on what happened last night?" Daniel asked him, cracking eggs into a bowl. "And why this marker seems to be permanent?"
Mitchell smiled. "Last night was fun," he said. "Teal'c conked out first, would you believe it...I guess it was it first time drinking, now that he doesn't have a symbiote. Apparently the tub was cool, so he went in there. Then me, Sam, you and Vala played a drinking game, long story short, we all got lots of fun writing on our heads, then Vala wanted to play strip poker but Sam talked her out of it, so then she said she was gonna play strip Vala, and took her shirt and pants off, which was when you carried her off to bed. You never came back out, so me and Sam fell asleep, I guess."
He looked at his friends. "Why permanent marker?"
"It was a dare," Cam said.
"So, what are you making?" Sam asked.
"Bacon and Eggs," he said.
"Sounds good," she said, as he put the bacon on.
Within seconds Vala came out of the bedroom and into the kitchen.
"I want to be buried with that smell," she groaned, grabbing Advil off the table.
"Well, hello Mrs. Jackson, how are you this morning," Cam joked, getting a playful nudge from Sam.
Vala had to shake her head at the pull in her stomach that sentence gave her. "Go away, you horrible man...Daniel, I need bacon."
"It's coming, keep your pants on."
Everyone in the room laughed at that, as Vala still had only her undergarments on.
"Oh, come on, you know you like it," she said, scooping a barely cooked piece of bacon from the pan.
Though they set aside an extra dish for him, Teal'c didn't get up until after they'd finished eating. When he finally got out of the tub, it was already past noon.
He came into the living room, rubbing his head. "You must not allow me to drink anymore."
"I agree, you make a lousy drunk," Cam commented.
Teal'c looked up, noticing the marker on their faces. "Did that happen last night or this morning?"
They went cross-eyed looking at their foreheads. "Last night."
"Do I -?"
"Nope ... you went to sleep before that," Cam said.
Teal'c sat on the couch with a thud.
"You alright, Muscles?" Vala asked, sucking the last of the milkshake Daniel had made her through the straw.
"I will be fine," he said.
"Just as long as you stay away from the booze," Daniel added.
