Disclaimer: Again not mine,
AN: Well, wasn't that last part just a kicker. So I have revealed some of the the secrets to the readers, now it is time to tell John. Bet that will go over well won't it.
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John looked around for more things to do. He was getting bored. He had been awake now for a couple of days and the things that he could do were getting just a wee bit boring. He was thankful that at least the ventilator had been removed. Now there was freedom. Carson had told him it might be a week or so until he could get out of hospital even with an escort. However before he could leave the hospital, physical therapy would start. It would be a long journey back to full health. He was just glad that he was able to see the whole gang again. It felt weird to see them though. It was strange seeing them with some grays streaking their hair. They had all change, all seemed to be content in their lives. There was gladness in him, knowing that Teyla and Ronon had hooked up and had a little brood of their own. However, he was wondering about Elizabeth. He was wondering what she had been up to while he was in his coma. She was remaining secretive which he normally thought wouldn't have been her.
While John was thinking about the secretive Elizabeth, a young boy around the age of 14 came in. He had come in with papers and a pen but also he came with some flowers and placed the flowers on a ledge near the window. The sound of the vase of flowers being placed down snapped John out of his thinking. He looked over to where the sound originated and noticed that he wasn't alone. He also noticed that the boy came over to John's monitor and scribbled down some of the numbers that was up on the screen at the time.
"Hey, what are you doing?" John asked curiously. The boy looked at him and then showed him the papers that he was scribbling on.
"I have to do this for Uncle Carson. He is a little busy and a little bit as well shorthanded today. So he made his personal assistant," the boy replied a bit flat toned.
"I didn't know Carson had any nephews, for that matter, I didn't know that he had any siblings. But then what do I know, I have been in a coma for about 15 years."
"Oh, I am not related to Carson through blood. I just grew up here and that is what I have always called him," the boy related.
"So who do you belong to then?"
"My…" the boy was cut off
"James, dear, what are you doing here? I thought you were going to help your dad today in the science lab," Elizabeth cut the boy off.
"I was, mom, but Uncle Carson got to me first. I just have to go check on a few more patients then I will go help Dad," James responded back to Elizabeth. He then finished taking the numbers off John's monitor and left.
"So that one is yours?" John coldly asked Elizabeth after James had left the room.
"Yes, that is my little pride and joy. I tried to bring him up right. Too bad, I couldn't have given him a sibling but the circumstances weren't right for having another one," Elizabeth replied solemnly.
"So who is the Dad?" John asked coldly.
"The dad that James was talking about was Rodney. John, you have to understand, when you were unconscious, Rodney was there for me. He helped me through a very difficult period in my life. He has made me happy and I am content with him. He has been a very good father to James these 14 years," Elizabeth said with an mixture of sadness and contentment.
"That kid is 14 years old! You couldn't wait a year or so after I went into a coma to sleep with another guy! Not any other guy either, it had to be Rodney of all people! Go away, you are making me sick," John virtually yelled.
Elizabeth quickly turned around and walked out the door. Right before she went completely through doorway, she turned her head back and looked at him with the saddest expression. What John had hit home for her but she hadn't the whole truth to him either. It is better for him to be mad at me for now, but he'll get over it. With that thought she left the room completely. She went to find Carson to tell him about what had happened between her and John and that he should expect a grouchy John when he went to see him next.
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So will, John will forgive Elizabeth. And what is the whole truth? Find out next time. And as always, please read, please review, and thank you