So How Did I Meet Your Mom Again?20
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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: Here it is. The long awaited proposal. Enjoy!
Rodney led Alex back to the pier where they had really started as a couple. It was already dark out, the stars shining brightly in the clear sky, only one moon visible so far. The ocean was almost perfectly calm, with gentle waves reflecting the moonlight. She could see a small table and two chairs set up near the end of the pier.
Alex knew they wouldn't have to worry about being disturbed; ever since their third date when they'd been caught in quite a passionate kiss by Kavanagh, he'd spread the word not to wander out to that pier after dark should one value their eyesight. She'd never felt as fond for the man as she did in that moment, even though he had meant it mean spiritedly.
As they approached the table, she could see two plates covered with a silver lid, two champagne glasses, a dark green bottle cooling in an ice bucket and a bowl of strawberries. How he had gotten them though, was a mystery since they weren't part of the Deadalus' normal delivery. Small tea light candles lit the edge of the pier.
Rodney pulled out her chair with a flourish. He's really going all out tonight. She thought as she caught a wiff of their dinner. It smelled just like steak and mushrooms, but that wasn't possible was it? They hadn't found an animal that tasted like a cow and the Deadalus didn't stock it for Atlantis, claiming the cost was too high. He must have called in a few favors I guess.
Rodney watched her take in the table setting with no small amount of glee. It had been harder than expected to get the strawberries and steak and he had ended up calling Sam Carter and explaining the situation. When he'd confessed to her that he wanted it because he'd intended to propose, she'd been all too happy to send a few strawberry bushes and some frozen steaks. Tonight is going to be perfect.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIThey had finished dinner about an hour ago and Rodney had asked her dance, which they'd been doing ever since. Sensing it was time, he led her back to the table with a nervous smile. He could feel a slight tremble in his hands and cursed internally. Guess John was wrong about me not being nervous. He again pulled out her chair for her and had a seat across from her.
He reached over to grasp one of her hands on top of the table, and it seemed to give him enough courage to speak. "So, Lexi, um, I guess, that, well, you know, and I think that, well, er… so?" he paused as she started to laugh. "What?" He asked slightly defensive. Is she laughing at my proposal?
"Rodney, I couldn't understand a word of what you were trying to get out! Take a deep breath, and try again. This time in English." She finished with such a cute smile that he couldn't help but smile back.
"Okay, um, I guess what I was trying to say was… well, you mean a lot to me. And when I say a lot, I mean a lot. Not like a normal person's a lot cause I think on a much grander scale. In layman's terms, I think the world of you." He said, gaining confidence with every word. "I don't know what I was doing before I met you, but it sure wasn't living. You've made me see the world in a whole new way. You make me laugh, you make me cry, you make me want to strangle you sometimes," he said with a rueful grin, "but most of all, you make me want to be a better man. Lexi, I have loved you since our second date. Through all that we've been through, through all the misunderstandings, I've learned one thing: I don't want to live without you." He dropped to one knee in front of her, looking at her shining eyes. He reached to get the ring and froze. Where is it?
He frantically started patting his pockets and searching the table.
"uh, Rodney?" Alex asked while he searched under the table.
"Just one second!" he called back.
"But, Rodney?" she tried again.
Something in her voice made him stop and look up. She had a very sheepish grin on her face and he soon found out why. In her right hand was the black velvet box he'd been searching for. "Sorry. I felt it in your pocket when we were dancing and…" she trailed off, blushing a brilliant red.
"You picked my pocket?" he asked amazed. Her silence gave him his answer. Reaching over and gently taking the box from her hand, he suddenly smiled. "You can also pick pockets, which is strangely, a turn on. Okay, so where was I? Oh! Alexis Marie Taylor, will you marry me?"
The tears were streaming down her face now, as she reached over and kissed him passionately. He pulled away after a minute and said, "This is really a kind of 'yes' or 'no' type question here."
She laughed, "yes, Rodney McKay. I will marry you!"
Now his eyes were moist. He tried to cover it up by embracing her and trying to wipe at them with his sleeve so she couldn't see, but she knew all the same. We're getting married!
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They stumbled their way into Alex's room, still tightly embraced and kissing. What had started out as a kiss of relief on Rodney's behalf at her answer had quickly turned into something more serious. They had been bumping into walls and doors while trying to get back to her room and not break off their kiss, which was almost indecent at that point.
Her hand snaked up his shirt that she had untucked in the hallway. She lightly dragged her nails down his side, feeling him break out in goose bumps as he gave the faintest moan of appreciation. He was currently trailing kisses down her throat while one hand cupped her cheek and the other rested lightly on her side. She smiled to herself at his actions. He's so shy and he's trying so hard to be a gentleman. If it was possible, she loved him even more for it.
She pulled him in the direction of her bed and he went willingly, now tracing a hand along the contours of her body. She moaned and pulled him down on top of her, still fully dressed. The motion seemed to snap him out of it.
"We can't." he whispered while still continuing to kiss her neck, she moaned again and Rodney froze. "Wait, Lexi, we can't." He said more clearly, catching her eye.
"Why not?" she asked frustrated.
"Because… uh." She took his stuttering as more shyness and unbuckled his belt. His hands caught hers.
"Because I have to tell you something first." He said, jumbling the words together. She stopped.
"What is it Rodney?" she asked, confused.
"Uhh." He sat back up pulling her with him to sit on the edge of the bed. "Do you remember the day you dragged me through the gate?" she nodded. "Okay, so a few days later, my team went to P4892 on a diplomatic mission." Her brow was furrowed now. What is he trying to tell me here?
He saw her look and got more flustered, the words coming out faster now. "Well, the local girl we first met by the gate seemed really familiar, well, not to me, not as first anyways. And then the leader on that world, Camen or something, told Col. Sheppard the story of how she got there and then he told me, and well, it made us all think that, well…."
"Rodney," she interrupted, "Are you trying to tell me you slept with the local girl?"
His eyes got impossibly large. "Hell no! In fact, I count my blessings that Col. Sheppard didn't! You know how he can be with local woman. I swear, he's like Captain Kirk of the Pegasus galaxy or something." He said, really getting into it now.
"Rodney? You were saying?" she prompted.
"Oh, yeah, so we took some DNA samples and it turnsoutshe'smydaughter. See? No big deal." He said, kissing her neck again.
"What!" she said, pushing him off. "You have a daughter you didn't know about? How is that even possible! You just got in this galaxy two years ago!"
"Well," Rodney said, desperately trying to smooth things over with her. He stood up and began to pace. "She's my future daughter. We've been able to conclude that I somehow sent her through the gate and back in time. Probably because in four years, the sun closest to P4892 will be almost in the path of an oncoming wormhole, like what happened to SG-1. I'm not sure if it was intentional or not on my part, but that's probably why it happened." He said, gesturing wildly with his hands.
"Why would you send her through the gate alone?" Lexi wondered, not sure how she should feel about it.
"Well, apparently the Wraith invaded the city when she was three. I was the only one left, so I sent her through the Stargate but stayed behind for some reason. Most likely to activate the self-destruct."
"Okay," Lexi said slowly, trying to wrap her mind around it. "So when is she born? Not for a long time I'd imagine."
Rodney gave a nervous laugh. "Sooner than you'd think." He said, his voice unnaturally high-pitched.
Alex glared. "How soon is soon?"
Rodney tried to smile and failed miserably, the look turning into one of concern. "11 months from now."
Alex's eyes got huge, "But that would mean-"
"She's conceived in two months." Rodney finished with a wince, waiting for the explosion.
Alex swallowed carefully. "And the mother?" She asked, already really knowing the answer.
"That, would be you."
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Author's note: Damn I love that ending! I'm not feeling the love guys! Please review!