A/N: Aside from the fact that it takes nine month and mood swings and nausea are involved I know nothing about pregnancies and I'm too lazy to do any research so if anything is wrong I'm sorry.

Well I just heard the news today
It seems my life is going to change
I closed my eyes, begin to pray
Then tears of joy stream down my face

"With Arms Wide Open"
CREED

(Year later)

"You're pregnant."

"I'm what?" Elizabeth couldn't believe what she'd just heard Carson say.

Elizabeth had been feeling a little tired and nauseous lately but she'd just thought it was the flu or something; this had been the last thing she expected. But now that she thought about it all the signs had been there, the tiredness, the nausea, she'd even been having quite a few mood swings lately as well.

"Pregnant. About eight weeks by the looks of things." Carson wasn't surprised by Elizabeth's reaction, he'd been a little shocked himself when he's read the results.

"Wow." Elizabeth slumped a little in the chair she was sitting in, in Carson's office.

"Now I suggest you return to your quarters and get some rest. I want you to start taking it easy." Carson held up his hand stopping Elizabeth's protest. "I mean it, I'll talk to Peter personally if I have to as well as Major Sheppard when he returns."

John…. Elizabeth hadn't even thought about what she was going to tell John. They'd only been together for about a year and Elizabeth didn't even know how John felt about having children. In the beginning of their relationship both had been too preoccupied with getting John through a case of depression he'd fallen into. And over the last year they'd taken it slow not worrying about where the relationship might take them, but just enjoying the experience.

'Thankfully I have at least two weeks to figure it out.' Elizabeth thought to herself. John and his team had shipped out that morning on a two-week mission to lend a helping hand to one of their off world allies.

"Alright fine you win doctor, I'll try to take it easy."

It was two weeks later and Elizabeth still hadn't figured out how she was going to tell John about his impending fatherhood. On top of that her mood swings had seemed to get worse and were all over the place, one minuet she'd be fine then the next, for no real reason, she'd nearly be in tears or about ready to rip someone's head off – usually the latter. It hadn't taken long for people to figure out what was going on and to start walking on eggshells around her, which was beginning to drive her nuts.

"Dr. Weir?" Peter cautiously stepped into Elizabeth's office a serious look on his face.

"What?" Elizabeth answered sharper than she normally would have, but at the moment she didn't really feel like being civil. She was tired, her lower back was killing her, and she missed John.

"Nothing really it's just that me and some of the others." Peter pointed towards the small group of technicians in the control room, all of whom were trying to look busy and failing miserably. "Were just wondering if we offered you a human sacrifice would that keep you from killing us?"

Elizabeth couldn't help it; the absurdness of the question and the dead serious way Peter said it, made Elizabeth laugh. Leave it to Peter to come up with a way to help improve her mood. He along with John seemed to be the only people in Atlantis that had a real talent for cheering her up.

"Depends, are you offering yourself up?"

"No, but we're always willing to throw up Kavanagh." Peter lost his serious look and grinned.

"Good because I'd really hate having to break in someone new after all the time I spent getting you broke in." Elizabeth could tell that Peter and the others weren't seriously bothered by her bad moods, but she still felt a little guilty about the way she'd been treating the control room staff, which always seemed to take the brunt of her bad moods. "If you wanna help you can bring me a pillow and some chocolate."

"That's it? You're saying if we'd gotten you those things a couple of weeks ago we could have had relative peace this whole time?"

"You misunderstand. Those are just this mornings demands."

"Right. But still a small price to pay for peace."

Peter left the office to go find the things Elizabeth had asked for. Watching Peter leave Elizabeth shifted around in her seat attempting to find a comfortable position to try and easy some of the strain on her lower back.

'The military certainly didn't take into account that the someone sitting in these chairs might be pregnant.' Elizabeth thought.

Peter soon returned with the requested pillow and chocolate. Placing the pillow behind her back Elizabeth ate a bit of the chocolate before thanking Peter.

"Yes these will do lovely for now. Thank you Peter."

"No problem. If you need anything else you know where to find me."

Later that day the Stargate activated and AR-1 finally returned home. Everyone in the gate room let out a collective sigh as they all saw John alive and in one piece, one never knew what kind of trouble John Sheppard would get himself into even on the most simplest of missions.

"Major Sheppard you have no idea how glad we all are to have you back." Peter greeted. While the chocolate and pillow had served to temper Elizabeth's mood it hadn't lasted long and she was soon back to being moody once again.

"Let me guess, Elizabeth's still being moody?" John responded to Peter's greeting. Peter nodded his head yes. "Where is she?"

"Infirmary…" Peter never had the chance to finish what he'd been saying. As soon as John heard the word infirmary he was out the door jogging towards the afore mentioned infirmary.

Entering the infirmary John immediately spotted Elizabeth sitting on one of the beds at the far end of the room talking with Carson, her back was to the door. Quickening his pace John was at her side in an instant.

"Elizabeth?" John couldn't help the concern that slipped into his voice.

"John!" Elizabeth jumped slightly; she hadn't heard John enter the infirmary.

"Carson." John gave a small unsure node in greeting then turned back to Elizabeth. "Everything ok?"

"Fine, fine, but John we need to talk." John didn't like the sound of that. The 'we need to talk' line almost always led to something bad.

"I'll just…" Carson made a discrete exit leaving the two alone.

After Carson left the two alone they sat in silence for several minutes before John couldn't take it anymore.

"So you gonna tell me what's going on?"

"John I …I…I'm." Elizabeth started fidgeting a sure sign that she was nervous and not sure about something. "I'm pregnant."

"Pregnant…as in baby pregnant?" Elizabeth's statement floored John. He definitely hadn't been expecting to hear that. Shocked John sat down heavily on the bed next to Elizabeth.

"John?" Elizabeth wasn't sure what to make of the look on John's face. After a minute a huge grin broke out on John's face.

"I'm gonna be a daddy. This is great!" John pulled Elizabeth into a huge hug and gave her a breath-taking kiss.

"So you're ok with this?" Elizabeth questioned when they finally broke apart for air.

"Of course I am, but don't scare me like that again I'd thought there was something wrong with you."

"I'm sorry. I just wasn't sure how you'd react."

Before John could reply the rest of his team came walking into the infirmary drawing Carson's attention from his office. Figuring it was safe to come out Carson followed the group over to where John and Elizabeth were sitting.

"So good news I take it?" Rodney spoke when he saw the partially dazed look on John's face.

"Yeah spill it already what's going on." Aiden added.

John didn't answer he was too busy thinking about all the ways his life had just changed in the last five minutes. Elizabeth's news had finally had a chance to sink in and a number of emotions flooded through John all at once until he finally settled on terror. He was terrified at all the possibilities his up coming fatherhood meant, hundreds of 'what ifs' started flying through his head.

"John?" Elizabeth was a little worried about John's sudden quietness. Looking into his eyes she saw all the different emotions run through them. Turning back to look at Carson she spoke. "I think the magnitude of the situation has finally sunk in."

"What situation?" Teyla asked.

"Yeah would somebody please tell us what the hell is going on?" Rodney could tell something big was going on. And seeing the silent communication going on between Elizabeth and Carson, he also knew they knew something he didn't, he hated it when someone knew something he didn't.

"I'm gonna be a daddy." John, still shocked, spoke softly a hint of awe and wonder in his voice. "I'm gonna be a daddy." John spoke louder, his terror being replaced with joy, this time a huge grin – huger than the one he'd had when Elizabeth first told him the news, which surprised Elizabeth – broke out on John's face as he stood up wrapped his arms around Elizabeth's waist and lifted her of the bed gently spinning her around.

"Whoa, no spinning the pregnant lady." Elizabeth, placing a hand over her stomach, jokingly swatted John's shoulder as he set her down and kissed her again.

"Wha…? Pregnant as in…"

"Baby Pregnant?" Aiden and Rodney both reacting similar to the way John had when he'd found out, sat down heavily on a near by bed.

Teyla and Carson didn't say anything just stood back and watched the various reactions their friends had to the news, there would be plenty of time for congratulations and what not later.

"Hey John…" Rodney quietly got John's attention by nudging him gently in the ribs with his elbow. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

"Uh…" John wasn't sure what Rodney was talking about until he saw him discretely pointing to his ring finger on his left hand. "Oh, oh! … Crap can't believe I almost forgot thanks Rodney."

Turning to Elizabeth, John reached into his pocket and pulled out a small bundle of cloth and took her left hand in his.

"Elizabeth as always your timing is impeccable." John began feeling slightly nervous. "And this wasn't exactly how I'd planed to do this. I was thinking more along the lines of a romantic dinner, some dancing, a moonlit walk along the beach…"

"John." Elizabeth interrupted John's rambling.

"Right anyway, Elizabeth would you do me the honor of becoming my wife." John unwrapped the bundle a cloth and pulled out the most beautiful ring Elizabeth had ever seen. John had picked it up on the planet he'd just gotten back from.

"Yes. God yes." Elizabeth wrapped her arms around John's neck and pulled him into a passionate breath-taking kiss. John couldn't believe it if someone had told him a few years ago that by his traveling to another galaxy he would find true love and happiness he would have laughed at them and called them nuts, but now he wasn't so sure that, that was such a nutty idea.

It had been about two and a half months since Elizabeth had found out she was pregnant and in that time everyone one had been very supportive of her, they'd catered to her every need, let her vent to them, complimented her, they'd all basically been treating her like royalty, but none as much as John, Rodney, Aiden, and Carson, and it was all beginning to drive her crazy.

The four men treated her like she was made of glass and would brake because of the slightest thing. Sure it had been quite flattering and amusing for oh about an hour but then it just got down right annoying. Amusement had turned to annoyance, annoyance turned into frustration, and frustration had turned into wanting to throw every last one of the through an incoming wormhole. The constant hovering and never letting her do anything for herself was grating on her nerves. At least Teyla and the rest of the city had the decency to be supportive from a distance.

Walking into her office Elizabeth was dismayed but not surprised to find John sitting in her chair, Aiden sitting in one of the visitor chairs, and Rodney propped up against one side of her desk. It was the same thing every morning the three along with Carson if he wasn't busy in the infirmary would plant themselves in her office so that they could be on hand if she needed anything, anything at all.

Elizabeth sighed she'd really hoped that maybe this morning would be different and John would have gotten distracted and not been able to fill the others in on every little detail of her morning before she even arrived in her office. It was routine that every morning while she got dressed and ready for her day John would meet up with the guys and fill them in on everything that had happened since they'd last seen her, they would then wait for her in her office – more like ambush – then all of them would head to the commissary for breakfast, the guys usually discussing some aspect of her pregnancy. But she'd had no such luck there they all were gathered in her office.

"Elizabeth." John greeted as he got out of her chair gently pushing her down into it and giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"So what'd Carson say?" Rodney spoke next.

That morning Elizabeth had been woken up by the feel of something pushing against her stomach at first she didn't realize what it was, but when she'd woken up more she realized it was the baby kicking for the first time. When She'd told John, he'd sat there for a good ten minutes with his hand and head resting on her stomach just so he could feel it to and then he'd personally escorted her to the infirmary to have Carson check and make sure everything was ok. He would have stayed there with her if Elizabeth hadn't threatened to have security throw him in the brig if he didn't stop hovering and give her some space.

"John we need to talk." Elizabeth ignored Rodney turning her attention to John.

'Uh oh the 'we need to talk' line again.' John thought as he sat next to Rodney.

"Don't worry every things fine. I promise every things fine." Elizabeth quickly reassured the three men seeing the worried looks settle on their faces. This wasn't exactly something she wanted to discuss with an audience but she knew there was no way she was going to get Aiden and Rodney out of her office so she just continued on. "Carson did an ultrasound and it turns out we're having…twins."

For several long seconds the guys didn't say anything just sat with their mouths open gapping and then all hell broke out. All three men almost at the same time rose from their seats and started running around like chickens with their heads cut off. All three of them were listing off all the new things they had to do and things they needed to get. They'd gone through this once before when they'd first found out Elizabeth was pregnant, but at the time they'd thought there'd only be one baby now they had to start all over preparing for two babies instead of one.

She was going to be more than glad when this whole thing was finally over with Elizabeth thought as she watched three of the most important people in life start panicking over whether or not they were going to have enough baby clothes and things like that. It wasn't that Elizabeth wasn't worried about these things, it was just that she knew that no matter what came up there were plenty of people around to help out. Heck she already had list a mile long of people more than willing to babysit and the kids weren't even born yet.

God Elizabeth was going to kill him when she woke up John thought as he sat by her bedside in the infirmary waiting for Carson to finish casting up his hand – Elizabeth hadn't been too happy about John missing the birth of their first baby and had accidentally broke a bone or two in John's hand during the birth of their second baby. Of course leave it to Elizabeth to go into labor during his first mission off world in almost six months.

He wouldn't even have been on the mission if it hadn't been for his ATA gene, but what appeared to be an Ancient out post had been found and Rodney had insisted John be the one to go and operate anything that required the gene because according to Rodney, John was the only one with a decent amount of control. So he'd went since he was only supposed to be gone for a day to a day and a half at the most and of course Elizabeth would choose that day to go into labor.

By the time John had gotten back to Atlantis Elizabeth had been in labor for over six hours and he had a beautiful baby girl, which was followed by a beautiful baby boy. Lucky for him Elizabeth had been so exhausted after a total of twelve hours in labor she'd fallen asleep soon after not getting the chance to chew him out for being late.

"John?" John heard Elizabeth softly whisper his name as she woke up a few hours later.

"Hey beautiful." John gently ran his uninjured hand through Elizabeth's hair while holding her hand with the other as best he could with a cast on it. Seeing the cast Elizabeth got a slightly confused look on her face until she remembered why exactly he had his hand in a cast.

"Sorry."

"What for this?" John indicated his hand. "Don't worry I've had worse.

"Still I'm sorry I didn't mean to I was just upset that you were late."

"Yeah well you can blame that on Rodney."

"How are our babies doing?"

"Carson says they're perfectly healthy."

Walking over to the basinet like thingies the babies were sleeping in John picked up Casey and handed her to her mother. Elizabeth had insisted on the name Casey stating that it just fit, but John knew it was because she was trying to honor his baby sister and he didn't mind one bit. After next picking up their son, Xander – Aiden had suggested that one said he remembered coming across it in the Ancient data base it apparently was the name of a well know and loved warrior that had once lived in the city – John sat down on the bed next to Elizabeth and just watched as two of the three most important people in his life slept.

"Thank you." John whispered placing a gentle kiss on Elizabeth's forehead and wrapping one arm around her shoulders.

"For what?" Elizabeth snuggled in closer to John.

"For not giving up on me when I gave you every reason to. For giving me something worth living for. For being my port in the storm, for helping me to stand tall and face my fears and most importantly for loving me enough to become my wife and give me the two most beautiful and perfect children any guy could ask for." When John was done talking he gave Elizabeth a gentle caring kiss then whispered for her to go back to sleep and that he'd be there when she woke up. And that's exactly what she did.

You keep me standing tall
You help me through it all
I'm always strong when you're beside me
I have always needed you
I could never make it alone...

"The Glory Of Love"
NEW FOUND GLORY

A/N: Ok that's it for this story at least for now. I may do other stories about Casey and Xander and what their lives are like or something like that but I haven't come up with any definite ideas yet.