and how they all managed to get her key.

CHAPTER 1

Sam tried again for her drink of water, only just reaching the edge with her fingertips the glass fell onto the wooden floorboards, Vala poked her head around the corner of the kitchen door.
'hey Sam, how ya feeling there darling?' she asked cheerfully

'great' Sam moaned

'oh no, ill get you another one' Vala pranced over to her glass wiping the water up with the towel and quickly returning with a fresh glass.

'so, oh my goodness, I have this, well quiet brilliant movie for us to watch' Vala began

'more movies?' Sam asked as she tried to move her leg as Vala had sat almost on it.

'yes Carolyn said you cant move allot so, I got busy' Vala explained

'busy?' Sam asked sceptically

'yes, so I went down to the local video shop, and I was looking for some movies, I also went to the library, but that s not important, so I went to the video shop and there I was in the romance section, and Daniel called me and, I said I was standing in the romance section, and Daniel s like what, the romance section and I m like yes Daniel, the romance section, and he s like 'what are you doing in the romance section?' and I m like I m getting movies, for Sam and I this afternoon, and he s like 'in the romance section?' and I m like yes Daniel, the romance section. Anyway I was still sucking on my cherry lolly pop, it was really nice, oh that reminds me, I went and got you some, do you like cherry?' Vala paused and Sam nodded.

'ok so anyway Daniel then told me that you wouldn t like movies from the romance section, but I couldn t help myself I just had to get this movie called P.S. I love you only because they guy on the cover is positively dashing, don t you think?'

Vala held up the cover, and Sam smiled warily.

'anyway, but don t be mad, coz when I hung up from Daniel, oh he told me get comedy or sciencey stuff, but I don t like that stuff, so I got comedy/drama, and I was smart enough to think ahead, and I got us a series, coz I thought that would keep us entertained for a longer period, and so, oh he s cute' Vala interjected as she opened the cover looking at the pictures on the discs,

'what is it?' Sam asked, secretly dreading the answer,

'oh Gilmore girls' Vala smiled as she put the first disc in the video player

'Gilmore girls?' Sam questioned

'oh yeah, well you know its not something I'd usually borrow, but as I was saying I got of the phone, you know Daniel called me four times this morning, I mean he used the excuse that s its about organizing tonite, but four times, I think he likes my voice, and of course I can listen to his angelic voice all the tim ..'

'tonight?' Sam interjected

'yeah dinner, anyway, so this girl heard me talking, she had a really cool haircut, nice black hair, should I get my hair cut? No I don t think so, anyway, she told me that this was a really good series, actually, I soo wanted her top, she was wearing these nice jeans and this black and grey stripy shirt, I should ve asked where she got it, anyway, she was saying that she and her friend liked it so much that they bought it, although, that s not saying a lot I don t know what sort of taste she has, I could hear the music on her I-pod, it was positively disgusting, I think she saw me screw up my face, and then she told me it its awesome, she s like the best country person in the world,' Vala mocked her.

'and I'm like okaayy whatever, and she s like oh yeah her names like Reba McEntire, and I m like who's name, and she's like the girl that I'm listening to, oh she had this really weird southerner accent, anyway so I picked it up and she s like yeah trust me, get it, its extremely entertaining, its fast talking drama, with occasional romance and always a laugh, and you know after she said that, I was sold, so I took it to the counter and the girl there said it was good too, and so I got it'

'great' Sam smiled dryly,

'what?' Vala asked sceptically

'no, it sounds great, I cant wait' Sam tried to sound enthusiastic

'ok great, I m gonna be back in a minute I have snacks' she called over her shoulder, as she headed to the kitchen.

Sam settled back and rolled her eyes, sometimes Vala was over the top, but at least she was entertaining. Vala quickly returned with a massive tray of chips chocolate, strawberries, cherry s, marshmallows, and various other junk foods, pressing play, she slumped on the floor, and stuffed a peanut butter covered Oreo into her mouth.
'wha?' she asked gluggely as she caught Sam wrinkling her nose

'yuk' Sam smiled

'yum!, ooh she s pretty' she added as the theme song played.

The hours passed rather quickly, she was surprised that she actually didn t mind this new show that Vala ad brought although she was getting restless, Vala got up to replenish their lolly pops, Sam reached for the remote and paused it, she giggled as she saw Vala trying to copy the dance that the girl on the theme song did.

Suddenly she heard a knock on the door.

'come in' Vala yelled from the kitchen.

The door opened and Daniel Teal'c closely followed by cam and jack stepped through, they all seemed to be carrying their own bags.
'hey' Sam smiled.

'hey, how you feeling?' Daniel asked as he dropped his bag by the door,

'yeah ok' Sam smiled widely

'hey' jack smiled and raised his eyebrows, as he continued through the house.

Sam sat a little straighter as she watched him curiously, cam chuckled and followed jack.

'where .. where are they going?' Sam asked nervously.

'oh, were, uhh, were umm Vala' Daniel gestured to Vala as he continued through the house.

'umm, I ll get dinner ready... Teal'c' Vala took the bag of groceries from Teal'c's hand and ran back to the kitchen.'

'we are moving in' Teal'c nodded in a formal gesture.

'what all of you?' Sam questioned.

'yes' he passed the lounge and followed down the hall with the others,

'guys, guys! was no one going to talk to about this?' Sam called,

'it appears you have no choice in the matter' Teal'c's voice echoed back down the hall.

'but.. what if I don t want you here?' she replied sinking into the couch, knowing there was no chance of her winning well that s too bad jack whispered in her ear, she jumped a little startled by his presence.

'What about peace and quiet, how am I meant to get that with five of you here?' she questioned looking at him with sad eyes pouting.

'well between all of our shifts we wont be here often, and you need twenty four hour care according to DR. Lam.' he explained as he slumped in the arm chair beside her.

'no I don't' she huffed,

he looked at her and burst into laughter as the others entered the room. She was quiet a site with her leg and arm in plaster, a sling, a bandage on her head and small bandaids scattered over her arms, accompanied with a couple of stitched here and there.

'hey Sam my rooms got stuff in it' cam said worriedly as he leant against the door.

'yeah, I was meant to take it to good will she smiled shyly oh, ok well we can drop it of tomorrow, we all took a personal day' he explained.
great she smiled.

Sam acted annoyed but secretly she was glad to have such good friends, without them she wouldn t know what to do, she was completely helpless,

They ate their tea and sat around talking about the good ol days. But it didn t take long for Sam to get sleepy and drift off on the couch, everyone went and set up their rooms, Sam had two spare rooms so Teal c and cam took one, sleeping in blue bunk beds, that Sam had bought, for when her niece and nephew came to stay. Jack and Daniel took the other, they argued for a while over who got the floor, there wasn t even a question on wether they d share the double bed, Vala giggled as she wiped the dishes, cam imitated them well, pulling faces in all the right places, eventually they flipped a coin and jack ended up with the blow up bed on the floor. Vala settled for the couch until they could organize a bed in Sam's room for her.

Jack had planned to get a bunch of stuff tomorrow since he discovered that Sam didn t keep bottles of beer in the fridge, he almost organized a emergency trip, but decided it could wait. They headed of for their showers and changed into their night wear. Jack contemplated leaving Sam asleep on the couch, she looked so peaceful, but decided she d sleep better in a bed. He enlisted Teal'c's help to carry her to bed, he followed closely behind, as she groggily protested, she saw the smug look of one colonel jack O Neill over the back of Teal c s shoulder, and realised she was objecting in vein.

He rested her on the bed, Daniel had already pulled the covers back, and jack sat beside her awaiting the entry of the others, he gently lifted her arm sleeve and gave her a pain killer injection. Eventually everyone had piled into the room, Vala entered last as she bounced on the bed somewhere near the end of jacks legs, She held up a little pink gift bag as she smiled cheekily.

Vala handed the bag to Sam who gratefully took it with her good arm, she grinned warily as she reached in,

she found first, a small bag of macaroons, she smiled and cam grinned back,

second she pulled out a pack of metallic pens,

'we wanted to sign you cast' Vala whispered ecstatically.

Sam chucked the pink texta to Vala who immediately started writing on her leg.

They also had stored a small book light in the bag,

'that was my idea' Daniel added proudly

'I love it' Sam said reaching for the book in her bedside table.

cam handed it to her as jack had occupied her arm with his own doodles and signatures on the cast.

Next she pulled out a bell, that she immediately tinkered well

'I thought you'd need a calling device' jack smiled

'my voice isn't broken' she laughed

'pretend you're a princess' he added

She smiled and he moved down to sign her leg right beside were Daniel was still drawing his very detailed picture of a goa'uld wrapped around a pole hey that's good jack commended his friend.

Sam reached in the bag for the last thing, she pulled out a plastic spoon holding it up she laughed and stared at it inquisitively

'am I missing the joke?' she eventually questioned.

'whenever I become ill, general jack brings me jello,' Teal'c began The inquiring looks continued.

'he always keeps the spoon, hoping I wont eat it, when I complete my meal he pulls the spoon from his pocket and eats my jello, I wanted to ensure that you could complete you jello yourself.' teal'c smiled widely

'what?' jack asked as he received a room full of disapproving looks.

Eventually Vala kicked everyone out the room, she had particular trouble moving Daniel who was reading Sam his notes on the latest alien device, after getting him moving, jack proved to be another mission all together, he d fallen asleep on the bed stealing most of the pillows, after Vala woke him, both her and Sam had trouble trying to convince him that she was ok to sleep alone, eventually tho, he was out the room and the door was closed.

Vala had trouble trying to pull Sam s shirt of, her pants were easier, and eventually she got a silk summer nightie over Sam s arms and pulled her quilts up, as Vala opened the door to leave, jack had returned with a glass of water for the bedside table and he rechecked that the pillows were organized so that she would be comfortable, Vala quickly ushered him out of the room, smiling to herself she went and set up for the night on the lounge.