(I don't own Stargate Atlantis only my characters. Also I know that John has green eyes and an younger brother but those facts have been changed for the story. He will get his green eyes back but you'll have to keep reading to find out how and why. So R&R please!!)

It had been about a week when John last spoke to Ally. Now she was hanging with his older brother. Anger often found its way into his heart. It hurt him deeply that she found herself with Braden and not him. John liked her, it was no question. He loved her and he knew that Braden was only going to hurt her.

He was outside the school waiting for her. Braden was away with some friends so John was hoping that he would get the chance to speak to her. She came out with her blond hair up in a ponytail. She rarely did that, he always found it down. When she spotted him she tried to walk away but he went to her side.

"Ally, we need to talk." He spoke in his most adult voice.

"Now?"

"Right now."

Leading her away from her new friends and to the old bridge that they often talk on. She sat down on the stones and looked out to were the sea was calmly going in and going back out.

"Talk John but I will not answer you." Her voice was strained.

"I know you are dating my brother, I know that. I am not here to try to change your mind, only to warn you. That is what friends are for Ally, we support each other. Ally, he is going to hurt you. Why would he like you? You are my best friend and he has all those girls hanging all over him."

"Are you calling me ugly?" She snapped at him. Her green eyes blazing with anger.

"Ally, you are far from ugly. Trust me on that but, I do not trust him! He is very sneaky. He always finds a way to get what he wants. Always."

"Thanks for the warning. Are you mad at me?" She lowered her eyes to a black pebble in front of her.

John sighed and answered, "No matter what you do, where you head to I will always be beside you. Ally, I will always protect you. You are my best friend and nothing will ever change that."

Smiling she hugged him and he returned it stiffly. He felt odd being this close to her. Sighing he released her.

"Are we going back to talking and hanging out again?" Ally asked him with cheerfulness in her voice.

"Why not. Me and the guys found this great hide out. I want to show you but you cannot tell your boyfriend."

"I swear I will not. Can we go now?"

Grinning he graved her hand and pulled her down to the beach. They traveled at least three miles before getting to their destination.

"It is much closer if you come from my house." John mummbled as he held open the over grown plants.

"I never knew there was so much green stuff in New York, who would have thought?"

"Well, we are still in New York. Only it is greener."

Ally's breath was taken away. It was a cliff over looking the ocean only much closer than she had perversely thought. The sun was setting and it looked amazing over the horizan.

"How did you find this place?" Ally wondered out loud.

"One Saturday of waking up at five and walking for miles and miles of the beach. We found it on the day you stopped talking to us. It took us the whole week to clean out. It is the only place on New York's beach that had trees on a cliff over looking the ocean. Honestly it is about a good mile out of New York."

Ally saw several logs sitting around a dug up pit. She noticed that the pit had sticks in it.

"What is the pit for?" She questioned him.

"Cook food over. We spent the night up here once. Anna was to scared so she left but Todd and Alex stayed. The whole night I was thinking that if you would have been here maybe Anna would have stayed."

"I am sorry about that. I just thought you would hate me for it."

"No, we cannot hate someone like you. Do you know what the best thing about this cliff is?" A twinkle appeared in John's eyes.

"No, what?"

"Cliff diving."

"Are you serious? I always wanted to cliff dive!"

"You don't know what cliff diving is, do you?"

"How could you tell?"

"I can read you like a good book."

"Shut-up."

John shook his head and looked down at her. He had hit his growth spurt and was taller than her by a few feet.

"You are turning seventeen soon, right?" Ally stared right into his eyes.

"Three weeks I am."

"No, I....I have to go. The sun is going down."

"Ally, the sun is down. It won't be safe to travel now."

"John, please, please just take me home."

"Let me call Alex, he will pick us up."

John called Alex as Ally watched him. He felt like he was doing something wrong, like he was being inspected. Or he was being compared to his brother. He shivered at the thought of being compared to that moron. John saw Ally shiver out of the coner of his eye. Shrugging out of his jacket he put it around her shoulders.

"Thanks John." Her voice sounded far away.

Then the unexpected happened. She looked back up at him and learned toward him. He felt her lips on his and he froze solid. She stopped all to soon for his taste and mumbled an apology. He didn't reply. The next twenty minutes were weird and slow. They were at a main road waiting for Alex. He came and John got into the font and Ally into the back.

When they got to her house John got out and walked her to the door.

"John, I..I need sometime to think, ok?"

"About what Ally? About if I am better than him?" He asked with venom in his voice.

"No, I... you are better. He will not talk to me. He is distant with me and I do not like it. You talk and listen and I love that about you. Please don't change. You are amazing just the way you are. I do love you and I know that now but I know that you do not love me."

"How can you be to sure?"

"We are friends in your eyes, nothing more."

She opened her door and closed it in his stunned face. Those words hurt hard and dug into him. He want back to Alex.

"What happened?" Alex looked at John's shocked expression.

"Nothing, I do not want to talk about it." John turned away from him.

For a few days John stayed away from school in a form of he was 'sick'. He was, he felt like crap and his stomach ached every time he thought of her.

Three days later Todd told him that Ally had dumped Braden. John never replied.

"John! John wait up please!" Ally begged for him to slow down his walking.

"Why? What do you want?"

"Just talk to me. You said you were not mad! John!"

"Well I lied."

She finally caught up to him.

"What did you lie about?"

"Everything. I hate seeing you with him. It bothers me, no it kills me. Ally, he is not good for you. Why did you do it? Why?"

"I wanted to capture your attention! Is that a sin?"

John fell dead in his step. Looking at her he felt butterflies in his gut.

"You wanted to impress me?!"

"Yes, I love you, John please understand that I thought I would never have a chance. Never in this galaxy or any other for that matter. You are so amazing."

John looked at his feet unsure of what to say.

"I heard you dropped his ass."

"Well yes I did but please watch your language."

"Sorry Ally, I am very anger right now."

"Where does this leave us?" She questioned him.

"Friends for now. If we start dating right away I might die."

"Right, I put you in a bad spot didn't I?"

"Yes, you did but for you I will go to hell and back."

"That is such a cheesy line John."

"Sorry but it is a good one."

"Right."

She hugged him good bye and ran off. He watched her go before heading into his house.

John never felt so sick the day that he got that call. Ally was not in school the next day and that worried him. She rarely missed anymore. Then his cellphone vibrated, it was from her. He read the message and his face paled. He was at lunch. Todd noticed his worry in his eyes.

"John, what is going on?" Todd sounded worried for once.

"Ya, you look like you have seen a ghost." Anna joked.

"Guys, Ally is in trouble. Braden and some thugs kidnapped her."

They fell silent and looked at him like he was insane......