Three chapters in one day.. Hehe I'm seriously loving this fic.
Chapter Three
John walked away from Morgans room smiling, but seriously confused. Who could possibly be the girls mother? He had noone at the moment and he didn't really have his eye on anyone. Other than Elizabeth that is. He'd always felt something for the expedition leader, but he'd never acted on it because protocol forbid it. Also because he was terrified of rejection. He shook his head. No Elizabeth couldn't be her mother.
Then why do they have the same posture? A nagging voice appeared in the back of Johns mind.
She probably spent a lot of time around Elizabeth as a child and picked up on her mannerisms is all. John explained it away.
Yeah, the voice agreed, because Elizabeth is her mother.
John shook his head again and ignored the voice. He had now reached the door to Elizabeth's office and he stopped, taking a deep breath, before knocking on the door.
"Yes?" He heard her call from her desk.
"I was wondering if we could talk?" John asked, poking his head through the doorframe, in case she was in a meeting.
She wasn't.
"Of course John." Elizabeth said smiling. "Come on in."
He walked in and shut the door behind him. "Do you mind?"
Elizabeth shook her head.
John smiled roguishly at her and sat down across from her.
"What did you want to talk about?" She asked, likewise smiling at him from her seat behind her desk.
"Morgan."
"Ah."
"I just had a long talk with her and she seems fairly... balanced for what has happened to her." He informed her.
"What has happened to her exactly."
"Well there was that big battle she told us about. I died saving her mother, who then died on Carson's operating table. Carson blamed himself entirely for her mothers death and then found out that his son had died and lost his arm while holding his dying wife. After it was over they abandoned Atlantis and Morgan was forced to look after a broken Carson and Rodney's son being impossible. She basically had to take care of everyone else and didn't really have a chance to grieve. That's why she comes back to Atlantis, so she can grieve."
"Oh the poor girl." Elizabeth slumped in her chair. "I can't imagine what that must be like."
"It gets worse." John said grimly standing and moving to the glass wall to look out at the gate room. "She was engaged to Carson's son."
"Oh..." Elizabeth was at a loss for what to say.
"My baby girl was engaged and those fucking wraiths took away her wedding!" John slammed his fist into the wall, causing people in the gate room to look up, and Elizabeth noticed now that he was crying.
"Oh John." She walked over to the military commander and led him out onto the balcony so that they could have a more private conversation. "It didn't take you long did it?" She asked, smiling softly at him.
"What?"
"To become a father."
John smiled lightly as well. "I just can't help it. She's my kid."
"I know John." Elizabeth rested her hand on his shoulder. "I feel kind of motherly towards the girl myself."
John looked at Elizabeth, slightly shocked. Elizabeth didn't notice and simply leaned on the rail, and John noticed with a smile that it was exactly the same way Morgan had been leaning earlier. John leaned on the rail next to Elizabeth, but facing towards the city, instead of the horizon.
"She was going to get married out here." He said softly. "Her and.. Sean she said his name was."
"Why out here?" Elizabeth asked.
"Apparently its where I married her mother." John murmured.
"Do you have any idea of who her mother might be?" Elizabeth asked.
"No." He said, looking at Elizabeth with a fond smile while the woman was looking the other way.
"Oh..."
If he didn't know any better John thought she sounded disappointed. "But Morgan said that her mother and I were in denial about our feelings towards each other for a while."
"Oh!" Elizabeth's voice lifted slightly.
John chuckled.
"What?" Elizabeth asked, poking John playfully in the arm.
"Nothing." John shook his head.
"That's not fair!" Elizabeth cried, indignant. "Now you have to tell me!"
"I don't have to tell you anything!" John replied.
"Oh yes you do!" Elizabeth said, poking him in the arm repeatedly.
"Hey! Stop it!" John tried squirming away.
"Not till you tell me!" Elizabeth said, using both her index fingers now.
"Right. You asked for it!" John lunged at her and began tickling her sides.
Elizabeth fell apart in laughter and tried to squirm away, grabbing his wrists in an attempt to stop the onslaught. "John! Hahahahahaha!"
John was laughing too as he continued to tickle her.
"That's so not fair! I don't know if your ticklish!"
"Only on the bottom of my feet." John told her, saying it softly into her ear.
For a moment Elizabeth stopped squirming, and John stopped tickling her as they realized how close their bodies were, John still holding Elizabeth by the waist. They stood like that, breathing heavily and staring at each other for a while.
Suddenly there was a cough at the door and the two sprang apart like guilty teenagers. They both turned to see Rodney standing in the doorway.
"Not interrupting anything am I?" He asked, an amused smirk on his face.
"No...nothing." Elizabeth said quickly as she and John avoided each others gazes.
"What can we do for you Rodney?" John asked.
"Well its just that we have another unscheduled activation with yet another interesting IDC." Rodney said, ambling onto the balcony. "Nice view."
"Who is it this time?" Elizabeth asked.
"One Christopher McKay." Rodney said, a slight smile on his face. "I always did like that name."
"Did he step through?" John asked.
"No as a matter of fact he hasn't yet. But that's probably because we haven't lowered the shield yet." Rodney said.
"And why not?" Elizabeth asked.
"Waiting for your order Elizabeth." Rodney said.
"How long ago did he dial in?" John asked.
"About ten minutes ago." Rodney picked at a plant. "Oh That's real? Huh.. I always thought they were fake for some reason."
John rolled his eyes and he and Elizabeth exchanged amused looks.
"Why didn't you come get us?"
"Oh. Well you looked like you were having fun and I didn't want to interrupt." Rodney said, throwing another amused smirk at them. "I sent for Morgan though and she's waiting."
Elizabeth went into the control room first, followed by John then Rodney.
John smiled at Morgan, who grinned in return and then grinned at Elizabeth, who smiled back.
"Shall we let him in then?" Rodney asked, sauntering through the control room towards the DHD.
"I think so Rodney." Elizabeth said, smiling at the goofy proud look on Rodney's face.
He hit the button and the shield went down with a sort of shoop noise. Noone stepped through but they saw Morgan touch her ear.
"Yes I'm here McKay." She sounded testy.
They heard a slight mumble from her ear as she listened.
"No I'm not alone. Wanna know why? Your time machine worked."
They heard a loud cheer.
"I'm glad your so happy!" Morgan shouted down the radio. "Now get your brainy ass through that stargate and figure out a way to get me back to our time!"
More mumbles.
"Of course you can do it!"
Slightly embarrassed mumbles.
"... what?"
Mumbles in the classic McKay 'you are way to dumb to get this' tone.
"You cant come figure this out because the tech is slightly more primitive."
Affirmative mumbles.
"Forget shooting you in the foot. If I see you again ever I'm shooting you in the balls you canvas bag of shit!" She shouted into the radio, tears brimming in her eyes.
Questioning mumbles.
"No I'm not crying."
A sigh, then exasperated mumbles.
"Good. Your dad can help you. Now get through here."
And a moment later a boy stepped through the gate and materialized. He looked almost exactly like Rodney, simply slightly more athletic and he had red hair.
"Hi." he said, frowning.
Morgan stalked over to him and punched him square on the jaw. "Next time your testing something on the stargate I'm using please tell me!"
"Sorry." He said, but he didn't look sorry at all. Quite to the contrary actually. He looked extremely pleased with himself. "Wow. It actually worked!"
"Yeah. Imagine how shocked I was!"
"Oh shut it."
"Get bent."
There was a pause.
"I'm glad your okay."
"Sorry I punched you."
Elizabeth and John exchanged amused glances.
That's when Christopher seemed to notice everyone else. "Wow. They're alive."
Rodney was beaming from the DHD.
"Hi Dad." Christopher waved.
"Hi son." Rodney nodded, moving away from the DHD and down the stairs. "Lets get to work on this time travel machine thing then."
"Lead the way." Christopher beamed.
The two McKay's headed down the hall talking a mile a second.
"Well he got over that quickly." John said.
"Its Rodney." Elizabeth pointed out.
"Good point."
"I'm... gonna go back to my room and try and catch some shut eye." Morgan said, smiling at John and Elizabeth. "I'll let you return to the conversation you were having." There was a twinkle in her eye as she winked before walking away.
Elizabeth and John both flushed and fidgeted for a minute before returning to the balcony.
"She really sounds like you sometimes Elizabeth." John said quietly as they stood out there.
"She must've spent a lot of time with me growing up." Elizabeth said, dancing around the subject.
"I suppose you're right."
There was a slightly awkward silence for a few moments.
"You still haven't told me what was so funny." Elizabeth said finally, poking John in the arm again.
John laughed. "And I'm not going to."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Well then," Elizabeth rolled up her sleeves and lunged for Johns stomach, ticking it ferociously, unfortunately it had no effect on John and simply opened her up for him to attack her sides. Elizabeth squealed and tried to run away but found herself cornered.
"No fair! No fair!" she cried as tears of laughter began pouring down her cheeks.
John simply grinned and stopped, but he didn't take his hands away from her waist.
"I've been wondering something." He said, his voice low and soft.
"What's that?" Elizabeth's voice barely above a whisper.
"Why hasn't she mentioned your kid."
"Maybe I didn't have one." Elizabeth suggested, unable to look away from Johns eyes.
"I don't believe that for a second." John said, likewise captivated by her eyes.
"What's your theory then?" She asked.
"That maybe, just maybe, Morgan is your kid too."
"I..." Elizabeth finally looked away and shook her head, pushing past John. "No. She can't be John. You and I could never..."
"Just think about it." John replied earnestly, striding after her. "You were the only girl in the room when she said I was her dad. She started to say "she's my mom" but stopped mid-sentence while she was pointing at you."
"She could've been about to say anything."
"You know that's not true."
"It could perfectly well be true. John we can't. Its against protocol."
"Fuck protocol!"
"No John! We can't just say "fuck protocol" and just do what we want. She could've been about to say anything. How do you know That's what she was going to say?" Elizabeth's eyes flashed.
"I feel it in my gut." John explained. "She has so many of your mannerisms that I've noticed after knowing her for only a few hours. You stand the same way for starters."
"But we can't just be together because your daughter shows up from the future and you think I'm her mother. There has to be something there John!"
John was taken aback, he even staggered back a couple of steps. He looked at his feet, ashamed and hurt, before looking back at Elizabeth. "I thought there was." He said softly, before turning on his heel and walking away.
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