Title: Daniel And Vala Go To Vegas

Summary: Vala convinces Daniel to take her to Las Vegas. How much mischief can one former space pirate get into?

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate or its characters.

Chapter 4: Showtime

When Daniel and Vala left the aquarium, Daniel's cell phone started to ring.

He quickly picked it up. "Hello."

"Hey Daniel, how are you two getting along?" It was Sam, sounding cheerful as usual.

Daniel smiled and mouthed the words "it's Sam," to Vala, before answering her. "Hey, we are doing good."

"Is she driving you crazy yet?" Sam laughed lightly into the phone.

Daniel chuckled back. "No, not really. We are having a good time, she really enjoyed the aquarium I just took her to."

"That's great! So did you tell her that you are in love with her yet?"

Daniel didn't think that he heard Sam correctly. "What's that?"

Sam sighed audibly. "I asked if you told her that you are in love with her yet."

"Umm, no. I haven't."

"Why not?"

Daniel glanced over at Vala to see if she was listening, but she was too busy gazing at the nearby stores. "I'm not in love with her," he whispered.

"Sure Daniel, you keep telling yourself that. Now can I talk to Vala please?"

Daniel was still confused that Sam thought that he was in love with Vala. Sure he liked her, the two of them had become great friends, but love? He wasn't sure he even knew what that was anymore.

He handed the phone to Vala. "Sam wants to talk to you."

Vala put the phone to her ear. "Sam! How are you?"

Daniel listened in on their conversation, well Vala's side of it anyway.

"I'm good...Yes, I'm having a great time...No!...I've been very good...Haha...No I didn't...Why not?...Because I just can't...I know I know we talked about this...Fine I'll try...Yep...Okay goodbye."

Daniel tried to piece together the conservation that Vala had with Sam, but he couldn't quite figure it out. Vala handed Daniel's cell phone back.

"Vala, what did Sam want?"

Vala looked away from him and down at her feet. "Oh nothing. She just asked if I was having a good time and if I was behaving."

Daniel arched an eyebrow at her, but she still wouldn't face him. "Okay, if you say so." He didn't believe that that was all that Sam had said, but he decided not to push it.

Later on, Daniel took Vala to go see a magic show. Normally, Daniel would not be impressed by a silly magic show, but Vegas had the best of the best of magicians and illusionists so he decided to take Vala to one of the shows.

About fifteen minutes into the show Vala crossed her arms and huffed loudly.

Daniel stared at her. "What's wrong?"

She leaned over to whisper in his ear. "This is stupid! Any Asgard, Ancient, or even Goa'uld could pull off pitiful tricks like these with ease."

Daniel gave her a stern look. "Yes, but most people on Earth don't know about any of those beings, so these illusions seem impossible."

Vala rolled her eyes. "Not my problem, this is still boring."

Daniel was getting angry. "Hey, I spent a lot of money on these tickets, so be quiet and at least pretend to enjoy the show."

"Fine, but only if you take me to one of the bars afterward to get some drinks."

Daniel sighed. "Oh okay, now shut up."

Vala recrossed her arms and turned slightly away from him. Daniel just shook his head. He should have known that she would not have been impressed by the illusions, but the only other shows going on that night were either male or female 'entertainers' and he was certainly not going to take her to one of those shows.

Vala was actually able to stay quiet through most of the show, she even clapped weakly at the end. "Now can we go get some drinks darling?" She looped her arm through Daniel's as they walked out of the show.

"Yeah, let's go." The pair walked into a bar and sat down.

Daniel decided that since neither one of them had to drive anywhere, the hotel was just down the street, that he would have a few drinks as well. He ordered a rum and coke and then a few beers and quickly started to become very buzzed and drunk soon after.

Vala had had even more drinks than Daniel, but she barely seemed to be affected by the alcohol at all. "Okay darling, I think you have had enough," Vala said as she lifted Daniel's latest alcoholic beverage out of his hands.

Daniel's fuzzy mind was confused. "No, no, I'm fine. This is fun...I like fun."

Vala looked at him and laughed. "Oh boy, you are definitely drunk. How is that possible? I had more drinks than you!"

Daniel squinted at the woman sitting next to him. "Well, Jack and Sam always said I couldn't hold my alcohol."

Vala couldn't stop her giggles. "I can see that."

"I like your dress, it's green," Daniel observed as he peered at Vala through his now blurry vision.

"Umm, thanks, yes it is green. I have a green bra and underwear on too, you want to see those as well?" She winked at him.

Daniel couldn't think straight. "Yes, I mean no, I mean I don't know."

Vala raised an eyebrow at her clearly inebriated friend. "I think it is time we left."

Daniel just nodded and let Vala pull him off of the bar stool.

Vala had to help Daniel to the hotel and into their room. He stumbled quite a few times, but was too far gone to care. Once in the room, Vala kicked of her heels and walked towards the bathroom. "I'm going to go get changed."

Daniel didn't answer her, he just began to slowly get undressed. He found it much more difficult than usual to get his shoes and socks off. He started on his shirt next and tried to pull it over his head before realizing that he had to unbutton it first.

Finally undressed, he bent over to retrieve some pajama pants from the low dresser.

"Now that's what I call a show." Daniel turned to see Vala staring at him.

Through his drunken stupor, he somehow knew that he should be angry at her. He swiftly picked up a shirt and covered himself with it. "How long have you been standing there?"

She raised an eyebrow at him. "Long enough." She laughed at her unintentional innuendo.

Daniel felt his face turn red. "I may be drunk, but you still shouldn't be spying on me!"

Vala giggled. "Oh darling, don't worry about it. You have a great body, I knew you would. It's too bad you won't put it to good use though." She sauntered closer to Daniel.

Daniel's brain finally registered that she was only wearing a skimpy silk nightgown and that she was still blatantly staring at him. His drunk self wanted nothing more than to just throw her on the bed, but a part of him still told him not to do it, that he would regret it later. The two sides battled with each other.

"What are you doing?" He finally found the words to say.

Vala continued to walk towards him until she was standing so close that he could feel her breath on his cheek. "Nothing," she said as she stared into his eyes.

Daniel unconsciously licked his lips. Vala must have taken that as an invitation because the next thing Daniel knew was that she had leaned forward and closed the gap in between them, kissing him passionately. Daniel felt her kiss burn through him like a wildfire. He couldn't help but drop the shirt that was covering him and wrap his arms around her to bring her closer. He felt Vala moan into his mouth, but when she lightly bit his lip, he came back to reality.

"Stop"

She pulled away. "Why?"

He sighed and picked up a pair of nearby pants to put on. "We can't do this. I'm drunk and you are taking advantage of me!"

She sat casually on the bed. "You kissed me back, I know you liked it."

He felt anger starting to build up in his body. "Like I said I'm drunk, but not drunk enough to know that this is not what I want."

She smirked at him. "Well, I'm pretty sure a certain piece of your anatomy felt differently."

He blushed. "I can't help how my body reacts, don't act like it meant something, because it didn't trust me."

She looked a bit hurt by his last statement. "Whatever Daniel, if you are finished rambling about why we can't have sex I think I'll go to bed now." She got under the covers.

Daniel scowled at her. "Fine, goodnight," he said sternly.

She just rolled over to face the wall, ignoring him.

Daniel got into bed and laid awake thinking about how he should never get drunk around Vala ever again.

End of Chapter 4. Review pretty please! :)

-J