"Daniel."

Daniel turned, surprised. He was just about to go into his quarters at Henwies's place to check on Ettan, who had fallen asleep earlier, and found Vala had followed him.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"We never really…" She stopped, revising. "I never got the chance to reply."

Daniel nodded. "Yeah," he agreed.

Vala took in a breath in preparation. "I don't know if you realize this but…holding it from me only hurt more. And I know I can't know that for sure and yadda yadda, but Daniel…I'm not exactly ready to be a grandmother yet! Especially when the kid's father is you…"

"Daddy?"

Daniel looked down in surprise to Ettan: he hadn't even noticed the door opening. He knelt down to level himself with the little boy blinking sleep out of his eyes.

"Yes, Ettan?"

Vala didn't stay to hear anymore. With an exasperated sigh, she quickly went back to join the rest of the team.

XxXxX

"So are we sticking with the story that the Ori wiping out Earth wasn't or isn't supposed to happen?" Landry double-checked. Daniel nodded.

"For now, yeah. We know that the Prior wouldn't have come through the 'gate if the Stargate Program was still in operation. We also know now that the program wouldn't have shut down if it hadn't gone public. The reason it went public is because Jennifer Dari started to dig because she was angry because her husband, who was or is going to be on SG-1, was killed and she wasn't able to know what the hell happened. So. If Harrison Miles hadn't died, none of this would've happened.

"So Harrison's not supposed to die," Vala concluded. Daniel nodded.

"How're we supposed to prevent that?" Cameron asked.

"Well, we know that the main two reasons he died was because of the element of surprise Adria used and the fact he was the only one in the room. I don't see how we're supposed to get more people in the room or him out of it, but we could take away the element of surprise if Adria didn't have the Asgard beaming technology."

"But that happened a month ago," Landry pointed out. Daniel shrugged.

"We're getting into the past then too." He glanced across the table to Sam, who looked like she had been smacked across the face.

"How are we to prevent Adria from gaining the Asgard beaming technology, Dr. Jackson?" Teal'c asked after a moment. Daniel sighed.

"I'm not quite sure yet."

"Yet," Cam repeated. Daniel nodded.

"Yet."

"Carter, are you all right?" Landry asked gently. Sam snapped out of it, blinking at the general. Quickly, she nodded.

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine."

Landry nodded, satisfied. "All right then. Daniel, you keep working. Dismissed." He stood and walked away, back into his office. Teal'c, Sam and Cameron rose with him, slowly leaving after Landry disappeared from view. Q and Vala took their time, Q with a heavy sigh.

"Lunch?" she asked Vala. Vala nodded.

"Yeah, just give me a mo."

Q's gaze flickered to Daniel, whose brow was creased and not hearing a single word the females were saying, and gave Vala a quick smile. Without a further word, she left down the stairs. Vala looked to Daniel herself and, bracing her shoulders, walked closer.

"Daniel?"

Daniel whipped his head around, jolted out of his thoughts, pushed his glasses up slightly and gave Vala a half-smile.

"Vala," he replied.

"We need to talk," she said.

"We've been needing to," he pointed out. She shook her head.

"That's not what I mean. Every time I try to talk to you, Ettan interrupts."

Daniel frowned. "He's my son, Vala."

"Yes, but don't I deserve some attention as well?" Vala asked. "If you really want to resolve this, like I do, can't Ettan wait five minutes? It's as if I don't matter. And maybe I don't to you…but I sure thought we were at least friends."

Daniel looked utterly confused. "Vala, what the hell are you talking about?"

"I—"

"Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy!" Ettan came hurtling towards Daniel and tugged on his pants leg. "I'm hungry!"

Vala froze, rigid and eyes fixed on father and son, waiting to see Daniel's reaction. The linguist turned to Ettan and fell to his knee to talk to his son.

"Yes, Ettan?"

Vala bit back a bellow of rage and whirled around to join Q for lunch and rant about the idiocy of males.

A/N: I love reviewers and live for constructive criticism!