LIBERTINES AND LIBERATION – NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE – CHAPTER 22
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any Stargate characters, ideas or themes. As a matter of fact, Stargate can have my ideas if they want them (wouldn't that be great). All standard applicable disclaimers apply to this piece. I have tried to source any materials quoted in furtherance of this story.
Spoilers: Probably some for Season 10 and beyond
Summary: Vala and Daniel centered storyline adventure (hopefully); relationship (okay yes); angst (yup); comfort; etc.
Rating: R to NC-17 in some parts.
Author's Note: This is my first Stargate fiction. I have no betas – not even a beta fish – not even sure what a beta is in fact.
There's more to follow, probably tomorrow. I highly recommend Wendy's pie crust secrets.
This story will have multiple chapters.
I took inspiration from Milena D's Misappropriation of Lives and a short story called Believe by Random. I really wish those two authors would write more on those two story lines.
I hope for a few comments.
Not In Kansas Anymore
Frank and Wendy Mitchell were waiting at Cameron's house for him and his base friends to show up for dinner. Wendy liked Cam's house, they'd been after for a while to buy something in Colorado Springs, and he'd finally listened. The house was a big farm house with an old fashioned screened in porch. It was out in the middle of nowhere and sat on about an acre of land. Frank and Wendy had helped with the down payment. They were happy to do it.
Wendy Mitchell had been busy cooking on the old O'Keefe and Merritt range in Cam's kitchen. It was always tricky learning a new range, but she'd been using it for several hours and thought she'd gotten the feel for it. She'd made a big pot roast with Grandma's recipe – it was Cam's favorite. She'd made mashed potatoes, gravy, salad and biscuits from scratch. For dessert, at the special request of Cam's pretty friend Vala, Wendy had made an apple and a peach pie. Frank had been dispatched back to the supermarket to get some vanilla ice cream to go on the pies. Everyone said that Wendy's pies were the best in three counties. She'd never disclose her secret, but she chilled her crust and used all butter as the shortening. She always had.
Cameron opened the door to the wonderful smells of an old fashioned home cooked meal. He almost passed out from the nostalgia.
Cam was followed by the wonderful, Daisy May, as Wendy and Frank had started to call her after seeing her in revealing cutoff shorts and checked shirt tied to expose her flat stomach. Vala had eaten so much of Wendy's cooking, especially her pie, that Wendy wondered how she could wear such an outfit. Wendy supposed some mothers would find Vala's outfits a bit much, but she grew up in the sixties and liked Vala's sexual openness. They'd had a lot of fun chatting about Wendy's life as a 60's flower child. And Vala had been so sweet; Cam had been so injured just a few years back that they thought he'd never be happy again, and Vala was the first girl he'd ever brought home. Wendy had fallen straight in love with Vala; she'd started picturing her beautiful grandchildren.
So Wendy was sorely disappointed to find that the romance between Cameron and Vala was a bit overblown, well that it was just a good friendship really. Still Wendy hoped; she thought there was some chemistry there. Vala was beautiful. She could tell that Cam thought so too. He had brought her home after all. Wendy thought she was far more interesting than Amy, that mouse who never gave her Cam the time of day in high school.
"Hello Daisy May!" Cam's parents exclaimed together when they saw Vala. Vala was soundly hugged by both Frank and Wendy as the rest of her team filed in and watched the reunion.
"Hello! The two of you look wonderful!" Vala beamed at them as she gave Wendy a little extra squeeze hello.
Daniel was surprised at how happy Cam's parents seemed to be to see Vala. Cam had made it sound like she wasn't the best houseguest. But looking at this reunion, it certainly didn't seem to be the way Cam's parents felt about it. And something about how welcome Vala seemed to be with Cam's parents disturbed Daniel – that's silly he thought.
Cameron introduced his mom and dad, Wendy and Frank to his other teammates, Murray, Sam and Daniel. He also introduced them to a beautiful doctor named Carolyn Lam. They were all lovely, Wendy thought.
Wendy put her spread out on the table. She was assisted by the three other women, Sam, Carolyn and Vala.
"Funny, how the women always end up doing this kind of stuff." Carolyn said and Sam laughed. Wendy was a bit annoyed at this Carolyn. She'd done nothing but talk about fat and cholesterol the whole time Wendy was serving her wonderful meal. No one can enjoy a meal with all that health stuff in their head. She knew you couldn't eat like this every day, but this was a special occasion, and she'd worked hard on this meal.
After a quick toast to family and friends, everyone dug in. Dinner conversation was lively with stories about Cam's childhood supplied by Frank at Vala's repeated prompts. Wendy didn't like the bond she thought she observed between Cam's teammate Daniel and their Daisy May. But she thought maybe she'd imagined it, because the next minute they seemed to be sniping at each other. Then again, Wendy certainly knew that sometimes sniping wasn't really sniping.
After dinner, Wendy brought out her pie and ice cream.
"Oh, Oh!" Vala's smile knew no bounds. "Wendy's pie! Wendy's pie! Cameron grew up eating these. You are all in for quite an experience. I have never had anything as good."
Daniel was charmed by Vala's enthusiasm and its impact on Cameron's mother. Cam was beaming at the effect too. And Wendy was looking at Vala like she was the daughter she never had.
Then he had Wendy's pie, and he found himself jealous of Cam's childhood.
"Wendy, do you think you can show me how to make one of these?" Vala asked.
Wendy beamed again, "I think I could do that." Carolyn looked a little put out by the obvious affection between the two women.
Vala read her friend Carolyn's expression, "Sam and Carolyn, maybe you should join us, we'll make it a real girl's day and we'll bring alcohol!" Vala smiled.
Daniel was impressed by Vala's diplomatic skills to include Carolyn for Cam.
After coffee and Wendy's refusal of help with the dishes, Carolyn and Sam left a bit early for a meeting with Dr. Lee.
The others sat on Cam's porch with fresh cups of coffee listening to the early summer crickets.
"Oh, Cam here are the pictures of your visit home with Vala for the reunion." Wendy said.
Daniel's mouth dropped open when he saw the Daisy May outfit Vala had worn in Kansas.
"She didn't go out in public like that?" Daniel asked already knowing the answer.
"Why do you think they're calling her Daisy May?" Cameron smirked.
"Oh, you're mother has quite a sexually liberated past Cameron." Vala smiled remembering her talk about the 60's with Wendy.
"Vala! I told you I DON'T want to know." Cam said annoyed.
Daniel was pissed that Cam hadn't seen fit to explain to Vala that short, shorts and a bare, if extremely enticing, midriff was inappropriate at a high school reunion. Daniel stuck his hands in his pockets and walked to the edge of Cam's porch. Judging from Cam and his friend Darrell's faces in the photos, no one was unhappy about Daisy May except Daniel.