A/N- Here is another Chapter, sorry for the bit of a wait, Please review!!! Thanks again to Indemaat for beta-ing, Please re-read 1-3 they have been re-posted and this wont make much sense if you don't, thanks!!

"It's been 4 ½ years, and now you want to talk?" she asked incredulously.

"Hmm…Yeah…Weir's orders and partly me," he replied absently. He wanted to straighten things out not only because he was ordered to but because it would make life easier. He just didn't want to go through the whining and sharp remarks he knew would be coming.

"Uh…Sure." She moved down the hall with Rodney by her side. She felt slightly uncomfortable yet sort of happyShe wanted to sort things out as well but didn't want to go through the defense he would have.

They reached her quarters and she flopped onto the bed.

"So speak" She grabbed her CD player and put it beside her, knowing it would be needed later.

"I knew about Jeannie. I wasn't able to come back to EarthWe were in a bad situationWhen it ended we held a service and I mourned for a long while." Rodney sat on the edge of the bedHe knew he wasn't good at apologiesHe was rarely wrong so he didn't have experience.

"A call from your work explaining, a letter once in a while... It's the same as it was with Jeannie, some form of communication would have been nice!" Kayleigh sighed.

"I was doing top secret research in another galaxy!" he defended, remembering the same argument he had had with Jeannie.

"I get it! I just feel like Jeannie didn't get the funeral she and the family deservedYou didn't get to say good bye…I didn't have the comfort of a brother…it's not just that…I lost my job because I was handling everything with the funeral and depression started to take over," she snapped upset.

"Packing all their things and putting them in storage and selling their house. I ended up living in a small apartment because rent became too much for my place and then your mates contacted me..." She let a tear slip down her face and wiped it away.

"I'm…I wish I could have…huh," he stumbled.

"Yeah, me too," she replied.

They sat in silence for a while.

"Perhaps we could start by being more civil to each other," she suggested.

"No more punching me in the mess hall?"

She nodded.

"OK, we could try that." Rodney shifted uneasily. "Should we hug now?"

"I think it's too early for hugging." She smiled and he nodded

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The next two days Kayleigh followed her schedule, teaching the women their self defense and dealing with a smart assed woman named Jenna.

"Now, ladies, today we have some help…yes, you can all stop drooling at the fine gentlemen behind me…Ronon and Sheppard have agreed to show some techniques to you." She moved behind the group still talking

"I need you to be paying attention…" She slid up behind Jenna who waspaying more attentionto Ronon. She slid her arm around her neck gently and put her in a hold.

"Paying attention to your opponent is a key factor," she stated as Jenna struggled from her grip glaring at her.

"Bitch."

Kayleigh smirked at Jenna's remark

Ronon and Sheppard started going through some moves, and the women watched. They broke of into pairs and began attempting the techniquesHalf way through Sheppard was called away and Kayleigh and Ronon had to work through the rest of the techniques.

"OK, this is a knife defense technique," Kayleigh explained lunging at Ronon with a wooden knife

He grabbed her arm and pulled her up to his chest her back held firmly in place. He flipped the knife and held it against her throat.

His scent was trapped in her nostrils and she felt at ease. She was aware of the heat his body was producing. She was enjoying the feeling of where she was but shook it off and shifted from his grip, ignoring her rapid heart beat. Kayleigh could feel the flush of heat on her neck and noticed the awkward movements Ronon had when he released her.

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"We are going to tell her tonightShe has trained the women to a basic standard. We can tell her now and she can juggle the work" Weir said looking at Sheppard and Rodney.

"I agree. She'll be pissed that we kept partofthe reason she's here fromher, although we never gave her any reason to look for any suspicious motives," Sheppard replied.

Rodney rolled his eyes. "When we tell her, send someone after her. I may not have been around her whole life but when I was there she was a hell raiser when people kept things from her," Rodney supplied with a thoughtful look.

"I'm not going after her. The punch she laid on Rodney and the kick she has…let's say we send Ronon after her, yeah." Sheppard stood from his seat. "I'll go find them. They were training so they wont have their radios in." Sheppard walked out the door leaving an apprehensive Weir and Rodney behind.

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Sheppard walked into the gym and found Ronon and Kayleigh lying on the floor breathing heavily with fighting sticks beside them and grins on their faces. He had never seen Ronon take to a stranger so quickly, in three to four days he had started working with Kayleigh as if he'd known her all his life.

"You two, all right to come to Weir's office?" Sheppard asked grabbing their attention.

"Yeah," Kayleigh replied.

Ronon stood and pulled Kayleigh from the floor. They packed the gear away and all headed off to Weir's office.