Moving Forward 2/16, NC-17, Cam/Vala, Stargate SG1
Title: Moving Forward
Author: Dizzydame and Virkatjol
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Cam and Vala are happy and fluffy. REALLY. REALLY happy and fluffy. Maybe a little bit of cheesy. Adria and Tyler are there too.
Disclaimer: We don't own them. BAWWWWW
A/N: This is for Karen_B for BETAing the first part of this arc. We promised her PORN for her efforts. I think we delivered well. Thanks to valhallalilly for the BETA on this version.
Chapter 2
He drives in silence to the mountain. There is a mile of paperwork to do, meetings to attend and projects to look over but all he can think about is the baby. He's beyond excited and he's tapping his foot in nervous energy about how the kids will react. He gets to tell his team. Vala said they'd need to know. They're going to wait until after she's twelve weeks to tell his mom and dad. He doesn't want to hear the sadness in their voices if something happens.
They're in need of a trip to visit as it is. It will be a great excuse to take time and go. Perhaps Thanksgiving maybe Christmas... Mom would be thrilled with a third grandchild from them for a Christmas gift. She'll be five months or so by then. Perfect timing. Perhaps he can get them to watch the kids for a night while he and Vala get a nearby hotel room.
At first he wasn't sure about the whole relationship Vala and his mother were forming. But it comes with a few benefits that he hadn't anticipated, including a lot of time for them to make love. Apparently having a mother that "lived in the sixties" was turning out better then he thought.
He has to call Vala with his plan. The mountain is pretty close so it will have to be quick.
She answers after the first ring. "Miss me already?"
"Always." He doesn't spend time teasing her. "How does Christmas in Kansas sound to you?"
"Is this an excuse to see that blonde tralk while your wife is barefoot and pregnant?"
As if Amy held a bit of interest for him anymore. "You know me so well, baby... Speaking of those... I was thinking we could surprise them on Christmas with it."
"I'll try to remember to keep it quiet during my chats with mom." She likes the idea. She can picture the surprised looks on their faces. They've never been shy about hinting that they want more grandchildren to spoil.
"I'll book our tickets today."
"So now we have two surprises to tell the kids," Cam says, unable to turn down his ear to ear grin. That's the expression that Sam sees when she walks in. She raises an eye at Cam, who holds up his finger to tell her to hang on. "Honey, Sam's here, so I need to go."
"Off with your important galaxy saving meetings and such..." Vala says, hanging up the phone.
Cam does indeed spend the rest of the day in meetings, though they have a lot more to do with the budget than they do saving galaxies. He's eager to head home at the end of the day, leaving his second in command to cover any dramatic goings on that might happen overnight. The SGC runs itself pretty smoothly these days, settling into a well established program, and even though there's talk of going public some time in the next decade Cam doesn't think he'll be in charge to see it happen.
He stops off at their favorite pizza place and gets enough food that they'll have leftovers for days. He also grabs a six pack for Vala and himself and a gallon of chocolate milk because that's something that never lasts for long in their house.
The kids are playing in the yard when he pulls up. Adria's wearing jeans and a dress with a towel around her neck and Tyler has underwear on outside of his pants.
"Daddy, I'm SUPER PRINCESS!" She says, running at him waving a musical light up wand. "And Tyler's my sidekick!"
Cam picks her up and spins her around, holding her over his head. "Look at Super Princess fly!"
"I fly, Daddy!" Tyler insistently tugs on his leg. Cam swaps them out, buzzing Tyler around in the air too.
"Pizza!" Adria's play is forgotten in the face of her favorite treat, grabbing one of the boxes that's really too large for her arms to grasp and heading inside with it.
Cam carries the grocery bag and Tyler both in. Vala's sitting just inside, furiously typing on her laptop. Her hair is pulled back into a ponytail and she has a pencil stuck behind her ear. Cam drops the little boy on the couch beside her and leans over to kiss her cheek. "Working hard?"
"Always. It's really quite inconvenient how Daniel can just send me things to work on any time he wants." Vala glares slightly at the computer, though they both know she loves it more than she hates it. "He's not even on this planet and he's still bossing me around."
Cam laughs. "Old habits die hard?"
"Yes, well..." She smiles and puts an arm around Tyler, who is free with his hugs, settling on her lap and resting his head against her breast. "Sometimes I've got more important things to do now."
"He knows," Cam says, keeping his voice light and his true thoughts on that to himself. He figures that most of the time Jackson just gets... well, lonely. Vala's the closest thing he has to a best friend and while Cam occasionally has to battle jealousy over it, most of the time he's pretty content knowing that at the end of the day he's the one Vala built a family with. "He's gonna be back this weekend, right? I thought we might invite them all over for dinner and fill them in. Old fashioned team night."
"What do you think, Tyler? Have all your aunties and uncles over for games and fun?" He grins up at her and nods. He's still clinging to her and she loves that her little boy gives her such open affection. Cam warns her to take it all now before he starts to think that mom's aren't cool and actually might carry cooties. "I'm sure Adria will be happy to quiz Sam about a million things. Ask them tomorrow?"
"Yeah..." He reaches for her and pulls her to her feet when she clasps his hand with hers. "I'll get them to agree. Anytime they aren't paying for dinner and beer they'll go where you want them."
Vala keeps her hand in his as they go towards the kitchen where Adria has already put plates out and is dishing up her first slice of pizza. "I was hungry. I got you guys plates, too!"
She slides into her chair and starts chowing down. Vala puts Tyler into his chair and gives him a piece before getting some for herself. "You want to tell them?" She's curious to how he plans to do it.
Cam grins at getting the chance to let them know. "Adria, Tyler." He gets both their attention before continuing. "How would you feel if there was a baby in the house?"
"Oh! Is someone having a baby? I'm almost old enough to babysit." Adria's smart but sometimes she's still very literal.
"Not.. not like that, munchkin." Cam tries again. "Would you like another sibling? A little brother or sister?"
"Sisters are boring." Tyler takes another bite of his pizza while smirking at his sister.
Adria scrunches up her face and grumps at him. "Brothers are dirty."
"Enough!" Vala interrupts. "Mommy's pregnant."
Adria lets her pizza fall to her plate and jumps out of her chair rushing over to Vala. She lifts up her shirt and starts inspecting her stomach. Tyler is right behind her.
"There's a baby in there?" Tyler is confused on how it all works. He's seen women that were going to have babies and their bellies were all big but his mother's was still flat and normal looking.
Cam joins them and places his palm across her flat abs. "Yeah, there's a little baby in there." He's just as amazed at the process even though he understands it. The miracle of it never gets mundane.
"Can I get a sister this time?" Adria remembers how much she wanted one before.
"Wants a brudder to play trucks with!" Tyler puts his ear close to her to see if he can hear anything. "Momma it's growling at me."
She and Cam suppress their laughter. "That's just mommy's stomach, darling." She's stroking his hair as he looks up at her. "She hasn't gotten any pizza yet."
"It's gotta grow," Adria says, bored now with her mother's physique. "Right now it's just itty bitty."
Cam lifts Tyler up and repositions him in his little booster seat so he can reach the table.
"It get as big as me?" Tyler asks him.
"Yep," Cam says, settling back with his own meal again. He meets Vala's eyes across the table and smiles.
*
"So," Cam says, sitting down on the couch beside her. "You gonna tell your Dad?"
Vala makes a face. "I have no current intentions of it, no."
Vala's father's been in contact with the SGC, though he's yet to ask about her beyond simply finding out that she's still on earth. Respecting her wishes, Cam hasn't mentioned Adria or Tyler.
He knows that there are a lot of things about her past that he doesn't know yet, and probably a lot to do with her father. He'd like his children to know all of their remaining grandparents but it's not worth the fight that he knows would happen.
And in the mean time, they do still have two grandparents that can't wait to see them. "Hey, did your mom tell you? We're going to visit Gramma and Gramps in Kansas once Adria's school lets out for Christmas."
"Yay!" Adria says, jumping up. "Daddy, we can go sooner, I don't need to go to school!"
Cam laughs. "Oh yeah you do. I think we can wait."
"I already know all the stuff they are telling me." The last word is overdrawn and overstated. As if it will change her fathers decision.
Cam just looks at Vala and nudges her with his shoulder. "Your daughter is eerily similar to someone else I know..."
"Shut up. If you value any sort of sex life, do not speak any more." She turns to Adria. "You need to go and have friends and learn things. Just because you think you know them doesn't mean you can't learn something more about it. I learn more about things all the time."
"Like learning that daddy likes blondes?" Tyler bounces up into his mothers lap, snuggles his head against her and smiles across to his father.
She shoots him the most disbelieving look. "He does, Does he?"
"He said-" Cam's hand is muffling his son before he can get another word out.
"I like blondes but I love brunettes. That's what I said." Cam's trying to back track out of this. He doesn't even remember what he actually said to Tyler. There had been some lingerie catalogue that he'd found and was looking at when Cam found him. He'd tried to explain things to Tyler and not seem overly any which way about things.
"I'm sure that's exactly what you said." She looks at the two children and realizes that it's bed time. "Off to bed with you two. We'll be up in a minute to tuck you in."
They both offer minimal protest, they really are tired, and scamper off to get ready.
"Now tell me the truth." Vala swings up on the couch and straddles his lap. Her ass settles against his thighs and she rolls her hips on him. "What was it that you told our son?"
"I have no idea..." She doesn't believe him. "Really. He was looking at a Victoria Secret catalogue and asking me questions... I was trying to derail that train. I don't remember how I did it. I just had to get that thing away from him."
"Well, maybe he won't think that girls have cooties for very long then..."
"Not all girls, just his mom and his sister. Or sisters... Are we going to find out again?"
"Well, not for a while, but yes... I don't see the point in not utilizing the technology your planet has to offer. Not when it means we can go shopping!"
"Oh, of course, the shopping," Cam laughs. "That's what it's all about, huh?"
"Well, if it's a boy we've got some of Tyler's things still, but if it's a girl..." Vala's tucked away a few sentimental items but overall they hadn't bothered to keep most of Adria's baby things, instead clearing the way for new toys, new clothes, things a growing girl needs. "Do you want a daughter, Cameron?"
Cam smiles a little. "I've already got a daughter."
That makes Vala smile and kiss him. "Thank you for that. Do you want another daughter?"
"I want whatever God sees fit to give us," Cam says.
She rolls her eyes. She's not overly fond of phrases like that, but Cam's upbringing seems to have instilled him with a plethora of them. Luckily his beliefs don't run too deeply, because Vala would rather not raise her children worshipping anything or anyone. She's had enough of that for a lifetime, and she's seen what the Tauri can do in the name of their Gods. It might be a little more subtle than the Goa'uld but often times can be just as cruel.
She doesn't really want to discuss any of that right now, though. She pokes him in the chest. "And don't think that at some point I'm not going to ask exactly what on earth our three year old was doing looking at those magazines."
He raises his hands in surrender. "One came in the mail for you. He thought it was a coloring book."
"And you thought it was the perfect time for father-son bonding over scantily clad women of differing but equally artificial hair color?"
"Uhh, no. But he told me the lady was going swimming, and I asked him how she knew that. He said she has on a bathing suit like Mommy, so I tried to explain that it wasn't a bathing suit... and then he wanted to know why his big boy pants didn't look like that, and, uh... trust me. Not the kind of conversational bonding I prefer, okay?"
Vala's too busy laughing at him to even continue her stern argument.
Even after all these years she's still able to turn him on his head with a few questions. He doesn't like being in trouble with her. He knows that he needs to steer everything away from the comment.
"Lets get up and tuck in those two children of ours. Before they decide to come find us." They get up together and head up to their rooms. They always start with one and then swap. After the night routine has been completed they meet in their bedroom.
Cam doesn't give her a chance to remember the conversation from earlier. His lips cover hers when she walks through the door. She's not opposed to that sort of greeting he discovers as her mouth opens and her tongue plunges into his. She's never been one to hold back her feelings. Her fingers thread through his hair and tug him closer.
"Trying to distract me?" She murmurs against his lips before resuming the kiss.
He breaks away, a little breathless already. "Is it working?" He sees in her smirk that says it's not really but she'll take it. So he pulls her backwards towards their bed. Their clothes are falling by the wayside as they back track. "Did you search for monsters already?"
The motion is stopped, remembering what happens frequently. "Yeah, I did...." His lips travel down her jawline and neck. The tickle of his tongue is teasing her body into a frenzy. She doesn't know exactly when the pregnancy hormones really kick in but she's already so turned on.
"Good. Don't want to get interrupted." His lips caress her breasts above the cups of her bra while unhooking it with his fingers and slipping it down her arms.
They fall back on the bed, his mouth reminding her he wasn't fumbling. He was quite good. He took his time, a gamble with the kids, but it paid off. He worshiped her head to toe. Then he slipped between her thighs and showed her the pleasure that came from their love. He rested his forehead against hers, eyes open, hot breath mingling across their lips as he pumped into her. Everything was tense and coiled until finally he sprung the magic latch and both of them tumbled into climax.
*
The house is bustling with noise, what was meant to be a small dinner having exploded into a gathering of almost a dozen people. All of the SG-1 members from every generation are there, a few of Cam's closest friends from base, and Cassie has promised to come by with her children.
Adria's loving the commotion, a little social butterfly in the making, while Tyler clings close to his mother. He follows her from room to room on chubby legs, never wanting to be far from her.
Cam has taken care of the food, the huge grill that is his pride and joy going in back. Jack O'Neill keeps trying to take over and it's amusing to Vala to watch Cam try and remain respectful while stealing back the tongs at every possible opportunity.
"So what's all this about?" Daniel asks, her, sliding into the deck chair beside her. Tyler is at her feet zooming around toy trucks and clashing them together.
Vala leans in like she's going to whisper and then says, "It's a secret."
Daniel pouts slightly. "Come on, I won't tell."
"No, you won't, because you won't find it." She smiles triumphantly. "We'll tell everyone after we've eaten."
Cam sees them talking and relinquishes the tongs so he can wander over. He sits down, groaning slightly at the way his knees pop when he bends, and takes one of Tyler's trucks to play with him. "You put sunscreen on them, honey?"
"No, I rather enjoy having children that look like red shellfish," she says, rolling her eyes at him. "Of course I did."
"Smartass," Cam says.
"BAD WORD!" Tyler happily announces. "Daddy gotta time out?"
Vala smirks.
"If Daddy gets a time out, no one gets any food," Cam says, pouting in an exaggerated way. "You're hungry, huh, buddy?"
"Want a hot dog," Tyler agrees, nodding. He twists around to look at Vala. "Daddy be good next time, kay?"
Vala reaches out to ruffle Tyler's hair. "Oh, I'm sure he will. Yes, Daddy can get away with no time out this time, but I think he should go bring both of us some food, don't you?"
"Hey, can I get in on this?" Daniel asks.
Cam shakes his head. "Sorry, Jackson. You're on your own. Nice try, though."
Cam puts on an act - it's hard to juggle four plates of food. Adria comes up beside him and offers to help. He hands her her plate and her brother's. The two with the least amount of food. He walks behind her and smiles happily as she successfully navigates her way back to the picnic table. Tyler is in his mother's lap when the two of them get back and he sets the plates down and helps Adria. Then he settles in a chair beside Vala, opposite of Daniel, pulling Adria into his lap to save chairs for the adults.
"Daddy I can sit in my own chair." She tries to scramble off but Cam stops her.
"You are able, yes, but today we need to let the old people have chairs. You can sit on Daddy's lap or the deck." He sees her contemplating if it's more grown up to sit on the ground but the thought of the bugs that she often sees down there keep her on his knee. Even though her baby brother is sitting the same way on her mother. Bugs are worse then looking a little like a baby.
She bites into her hot dog and midway through chewing her first bite tells him that she'll stay here. Cam starts eating after seeing that Vala and Tyler have everything that they need. He reaches across the corner and grasps Vala's free hand. He squeezes it a couple times, letting her know that he's here for her when she makes the announcement.
They watch as they eat as everyone finally settles in. The food is slowly moved from the buffet to the table for easy seconds. Conversation is flowing easily.
"So, Cam, Vala, what are we all doing here?" Jack's voice rumbles down the table. He does the job of catching everyone's attention.
Vala takes a sip of her sparkling juice and smiles at her husband. "Cameron and I have something to tell everyone."
"We got that." Daniel snarks next to her. He gets a kick to the shin, but her flip flop covered feet do little damage.
Vala gives him a glare for extra measure before unveiling the news. "We're pregnant."
"Cam gonna carry it this time?" Jack jokes and everyone laughs.
Cam shakes his head. "I'm not tough enough for the job." This makes Vala happy, he can see her surprised, satisfied grin out of the corner of his eye and he turns to look at her. She's shining with joy. He knows, in that moment, that she truly does want a third child with him. Any doubt is melted from his mind. It feels good. Right.
"He's not. He can barely handle me giving birth." Vala leans across and they kiss. Tyler makes a sound of disgust. Adria giggles at her parents antics. The rest of the team clank their glasses to keep them in a lip lock a little longer.
"Who knew it would turn out so well when I suggested, quite firmly, that you marry that chick." Landry reminds everyone.
"Well, I never like to disobey an order," Cam says.
"How the hell you manage to run SG-1, then?" Jack wants to know.
"I didn't," Cam laughs. "Hell, I was lucky if half of them did what I asked half the time. And some never did. Jackson."
"What?" Daniel gives him a wide-eyed who, me? kind of look.
"Oh, him." Jack makes a dismissive hand gesture. "He never listens to anyone."
"But where would you all be without me?"
"I'd have a whole lot less gray hair," Landry says, and Jack also agrees with that one.
"Oh, all right, that's enough teaming up on Daniel," Sam jumps in. "He can't help his... personality quirks."
"Thank you, Sam! I'm glad someone here appreciates me."
"Oh, I didn't say you weren't frustrating. Just that you can't help it." Sam gives him a sweet smile.
Daniel lifts his hand up to make a rude gesture but a stern look from Vala stops him.
"But, seriously, congratulations," Sam says, smiling at Vala and Cam.
"Aunt Sam, do you think Thor can make mommy have a girl this time?" Adria asks. "If I say please?"
"Ah..." Sam looks a bit helpless as she tries to think of a response. "I'll send him a letter and ask him."
"Okay. Don't forget the please," Adria orders. "Manners are important."
"Thor does appreciate a good show of manners, girls got a point, Sam." Jack's the one who is most easily swayed to go along with the games of the children. Sam just thanks him and tries to get the conversation steered somewhere else.
Cam notices her distress - but doesn't really aide her. "So when are we gonna get together like this again? For someone other than us to spread happy news."
Everyone seems to not want anyone to look at them. Sam and Daniel are staring at the sky, Jack and Landry are examining the wooden slats of the deck. Teal'c, however is just smiling.
"Cameron, you've quite put them out by asking that. However.... what a juicy question, darling." She starts eyeing around the table, people she doesn't really know that well because they've been with Cam only since he moved positions. Dr. Lam, she's looking quite shy about something. "Carolyn... Something to share?"
Now all eyes are on her and her face turns a shade of pink. Her father seems most curious. "Nothing." Damn Vala Mal Doran anyway. She's far too perceptive for her own good.
"Uh huh..." Vala almost lets it go, but the twinge of a smile touches Carolyn's cheek and she presses on. "Who is he? She?"
"It's not me. Really. I just... Know far too much."
Vala, along with everyone else, concludes that that must mean someone there. The eyes being flying around again. Finally Sam speaks.
"I have news."
"Samantha Carter. I knew you were too pretty to last that long on the singles market." Vala is a little hurt she didn't know. It's just that she thought they were friends and this... well... That's something friends talk about, don't they?
"We're together." The voice is even and quiet and right next to Vala. It damn well wasn't Cameron talking which left one man.
"Daniel Jackson!" Vala shoots him a wink. She isn't surprised, not really. Daniel and Sam geek out together all the time. it's cute. "How long?"
"It's not something-" Vala cuts Sam off.
"Right, right, girl talk for later, then?"
Sam just shyly nods. She's a little excited to chit chat about Daniel with Vala. No one looks shocked. Maybe Jack a little, but his boat sailed long ago. He tossed all his oars into the seas and she can't wait on him to paddle back by hand. They'll both be dead by then.
Cam's still baffled, and remains so throughout the rest of the meal. He's certainly happy for Sam and Daniel, but it makes him wonder exactly how unaware he's been.
The minute he gets Vala alone he whispers. "How long has this been going on?"
Vala laughs and puts plates in the sink. "I have no idea. You'd have to ask them."
She looks out the window in front of them. Sam and Daniel are standing close, not touching, but now that she knows it's there she can see the intimacy between them. Cam follows the direction of her gaze. "Well, that's... weird."
"You think people didn't say the same of us?" She reaches out and hooks a finger in the belt loop of his jeans, tugging him in.
"They probably still do," Cam says, reaching up to cup her face and kiss her. "And they're right."
"You just needed someone that would keep life interesting for you." Vala sounds slightly triumphant. "That blonde simply would never have done."
"No, she wouldn't have," Cam agrees. "You think they'll get hitched?"
Vala knows instinctively that he's back to talking about Sam and Daniel. "I don't know. Nothing about either of them is exceedingly conventional, but..."
"But, people could have said the same about us," Cam finishes for her.
"I have no doubt that they'll settle on whatever works best for them. Just like we did."
Cam reaches down and puts his hand over her stomach. She'll start to show early on, her lean figure allowing for no disguise against a swelling belly.
"Mommy Mommy!" Tyler runs in, upset at having lost track of Vala amongst the crowds of people. He'd been distracted by games with his Uncle Jack but is now ready for his mother again. His face is tearstained and unhappy, a sure sign that he's about ready for a nap.
Vala picks him up, kissing his cheek. "Oh, my darling boy. Come on now, let's go find Hankie and see if he's tired."
Tyler nods, resting his head on her shoulder. She leans over to give Cam another kiss then heads off to Tyler's bedroom.
She reappears twenty minutes later. Cassie's arrived with her daughter, the closest thing Adria has to a cousin to play with.
Cam knows that Cassie has a particular interest in Vala, since Vala's one of the few people on the planet with knowledge of her homeworld. Since Cassie's married and decided to stay in the area she often brings her daughter over just to talk. Cam thinks that Vala enjoys it too. She's lived a whole life before coming to this planet but now she's isolated and limited in what she can talk to most people about.
"Sorry we're late," Cassie says, getting up to hug Vala when she walks in. "I hope there's still food left."
"Enough to feed an army," Jack says, standing in the doorway. Cassie's face lights up and she runs to him, looking a lot like the kid she'd been when they first met.
Cam settles onto the couch besides Vala. Someone's put in a movie (Star Wars - which must mean it was Teal'c) and broken into the case of beer Cam had bought. He hands her a soda while she stares longingly at his beer.
"You know the rules, little mama." He leans over and kisses her cheek.
"Earth rules," she sighs.
"No chances. Not with the baby..." He knows that she agrees but still likes to tease. It's just not something that he's comfortable with. He grew up around all sorts of warnings about drinking while pregnant and despite anything that might say in moderation was alright he'd still rather she didn't. She respects him enough to follow that rule.
He puts his arm around her and moves closer so there is room for Adria and Laura to sit together. Some of the people have left, other activities to attend or just not enough interest in the core group to stick around past the free meal. They said their goodbyes and it's now just Jack, Sam, Daniel, Teal'c, Cassie and her daughter Laura that are around.
Jack brought in a plate of food for Cassie and Laura picks off of it while she chats with Adria. Neither of them are very into the movie so when Laura is full Adria asks to go to the play room with her.
"Just don't wake your brother." Vala doesn't need an overly tired Tyler crying for no reason. "And when he wakes up, be nice, let him play too." Adria reluctantly agrees and then grabs Laura's hand and pulls her off to the small room where they have a lot of toys.
Daniel joins the group in the living room after finishing helping Sam with the clean up. He sits in the oversized arm chair. When Sam comes in there's not really a place to sit. She can fit in the space between Cam and Cassie, as soon as she goes to do that she feels hands around her waist.
"We told them for a reason, didn't we?" Daniel's pulled her into the large chair and she's been wedged between the side and halfway on his lap.
Sam's bright red at the PDA but she doesn't move to get up. The rest of the team tries hard not to stare, except Vala who openly looks at them grinning ear to ear. She remembers how wonderful it felt to be able to show everyone how she and Cam felt. She's happy for Sam and Daniel and she really can't wait to get her alone for girl time.
"Just don't... Start kissing yet..." Cam grumbles. Which earns him an elbow to the side. "What? I just am not used to it yet. Next thing I know Teal'c and Thor will be seeing each other or something."
"What Thor and I do in our free time is our own." Teal'c is quick to the draw leaving Cam with his mouth open and gaping at them. "Cameron Mitchell you are an easy target."
His wife is giggling next to him. "He really is muscles. It makes my job lots easier."
Author: Dizzydame and Virkatjol
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Cam and Vala are happy and fluffy. REALLY. REALLY happy and fluffy. Maybe a little bit of cheesy. Adria and Tyler are there too.
Disclaimer: We don't own them. BAWWWWW
A/N: This is for Karen_B for BETAing the first part of this arc. We promised her PORN for her efforts. I think we delivered well. Thanks to valhallalilly for the BETA on this version.
Chapter 2
He drives in silence to the mountain. There is a mile of paperwork to do, meetings to attend and projects to look over but all he can think about is the baby. He's beyond excited and he's tapping his foot in nervous energy about how the kids will react. He gets to tell his team. Vala said they'd need to know. They're going to wait until after she's twelve weeks to tell his mom and dad. He doesn't want to hear the sadness in their voices if something happens.
They're in need of a trip to visit as it is. It will be a great excuse to take time and go. Perhaps Thanksgiving maybe Christmas... Mom would be thrilled with a third grandchild from them for a Christmas gift. She'll be five months or so by then. Perfect timing. Perhaps he can get them to watch the kids for a night while he and Vala get a nearby hotel room.
At first he wasn't sure about the whole relationship Vala and his mother were forming. But it comes with a few benefits that he hadn't anticipated, including a lot of time for them to make love. Apparently having a mother that "lived in the sixties" was turning out better then he thought.
He has to call Vala with his plan. The mountain is pretty close so it will have to be quick.
She answers after the first ring. "Miss me already?"
"Always." He doesn't spend time teasing her. "How does Christmas in Kansas sound to you?"
"Is this an excuse to see that blonde tralk while your wife is barefoot and pregnant?"
As if Amy held a bit of interest for him anymore. "You know me so well, baby... Speaking of those... I was thinking we could surprise them on Christmas with it."
"I'll try to remember to keep it quiet during my chats with mom." She likes the idea. She can picture the surprised looks on their faces. They've never been shy about hinting that they want more grandchildren to spoil.
"I'll book our tickets today."
"So now we have two surprises to tell the kids," Cam says, unable to turn down his ear to ear grin. That's the expression that Sam sees when she walks in. She raises an eye at Cam, who holds up his finger to tell her to hang on. "Honey, Sam's here, so I need to go."
"Off with your important galaxy saving meetings and such..." Vala says, hanging up the phone.
Cam does indeed spend the rest of the day in meetings, though they have a lot more to do with the budget than they do saving galaxies. He's eager to head home at the end of the day, leaving his second in command to cover any dramatic goings on that might happen overnight. The SGC runs itself pretty smoothly these days, settling into a well established program, and even though there's talk of going public some time in the next decade Cam doesn't think he'll be in charge to see it happen.
He stops off at their favorite pizza place and gets enough food that they'll have leftovers for days. He also grabs a six pack for Vala and himself and a gallon of chocolate milk because that's something that never lasts for long in their house.
The kids are playing in the yard when he pulls up. Adria's wearing jeans and a dress with a towel around her neck and Tyler has underwear on outside of his pants.
"Daddy, I'm SUPER PRINCESS!" She says, running at him waving a musical light up wand. "And Tyler's my sidekick!"
Cam picks her up and spins her around, holding her over his head. "Look at Super Princess fly!"
"I fly, Daddy!" Tyler insistently tugs on his leg. Cam swaps them out, buzzing Tyler around in the air too.
"Pizza!" Adria's play is forgotten in the face of her favorite treat, grabbing one of the boxes that's really too large for her arms to grasp and heading inside with it.
Cam carries the grocery bag and Tyler both in. Vala's sitting just inside, furiously typing on her laptop. Her hair is pulled back into a ponytail and she has a pencil stuck behind her ear. Cam drops the little boy on the couch beside her and leans over to kiss her cheek. "Working hard?"
"Always. It's really quite inconvenient how Daniel can just send me things to work on any time he wants." Vala glares slightly at the computer, though they both know she loves it more than she hates it. "He's not even on this planet and he's still bossing me around."
Cam laughs. "Old habits die hard?"
"Yes, well..." She smiles and puts an arm around Tyler, who is free with his hugs, settling on her lap and resting his head against her breast. "Sometimes I've got more important things to do now."
"He knows," Cam says, keeping his voice light and his true thoughts on that to himself. He figures that most of the time Jackson just gets... well, lonely. Vala's the closest thing he has to a best friend and while Cam occasionally has to battle jealousy over it, most of the time he's pretty content knowing that at the end of the day he's the one Vala built a family with. "He's gonna be back this weekend, right? I thought we might invite them all over for dinner and fill them in. Old fashioned team night."
"What do you think, Tyler? Have all your aunties and uncles over for games and fun?" He grins up at her and nods. He's still clinging to her and she loves that her little boy gives her such open affection. Cam warns her to take it all now before he starts to think that mom's aren't cool and actually might carry cooties. "I'm sure Adria will be happy to quiz Sam about a million things. Ask them tomorrow?"
"Yeah..." He reaches for her and pulls her to her feet when she clasps his hand with hers. "I'll get them to agree. Anytime they aren't paying for dinner and beer they'll go where you want them."
Vala keeps her hand in his as they go towards the kitchen where Adria has already put plates out and is dishing up her first slice of pizza. "I was hungry. I got you guys plates, too!"
She slides into her chair and starts chowing down. Vala puts Tyler into his chair and gives him a piece before getting some for herself. "You want to tell them?" She's curious to how he plans to do it.
Cam grins at getting the chance to let them know. "Adria, Tyler." He gets both their attention before continuing. "How would you feel if there was a baby in the house?"
"Oh! Is someone having a baby? I'm almost old enough to babysit." Adria's smart but sometimes she's still very literal.
"Not.. not like that, munchkin." Cam tries again. "Would you like another sibling? A little brother or sister?"
"Sisters are boring." Tyler takes another bite of his pizza while smirking at his sister.
Adria scrunches up her face and grumps at him. "Brothers are dirty."
"Enough!" Vala interrupts. "Mommy's pregnant."
Adria lets her pizza fall to her plate and jumps out of her chair rushing over to Vala. She lifts up her shirt and starts inspecting her stomach. Tyler is right behind her.
"There's a baby in there?" Tyler is confused on how it all works. He's seen women that were going to have babies and their bellies were all big but his mother's was still flat and normal looking.
Cam joins them and places his palm across her flat abs. "Yeah, there's a little baby in there." He's just as amazed at the process even though he understands it. The miracle of it never gets mundane.
"Can I get a sister this time?" Adria remembers how much she wanted one before.
"Wants a brudder to play trucks with!" Tyler puts his ear close to her to see if he can hear anything. "Momma it's growling at me."
She and Cam suppress their laughter. "That's just mommy's stomach, darling." She's stroking his hair as he looks up at her. "She hasn't gotten any pizza yet."
"It's gotta grow," Adria says, bored now with her mother's physique. "Right now it's just itty bitty."
Cam lifts Tyler up and repositions him in his little booster seat so he can reach the table.
"It get as big as me?" Tyler asks him.
"Yep," Cam says, settling back with his own meal again. He meets Vala's eyes across the table and smiles.
*
"So," Cam says, sitting down on the couch beside her. "You gonna tell your Dad?"
Vala makes a face. "I have no current intentions of it, no."
Vala's father's been in contact with the SGC, though he's yet to ask about her beyond simply finding out that she's still on earth. Respecting her wishes, Cam hasn't mentioned Adria or Tyler.
He knows that there are a lot of things about her past that he doesn't know yet, and probably a lot to do with her father. He'd like his children to know all of their remaining grandparents but it's not worth the fight that he knows would happen.
And in the mean time, they do still have two grandparents that can't wait to see them. "Hey, did your mom tell you? We're going to visit Gramma and Gramps in Kansas once Adria's school lets out for Christmas."
"Yay!" Adria says, jumping up. "Daddy, we can go sooner, I don't need to go to school!"
Cam laughs. "Oh yeah you do. I think we can wait."
"I already know all the stuff they are telling me." The last word is overdrawn and overstated. As if it will change her fathers decision.
Cam just looks at Vala and nudges her with his shoulder. "Your daughter is eerily similar to someone else I know..."
"Shut up. If you value any sort of sex life, do not speak any more." She turns to Adria. "You need to go and have friends and learn things. Just because you think you know them doesn't mean you can't learn something more about it. I learn more about things all the time."
"Like learning that daddy likes blondes?" Tyler bounces up into his mothers lap, snuggles his head against her and smiles across to his father.
She shoots him the most disbelieving look. "He does, Does he?"
"He said-" Cam's hand is muffling his son before he can get another word out.
"I like blondes but I love brunettes. That's what I said." Cam's trying to back track out of this. He doesn't even remember what he actually said to Tyler. There had been some lingerie catalogue that he'd found and was looking at when Cam found him. He'd tried to explain things to Tyler and not seem overly any which way about things.
"I'm sure that's exactly what you said." She looks at the two children and realizes that it's bed time. "Off to bed with you two. We'll be up in a minute to tuck you in."
They both offer minimal protest, they really are tired, and scamper off to get ready.
"Now tell me the truth." Vala swings up on the couch and straddles his lap. Her ass settles against his thighs and she rolls her hips on him. "What was it that you told our son?"
"I have no idea..." She doesn't believe him. "Really. He was looking at a Victoria Secret catalogue and asking me questions... I was trying to derail that train. I don't remember how I did it. I just had to get that thing away from him."
"Well, maybe he won't think that girls have cooties for very long then..."
"Not all girls, just his mom and his sister. Or sisters... Are we going to find out again?"
"Well, not for a while, but yes... I don't see the point in not utilizing the technology your planet has to offer. Not when it means we can go shopping!"
"Oh, of course, the shopping," Cam laughs. "That's what it's all about, huh?"
"Well, if it's a boy we've got some of Tyler's things still, but if it's a girl..." Vala's tucked away a few sentimental items but overall they hadn't bothered to keep most of Adria's baby things, instead clearing the way for new toys, new clothes, things a growing girl needs. "Do you want a daughter, Cameron?"
Cam smiles a little. "I've already got a daughter."
That makes Vala smile and kiss him. "Thank you for that. Do you want another daughter?"
"I want whatever God sees fit to give us," Cam says.
She rolls her eyes. She's not overly fond of phrases like that, but Cam's upbringing seems to have instilled him with a plethora of them. Luckily his beliefs don't run too deeply, because Vala would rather not raise her children worshipping anything or anyone. She's had enough of that for a lifetime, and she's seen what the Tauri can do in the name of their Gods. It might be a little more subtle than the Goa'uld but often times can be just as cruel.
She doesn't really want to discuss any of that right now, though. She pokes him in the chest. "And don't think that at some point I'm not going to ask exactly what on earth our three year old was doing looking at those magazines."
He raises his hands in surrender. "One came in the mail for you. He thought it was a coloring book."
"And you thought it was the perfect time for father-son bonding over scantily clad women of differing but equally artificial hair color?"
"Uhh, no. But he told me the lady was going swimming, and I asked him how she knew that. He said she has on a bathing suit like Mommy, so I tried to explain that it wasn't a bathing suit... and then he wanted to know why his big boy pants didn't look like that, and, uh... trust me. Not the kind of conversational bonding I prefer, okay?"
Vala's too busy laughing at him to even continue her stern argument.
Even after all these years she's still able to turn him on his head with a few questions. He doesn't like being in trouble with her. He knows that he needs to steer everything away from the comment.
"Lets get up and tuck in those two children of ours. Before they decide to come find us." They get up together and head up to their rooms. They always start with one and then swap. After the night routine has been completed they meet in their bedroom.
Cam doesn't give her a chance to remember the conversation from earlier. His lips cover hers when she walks through the door. She's not opposed to that sort of greeting he discovers as her mouth opens and her tongue plunges into his. She's never been one to hold back her feelings. Her fingers thread through his hair and tug him closer.
"Trying to distract me?" She murmurs against his lips before resuming the kiss.
He breaks away, a little breathless already. "Is it working?" He sees in her smirk that says it's not really but she'll take it. So he pulls her backwards towards their bed. Their clothes are falling by the wayside as they back track. "Did you search for monsters already?"
The motion is stopped, remembering what happens frequently. "Yeah, I did...." His lips travel down her jawline and neck. The tickle of his tongue is teasing her body into a frenzy. She doesn't know exactly when the pregnancy hormones really kick in but she's already so turned on.
"Good. Don't want to get interrupted." His lips caress her breasts above the cups of her bra while unhooking it with his fingers and slipping it down her arms.
They fall back on the bed, his mouth reminding her he wasn't fumbling. He was quite good. He took his time, a gamble with the kids, but it paid off. He worshiped her head to toe. Then he slipped between her thighs and showed her the pleasure that came from their love. He rested his forehead against hers, eyes open, hot breath mingling across their lips as he pumped into her. Everything was tense and coiled until finally he sprung the magic latch and both of them tumbled into climax.
*
The house is bustling with noise, what was meant to be a small dinner having exploded into a gathering of almost a dozen people. All of the SG-1 members from every generation are there, a few of Cam's closest friends from base, and Cassie has promised to come by with her children.
Adria's loving the commotion, a little social butterfly in the making, while Tyler clings close to his mother. He follows her from room to room on chubby legs, never wanting to be far from her.
Cam has taken care of the food, the huge grill that is his pride and joy going in back. Jack O'Neill keeps trying to take over and it's amusing to Vala to watch Cam try and remain respectful while stealing back the tongs at every possible opportunity.
"So what's all this about?" Daniel asks, her, sliding into the deck chair beside her. Tyler is at her feet zooming around toy trucks and clashing them together.
Vala leans in like she's going to whisper and then says, "It's a secret."
Daniel pouts slightly. "Come on, I won't tell."
"No, you won't, because you won't find it." She smiles triumphantly. "We'll tell everyone after we've eaten."
Cam sees them talking and relinquishes the tongs so he can wander over. He sits down, groaning slightly at the way his knees pop when he bends, and takes one of Tyler's trucks to play with him. "You put sunscreen on them, honey?"
"No, I rather enjoy having children that look like red shellfish," she says, rolling her eyes at him. "Of course I did."
"Smartass," Cam says.
"BAD WORD!" Tyler happily announces. "Daddy gotta time out?"
Vala smirks.
"If Daddy gets a time out, no one gets any food," Cam says, pouting in an exaggerated way. "You're hungry, huh, buddy?"
"Want a hot dog," Tyler agrees, nodding. He twists around to look at Vala. "Daddy be good next time, kay?"
Vala reaches out to ruffle Tyler's hair. "Oh, I'm sure he will. Yes, Daddy can get away with no time out this time, but I think he should go bring both of us some food, don't you?"
"Hey, can I get in on this?" Daniel asks.
Cam shakes his head. "Sorry, Jackson. You're on your own. Nice try, though."
Cam puts on an act - it's hard to juggle four plates of food. Adria comes up beside him and offers to help. He hands her her plate and her brother's. The two with the least amount of food. He walks behind her and smiles happily as she successfully navigates her way back to the picnic table. Tyler is in his mother's lap when the two of them get back and he sets the plates down and helps Adria. Then he settles in a chair beside Vala, opposite of Daniel, pulling Adria into his lap to save chairs for the adults.
"Daddy I can sit in my own chair." She tries to scramble off but Cam stops her.
"You are able, yes, but today we need to let the old people have chairs. You can sit on Daddy's lap or the deck." He sees her contemplating if it's more grown up to sit on the ground but the thought of the bugs that she often sees down there keep her on his knee. Even though her baby brother is sitting the same way on her mother. Bugs are worse then looking a little like a baby.
She bites into her hot dog and midway through chewing her first bite tells him that she'll stay here. Cam starts eating after seeing that Vala and Tyler have everything that they need. He reaches across the corner and grasps Vala's free hand. He squeezes it a couple times, letting her know that he's here for her when she makes the announcement.
They watch as they eat as everyone finally settles in. The food is slowly moved from the buffet to the table for easy seconds. Conversation is flowing easily.
"So, Cam, Vala, what are we all doing here?" Jack's voice rumbles down the table. He does the job of catching everyone's attention.
Vala takes a sip of her sparkling juice and smiles at her husband. "Cameron and I have something to tell everyone."
"We got that." Daniel snarks next to her. He gets a kick to the shin, but her flip flop covered feet do little damage.
Vala gives him a glare for extra measure before unveiling the news. "We're pregnant."
"Cam gonna carry it this time?" Jack jokes and everyone laughs.
Cam shakes his head. "I'm not tough enough for the job." This makes Vala happy, he can see her surprised, satisfied grin out of the corner of his eye and he turns to look at her. She's shining with joy. He knows, in that moment, that she truly does want a third child with him. Any doubt is melted from his mind. It feels good. Right.
"He's not. He can barely handle me giving birth." Vala leans across and they kiss. Tyler makes a sound of disgust. Adria giggles at her parents antics. The rest of the team clank their glasses to keep them in a lip lock a little longer.
"Who knew it would turn out so well when I suggested, quite firmly, that you marry that chick." Landry reminds everyone.
"Well, I never like to disobey an order," Cam says.
"How the hell you manage to run SG-1, then?" Jack wants to know.
"I didn't," Cam laughs. "Hell, I was lucky if half of them did what I asked half the time. And some never did. Jackson."
"What?" Daniel gives him a wide-eyed who, me? kind of look.
"Oh, him." Jack makes a dismissive hand gesture. "He never listens to anyone."
"But where would you all be without me?"
"I'd have a whole lot less gray hair," Landry says, and Jack also agrees with that one.
"Oh, all right, that's enough teaming up on Daniel," Sam jumps in. "He can't help his... personality quirks."
"Thank you, Sam! I'm glad someone here appreciates me."
"Oh, I didn't say you weren't frustrating. Just that you can't help it." Sam gives him a sweet smile.
Daniel lifts his hand up to make a rude gesture but a stern look from Vala stops him.
"But, seriously, congratulations," Sam says, smiling at Vala and Cam.
"Aunt Sam, do you think Thor can make mommy have a girl this time?" Adria asks. "If I say please?"
"Ah..." Sam looks a bit helpless as she tries to think of a response. "I'll send him a letter and ask him."
"Okay. Don't forget the please," Adria orders. "Manners are important."
"Thor does appreciate a good show of manners, girls got a point, Sam." Jack's the one who is most easily swayed to go along with the games of the children. Sam just thanks him and tries to get the conversation steered somewhere else.
Cam notices her distress - but doesn't really aide her. "So when are we gonna get together like this again? For someone other than us to spread happy news."
Everyone seems to not want anyone to look at them. Sam and Daniel are staring at the sky, Jack and Landry are examining the wooden slats of the deck. Teal'c, however is just smiling.
"Cameron, you've quite put them out by asking that. However.... what a juicy question, darling." She starts eyeing around the table, people she doesn't really know that well because they've been with Cam only since he moved positions. Dr. Lam, she's looking quite shy about something. "Carolyn... Something to share?"
Now all eyes are on her and her face turns a shade of pink. Her father seems most curious. "Nothing." Damn Vala Mal Doran anyway. She's far too perceptive for her own good.
"Uh huh..." Vala almost lets it go, but the twinge of a smile touches Carolyn's cheek and she presses on. "Who is he? She?"
"It's not me. Really. I just... Know far too much."
Vala, along with everyone else, concludes that that must mean someone there. The eyes being flying around again. Finally Sam speaks.
"I have news."
"Samantha Carter. I knew you were too pretty to last that long on the singles market." Vala is a little hurt she didn't know. It's just that she thought they were friends and this... well... That's something friends talk about, don't they?
"We're together." The voice is even and quiet and right next to Vala. It damn well wasn't Cameron talking which left one man.
"Daniel Jackson!" Vala shoots him a wink. She isn't surprised, not really. Daniel and Sam geek out together all the time. it's cute. "How long?"
"It's not something-" Vala cuts Sam off.
"Right, right, girl talk for later, then?"
Sam just shyly nods. She's a little excited to chit chat about Daniel with Vala. No one looks shocked. Maybe Jack a little, but his boat sailed long ago. He tossed all his oars into the seas and she can't wait on him to paddle back by hand. They'll both be dead by then.
Cam's still baffled, and remains so throughout the rest of the meal. He's certainly happy for Sam and Daniel, but it makes him wonder exactly how unaware he's been.
The minute he gets Vala alone he whispers. "How long has this been going on?"
Vala laughs and puts plates in the sink. "I have no idea. You'd have to ask them."
She looks out the window in front of them. Sam and Daniel are standing close, not touching, but now that she knows it's there she can see the intimacy between them. Cam follows the direction of her gaze. "Well, that's... weird."
"You think people didn't say the same of us?" She reaches out and hooks a finger in the belt loop of his jeans, tugging him in.
"They probably still do," Cam says, reaching up to cup her face and kiss her. "And they're right."
"You just needed someone that would keep life interesting for you." Vala sounds slightly triumphant. "That blonde simply would never have done."
"No, she wouldn't have," Cam agrees. "You think they'll get hitched?"
Vala knows instinctively that he's back to talking about Sam and Daniel. "I don't know. Nothing about either of them is exceedingly conventional, but..."
"But, people could have said the same about us," Cam finishes for her.
"I have no doubt that they'll settle on whatever works best for them. Just like we did."
Cam reaches down and puts his hand over her stomach. She'll start to show early on, her lean figure allowing for no disguise against a swelling belly.
"Mommy Mommy!" Tyler runs in, upset at having lost track of Vala amongst the crowds of people. He'd been distracted by games with his Uncle Jack but is now ready for his mother again. His face is tearstained and unhappy, a sure sign that he's about ready for a nap.
Vala picks him up, kissing his cheek. "Oh, my darling boy. Come on now, let's go find Hankie and see if he's tired."
Tyler nods, resting his head on her shoulder. She leans over to give Cam another kiss then heads off to Tyler's bedroom.
She reappears twenty minutes later. Cassie's arrived with her daughter, the closest thing Adria has to a cousin to play with.
Cam knows that Cassie has a particular interest in Vala, since Vala's one of the few people on the planet with knowledge of her homeworld. Since Cassie's married and decided to stay in the area she often brings her daughter over just to talk. Cam thinks that Vala enjoys it too. She's lived a whole life before coming to this planet but now she's isolated and limited in what she can talk to most people about.
"Sorry we're late," Cassie says, getting up to hug Vala when she walks in. "I hope there's still food left."
"Enough to feed an army," Jack says, standing in the doorway. Cassie's face lights up and she runs to him, looking a lot like the kid she'd been when they first met.
Cam settles onto the couch besides Vala. Someone's put in a movie (Star Wars - which must mean it was Teal'c) and broken into the case of beer Cam had bought. He hands her a soda while she stares longingly at his beer.
"You know the rules, little mama." He leans over and kisses her cheek.
"Earth rules," she sighs.
"No chances. Not with the baby..." He knows that she agrees but still likes to tease. It's just not something that he's comfortable with. He grew up around all sorts of warnings about drinking while pregnant and despite anything that might say in moderation was alright he'd still rather she didn't. She respects him enough to follow that rule.
He puts his arm around her and moves closer so there is room for Adria and Laura to sit together. Some of the people have left, other activities to attend or just not enough interest in the core group to stick around past the free meal. They said their goodbyes and it's now just Jack, Sam, Daniel, Teal'c, Cassie and her daughter Laura that are around.
Jack brought in a plate of food for Cassie and Laura picks off of it while she chats with Adria. Neither of them are very into the movie so when Laura is full Adria asks to go to the play room with her.
"Just don't wake your brother." Vala doesn't need an overly tired Tyler crying for no reason. "And when he wakes up, be nice, let him play too." Adria reluctantly agrees and then grabs Laura's hand and pulls her off to the small room where they have a lot of toys.
Daniel joins the group in the living room after finishing helping Sam with the clean up. He sits in the oversized arm chair. When Sam comes in there's not really a place to sit. She can fit in the space between Cam and Cassie, as soon as she goes to do that she feels hands around her waist.
"We told them for a reason, didn't we?" Daniel's pulled her into the large chair and she's been wedged between the side and halfway on his lap.
Sam's bright red at the PDA but she doesn't move to get up. The rest of the team tries hard not to stare, except Vala who openly looks at them grinning ear to ear. She remembers how wonderful it felt to be able to show everyone how she and Cam felt. She's happy for Sam and Daniel and she really can't wait to get her alone for girl time.
"Just don't... Start kissing yet..." Cam grumbles. Which earns him an elbow to the side. "What? I just am not used to it yet. Next thing I know Teal'c and Thor will be seeing each other or something."
"What Thor and I do in our free time is our own." Teal'c is quick to the draw leaving Cam with his mouth open and gaping at them. "Cameron Mitchell you are an easy target."
His wife is giggling next to him. "He really is muscles. It makes my job lots easier."