Chapter 5 Interuptions

'I'm kissing Elizabeth…I'm kissing her…and she's actually kissing me back,' John's mind wandered, as he kissed her. His happy thoughts only lasted a short time, though.

Dr. Weir pulled away from him just as it was starting to get interesting. Shock, surprise, and confusion were the emotions that were most evident on her face.

"We…we…can't do this. I can't do this."

John sat there in surprise, as he watched the women in front of him. She looked stressed for some reason, or maybe afraid.

"I'm sorry, Elizabeth," he said. "I over-stepped my boundaries. I shouldn't have done that." Even though he knew he shouldn't have done that, he didn't regret it. In fact, he found kissing her intoxicating. If he had never taken the chance to kiss her, he would have never known.

"No…it's not your fault," she answered smiling. "I actually liked that a lot."

'What did she say?' "You liked the kiss?"

"Yeah… I did."

"Then why did you pull away?"

"I just…it wouldn't work. I'm The Leader of Atlantis and you're the Highest Ranking Military Officer."

'She thinks I'm special!'

"If people found out…it wouldn't work. You know the kind of talk there would be. I mean the two of us together? Rumors would spread like wildfire. Not to mention Caldwell, who I'm sure would like to add this to all the other reasons why the two of us shouldn't be in charge and he would have us repla-

John cut her off with another kiss. This one was deeper than the first.

"You have got to stop doing that," Elizabeth said. "Or I'm not going to be able to let you go."

"Who says you have to?"

"John, what's the point of telling each other how we feel if we're just going to have to pretend that nothing has happened or changed between us. Like I said before it wouldn't work."

"Let's make it work. I'm not going to give up something so special that I just found."

"John.."

"No, listen." 'I'm getting really worked up right now. I can't believe that she doesn't think this will work. I'll just have to convince her.' "I know we might have some hard times dealing with Caldwell and some of the gossip, but we can make this work. I have faith in us. Now that I know you have the same feelings for me that I have for you, I can't let this go. Can you?"

"No…" she answered. "I don't want to let you go."

"Then we'll make it work. And we don't even have to tell anyone for a while - until we feel comfortable. It's no one's business but ours."

"Alright, John," she agreed. "I do want to make this work."

"Then no more doubts…ok?"

"Ok," she said, relieved that he could make her feel better. "Thank you."

"Now where were we?" He asked as he scooting closer to her.

"I think we were here," she said, kissing him again.

"Colonel Sheppard?" A voice said at his door.

Only three minutes had gone by and the two of them were still kissing each other.

"Colonel Sheppard?" The voice at the door asked again.

This time John broke the kiss with Elizabeth. 'Damn it! Who's at the door?'

"Sorry," he apologized to her and went to see who it was.

"Am I interrupting anything?" Teyla asked as she studied Colonel Sheppard's messy appearance. Well, messier than his usual hair and clothing. "Doctor Weir?" She looked farther into the room and saw Elizabeth sitting on the bed. A small smile decorated the corner of the Athosian's mouth.

"Teyla," The Atlantis Leader said.

Teyla smiled at her, then turned to John. "You were supposed to meet me in the training room at 2:30."

"Uh…I…yes…I was."

"I'm sorry, Teyla," Elizabeth said, coming to his rescue. "It was my fault that The Colonel wasn't there on time."

"That's alright," Teyla said. The small smile was still on her face. "Perhaps another time."

"That would be great," John said, sighing in relief. "Sorry."

"No, that's ok. Ronon actually wanted me to cancel sparring with you and do it with him today. I told him I'd have to ask you first."

"Tell him I said it was fine."

"Oh, before I go, McKay and Colonel Caldwell have been looking for the both of you."

"If they ask, could you tell them that you haven't seen us?" Elizabeth said.

"As you wish," she said knowingly before walking back down the hall.

Sheppard pressed a button, and the door whooshed closed.

"The moment's kind of gone," He said, studying her expression. 'Why did Teyla have to interrupt?'

"At least I know how you feel about me," Elizabeth said. Her eyes sparkled.

"Yeah," John agreed lying down on the bed and looking up at the ceiling. "I had a crush on you since the day that I met you," John confessed. "The smile on your face just captivated me."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"You know what I always liked about you?"

"What? Besides my boyish charm, my handsomely chiseled features, and my eyes," he joked.

Dr. Weir chugged a pillow at him. "Yeah….I actually liked something else despite all that."

'I might have gone over the top.'

"I love your hair."

John lifted the pillow off of his face. "My hair?" 'That was not what I had expected.'

"This head of hair, that you call it, looks everyday like the hair you woke up with. You know, bed hair kind of thing, and it's sexy."

"Wow. Nobody has every told me that before." 'Really, no one has.'

"Well, I like it," Elizabeth said running a hand through it.

John felt like he was on fire, when Elizabeth touched his hair. It made his temperature rise. It was defiantly a feeling he liked.

He felt himself being pulled towards her. It was like a physical attraction he couldn't ignore.

Just as they were about to kiss again, they heard loud noises coming from outside the door.

"I told you," Teyla was saying. "Colonel Sheppard and Doctor Weir are not in there."

The two leaders froze and looked at each other.

"Then there is no harm in us looking," Caldwell said. A second later Caldwell, McKay, Major Lorne busted into the room.

To Be Continued