Alright, so this takes place a few hours after the last one. That's mentioned, but for the skimmers, I thought I'd point it out.

For the people on CBO. Here's a shout out to Vala!

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Emmy jumped at the sound of a knock on her door. Flustered for a moment, she sat up in her bed and finger-combed her hair.

"Come in," she called.

Daniel poked his head in the door and Emmy straightened up from her slouched positioned. "Da-Daniel," she stuttered.

"Hi," he greeted, walking further into the room. "M-may I?" He gestured toward the bed.

"Uh, yeah."

"So...you're my..." he trailed off, unable to say the word.

She nodded. "How'd you find out?"

"Doctor Lam told us."

Emmy nodded, remaining quiet for a moment. "So you're okay with it?" she finally squeaked.

He took in a deep breath. "Honestly? I'm not sure. We only found out a couple of hours ago. I went to my office and worked for awhile, but I couldn't help but feel I had to come see you," he said. "I thought at least I should meet you."

He sat beside her awkwardly. They sat in silence for a few moments. He noticed his books on her desk. He chuckled.

"I thought you were supposed to be in here the whole time," he remarked, pointing to the stack.

"I was bored?" she shrugged.

"Your mother taught you well."

"I learned from the best."

"Yes, you certainly did." He looked closely at her for the first time, noticing just how many of his features she embodied. She had her mother's hair and her pale skin, but her eyes were just the same as his and she definitely had the same nose and cheekbones. Looking at her now, he realized he should have seen the full extent of the resemblance before.

He turned his attention back to the books. "So, you share my interest in languages?"

"Mom...Vala always said I was just being a suck-up, but I really do enjoy it. You taught me eighteen languages in my spare time. I worked mostly with Sam on how to find a way back."

"Only eighteen?" he teased, smiling at her.

She returned the grin. "What can I say? I made you be really thorough with your lesson plans."

"So," he began, "which ones did I teach you? We should get working on the missing ones."

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Vala hesitated outside Johnny's door. She couldn't deal with her daughter just yet. The pain of what had happened with Adria was still too fresh. She raised her hand to knock. Normally she would just trounce in unannounced, but today she thought the better of it. She didn't want to make a bad first impression – even if it wasn't technically the first impression for him.

She wasn't sure how she could handle the idea being a mother again. Things hadn't turned out so well for her the last time.

She couldn't believe it. Not just the suddenly-being-a-mom-again part, but that once again, she'd missed out on their childhoods. She'd missed so much with Adria because of what the Ori had done to her. Now she didn't even have anyone to blame – except herself and Daniel for thinking it would be wise to bring children onto that wretched ship.

This revelation meant that now she had three children with whom she had no real relationship. None by choice and all by these horrible forces outside her control. She knew she'd done some horrible things in her life, but did she really deserve this?

She wanted to see him, she really did, but she just couldn't make herself knock. She stood outside deliberating for quite awhile, but in the end, she just turned and went back to her own quarters, walking as nonchalantly as she could manage. Which wasn't very nonchalantly at all.

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MORE VALA REACTION TO COME. Don't worry, I am not going to cheat you out of it, since I've gotten several reviews about it. I just figured it was best suited for a later time. Reviews are always appreciated!!