In Her Dreams

Jennifer could not believe she was doing this, but desperate times called for desperate measures. She just hoped that she was not coming off as too desperate. The CMO had grown tired of the dancing around their feelings that she and Rodney had done so elaborately since his recovery several months ago. Enough was enough and it was time to act. She thought Rodney would have reacted to the note by now, but she could not be sure if he saw it or if he saw it that he thought the note was for real.

One hour passed. And then two soon became three and she let out a heavy sigh. "Rodney. Rodney. Rodney. What am I going to do with you?" Jennifer laced her fingers together and laid them over stomach as she lay naked on his bed, having used her medical override to gain access to his room. She looked around, noting the multiple diplomas from the three bachelor's degrees to the three masters degrees and finally to his two doctorates. So much time spent on enriching his mind, she had to wonder how much time he spent fulfilling the needs of his body. "Okay, Jennifer you got to get your mind out of the gutter. Then again you are on his bed without any clothes on. What man would not enjoy coming home to find a naked woman in his bed? He likes women, right? What about Katie and then there is the torch he always carried for Sam. Could it be an act?" Jennifer started to get herself worked up. "This is not me? I would never do this. Why did I let Amanda talk me into this? Maybe I should put my clothes back on. It's getting kind of chilly in here. But he can be back any minute." Her eyes fell upon a better option; a t-shirt that read '42: The meaning of life'. Jennifer smiled as she got up and put the shirt on before crawling under the covers. The shirt was quite big on her, but it was also quite comfortable and she wondered if he would realize the shirt was missing if she forgot to return it. She figured she would hear Rodney whenever he returned, unless he was pulling an all nighter.

Jennifer pulled a book from the bedside table and realized it was not a normal book, but a compilation of what must. Have been a series of comic books, "52: Volume One," She laughed when she saw on the inside cover was Property of Rodney McKay crossed out then underneath it John Sheppard was crossed out and lastly under that was Meredith McKay with the Meredith crossed out and Rodney written in bold. It was obvious which words were written by John and which were written by Rodney. She started to flip through the comic, quickly growing bored of it and soon feel asleep.

The sleeping woman nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt a body land half on top of her. It was not as if she could move with the extra weight on her. After a quick look at the clock, Jennifer realized it was a lot later then she had expected. The loud snores emanating from the man made her laugh. Jennifer watched Rodney's face as he slept, the occasional snore coming from him. It amazed her that Rodney did not notice her in his bed because if he did notice he would not be resting part of his body on her.

"Rodney, wake up," she tried to gently make him up by whispering and running her free hand through his hair. When that did not work, Jennifer wriggled free from under his weight. She studied his face for several minutes, her fingers lightly tracing over the contours of his face. She smirked as a brilliant idea came to mind, "It worked for Sleeping Beauty." The bold woman pressed her lips to the sleeping man's lips, starting the kiss off softly until Rodney's started to respond favorably with his tongue seeking out its mate. It was more than Jennifer had hoped for.

Rodney's sleep deprived brain defaulted to the dream it always did when he had too little sleep...maybe how sleep deprived he was had nothing to do with it. It started off with Jennifer coming into his lab and always ended with him pulling her in for a kiss and he would always wake up as he pulled the attractive woman's shirt over her head. It was not ending there tonight. Just as he pulled off the last of her base uniform, his eyes flew open. The almost panicked physicist felt hands tangled in his hair as he made out with someone in his sleep. The lack of light prevented him from knowing who the person in his bed was. This better be a woman. Rodney went hysterical for a second until his brain registered that it was touching a woman's breast. Thank goodness. He pulled his hand away and severed the blissful connection between her lips.

"Why did you stop?" Jennifer whispered breathlessly.

"Crap, still dreaming." As soon as Rodney heard the voice, he knew it was too good to be true.

To be continued...

A/N: Thank you to all those who are still following. There is one piece left in this series. Please let me know what you think and leave a review and thanks to Shadows-of-Realm for the quick beta.