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Chapter thirty-six
As Natalie walked back into the infirmary with Ronon's food Keller stopped her and gave her a breath defying hug, in response to that Natalie gave Keller a confused look but hugged her friend back nonetheless.
"Umm, thanks Keller I always like getting hugs and everything but what was that for?" Natalie asked cocking her head to the side and looking at Keller.
Keller gave Natalie a smile, "I'm just happy for you Natalie, happy that Ronon is awake and happy that you are back to your old self. I missed your usual confident, sassy, can kick anyone's ass if asked kind of attitude." she told her and gave her another hug.
At that Natalie gave Keller an apologetic look, "Sorry Jen, I'll try and not let that happen again. I know I kind of went overboard there but yeah." she told her friend.
"I'm just glad you're back to your old self," she said to her. "Now go on to Ronon, I know you're dying to get back to him." she said with an amused laugh.
Natalie shrugged when Keller said that, "What can I say I'm addicted to the man." she told her and went on her way back to Ronon's bedside.
It amazed Keller with how big of a difference Ronon being awake did to Natalie's attitude, she was happier, more alive and back to her old self. Even before Natalie and Ronon got together Natalie wasn't as happy as she was now, Ronon completed Natalie in ways that no one else would ever dream of being able to do. Ronon being awake was definitely a godsend, without him in Natalie's life she would have slowly withered away – Keller truly did believe that would have happened. Eventually Natalie would have given up hope and would have let herself go.
Walking over to Ronon's bed Natalie gave him a small smile, "I come bearing food." she said as she set the tray on Ronon's lap.
"You do know that I can't even eat this much at one time," Ronon said to her as he eyed the tray that had almost every kind of lunch food on it that Atlantis offered.
Hearing that Natalie gave a sheepish smile, "Sorry I wasn't sure what thing you would want first so I just grabbed what I knew you liked and well there ended up being a lot of things you liked." she said to him. "Some of it is for me too, I feel like I haven't ate in forever." she said to him which was partly true, she hasn't had a full actual meal in a long while – she only ever ate half of her lunch she just didn't have the urge to eat.
For the first time since he woke up Ronon took a good long look at Natalie, taking in her appearance. He could see the obvious changes in her weight and how tired and haggard she looked; him being in a coma did a number on her person and that was not something he was very happy about.
"Good you need to eat," Ronon said giving her an unamused look. "You've lost too much weight while I was out, you need to take care of yourself." he told her as he handed her two of the sandwiches that was on his tray.
When he said that Natalie took on a downcast expression, "Sorry." she said quietly as she started to nibble on the sandwich Ronon gave her.
Ronon grabbed her chin and made her look into his eyes, "Don't be sorry Natalie just take care of yourself, you need to eat you know how much I like your beautiful big hips and your ass. You know how much I love that part of your body." he said to her with a shit eating grin on his face.
"Even a perv when you're in the infirmary." Natalie said to him in amusement and shaking her head. "Insatiable aren't you."
"Only with you," Ronon told him as he finished off his first two sandwiches and moved on to the other things that were packed on the tray.
Natalie smiled at him and grabbed some of the fruit off of the tray to eat, "So what's the verdict?" she asked him.
At that Ronon looked at Natalie, "Verdict?" he questioned.
"Earth saying, sorry." she said waving his question off. "I mean what did Carson say?" she asked again.
Ronon got an annoyed look on his face when Natalie said that, "Said I gotta stay in here overnight for observation, don't know why I feel perfectly fine."
Giving Ronon a smile Natalie finished off her food and threw it in the garbage, "I know you do and I am sure that you are good as new but you know doctors," she said with a roll of her eyes. "They're overly paranoid and worry about their patients all of the time."
"Eat this," Ronon said and handed her more food.
Natalie groaned when Ronon did that, "Ronon I ate enough, you don't need to stuff me like a pig." she whined at him.
He just gave her an unwavering look, "Eat," he said/demanded.
"Ronon-" Natalie started but was cut off by Ronon.
"No," Ronon said shaking his head, "You need to eat, so eat."
That made Natalie gave him an unamused look, "Do I have much of a choice?" she asked.
Ronon shook his head, "No not really, you might as well just eat it now."
Sighing Natalie took the food from him, "Fine." she conceded. "You're so pushy." she told him with a joking smile.
"Someone's gotta be with you around here," he told her with a smirk. "Everyone else it too afraid to be pushy with you." he told her.
That was something Natalie couldn't argue with, Ronon was one of the only other people in Atlantis that she knew that was just as stubborn if not more so then her and would take her head on and make her and convince her to do something. Like when she got too distracted to actually go and eat a meal or when she needed to get some sleep or take a break from doing something or another.
For the next few hours Natalie and Ronon just talked; Natalie telling him whats been going on since he went into a coma, telling him about the few missions that his team and her's have been going on. What she has been doing to keep herself occupied when she wasn't all but stationed by his bedside and just things like that.
Soon enough though Natalie started yawning tiredly and bobbing her head, it was obvious to anyone that saw her that she needed a good night of sleep and not just sleeping in the chair besides Ronon's bed.
"You should go to your room and get some sleep Natalie," Ronon said as he cupped her face and ran his thumb up and down her soft skin. "You look dead." he told her with a half smile on his face.
Natalie blinked her eyes open and stubbornly shook her head, "I'm not tired yet." she said as she tried, unsuccessfully to hide another yawn.
At that Ronon raised his brow at her, "Natalie you are falling asleep where you are sitting, go to bed. Not like I'm going anywhere." he said to her.
"I can't sleep there without you," Natalie admitted to him with a half smile on her face. "I tried a few times but all I did was toss and turn all night, I can't seem to fall asleep without you by my side when I know you are up here." she revealed to him.
Ronon looked at her for a few moments before he sighed, "Get up here." he said to her.
"What?" she asked him, looking at him startled.
He gave her a look, "Get up here with me, I'm not gonna be letting you losing sleep over me anymore, so get your ass up here with me." Ronon said to her with an expectant look on his face.
Natalie looked at him undecided, "Ronon, they wont like that." she said and subtly gestured to the medical people that were around the room.
In response to that Ronon just shrugged, "Who cares what they like or don't like I could kick their ass if wanted to." he said shaking his head at her argument. "Now get up here Natalie." he told her seriously.
"Okay." Natalie said to him.
Getting up from her chair Natalie moved in besides Ronon on the infirmary bed and laying on her side with her head resting on Ronon's chest, one of her arms going around his neck and playing with his dreadlocks and the other resting besides where her head was resting on his chest and one of her legs moving in between Ronon's.
Within ten or fifteen minutes Natalie was dead asleep; Ronon just stared down at Natalie's sleeping form with a smile on his face and just watched all of the different facial expressions that went across Natalie's face. He loved watching her sleep, it was the one thing that he could do everyday all day and not get bored – not that he didn't love watching her when she was awake and acting all fierce battle maiden but asleep she looked so serene but just as beautiful as she usually does.
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It was several hours later and Ronon was still laying in bed with Natalie curled up next to him, her dead to the world, in fact Ronon doubted anything but the end of the world could wake her up at the moment she was lost that deep to sleep.
"Hey Ronon!" John said coming over to him with a grin.
Ronon shook his head, "Quiet Sheppard, she's sleeping." he said as he gestured down to Natalie.
John gave a sheepish smile at that, "Sorry," he apologized as he took a seat in the chair besides Ronon's bed. "So how are ya feeling?" he asked.
"Fine, I'm ready to get out of here, I was ready to leave about four hours ago." Ronon told him as he unconsciously began to run his free hand through Natalie's mass of long blonde curls.
At that John laughed, "Yeah I'm sure you are but you know the rules." he told him.
"Doesn't mean I gotta like 'em all that much." Ronon complained to him.
John just shook his head when Ronon said that and looked at Natalie who was practically laying on top of Ronon, she looked much more peaceful and happy then she has in the past month or so.
"She took it hard you know," John told him with a sad look on his face. "Barely sleeping or eating at all."
"I know," Ronon said sadly as he bent down and kissed Natalie's forehead tenderly. "I could tell from just the way she looked; dark circles under her eyes, weaker then usual and not the same soft and roundness I was used to feeling. She should have been taking care of herself better." he said with a shake of his head.
That made John sigh, "We did what we could but you know Natalie, if she doesn't want to do something she wont do it no matter what anyone else says to her."
Hearing that Ronon smiled, "Yeah she's too stubborn for her own good."
"Sounds like someone else I know," John said giving Ronon a pointed look.
Ronon didn't deny the obvious accusation, "Probably a good thing we are together then. I doubt there's another woman out there in the world that can actually handle me like Natalie can." he admitted with a half laugh.
"You guys fit; you and Natalie are a lot alike but different at the same time you two balance each other out in some odd, weird way." John told his friend. "She's fierce and loyal and a fighter just like you are but she's calm where you jump into a situation right away at times."
For a few minutes after that neither man said much of anything, just getting lost in their thoughts. Ronon thinking about Natalie as usual an d excited to get out of the infirmary so that he could properly show her how sorry he was for worrying her; and John, John was thinking about how great it was that Ronon was awake and that Natalie was now acting like her old self instead of the mopey version that has been gracing the halls of Atlantis lately.
"Its good to have you back Chewie," John said as he stood up from the chair. "Glad that hit to the head didn't leave you in this bed in a permanent a coma." he said to him.
Ronon snorted at that, "It's gonna take more then a little hit to the head to keep me out of the fighting." he said to him determinedly.
John smiled at that, "Of course not," he said to him. "I'm gonna go and let you get some sleep. See you tomorrow Ronon." he said with a wave and left Ronon to get some sleep just like Natalie was doing at the moment.
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"So," Natalie said as she and Ronon left the infirmary Carson finally gave the okay for him to leave after he did one last check over.
Ronon looked down at Natalie questioningly, "So?" he asked, wondering what she was being so antsy about at the moment.
"I have a surprise for you," she said happily, grinning at him widely.
At that Ronon looked at her, "Really?" he asked her. "Does it involve getting naked?" he asked as he groped her, not caring if anyone walking by saw what he did, it's been forever since he has been able to touch Natalie who is he to deny himself that privilege.
Natalie shook her head at Ronon's question, "It may at the end of the day, depending how things go." she told him vaguely.
"So what's this surprise then if it's not us getting naked?" he asked her, if there weren't so many people walking around right now he would grab Natalie up and drag her into one of the many unused labs/rooms that were in close walking distance at the moment.
Grabbing Ronon's arm Natalie gave him a smirk, "You'll see." she said to him mysteriously and dragged him down the hall and to the closest transporter.
Ronon let Natalie drag him into the transporter down a few levels and through the many twists and turns and corridors of Atlantis until they got to where some of the rooms were; they passed the block where his and Sheppard's room's were located at, then passed by wehre Rodney's and a few of their other friends' were at.
Once they passed Natalie's room though Ronon stopped in his tracks making Natalie stop as well, she turned and looked up at him impatiently. "Ronon come on." she said to him.
"Where are we going, we passed mine and your room." He said to her with a raised brow.
Natalie rolled her eyes, "You'll see in a moment just trust me on this Ronon." she told him giving him a a wide eyed, hopeful look.
"All right, lead the way woman." he said to her and playfully slapped her on the ass.
At that Natalie gave him a look, "You know usually I wouldn't like being called woman it's derogatory coming from most men, but coming from you I kinda like it." she said to him and grabbed his hand once more. "Now come on, lets go." she said.
Leading Ronon down the halls once again, it took about five or ten more minutes until they arrived at wherever it was that Natalie wanted to show Ronon – or rather to where Ronon's surprise was at.
Suddenly Natalie stopped at a door and turned towards Ronon, "All right, close your eyes," she demanded.
"Why?" Ronon asked looking at her suspiciously.
At that Natalie put her hands on her hips and gave him a look, "Just do it Ronon." she told him in a no arguments tone of voice.
Hearing the tone of voice she used on him Ronon did as she asked or rather demanded of him, he knew when not to argue with her. Sure he could take Natalie on if he wanted to but he would really rather not have a pissed off Natalie on his hands, that is not something he wanted to deal with if he didn't have to.
Ronon heard a door slid open and then Natalie grab his hand and pull him into whatever room it was that she opened, "All right you can look now." she told him.
Opening his eyes Ronon saw a room, bigger then his or Natalie's room but still just a plain old room. "A room?" he asked looking down at her.
"Not just any room," Natalie told him him with a smile on her face. "Our new room." she stated with a waggle of her eye brows.
When she said that Ronon broke out into a grin, he had nearly forgotten he and Natalie had decided to get a shared room. "Our room?" he asked, when Natalie nodded Ronon grabbed her up and kissed her passionately.
Natalie wrapped her arms around Ronon's neck and hefted herself up and wrapped her legs around his waist and pressed herself as tightly against Ronon as she possibly could, kissing Ronon with everything that she had in her. She loved feeling his warm skin against her's, his rough bear tickling the soft skin on her face and feeling the hardness of his muscles as she trailed her fingers up and and down his body.
"You like it then?" Natalie asked him as she finally pulled away from their heated kiss but not removing herself from his body.
He smirked at her, "More then like it, I love it." he told her honestly.
To Ronon it wasn't the room that mattered so much as that he would be living and sharing a room with Natalie from now on; the last time that Ronon lived with another person was when he lived on Sateda – Melena. And that was nearly ten years ago and then right after that happened he became a runner until he ran into John and Teyla, who then got Carson to come and take out the tracking device out of his back.
Getting a shared room with Natalie was a big step for Ronon, it was proof for himself that he was truly over Melena. Sure he would always love her, there was no doubt about that but nothing in the world would bring her back and Ronon had to get on with his life. Besides as much as he loved Melena those years ago and appreciated that she showed him what love was, he loved Natalie so much more intensely and passionately.
Natalie let go of Ronon and stood back on her own two feet, "I didn't move anything in because I wanted to wait until you woke up; I wanted this to be a me and you thing." she said to him with a slight smile.
"We could always break the room in before we move our stuff into it," Ronon suggested with a wolfish grin on his face as he slowly backed Natalie into one of the walls in the room.
At that Natalie tried to hide a smile, "As sexy and yummy as that sounds I'm gonna have to say no Ronon," she told him and forcefully pushed him away, though if Ronon really didn't want to move he wouldn't have. "I like having sex against the wall as much as the next girl but we got way too much crap to move into here and we are not waiting another day before we get moved in here. I've been waiting five weeks for you to wake up so we can get this going, so I am going to be damned if I let both of your sex drives ruin that for me." she told him determinedly.
Ronon looked at her wit ha smirk, "that;s fine," he told her as he leaned down to speak into her ear with his deep, sultry voice that she loved oh so much. "I can wait, the second we get everything in here you are mine. I don;t care if everything is just thrown in here and not set up, I am not waiting to get you on your back and to show you just how much I want you."
hearing those words Natalie let out a small whimper, she wanted to take back her words but knowing Ronon he would say no to her just to tease her. "Okay," Natalie squeaked out uncharacteristically.
Sop with that said Ronon and Natalie with the help from a few of their friends started the tiring task of packing their stuff up and moving it to their new room; Ronon's room was the easiest to pack up considering that he didn't really have all that much to begin with but Natalie on the other hand. Well Natalie had quite a few things; clothes, books, pictures, notebooks, movies, her personal lap top and the Atlantis lap top, her video camera that she used to send video's home to Earth and well basically she just had a lot of stuff.
Eventually though they finished up and the second that all of their friends left Ronon all but attacked Natalie so that he could show her just how much he appreciated what she did for him and how loyal she was to him while he was out of commission for a while.
A/N: Hey lovelies hope you liked this chapter took me forever to get done.