Prompt 5.09

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Five times Vala got what she wants: and regretted it



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[sid]

Psst! I have a couple of ideas for this prompt. If anybody else has a random thought or two, maybe we could co-author a complete set of five.

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1.) After many months of nagging and complaining, she'd finally been allowed to get a driver's license. She regretted it because now she didn't have to ask Daniel to drive her around town anymore.

2.) She'd heard many stories about the great Jack O'Neill and wanted to meet the man herself. The day finally came when he invited SG1 to DC for a weekened bar-b-q and she'd driven Daniel mad with questions on what she should wear and how she should behave. At the party, she'd immediatly realized how Daniel came alive around Jack and how easily he could bring a smile to his face. Vala spent the rest of the day sitting quietly with Sam, wishing she'd never come.

3.) The golden figurine inside a temple on PX3-792. She spotted it in an alcove and reached for it without thinking to ask first; it was a question of 'She saw it. She wanted it. She took it'. There was no way for her to know that it was booby trapped. No way for her to know that Daniel would pay for her greed when the walls started collapsing around them.

4.) Vala always wanted to have a baby, even though she thought she might make as bad a mother as her own step mother. But still, she felt the life growing inside her and couldn't bring herself to try and end the pregnancy. She'd found a quiet life here and she was relatively safe, all things considered. She had a husband who loved her and maybe she could go back to how things were, before her life got turned inside out by Qetesh. She could start over. Nine months later Vala delivered a healthy and beautiful girl named Adria. She's regretted it ever since.

5.) After months of trying, Vala finally got Daniel into her bed. Deep into their lovemaking, she was suprised to find tears in his eyes as he climaxed inside her. He kissed her softly and whispered something that turned her cold. Didn't he understand? This was just sex. Nobody was supposed to love her; least of all him. She wasn't worth it.