So How Did I Meet Your Mom Again?10

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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: Ooh! Now McKay's going to know!

McKay was standing on the balcony. He'd found himself doing that a lot since he found out about his daughter the day before. Carson had tried to talk to him several times since then, but he had blown him off each time, not wanting to talk about it. He appreciated the effort, but he really just wanted to be by himself for a while. Or not. He thought as the doors opened behind him. He didn't turn, just waited until whoever it was made their presence known. He didn't have to wait long.

"So McKay…enjoying the view?" Sheppard started, fishing for a good way to start the conversation.

"I don't want to talk about Isabel."

"Good, cause I'm not here to talk about her." Sheppard said.

McKay looked up at him. "What do you want then?"

"Well, after Beckett told you, well, you know, he and I got to talking. About finding the mother?"

"So?" Scoffed McKay, "I'm not even sure I want to try anymore. I mean, yeah, not doing anything could seriously screw up the timeline, or it could not, ya know? I think I'm leaning towards doing nothing right now."

"Oh, well, in that case, I guess I won't tell you what we found out." John said as he slowly walked back to the door waiting for "Wait. Are you trying to say you know who the mother is?" Rodney asked, slightly alarmed. John nodded, smiling.

Rodney had planning on doing nothing, and it would be a lot harder to do that if he knew the mother. Would see her everyday. Would wonder every time he saw her how things might have turned out. I thought it'd take them weeks to find out. I wonder how they found out so fast.

"Well? Who is it?" He asked, now desperate to know.

John rocked back and forth on his heels before answering, "I'm not gonna tell you."

"What? You can't keep that kind of –"

"But I will show you." John interrupted smoothly. "If you really want to know. I mean, knowing who she is, doesn't mean you have to do anything about it, does it?"

Rodney nodded enthusiastically. "Wait! That's what Beckett was after me for!"

Now it was John's turn to nod.

"What are we waiting for then?" Rodney asked while heading towards the door, pausing only to look back at John with a well? Are we going or what? expression on his face.

John smiled back. Hook, line and sinker!

They were walking passed the control room when John suddenly stopped and leaned down to tie his shoe. He counted to 3 until..

"Will you hurry up already?" Rodney demanded anxiously.

John smiled back and said, "We're here."

"What?"

"She's in there." He said, jerking his head towards the room. "Go see."

Rodney swallowed thickly and took a few steps in, only to realize this wasn't going to be as easy as he had thought. There must be 15 different women in here! He looked back to John who only grinned and remained at the doorway.

Okay, I can do this. I can narrow it down. My daughter wasn't foreign looking at all so that takes out 6 women. She wasn't very tall, so that woman's off the list. That woman is much too old and that one is much too young. Crap! That still leaves 6 women!

At this point, Rodney started examining faces of the remaining women to look for any features that she would have passed on to their child, but was drawing a blank. He didn't even know any of these women except for their names and even that was sketchy information.

Turning towards Sheppard again, he hissed, "Would you just tell me which one?"

"Wait for it…" Sheppard had a huge grin on his face now. McKay wanted nothing more than to smack him.

Suddenly John brushed right by McKay and grabbed someone by the arm that had come from the conference room and been headedtoward the door. Spinning her around slightly so she was face to face with McKay, John gave her a little push forwards and with that same stupid grin on his face, said, "Rodney McKay, I would like to introduce you to Lt. Alexis Taylor. Lt. this is Dr. Rodney McKay. Have you two met yet?" he asked innocently.

McKay looked like he was in shock. Surely Sheppard isn't saying that-could she be? Rodney looked over her shoulder to Sheppard's face and saw that he was now smiling so hard it looked like his face was going to explode. Sheppard nodded affirmatively.

The only thing Rodney's head could process at that moment was, I'm so screwed.

Alex was looking between the two with a very confused look on her face. Geez they're acting weird. And the Col. knows we know each other. He saw us eating together the other day, not to mention we've been off-world twice.

"Actually Col.? Dr. McKay and I have already met." Her statement was met with the same looks on their faces as before. McKay looked somewhere between passing out and being relieved and Col. Sheppard still had that manic grin on his face. She felt like there was a joke somewhere in all of this and she was the punch line.

"Okay then." She drawled out. "If there's nothing else, Sir?" She was met with silence. "I guess I'll be going then." She said slowly, looking between the two and then making her way to the door.

McKay watched her walk out the door, but he still couldn't wrap his mind around it. Now that he thought about it, she was the perfect choice. He had been friends with her before knowing, so why should it be any different afterwards? Cause there's a lot more involved than just friendship in getting someone pregnant you dolt! While he himself had started developing some feelings for her, he was pretty sure she didn't feel that way about him. Crap! What am I gonna do?

John was confused. Again. He had expected one of many reactions from McKay, but walking out to a balcony and bemoaning about how screwed he was, wasn't one of them. I thought he had a thing for this girl. Was I reading it wrong?

"I'm not seeing the problem here, McKay. You like her, she likes you. I think you've made a great start."

"Being friendly is a far step from being together. I've never been in a serious relationship in my life! And now, suddenly, I have to take a crash course or lose the woman of my destiny? You don't see a problem?" Rodney looked at him like he was retarded.

"Lighten up, McKay. I can give you some pointers and now that we know who it is, I can assign her to our team so you two can spend more time together without her getting suspicious." John said soothingly.

"You mean we're not going to tell her?" Rodney looked thunderstruck at the idea.

Now it was John's turn to shout, "Of course not! You tell her that and she's likely to run for the hills. You're going to have to do this the old fashioned way." John crossed his arms and smiled,"You're going to have to court her."

Rodney rested his head in his arms. "I am so screwed."

Author's Note: Review or else! I'm thinking of doing an Alex perspective chapter next, what you think? Any requests for specific scenes or lines cause I do try to accomodate as long as it still fits in with the story and I can write it so it comes off smoothly.