"All right, boys and girls. Let's see what's on P3X-548."

Cameron, Anna and the rest of SG1 were in the gate room ready to go on their next mission. The others all went ahead through the Stargate, leaving only the two of them behind. Cameron watched Anna as she slowly went up to the gate, her face filled with amazement. Getting near it she reached out her hand, almost touching it.

"It's beautiful. I didn't expect it to be so beautiful," said Anna turning to the Colonel, "And you get to go through this every day." As the amazement faded a little from her face it was replaced with a smile. "Now that's cool."

Cameron always liked to see how people reacted to the Stargate. Many were nervous, some afraid their first time going through the gate, but the Doc didn't look nervous or afraid. Her eyes had a look he recognized only too well it was pure excitement and joy. The same feeling he got whenever he went through the gate.

"Yep, gotta admit it's a pretty cool job we have. See you on the other side." Cameron took a step backwards through the gate, his eyes on Anna as he disappeared.

Anna continued to stare at the gate for just for second longer and then with the biggest smile on her face walked ahead through the gate.

~*~*~*~

"Doc, are you okay?" Cameron said a few minutes later, noticing the Doc kneeling on the ground on one knee looking intently down.

Anna looked up at the Colonel with a smile that was just as big as the one she had had on when she appeared through the gate. "God, yes! Can you believe it! We're on another planet! I mean that's so...like wow!"

Cameron laughed and gave the Doc a grin back. He understood the feeling exactly. "Wow just about covers it."

~*~*~*~

"… the people here are a pacifist society. Their total development seems to be one of non-aggression, coupled with the belief of the sanctity..."

Anna was chatting enthusiastically to the others, her face glowing, her hands moving as she talked as they walked back to the gate after being on the planet for the last four hours.

"Remind you of someone," said Cameron nodding at Teal'c

"Indeed."

"Sorry. You can't imagine how exciting this is from a anthropological view. I'm doing it again, aren't I?" Anna, stopped herself, noticing the amused glances the others made.

"It's okay, Daniel was always going on. And on...," said Vala smiling, "It's something that happens at birth with you scientist's type"

"Don't worry. They do it to me too. You'll get use to it." Sam gave Dr Shaw a quick smile. Though she had been slightly uncomfortable with Dr Shaw at first, the discomfort was fading as her and others took in the excitement that the Doctor was showing, reminding of her exactly why she loved this job.

~*~*~*~

That night at SGC, Cheyenne Mountain.

"I love looking at clothes!" Vala was busy having a rummage through Anna's suitcase. "You know, you have a lot of t-shirts," she said, holding several in one hand.

Anna was sitting cross-legged on the bed. She was glad the Vala had popped in. It would be nice to have a friend here at the base, so far everyone had been very friendly, though there was that little bit of distance that was always there when a new person arrived. It would take time but she hoped that she would make some friends here and was already sure that she was going to enjoy working here.

"Wait a minute. This isn't a t-shirt." Vala held up a what looked like a expensive business suit.

"That's for meetings with the top brass. It doesn't always go down well with those in command when I turn up wearing my usual clothing. After hearing a General comment about 'How can I take that bloody woman seriously when she's wearing a god dam t-shirt with a Muppet on it, for gods sake!' I realized I had to change the way I dressed when going to the Pentagon. Luckily General O'Neill and General Landry don't seem to mind what I wear."

"A Muppet?"

"Oh.. of course... that one there," said Anna pointing to one of the t-shirts thrown on the bed.

For the next hour Vala went through Anna's clothes while they talked. Eventually they got around to men, well one particular man, namely Daniel.

"I mean what does he want me to do. Stand naked in front of him, covered in Jello?" Vala paused and smiled, "Maybe I should try that..."

"Vala, can I ask you something?"

"Ask away."

"Do you like Daniel? I mean really like Daniel. Because if you do maybe you should just tell him. No flirting. Just a honest conversation." Anna paused considering if she should continue.

Vala had stopped and seemed to be listening. Anna decided to take the plunge. "Maybe the flirting is getting in the way. I'm not saying you should stop, flirting can be nice. But maybe with Daniel you could let him know that its more than just flirting. That you have real feelings for him. Or maybe you're scared he'll say yes..."

"Scared of Daniel? I hardly call him the scary type, though when he's had no coffee he can be pretty grumpy."

"Okay. It's just it can be hard. Putting yourself out there. When they offered me the chance to come here, I was nervous at first. But when I read some of the mission files, well it was a dream come true. I knew I had to come here. To give it a go." Anna kept looking at Vala to see if she understood what she was getting at. She was pretty sure from her conversations with them both that Daniel and Vala had genuine feelings for each other, but were both too afraid of risking getting hurt.

"Maybe...," admitted Vala, "You know sometimes he can be quite rude. Just because I'm not from around here doesn't mean I don't have feelings. I think he forgets that at times."

"Yet you still like him. I'm just saying try something different with him, that's if you really do have feelings for him. There's always the possibility that maybe Daniel's not the right guy for you. I'm sure there are plenty of other guys who would like to take you out. Dating can be fun."

"Well, Colonel Mitchell's not bad. We did go on a date. But he's not really my type, still very cute though." Vala looked at Anna to see what her reaction was. She had a gut feeling.

"Well ...yes. He seems nice."

"You're blushing!" Vala said noticing the flush of red that had crept up Anna's cheeks. So she was right. "You like him!" Oh, yes this was going to be good. "So, when are you going to tell him? You know, being honest and all that."

"Vala, I'm not you. You can speak your mind. I'm a bit more cautious about things like that. I've only just met him."

"Yes, but you do think he's cute. You should tell him." Vala smiled at Anna. She had noticed Cameron looking at Anna a couple of times. She had the feeling he liked what he saw also.

"Well... yes.. maybe. Let's just see, shall we. I'd like to get to know him a bit better first."

Anna steered the conversation in another direction and soon they were chatting away about other things.

Later on General Landry was leaving for the day. It had been a long day and a long night and he was finally heading home, when he heard music and singing. Walking pass the quest quarters he glanced in from a distance and saw Vala and Doctor Shaw dancing around the room and singing along to some rock song. He gave a shake of his head as he walked away. They were acting like teenagers...

~*~*~*~

A few days later...

"So, how are you liking things so far?" Cameron greeted Anna in Daniel's office.

It was mid afternoon and things were pretty quiet at SGC. Cameron had spent the day doing some of the more mundane day to day tasks that were required of him as leader of SG1. He had finished writing his latest mission report as well as writing up a report on Doctor Shaw detailing how she was coping so far after going on two missions with SG1. Typing up the report had only reiterated the fact of how much she was in his thoughts, his attraction for her only increasing as he spent more time with her.

Anna had her head down and was busy writing notes. She didn't reply to Cameron's question and carried on.

Cameron paused for a second and then noticed the iPod that she had on. He smiled to himself and spoke a bit louder. "Yo, Doc anyone home?"

"Sorry, it helps me to think. Did you want something?" Anna said smiling at the Colonel as she pulled out the plugs. He was leaning on the door frame with his arms crossed, smiling at her.

To be honest, she liked what she had seen so far of the Colonel. He had an easy-going manner. Her interview with the Colonel had shown her that he cared greatly about his team and others around him. He had a strong sense of responsibility but was also quite independent and resourceful. Of course, he would have to be, to be a good leader, which from her observations he was. Then there was also the other matter. Vala had been right when she had guessed that Anna thought more of Colonel Mitchell than just another colleague, she was attracted to him.

"Just seeing how things are. Making sure you're settling in okay." Cameron looked around Daniel's office. "I'm surprised Jackson let you use his office. He's a bit protective of his things"

"You mean anal retentive," Anna said with a smile, "Don't worry I promised Doctor Jackson that I wouldn't touch anything. And if I do, I'll put it back exactly how it was. I promise."

"I won't tell, if you won't tell."

Cameron smiled to himself. There was no way that Daniel wasn't going to notice if something was out of place. It might look like chaos in here with books and papers stacked just about everywhere but Cameron was pretty sure that Jackson knew exactly where everything was.

"It's a deal. I really enjoyed going to P3X-548. You know they really should give these places proper names after all we call Earth, Earth, not P something."

"Don't think we haven't had that argument before, only no-one can agree on what to call them, so..."

"... so P3 etc. It's probably for the best, I dread to think what some of the names would be if the SG teams were left to name them. Still, I'm enjoying the experience even if the names sound like they belong to a Star Wars movie."

"I'm glad your enjoying it. You have no idea what's out there, though the bad guys can be a pain."

Cam was not surprised that Anna was enjoying all this. He didn't think he had seen anyone smile so much as she had when she had come through the gate and walked around the planet. He could tell she was trying to put on a calm face but was jumping for joy inside. It had been kind of cute, not that he would tell anyone that.

"Yes, the bad guys. Hopefully we won't meet too many of them in the next few weeks. I'm not sure they'll be that receptive to questions like 'So what are your burial customs?' I might just find myself on the receiving end of having a first-hand demonstration of what is involved."

Cam gave a chuckle. "Don't worry Doc, I'll look out after you."

And considering that she was a attractive, sexy woman that wasn't going to be too hard. Yep, he liked the Doc and though part of him knew it wasn't the best thing since she was now part of the team, he was interested in her, and in a romantic way. Maybe he was going on a date sooner than he thought. He smiled as he thought of that, it was after all something that the Doc had suggested to him, though she probably hadn't expected that he was going to ask her.

~*~*~*~