Truth & Lies
Briar Elwood
14: Same
"Hey."
Vala turned in her quarters, where she'd stayed constantly since being 'rescued', to see Cameron standing in her doorway, eyes soft. She turned her back on him. She'd been avoided by everyone since her return and had no desire to hear any apologies or questions about who she was any time soon.
"We got a lead on Ba'al."
"Hm."
"Landry says its your call whether you come or not."
"I'll stay, thank you."
Pause. Cam walked in a couple more tentative steps.
"Vala…what happened?"
"Why do you care?"
"Look, I don't know what the others think, but I still trust you," Cam blurted with a sigh. Vala stopped the ranting in her head and craned to listen without turning. "I don't know why you lied to us, didn't tell us you're…an…Ancient…but I can think of a few pretty good reasons and that's enough for me. I mean, yeah, I wanna know, I expect to find out and am quite curious to understand but…I still trust you. I still think of you as a friend. You're still the same person."
Vala turned slightly. "Been practicing that?"
Cam smiled and shrugged slightly. "A bit." He returned to seriousness. "What happened, Vala?"
She shook her head, turning away again. "I…Not yet. Maybe later."
Cam pursed his lips thoughtfully for a moment, but nodded. "All right. I can cope with that."
A/N: You know, I really think Cam and Vala connect well. I mean, they're both the "new guys". Really, I think Vala connects well with all of them. Teal'c and her are "the aliens." Sam and her are "the girls." Daniel and her are the ones who've been through a whole load of crap. Yeah.
Anywho.
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