fanfic: Behaving strangely (1/?)
Title: Behaving strangely
Characters: Daniel, Vala, Sam, Teal’c, Cam, Jack
Pairings: Daniel/Cam
Word count: this chapter: 930
BEHAVING STRANGELY
CHAPTER ONE, IN WHICH DANIEL IS CONFUSED
It should have been just another day in their unusual work, but it was not.
Vala had been watching Daniel for the past few days, and now she was one hundred percent sure that he has been behaving really strangely. He still was Daniel, but he was not talking and acting like him. It was obvious that he was sad. Really sad. But when she asked him why he was sad, he denied it and smiled a little (but Vala knew that it was an insincere smile). She also thought that something must have happened, but she did not ask him what. She did not ask, because he would not answer. Daniel had always been a little secretive and Vala respected it, respected his privacy, or she tried to respect his privacy. Sometimes it simply did not work. She held out three more hours, and then came to Samantha.
“Hi, Carter,” Vala started. “I was wondering, if you observed that Daniel’s behaved strangely recently.”
“So you noticed this too?” Sam gave her a rhetorical question.
“Yep.” Vala nodded. “He was, he is sad and I don’t know why, and that drives me crazy. “She added.
“You're worried about him, aren’t you?” Sam noticed with a little surprise.
Vala rolled her eyes, but she said. “Maybe.” Sam smiled, so she added. “But only a little.”
“Of course.” Sam answered with sarcasm.
Vala rolled her eyes again.
“So what we are going to do with him?” She asked a moment later.
“I don’t know.” Sam replied. “He sometimes is a little secretive. Maybe… we should wait a few days or something. If he wants to talk, he’ll come to us.”
“Yeah, maybe, but still he’s been acting all weird since Friday, I think.” Vala said.
“Yeah, I know that he’s been sad for a week, but we are talking about Daniel, and Daniel is Daniel, and…”
“I know what you mean. So we just must wait.”
It was almost evening and Vala was tapping her fingers on the desk. That was really annoying to Sam, but she did not say anything - it would not have helped. Suddenly Vala stood up and wanted to leave the room, when Samantha said, “Vala, wait! Where are you going? You are going to Daniel, aren’t you?”
Vala nodded but she did not stop.
“It will be better if he comes to us himself.” Sam reminded to her.
“I know.” She nodded. “But I really don’t care any longer. I’m fed up with this. Sorry, Sam.” And then she left Sam’s quarters.
Vala did not leave Sam other options, so she went after her.
Vala dropped in on Daniel’s quarters and sat on his desk.
“So, Daniel, tell me…” She began but she stopped, when Sam entered, and then she continued, “Tell us what was happened on Friday.” She added.
“I'd rather not talk about this, ok?” Daniel said.
He was gloomy. And Sam thought that he wanted to be left alone, but she also thought that she, they, are his friends and they must help him no matter what happened.
“Tell. Us. What. Happened. On. Friday.” Vala repeated slowly. It was not a request. It was an order.
Daniel sighed.
“On Thursday.” He corrected her.
“So what happened on Thursday?” She was getting annoying.
Daniel looked at her and Sam. She was silent for a moment, and then he started talking, “On Thursday night me and Cam went together to a bar. We didn’t drink a lot, only two beers, I think. And…” He paused.
“And then what?” Vala asked. “Because I’m starting to get bored.” She added.
Samantha cast a mad glance at her but she did not care for this.
“Maybe I was a little more drunk then I thought, maybe I was just tired, or maybe… I don’t, it doesn’t matter. I wanted to kiss Cameron.” He said. “I’m scared. What’s wrong with me?” He added a moment latter.
“And that’s why you’re sad?” Vala asked.
“I’m not sad. I’m just really terrified.” Daniel answered. “What’s wrong with me?” He repeated.
“Nothing is wrong with you.” Sam started before Vala said anything. “You’re just confused.”
“But…” Daniel interrupted. “I wanted to kiss Cameron.” He said again. “I think… I maybe still want this.” He added. He was really terrified.
“Nothing like this has happened before?” Sam asked him.
He denied it. Before that he never wanted to kiss another man. He was straight, or he thought that he was.
“You can handle it. It’s nothing to worry about. Maybe you’re bisexual and you think that Cameron is attractive.” Samantha said.
“No, I don’t think so. Sure, he is a great guy, but he’s also my friend and I want to stay on.” Daniel replied. “So don’t tell him about all of that, ok?” He said, and then he left his quarters.
“Daniel, wait! Where are you going?” Sam asked, but he did not hear her.
“I knew it!” Vala said, when he left.
“What?”
“I know the reason why I’m not attractive to Daniel.” She answered. “He prefers men.”
“Oh, Vala, please!” Samantha only rolled her eyes.
Daniel did not know where he was going. He was just going ahead. He was fed up with everything. He did not know why he had told Sam and Vala about this, but he was pretty sure that Cameron would know about everything in a short time. Vala had always been a gossiper. He knew that earlier or later Cameron would know about it, and this did not make him the happiest man in this galaxy.
TO BE CONTINUED