It's Ronon's turn to sit on her couch and stare at her while she contemplates his psyche. He arrived a little after lunch and in the last twenty minutes has said very little. In fact, when she thinks about it, she can't be sure that he's said anything at all.
'I thought we were supposed to talk,' he says finally and she has to make herself breathe normally so it doesn't sound like a sigh of relief.
'Well, that is the point of all this, but unless you actually have something you want to talk about…' It's a prompt and she's desperately hoping he picks a topic – any topic – so they don't have to stare at each other in a tangible silence for the next – she checks her watch – thirty-seven minutes.
He's thinking about it – she can see it in the way his eyebrows furrow – and he seems to come to a decision.
'Well, there is one thing.'
'What's that?'
He leans forward and rests his forearms on his thighs, clasps his hands together, and hangs his head slightly. It's the classic posture of a man embarrassed. It worries her only slightly that he's about to ask her a question regarding her relationship with Major Lorne…
'Earth women. I don't understand them.'
This time, she does breathe a sigh of relief and he looks up at her. She smiles serenely at him.
'Anything in particular or just our general personality?'
He leans back again, rests his head on the couch. 'I had dinner with Keller last night.'
Sometimes, she really hates doctor/client privilege…
'It didn't go well?'
He shrugs. 'We had a good time, but then, at the end of the night, I went to kiss her and she ran away.' He picks his head up and looks at her, an eyebrow raised. 'Did you do that to Lorne the first time he went in to kiss you, run away?'
She feels her cheeks flush at the memory of her first kiss with Evan and she clears her throat slightly. 'Not exactly, no.'
Not at all is more like it…she helped him out of his shirt…and his very cute Batman boxers…
'So why'd she run away?'
She takes a deep breath and tries to clear her head of the fog that is her relationship with Lorne. 'There are a lot of different reasons, Ronon. My only answer is that you should ask her why she ran away.'
He considers this for a moment and then shrugs again.
'It's worth a shot.'
They sit quietly for a few moments and she wonders if they're done. She's just about to ask him if there's anything else he'd like to talk with her about when he sits up and grins at her.
'So you and Lorne…'
She can feel the blush reach her toes.
