A/N: Since this is the last chapter I would like to say thank you once again for all the wonderful reviews. I don't have time to reply to them but I read each one eagerly and am very greatful for your opinions. I hope this last and final chapter will not be a dissapointment to you. Thanks so much for reading. -Mel

"Colonel, Colonel Sheppard"

Sheppard woke slowly to the voice and felt the hard cold floor under his body as he awakened. "McKay?"

"Time to wake up"

Sheppard reluctantly forced his brain out of the foggy purgatory of drowsiness almost afraid of where he was going to find himself. But gradually his brain started to register information from certain senses. For one thing he was actually warm, for another he was soaking wet, and third, there was something lying on his right arm and he had a pretty good idea what it was. His eyes opened slowly, confirming his suspicions. Teyla was indeed close at his side, her head resting on his arm, fast asleep. Sheppard put off waking her and looked at McKay. "What are you doing here?"

"I got here hours ago with the first Puddle Jumper. There was some minor frostbite, still kind of painful actually…" Sheppard glared at him from the shower floor and McKay managed to stem the flow of self-pity. "Sorry it took us so long to find you. Now that it was my fault, it was no one's fault actually. We have at least a village of peaceful natives in temporary quarters that we're still going to have to do…something with. Then aJumper had to be sent to planet to rescue Major Lorne's team. He actually brought back his own transportation. Wraith Dart. Quite interesting actually, might come in handy…"

"I heard about it." Sheppard interrupted.

"Right, of course, anyway as I was saying someone had reported you two returned to Atlantis so it took a while for anyone to notice you were both missing."

"So you used the life signs detector" Sheppard surmised.

"No actually we tracked the unusually large drain on the hot water."

Sheppard looked at the ceiling and realized he had no idea how long they'd been asleep with the water on, but judging from his wrinkling skin -not to mention the fact that he actually felt thawed- it had been a while. "Oops"

McKay stepped behind them and flipped the faucet off.

The sudden change in sound and pressure, combined with the fact that in absence of the hot water being wet was a bit chilly, caused Teyla to stir.

"Hey Teyla" Sheppard touched her shoulder with his left hand.

Teyla's eyes opened and met his.

"Feel okay?" Sheppard asked.

Teyla sat up. "I feel much better."

"Good." Sheppard reclaimed his right arm which had fallen asleep her head.

"Doctor Beckett wanted me to tell you two he's expecting both of you in the infirmary" McKay informed them.

"Thank you doctor McKay" Teyla stood and offered a hand to Sheppard, who was still trying to regain feeling in his right arm and therefore accepted gratefully.

Sheppard looked at Teyla, feeling tired but content as his soaked clothes dripped steadily onto the floor, and smiled. "Warm enough?"

"Yes." She smiled back at him. "Thank you Colonel"

"Anytime" Sheppard promised as they exited the room into the cooler hallway leaving thier jackets and a trail of water behind them, "And I thought we agreed you were going to call me John?"