A/N: This is something that suddenly popped in my mind and wouldn't let go. I'm not really sure where it fits in the timeline, maybe Season 4 since Sam makes an appearance, anyways hope you enjoy it and reviews are greatly appreciated.

Summary: A fun day at the beach or that's what John and Teyla thought until their teammates decided some teasing would be good for them.

This Was Going to be a Long Day

John Sheppard looked out toward the water. This was paradise he thought, well the waves weren't exactly high enough to surf in but at least he would be able to spend all day in the water.

They had found this planet in the database and had checked it out. The beach was incredible, the water was crystal clear and the white sand added to the amazing view. They had done a fly over and found it deserted except for some wildlife, birds and fish mostly, at least that's what they thought. The expedition was due for some much needed down time and this had been a perfect place for it. There had been a few that had remained in the city and the rest packed up a few puddle jumpers and made their way to the planet.

John was glad that his whole team had decided to come, they needed to relax, it might even be a great team building experience.

John glanced over to where Teyla was sitting on a beach towel along with Keller and Sam. She looked like she was enjoying herself, at least that's what he thought. She was talking to the other two women and she was laughing, a warm feeling went through him as her laughter carried over to where he was. He was glad that she was enjoying herself, but secretly the fact that she was wearing his aviators made him even happier.

He had asked her if she wouldn't mind taking care of them or wearing them if she wanted since he was probably going to spend all his time in the water and with a big smile that made him giddy, she had gladly accepted. In the short time that they had been here, he lost track of how many times he had secretly glanced at her, not wanting to draw much attention to himself. It was something that he couldn't help doing especially in such a relaxed state and he hoped that no one else had noticed.

"Sheppard!" Ronon shouted from the water, "You comin'"

"Yeah," he answered as he took one last glance at Teyla and then ran out to the water to join Ronon and Rodney.

He waded out to his teammates when Ronon suddenly asked,

"What took you so long?"

"What?" John asked confused.

"Well, we had been calling out to you for like an hour," Rodney said.

"What? No you didn't!"

"Well, not exactly but it took a while to get your attention."

"I couldn't hear you."

"Couldn't hear or weren't paying attention," Rodney asked with a grin.

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

As John and Rodney were having their little argument, Ronon scanned the beach, searching for where John might have been looking and his eyes fell to where Teyla was sitting. He laughed quietly, his hunch had been right, now for a little bit of fun.

"Hey!" Ronon yelled out and both men turned to look at him.

"So, what's the distraction?" Ronon asked barely suppressing a grin.

"Oh for the love of-" he looked up at the sky, they weren't going to let it go, "there was no distraction, I w-w-was thinking of something I needed to do." He hoped that sounded convincing.

Ronon just grunted then he said something that made John wonder why he even bothered to try to lie to the observant Sateadan.

"Usually when you think of something you look at no particular place, you don't even turn your head for it."

By the look on Ronon's face , John knew that he had been caught, he was going to have to play it cool.

"Huh?" Oh yeah, very cool, John. He couldn't think of anything better.

"Seems you were looking at that group of girls over there."

"Oh great, Kirk strikes again," Rodney piped up.

John rolled his eyes.

"Pay attention McKay, look who's over there," Ronon told the oblivious man.

"Who?"' Rodney turned to look at the direction that Ronon was looking at.

John panicked, if Rodney the blabbermouth found out anything it would be a disaster!

"No one," John tried to dunk Rodney's head under water to keep him from looking but Ronon knew what he was up to and grabbed his hands before he could complete his task.

"Wait, I don't see anyone except Sam, Jennifer and Teyla."

Ronon groaned. For once John was glad for his friend's lack of comprehension beyond his work.

"What?" Rodney asked after looking at both of his friends' faces.

"McKay, you need to pay more attention to your surroundings," Ronon said annoyed, "look again."

"No!" John yelled as he tried yet again unsuccessfully to dunk Rodney's head. Ronon had other plans though as he covered John's mouth with his hand and tried to keep him away from Rodney.

"Why am I going to look again, I know who's over there and as much as I like to watch Sheppard trying to fight you, why are you picking on him, not that I'm complaining," Rodney said quickly.

"Mfftttmm" came John's muffled reply as his eyes betrayed him and looked over to Teyla again.

"Wait…Teyla…ohhhh," Rodney said as realization finally hit him and a big grin appeared on his face, "that explains a lot!"

Ronon released his hold on John and he turned to face Rodney.

"What's that suppose to mean?" John asked annoyed.

"Nothing," Rodney answered barely suppressing a grin, "but now I can tease you for a change."

"See, I told you," Ronon said.

"Shut up!" he tried to give them a scowl but knew he they wouldn't care, they finally had something good on him.

"Oh don't worry we won't tell anyone…yet," Rodney told him teasingly.

"Oh, that's it!" John lunged and finally managed to dunk Rodney's head in the water and Ronon joined in.

This was going to be a long day, he thought.

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Teyla felt content and warm. So far the day had been great, although she hadn't been in the water yet she was enjoying herself. She looked around the beach where everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves as well.

A group of people were playing a game that John had explained was volleyball. She thought she might join them later, it looked fun and easy enough but at the moment she was enjoying just sitting and talking. As she continued to listen to the conversation she couldn't help but search out for John, something that she had found herself doing frequently today, without drawing too much attention to herself, of course. Her eyes searched for him until she found him in the water with Ronon and Rodney.

She tried hard not to laugh out loud as she saw what they were up to. Poor Rodney was thrashing around as the other two were dunking his head in the water. Sometimes she thought her teammates were more like children than men but they were a family to her and they had become close over the past few years.

She brought her attention back to the conversation and was glad that nobody had noticed that she had not been paying attention. Not for the first time today she was glad that she had been wearing John's aviators. When he had asker her if she wanted to use them she had gladly accepted and was secretly happy that he had chosen her, even if it was something as small as his glasses.

"Don't you agree, Teyla?" Jennifer asked.

"Ummm…could you repeat the question," Teyla knew she had been caught.

Both women looked at each other.

"Is our conversation boring you, Teyla?" Sam asked with a smirk.

"No, no, no…I was…a bit distracted, this beach has an amazing view." Teyla hoped this would save her, but by the look of the two women's faces she knew she had not convinced them.

They looked out toward the water where they saw John with the others and they smiled knowingly.

"Right, amazing view."

Teyla blushed, she had been caught, nothing could get past these two, maybe she could still save herself.

"Of course, I have never been to this planet before, it has a breathtaking view."

As soon as she said it, she knew they were not convinced.

"Oh, it's breathtaking too," Jennifer said not trying to laugh, this was too much fun. They were out of earshot of anyone else so they could continue with the teasing.

Teyla tried to think of something else that might focus the attention away from her but before she had a chance to say anything Sam spoke up.

"Teyla, why is this amazing, breathtaking view making you blush?"

"I…well…" Teyla couldn't think of anything to say.

"Wow," Jennifer said incredulously. "Since I have known you, you have never had such a hard time building a coherent sentence."

Both women laughed as Teyla laughed nervously as well, this was not going very well.

"Would this amazing view have something with a certain Colonel."

Teyla felt her cheeks get hotter and she knew it had nothing to do with the sun.

"I do not know to what you are referring to," Teyla tried to say calmly.

"Oh Teyla, your face gave you away."

Teyla sighed as she finally gave in, she had a feeling they had already known and they were just torturing her.

"You two were already aware of this were you not."

The smile that they gave her was all the confirmation she needed, she knew that she was going to get teased by them for a while but they would never tell anyone else.

"That's who you've been staring at all day then?" Sam asked with a mischievous grin.

Teyla could only smile, knowing that the teasing would be going on all day.

"I mean who wouldn't stare, look at him," Jennifer looked out to the water, "oh wait…you have been looking at him, all day I might add. Don't think that we couldn't see you behind those glasses of yours, and the smile on your face gave it all away too. By the way are those new glasses or something, I've never seen those before?"

"Yes, they are," she lied, she was not going to give them any more ammunition.

Jennifer turned to grab her mp3 player which was plugged in to speakers apparently looking for a song and Teyla glanced once again at the water.

"Can't help it huh?" Sam said in a teasing voice. Teyla could only laugh, they were probably going to be watching her every move, they were enjoying this too much.

Suddenly she heard a very familiar tune coming from the speakers and she immediately turned to Jennifer, who was grinning like a Cheshire cat.

Sam looked between the two women realizing that there was some sort of inside joke.

"What's with the song?"

"Oh didn't you know, it's Teyla's favorite."

"Really," Sam wondered what the story behind it was, "I would have never guessed." She guessed that it had something to do with John and as she realized what song it was she finally understood.

"Oh it makes so much sense now, " she grinned, "I am never going to listen to that song the same again."

They were right, as soon as she had heard the entire song that first time, she immediately thought of John and somehow Jennifer had figured it out, and it looked like now that both women knew, this was going to be used against her as well. The smiles that they gave her made her think that they were up to something, maybe more than teasing.

This was going to be a long day, she thought.