Let’s All Go to the Drive-In
By: Maeve Bran
CATEGORY: General
SEASON/SPOILERS: Season 10
WARNINGS: None
AUTHOR’S NOTES: This
is just a silly piece of fluff dedicated to jedibuttercup for being there when
I call at
AUTHOR’S WEBSITE:
http://www.fanfiction.net/~maevebran
"Daniel," Vala bounced into his office. "What
is a drive in?"
Daniel looked up to see Vala standing waiting for an answer. He sighed and
finally answered her after he closed the book he had been searching through.
"It's a movie screen out in a field. People drive their cars in and park.
Then they tune their radio to the theater's frequency and watch the movie. Why
do you ask?"
"
"I don't know if there are any around here." Daniel replied. "I
suppose you could look it up on the internet."
"Ok." Vala moved to the computer since Daniel was working at the
center counter with his books. 'It says there is one in
"I think that is about an hour away," Daniel answered automatically.
He looked up at Vala and saw her expectant face. "Vala, would you like to
go to the drive-in Friday night?"
"Sure. I'd love to," Vala answered with a megawatt grin. She left his
lab to do who knows what.
Daniel sighed and went back to work. He had no idea why he had just agreed to
take Vala to the drive-in but he found himself looking forward to Friday night
anyway. Maybe it was the fact the he could probably count on one hand the
number of times he had been to the drive-in himself and it was a chance to be
normal not a space going hero.
Friday afternoon at about five, Daniel sought out Vala. He finally found her in
her quarters primping.
"You ready to go?" Daniel asked after she opened the door to him.
"Almost. We just have to stop by the commissary." Vala replied.
"Why the commissary?" Daniel asked, puzzled.
"I talked to Sam and she said allot of people take a picnic or other food
to the drive-in. Then I got talking to Lt. Crow in the commissary and she said
she'd pack us a nice picnic dinner. Since I didn't know what was traditional, I
told her to go for it." Vala explained as if it was obvious.
"Ok. Let's go." He looked at her outfit and then said, "You make
want to bring a sweatshirt and maybe that throw blanket. It will be late and
most likely chilly by the time we get back."
Vala dashed over to her dresser and pulled out a sweatshirt with the Air Force
logo on it. Then she grabbed the blanket Daniel had mentioned. "So just
how late are we going to be?"
"Well the first movie won't start until after sunset so around nine. I
hear Transformers is about two and a half hours, then a half hour intermission
and the Live Free or Die Hard is just over two hours so we'll be able to leave
around 2:30 and we'll get back here at about 3:30 AM." Daniel answered as
it hit him he was willingly shutting himself in a small confined space alone
with Vala for something like ten hours. Heaven help him if she got bored and
wanted to explore just what else happened at drive-ins.
The ride passed without incident and they got a good parking space. They had
started in on dinner but after that Vala got bored.
"So tell me darling, why are drive ins so popular?" Vala asked trying
to find a comfortable position in Daniel's jeep.
"Well for one it is cheaper to see the two movies at a drive in. For
another they don't care if you bring in outside food and drink." Daniel
listed off the practical reasons before getting to the impractical. "Then
there is the fact that if you talk during the movie no one shushes you. Finally
many couples, particularly the high school aged crowd, there is a little more
privacy in a car so they can not watch the movies at all."
"Instead they do what?" Vala asked but then she looked over at Daniel
and noted his blush. "Oh. Darling. I think I may just really enjoy these
movies no matter what they are about." She reached her hand out and
stroked his knee.
Daniel blushed harder and moved her hand away. "Vala. I did not bring you
here to neck. I brought you here to watch some movies and have some fun away
from the base."
"But Daniel, you said this 'necking' thing was part of the
experience." Vala complained.
"Necking is only apart of the experience if you are part of an established
couple. Which we are most definitely not. Lastly, that usually happens in the
second feature when the young families have left and it is really late."
Daniel further explained.
"Oh. Earth certainly has some complicated courtship rituals." Vala
said fascinated.
"You have no idea. The rituals I could tell you about from the ancient
Mayans... " Daniel was starting to go into Professor mode but Vala
interrupted him.
"That's all right, Daniel. The only courtship rituals I'm interested in
are the ones you would observe."
"And why would that be?" Daniel asked.
"That would be because I want to do things right and proper with you,
Daniel." Vala confessed.
Daniel was speechless. Of all the answers she might have given, that was the
last one he expected. Vala was serious. She wanted to do things properly with
him. It almost made him wonder what kind of impropriety she had committed in
the past but that thought soon gave way to the thought that she just may have
serious feelings for him.
"Well, if that is truly the case, I should tell you that traditionally, on
Earth, couples don't have sex until after they are properly married."
Daniel said seriously.
** The
End **
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