"Would you like me to….?"

"NO!"

"If I put my hand here…?"

"Don't touch!"

"But I want to hold it."

"It's not something you can play with."

"It's not like I can damage it. It's already, you know, crooked."

"Nevertheless…We need to take one step at a time."

"I am!"

"No, you're not. You're skipping, two, three steps at the time."

"I'm so not…it's not my fault you're slow!" Vala muttered, "In more ways than one."

Daniel sighed. "I'm doing this in the most normal pace possible. If you don't slow down, I'm going to end up on top of you."

"Go ahead! It's not like I haven't been trying."

"I don't want to hurt you."

"I already know you're heavy. You've already been on top, remember?"

How can I possibly forget?

"By the, way can't I be on top?"

"Would you stand STILL!!!!" His voice strained Daniel's patient was dissolving, fast.

"Hey! We're still upright so, I guess I must be something right. But, perhaps you're right, we should probably wait until we're in your office before we make a repeat performance….did you know that you have the softest skin, right here?!"

"Vala. Don't touch me…"

"Little late for that!"

"…there."

Sam had an early morning in her lab, working on the final kinks in a new weapons prototype, when she heard Daniel and Vala in the corridor outside. What in the name of all things holy are they up to? Sam got up from her desk. There was something going on between the two of them, Daniel and Vala, more so than usual. The incident with Vala's clip a few days ago, and now this. I feel as though I'm eavesdropping again. But then again, I'm in my office so…She opened the door.

Daniel and Vala were standing almost right outside. They were locked in what seemed to be a tight embrace.

"Daniel?" Sam gazed at the couple.

"Sam!" Damn!

Vala turned her head. "Oh, Samantha. Did we disturb you? I'm so sorry if we did. We're on our way to Daniel's office."

Sam felt slightly embarrassed having cough them…doing something that SGC personnel weren't really supposed to be doing…at least not to each other. Although, neither of them was in the air force, so… Lucky them!

Sam almost jumped two feet when Daniel yelled, "What did I tell you. Don't touch it!"

"But Daniel!" Vala's hands were grapping the hook that joined them. It wasn't so much her hand doing more damage to it, but that by holding the hook, she not only compromised their balance, but also him. It made, well, matters worse.

Hoarsely he continued, directing himself to Sam, while forcibly holding Vala's hand behind her back. "We just met Jack."

"Really…?!" Sam tried not to look too eager or too happy about that little piece of information. "I should…" she indicated back to her lab, "…and you should, eh, have that taken care of."

Vala smiled. "I'm working on it."

Vala stopped to struggle and Daniel released her hands. "Could we continue now please?"

"Sure, I'm not the one stopping to chat every five seconds."

"It's not like I could have said nothing."

"Why not?"

"Because!"

"That's not an answer."

"Well, it's the only one you're gone get. So, keep you hands to yourself and take one step at a time."

"I heard you the first time!"

"You could have fooled me!"

They continued their banter as they slowly, but still upright, disappeared behind a corner. Sam went back into her lab for a moment and located a mirror. What was it with Daniel and alien women? Did he prefer them or did they prefer him? She wasn't sure which alternative portrayed him in the best light. She glanced at herself one more time, satisfied with the result, she hurried out from her lab in search of, well, someone.