A/N: Thanks for reading and the reviews!

All characters belong to MGM as always

Spoilers: There is a small reference to both The Shrine and Brain Storm

A HUGE Thank you to DanniWilder who went above and beyond doing the Beta for this twice! You are the best!

(All mistakes are most definitely mine!)

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Chapter 2 – Cat Fight

Jennifer's day was going from bad to worse. Having been on duty since midnight, it was now getting on to eight in the evening. Since she was tired, upset and unable to sleep, she was beginning to lose it. Doctor Beckett had asked her three times if she was okay and she thought if he asked her again she would hit him. Not normally a violent person, the last two weeks had taken their toll on her and she was on the brink.

There was a marine who had been hurt sparing in the cubical in front of her and a couple of others were down visiting the unfortunate girl. Jennifer was just finishing up her last report when she heard Lieutenant Moor talking.

"So how's the new boyfriend the in sack then?" she asked Lieutenant Davis. Jennifer heard Davis' laugh and smutty reply. Then Lieutenant Moor made a wise crack about Davis working her way through all the men on the base. The next comment had Jennifer off her chair through the door before she had time to think.

"I'd give McKay a miss though. He's so wrapped up in himself he wouldn't notice if there was a girl beneath him or not." Jennifer rounded the corner and glared at Davis. Davis for her part was unaware that Jennifer was there and knowing how the girl felt about McKay would have kept from making the remark. Jennifer grabbed hold of Davis, who was standing next to the bed and dragged her out into the corridor.

"How dare you speak about Rodney like that!" she squealed at her. Davis backed off and held her hand up in an apology.

"Hey look sorry I didn't realise you were there," she told her. Jennifer stepped into her.

"You shouldn't have said it whether I was there or not!" she retorted. Davis glared at her. The Lieutenant was on a short fuse anyway so she was easily pushed to her limit.

"Okay calm down. It's not like you are sleeping with him or anything is it?" she snapped back.

"If you must know I am and he's extremely good at it!" she threw back at her.

Davis laughed. "You can't have much experience to judge by if that's what you think!" she yelled at her. Jennifer, finally pushed over the edge, made a grab for Davis. Davis a seasoned fighter backed off at first and tried to stop her. Jennifer however, was having none of it and got a lucky punch in. Before either women really knew what was happening they had both lost it and were in the middle of a major catfight. Beckett came round the corner at a run and stopped short when he saw the CMO.

"Davis! Keller! Stop this at once!" he yelled. It was no good they were too far gone. He tried to step between them but just got a fist on the jaw for his trouble. He looked at Lieutenant Moor.

"Do something!" he yelled at her. To her credit, she tried but there was no stopping them. Beckett got on the radio.

"Beckett to Sheppard," he radioed out. "One of your marines and Keller are fighting and I can't stop them." Beckett just looked at the two women in front of him in despair. He was pleading with them to stop when he heard footsteps coming at a run and turned to see Colonel Sheppard and Rodney round the corner of the corridor. They slid to a halt then Beckett heard Sheppard say to Rodney: "You grab Keller. I'll get Davis." Rodney nodded and they waded in.

Jennifer felt someone grab hold of her and struggled against them. John stepped between the two girls and yelled "Ladies! What the hell is going on?" Jennifer felt out of control and made a lunge for Davis again. Davis catching Sheppard's inattention took the moment to side step around him to get back into it. Jennifer was using language she had never used before. Sheppard got hold of Davis and pushed her to the floor and glared at Jennifer. This did nothing to stop her and she just looked straight past him and made a dive for Davis again. She felt someone grab her around the middle and swing her and up against the wall. Finally Jennifer focused on the person in front of her and realised it was Rodney. He had her tight to the wall, a look of determination on his face. Knowing how she felt about him, having him pressed up close was suddenly having a very different effect on her than the rage she felt a few moments ago. Rodney, admittedly, looked furious with her. John spoke again.

"Rodney get her away from here and keep her somewhere until I can have a word with her." Rodney nodded. Jennifer felt him back off slightly and grab her arms, walking her away from the scene.

"Rodney! You can let me go now!" she yelled at him. He pulled her back into him and spoke into her ear.

"Not until I get you well away from here." He had no intention of letting her go until he had her far away from Davis and somewhere where he could find out what was going on.

"Honestly Rodney I'm fine now. You can let go," she told him again.

Rodney was silent and she struggled some more. He was in danger of losing his grip on her and went to adjust position. Jennifer felt him let go slightly and pulled free. Rodney, not about to let her get away from him, grabbed hold of her and pushed her against the wall again. Jennifer looked into Rodney's eyes. He looked intently back at her. His silence continued but he claimed her lips in a crushing kiss. It left her breathless. Wow! That reaction had taken her by surprise. He pushed her further against the wall and kissed her harder.

Sheppard rounded the corner with a subdued Davis to encounter Rodney with Jennifer pushed up against the wall kissing her passionately. They both stopped dead when they saw the couple. Rodney had Jennifer's hands trapped in his above her head.

"Whoa!" Sheppard commented. He had to admit he was surprised Rodney had it in him and in public too. Not that there was anyone else but them around at that time of night.

Davis murmured to John in an undertone.

"I think I may owe Dr Keller an apology."

John raised an eyebrow at her and they headed off turning down another corridor to avoid walking past the oblivious couple.

Rodney backed off for a moment and Jennifer gasped for breath. She looked dazedly at him and he kissed her hard for a third time. She kissed him back with equal passion. All the tension that had built up between them since their last encounter together was pouring out in the kiss. Jennifer suddenly realised that she needed to put a stop to it and pulled back slightly.

"Rodney! We need to get to somewhere more private," she murmured to him. He rested his head against her forehead for a moment breathing heavily and tried to get himself under control. When he managed to regain some of his composure he backed off and taking her arm again they carried on up the corridor. Jennifer was slightly unnerved by this new Rodney.

John got Davis into his office and listened to her side of the story. He grinned at her.

"Well that was smart," he said to her. She did have the sense to apologise to him.

"Sorry sir. I never realised she was there and after what we have just seen in the corridor I think I may have been way off the mark with the comments anyway. No wonder she was annoyed. I didn't know she was such a good fighter though; I wonder where that came from?" she told him.

John grinned. "She's been taking hand to hand combat lessons from Ronan after she got into that trouble off-world," he grinned wider, "and it looks like they are working. There's not that many people who can get the drop on you." Davis grinned back.

"I have to admit I was taken by surprise. So am I in trouble?" she asked. John grinned.

"Yep, you're confined to barracks for the weekend," he told her.

Davis grinned good- naturedly.

"It figured," she told him. "What about Keller? Are you going to punish her as well?" she asked.

John grinned again. "Yep but I might leave that to the morning. I dread to think of what's going on between the two of them right now." Davis laughed and John dismissed her. He watched her departing back and reached for a beer. Well that was certainly a different way for Rodney to get back with Keller. He sat back in his chair and enjoyed his beer; content in the knowledge that the only good thing that had come out of this was that Rodney was getting his act together.

Jennifer would certainly be in agreement with John if she had known what he was thinking. Rodney had marched her back to his quarters, locked the door behind him and disabled the radio link in seconds. Jennifer stood uncertainly in front of the door and watched him. He turned back to her with the same intense expression on his face. Jennifer had the feeling she was about to experience a very different side to Rodney McKay.

A long while later Jennifer snuggled into the crook of Rodney's arm content to lie there for a while. Rodney bent to kiss her again and then pulled away looking down at her.

She smiled shyly up at him. He smiled back and then Jennifer grinned.

"It was almost worth getting into a fight if that was your reaction," she told him.

He looked down at her, the intense expression back.

"What where you fighting about?" he asked her.

She shook her head.

"It doesn't matter."

"Something tells me it does. I would never have believed it if I hadn't actually seen it. You don't lose control like that easily."

Jennifer looked at him. This was not something she wanted to share with him.

"Honestly Rodney. I had been wound up all day and she just made a stupid comment and I lost it. I will have to apologise to her tomorrow. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time," she told him. Rodney looked intently at her again.

"I'm not buying that," he said and waited for her to continue. She looked at him and had the feeling that he was going to keep at it until she told him.

"She made a horrible remark about you and I saw red," she told him. Rodney grinned at her.

"You were defending my honour?" he asked her. Jennifer smiled slightly.

"Something like that," she told him as he pulled her over on top of him and held her close.

"If you are going to go around hitting everyone that says anything horrible about me you are going to end up fighting most of the city," he told her.

Jennifer managed a giggle at that. He could have a point there. She snuggled down again and fell asleep. Rodney gazed at her for a while, not quite able to believe his luck then fell asleep himself.

The End

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A/N: Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed it. Any feedback always welcome. There is an M rated Tag to this story written by RoryFaller go check it out - it's perfect!!!!