So How Did I Meet Your Mom Again?9

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Summary: When the team discovers McKay's future daughter living with their trading partners, the search is on for the mother because his daughter will have to be conceived in 16 months or cease to exist. No pressure, right?

Rating: PG for language.

Warnings: Possibly some adult situations or at least ideas.

Category: Friendship/Romance/Humor

Author note: Okay, so Taylor is now a real part of the story and I'm going to try to give her a little more depth and insight as a character. Let's see how that works out shall we?

Carson Beckett was extremely confused. He was holding the results in his hand of the paternity test and had a room full of people except for the one that really needed to be there. Rodney hadn't showed up. Carson had told them all to meet him the next day at 7 AM sharp so he could give Rodney the results as soon as he got them and everyone else could give him moral support, but it was just after 7:30 and Rodney still wasn't there.

He heard Sheppard shift for what seemed like the millionth time in two minutes and turned to glare at him. "Could you stop fidgeting?"

"I'm sorry!" Sheppard almost shouted, "but I'm dying to know the results. Can't you just tell us?" He almost begged.

Carson frowned. "Ya know I can't. Only Rodney can if he'd hurry up!" The Scot grumbled losing his temper. "Where the hell is he anyways?"

"I tried to reach him on his radio, but he did not answer." Teyla said solemnly.

Sheppard looked at the others and could feel the tension radiating off of them. Ronan looked like he normally did, but John saw his gun hand clenching and unclenching as the minutes went by, Elizabeth looked like she was desperately trying not to pace, Teyla looked worried and Carson looked like he was about to burst a blood vessel soon. Sheppard paused, maybe I do know where he might be. "I'll be back in a minute." He blurted as he took off out the door headed for the cafeteria where, rumor had it, McKay had eaten with Taylor for the last 3 days.

Alex shook her head ruefully. It seemed that because no one else called her Lexi that Rodney was determined to make that the only name he called her by. Normally she would have been irritated at the nickname, but coming from Rodney, it almost seemed like a term of endearment. So she decided to stop glaring at him whenever he used it.

Rodney was telling her about his chemistry partner in college and how he had almost blown up the lab if it weren't for Rodney, when she saw her superior officer run through the doorway, spot her and McKay and run over. She immediately stood at attention, causing Rodney to look at her with confusion until Sheppard grabbed his arm and told him they 'were late for that thing in the infirmary.'

McKay suddenly looked like he was about to be sick and offered her a quick apology and offered to catch up with her in a few days since he was sure he'd be busy for a while. Alex nodded and watched the two men take off down the hallway.

Rodney felt like he was going to be sick as John urged him to faster speeds to the infirmary. Oh god, what if she's my daughter? I don't want to try to find her mother! I'm happy where I am. Do I even want to know anymore? Why did this have to happen to me!

All too soon, they reached the infirmary and Rodney saw that everyone was there. I can't do this in front of all these people! "Actually, Carson? Can we do this just between the two of us?" He looked at Carson pleadingly, then turned to everyone else, "I promise I'll tell you all later today, but I really want to do this alone."

Elizabeth nodded understandingly and ushered everyone out, pulling a disgruntled Sheppard by his collar. When they were finally alone, Carson opened the folder in his hand and handed Rodney the sheets without a word. They were DNA profiles of both him and Isabel.

"Carson, I don't know what I'm looking for here! Just tell me!"

"Rodney, it's a match. You are her biological father." Carson said gently, while placing a hand on Rodney's arm and guiding him to a bed to sit.

He could tell Rodney was upset and on the verge of tears. His eyes were damp, his breathing hitched and when he spoke his voice broke, "What am I gonna do, Carson? What am I gonna do? I can't, I can't just meet some woman and have a kid with her! Why did this have to happen to me?"

Carson could only look on sadly.

Sheppard walked up to Carson a short while after Rodney left. "How'd he take it?" He asked.

"You know I canna tell ya anythin' Col., only Rodney can." Carson insisted.

"I already know the results, Carson. If it had been negative he would have run out of here skipping, not dragging his feet. What I really want to know is, what does he want to do about it?"

"Ya mean with the wee lass?" Carson asked confused.

"No, I mean about finding the mother. He still has to be with her to make that child he's already so miserable about." Sheppard said hopping up onto a bed and folding his hands.

"Aye. He could vera well change his mind abou' the whole thing mind. He's still got plenty a time, but I could start lookin' at the profiles of all the people on Atlantis and the Athosians we have on file. It would take a few weeks going through that many files, unless you had a suspicion?" Carson asked with a growing suspicion of his own.

"I might." Sheppard smiled. "Possibly a certain Lt. he seems to be spending so much time with?"

Carson grinned openly now, "Well, what are we waiting for? We've got work ta do!"

Author's note: How am I doing so far? Progressing alright? Wasn't quite sure how to do Rodney's reaction soI wung it.