Author Notes: Everyone seems to be interested in doing an Elizabeth is pregnant by Simon story. All of them start four or five years after the child is born, so I decided to do the something a little different. Okay I am also changing some things. Like Elizabeth birthday is in November and that really bad storm won't happen until March. This is my first Stargate: Atlantis story so please be kind. This was not Beta because my beta only does my GH stories.
Pairing: John/Elizabeth;
Summary: Elizabeth finds out she's pregnant, john gets hurt.
Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate: Atlantis or its characters.
Rate: PG
Season: One
Category: Romance/Fluff
Spoilers: None
Connections: 2 Months- AugustElizabeth lied in the bed in the infirmary looking at the ceiling, how she didn't see it was beyond her. The signs were there and it was Major John Sheppard that ended up figuring it out. She was going to have a baby, millions of light year away from home without the ability to tell Simon she was going to have a baby. She didn't know if it was pain she should feel or happiness.
At this moment her emotions were mixed. Her hand moved down to her stomach, she couldn't feel the baby yet she could at the same moment. A small smile spread across her face. She Doctor Elizabeth Weir was going to be a mother why did that for some reason seem strange.
John watched her, and knew that this hit her pretty hard. She thought he was crazy when he noticed the signs. She had been sick the last six mornings, had fainted twice, and had been slightly emotional the last few days. He thought it was a long shot but he knew he didn't have anything to lose by telling Carson. The fact she hadn't been eating or sleeping correctly made it harder on her. It was the first thing she was worried about, that she had harmed her child. But that Simon the father of her child wouldn't be here was another thing that worried her. Even though she may never say it out loud it worried her, he knew it did.
"Morning," John said walking in smiling.
"Good morning…what's that," Elizabeth asked with a smile.
"Breakfast," John said placing the try down.
"I'm not very hungry," Elizabeth said looking at the plate.
"You may not be but Junior is…so eat up," John said in his command voice.
"If I throw up," Elizabeth warned.
"I'll take the blame…but I think you'll see you're hungrier then you think," John said with a cocky smile.
Elizabeth took a small bite and even though she hated to admit it he was right. Once she took a second bite it felt like she hadn't ate in weeks. What kind of annoyed her was that he sat with her until every last piece was gone. Wiping her mouth with a napkin she smiled at him.
John could see that she was trying to take her time eating not wanting him to know how hungry she really was. He also knew she was probably annoyed at the fact he was not leaving yet. But he knew he couldn't, if she did throw it up Carson would need to be told. So he stayed in case she needed him.
"How you feeling today," John asked walking into her office.
"Fine," Elizabeth laughed.
"My team and I will be leaving in three hours," John said.
"Okay," Elizabeth said with a soft smile.
Elizabeth watched as they began to get ready to leave, but she couldn't help the bad feeling that went through her. John looked up at her and waved at her with a smile as each of them walked through the gate. Elizabeth hoped she was wrong, that it was something else. But she had this funny feeling that she would be seeing them faster than she had hoped.
John looked around the planet, seeing nothing of great importance here. It seemed to look like every other planet they had been to. Green grass, tall trees, a few ruins here and there, and villages somewhere in the distance. He saw no real reason to stay here, but he was alone on that idea. Teyla believe that once they met up with the villagers he would think different.
Rodney of course already thought that way. John couldn't really understand what he was saying since he was speaking a hundred words a minute. He did that sometimes when he was talking about something, he would just ramble on and on.
John's mind of course was else where mainly on the fact that no one would make sure Elizabeth ate breakfast and went to sleep when she should. It sounded bad, but she still hadn't accepted the fact she was pregnant and needed extra sleep. John was so in his thoughts he didn't hear Rodney asking him a question-or was he explaining something.
"John," Rodney finally yelled.
"Yes," John replied as if that was his answer.
"Yes…I didn't ask you anything but I did find some interesting mineral in the soil," Rodney said annoyed.
This time John tried to follow everything that Rodney said but it was not an easy thing to do. Adian and Teyla came back soon, than it was off to take some more tests. After that they would see if they could find some of the villagers Teyla kept talking about. John decided he and Teyla would go in search of the villages while Adian and Rodney took those tests he seemed to think were so important.
Elizabeth knew it was going to happen, the bad feeling kept on growing as the hours went by. She had no idea what bad thing was going to happen to day but she knew it would. Then the alarm rang, like the times before she felt her heart start to pound a million miles per minute. Before Peter even said it she knew who it was, she only prayed that it wasn't bad.
"It's Sheppard's team," Peter said.
"Open the gate," Elizabeth said.
Elizabeth watched as Teyla ran through looking behind herself as Adian run through. Elizabeth gripped the railing as they waited for John and Rodney. She could sense the fear in Adian and Teyla that they might have lost them when Rodney stepped through carrying John. She ran as fast as she could while Peter called a medical team to the gate room.
Rodney first laid John on the ground before collapsing, his heart almost felt like it beating through his chest. His head was spinning around so fast he felt like he was going to throw up. He was not made for this type of work. He should be at a desk right now not almost getting him self killed. Adian squeezed his shoulder giving him a small smile.
"What happened," Elizabeth asked finally.
"Teyla's friends are at war with a neighboring village and we got in the middle," Adian explained.
"Out of my way," Carson yelled.
"It's John," Elizabeth said.
"Of curse it's Major Sheppard," Carson muttered.
"It's not his fault," Rodney gasped still out of breath
"Dr. McKay I think you're in shock," a nurse stated.
"Really," Rodney shot back as he managed to stand up with Teyla's help.
Elizabeth watched as Carson and his team picked John up putting him on a stretcher and carried him off to the infirmary. She was scared because John had not woken up during the wait for Carson and his team nor had he when they moved him. He had been completely still and that was not John. He was a light sleeper, she could remember several times she woke him up when he was in the infirmary.
Elizabeth knew that they wouldn't be allowed in; she knew it would be awhile before the rest of his team was looked at as well. Whatever was wrong with John would be looked at first, but knew they were going through the same thing she was right now. Turing around she looked at Teyla who seemed to be the most recovered.
"What happened," Elizabeth asked again.
"Dr. McKay saved Major Sheppard life," Teyla said helping Rodney sit down on the stairs.
"I did," Rodney mumbled looking up.
"They shot him…you went back and carried him back," Adian said sitting next to him with a grin.
"Why didn't either of you go back," Elizabeth asked knowing John motto of no man gets left behind.
"Teyla was already through the Stargate and I saw him fall as I was walking through it," Ford explained.
"You didn't have time to stop…Well Rodney looks like your John's hero," Elizabeth said smiling.
"I'm not cut out for this," Rodney admitted.
"Yes you are…you proved that today," Elizabeth said squeezing his shoulder.
When John opened his eyes he felt like he had been hit by truck. His whole body hurt, he didn't think there was a part or a place that wasn't in some kind of pain. But it wasn't like being shot you could always feel the wound. This time he could feel no wound nor could he feel any bandages or stitches. Trying to move he couldn't stop himself from moaning in pain as he shifted.
"John," Elizabeth said happy he was awake after two days.
"Liz," John gasped out.
"Hey take it easy…you've been in a coma for two days," Elizabeth softly said.
"What…what," John tried to get out.
"Shh…not now…sleep now," Elizabeth whispered.
John wanted to fight her, his mind told him to fight her but he couldn't. His eyes were too heavy and his body hurt to much to fight her. Besides she didn't need the stress-stress was bad for pregnant women. Too much stress could cause a miscarriage or other complications and she didn't need that-not from him. Elizabeth smiled softly as she felt him relax she let out a breath when she noticed his breathing was nice and even.
She looked at him with a small smile. Moving his hair out of the way she let out another breath she had been so worried he could not wake up. They had never seen a weapon like this one, so they did not know all the damage it could do. She shook her head he looked so peaceful and innocent when he was sleeping. After a few moments she decided to go back to bed and try and get some sleep.
"Okay so what did they shot me with," John asked.
"It was sort of like Zat gun," Carson said.
"Zat gun...doesn't that kill you with two shots," John asked already knowing the answer.
"Three vaporizes," Carson stated simply.
"Nice," John muttered.
"You shouldn't worry so much about the weapon because despite being in a coma for two days and unable to move for the last three you seem to be making a full recovery," Carson said.
"So when can I get out of here," John asked.
"In two days maybe three if your tests came back good," Carson answered walking off.
"But I can move just fine today," John yelled.
"You're lucky, he wanted to keep you off off-world traveling for the next month," Elizabeth said as she walked in.
"So this means I won't be traveling for awhile," John said.
"As I told him at least two week after you get released from here," Elizabeth answered with a smile.
"Have you ate today," John asked.
Elizabeth smiled at him only he could be worried about her when he had just woken up from a coma and been unable to move for the last few days. He didn't know if that statement annoyed her or not because she was laughing lightly. He knew it was weird, and maybe he was taking his job as her second in command a little too seriously. But she needed to be taken care of and it seemed it was up to him to make sure it was done.
It didn't surprise her one bit when he asked her that, because John was always thinking of others. No matter what he was doing his thoughts were about the other people. Even when he disobeyed orders, he usually was protecting someone else when doing it. So all she could do was laugh and enjoy the fact that he was worried about her and her baby or Junior as he has nicknamed it.
John was released the next day and was put on downtime until Carson gave him the okay to return. John decided he would go to the mainland see how the Athosians liked their new home. He hadn't seen them in awhile and he was looking forward to seeing Jinto and the other children.
"Major Sheppard," Jinto yelled running towards him.
"Hey Jinto…Halling," John said hugging the boy.
"Greeting Major Sheppard," Halling said coming out of his home.
"I just came by to see how everyone was," John explained.
"We are doing fine…come see for yourself," Halling said with a warm smile.
John smiled as he saw that they once again had built a great community. Jinto went to get Wex before they showed him the rest of the mainland. Halling gave his congratulations to Doctor Weir once John told him she was expecting a child. John decided to spend the night, but not before calling Elizabeth reminding her to go to bed before one in the morning.
Elizabeth knew she should be getting mad at him by now she really should. He was always asking if she ate, always making sure she went to bed on time. Bed on time-when he told her that it made her feel like she was ten with a bedtime or sixteen with a curfew. But at the same time it felt nice that someone was thinking about her that someone cared for her enough to call her four or more times a day.
She stood on the balcony smiling as felt the warm breeze on her skin. These were the moments this placed reminded her of home. But somehow slowly this place was becoming home and these people were becoming family. She had no idea what was going to happen but she knew no matter what she would be taken care of.
Next Part: Teyla finds her self interested in Lt. Adian Ford; Liz and John hear the baby's heartbeat