The first thing he noticed when he opened his eyes was that his head didn´t hurt at all, the second, that it was morning. He could hear someone moving around just outside the entrance, there was a fire going on somewhere and food, lots and lots of food. He figured he was pretty hungry, just having spent the night he had. What had come over him? For a moment he remembered something similar. What was it? He couldn´t shake the feeling that they´d been in a similar situation before, but where? He shrugged it off, if he couldn´t remember, it must not have of been so important, besides: he was hungry and (amazingly enough), not hungover. He streched ungracefully and rolled out of bed, much like a fish flapping around uselessly on a dock. When he did manage to get to his feet and get his bearings, he saws something that made him loose all composture, grace and.....any other thought going through his head at the moment.

"What the hell.....?"

He couldn´t help it. It was unavoidable. Half of him burst with curiousity, the other with.....well he couldn´t quite place the feeling, but it didn´t stop him from staring! The important thing to understand here, at least in his mind, was that the beds they´d been given weren´t really very big, one person fit just fine, but two was pushing it. He shook his head, what the hell was he thinking? Right! He wasn´t! He was a little too stunned by the sight of Ja-

"DanielJackson."

He jumped out of his skin. Well at least he didn´t yelp in panic.....he turned, quickly, kinda hoping Teal´c wouldn´t notice what was directly behind him but, for whatever reasons Life has, Daniel couldn´t really keep it from the Jaffa. It was evident in his face that he didn´t fully understand: first, he stepped closer, not loosing his almost smile he showed most mornings; second, it fell when he realized what, or better yet, who they were staring at; third, he looked over at Daniel (who promptly shrugged and mumbled something like "Don´t look at me....."); finally, he turned back to the scene and raised both eyebrows as someone stirred, he finished his shock by leaning his head, ever so slightly, to the right.

Daniel noticed the movement too. He grabbed Teal´c by the arm and suggested they talk about it outside. Teal´c half nodded, never taking his eyes off the two people he stared at, he walked back down and outside with Daniel. Once outside, Daniel couldn´t help but take very deep, deep breaths. Teal´c still stared at the entrance, he had not been this confused in a while.

"DanielJackson, is not that kind of relationship forbidden according to your military?"

Daniel took a final deep breath and stared at the Jaffa, he hadn´t actually considered that yet, "Well.....as a general rule yeah, it is."

"And is not the breaking of this law cause enough even for expulsion from the military?"

"Yeah, I guess....."

"I see."

Daniel stared at Teal´c. He hadn´t absorbed it enough yet to be thinking about consequences back home, all he wanted right now was to just forget it. Some part of him knew this issue would be confronted, eventually, but for now, he felt it was just better to leave it be, not mention it to anybody, and hope he could keep ignoring it, even when they got back home. He was a little bothered by this, but he suddenly realised that it wasn't really his business at all! He couldn´t possibly make decisions in place of his friends. With that he was satisfied. He wouldn´t tell anybody now, he just had to make sure Teal´c agreed. He went up to the Jaffa, smiling, "Hey, Teal´c, can I talk to you for a moment?"

Why is it that when you´re drunk you think the stupidest idea is the most brilliant proposal you will ever hear in your life? Truth is, drunk logic only makes sense drunk, so there is no answer that´ll be satisfactory to any sober person. That´s why most hungover or recently drunk people will never argue what they did or did not do, say or think. There is still, however, the issue of the uncomfortable silence you find yourself in when you know you were drunk, you know you did something stupid (it´s even worse when you realize what) and you walk into a room with someone else, who at least believes, knows what it was you did. Keeping this in mind, O´Neill tried to sneak outside and away from Daneil and Teal´c. His less than gracefull awakening had woken him up, but he´d pretended to still be out simply for the sake of it. He did not feel like explaining his actions to anyone, except himself. The solitude he´d hoped to find in the treeline seemed to just not want to be found. He sat down and leaned against a rather big tree, knowing full well no one would see him there. He was just starting to argue with himself when he heard something, or rather, someone.

He raised his head and stood. He could just make them out, but he knew very well who it was. Vozem and Kaia were coming up the side of the hill, cothes completely disheveled and looking more than a bit sleepless. As soon as they saw him they stopped, Vozem looked up at the sky as if something were really up there, Kaia simply pulled on his arm and kept on walking. When they were close enough, O´Neill was the first to speak.

"Have fun?"

Kaia smiled and Vozem turned a deep shade of purple, "Yes. We meant to be back earlier but we were lost."

O´Neill was more than a little shocked, "You got lost?"

"Yes. When you drink too much, every tree looks the same....." Kaia shrugged. She said nothing else, neither did O´Neill. She kept on walking. O´Neill looked after her. She knew. She´d seen it. He had wanted her too. He felt he could trust her with anything.

Kaia had said nothing because there was simply nothing to say. Whatever choice Sam or Jack made was not up to her. She knew this was a big problem. Looking back on it, maybe it hadn´t been such a good idea to leave them alone the night before, but she was not babysitter! She laughed inwardly at the concept, which did not exist for the Padeos but she´d come to understand it through Daniel. It amused her. She cleared her head of such thoughts. Despite the fact that last night everything and everyone had been relaxed, all that the morning had brought was more stress. Arulo would announce his wish for the Chitnika to serve the humans, and then Kaia would have to make a choice. She could either submit, or fight for her people. She wanted to do neither, not because she didn´t care for her people, but because she´d sworn to always protect humans, never harm them. Going against them would mean she would have to turn her back on this. But what weighed heavier on her mind at that moment was getting SG-1 back home. They would leave in a couple of hours,and would be home by the time the sunset.