This is a short Sheyla's AU Christmas Story. That is what I initially thought!

There is so much to this story I want to tell. I initially wrote it based on a nudge by Scifan and YC's Christmas project at Gateworld.

I do want to thank you guys who left me a review. They inspire me!

I hope you guys like the added story. As always reviews are welcome.

The Gift

Teyla ran through the corridors of the hospital with her lungs grasping for air. It seems as if her heart was beating a mile a minute. The cornea of her eyes was red from the many tears she has shed after receiving news about her husband. John was severely injured and he is in a coma. He was entering a building when the building exploded. Her tortured mind was trying to recall the room number that the nurse told her he was in. She had so many thoughts racing through her mind, but one that screamed the loudest was that she should have told John about the baby as she clutched her stomach.

The day before Teyla had found out that she was pregnant. She wanted to surprise him with the good news, so she decided to wait until that evening to tell him about the baby. When John had returned home that night from his undercover assignment it very late, Teyla was already in bed asleep. When John came home, he ate the dinner she had prepared and left for him while watching some television. John had fallen asleep on the sofa downstairs while watching the late news on CNN.

The next morning John had left the house early to go on his undercover assignment. He did not want to disturbed wife, so he did not wake her. He watched her as she slept for a few minutes and then he softly kissed her on the forehead before leaving. Teyla lightly stirred from the contact of his lips, but she did not wake.

On her way to the hospital, Teyla had tried to calm her wayward emotions. She was hoping that the Lord had answered her prayers. She and John had been through too much already. She couldn't lose John now. Their courtship was definitely not the easiest. They had overcome too many obstacles such as their disapproving families and their breaking department regulations to be together. Their love had seen the beauty of the rainbow as it appears in the distance clouds after the violence of a thunderstorm and the darkness of the evening sky as the sun set on the horizon.

Teyla finally found the room that John was in. She hesitantly opened the door of his room. The room was dimly lighted. She saw John lying on the bed with so many tubes attached to his lifeless body. Her eyes well up with the tears. She slowly walked to his bed. She gently touched his cheek. She bended down and softly placed a kiss on his lips.

John had abrasions all over his face and arms. When he was thrown backward by the blast, he had struck the ground head first with such force that the doctors were concern that he could be in a coma permanently or worse he could died if they could not relieve the pressure and drained the fluid from his brain.

Teyla placed her mouth to his ears and exclaimed "Don't you dare leave me! Do you hear me! I love you… I need you. We need you!" as she placed her hand on her stomach with their unborn child growing inside of it and her other hand in his hand.

"What I am trying to tell you is that you are going to be father!" she bellowed. Teyla collapsed onto John with her heart full of grief and a cascade of tears running down her face and cheeks.

Next morning…….

Teyla was dreaming of the moment when she and John had finally admitted to each other their feelings. She and John were in the parking area of the station house close by their vehicles.

Instead of opening her car's door, Teyla had turn and looked at John with a very troubling expression on her face and said, "We are good friends right, but there is something on my mind or rather a feeling I am having… that there is something going on between us. I … I really can't put it into words."

"Are you asking me if I am attraction to you? I think it is pretty obvious considering what happen during our fake kiss today." John had replied with a grin.

Then suddenly the grin left John's face as fast as it had appeared. He proceeded to stand in front of her as he whispered "You know, I finally admitted to myself that I have strong feelings for you. It's more than friendship. I didn't know how you would feel about it until today. I think you have some feelings for me too, but you are too scared to admit it." John had stated.

John's hazel green eyes just stared into her light brown ones without saying a word he raised his hands to her waist, bringing her closer to him. When she did not protest his actions, he put his arms around her pulling her into his embrace. John lithely lowered his head down toward hers. His lips softly touched her lips. As he felt her surrender, his lips increased the pressure begging her mouth to open for his.

Teyla had felt like she was a spectator watching herself. Her limbs couldn't or wouldn't move as she saw John's head descending toward hers. She felt the excitement of anticipation deep in the pit of her stomach. Her mouth had opened and invited John's kisses.

The noises of metal striking concrete and curse of frustration outside John's room startled Teyla out of her slumber….

Teyla slowly opened eyes. For a second, she had forgotten where she was. Her eyes took a moment to focus on her surrounding. Her thoughts return to John. Her eyes focused on still lying figure on the bed. It had been twenty-four hours and John was still non-responsive. She sat up in the chair. She felt a slight pain in her neck. The pain was a result of her sleeping awkwardly in the chair.

Teyla stretched her tired limbs. She slowly got up out the chair to look down at her husband's still form on the bed. She delicately touched his face. Her eyes took in the abrasions on his face and arms and the bandage on his head. She looked at the monitor and the tubes the hospital staff had attached to John's still body. Her eyes fill with tears at the sight of her husband. She felt the control she had put on her emotions slipping.

These last forty-eight hours, Teyla had experienced a roller coaster of emotions. The high, her excitement of learning she was pregnant with their child and the low being told by John's physician, Dr. Carson Beckett if John didn't gain consciousness soon he could be in a coma, and that the longer he stayed in the coma his chances of waking up from the coma decreases.

When Dr. Beckett was informing Teyla about John's condition the previously evening, she has never been so scared in her life. She had refused to accept that she could lose her husband and the love of her life. There was no way John would miss the birth of their baby. She had faith in him and their love. She took his right hand and placed it into her hand.

" John you have to wake up! Please open your eyes. I can't do this by myself!" Teyla pleaded. Teyla sighed as she closed eyes and prayed for a Christmas' miracle.

TBC