Date : 10.01.2008
Title : The A.U. Series : New Beginnings
Author : ElaineDex
Chapter : 2 of ?
Rating : M
Pairings : Lt. Col. John Sheppard / Dr. Ellie Harrison
Major Evan Lorne / Nurse Jessica Reilly
Ronon Dex / Lyssa Hunter
Warnings : Some Sexual Content, Romance, Adventure, Maybe Some Strong Language.
Spoilers : This story has character's in it from my Loves series and follows on from the last story - Loves Double Trouble.
Feedback : Yes please, always welcome whatever it may be.
Disclaimer : Dr. Ellie Harrison, Lt. Matthew Franks, and any O/C's are mine. Lyssa Hunter belongs to Kazavid and is from her Atlantis stories Behind The Mask and Reunions. Stargate Atlantis, unfortunately, has nothing to do with me.
Summary : When Ellie does the decent thing and swaps teams with McKay will she be able to cope with the stubborn and demanding Major Lorne or will her new beginning end in disaster?
Teyla watched as Lieutenant Franks got himself some food and then sat with Major Lorne.
"You like him don't you?", Ellie said and Teyla's eyes snapped to hers.
"I don't know what you mean", she said and Ellie smiled.
"Sure you do. Matthew…you like him. I can tell the way you watch him".
"I do not watch him", Teyla said defensively and Ellie snorted derisively.
"Do too".
Teyla made a disgruntled face at her friend and sipped her drink.
"I could speak to him if you like…now I'm on the same team as him and all", Ellie offered and Teyla looked at her…mortification clear on her face.
"Don't you dare Ellie", she said and Ellie smiled.
"Okay…but you cant stop me dropping hints…".
"Ellie….", Teyla said, her voice holding a warning and Ellie giggled but her laughter faded as Major Lorne suddenly appeared at their table.
"Ready for your flying lesson Doctor?", he asked and it was Teyla's turn to smile as Ellie scowled.
"I guess so", she said standing and waving her hand at Teyla as she followed Lorne from the mess hall.
They headed for the jumper bay and entered Lorne's jumper, settling in the front seats.
"I'll take us out to an open space over the mainland and then you can take over", Lorne said and Ellie nodded, trying to watch what he pressed.
He saw what she was doing and remembered that he needed to go through everything and so he talked her through the take off.
Once they were in the open air over the mainland he put the jumper onto auto-pilot and stood.
"Okay, you move over here", he said and Ellie shifted into the main pilots seat whilst he remained standing by her side.
"It's pretty simple really….", he began, pointing out to her which controls to press and when and Ellie nodded, thinking she understood.
"So…off you go then…..head off over that way", Lorne said pointing toward the ocean and Ellie did as he said, guiding the jumper slowly.
At first everything seemed okay but then, once they were over the water the jumper began to dive and Lorne quickly pulled Ellie from his seat and had to move the jumper into a steep upward climb to avoid hitting the water.
"What happened?", he asked, anger tingeing his tone and Ellie paled a little as she shrugged.
"I'm not sure…I thought I had it under control", she replied as Lorne levelled out the jumper.
Seeing she obviously hadn't done it on purpose, Lorne sighed and stood again.
"Here, have another go", he said and Ellie slid into the seat, her hands hovering over the controls.
Lorne saw her hesitating and was about to tell her again which control would move the jumper forward when she moved her hands and the jumper slowly moved.
This time she managed to guide the jumper safely across the water and it wasn't long before her confidence grew and she was manoeuvring the craft high above the mainland.
"That's good", Lorne said and then added, "Should we attempt a landing on the mainland?", he asked and Ellie looked at him.
"Are you sure?", she asked uncertainly and he regarded her seriously.
"I cant see any reason why you cant land this jumper….just take your time", he said and Ellie swallowed, not wanting to fail in front of the perfect Major Lorne.
"You'll have to talk me through it", she said and Lorne nodded.
He did so and she landed the jumper, granted somewhat heavily but she landed it safely all the same.
She grinned at him inanely without actually meaning to and Lorne looked away and checked the jumper's control panel.
"You did quite well for a first attempt Dr Harrison he said and Ellie's smile wavered at his impersonal comment.
"Thanks", she replied.
"I'd suggest a couple of more goes though before I'd say you were actually competent at it", Lorne said and Ellie nodded.
"Whatever you think best", she answered dully, thinking a good laugh would obviously kill him.
She moved back into the other seat and Lorne flew them back to Atlantis.
As they alighted the jumper Lorne said,
"So you have self-defence with Ronon in a while?".
"Yes and then I'm supposed to have a fire-arms class with you later", she said and Lorne frowned.
"Was that today?", he asked and she nodded as they left the jumper bay.
"Yes, is it a problem?", she asked.
Lorne thought about the plans he's made to see Jessica, the nurse he'd been dating from the infirmary.
"No…it's fine….", he said and Ellie shrugged.
"Okay then…thanks for the flying lesson and I'll see you later", she said as they parted company and Lorne headed for the infirmary to see Jessica.
When he broke the news that he had to cancel their date, Jessica pouted at him.
"Oh Evan…I was so looking forward to it", she said and Lorne sighed.
"I'm sorry…it's just I have to sort of bring Dr Harrison up to speed with her fire-arms training what with her joining my team and all", he explained and Jessica folded her arms.
"That mousy thing?", she moaned, "You'd rather spend time teaching her to shoot than spend time with me?".
"It's not like that Jessica", Lorne replied, "I have to ensure she knows how to use a gun otherwise she might end up shooting either me, Lyssa or Franks in the ass".
"Can't Colonel Sheppard teach her?", Jessica asked, stepping closer to him and Lorne pulled her closer.
"He's going off world shortly and she needs to learn sooner rather than later otherwise my team are grounded".
"So when can I see you then?", Jessica asked, nibbling his ear and Lorne gripped her waist tighter.
"I'll let you know", he said just as Beckett made an appearance and Jessica moved away.
"I'd best get back to work", she said and he nodded, leaving the infirmary.
Ellie landed on her ass for the not the first time in the last hour and she growled at Ronon and at Lyssa who had joined them ten minutes ago.
"How the hell am I supposed to defend myself against a guy as big as you?", she grumbled from her position flat on her back on the training mats and Ronon laughed.
"It is possible, you just have to learn the right moves", he told her and Ellie sat and wiped the sweat from her brow.
"Look, why don't Ronon and I demonstrate for you?", Lyssa volunteered and Ellie smiled at her gratefully.
"Thanks. That would be great…..you don't mind?", she asked, standing and Lyssa looked at her.
"Hey…you're my team member now…why would I mind helping you out?", she asked and Ellie blushed.
"I don't want to cause anyone any bother", she said and Lyssa reached out and touched her arm.
"Ellie its no bother, honestly", she said before moving to stand before Ronon.
"Now…watch carefully", she said.
Much later Major Lorne waited impatiently for Ellie to show up at the arms training room.
He folded his arms and sighed.
She was already ten minutes late.
A couple of minutes later she rounded the doorway looking slightly out of breath and her appearance took him aback slightly.
She had obviously just come from the shower as her long hair was damp, the curls beginning to form around her shoulders as it began to dry and she was wearing a button-through, cap sleeve dress that fell to just slightly above her knees instead of her usual combats and black shirt.
For a moment Lorne just stared at her and Ellie found herself wondering if he was alright.
"I'm sorry I'm a little late", she ventured hesitantly. "Ronon and Lyssa were showing me all kinds of moves and I really needed to take a shower before I met you".
"Why are you dressed like that?", Lorne blurted suddenly and Ellie frowned and looked down at her clothes, knowing that her military boots didn't exactly go with the dress.
"I…um…I just grabbed the first thing to hand when I got out of the shower. I knew you would be waiting and I….", she trailed off as Lorne grabbed a tac vest off a hook on the wall and thrust it at her.
"Put this on…that dress is hardly appropriate but I've waited long enough to start this lesson", he muttered and Ellie took the vest and put it on, zipping it up the front.
"Jeez are you always this narky?", she said, her voice low and Lorne narrowed his eyes at her.
"What?", he asked and Ellie smiled sweetly at him.
"Nothing…just talking to myself", she replied and Lorne looked at her as though she had confirmed his suspicions that she was just another mad scientist.
"Right…so…what's first?", she said wanting to break the silence that was stretching between them.
Lorne went to the cabinet that housed the weapons and unlocked it.
"I think we'd better just start with a hand-gun like the one you take off-world with you", he said and Ellie nodded.
"Okay", that sounded simple enough she thought.
Lorne approached her and handed her the gun and a dummy clip to go inside of it.
"Okay, load it up and then take aim at the target", he instructed, stepping back to watch her and Ellie swallowed and tried to keep calm under his scrutiny.
She knew that she could do this…had done it many times before when she'd trained the odd time with John and Lt. Franks.
So now why wouldn't her fingers work?
She fumbled with the clip and eventually got it in and then took aim and could immediately see how wobbly her arms were.
Lorne remained silent and it was more than Ellie could take.
She lowered her arms and turned to face him.
"Stop it", she said and Lorne frowned.
"Stop what…exactly?", he asked, one eye on the gun that she was waving around a little too carelessly for his liking, blanks or no blanks.
"Watching me", Ellie replied feeling inexplicably flustered and Lorne shook his head.
"How can I not watch you? I need to know that you're doing it right", he said sounding a little exasperated and Ellie glared at him.
"Well you're making me nervous", she told him and Lorne held his hands out.
"I'm not doing anything", he cried and Ellie turned back to the target board.
She raised her arms again and pulled the trigger repeatedly until all the ammo was gone and then she turned back to Lorne without even glancing at the board.
She watched as he turned and looked at the target board then covered his face with a hand and sighed deeply.
"What? It cant be that bad", she said, turning to look at the board for herself, her eyes widening as she saw that only one shot had hit the black part of the target, the rest where splattered all over the white.
"Oh…..", she said watching as Lorne approached her and took the gun from her hands.
He reloaded it and then gave it back to her.
"Take aim again", he said and as she did so, he moved behind her, his arms going around her and he gripped her forearms.
"Make sure you hold steady", he said, "Have your legs slightly apart to balance your weight", and he kicked gently at the insides of her boots so that she moved her feet even more apart.
She wobbled slightly and the damp hair on the side of her head brushed against his cheek and Lorne got a whiff of her shampoo which smelt of coconuts.
He found it pleasant…unlike the experience of teaching her to shoot and he released her arms abruptly and stepped away from her.
"Try again and concentrate", he said and Ellie glanced at him before looking back at the board intently.
She fired and this time managed to get most of the shots inside the black.
"Good", Lorne stated and Ellie let herself relax slightly.
He took the hand-gun from her and removed the empty cartridge before putting it back in the cabinet and when he turned back to face her he held a P-90.
"Are you serious?", she asked, her heart beginning to beat a little faster at the thought of holding a gun that size.
"Deadly", Lorne replied.
End of Chapter 2
