A/N: Again, thank you to all reviewed. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

This is more of a filler chapter and in the next, Daniel and Emily will meet.

For Disclaimer, please see prologue

Chapter 3

Emily woke up Sunday morning feeling a mixture of excitement, worry and panic. She quickly got out of bed and rushed through her morning routine as she had so much to do before tomorrow. The first and foremost thought in her head was that she had to call her daughter and get her to come to dinner tomorrow night even if she had to put up with her boyfriend, Luke Danes. Why Lorelai couldn't find a more suitable man like a doctor or lawyer was beyond her.

"Emily?" a sleepy inquiry emerged from the covered lump on the bed, "What are you doing up so early?"

"I can't stay in bed when I have so much to do today. I don't know how I was able to sleep this long," Emily hurried over to the bureau to grab the gold and diamond earrings that she wanted to wear today, "Daniel is coming tomorrow and the house is a mess. A total disorder. I don't know why we still have that maid, Kitty. Really, who names their child Kitty. I should have known the minute she said her name that she wasn't right for the job."

Richard sat up in bed; he knew his wife can go on about the maids and it really was too early in the morning to deal with it, "Emily, she had only been here for three days."

"Yes, I know, but don't you think she's too perky?" Emily thought back to the last couple days and observing Kitty, "She smiles too much. A person shouldn't smile that much, it usually means they have something to hide." She said bluntly and fluffed her dark auburn hair, happy that her stylist finally got the color right. "Well, I'm going to have to roust her from bed. We have to get the guest bedrooms ready, and to finalize the menu for tomorrow's dinner, I also need to reschedule the DAR meeting that I have in the morning. I also have to find my old photo albums, I'm sure Daniel would like to see some pictures of the family."

"I'm sure he will, Emily." Richard started to lay back down, when his wife's words finally penetrated his sleep-fogged mind, "Wait. Bedrooms?"

"Yes, Daniel is bringing a couple friends, friends that are as much family to him as I am apparently. They were originally going to book a hotel, but why should they do that when we have perfectly good rooms right here." Emily grabbed her day timer that she left on her nightstand last night; she was up till one organizing and rearranging as much as she could for the next week while her nephew and his friends were here.

"Emily! You invited strangers to stay in our home!"

"Oh, don't worry Richard. I asked about them. Apparently they all work in the military, and we know how they are about security, and if we don't feel comfortable, we can ask them to go to a hotel, Daniel made me promise that." Emily sighed as she thought of the brief conversations she had with her newly found nephew. She couldn't wait to see him, and wondered if he took after the Jackson side of the family or his mother's, the Ballard side. Her eyes shone with unshed tears as she thought of her brother, she now knew the fate on one of them, and she knows she'll never see Mel again but she will always have a connection to him through Daniel. "Richard?"

Her husband had laid back down on the bed and was on the verge of falling asleep again, "Yes, Emily?"

"Do you think he'll like me?"

He turned over and saw Emily clutching her day timer so that her knuckles were white while her eyes were bright with tears. Concerned, Richard got out of bed to stand in front of Emily. He took her shoulders in his hands and looked down into her eyes, "My dear, just be yourself, the women that I fell in love with, and married. Twice. And he will love you. He will love his father's sister and he would be a fool not to."

She sighed and let her head fall onto Richard's chest, while her arms snaked around his waist, "I love you too." Emily let herself bask in the warmth for a couple of minutes then let out one last sigh and pushed herself away. She stretched up and gave a quick kiss, "Thank you."

"Anytime my love," He looked over at the clock and figured he might as well get started for the day now that he was up. As he made his way to the shower he called out to Emily, "Don't so much, or you'll stress yourself out too much for tomorrow. I'm sure he's just as worried about meeting you, so I doubt he'll notice if the house is in order or not or even if the maid is named Kitty."

Sam cursed as she slammed on her brakes to avoid rear-ending the car in front of her as it stopped for a red light. She had been too busy changing the radio station to watch where she was going.

"SamanthaCarter, I believe it would be wise to let the passenger change the music as to let the operator of the car to fully concentrate on driving. This can avoid any vehicular occurrences from happening." The stoic voice that hinted at amusement had Sam glancing at the large, dark man sitting in her passenger seat.

Sam scowled at Teal'c, "Tough noogies. You know country music is forbidden anywhere near me, so forget it." Teal'c's fascination with all things western had been amusing at first but after hearing about a man's women leaving him every time the music was turned on had started to drive Sam slowly insane. She perked up as classic rock bellowed out of the radio, "Now this is music."

She turned onto Daniel's street and parked at number 4075, to see her commander's truck already in front of the house, "Looks like Jack beat us here. I wonder how long it will take him to tell us why exactly he wanted us here with overnight bags packed." Sam was a little angry at Jack for giving her such short notice for an out of town trip when she could be running tests on SGC's newest technological acquisition. Who calls Sunday night to go on a trip with the departure date the next morning? Then again she shouldn't be surprised by anything that Jack does by now.

"Indeed. I also wish to know where we will be going." Teal'c proceeded up the walk and was about to push the doorbell when the door swung open to reveal O'Neill standing there with a…now what did DanielJackson call it whenever O'Neill managed to successfully prank someone? Oh yes, a shit-eating grin. Why someone would want to eat feces and then grin about it, Teal'c had no idea. The tauri were a strange people. He was also a little disappointed that he missed his chance at ringing the doorbell. He enjoyed hearing the sound of it, "O'Neill, isn't it proper for one to ring the doorbell before someone answers the door."

"Oh. Sorry. Didn't realize it was that important. I'll shut the door and we can do this over again." Jack shook his head, the things he does for his kids. He smiled as he heard the ringing of the doorbell, and swung open the door the second time that morning.

"T! Buddy! Come in! Where are your bags?" Jack pulled Teal'c into the house then saw Sam standing behind him, "Carter! Hey, you don't have any bags either. What gives?"

"They're in the car, sir." Sam stepped into Daniel's house and raised an eyebrow at Daniel pacing in the front room. She leaned into to Jack and tried not to drool when she noticed how good he smelt. "What's with Daniel?"

"You'll never guess where we're going today." Jack grinned at his friends, "Go on…guess."

Sam glanced over at Teal'c, who returned the favour. She shrugged, "I don't know sir. D.C.?"

"Nope, but you're close. They're both on the east coast. And as an added bonus, I got permission for us to take the General's jet."

"Really? I thought you could only take it for business trips." One of the perks of being General of the SGC was the use of a personal aircraft, considering some of the politicians and the General himself going back and forth from Colorado Springs and Washington D.C.

"Yup. I cleared it with Hammond and the President. The President will be visiting the city at the end of the week we have been asked to join the party since we'll be there already. So technically, a business trip."

Daniel came up to the group at that point, "Yeah. Not only do I have to worry about making a good impression with my aunt, I'm also going to have to play politics." He scowled, "I hate politics." Then he visibly brightened, "At least we don't have to worry about Kinsey anymore."

Jack patted Daniel's shoulder, "That's right Danny. The silver lining is quite nice isn't it?"

"Aunt?"

Jack checked his watch, "Yup and if we want to get to her house at the time Daniel set up, we should be leaving now." He picked up his bags and started herding Sam and Teal'c out the door as Daniel picked his bags up and locked the door behind him.

"Wait. Aunt?"

"I'll explain all on the plane Carter. You'll love it. Great story."

"O'Neill, what does "Tough Noogies" mean?"

Daniel smiled as he climbed into Sam's car. His nerves started to calm as he knew his friends wwould be by his side throughout. He may finally be meeting family by blood, but he would never trade the family he made right here.