Before entering, Victoria peeked into the window. Elizabeth was sitting at the table, coloring with crayons. Victoria slid her security card and opened the door. Elizabeth immediately looked up and when she saw her mother, she stood and ran to her mother. Victoria welcomed her hug, holder her daughter tightly.

"I missed you," Victoria told her daughter.

"Did you catch the bad guy?" Elizabeth asked.

Victoria reluctantly let go of her.

"Not yet, sweaty," she said.

"You're leaving again? For how long?" the girl asked.

"I'm not sure how long this will take. The bad guy is very smart," Victoria told her, sitting down on the bed.

Elizabeth followed and sat on her mother's lap.

"But, for the rest of the today, I'm all yours," Victoria said. "So, what do you feel like doing?"

"Anything, as long as it's with you," Elizabeth said.

"Okay," she hugged her.

Victoria bustled around the small kitchen, preparing some dinner for Elizabeth and herself. Elizabeth was in the living room, watching some TV. There was a knock at the door. Victoria sighed and went to the door. She peaked through the window to see who it was.

"Honey, could you please set the table. We're having a guest, so be sure to set him a place," Victoria said to Elizabeth.

"Okay, Mom," Elizabeth turned off the TV, got up from the couch and went to set the table.

Victoria, meanwhile, opened the door. Nick stood in the doorway.

"Hi," she greeted him.

"Hey," he said. "Something sure smells good."

"Come on in. We've got plenty of food and Elizabeth is setting you a place as we speak," she told him.

"Who am I to pass up on a good home cooked meal?" Nick asked, as she let him in.

Victoria introduced Elizabeth to Nick, "Lizzie, this is an old friend of mine, Nick."

"Hey," Nick greeted.

"Oh, hi," Elizabeth greeted him a little absent mindedly, setting the plates.

After dinner and the dishes were done, Victoria sent Elizabeth to bed. Now, Nick and Victoria were alone. The first time since before the capturing of Ecklie's Goa'uld.

"I guess we should talk about us, now," Victoria said slowly, stepping closer to Nick.

"I guess," Nick said, moving even closer.

They now stood almost nose to nose. Victoria had an itch to scratch since their first kiss. She kissed him deeply and passionately.

Victoria's alarm went off. She found herself lying next to Nick. He began to wake. She nuzzled her face in his neck.

"Morning," she mumbled.

"Morning," he said, tightening his embrace on her. "That was some talk," he said jokingly.

"Yeah we should talk more often," Victoria responded, grinning.

Victoria got up and slipped her robe on.

Once she made sure that Elizabeth was off to school (Cassie had offered to take her on this particular morning) and went back to Nick. He had taken a shower and had just finished slipping his shirt back on when she did enter.

"I've been thinking," Victoria began.

"Uh-oh," Nick said teasingly.

"Shut up," she said. Victoria, than, began again. "How would you feel if we were to move to Las Vegas. I can request a transfer to Area 51. Elizabeth and I could find a decent apartment."

"Well," he began. Nick moved closer to her. "It would be nice to see you without having to beam in and out all the time. But, have you asked Elizabeth about this? Will she be willing to leave her surrogate family and her school friends here in Colorado?"

"I've asked her about it, yes," she said slowly.

"And?"

"And she says as long as she gets a puppy, then she's fine with it," Victoria said, smiling.

Nick chuckled and then kissed her, wrapping his arms around her.