I don't know about you, but I really wanted to see them with their families when they got back to Earth and so I decided that if the Stargate Atlantis owner-people were not going to give it to us. I was! I'm PickledOnion by the way. I hope you like it and review! I'm British, but I used elevator instead of lift to stop any confusion

I'm not entirely sure how it's going to pan out so some suggestions for how this story goes will be very welcome. They may not be used, but still welcomed!

Chapter 1: The Elevator

They were going home…at last. After spending an entire year somewhat…stranded on Atlantis. The senior staff got to go home. So, okay, they had to take an 18 day journey on the Daeledus to get there and most of the time they would be working, finding more people for the expedition, but at least they had a chance to go home and visit their families and friends.

First of all, all five of them had to spend some time at the SG-C being debriefed and picking new applicants and what not. Elizabeth had to safe John's job, convince Carson he was the only doctor for her and prove to Rodney he wasn't going to drop down dead from a cold, since he had got it into his head his immune system must of changed dramatically over the last year. Plus she had to come to terms with her break-up with Simon and take Teyla shopping…a lot.

Then…she had to see her family. Her father, Bob, was the most wonderful, down to Earth man you could ever meet. Her brother, Will, was happily married with the two most gorgeous sons and then there was her mother. A complete control freak always on her back to get married and have kids, but at the same time she was fabulous! She was just one of those people who you loved to hate and hated to love. No one could stand her, but they all loved her to bits at the same time. However, Elizabeth was prepared, first of all she was going to go to her friend's house get completely pissed and drown in her sorrows, but she was still prepared. She put on her jacket and headed for the elevator, to hear a familiar voice call her name. She turned around to be greeted by a casually dressed Lt. Colonel Sheppard. She smiled graciously…just waiting for some bad news.

"Doctor." He said seriously. She squinted at him; it had been a long time since he had called her doctor.

"John." She didn't know exactly what he wanted her to say. He smiled and got close to her and whispered.

"Okay, I called you doctor and now this is where you seriously say colonel." He grinned, stood back, coughed and went back to the serious face. Elizabeth just burst into laughter.

"Give it a rest! I am not going to keep calling you colonel. I'm done! Keep calling doctor to your heart's desire, but unless I'm really pissed I am not going to call you colonel anytime soon." Elizabeth smiled, until John smacked her on the arm. She was stunned.

"What the hell? What was that for?" She said rubbing her arm and quickly stepping in the elevator and, of course, he joined her.

"Getting you pissed." He said still grinning. She looked at him and scowled, he was such a four year old.

"Well it's going to take a lot more than tha-" He hit again. "Ow! Would you leave me alone?" This time she hit him until them were fighting like children in a non-moving elevator. John pinned her arms to the wall, they were really close to each other now. Both breathing heavily and both very close. Elizabeth swallowed; she did not have time for this. So she asked the only question she could think of.

"Going up?" She instantly mentally kicked herself; John smiled and released her from his grasp. She pressed the button for the surface and faced the elevator doors.

"Not anymore." He mumbled, looking down at the floor. She couldn't help but give a small smile.

"So…" He said changing the subject. "Where are you going tonight?"

"Oh, I'm seeing a few friends." That was a quick, short answer; they won't get her in trouble.

"This is a long journey, you might want to elaborate." He said grinning again. She turned to face him and raised an eyebrow.

"You mean, you are intrigued and want to know more." She said, herself ginning as well. John just kept grinning.

"Well," She turned to face the elevator door again. "There are three of them, Marcus, Anna and Julie. I'm going to Anna's house since it's about a mile or so from here and they have all flown in to see me. I've known Anna since forever since my mother and hers are good friends and I've known Julie and Marcus since university. Anna has been divorced and now has a hatred for straight man, Julie has lived in the States since she was ten, but has the most posh English accent I have ever heard…oh and she can smoke for England too. And then there's Marcus, the man who fits the idea of the stereotypical homosexual man perfectly. He is a 'currently unemployed' actor who has been 'currently unemployed' for nearly 20 years. I usually turn to them, when I have something big coming up with work so they an tell me how pointless it all is or if I want to get completely pissed due to the fact my mother's in town."

"So which is it? Something big with work or your mother or both?" He said casually putting his hands in his pockets. She stared at him blankly. She could not believe he had just taken that all in and wasn't confused or shocked or disgusted by her friends.

"You know you're the first person not to reply with, 'well I think you need to get yourself some new friends.'" John looked at her and smiled.

"Well, I think they sound interesting, so answer the question." He said demandingly. She smiled again; he was awfully cute when he demanded things.

"My mother." He sighed knowingly.

"Is she one of those pushy mothers?

"You could say that. Always wanting me to get married and have kids. She is going to be pissed when she finds out I broke up with Simon…oh, he's some guy I…Never mind. Apparently it's not normal to be thirty fi-" She stopped herself, not wanting to reveal her age. "…thirty and not married and don't have children." She continued, John could not help but grin; she was awfully cute when she lied so blatantly.

"Well, at least only your mother feels that way." He said reassuringly.

"Well, according to her half the family think I'm baron!" John has he saw Elizabeth getting all flustered.

"At least it's only half the family."

"Oh no! Apparently the other half thinks I'm a lesbian!" John couldn't stop laughing. She looked at him shocked. "It's not funny!" She smiled and then started to laugh a bit too.

"No, you're right it is funny. You know this is my friends' jobs; making me laugh about the fact that my mother has spread rumours around the family." He stopped laughing at wiped his eyes. It felt good to laugh. He took her by the hand.

"If that is your friends' jobs than your friends must be a lot of fun indeed."

"They are, especially when their drunk."

"I would love to meet them sometime." He said smiling at her.

"I would love for you to meet them." She said smiling back. But should she ask him? Probably not and the little angel on her left shoulder is telling her it's a bad idea. Unfortunately the little devil on her right shoulder is more appealing and so she goes ahead and asks him anyway.

"You can come if you want?" John smiled and thought. Was it a good idea? The angel on his left shoulder definitely didn't think so, but then again he's right-handed so he might as well trust his the devil with horns on his right shoulder, right?

"Sure." John looked into her eyes and vice versa, they were both holding hands; it's the stuff that makes fairytales. Unfortunately, Elizabeth is a realist and knows she should have trusted her angel.

"Wait." She said while carefully removing her hand from his. "What about Teyla? Isn't she staying with you?"

"Not anymore." He said looking at the floor and back at her again. "She decided to stay with Carson for awhile. See, she likes to shop." Elizabeth nodded understandingly.

"And, well, she has expensive taste too. Shorthand version is I gave her my credit card and she just about bought everything she saw. I, of course, had a bit of a go at her, she said I was mean and Carson decided to let her stay with him while we were here. However, I am not stupid, she was looking for an excuse to stay with Carson. Have you seen his house? It's…wow."

"Well, then, I guess you'll just have to drown your sorrows of your loss of money with me and my friends, while I drown my sorrows over the fact I have to go to a family barbecue hosted by my mother."

"Well, we do make a sorry pair don't we." Elizabeth smiled. "Shall we?" He held his arms out and she linked her arms with his.

"Lets."

And with that, John and Elizabeth walked out of the elevator to the car park and got in her car to Anna's house.

Chapter 2: Brainwave

Will he like her friends? Will her friends like him? What exactly is this brainwave? And whose brainwave is it? Find out in chapter two. Please give me reviews; I have an idea for chapter two, which I think your going to like.