Vala sits on Daniel's lap at what appears to be a Christmas party on board the Odyssey. Cam, holding a sprig of mistletoe above himself, stoops to kiss the alien after kissing Sam.

Sam opened her eyes, barely ten minutes after coming home as she lie on the couch, hearing a knocking on her door. Frowning slightly, she answered it and to her surprise, found Daniel standing there. Smiling in surprise, she let him in, and he asked,

"You ok?"

She nodded and asked, "Do you want anything?"

He shook his head and she walked into the kitchen nonetheless to get some juice, asking, "What's up?"

He watched her as she poured herself some juice, shaking his head when she silently offered him some, and he replied as he followed her back into the lounge, "I hear you and Teal'c are an item..."

He hid a smile as she groaned, putting her glass down on the coffee table so she could put her head in her hands, and she remarked, "If I ever find out who started the rumour, I'll kill them." She looked at him. "I went to him last night to talk..." Noticing him smile mischievously, she playfully hit him and remarked with a laugh, "You knew!"

He shrugged, his smile fading as he replied, "Teal'c told me that there wasn't anything going on."

She frowned. "Why would Teal'c have to tell you nothing's going on? Why would you even ask him?"

He shrugged again, replying, "I got curious and you've been odd for a while... I guess I should have asked you what was up but... I don't know... I got the feeling that you needed space."

She asked suddenly, "Do you ever wonder what happened during those fifty years?"

He nodded as he replied, his smile gone, "Yes... all the time. I wonder how we managed together for so long."

"What would you do if you knew somehow about what happened? Would you go with the flow of events?"

He frowned in confusion and asked, "What's this about?"

"Did you ever wonder why Vala asked you out earlier?"

He now looked flabbergasted. "Teal'c said that we were an item?"

She shook her head and replied, "No... I saw it."

He frowned again. "How? It hasn't happened for us yet, those fifty years."

"I've been having dreams of what happened... little snatches and flashbacks ever since we came back. That's why I went to see Teal'c last night. It's got so unbearable but I didn't want to report it... I don't want to get referred to MacKenzie."

"Good point." He asked, now trying to comprehend what she was telling him, "You know what happened? How is that even possible?"

She looked scared. "I honestly don't know. What I do know is that you and Vala get together... Cam goes on and on for most of the time how he wanted to work with the best but didn't want to spend fifty years of seeing us day in, day out. Teal'c's the only one who stays relatively normal." Tears rolled down her cheeks. "General Landry died and I had to struggle for most of that time to save everyone as well as the Asgard's legacy. It was hard."

He gently pulled her into a hug and she whispered, "Sorry... I didn't want to cry all over you."

He shushed her, rubbing the top of her back as a means of comfort. "It's ok... how long have we known each other?"

She rested her head on his shoulder, and he asked, glancing down at her, "Does Vala know?"

She shook her head and replied softly, "Only Teal'c."

He nodded, as though deep in thought, and she straightened up, gazing at him a little fearfully as she asked, "Would it have ever worked if..." he watched her, waiting for her next words, "... if we got together? I know that it might not, but it could. We won't know until we've tried it."

He sighed and she looked ready to put a foot of space in between them in embarrassment when he replied with a shrug, "I don't know... it's... it's something that..." he blushed, "Ok... I have thought about it... a lot."

She shook her head. "I don't want to force you... it..."

"Oh Sam... ten years. I know we haven't been too good these past two years what with everything... but would a little romance really affect our friendship?"

She looked a little annoyed at his use of 'little'. "Romance or a fling?"

He smiled as he touched her jaw. "How about the works?"

She looked overcome at his remark and when he made to apologise, she hugged him. They then gazed at each other, their lips growing ever closer until they did something that they had never done in ten years of friendship as their arms came around each other.

When they came up for air, absolutely amazed at the feelings that had surfaced, he whispered breathlessly, hugging her again as a hand lost itself in her hair, "I'm ready..." When she looked at him quizzically, he continued with a smile, touching her lips, "I was never sure whether I was ready to move on after Sha're... but I knew that I would with you. It's just so much clearer now." His eyes moistened. "Everything is..." Suddenly he looked scared. "What about Jack?"

She smiled, wrapping her arms around his shoulders to bring him closer as she remarked, "What about him?"

He raised his eyebrows in surprise before they kissed again, and he asked, "Well?"

"Well... the fact that I am very seriously considering a lot of things right now..." she blushed, "... and the fact that I let the General go a long, long time ago..."

They both smiled, their arms tightening around each other as they resumed kissing, beginning to gently explore the previously unknown together.