Okay, so I had to have a friend of mine help me with this chapter. She gave me ideas on what I should make the characters get for their dates. Gah. She's so stupid. XD She said "Make Rodney get Jennifer a box of chocolates from a world with plants that she's allergic to!" XD I'm like....No!

Sorry if this chapter is too short for your liking. It really took me all day to write, and I was distracted by watching Farscape. :P



The next day was already started. Rodney was working on a project with Zelenka and Sheppard was working with Ronon. They had been talking about what girls liked. Ronon suggested flowers.

"I know they like flowers," John said, nodding. "Roses mostly."

"There was that one planet we visited," Ronon said, picking up some boxes that had ammo in them and sitting them in another area. "There were blue roses there. The girls, I'm sure, would like them."

"Never knew you were a guy that noticed that kind of thing." John muttered, chuckling. "What about chocolates?" He suggested, lifting a box that was too heavy for him. "They did have those on the planet, too, didn't they?"

"Not sure," Ronon mumbled, taking the box from John like it was as light as a feather. "I was planning on going back to the planet to get something for Teyla."

"Well you wouldn't mind if I tagged along, would you?" John asked, sitting down on one of the boxes. "Rodney might come, too. I don't think he has a clue what he's going to get Doctor Keller."

"We'll all go." Ronon said, walking to the door. "Like, now."

"Now?" John said, standing up. "What time is it?"

"Almost noon," Ronon stated. "And on the planet it's evening, so we'd better get going."

"Well, then," John said, walking to the door, too. "Let's go get Rodney and get going."

He and Ronon left the room in search of Rodney. They reached Zelenka's office and went inside.

"Rodney?" John said, looking around. "Are you here?"

There was a sound of electricity and then some sparks flew everywhere.

"Ah, God!" Rodney stood up, his hand on his head. "You could have spoken less loudly."

"Sorry," John said, eyebrows raised. He looked around the room. "Ronon and I are going off-world. We decided to go and find gifts for our dates tomorrow. You want to come?"

"That's what I forgot!" Rodney said, rolling his eyes and running to the door. "I've got 30 hours to get Jennifer a gift. I should have gotten one yesterday."

"Well we're heading out now." Ronon said, nodding his head down the hall.

"I'll go get permission from my date," John said, grinning like he was superior.

Rodney squinted and made a face, rolling his eyes. John smiled and walked away down the hall, whistling slightly. Once he reached Samantha's quarters and went in, he sat in one of the chairs. Samantha wasn't there yet, so he decided to wait.

"John?" Samantha walked into the room, smiling. "Shouldn't you be working?"

"Actually, I should be," John said, nodding. "But Ronon, Rodney and I want permission to go off-world."

"For?" Samantha asked.

"It's a surprise!" John said, making an exasperated face. "You can't know the surprise!"

Samantha laughed and nodded. "All right. You have a go."

"Thanks," John said, winking and getting up from his seat. "See you in a few hours."

When John left the room he met back up with Ronon and Rodney. Rodney was asking Ronon about what he should get for Jennifer and Ronon just replied with an annoyed look.

"All right, we're good to go," John said as he walked to the side of the stargate. The gate's symbol part started spinning and as each one locked, John couldn't help but think of the many things he could find. Maybe even something for himself. But he didn't want to be greedy. The seventh symbol locked and the stargate came to life.

"Rodney, after you," John said, smiling. Rodney raised his eyebrows then shook his head, walking through the gate. John followed along with Ronon.

When the three of them got to the planet, the stargate powered down. John looked at the sky; it was getting dark. They were standing not far from a small town and John could see people already lighting their torches for light in the town square.

"Let's get going," Rodney said, looking at the sun which had almost set. "It's going to be dark within a few minutes."

John looked at Ronon as Rodney walked ahead. "I can tell he's being a wimp." John whispered, chuckling slightly. Ronon smirked and nodded, walking ahead also. The three of them walked into the small town. There were small shops and lots of torches. Rodney had spotted a peddler with a small stand and decided he'd see what they had. Ronon walked into a small shop that had some really nice weaponry. John wondered why Ronon would go into a weapon shop. Maybe Teyla liked weapons better than girly stuff? John shrugged off his thoughts and only though of what Samantha would like.

Maybe she would like blue roses... John thought, tilting his head slightly. He shrugged and walked into the shop that had the roses...

Rodney looked through the many things that the peddler had. There were many spices, food items, sweets that Rodney had never heard about. He picked up a small red food item.

"What's this?" Rodney asked the man that was standing behind the stand.

"It is a citrus," the man said, nodding towards Rodney who dropped it back onto the stand. "And I am taking it you dislike citrus?"

"Yeah, I do." Rodney said, nodding. "But I'm not looking for something for me. I'm looking for something for a friend."

"And what does this friend of yours like?" the man asked. "Is it for one of the men you arrived with?"

"No, no, no. It's for a girl." Rodney said, shaking his head. "I want to get her something that she might like. But I really don't know what she likes besides chocolate."

The man looked at Rodney then looked down at the stand. He moved some things around and picked up a small package, handing it to Rodney. "Is this what you speak of? This... chocolate?"

Rodney opened the small package and looked at the contents. It smelled like chocolate. In fact, it smelled like a whole chocolate factory. "This is exactly what I'm looking for."

"If you want to buy it, the price is fifteen frells." the man said, smiling slightly.

"Fifteen what?" Rodney asked. What the hell are frells? He asked himself.

"Frells." the man said, staring at Rodney. "You may ask one of your companions for some, if you have none."

"I'll do that." Rodney said, holding up his hand. "I'll be right back."

The man just nodded as Rodney went to find Sheppard. He went into the shop that John had went into.

"Sheppard?" Rodney called, looking around the shop.

"Over here, Rodney." John called. He was holding three different types of roses. "Which one do you think Samantha would like?"

"All three," Rodney said impatiently. "Listen, the money people use here are called frells. Do you have any?"

"Yeah, someone gave me some when I came into the shop. I said I didn't have any," John said, handing Rodney at least fifty of them. "You really think I should get her all three?"

"I'm sure Samantha likes blue, pink and red," Rodney said, walking back to the shop door. He walked out and back to the stand. The man looked at Rodney, a small smile plastered on his face.

"You have gotten your frells?" He asked.

"Yep," Rodney said, picking fifteen out and holding them in his hand. "So what exactly are these called? They smell like chocolate."

"They are called Navari Sweets." the man said, holding his hand out. "They are quite good."

"Navari seems like a weird name," Rodney said, handing the man the fifteen frells. "I'll just call it chocolate."

"Would you care for anything else?" the man asked, waving his hand over the stuff on the stand. "Perhaps the female friend of yours that you speak of would like some nice jewels?"

Rodney gave this a thought, then figured buying Jennifer some nice jewels would be nice...

Ronon looked through many weapons he thought were very thorough and strong. He knew Teyla liked weapons. He had the feeling she liked to use weapons such as swords and whips. She was just that sort of girl. He picked up a bow-and-arrow to examine it. Maybe Teyla would like this... He thought, looking it over. Yeah, she'll like this. He walked to the counter in the shop and purchased the bow-and-arrow along with a quiver to hold the arrows. When he left the shop, he saw Rodney sitting on a small bench.

"You find what you wanted?" Ronon asked, walking over to him.

"Yep." Rodney said, nodding. "Now I'm just waiting on Sheppard. Are you done?"

"Almost, I have one more thing to get." Ronon walked over to the same peddler Rodney had bought his stuff from. Ronon picked something, but Rodney couldn't see what it was. Once Ronon paid the man, he walked over to the shop John was now walking out of with the three roses.

"You ready, Sheppard?" Ronon asked. "I think Rodney's really ready go. So we'd better get out of here before he starts getting out-of-hand and acting like a kid."

"You're right," John agreed, laughing slightly. "One second."

He walked over to the peddler, too, picked something out, and walked back to Ronon and Rodney.

"All right, we all set?" John asked, looking at Rodney.

"I was ready to go about ten minutes ago." Rodney said, rolling his eyes. "Does it really take you that long to decide which flowers to get?"

"Shut up, Rodney," John said, thumping Rodney on the back and walking out of the town square. Ronon followed and Rodney sort of pouted and walked behind them, but once they got into the dark field where the stargate was Rodney walked closer to them. John shot a glance at Ronon and they started laughing.

"What's so funny?" Rodney said. He was literally in between Ronon and John now.

"McKay, are you scared?" Ronon asked, laughing.

"What?! No!" Rodney said, getting defensive. "I'm not scared."

"Sure you aren't," John mumbled, putting in the gate address for Atlantis on the DHD. Rodney began to argue, but the stargate activated and John and Ronon ignored him, walking ahead and going through the gate. Rodney looked around and then walked up to the gate. He decided that when he got back he'd try and find a way to get John back for annoying him. But most of all, he couldn't wait until his date with Jennifer. He knew she'd like what he got her.

Rodney took one last look around, then walked through the gate...


Review. :) I love the reviews for the first two chapters. I'd love more. :) Thank you for reading this story.

Bet you're excited to know what the second item Rodney, Ronon, and John got for their dates!

You'll find out tomorrow (Valentine's Day). ;D

Thank you again for reading! :) Hope you enjoy the chapters to come.