A/N: My longest chapter yet! (really, really long). I hope you like it. Sorry it took so long. Had school and the HSA test to get through. Hope you like it. It has mucho McWeir in it and some Sheyla. I wanted to do more but it didn't go right when I tried it. This chapter is also lighter and more humorous. I couldn't make the entire story completely tragic. It just isn't who I am. And I can't seem to decide the genre for this fic. It's drama and something else. So sorry if I get it wrong. Thanks to all my reviewers! Now on with the fic!
ch. 3 Who they are
After Elizabeth left, Telly surveyed the damage to her room. She decided to tidy it up a bit. Telly picked up the table and the bed and left the rest for tomarrow. She laid down on her stomach on the bed and pulled out a folded up photograph.
May 6, 2007-Telly makes 8 of us and in 2 months we'll have 9!
She turned it over and smiled. On the left stood Teyla with her arms wrapped around the neck of John Sheppard. In his arms was a ten month old baby boy named Alex. Next to him, laying on one of the infirmary beds, was Elizabeth, holding a newborn baby girl who had just been named Telly. Sitting on the bed next to her with his arms around Elizabeth was Rodney. On the other side of the bed stood Amanda Jones, a young blonde nurse and the wife of Aiden Ford. Her hands rested on her pregnant belly. Aiden stood behind her with his hands resting on top of her's. All six adults smiled brightly at the camera. Rodney and Elizabeth had the happiest looks of all.
Telly let her pillow get soaked with her tears again.
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Elizabeth walked down the hallway to her office. She kept thinking about how sad Telly looked with her big blue eyes. /Just like Rodney's.\\ She thought to herself. She stopped in the middle of the hall. Just like Rodney's! She turned around and broke into a run. By the time she got to Rodney's lab, she was out of breath.
"Rodney!" She collapsed into the chair behind Rodney's desk.
"Are you okay Elizabeth?" He put his hand on her shoulder as he spoke.
"Yeah. Look, I need to talk to you about Telly."
"Who?"
"Oh. The girl. She's from the future." Elizabeth retold Telly's story to Rodney. "And I just realized something after I left. Her eyes. They're blue." Rodney looked shocked.
"Oh dear Lord! How will I ever sleep at night knowing we have someone on Atlantis with blue eyes? It's disastrous! We must throw her out of the city at once! We must-"
"Okay! Rodney I get it. What I meant was, they look exactly like yours."
"Elizabeth, lots of people have blue eyes."
"But Rodney, she- her eyes- they are your eyes. I could tell." He looked curious.
"Um. Okay. Well that brings up an obvious question. Who is her mother?" Elizabeth looked really uncomfortable at that.
"Yeah. That is a really good question."
"Uh, well- I- you know- if she really is supposed to be my daughter, I know who I would want the mother to be." Now he felt really uncomfortable.
"Who?"
"You." His voice was barely audible.
"Really?" Her eyes went as wide as saucers.
"Really." He became interested in his shoelaces.
"You know Rodney, I would want to be the mother too." Rodney's head snapped up so fast, he almost got whiplash.
"Really?"
"Really." Their heads slowly tilted towards each other. Rodney's eyes darted from Elizabeth's eyes to her lips. Back and forth until they were centimeters apart. Their eyes drifted closed.
"Doctor Weir?" Elizabeth leaned back in her chair.
"Go ahead Major Sheppard." Elizabeth said into her comm.
"We're waiting for you and McKay for the briefing."
"We'll be right there."
"We'll be waiting." Elizabeth stood up and faced Rodney.
"We can do this some other time." She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. Elizabeth left and gave Rodney five seconds to follow her to the briefing.
in the briefing room -----o00o-----
Elizabeth found herself retelling Telly's story yet again. She wondered who her mother really was. There was no doubt that there were some similarities between Telly and her. Their were definately close. /But it could be anybody. Rodney's ex-girlfriend, Kate Heightmeyer, had high cheek bones too. And Telly could have gotten her dark hair from one of Kate's relatives. But it does really resemble mine. It's just a little lighter and straighter. But Rodney said he liked me.\\ Elizabeth was completely baffled.
/Does she really like me? She said she wanted to be Telly's mother. We did kiss. Well, almost. And then she did kiss me. Well, it was on the cheek. But it means she likes me. Doesn't it? Oh my God! I can't believe I almost kissed the hottest woman on Atlantis. Thanks a lot Sheppard.\\
"For what?" Rodney hadn't realized he said the last sentence out loud.
"Hmm? Oh- uh- nothing." Rodney turned an amusing shade of pink. Elizabeth smirked at him from across the table.
"Well, back to the subject. I know Bates is going to object but, Major do you think it will be okay if we let her leave her room without guard? I highly doubt she's any harm. And she might want to leave it once in awhile. And we don't know how long she'll be staying. We still need to figure out how to get her home." Elizabeth looked at the Major who's eyes were darting between the head scientist and the leader of Atlantis. His head snapped to Elizabeth.
"Uh- yeah, sure, that's fine."
"Good. Oh and you are going to need to find her some new quarters."
"About that; I was actually planning to- uh- take Teyla to the mainland today. Right Teyla?" Teyla stared at him in confusion. John nudged her arm.
"Remember?"
"Right. I wish to visit some of my friends?" She asked it like a question.
"Right. So Lieutenant? You mind?"
"No sir. I'll get right on that." Aiden stood up and left.
"Okay. Well, Major, you and Teyla have fun while the rest of us work really hard. And Rodney, why don't you try to find a way to get Telly home." Rodney nodded and rushed to his lab. Elizabeth left for her office.
"Hey Teyla, thanks so much for covering for me. I hate having to find quarters for people."
"I understand. But is it not kind of cruel to make Lieutenant Ford do it instead?"
"Oh he doesn't mind. Now, did you notice anything strange going on between McKay and Elizabeth?" John rocked back in his chair.
"Strange?"
"You know. The looks they were giving each other."
"Looks?"
"Yeah, is there an echo in here? After McKay sarcastically thanked me. Whatever that was about." Teyla looked thoughtful.
"Now that you mention it, they have been spending a lot of time together."
"And they were both late to the briefing and they came in together."
"Major, you don't think..."
"Yes, Teyla, I do think. And I think we have some match-making to do."
"Match-making?"
"Again with the echo! Match-making. Where we get two people together who like each other."
"I see."
"Let's go to the mainland and we'll think up our plan there."
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Telly lay on her bed, staring at her photo. Someone knocked on her door. She wiped the tears off her face and put away her picture.
"Come in." Aiden opened the door and went in.
"Oh hey Uncle Aiden."
"So I'm your Uncle?"
"Oh. I shouldn't have said that."
"That's okay. I won't tell anybody."
"So if I'm your Uncle, then who are your parents? I mean, I don't have any siblings."
"You're not my blood Uncle. You're my parent's friend."
"Oh. Well that narrows it down a bit."
"Yeeaahh. You can stop that now." Aiden smiled.
"Sorry. It's just- it's fun to try and guess who your parents are. I can tell you're not Major Sheppard's kid though. You look nothing like him. You look a little like Doctor Weir. Is she your mother?" Telly didn't answer. She stared down at her shoelaces.
"Don't tell anyone okay? If you do, it could mess up the time line. I could end up not being born. Oh God that sounded so selfish."
"No. It's okay. I won't tell anyone."
"Promise?"
"Promise. So who's your dad?"
"My dad is- hey!" She threw her pillow at him. That was the first time Telly smiled since her family was killed.
"Hey Uncle Aiden- can I call you that?"
"Sure."
"Answer something for me. What month is it?"
"It is... October."
"Okay. Let's see. What day?"
"The... ninteenth."
"November fourteenth. That makes... twenty-six days!" Telly bit her bottom lip.
"Twenty-six days until what?" Aiden asked.
"Until a close friend of my parents gets married. Who's wedding is being planned right now?" Aiden was taken aback.
"Um, no one's. Who's do you mean?"
"Never mind. Just forget it."
"Okay. Oh! I forgot, I'm here to take you to your new quarters."
"Thanks. And I'm sorry about what I did to this one."
"Don't worry about it. Your new one is right next door. I'll show you which one. Come on."
After leaving Telly to her new quarters, Aiden began to wonder who's wedding is supposed to happen on November fourteenth. While he thought about it, he forgot to pay attention to where he was going and as he turned the corner, he knocked into someone who also was not paying attention.
"Oh my God!I'm so sorry!" Aiden said as he helped a young blonde woman off the floor.
"It's okay. I wasn't looking where I was going." She gathered her scattered papers and took the ones Aiden had picked up for her.
"Well that maked two of us. I don't believe I know you. I'm Lieutenant Aiden Ford." He held out his hand for her to shake.
"Amamda." She said as she shook his hand. "Amanda Jones."
"Amanda. Nice to meet you."
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"Major I don't think this is such a good idea."
"Okay. First of all, call me John. And second, the plan is fool proof. All we have to do is get them both down to the south pier and the rest..." Teyla and John sat in the back of the Puddle Jumper which was parked on one of the beaches on the mainland.
"Well John, I do not think it is such a good idea to play with people's emotions. Especially when we are not sure of them. We could be wrong."
"Yeah except I don't think we are."
"But we might be."
"But we aren't"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"No you're not."
"Yes I am."
"No you're not."
"Am too."
"Are not."
"Am too!"
"Are not." John rolled his eyes.
"Amtoo!" He yelled and ran out of the Jumper. Teyla laughed and ran after him. She caught up to him and jumped on his back, bringing him down to the sand.
"Hey! No fair!"
"You John are like a large child. And you cannot be sure that Doctors Weir and McKay like each other." John flipped them over so he was sitting on Teyla's stomach.
"Ah, but you haven't let me present my evidence."
"Do tell." John smiled and rubbed his hands together.
"May I present- Exhibit A. McKay and Elizabeth both conveniently late to the briefing. Exhibit B- McKay sarcastically thanks me during the briefing which leads me to conclude they were doing "something"..." He brought his hands up into finger quotes. "...together when I called them for the briefing. And finally, Exhibit C- Elizabeth smirked at McKay for sarcastically thanking me. And I have no other explanation for all this. It makes sense Teyla." Teyla smiled.
"Circumstantial evidence."
"What? Hey! What other explanation could there be? And you're supposed to be on my side."
"And why is that?" Teyla leaned up on her arms.
"Why? Because... because..." John thought about it a second. "Because it's an unwritten rule and we're just supposed to follow it."
"But I hear you don't like to follow rules."
"Ah. I don't like to follow written rules. But these unwritten are John's Rules and nobody disobeys John's Rules." Teyla smiled.
"Perhaps I don't want to follow John's Rules."
"Well then Teyla, I'm sorry to say but that is a crime so heinous it's punishable by death. But since you haven't broken any yet and you just threatened to, I'll go easy on you." He had a mischievous grin on his face that Teyla was tempted to find out what he was planning.
"How so?" She raised one eyebrow.
"Well, I am going to... TICKLE YOU!" He said amongst her screeches of laughter. Her laughter only made him tickle her more. When he finally stopped, Teyla was gasping for breath.
"You know John, I think next time I won't disobey you."
"Good. Come on, let's go back to Atlantis and put Operation Get McKay And Weir Together At All Cost into action."
"We should probably think of a shorter name for it." John shrugged. He stood up and held out his hand to help Teyla up. She allowed him to pull her up but didn't let go of his hand.
"First I wish to show you something." She led him down to the water.
"What is it you want me to see?"
"Look out there on the horizon." As John was looking where Teyla pointed, he didn't see the mischievous grin in her own eyes.
"I don't see anything. TEYLA!" John was now sitting in the water, soaked from head to toe.
"Oh you are so gonna pay for that!" Teyla tried to run away but John was too quick. He pulled her down into the water with him.
When they got back to Atlantis, the couple got curious looks from all the personnel they passed in the halls as to why they were soaking wet.
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Telly walked down the corridor to the control tower. The military personnel looked at her with such distrust that you'd think she was Genii. But Telly knew Elizabeth had not told everyone. She trusted Elizabeth to have told only John, Teyla, Rodney, and Aiden. And maybe Bates.
Telly knocked on Elizabeth's office door even though it was open.
"Telly. Good to see you up and about. How are you feeling?"
"I'm doing good. And you?"
"I'm just fine. Thanks for asking. Is there something you wanted?" Telly shook her head and sat down in one of the chairs in front of her desk.
"No I just needed to walk around a bit and I ended up here. Actually, I should go. I'm sorry to have disturbed you." Telly stood up and crossed the distance to the door.
"Telly wait!" Telly stopped, turned around and walked back over to the desk.
"Telly, is Rodney your father?" Telly bit her lip and started playing with the hem of her jacket.
"How did you find out?"
"Your eyes, Telly. They look just like his." Telly nodded.
"Don't tell anyone, okay? It'll mess up the timeline if you do."
"I won't Telly. I promise."
"Thanks." Just as Telly was about to leave, a dripping wet John Sheppard squished his way into the room.
"Major Sheppard? What happened?" Elizabeth exclaimed.
"Teyla." He said and handed her a wet piece of paper. The words were barely readable.
"What's this?"
"My mission report from M2X-985. It was in my pocket." Elizabeth looked at him incredulously.
"John, this was due like three weeks ago."
"Well at least now you have it." John squished his way back out of the room. Telly and Elizabeth burst into fits of laughter.
"I haven't laughed like this since- actually I can't remember when."
"And I haven't laughed since-" Telly stopped.
"Oh Telly. I'm sorry."
"Don't worry about it. It actually feels good to laugh again."
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