Chapter 11?
Shopping for apartment and furniture
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John led Rachel down to the office and pocked his head inside and knocked.
"Andy can I come in? You might have a new person," John said.
"Sure, come on in, anyone I know?" Andy asked
John came in and smiled, "I think so," He said and pulled Rachel in.
"Rachel, you finally going to move in here?" Andy asked.
She blushed, "I wanted to look, so I didn't have to depend on Daniel, when John wasn't here."
"Well I think I just might have something for you," He said smiling.
She smiled back, but didn't say anything. John smiled at her and squeezed her hand.
"Not something to big Andy." He said.
"Right," Andy said and looked at something.
"You like John's Apartment?" Andy asked.
"Yea." Rachel said.
"Well I have one close to John's that is just like his only smaller. You want to see it?" Andy asked her.
She smiled and nodded and then looked at John who smiled at her.
Andy smiled at them, "Good, then let's go and look at it." He said grabbing the keys and standing up.
John smiled and looked at Rachel, "Sounds good," He said and she nodded.
Andy led them to the elevator and hit the right button for the floor. John noticed what floor it was and looked at Andy with a grin.
"What?" He asked.
"You didn't tell us it was on the same floor as mine." John said still smiling.
"Well I said it was close." Andy said smiling.
"True, so WHERE is it?" John asked wrapping an arm around Rachel, who leaned against him.
"It's a surprise," Andy said grinning.
John smiled, "Ok," He said.
When the elevator stopped on the 5th floor Andy led them out and to the apartment. John figured it out immediately and grinned waiting for Rachel to. When they stopped in front of the door and she had still not figured it out he tapped her on the shoulder.
She looked up at him, "What?"
"Recognize the area around you?" He asked.
She looked around a couple seconds and then gave a smile that would have brightened up a dark room." Oh My GOD!! It's adjacent to yours!!" She said excitedly seeing it wais in the corner adjacent from John's apartment that was in the Corner across the hall.
"Yep," he said kissing her nose.
Andy had opened the door, and was waiting for them to come in.
Rachel walked in, and once again smiled. The apartment was like John's only smaller and laid out a little differently. When first entering you were in a hall, if you walked down a little was on the left was the kitchen, then on the right a little further down was the bathroom that had a door going into the bedroom. She walked into the bathroom and into the bedroom and looked around and grinned. She walked over to the closet and opened the door and looked in, "WOW huge Closet!!" She said.
Andy and John smiled and watched as she continued to look around. She went to the other door and opened it and found it went back into the hall. She grinned and went into the hall and went on down to the living room which was pretty bit.
"Sweet." She said.
John looked over at Andy, "That means she likes it."
Rachel saw the door that went outside to a patio and went to it and went outside. She looked down, gulped and backed away from the rail, but continued to look around.
John laughed and turned to Andy, "She has a slight fear of Heights."
"And she is a pilot?" Andy asked.
"Yea a damn fine one. I asked her that once though and she told me that when she flies she doesn't think about it and is fine. Unless she is a passenger plane, then ALL she does is think about it. But when she is behind the controls she thinks about controlling the plan instead of how high she is." John explained.
"Ahh ok," Andy said, "I think she likes the place, what do you think?"
"Yea your probably right, this place is the same as mine?" John asked.
"Well cause it's a little smaller, it's less," Andy said.
"Good," He said, "Be right back, I'm going to ask what she wants to do."
"Ok," Andy said.
John went over to Rachel and wrapped an arm around her, "He what do you think? You want this one or keep looking?" He asked her.
"I love it," She said, "I don't think I could find one that I like this much. How much is it?" She asked.
"Well it's a little less than mine, cause it's smaller, and you will get the air force discount, probably 150 a month. Why do need a little help to begin with?" He asked.
"Just wondering," She said. " Besides your getting me furniture remember?"
"I know, just wanted to make sure." He said.
"I want it John," She said softly.
"Ok, Come on and we can get the paper work and stuff done," He told her guiding her back in the apartment.
He looked at Andy, "She wants it," He told him.
Andy smiled, "Great, let's go back to my office, ok?" He told them.
John nodded along with Rachel and Andy smiled and led them back down the hall, out of the Apartment and headed to his office.
About an hour later they had everything don and John told Andy that they were going to get her some furniture and would need the service elevator to hall the stuff in. Andy nodded and told him just to tell them when and he'd give them the key for it. John thanked him, as kid Rachel and then they left the building and to went toward John's car.
"So I think we should get you a bed first incase we run out o time to get anything else. We'll be able to get most of the stuff and the kitchen already has all the appliances. So I think we should get a bed first, then get the rest as we go, what do you think?" He asked her.
She looked at him for a minute trying to soak in all he had just said. She then nodded, "Yea sounds good," She said.
He smiled and opened the door for her and let her get in. He then walked to the driver side and got in. He started the car up and they were on their way to a furniture store. As soon as they got there they got out and headed toward the store. John held the door for her and she went to the bed area. She passed the bunks and regular sized beds and went to the day bed area.
She grinned when she saw one of them. It had a solid back that was yellow and was a woven design.
John smiled, "You like this one?" It screams Rachel. It's even your favorite color."
She looked up at him and grinned, he laughed, "I'll take that as a yes." He said and she nodded.
"Ok, stay her and I'll go get someone." He told her and she nodded.
He left and she set down and waited for John to come back with someone. A few minutes later He came back with someone else walking next to him.
John smiled, "Hey Rachy, this is Kris."
"Hi Kris," She said shyly.
"Hi there Rachel," He said, smiling at her encouragingly, "This the bed you want?"
"Yes," She said.
"You want Yellow? I have other colors." He said.
"No I want yellow." She said more than she had since Kris arrived.
Kris laughed, "She does say more than one word at a time," He said to John.
"Occasionally she does," John said winking at Rachel who grinned back.
Kris laughed, "Ok well was this all your after or did you want some other stuff?" He asked.
"She needs some other things, so we need to look around some more," John said.
"Ok well I'll go reserve one of the Yellow frames in the back. You want the same mattress?" He asked Rachel.
"Yea," She said.
John laughed and looked at Kris, "Back to one word," He laughed and so did Kris.
Rachel scowled and slapped him on the chest playfully which made both men laugh.
"Hey Rachel remember who is paying for this stuff." John said in a playfully strict voice.
She rolled her eyes, got up and went towards the dressers.
She really made or just playing?" Kris asked.
"She's just playing," John said laughing softly.
Kris laughed, "Well tell me when your ready to check out and I'll help you," He said before going to the back to get the bed reserved.
John nodded and went over to where Rachel was drooling over a Chester drawer with a mirror on top. He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. He bent his head over and kissed her neck.
"Hey you know I was playing right?" He asked.
"Yes," She replied.
"Ok, just wanted to make sure," John said, "You like this one?" Bet it could be painted a soft yellow to mach your bed." He told her.
"Yea, and I want either a white or baby blue side table. Oh can we paint this a soft yellow and the drawer baby or powder blue?" She asked.
"OF course, that would be perfect with your personality." He told her.
She grinned, "I've always liked yellow and blue together."
"I know they go great together," He told her and she grinned.
They continued on looking and finding the things that she wanted for her apartment. They found her a side table for her bed and she then found a living room set that was yellow and blue and white plaid, the couch was a mix of yellow and blue, one of the chairs matched the yellow of the couch in a yellow and white plaid and the other was the same only it was blue. When they were done John paid for it all and arranged to have it sent to the apartment building. They then went to get some paint to paint the furniture and some brushes and headed back to the apartment to wait for the truck to get there.
They spent the next couple days, putting the living room set in her living room in a way she liked it, the couch in the middle with the two chairs on either side of it and the coffee table in front of the couch. They then started on her bedroom, putting her bed next to the closet. Then they painted the rest like she had wanted it and once it had dried took it up into her room and arranged to her liking.
When they were done, John had told her that he was going to get them something to eat and that he would be right back. When he got back with the food he couldn't find her anywhere in the apartment. So he went to the patio and walked out side and found her leaning against the wall looking up to the sky with tears rolling down her face.
He felt his heart break and quickly went over to her and set down next to her and pulled her to him in a tight hug.
"Rach, what's the matter sweetie?" He asked her.
"Nothing," She said sniffing and burring her head in his chest.
"Rachel, tell me the truth," He said in a stern but gentle tone.
"You have to leave tomorrow." She cried.
Oh god, I had forgotten about that, he thought to himself as he pulled her into his lap.
"Yes, I do, but it's not any different then the other times," He told her.
"Then why can't I go with you." She said raising her head to look at him for the first time.
He sighed, he should have know she would have said that, "Because Rach, I'm going on a dangerous mission risk you." He told her.
"Oh yea like I don't risk my life every time it step through that gate, or get into a F-16." She said sarcastically.
"Rachel," He said warningly, "Calm down."
"I don't want to calm down, I want to go with you," She snapped.
"No Rachel, the Wraith aren't like the Gou'ald, they are harder to kill. When I get back from the mission I'll come back and get you and bring you to Atlantis…I promise." He told her.
"I Know," She said softly, "But your going to be gone for so long," She said starting to cry again.
He pulled her closer, "Shhh, it'll be ok, I'm going to come back…I promise. And when I do I'm going to come and get you and take you to Atlantis…show you around the base, Take you around in my Puddle Jumper…and if we are able take you and a mission. You'll get to meet Tayla, and Aiden…just like I promised you a few days ago. But it's going to have to wait a few weeks, while I go on this mission, and I've heard Hammond say that you and SG-1 are going to be pretty busy to." He said rubbing her back.
She nodded calming down, "Yea, I know we have two planed." She said.
"Well I tell you what, I promise to make it though this mission, by thinking of taking you to Atlantis…but you have to promise to get through yours the same way…that means not injuries…wait knowing you I should rephrase that….no serious injuries." He told her and she giggled.
"Ok…it's a deal." She said and he hugged her.
"Your not going to cry when I leave tomorrow are you?" He asked.
"No, I'm ok now…I think…I'll just wait for you to come back and make sure I do my job on the missions. I'll think of it as just another time that your going back." She said.
"Good girl…now come on, I got us some pizza." He told her.
She grinned, "Yummy." She said.
He smiled and gently pushed her off of him and stood up, pulling her with him. They went inside and ate the pizza and then went over to his apartment and cuddled on his couch and watched TV until they both fell asleep.
A/N: ok I know that may not be the best of Chapters, but I really want to get on with Him taking her to Atlantis. The beginning of that should start at the end of the next chapter. I hope you liked it, tell me what you thought, talk to you later, Liz.