Sophie Fatale – I know there's not much going on at the moment and unfortunately there's no Shep whump in this. It is only the first instalment of the series though and I promise there will be whump for all the characters sooner or later. Other than that I'm glad you're enjoying the story, thanks for the review.

Bunnylass – I figured with Elizabeth's very closed of personality in this the only way she'd get close to John is if she didn't realise it was happening. I don't like Chaya either lol and in later instalments you're going to really hate her. Thanks for the review and I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Sparklyshimmer2010 – More shippiness is coming in the next few chapter, though maybe not what you expect lol. I hope you enjoy this chapter and thanks for the review.

Steph7085 – I'm glad you liked the image of Teal'c screaming lol and I couldn't get it out of my head either. As per demand here is more, I hope you enjoy it and thanks for the review.

Saphiretwin369 – Thanks for the review, I'm glad you liked John's line about doing his homework for the peace and quiet. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Belanna30 – I'm glad you're enjoying the shippiness that is starting to unfold and as for who will make a move first, you'll just have to wait and see lol. Thanks for the review, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Kuroima – The scene with Teyla was my favourite part of the last chapter to write I think. I'm glad you liked it. More Sparky will be showing itself in the next few chapter so I hope you enjoy it, thanks for the review.

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Chapter 14

Elizabeth looked at John again and then quickly looked back at Teyla to continue listening to the on going conversation about shoes. She couldn't explain it but she felt closer to him since the incident in the forest on Jack's birthday. For some reason she'd felt far safer with John than she knew she should have done, in fact, if it hadn't been for him she probably would have run off and got herself killed.

Teyla gave her a look and Elizabeth found herself now directing her gaze down at her food. She really had to stop glancing at John, if Teyla was any indication she was doing it far too often. As if the thought had infiltrated her subconscious she looked up at John and was forced to once more avert her gaze as she realised he had been looking at her.

Why the hell was he looking at her, she knew why she was looking at him but why was he looking at her? Maybe he'd noticed her staring after all and was trying to catch her in the act, well if that was the case then he'd just succeeded.

He was her friend and he'd stopped her from doing something stupid and getting herself killed by a bunch of wolves, that was it. She'd admit to a slight attraction to him but he was a good looking guy, any woman would be nuts not to be a little attracted but then Jack was a good looking guy too and she felt no attraction to him whatsoever.

"So I was thinking I'd buy the pink ones to go with that new dress I bought the other day, what do you think?" Teyla questioned and Elizabeth finally had to look back at the brunette.

"Aren't you better off asking Vala this question?" she asked and Teyla shook her head emphatically.

"I think she wants the shoes too and there's only a few pairs left, I'll only get a biased answer from her. I'm going to be lucky to get them as it is, I'm going to have to leave as soon as school ends," she stated and Elizabeth shook her head.

"If you want them that badly go and buy them, if they don't match the dress I'm sure they'll go with something else in your wardrobe and even if they don't, you can go and buy something else to match," Elizabeth replied and Teyla grinned excitedly.

"That's a great idea, see, and you think you aren't good at this. We can leave as soon as we get out off…" Teyla began but Elizabeth cut her off abruptly.

"No way, I am not going. Shopping with you is on my list of situations to avoid," Elizabeth told her and Teyla pouted.

"But you have… wait a minute you have a list?" she questioned.

"Well… no… but if I did it would be on there," Elizabeth stated and Teyla glared at her.

"You're coming with me and that's that," Teyla stated adamantly and Elizabeth opened her mouth to protest but Teyla cut her off with a shake of the hand and look that dared her to continue. Elizabeth promptly shut her mouth and surrendered to her fate, she'd better go and find her flat shoes, the slight heal on the ones she was wearing would have her in tears before Teyla was even close to finished.

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"It's getting really pathetic you know," Jack stated as he sat next to John in World of Magic. They were supposed to be doing research for their group presentation but given that they had two weeks to do it they weren't in a hurry.

Teyla and Elizabeth had gone to the library to find a book that they would need and John and Jack were supposed to be working their way through the class text books to find anything useful. They'd all had to pick an animal that was native to either Pegasus or one of the states surrounding it. Jack had joked that they should do the Pegasus wolf but even he hadn't actually found that funny.

Instead they'd gone with the girl's choice, the Arlestra, a creature native to Torvinus, Sateda and Krale. Despite being in all three of these states it was actually a very rare creature having only been spotted four times in the last century. It almost resembled a wolf but it's fur was completely white, an unusual colour for forest animals.

"What's pathetic?" John asked as he lazily turned the pages of his text book not really paying attention to what was on them.

"You and Elizabeth," Jack replied and that seemed to catch his attention. John faltered in his rhythmic page turning before recovering and continuing like it didn't matter.

"What do you mean?" he asked and if Jack didn't know better he would have fallen for the 'I have no idea what you're talking about' tone.

"You know exactly what I mean, you and…." Jack stopped himself when he saw the subject of their discussion walk through the door with several heavy looking books in her hands. Teyla followed behind her carrying a similar hefty load and Jack got up to relieve them of the books. He took those Elizabeth was carrying and wondered how the hell she'd managed to carry them from the library and up several flights of stairs to the classroom.

John took the books from Teyla and both men placed them down on the desk with a slight thud. "I thought you only went to get one book," Jack stated with a hint of question in his voice.

"We did but then we found some others that were useful too," Elizabeth informed them.

"So we got them all out," Teyla finished with a shrug as she sat down.

"They actually let you take this many books out?" Jack questioned and Elizabeth and Teyla both looked at him for a moment.

"You really don't go to the library very often do you," Elizabeth stated "They let you take up to five books out each and you can keep them for a week."

"Good to know," John said as he started looking though the books the two girls had brought.

"This one will probably be the most useful," Elizabeth said as she took a book from the pile in front of John. "It's completely based on the Arlestra, the rest of them are more general magical creature books."

"Maybe we should have got that one about creatures and myths," Teyla mused as she eyed the books on the desk.

"Oh I think we have enough books here to do the presentation," Jack stated also eyeing the books "Or start a small library."

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Elizabeth and Teyla had gone into town and poor Laura had been dragged along with them. Janet had adamantly refused and then made a beeline for the nearest exit before they could protest. Unfortunately Laura had not been paying much attention to the conversation and as such had not made her escape when she'd had the chance to. So now she and Elizabeth were suffering at the hands of a shopping Teyla.

Vala was sulking because she'd found out from a supposedly very reliable source that there was only one pair of those pink shoes left in their size and since Teyla was already on her way she would undoubtedly buy them.

"She'd better let me borrow them," Vala mumbled bitterly as the rest of the group tried to ignore her. "The little weasel, sneaking off to buy them without telling me, I mean that's just low."

"Vala they're just shoes," Rodney made the mistake of pointing out and Vala's eyes widened in anger.

"Just shoes!" she shouted making Rodney shrink back "They're not just shoes, they would have gone perfectly with that new top of mine and with those jeans I bought with the pink hem. Pink isn't even Teyla's colour. I can't believe she'd go behind my back and buy them."

"Correct me if I'm wrong, drama queen," Cameron began, cutting off Vala's ramble "But weren't you planning to do the same thing earlier. You're just upset cos Teyla beat you to it."

"She only beat me because I lost my free period to a detention with Professor Maple and the woman lost track of time between her lectures and kept me there for an extra twenty minutes," Vala complained sinking further into her chair.

"It's your own fault, Maple warned you three times about applying your nail polish during lesson," Cameron reminded her.

"I was just doing some repair work," Vala defended.

"Next time do it outside the lesson," Cameron finished and Vala's only response was to stick her tongue out and go back to sulking.

"Well, if that's the end of the drama, I'm gonna go and get cake," Jack informed the group and then left in the direction of the cafeteria queue.

"Bring me some," Vala shouted to his retreating form and Cameron turned to look at her.

"I thought you said you were on a diet?" he questioned and Vala sat up straight in her chair.

"Yeah but this whole incident has upset me and I'm going to eat my sorrows besides I decided I don't need to diet. Why are you saying I do need to?" she asked.

Cameron rolled his eyes "No, I told you before that you didn't need to diet."

Vala narrowed her eyes and stared at him suspiciously for several long moments until Jack arrived with her cake.

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"My feet are aching," Laura complained as the three girls entered school grounds with a tonne of shopping bags which were mostly Teyla's.

"Say that one more time and I'm gonna hit you with these bags," Teyla threatened.

"My feet are aching," Laura complained and then ducked to the side when Teyla swung the shopping bags toward her. "Look I'm all for exercise and staying active but four hours of shopping is just ridiculous and these shoes have a slight heal on them and that's not helping."

"I did warn you before we left not to wear those shoes but you insisted you could handle it," Elizabeth reminded her and Laura turned her head to glare at her.

"Anymore I told you so and I'll hit you with my bags," she mimicked Teyla's earlier threat.

"There you are, we were beginning to get worried," Jack said as they neared Entrix Towers and found the some of their group stood around. Jack, John and Cameron immediately relieved the girls of the hefty weight they were carrying.

"You," another person shouted and Teyla winced when she saw an angry Vala storming in her direction. "You sneaky, back stabbing, weasel of a friend, how dare you go and buy those shoes behind my back!"

"Oh as if you weren't planning the same thing," Teyla defended and Vala opened and closed her mouth before coming up with a response.

"That's not the point," she stated and Teyla looked at her incredulously.

"You can borrow them," she told her.

"I know I can borrow them," Vala replied as if that should have been a given and Teyla laughed as they all made their way to Raildon Halls. They took all the bags to Elizabeth's and Teyla room before separating them out into whoever they belonged to. Laura took here three bags and she and Janet left for their room, Elizabeth took her two bags and began to put her knew belongings in their proper places.

Teyla looked at the large number of bags left on her bed for a brief moment and wondered where to begin. "Let me see the shoes," Vala requested and Teyla searched through the bags for the right one and then handed it to Vala before getting started on putting her other things away.

TBC