Annoying Astrophysicist 2

"Hey, Meredith."

"Yes? Oh god."

"So you do respond to it."

"Only when I have to."

"So in other words, if someone called you: 'Meredith Rodney McKay', you would…"

"I'd curl up into a ball…OR shoot whoever said it…depending on who it was."

"Ah, so I'm in no danger then."

"Actually, there is a third option."

"Oh?"

"Yep."

"Care to tell me what this third option is?"

"Nope, it's a secret only my sister would know."

"Is that right…"

"Well, no, actually, because we haven't seen or talked to each other in four years. You know, long-distance relationships are difficult."

"No kidding – I suppose the fact that it takes almost a week to get here by ship isn't a hint?"

"Ha-ha, very funny. I'm serious though, about keeping up with my sister."

"Say, isn't today her birthday?"

"WHAT!"

"…"

"You can quit laughing, her birthday is not for another couple of months."

"…You're face…it was…priceless!"

"I'm glad you enjoyed the show…and making me a fool. Now why don't you go get lost – ask Elizabeth when her birthday is or something."

"Hmm, that's not a bad idea."

"Well, it'd be my first, if it was."

"It sure would – I suppose the whole blowing up a Solar System, or was it the planet, wasn't the first? That would be, if, say, kissing…"

"Okay! That's enough…everyone screws up once in a while…"

"Your screw ups are just more spectacular, though."

"Ha-ha, at least it was an uninhabited solar system."

"So you do admit that it was a screw up."

"I admitted no such thing."

"But you just said…"

"I did not!"

"Meredith."

"Don't make me shoot you."

"You shoot me? Have you looked in a mirror recently? How about one of those mission reports?"

"What about them?"

"You barely ever handle your gun."

"I can use it, though."

"I don't doubt that."

"…"

"Oh, come on, its not like it's a secret."

"Hmph, because by now everyone knows about it; am I right?"

"…"

"Well?"

"Okay, yeah, you're right."

"Thanks."

"For what?"

"For admitting I'm right."

"You're welcome, Meredith."

"…"

"Hey! Ow! Quit throwing things at me!"

"Then don't call me Meredith!"

"Fine, whatever you say…Meredith…Sorry!"

A/N: Again, another squabble between John and Rodney – I mean Meredith. Heh, I wonder which he hates worse: wraith, or his name? Probably wraith though – he could always change his name. I wonder what might have happened had it been Rodney captured by the Genii in Common Ground, rather than John Sheppard. Makes an interesting, thought-provoking, scenario. I'll leave it up to whoever wants to try that little AU.