Thanks for the reviews! Please review lots more! Please! Anyway on to chapter 4, sorry it's been a while.

Chapter 4: In thinking

All three men had no idea what to do at this extremely awkward moment, but Elizabeth was not shocked and frozen, but very embarrassed and dying to get out of the gym.

"Oh my God." She stated, before turning to Sheppard who instantly stood up.

"Well," he said, pretending nothing had happened. "I think you'll be fine in a hand to hand combat situation."

"Oh my God." Elizabeth stated, even though she couldn't stand being there she was surprised how John was trying to come up with lame excuses. Somehow, she didn't know how, John had wormed his way into her heart and she was somewhat offended that he was pretending nothing had happened right then.

"Especially if the wraith is carrying a stick, pole, piece of wood, or something along those lines, huh?" She said coldly, He looked up at her and he could tell that she was obviously hurt and he was kicking himself mentally. (i.e. John, you ass! Why d'you go and do that?)

"Okay." Said, Rodney, pathetically trying to ease the conversation as he could cut the tension with a knife. "I had a feeling you had been whisked of by John Sheppard, and I took a guess at the gym. And like always," Rodney said smugly, "I was correct."

"Aye, you were correct. After you guessed the control room, the mess hall, your lab, Zelenka's lab, Elizabeth's office, John's room, Elizabeth's room-"

"We get the point!" Rodney held his hands up as Carson folded his arms triumphantly, until he saw the look on Elizabeth's face and quickly tried to think of an excuse for her.

"Dr. Weir?"

"Yes, Carson?" She said with no expression while trying to divert her gaze from John completely.

"I could really use your help in the infirmary, as I was looking at the Ancient text that looks like medical files. Only it's all in Ancient and languages are your subject and so I was hoping-"

"I loved to." Elizabeth jumped in. "I think I'm finished here anyway." She walked out of the gym doors and Carson quickly followed. John looked down at the floor and up at Rodney to be greeted by the typical Elizabeth Weir expression: arms folded and one eyebrow raised.

"What?" John said, practically in a shout.

"Oh, nothing. It's just you made a total ass of yourself. That's all."

"I did not make an total-" John stared at him. " Look I hardly did anything at all! I just said that she would be fine in a combat position and now she stressed with me! Why/ What did I do?"

"Oh, I don't know?" Said Rodney sarcastically and taking a step towards John.

"Maybe, just maybe, she thought that you were going to tell us how you really feel or tell us the truth that perhaps you and her have decided to spend some quality time together?"

"And why the hell would I do that?" John shouted taking a step towards Rodney, but this Rodney dropped the sarcasm and gave it to him straight, while shouting of course.

"Because you have been leading her on all day! No! You have been leading her on since you got it here and it has got to the point where she trusts you, she has faith in you and she may even be falling in love with you, but what is the point if you cannot even tell me and Carson that would and her have been spending some bloody time together!" John stared at him, blankly, and John began to calm down.

"You can't treat her like you love her in private and that you don't in public. It's confusing for her, and with what she ahs been through with someone she does not need it, and that, my friend, is why, right now, you are a total ass." Rodney said sighing.

"You're right. I have got to find her and set things straight." John said while rushing around and getting his stuff.

"No." John looked up confused. "You've got to do this right, otherwise you'll just make another total ass of yourself.

(Meanwhile, in the infirmary.)

"I've made a total ass of myself haven't I?" Elizabeth said quietly while sitting down on one of the beds. Carson sat down at his desk and went through reports while talking to her. He looked up at her.

"And why exactly have you my a total arse of yourself, dear?" He said kindly.

"Because, I ask for too much. I ask for John not to be an idiot flyboy for once and be honest. I ask for you and Rodney to get along, and I ask Rodney to remember things. He knew we were going to the gym."

"He didn't? The swine dragged me around have the bloody city looking for you, and he didn't even tell me what for?"

Elizabeth looked at him puzzled and slightly concerned. "To look at those medical files, silly. That reminds me, where are they?" Elizabeth said jumping off the bed.

"There are no medical files." Said Carson while going through all the medical reports. Elizabeth looked at him stunned.

"I just thought that you wanted to get out of that little situation you were in " Elizabeth smile, Carson could be so sweet and caring sometimes.

"Thanks."

"Your welcome, lass. However, I wonder if you could me the small favour of popping round the side to get the box of even more medical reports could you?"

"No problem." Elizabeth went to search and while she searched she heard Teyla talking to Carson.

"Dr. Beckett, you do not have a able cloth in here, or a spare sheet perhaps?" Carson stood up.

"Why?"

"I am helping Dr McKay help Major Sheppard?" She said bluntly.

"And why would you be helping Major Sheppard and Dr. McKay?"

"Well." Teyla sighed like she was going to have to recite a very long story and Elizabeth decided to listen while searching for the medical reports.

" I am helping Major Sheppard because he wants to prove to Dr. Weir that he loves her hence the table cloth." All three smiled, especially Elizabeth as she stopped searching and focused on listening.

"And even though I did not want to help Dr. McKay as he is a most cruel and evil human being," Carson nodded in agreement, "I got into a conversation of sport and I, after watching both football and hockey, told him that hockey was a weak sport with many flaws. He did cry, as I surprisingly expected and to stop his whining and sobbing I agreed to help him help Major Sheppard. Apparently Dr. McKay does not have the strength in his legs to take him to all the places for all the necessary things as he claims you dragged him around Atlantis looking for Dr. Weir and Major Sheppard." Teyla sighed again and smiled, glad that she had finished her explaining.

"That cheeky bastard! I'll have you know it was him that-"

Teyla cut him off and bluntly said. "I do not care, Dr. Beckett, the table cloth!"

"Yes. Yes. Take one of the bed sheets, over there." Said Carson, while waving his hand and sitting down. Teyla took the sheet and left. Elizabeth walked round the corner and put the box of reports on his desk.

"Carson?"

"What?" Carson was beginning to wish he were alone.

"Um, if you only thought of the medical file excuse while we were in the gym, then why did you come looking for me in the first and got dragged around Atlantis."

"Because…" He looked at her; she cocked her head to one side. "Aye, righty ho. You know what why not you get ready for this dinner that John has planned which you are going to pretend you didn't hear just now and when Rodney mysteriously dies you won't say a word. Deal?"

"Deal." She smiled and walked towards the door, but stopped and turned around. Carson looked at her and sighed.

"Anything else?"

"Do you ever get the feeling that you're a puppet and the universe just shoves its hand up your ass and makes you do things that you wouldn't ever do?"

"No, dear, I don't. But I tell you who'll have their hand up Rodney's butt by the end of the day!" Elizabeth laughed and walked out the door. Hopefully for her, she thought, the universe was going to point her to John, otherwise Elizabeth will have to put her hand up the universe's bottom and make it so she and John were together, always.

(I think the next chapter, will be the last! I need more inspiration. Someone give me and challenge and tell me what to write about in another story."