Omigosh, I'm so sorry I haven't updated this! I was rying to finish editing this other story for thi thing, and I was working on "Arrows of Fire", and I just totally forgot! is embarrased Anyway, here's chapter two. :) Please review and let me know if you like. And for those of you who like my other stuff, don't worry...the whump will come evil laugh by chapter three, I promise, lol. So anyway, please enjoy this and tell me what ya think. Thanks!

Chapter 2

"Janet, wait right here. Let me get your brother out of the truck first," Daniel instructed as his daughter climbed out down to the grocery store's parking lot. He came around the front of the vehicle to the other side where she and the door he needed to open to get Charlie out were, and saw Janet lean back against the truck to wait for him.

Daniel smiled at her and opened the back door to extract Charlie from his seat. The baby started to grin again the moment he saw him, and happily let his father un-strap him and pick him up. Janet shut the vehicle door for him.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome," Janet answered, and then her attention was attracted by something else. "Hey look, there's Travis!"

As they came out of in-between the rows of parked vehicles, Daniel looked up at the sound of a car door closing to see the teenage boy they knew just arriving as well.

"Hey, Travis!" Janet called, and then before Daniel could do anything she took off across the parking lot toward him.

"Janet!" he yelled in frustration. It didn't matter though. It wasn't far, and she was already there, throwing her arms around Travis's waist. They'd known the boy for a year or two, since he'd begun working at this particular grocery store, but in the past couple of months—since Christmas—he had become more of a family friend. Daniel sighed and crossed over to them.

"Whoa! Hi, Janet," Travis was saying. He was smiling just a bit in amusement, which was definitely an improvement over the last time Daniel had seen him.

"Hey," Daniel said as he reached them. "Sorry about that."

"It's okay," Travis shrugged as Janet let go of him. "How are you guys?"

"We're fine," Daniel assured him. "What about you? How are you holding up?"

The teen shrugged. "Okay, I guess. I mean, it's only been a week…I don't know."

Travis's grandmother—his last surviving family—had passed away the previous week, and he had taken a few days off. Daniel hadn't known he would be back today, though.

"Coming back to work already?"

"I don't really have a choice. I have to live, and all."

Daniel nodded slowly. "I know. Are you sure you're all right, though?"

"I'll be fine, Doctor Jackson, thanks," Travis said, obviously trying to be convincing.

"How many times do I have to tell you to call me Daniel?"

That hint of a smile came back. "Never enough, sir. Old habits die hard."

Daniel shrugged—well, he certainly didn't have a problem with Travis having a habit of being respectful; it was hard to find many who were anymore.

Janet hugged Travis's arm. "You'll be okay Travis; we'll help you."

Travis blinked and glanced down at her again—and broke into the first real smile Daniel had seen on him in a while. "Thanks, Janet."

By the time Daniel, Janet, and Charlie had finished their shopping, Travis was at his register, so they purposely chose his line. The teen glanced over their products and raised a quizzical eyebrow.

"Movie night?" he asked.

Daniel nodded, handing Charlie over to Janet so he could pay for the items. "Yeah, more like movie day, though. Vala's at the mall, so I've got some time with these two, so…"

"Cool; have fun," Travis said as he started to ring up the food items.

"Don't worry, we will," Janet grinned.

"Yeah, speaking of which, we might as well watch more tonight….Hey, Travis, when is your shift over?" Daniel asked.

He glanced up. "Uhm, seven today."

"Great, that's perfect. You want to come over when you're done? Believe me, we'll still have plenty of this stuff left to eat," Daniel said, motioning to the packages of hot chocolate, pop corn, and added ice-cream Janet had talked him into.

Travis looked at him for a moment. "Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure; I wouldn't ask you if I wasn't sure. Come on, it's Saturday, everybody needs to stop long enough for at least one movie," Daniel encouraged.

"Yeah, that's a great idea! Come on, Travis, please?" Janet begged.

Travis seemed to think for a moment or so, until he finally nodded. "Okay, sure. Thanks," he said, smiling again now.

Daniel smiled back as he paid for the groceries. "No problem--so see you about seven-fifteen then?"

"Right," Travis nodded, handing over their bag.

"Okay, great."

Janet flashed Travis another smile. "See you later."

"Bye. And thanks again!"

Travis waved, Daniel took Charlie back from Janet and let her carry the bag, and the Jacksons left, Daniel feeling satisfied.

When Vala got home that afternoon, she found her entire crew in the living room, stretched out on the couch, munching popcorn that had probably long since gone cold, and watching the last few minutes of Finding Nemo. Several pieces of said popcorn were scattered on the floor in front of the couch, along with half of the throw pillows that had been on it. The movie credits started to roll as she stepped into the living room after dumping her purse, keys, shoes, and coat in the entryway.

Her hand went to her hips, even though from the door to the living room she was behind the couch, and the others couldn't see her. "Daniel, I ask you to watch the kids and you help them wreck the living room?"

Daniel yelped and popped up off the couch, displacing Janet in the process. "Oh! Hey Vala, sorry, didn't hear you come in."

"Hi, mom," Janet smiled from where she sat. Charlie, who was sitting on the floor playing with his toys--which were also everywhere--looked up too.

Vala surveyed the mess. "Hi…"

"Don't worry, we'll clean it up," Daniel promised. "Oh, and Travis is coming over this evening to watch another movie. You'll watch with us too, right?"

She shrugged. "Sure, why not?"

"Good," Daniel smiled.

Vala smiled back and headed into the kitchen with the plastic bags she was still carrying. Daniel caught up with her, took them from her and set them in there for her before coming back to catch her in the doorway and kiss her.

"Daniel, the mistletoe isn't there anymore, you know," she informed him, after pulling back quickly in surprise.

He shrugged. "We had it up there for the entire month of December; old habits die hard," he grinned. "That a problem?"

Vala grinned now. "Nope." Daniel kissed her again, and this time she was ready. It wasn't until a resounding "Eww!" echoed from the living room that they broke off. Vala raised an eyebrow at their daughter. "You think it's gross now, dear, but wait a few years." Daniel was chuckling softly.

Janet made a playfully disgusted face, and bolted back to the other side of the couch where they couldn't see her.

Daniel let go of her, and Vala continued into the kitchen.

"What took you so long?" he asked.

Vala shrugged. "We had a lot to do," she answered, pulling one of the shopping bags up onto the counter. Daniel peeked into it.

"Why does this look like pink and red party supplies?"

"Because it is pink and red party supplies."

Daniel looked confused. "As in Valentine's Day? Since when have we had a Valentine's Day party?"

Vala began to pull groceries from the other bags and put them in the cabinets. Daniel helped. "Since we decided we wanted to have one this year."

"Okay….but where is it? We've used Jack's house enough."

"We girls thought so too, so we decided to have it here."

Daniel stopped. "Whoa--here? We just moved in."

Vala looked at him, one hand on one hip. "Sure, three weeks ago. It looks decent enough downstairs, Daniel, and this house is certainly bigger than our last one. We have enough room." And we're going to need it, she thought smugly. Of course, Daniel didn't know that yet.

Daniel sighed. "Vala, you know I don't like it when you plan things like that without talking to me first."

Vala crossed over to his and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Sorry, but it was kind of a last-minute decision, since Valentine's Day is just next week. Come on, Daniel, it's not that big of a deal, is it?"

He settled his arms around her in return and eyed her. "No, I guess not, but I wish I'd had more warning."

"All right, we won't do it again, I promise. Say it's all right, please," Vala implored, giving him out of her best pout faces.

Daniel laughed. "All right, all right, fine," he relented.

"Thank you," she grinned.

He kissed her forehead and let go of her. "You're welcome. Now, if you'll excuse me, now that you're home I need to get some work done before tonight." He turned to go, but then spun back again, smiling mischievously. "Oh, and speaking of tonight, the only reason you got off the hook easy is because I didn't ask you before inviting Travis over tonight."

"Oh?" Vala asked, raising an eyebrow. "What's he coming over for?"

Daniel shrugged. "Movies and junk food. I hope you didn't buy any, 'cause the kids and I got plenty at the grocery store earlier."

"That's where you saw Travis."

"Right."

"How is he doing?"

"Better," Daniel answered slowly. "But I thought he could use some more cheering up."

Vala nodded. "Okay…what time is he coming?"

Daniel leaned briefly against the kitchen door-frame. "Uhm, he said he got off at seven, so he should be here about a quarter after or so."

"All right," Vala said, and then bent to finish putting away the items in the bags.

"You want some help with that?" Daniel asked, stepping forward again.

"No, you've helped plenty. I've just got a couple more things to put away. Go on back to your office," Vala replied flashing a smile at him.

Daniel smiled back, and then was gone; leaving Vala to smuggle into their room and stash in the back of the closet the other things she had gotten at the mall—things Daniel wouldn't be allowed to know existed until after the party. Granted, they still had plenty of baby paraphernalia, since Charlie was only six months old, but she, Cassie, and Carolyn had all been so excited that they had decided to shop together for just a few things. None of them would need any of it for a while, but it had just been so much fun. Even the two of them that had been pregnant before had never been pregnant at the same time as any close friend, and they were already enjoying themselves immensely.

Vala smiled to herself as she slipped back into the kitchen, plastic bag stashed and effectively hidden. This alleged Valentines Day party was definitely going to be one of the more interesting parties SG-1 and family had ever had.

Daniel was startled out of an archaeological stupor by the sound of the doorbell ringing. From upstairs, he heard Janet shout "I'll get it!" and run into the entryway. By the time Daniel got downstairs, Travis was inside, the front door was closed again, and Janet was hugging their visitor.

"Hey," Daniel said, smiling in greeting as he came in.

Janet let go of Travis and the teen looked up, straightened, and smiled back. "Hey, Doctor Jackson. Thanks again for the invite."

"No problem," Daniel answered, happy to help. The boy certainly looked better than he had when they had first seen him earlier that day.

Vala came into the entryway then, Charlie on her hip. "Daniel, don't make him stand in here; he came to watch movies with us," she teased.

"We were about to go into the living room," Daniel countered, rolling his eyes and motioning that they should do just that. Janet went immediately, going in ahead of them and heading for the video shelf.

"What are we gonna watch?" the girl asked.

Vala glanced at Daniel, who shrugged, then looked back at their daughter. Well, Travis is the guest, so why don't you and him pick something out?"

Janet looked questioningly from her mother to their guest. "That okay?"

"Sure" Travis nodded.

"Then get over here and help me pick, silly," the girl grinned. Travis smiled sheepishly and went over to the shelf where she was. "What do you want to watch?" Janet asked.

"It depends; what've you got?"

Daniel smiled and sat down on the couch, where Vala was already sitting. Charlie crawled out of his mother's arms and over into his father's lap, making a few inarticulate sounds that hadn't quite become words yet. He was smart though; he was getting there.

After a few moments, Janet and Travis had decided on Star Wars Episode Two, which had always been a favorite of Janet's, and apparently of Travis's too. As the movie played on though, it became apparent that the too youngsters liked it for very different reasons. Travis seemed to most enjoy the battle scenes--especially the one in the arena--while Daniel knew that Janet liked it for the love story. Whatever.

By the time that movie was over, Vala had long since gone to put Charlie to bed and come back, there were empty popcorn bowls on the floor, and it was just past nine thirty.

"Can we watch another one, dad?" Janet asked, popping up to gather the empty bowls.

"It's kind of late, Janet…" Vala began.

Daniel shrugged. "But it's Saturday night," he said, then glanced over at Travis, who was in the plush chair nearest the couch. "I don't know, do you have any reason to get home early?"

Travis shook his head. "I don't."

At this, Daniel looked back at Vala, as did Janet as she came back in from running to put the popcorn bowls in the kitchen sink.

"Please, mom?" she asked.

Vala looked thoughtful for a moment, then sighed. "All right, one more."

"Yay!" Janet exclaimed. "Can we go back and watch Episode One?"

"I don't see why not," Daniel answered. "What do you think, Travis?"

"Sounds good to me," the teen agreed.

"Okay, I'll get it," Janet said happily. She plucked the movie off the shelf, exchanged it with the one they had watched that was still in the player, put the first one up, pressed play on the new movie, and then settled herself back on the couch between her parents. All of this she did in about fifteen seconds.

Daniel chuckled and wrapped his arms around his daughter as the movie began to play.