Disclaimer: Don't own Stargate Atlantis. Obviously, if I did John and Liz would be together.

Chapter 9.

John left the infirmary feeling useless.

There was nothing he could do to help Elizabeth and he knew that. He knew that Elizabeth would most likely die. He couldn't handle that. John needed dome time to think.

A few moments later John was on the balcony, the balcony where he and Elizabeth had their first, he didn't want to say fight it was more like a, disagreement, yeah that was it, their first disagreement.

Now he was here praying for Elizabeth, to God, or the Ancients or whatever was up there.

"Please, I need Elizabeth, the base needs Elizabeth, don't take her away from. Please don't let me miss out on the chance to tell her I lo..."

"Major Sheppard"

John turned round and saw Teyla.

"Teyla, what you doing here?"

He said as he turned back round to face the water.

"I saw you enter while I was in the control room... who were you talking to?"

John pointed up to the sky.

"God, the Ancients, any being with powers that'll listen."

"You were praying for Dr Weir?" Teyla clarified

"I was bargaining for her life, with..." He pointed up again "them"

John lent against the railing

"I've heard about what is wrong with Dr Weir,"

John nodded.

"I assumed it would get out, who else knows?"

"Apart from myself only McKay and Lt Ford."

John nodded again.

"Try and keep it quiet okay, Liz isn't doing very well and I don't want people thinking the worst about her"

Teyla moved to the railing.

"Major, there was nothing Dr Weir could do, this is not her fault, and nobody will blame her for it."

John smiled at her

"Thanks Teyla, I think I needed to hear that. It good to know there's people looking-out for her."

"Dr Weir reminds me of my mother went she was younger, before she died. She was a great leader among my people; Elizabeth has many of the same qualities"

"Really?"

"Yes..." Teyla pointed to the stars. "You see that bright orange star?"

"Yeah"

"Well, that star could be seen on my planet, when my mother died, I picked it out and I would talk to it every-night. It's how I knew she was still there for me. I called it my hope star. And it still is."

There were footsteps behind them.

"Major"

The Scottish doctor called to him

"Beckett?"

"Major, I need you for a moment, it's Elizabeth."

TBC...

Hope you liked it. Not a big fan of the Teyla/John thing but I like the Teyla/John friendship thing. Plus I need something to fill in the gaps between the previous chapter and the next.