Hello! Trying to get these chapters up as quickly as I can. Thanks for the reviews again. I loved the last line of chapter 5 about Sheppard. I almost cried when I wrote it. It was just a scene that I could imagine him doing and I wanted to do something like it. Yip, Chaya is the bitchy white light. Didn't like her at all! Anihoo, here we go again…

Chapter 7

John's head snapped up. His vision was blurry but he could just make out the bed and the people standing around it. The heart monitor was beeping resembling that of a normal heartbeat. Is she…? John couldn't finish the thought for fear of being heart broken again. Wiping his eyes he saw Carson and the nurses rush back to the bed and check Elizabeth over. Placing his hands on the floor John pushed himself off of the floor and leaned against the wall.

"Doc?" he asked hoarsely.

Beckett turned around with a look of disbelief to face John, Rodney and Aiden.

"She's alive!" he said, his face still registering shock.

"Wha…wha…" Rodney stuttered.

John stared at Carson whose shocked face gradually turned into a happy, relieved one.

"Alive?" John asked quietly.

Carson nodded and waved for him to come over. John looked from Carson to the bed and back again as if unsure he was telling the truth. Then another gasp was heard from Elizabeth which caused John to snap out of his daze and rush to her side.

"Elizabeth?" he asked gently touching her cheek with his thumb. "Elizabeth, it's okay. You're okay." He reassured her.

"Mmmm, John?" Elizabeth whispered as her eyes began to flutter open.

John broke into a wide grin and turned to Rodney who came striding over and placed his hand on his shoulder. John looked back at Elizabeth and his grin turned into a high watt smile when she opened her eyes fully. He stroked her cheek again as she scrunched up her eyes and then looked around the room with a confused expression.

"Am I…?" she began then looked up at John. "You're okay!" she cried.

John frowned. Here she was, back from the dead and she had been worried about him?

"Me? Of course I am!" He exclaimed. "Even better now you're awake." He said as he lowered his face to her and kissed her forehead not caring who saw it.

Elizabeth looked at him with a smile and John could see the love in her eyes. She reached up and touched his face with her fingertips and he held it next to his face. Neither of them noticed Carson and Rodney step back to watch the private moment between them from a far. Rodney glanced at Carson and Ford with a smile that said "I told you!". The two stunned men grinned back at Rodney and turned back to watch the couple.

John lowered his face again and stared into Elizabeth's brown eyes.

"I love you, Elizabeth."

He lifted his head slightly as he watched a range of emotions cross her face. First he saw shock and then a look that told him she felt the same way. He was about to kiss her when she suddenly looked terrified and turned her face away from him.

"Elizabeth? What's wrong?" he asked nervously beginning to think that proclaiming his love had not been good idea.

"I…I…" Elizabeth choked as she began to cry.

"What? Liz? Please tell me what's wrong!" John begged turning her head to face him again.

She looked at him with pain evident in her eyes and then looked away.

"I…" she began quietly and then with more firmness said "I don't love you."

John felt his heart break once again. At first shocked, he soon became confused and then angry. She was lying and he knew it. He had seen the look in her eyes when he had told her how he felt. She loved him too!

"What?" he asked in disbelief. "But…no. Liz look at me!"

When Elizabeth still wouldn't look at him John became angry again. Pursing his lips he tried to calm down.

"Liz." He said in a low firm voice. "Liz look a me, damn it!" he shouted when she ignored him again.

At this Carson moved forward and grabbed his shoulder but was soon shrugged off as John walked around to the other side of the bed to see Elizabeth's face.

"Major! Major! I need you to calm down!" Carson ordered but John continued to ignore him. "Major! If you don't then you will need to leave!" he warned.

"Liz why won't you answer me?" John demanded as Elizabeth tried to turn the other way. "Liz! You do love me! I know you do! I saw it!"

"John!" Rodney warned noticing Elizabeth's scared face. "John let's go!"

Elizabeth put her hands over her ears in an attempt to block out the voices shouting around her, but mainly John's. She closed her eyes praying he would leave. It was pulling her apart ignoring his protests that they loved each other and she wanted nothing more than to be able to tell him he was right. But she could sense Chaya in the room and knew she meant business. Lt. Ford had also joined in the commotion trying to get his CO to cool off but nothing was working. Suddenly, something in Elizabeth snapped and she bolted up to face John.

"I DON'TLOVE YOU!"

Everyone shut up and stared at Elizabeth in shock at her outburst. No one dared move as Elizabeth and John stared at each other. Elizabeth couldn't bare the look of hurt portrayed on John's face but knew Chaya was watching. Please John! Walk away! She silently begged. After what seemed like a lifetime she got her wish. He turned on his heel and stormed out the infirmary without another word. Everyone stared at his retreating form and looked back at Elizabeth. She also stared at the door and then, shaking violently, began to cry into her hands. Carson only had to glance at Rodney and Aiden once to communicate his silent order. Glancing once more at their sobbing friend they both turned and quietly left the infirmary. Carson turned back to Elizabeth and, carefully putting his hands around her shoulders, pulled her into a tight embrace. Elizabeth, now hysterical, held onto the doctor tightly and continued to cry into his shoulder.

"Sssh, now lass." He soothed. "It'll be okay. Sssh"

But deep down they both knew that Atlantis would never be the same again.