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"Now Madison, it is important to remember that men are like toys…very easy to play with. All that is needed is a sashay of the hips and batting of the eyes and you can have Oscar here wrapped around your little claw. Another thing to remember is…." Daniel Jackson comes in.

"Hey, Vala, what's up?"

"Dr. McKay is letting me play with some of Dr. Beckett's mice. This is Oscar and this is Madison," Vala said pointing each mouse out to Daniel. "Or is that one Oscar and that one Madison. I can't remember." Vala reached into the cage and picked one of the mice up so she could tell which one is which. "This one is defiantly Oscar," Vala said. She put Oscar gently down in the cage and looked at Daniel who seemed to be pondering something.

"Yes?"

"You said that that one was Oscar and that one was Madison?"

"Yes."

"Oscar and Madison?" Daniel said chuckling. "Oscar Madison. The Odd Couple of course."

Vala looked confused.

"Oscar Madison from The Odd Couple," Daniel said and it appeared that Vala still didn't understand the humor of it. "The Odd Couple was a television show from the seventies. These two guys Oscar Madison and Felix Unger were roommates. Oscar was a total slob and Felix was a neat freak."

"Were they homosexual?" Vala asked interested.

"No, they were roommates."

"But why would they live together if they were not homosexual?"

"I don't know. They liked to," Daniel said. "Anyway, Oscar was such a slob and it drove Felix crazy. The same with Felix's neatness, it drove Oscar insane."

"Let me get this straight. These two very different guys, who are not homosexual, lived together for a period of time and drove each other completely mad."

"Exactly," Daniel said snapping his fingers.

"So you're saying that opposites attract?"

"Right."

"Kind of like you and I?" Vala said picking Madison up out of the cage.

"Well, I wouldn't say that…."

"Oh, come on. So are you saying that you are not attracted to me?" Vala said setting Madison on the table. Madison took Vala's moment of distraction to scurry away.

"No, of course I'm attracted to you, I just….Hey, isn't that one of the mice running across the floor?"

Vala looked down at the table and noticed that Madison was gone. "I think it is."

Just then, Carson comes into his lab. "What are you two doing in here?"

"Well, Dr. Beckett, Daniel and I were admiring the mice that you have," Vala said.

"Yes, they are fine specimens aren't they?" Carson said cheerfully.

"Those mice don't have any scary, contagious infectious diseases do they?" Vala asked.

"Nay. Just got 'em in from the Daedulus this morning."

"Good, because Daniel here," Vala said patting Daniel on the shoulder. "accidentally let one of the mice go. The female one."

"Do you have any idea how long it's going to take me to get another mouse??" Carson's face started to get red. "Go! Both of you!"

"See that's what you get for saying that you weren't attracted to me," Vala said as they walked away from the infirmary.

"I said that I was attracted to you. I just…"

"You just what? Don't think we're compatible? Aren't ready to be involved in a relationship? If you ask me that's much worse than finding me unattractive."

Daniel was about to object Vala put her hand on his cheek, "Don't worry, darling. I won't hold your stupidity against you…yet. However, until you come to your senses, I think that I'm going to have to find someone else to play with…perhaps Colonel Sheppard. He is after all very good at kirking," Vala said with a wink before going off to find the Colonel.

It took Daniel a few moments to comprehend the meaning of what she said. "Oh, crap!"