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A/N: Thanks for the reviews and interest in my latest drabble.

My Handsome Genius,

Knowing you are on Atlantis calms me like nothing else.

Any fear I had is gone because you won't let us down.

The ways you've saved me are too numerous to count, but know that each endears you more to me.

Falling for You

Five days later Rodney found the note in his Tac vest as he prepared for his first off world mission since the Genii mine incident. It was a visit to a new trading partner with Jennifer accompanying them as well as Lorne and plenty of Marines. Bad luck seemed to follow his friend off world so they held nothing back when she left Atlantis.

The idea that Jennifer Keller was his friend made him very happy. Having just screwed up with Katie Brown, he had no interest in a relationship for a long time. This friendship with Jennifer gave him a gorgeous face to look at and an intelligent, funny person to be around who didn't harass him like Sheppard and the others. It was a totally new concept for him, but he was certain he didn't want it to end any time soon.

Reading the note while hunched over was a dead giveaway that he had something to hide, but Rodney didn't realize until he heard a teasing voice behind him.

"Whatcha got, McKay?" Lorne asked, looking over his shoulder.

"Wh-what?" Rodney leaped to his feet and turned to Atlantis' 2IC of the military.

"I asked what you were looking at," he said. "Love letter?"

Laughter and chuckling filled the room.

"N-no. Just a note about…"

"When to take his medicine." Jennifer's voice was always nice, but at that moment Rodney thought it sounded angelic. "I stuck the note in his pocket so he'd stop bugging me about it." The physician secretly winked at him as she came between him and Lorne.

Rodney looked at her, clad in black from head to toe, and almost moaned. The jacket and pants outlined her perfect figure, filling Rodney's head with a new emotion as he noticed the appreciative glances she was getting from Sheppard and Lorne while she was reaching to grab a large backpack. Turning away from Lorne and the others, he stepped behind Jennifer to block her from their eyes and grabbed the bag for her.

"Thank you, Rodney," she said and dropped her voice when she asked, "Did your Marine give you another note?" Jennifer set the backpack down and began transferring items from her two smaller packs.

"No. I mean I don't think…"

Jennifer took the note from his hand as Sheppard called for the soldiers' attention for the pre-mission pep talk. "Let's see."

Their hands brushed as Jennifer took the note and Rodney felt other feelings stirring. No! You're not going to think about anything but friendship with Jennifer. Just concentrate on this mystery woman. She's chasing you, so you can have some fun once you meet her. Feeling confident that he squashed his interest in Jennifer as more than a friend, he waited for her assessment.

A smile formed on Jennifer's face as she glanced briefly around the room and over Rodney's shoulder. "I think I know who it might be."

"Who?" Rodney asked quietly, leaning toward Jen conspiratorially.

Her impish grin was back and she stepped even closer. "Who knows which Tac vest you always use?"

"I have no idea. I don't use the same one, I…" he started sputtering.

"I refill them all the time and you always take the first one on the rack in the back and return it to the same spot," she said, cutting him off.

"How do you know it's mine?" Rodney asked, crossing his arms and furrowing his brow.

"I said, I refill the medical supplies and that one is always empty," she cut him off again and stabbing him in the chest with her finger to emphasize her point.

"Oh," Rodney said sheepishly. "So who is it?"

"Rodney, you've gotta get better at observation," she scolded.

"Considering I just got here," Rodney stated, "I'd say it's pretty hard to observe what happened when I wasn't here."

"Want some cheese with that whine?" she asked, trying not to laugh.

"Like I never heard that before," Rodney muttered, shaking his head. "And you've never heard that you look like you just graduated high school."

Jennifer smacked him hard across the midsection with her forearm. "Hey, that hurt."

"Are you two geniuses joining us?" Sheppard barked from across the room after hearing Rodney's cry. "Or do I have to go over there?"

"Don't worry about us. We'll take our own jumper and catch up with you if we need to," Rodney growled as he rubbed his stomach, shot Jennifer a glare and turned around.

"Sounds like a great idea," Jennifer whispered softly next to his ear.

A stunned Rodney McKay stared at her. What's going on? Is Jennifer flirting with me? No, she's teasing me.

"Is everything okay, Rodney?" Teyla asked as she pulled a vest from the rack. Even though she was extremely pregnant, she was accompanying them as a representative of Atlantis and her people.

"Yes. Everything's fine," Rodney said, noting that Teyla took the next Tac vest from the rack he selected his from. Staring at his teammate for a moment, her brown eyes met his.

"Are you sure you are all right? Did you recover from your heroics with Colonel Carter and Doctor Keller?" she asked with a bright smile.

Uh-oh. Rodney's eyes widened. Doesn't pregnancy make a woman lose her mind a bit?

TBC

A/N: Of course this won't be easy for him.