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Liz came out of his arms and looked at him.
"John, I should have told you straight away. As soon as I knew he was here, I should have told you. I should have told him."
"Told him what?"
Liz and John turned round to see Simon stood in Jack's doorway with Jack behind him.
"Well Liz, what do you have to tell me?"
John and Liz looked at Simon.
"Liz, What's going on?"
Liz
broke from John but stayed next to him.
Simon looked at them in
confusion.
"Something's going on and I would like an explanation."
John looked at Simon. As much as he disliked this man, he knew he deserved an explanation. John looked at Liz and nodded.
"No."
"He needs to know. He has a right to know."
"Know what. Can you stop with the cryptic crap?"
Liz took a breath and began.
"Simon…I don't want to marry you. I don't think I ever have."
"What?"
"You were convenient. I know that sounds horrible, but it's also true. You were from the same background as me, my father approved of you. It was what my father wanted, but it was not what I wanted. I didn't want routine or a normal life. I wanted excitement, I wanted passion, and I didn't want to turn into my mother. Hating everything; hating my husband, hating myself. That's one of the reasons I agreed to go to Atlantis."
"But, why tell me you were going. Why not just go?"
Liz sighed
"Because you deserved an explanation. You would have expected me to come back and when I didn't. It would have crushed you."
Liz looked at John. She was drawing her strength from him but she knew that this next part needed to come from her own strength.
"When I left, I met John."
Simon put his hands up.
"Excuse-me; what does the flyboy have to do with any of this."
Liz sighed
"Simon, I love him. With all my heart."
John took Liz's hand in his.
"And I love her. With all my heart."
John couldn't prepare for what happened next.
TBC…
Just a little bantering before it gets good.