Delicious
Teyla and John were both in the mess hall sitting at one of the tables and they were the only ones there. In front of them was a tray with much different variety of fruits, mostly tropical. John was trying to explain how they tasted and during his last trip to Earth he decided to bring some home in the puddle jumper.
One by one he would slice off a small piece for her to try and would feed it to her. She was amazed at how each one tasted and expressed how she wished her people could too experience them. She couldn't tell if she loved the mango, pineapple, passion fruit, etc. It was hard for her to say.
John laughed as Teyla's face contorted when she tried the lemon and lime. She didn't laugh at first, but after John made the same faces she made she knew why it was so funny.
One of the last fruit they tried was the watermelon. There was only a small slice of it on the tray. John lifts it up to have Teyla try it. As she takes a bit the juices run down past her chin. She smiles slightly in embarrassment. The juices continue down John forearm. Teyla grabs a napkin to wipe off John's arm as John grabs one to wipe Teyla's face. Their eyes meet as they slowly clean each other up. John smiles at her. She doesn't even notice she is to into looking into his eyes.
"Well, which one is your favorite," John asked softly.
Teyla smiled back, never taking her eyes off of his, "I would have to say it is the… watermelon." They both started laughing. Teyla continues, "It was delicious."
As they sat there and continued to get lost in each other's gaze, Rodney comes in and interrupts their trance. "Hey! Where did all this fruit come from?" Rodney asked with a little snip in his voice. John first offers him a lime. "Oh. Nice. You know I'm allergic to citrus…." John then offers the tray and gives him the evil eye. Rodney looks at Teyla and then to John. "Oh. Oh! Ok. I'll just take this tray and I'll be on my way," Rodney said nervously.
As Rodney was about to leave with the tray, John removes the remaining pieces of the watermelon and gives Teyla a playful grin. They both begin to giggle as Rodney hurries out of they mess hall.
The End
