WARNING: No plot advancement what so ever. Silly fluff only.

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In her living room Sam had a large beige couch, matching love seat and a brown leather recliner. As usual on their team nights Teal'c had arranged the furniture to face the wall where Sam had a large flat screen television mounted. The team had expressed surprise the first time they saw the new television. Sam muttered that it had been a present. When they tried to probe deeper she smiled and ignored them. Later Vala approached her saying "Such large TVs are used to watch sporting events are they not Sam? I don't remember, is ice hockey a sport? Should I ask the guys?" Sam had smiled, shook her head no and holding her finger to her lips whispered shut up.

Teal'c, Rayna and Vala sat on the couch with Rayna in the middle. Mitchell had claimed the recliner leaving the love seat for Sam and Daniel. After they were all comfortably settled in Mitchell yelled.

"No, no. This is all wrong. We can't have all the aliens sitting together. They could be planning our demise, the takeover of earth and the end of life as we know it!" As he spoke Rayna started to write on her tablet. It was obvious from her expression that she knew it was a joke.

Daniel got up and sat on the floor in front of Vala leaning back between her legs. "Does that make you feel better?"

"I'm counting on you to protect us Jackson. Watch out for that old Vulcan mind meld, that never goes out of style."

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Dinner had been fun. Rayna had helped Daniel make the salad intrigued by the different vegetables. Vala had cooked the meat filling and refried beans. While they were chopping and slicing she had Rayna and Daniel take care of the lettuce, onions, tomatoes and peppers for the tacos. Rayna picked up a slice of jalapeño and took a bite before Daniel could stop her. He grimaced as she chewed and swallowed the pepper with no ill effects.

"That was delightful, it reminds me of a small flower we use on my planet to flavor our food."

Vala looked at her. "Not that I'm complaining but your food tasted pretty plain. Was it made that way because we were visitors?"

Rayna laughed. "The people in my home village, which is further downstream, are much better cooks. It would be difficult to translate but there are a number of jokes about how dull the food is in Mya's village."

"How did you end up there?" asked Sam.

"I wanted to be closer to the Well of History. It was worth living in that drab little village, but just barely." Rayna smiled as if to show she was kidding, maybe.

Mitchell was looking at Rayna when she ate the pepper. "You'll like the wings Rayna if you can eat jalapeños like that. In fact, I just might be in love with you, a girl who eats 'real' food is rare."

Rayna was getting used to Cam and his remarks and knew that he was teasing her. In fact most of the items on her list came from him. Rayna noticed that Teal'c glared at Mitchell when he'd said he might be in love with her, which made her smile. She caught Vala's eye and knew that she'd seen Teal's expression.

Rayna thought perhaps Mitchell had also seen Teal'c when he continued his remarks. "What else would make you the perfect girl for me? I like feisty women. Do you think you could kick Sam's ass?"

She looked quickly at Sam's rear. Daniel and Vala both saw where she was looking and catching each others eye they had to choke back laughter. Teal'c was not laughing and SG-1 was trying to pretend that they didn't notice. Vala took pity on the young woman. "He wants to know if you're a fighter. He seems to have forgotten that your people are lovers not fighters."

Mitchell broke in. "I can't believe that your kids don't fight."

"You're correct. The young of all species fight; it's part of their maturing process. But eventually they become civilized."

"You have both sexes and it appears that you procreate naturally, not by cloning like the Azgard. Are you telling me that your adolescents don't fight?"

Rayna laughed. "Of course not. But it is a different type of fighting than the children. Though some have more problems than others making the adjustment. Mya was one of the more difficult girls in her village. She was good at beating up boys from her early years and continued on into her youth. Mya was especially unkind to those who wanted to attract her attention, until she found a boy who didn't. I never cheated to see if he was pretending and neither did Mya. She was a fighter but never a cheat."

"What happened to him? Did they marry? Is he okay with her coming to Earth?"

"They never married, Daniel, he died in an accident. Mya was angry for a long time. She no longer hit people, not physically. But it was a difficult time for her and for those who loved her." Rayna looked apologetic for bringing up such a sad subject. "I expect your people also have a saying about the passage of time allowing pain to diminish. When someone is first hurting it makes them angry, but there is truth in it."

All of SG-1 looked at Daniel. There were tears in Vala's eyes when Daniel put his arm around her and pulled her head to his shoulder. She blinked back the tears and simply rested her head against him.

"Well, Rayna, if you don't fight I'll have to give you up. It breaks my heart but I have standards." Sam punched Mitchell in the stomach. "That's harsh Sam. I'm just telling the truth, I want to let her down easy." He moved out of the way when Sam pulled back her fist to punch him again.

They sat around Sam's kitchen table talking and laughing while they ate Mitchell's wings and little wieners. Vala had never eaten what looked like wormlike creatures wrapped in a type of cover similar to a tortilla. She'd eaten many strange things in her life but was reluctant to take her first bite. Minutes later Mitchell was slapping at her hand as she grabbed for her sixth pig. Rayna had eaten one but didn't seem impressed, though she loved the spicy wings. Teal'c turned his nose up at both saying he preferred to wait for the tacos. Sam had brought out soda and beer. Rayna was interested in trying Earth beer and compare it to the beer of her world. When she started on her second bottle Mitchell said he might have been too hasty and would have to reconsider his decision.

They had soon polished off the wings and pigs. Vala, Daniel and Mitchell kicked Teal'c, Rayna and Sam out of the kitchen. They were setting up a taco assembly line on the counter. Vala heated up the fillings on the stove and put the corn shells in the oven while Daniel and Cam put the other ingredients in small bowls. Mitchell looked into the living room and saw Teal'c and Rayna sitting next to each other on the couch. She had her tablet on her lap and was obviously asking Teal'c about what she'd written down.

"Wait a minute. Why is one alien explaining Earth culture to another alien? Something is just not right with that."

"Mitchell, shut your pie hole. I have to explain things to Daniel all the time. Rayna is trying to understand something, but believe me it isn't Earth slang! So shut up."

Daniel took hold of Mitchell's shoulder and turned him back to the counter. "Trust me; you want to listen to Vala. If you thought Sam hit hard before just wait if you get in the middle of that. Sam will deck you!"

"Hey guys. Chows on!"

"He means dinner is prepared, Rayna. Sometimes Mitchell thinks he's funny though he is the only one laughing."

"Hey Sam, I'm hurt. But as long as I'm cracking myself up that's good enough for me."

Vala gave taco & burrito lessons to Rayna with Daniel and Mitchell critiquing Vala's techniques. When she went to microwave the flour tortillas Daniel could no longer control himself. He grabbed them away from Vala and turned on one of the burners on Sam's gas stove. Taking the tortilla flat in his hands he quickly laid it on the flame turning it around in a circle while it puffed up and browned, by the time he finished the process small sections of the tortilla had charred. Daniel assured them that they were supposed to end up like that. It took about thirty seconds to grill each tortilla and soon they were sitting together at the table eating their tacos, burritos and salad.

SG-1 looked shocked when Vala suggested they take a break and watch the movie before eating the ice cream.

"What? I can take a break from eating can't I? It's not like we aren't going to have popcorn."

Everyone groaned before getting up and moving into the living room. Vala asked Sam for a box of Kleenex before she sat down. Rayna gave her a questioning look and so did Daniel, which made Vala ask. "Who here aside from Rayna, hasn't seen E.T.?" Sam and Daniel raised their hands. Teal'c, Mitchell and Vala smiled broadly. It was fun to share a favorite movie with friends seeing it for the first time.

Once they were settled in. Mitchell in the chair, Sam alone on the love seat, the aliens on the couch with Daniel on the floor protecting Earth Teal'c used the remote to start playing the DVD.

Right before E.T. died Vala passed the Kleenex box to Rayna after pulling out a handful of tissues for herself. When it appeared that he was dead Teal'c offered the box to Sam. She shook her head no but turned her face away from his view. Vala unobtrusively slipped one to Daniel as she cried into a fistful of Kleenex. When E.T.'s red light shown through the glass Rayna reached for Teal'c arm and smiled when he covered her hand with his.

As the credits rolled Vala jumped up. "Wasn't that great? Sam. Daniel. What did you think?" When they didn't answer immediately she turned to Rayna. "Wasn't that fun? Did you enjoy it? Great choice Muscles."

The group consensus was that it was a great film. While they were discussing it Sam had gone to the kitchen to heat up the fudge sauce. Vala soon followed, put spoons and large bowls on the table. Daniel got napkins out of the cupboard and Teal'c took the ice cream out of the freezer announcing the flavor as he put the containers down. "Vanilla, chocolate chip cookie dough, fudge ripple."

"What! No Cherry Garcia?" Teal'c and Sam gave Mitchell the evil eye at the same time. "Okay. That's fine, what you got is good."

Vala was explaining ice cream and chocolate to Rayna with barely controlled excitement when the doorbell rung. Sam looked surprised and all of SG-1 looked apprehensively at the door.

"Sir! Is there a problem? Everyone's here. We've been introducing Rayna to movies and junk food."

Someone replied but they were unable to recognize the voice. Suddenly Vala yelled "Jack!" and ran towards the door. She and Jack collided as he tried to enter the kitchen and she tried to leave.

"General Landry told me you were all here."