Chapter 8
"You finished packing Teyla?" John asked entering her room having finished packing his things fifteen minutes ago and now sat with nothing to do on her bed.
"Yes I am," Teyla said slipping the bag onto her shoulder and started for the door followed quickly by John.
"You're sure you have everything you need?" John asked since she'd just spent fifteen minutes packing almost all of her clothes.
"Yes do you have everything you need?" Teyla asked.
"Wouldn't be here if I didn't," John said waiting for her to enter the transporter with him.
The two walked in complete silence the entire way to the Jumper bay. John and Teyla deposited their bags in the rear compartment and then moved forward into the forward compartment. John sat in the pilot seat the control instantly lighting up while sat beside him in the co-pilot seat.
"Control this is Jumper 3 requesting permission to depart," John said after opening the channel.
"Jumper 3 you have clearance to depart smooth sailing, Control out," the technician said and then closed the channel.
John powered the Jumpers engines while opening the sun roof he propelled the craft up out of the bay and shot out towards the mainland.
"John I must speak to you about something," Teyla said while glance to gauge his reaction.
"Okay what is it?" John asked while still concentrating on flying the Jumper in a straight line unlike McKay's flying.
"I have reached my time," Teyla said in a calm tone but John could tell that she was nervous.
"What does that mean?" John asked her clearly confused and not understanding the term or its meaning.
"It means that I must choose a mate and bond with him and within a year after the bonding I must be with child or face the possibility of exile." Teyla said.
"Your people would really exile you if you didn't have a child?" John asked a little skeptically from what he'd seen her people loved her as their leader.
"It is our way I must continue my family line," Teyla said.
"So I guess this bonding thing is like a marriage?" John asked pretty sure that he got the idea but he just needed to be sure.
"Does this 'marriage' bind together two mates?" Teyla asked trying to clarify the term for her to understand.
"Yeah it does…when are we going to tell your people about us and do you want us to be 'bonded'?" John asked knowing if she said yes it would make this trip even better.
"I believe we should tell them when we arrive I will arrange a meeting with the council and we shall tell them first then my people," Teyla said happily now she did not have to with hold the truth from her people. Further more she was going to be bound to John Sheppard what more could she want other then a child to make them a family.
TBC
A/N: Yeah I know that its short and all but I busy on my other fics. I'll focus more on this after I finish one of them. Also I'm almost finished with the next part of Blackmail.