A/N: This story is based on the title of the song Kiss the Girl from "The Little Mermaid". It takes place in Season 1.
English is not my native language, so be nice.
Kiss the Girl
Major Sheppard, the always helpful, had said: "Why don't you just kiss the girl?" And that was actually what Chuck did. On a moonlit walk on the South Pier he had stopped her, and then kissed her – Ravina, the dark haired, brown eyed Athosian girl.
It was not the kiss that was the problem; it was that her brother, Saafet, had seen it.
***
Chuck sighed. He was sitting in Elizabeth Weir's office, looking at his hands. She was about to finish her lecture on how he was an integral part of the Atlantis expedition, and how important it was for the expedition to respect the cultures of the civilizations they came in contact with. "As the Athosians are our guests on this base, it is especially important that we preserve the good relations we have with them," Weir said.
Of course he knew that he was a part of the Atlantis expedition, he had always been really proud of it. The technician was about to push back the nail fold on his left index finger when he felt Teyla's eyes watching him, and looked up at her. "I am sorry if I have offended your people," he told the Athosian leader.
***
Teyla smiled mildly at the man sitting in front of her. He looked small under doctor Weir's stern gaze. She had known of his and Ravina's weakness for each other for some time. They had tried to keep it a secret, but Teyla knew, along with everyone else in the city, that this was an impossible task in a community as small as this. Ravina had come to her a few weeks earlier and told her about the Earthling she had met in cafeteria. They had talked for a while, and soon found out that they wanted to get to know each other better. Teyla knew how charming some of the male members of the Atlantis expedition could be.
"It is not me you need to apologize to," she told the young Canadian.
***
Chuck got up from the chair, glad to get out the claustrophobic office. He was silently deciding never to listen to Major Sheppard's advice again, when he felt Teyla's hand on his shoulder. "If you want, I could talk to Saafet," she said in a low voice. "He is a bit overprotective, but it is just because he loves his sister very much."
Chuck smiled gratefully at her as they walked into the control room. "I would very much like that," he replied and took his place by the control panel, thinking about a dark haired, brown eyed Athosian girl.