Daniel entered the base with a phone to his ear, calling Vala for the 10th time.
"Hey, Jackson." Sam said when their paths crossed in the hall. She noticed Daniel's nervous expression and Vala's absence. "Uh oh what happened?"
"Vala" he hung the phone. "She went on…a little vacation."
"Uh oh, where?" Sam asked., suspiciously.
"That's what I'm trying to find out. She left without telling me."
"Oh oh." Sam said biting her lip.
" Will you quit saying that?" Daniel frowned at the blonde.
"Jackson, you're late. What took you so long?" Cam walked over to Sam and Daniel. "Whats going on?"
"Vala." Sam answered before Daniel had a chance to.
"Uh oh." Cam said. "What is it this time?"
"She left, Daniel." Sam answered again.
"Oh no, what did you do this time, man?"
"She did not leave me, Sam." Daniel said irrated. "She just left in the middle of the night without giving me a location as to her whereabouts."
"Ouch." Cam said.
"Well when you put it that way…." Sam said sarcastically to Daniel.
"She left a note!" Daniel pulled it out of his pocket (after getting it out of the trash earlier that morning).Cam grabbed it but Sam took it from his grasp.
"Hey" Cam said to her, but she ignored him as she read.
"Hmmmm" Sam said thoughtfully.
"What?" Daniel asked, his eyes widening in worry. Did he miss something in the note? He could not have missed anything, he had read that damn note a dozen times.
"What exactly did you do?" Sam handed the note to Cam.
"Nothing!" Daniel defended then paused. A guilty pause, Sam noticed and raised her brow waiting for an answer.
"I…..I..I can't say." Daniel stuttered.
"What do you mean you can't say?" Cam crossed his arms.
" I…" he stopped and took a breath. " I said some stupid things about….I ….she…..Vala's pregnant."
"Whoa Baby" Cam said. "Congrats?"
"What? Yay! How far along? When did she find out…wait….Daniel Jackson what stupid things did you exactly say?"
"I screwed up. Yesturday we went for a walk and there was a couple with 5 kids. 5 kids! Vala said how cute they were and how lovely it must seem to have babies and raise them and then out of the freaking blue said that she couldn't wait to have them….I laughed. Like an asshole, I laughed at her words-
"Uh oh" Cam said.
"And I disagreed." Daniel continued. "I told her they were cute but it didn't exactly seem lovely….and that I could wait because I wasn't ready, that we weren't ready. I mentioned that our lives were perfect and we didn't need a baby in the way and it would be the worst thing we needed…" he looked down at the floor in shame.
"You're an idiot." Cam said, shaking his head. "And then she told you she was pregnant?"
"Nope. I woke up this morning, she was gone. I found the note, put it in the trash and found two pregnancy tests, when I emptied the trash."
"You better go find her." Cam suggested.
"What?No!" Sam disagreed. "Are you crazy? She needs space. Leave her be."
"But she needs me." Daniel said softly.
"Not right now. Give her some room and time. Plus you don't even know where she is." Sam stated the obvious.
"Exactly, she could be in danger." Daniel said, worried.
"Relax. She probably didn't go very far. There is a reason why she didn't tell you though, to get away. I would respect her wishes if I were wishes from Vala Mal Doran. You don't want to get her angry- I mean angrier."
Daniel nodded and agreed, with defeat. He closed his eyes. "I just…. She better be okay and take care of herself and for the love of God come back home to me."
"You know she will. She loves you." Sam put a hand on his shoulder for reassurance.
"But your in a hell of a lot of trouble when she returns." Cam threw in. " Your so fu-"
"Cam, you're not helping." Daniel threw a stern look at Cam.
" Well its true" Cam shrugged.
"No," Sam said thoughtfully. "Not if she comes home to a little surprise." She suggested. Vala was a sucker for surprises and presents.
"Like what?" Daniel said, thinking. It was not a bad idea. In fact it was perfect.
" It's Vala." Sam answered. Daniel nodded in agrrement before a frown returned to his sexy face.
"But I don't know where she is." He said.
" You'll think of something." Cam said.
I feel so bad saying those things. I'm a jerk."
"You can say that again." Cam said.
"Cam!Seriously?"
"Sorry. Im done now, I swear." Cam held his hands up in surrender then winked at Sam who rolled her eyes and grinned.
" Im going to go fix this." Daniel said and hurried down the hall. "Let me know if Vala contacts any of you. I just want to know she's safe."
"Sure thing." Sam nodded and followed Cam and Daniel down the hall.
