Mia had been living with them for a few months and she had, had a profound affect on everyone. Most people went out of their way to make sure was ok. In the few months that she had been with them they had narrowly defeated the Wraith on a few occasions as well some of their people being kidnapped by the Genii. However it was McKay's reaction to the child that had everyone thrown through a loop. She was clearly the most important thing to him but she wasn't living with him like everyone expected. Instead she had chosen to live with Laura and Lorne. They had now moved in together and were very happy. She had even started calling Laura 'mom' which was a bit of a surprise to everyone including Laura. Mia had also grown accustomed to Lorne being around everywhere and she now seemed to genuinely like him. It also helped the situation by the fact that Lorne practically let her do anything she wanted within reason, or so he told anyone if they asked. One day they had been watching a DVD called 'The Little Mermaid' when Lorne cleared his throat. He took a deep breath and said, "Mia? Can I ask you something?"
"Yes. Is it a secret?"
"Yes it is." He took a deep breath and said, "How would you feel if I was to ask Laura to marry me?" Lorne looked at Mia in apprehension while he waited for her to answer. She thought for a few minutes and then said, "Would you hurt her?"
"God no. I love her and you of course. But I want to make sure you'd be happy with me asking her before I asked."
"I would be very happy Evan. When are you going to ask her?" she asked excitedly.
"Well I was going to ask her when we went to earth. Take her to Australia and ask her there. What do you think?"
"Where will I be?"
"You'll be in here on Atlantis with uncle Rodney remember?"
"Oh yes. You and mom have to go for some sort of review. Yes?" she asked him.
"That's right. So your ok with me asking Laura to marry me?" he asked her again.
"Yes. You make her very happy." Mia replied. Lorne grinned at her and picked her up and swung her around. Mia squealed in delight. Once they were both significantly dizzy, Lorne stopped spinning her and they fell to the floor laughing.
"I was wondering where you two had got to. What's so funny?" asked Laura from the doorway. Lorne looked at Mia and Mia looked at Lorne and they both started laughing again. Laura frowned. After five more minutes of this Lorne stood up and walked over to Laura who was still hovering in the doorway unsure if she wanted to go in or not.
"Its nothing. Just a private joke between Mia and me. Isn't that right Mia?"
"Yes daddy." Mia said without thinking. Laura looked at Lorne and then at Mia in surprise. Lorne just stood there in shocked silence. Mia got up and walked up to the pair and cuddled them both.
"I'm off to see uncle Mer. He said he would show me something cool." She said and walked off to McKay's lab.
"Be careful!" Laura called after her. She turned her attention back to Lorne and said, "Well that was…strange."
"You're telling me. You nearly ready to go to earth tomorrow?"
"Yeah. Just got bored of packing that was all. You hungry?" she asked him. "Yeah I'm starving." He said and they wondered off to the mess hall. Laura looked at him for a couple of minutes and said, "You know I tried to ask you a few times through the link but you seem to have found a way to turn it off. Why?" she asked him.
"Uh…well you know its only fair that I learn so that you don't invade my head at wrong moments." She looked at him, "You know like that time in front of the president. Can't have that happen again. I've been able to do it for a while. It doesn't bother you does it?" he asked her.
"No, no. I was just surprised that was all." She said smiling at him, not entirely sure she was believing him. The following day they were ready to go to earth. Laura hugged Mia and said, "You be good for uncle Rodney ok?" Mia rolled her eyes.
"Yes mom. I will be. Have fun on earth. See you later." Mia hugged Laura and stood beside Rodney. Laura walked in front of McKay and said, "Did you teach her the eye roll? I'll see you soon Rodney. Do you want anything bringing back?"
"I didn't teach her the eye roll. She picked it up from you. No. Carson has my list of things that I need for my many allergies." He replied which got an eye roll from Laura. He smiled smugly at her when she realised that she had just eye rolled. Shaking her head she walked over to Lorne and said, "Ready to go?"
"Yeah lets go. See you all soon. Be good Mia."
"Yes dad." Mia turned to Rodney and said, "Can we go blow stuff up now uncle Mer?"
"WHAT!" demanded Laura turning back to McKay. McKay blushed and said, "She's kidding I swear. Its just a computer simulation of what a solar system looks like when it blows up."
"Like you don't already know what that looks like." John muttered. McKay scowled at him when John said, "Don't worry. I'll keep an eye on them. Go. Have fun."
"Hm ok. But for the record I don't believe you. I know what your like for trouble. See you all later." Laura replied before walking through the wormhole back to Earth. John turned to McKay and Mia and said, "So then Meredith. What we blowing up today?"
