"Unforgiving"

Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate. I do, however, own Dr. Aurora Jackson and the plot.

Spoilers: Meridian

Rating: PG-13

Warning: Jonas Whumping!!

Ch. 6

(SGC, Infirmary)

Aurora was strapped down to the bed. AJ's head throbbed against her skull. She groaned. Someone else was with her, she realized. Jack O' Neill sat beside her on a chair. He was falling asleep. It looked like he was there all night.

"Jack?" she said groggily.

He looked up.

"Hey, kid, how ya feelin'?" he asked.

"I have a killer headache," she answered.

"Do you remember anything that happened this past week?" he asked her.

"Not at the moment," AJ said. "How long have I been out for?"

"About 3 to 4 days," Jack answered. "The first 3 you were ranting and raving. Ol' Doc Fraiser had to keep sedating you."

"There must have been something on P5X-879 that made me act abnormally angry," she said.

"Yeah, Janet says it was the dirt in the town, it was a drug, and your Empathic abilities sorta' enhanced the effect," Jack explained.

"How's Jonas?" AJ asked.

"He's fine. Jonas just has a few broken ribs, a broken nose, bruises all over and a black eye in both eyes. Nothing too serious," he said.

"Can you get me out of these restraints, please?" she asked.

"Yeah,"

Jack took off the restraints for her. AJ sat up slowly.

"Why did you get mad at Jonas?" Jack then asked.

"Because I guess I still blame Jonas for what happened on Kelona," she said slowly.

"I thought you forgave him for that a long time ago,"

"I did," she paused. "Or at least I thought that I did."

"There was no way to have stopped Daniel from jumping through the glass," Jack said softly. "It's just the kind of person Daniel is, was."

"I know that. It's just that. . ."

"What?"

"I miss him," Aurora fought back tears.

Jack stood up and wrapped his arms around her in a comforting hug. AJ tried to fight back her tears, until she just couldn't anymore. Jack rocked her back and forth as the tears just flowed.

"I know. Me too," he said gently.

(SGC, Jonas's (Daniel's) Lab)

AJ knocked softly on the door frame. Jonas looked up from his book, one of Daniel's journals by the looks of it. Both of his black eyes were back to normal. The swelling in his nose was gone.

"Hey, can I come in?" she asked.

"Sure,"

"I just wanted to say good bye before I leave," she paused. "Are we going to be alright?"

"Yeah. I could tell that that wasn't you. I know that you wouldn't do anything like that. It was the drug," he said.

"But the drug accessed the part of me that never forgave you for what happened to Daniel. I know that there was no way you could have stopped him. And I thought that I did forgive you," AJ explained.

Jonas nodded. He then picked up a small stack of Daniel's journals. "Have you ever read any of Dr. Jackson's journals?"

"No. Why?"

"Well, I think you should take a look at these during your Leave," he passed them to AJ.

"What's in them?" she asked.

"Just read them. You'll see,"

"Ok," Aurora smiled. "Janet wants me to come back in a few weeks for a check up. I'll see you then."

With that she left.

(Aurora's Apartment, Living Room)

AJ sat on the living room couch, resting her feet on the coffee table, reading one of Daniel's journals. The first entry read:

10/15/96

My new Archeologist Partner, Dr. Aurora Turner, arrived today. She seemed to have enjoyed it. She seems always willing to learn new things. She's pretty smart and very opinionated too. It's nice to have someone like her around. Dr. Turner has a sense of humor and has a very affectionate smile.

10/22/96

It's been a week since Aurora got here. She has certainly made things easier around here. We have only another two weeks before the sandstorm season approaches. Until then, we're working very hard.

11/5/96

Aurora invited me and Sarah for Thanksgiving Dinner at her house for Thanksgiving. I'm sure looking forward to it. I haven't had a home cooked meal in a while. Aurora, Sarah and I went out to dinner last night to celebrate the end of a successful dig. I gotta say, these two women are very down to earth. And needless to say, I enjoy there company.

11/26/96

The dinner was excellent. We ended up having to clean up the entire kitchen because we had ourselves a food fight with most of the leftovers. It all started when Aurora 'accidentally' through a spoonful of mashed potatoes at me. I threw a spoonful of stuffing back and then it became into a food fight. I haven't had much fun like that in some time.

12/18/96

We've been invited for Christmas Dinner. I'm certainly going. Aurora and I have been working awfully close to one another lately. Sarah and I broke up today. She told me that I am always working and never have time for her. It was pretty brutal. Aurora came by and we talked all night.

12/26/96

Aurora and I spent Christmas Day together. After her Christmas party she let me crash on her couch.

1/1/97

Well, I finally did it. I kissed her on New Years Eve and she kissed me back. It's too early to tell, but she may be 'The One'. But, then I thought that Sarah was 'The One' and we've broken up. The difference between Aurora and Sarah is that Aurora understands why my work is so important to me. Sarah never really understood that. Heck, even Aurora works a lot.

"Those are supposed to be private, you know," a familiar voice said.

AJ glanced beside her and found Daniel Jackson sitting right beside her.

"Well, now you come and visit me," she retorted, snapping the journal shut. "I guess I know how to get your attention next time I want to see you."

Daniel rolled his eyes.

"How's the Ascension thing working out for ya?"

"Good, really, really good," he answered. "How are you doing?"

"I'm doing better than I was a few days ago," she said. "I beat the crap out of Jonas."

"I know. I've been watching you for a while," Daniel admitted. "Ever since Janet announced to you that you were pregnant I've been keeping an extra eye on you."

AJ nodded.

"I'm sorry that I will never get to hold any of the kids. They'll never get to see me. They'll have a great mother though," he said.

"You'll be able to watch them grow up," she assured him, then asked. "Would you have chosen not to Ascend, if I had told you about the pregnancy?"

"I think I still would have chosen to Ascend," he said.

Aurora nodded sadly and then got up abruptly.

"It's getting late. Being pregnant with triplets is exhausting work. If you don't mind, I'm going to bed,"

Daniel nodded.

"I love you," he told her. "You won't be alone." and then did his neat little glowy thing that the Ascended people do.

"I love you too," she said and she went to sleep.

The End

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