A/N: Sorry for the long wait, the doc. manager decided to hate me and wouldn't let me update. But a big thanks to Reefgirl for the suggestion. I'm still waging war with the plot and laundry bunnies, and so far its a draw. I'm starting to become attached to them, I named on Merv. (hugs Merv) He's so adorable! One/Two more chapter(s) to go.I'm on the fence on how I should end this; I have two endings written out, a very happy shippy ending and then one that's a compleate 180 from the first one. I dunno, what do people think? What does Merv think? Don't own anything from 'SGA' and 'Steve' still belongs to Dr. Dredd. GoRead and Review.
It's been a long day and now I can't wait to get back to our quarters and unwind in a hot bubble bath. Maybe once Stuart's asleep I can convince Carson to join me. But I push those thought out of my mind as I head over to Katie Brown's place to get Stuart. She found him so adorable that she offered to baby-sit. "Ready to see daddy?" I ask him, picking him up. God, he's getting heavy, hemust take after Carson in that department.
He beams, claps his hands together and shouts, "Da Da!"
Katie and I both laugh, he's just so adorable. We leave and soon we're at our door. Shifting Stu to my other arm, I wave my hand over the panel and the door opens. Any day he's gonna walk on his own, I know it. "Carson, we're home!" I say. Not getting any response, I start to wonder. He usually gets home a few seconds before me and pulls something out for dinner. But I don't hear anything. After making sure Stu was playing happily with his toys, I wander into the living room. Empty. As is our room and the dining room. All that was left was the kitchen. Walking in I see Carson sitting in a chair, a piece of paper on the table in front of him. "Hey babe." I say, kissing him. He doesn't return it and it's then that I know that something's up. "Did something happen to your mother?" I ask, sitting next to him.
"Huh?" He asks, acting like he's exiting from a daydream. "Oh, no. Ma's jus' fine."
"Then what's wrong?" I ask. "What's this?" I say, picking up it up. I look at the names; 'Beckett, Carson', 'Beckett, Stuart', 'McKay, Rodney'. At the last name my eyes go wide. It's a paternity test. "Oh Shit." I think, looking at Carson. Gulping, I set the paper down with shaking hands. "What were the results?" I ask, hesitantly.
"He's McKays." Carson says tersely. I close my eyes. Now I finally know the truth. "Why?" I mange to whisper. "Because he looks like Rodney."
"He also looks like you." I say. It's true. Stuart has both Rodney's and Carson's looks. Don't know how to explain it, but he does. Because of what people are sayin'." Carson says, continuing like I hadn't said anything, tears filling his eyes. "But-"
"You LIED TO ME!" Carson said,yelling for the first time since we've been married. Looking away from me, he whispers, "An' I trusted you."
"Carson listen to me, please." I beg, standing. "Let me explain."
"I think that there's nothin' left to explain." he says, moving away from me.
"No I haven't. I love you. That I haven't lied to you about."
"What about Rodney? Does he know?" Carson asks, facing the window. "No he doesn't. I broke it off after I said that I'd marry you." I reply, walking over to him and putting my arms around him. He removes them and exits the kitchen. I follow and see that he's heading towards the door. "Where are you going?" I ask.
"Out." He replies, walking into the hallway.
Crap. My mind racing I turn on my headset and say, "Katie come in."
"What is it, Laura?" I hear her say over the radio.
"Carson and I need to step out for a few minutes, could you come over and watch Stu?"
"Sure. I'll be there soon."
"Ok." I say while thinking, "Hurry." Five minutes later I'm racing down the hallways, trying to figure out where Carson might have gone. After checking with Steve I know he's not in the infirmary and he's not in Weir's office or the cafeteria, so that just leaves the labs and the married couples's quarters. I have a pretty good hunch that he's heading towards a certain lab. I turn the corner and skid to a stop, hearing yelling. Carson and Rodney are fighting. About what I have a pretty good idea. I enter the doorway just in time to see Carson take a swing at McKay. I hear bone cracking and then blood starts to drip from Rodney's nose. My mouth hangs open in shock. I know that I need to stop this now, but I can't seem to move. Carson turns to see me and pain flashes across his face.
"I'm through." He says as he makes his way past me.
"Carson, please!" I yell running after him. By now word has gotten out that Carson was seen storming towards McKay's lab and there's a pretty good crowd at the end of the hallway. "Please!" I say stopping and letting the tears I've been holding back flow. "Don't go. We can work this out." I sob. Carson stops for a moment and then turns around. Through my tears I can see the hurt in his eyes.
"I'm sorry." He says softly. "I jus' need some time to think about all of this." He pauses and sighs. "I'll jus' get me stuff and say good-bye to Stuart."
"No." I sob. He just looks at me and then makes his way through the crowd. "No…" I stand there like a complete idiot, sobbing. My entire life has just crumbled around me in the space of a half-hour. I feel a pair of arms touch me and through my tears I see that it's Elizabeth.
"Come on; let's get you back to your quarters." She says softly, while gently guiding me through the throng.
"I never cheated with him." I manage to blubber out. "He loves you."
"I know." She says.