AN: Thanks go to everyone who has been reading and reviewing my story. Sorry for the delay in posting this chapter. My school life took over again. Sorry about any errors.

Anyways, for all who saw Stargate Atlantis last night, you will know what I'm talking about in the next few sentences. I was soooooo excited when Elizabeth kicked butt! I didn't know someone could kick butt with words. I was blown away by the power of her character on last night's episode. She and everyone who came to find John and his team might have been taken as wraith food if she hadn't holded her ground and told that guy in charge of the planet that they were leaving. Anyways, here I am going on and on when you probably don't care and just want to read the story. This is the last chapter, so please enjoy.

Another Virus

Chapter 5

John, Teyla, and the two Lieutenants made it safely through the Stargate after their run in with the Carsifers. It only took them ten to fifteen minutes to go through the gate of Atlantis, unpack their gear, and rush the herbs back to Beckett for him and his team to analyze and make the vaccination. All they could do now is wait…

The next day….

"How are you feeling?" John asked coming into Elizabeth's office.

He noticed she looked wide awake but had this stubborn frown also present on her face.

She looked up at him and smiled. "Hello, John. I actually feel really good for a change. That Ancient medicine really has a kick to it."

"I see your busy with paper work again," John said not letting that stop him from grabbing a chair and plopping himself into it.

Elizabeth sighed. "Don't remind me. I was out sick for one day and look what I have to come back to. I was only off duty one day…how can so much paper work accumulate in a day? There are new mission reports to approve and write. New artifacts discovered and have to be documented. It's almost like everyone was paper and report happy, while I was sick, and dumped everything on my desk. Plus I've already received question after question of different problems that they have found, and I-"

"Ok…slow down," John said standing up and moving towards her.

"What are you doing?" She asked, as he pulled her out of her chair.

"Looks to me like you need a brake."

"John, I don't have time for this. I have-"

Before she could finish her sentence, Rodney walked by with one of the new scientists.

"Do I seem pale to you? I look pale huh? Beckett shouldn't have let me leave the infirmary this soon," Rodney said staring at himself in a hand held mirror. "Oh…my….nose looks bigger. This part wasn't there before. The other scientist just shook his head. "You're no help. I need an expertise opinion. Maybe I'll go asked Elizabeth and see what she thinks."

"On second thoughts, I'd love to take a break," she said, as she pulled John out of the room.

"I thought you were too busy," John said seeing how fast she pulled him out the room.

"Well," she said looking over her shoulder to make sure Rodney hadn't followed them. "I thought it was nice how you wanted me to relax and take a break. I'm sure you can use a break too. I mean, I heard you stood in line for hours to get that vaccine Carson made."

"Talk about a long wait," John agreed. "I waited two and a half hours in line for that shot. He shivered at the thought. "I hate shots, but I'm glad that vaccine worked for you," John said, as his voice took on a calmer tone.

"I've been hearing some strange rumors. Did you fight some kind of eight headed giant to get the herbs for the medicine? I also heard you got attacked."

"Rumors really do get out of control." Elizabeth looked at him confused, and he explained. "That's not what happened. The creatures that attacked us were small, and they weren't giants. Although they were flesh eating creatures, we managed to escape."

"What about the rumor that you were attacked?" She asked. "I hope you didn't get hurt."

"That rumor is true. One of the creatures did attack me." Elizabeth stopped walking and looked at him worried. He thought about pretending to be hurt when he saw her concern but instead said, "Nah…It was just a scratch. Beckett insisted on looking at it, but he concluded that I'd be fine."

"Oh…you should have let me take a look at it. That would have been the least I could do for you being there for me while I was sick." There was a slight suggestiveness in her tone, as she touched his back. It was almost invisible, but John heard it all the same.

"Is my Elizabeth making a suggestive comment?" John asked raising an eye brow.

"Do you really think of me as your Elizabeth?" She asked.

He winced at what he let slip. "Did I over step my boundaries?"

"No…no," Elizabeth said. "It's nice to be cared about, besides, my Elizabeth has… a nice ring to it."

"Elizabeth," John said being serious with her and himself for a change. He found this to be the opportune moment to tell her how he felt. "It scared me when you were sick." He took her hand in his. "I can't believe it took you almost dieingfor me torealize how much you mean to me. I just wanted you to know that."

"I know, John," she said squeezing his hand. "You're important to me too."

"Elizabeth…I…"

She put a finger to his lips. "You don't have to say anything. I know how you feel."

"But, I want to show you how I feel," he said raising his hand up to her face andrunning it through her hair. She shivered under his touch, and she closed her eyes savoring the warm feel of his hand on her cheek. Then slowly he pressed his lips onto hers. She almost gasped in surprise. The kiss was slow at first until she started kissing him back. Here they were. The top two most important people of Atlantis were kissing in the hall. No one was around, so they had the hall all to themselves. But even if there had been, no one would have minded.

Neither wanted the sweet kiss to end, but eventually they had to brake apart for lack of air.

"That was amazing," John said finding his voice first.

Elizabeth finally found her voice and said, "It was more like intoxicating."

He smiled at her, happy with her answer. "We are going to have to do that again."

"Defiantly," she agreed.

After a few more minutes, they regained their composer and started back down the hall.

"So, what does this mean?" Elizabeth asked fidgeting a little with her hands.

"It means that we now know that we share the same feelings for each other," John answered. "Now we have to take it slow. We can start by having that dinner."

Elizabeth turned to look at him. "We still don't know which of us owes the other one dinner."

"Then I suggest we find out."

Twenty minutes later…

The two of them had changed and now were in the training room. Each of them had a stick in each hand ready for their sparring match to begin. Some people where already in the training room and stopped to watch what was going to happen. John and Elizabeth started to fight each other. Their sticks clashed back in forth. The fight had gotten more intense now but neither one had hit the other. A fake attack was finally made. The other opponent dodged quickly to the side while the one who had made the fake attack hit the other on the side. The person that was hit lost their balance and despite their efforts, they fell to the floor. The victor stood proudly over the loser and smirked. Looks like you're going to owe me dinner."

The End

AN: I'm evil, huh. I left it up to you to decide who won their sparring match. Either one could have beaten the other, so you have to decide who you think should have won. I would love to hear what you guys think about this last chapter and who you think should have won. John or Elizabeth?

This was a fun story to write and thanks go to all of you who stuck with my somewhat crazy story till the end. I hope you guys will all review for stories I post in the future.

Have a fun rest of the summer, and keep reviewing.

-Danielle