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Chapter Seven

"Hey have you seen talked to Col. Sheppard?" Lorne asked Jessica as she was coming out of her room. It had been four days since they came back. John hadn't spoken to her since he left her in the infirmary. She was upset that he didn't want to talk to her.

"No, I have not, but you can bet your ass he will talk to me today." she said smugly as she tilted her head up to see him clearly since he was a few inches shorter than her.

"I told him he would need to talk to you about everything." he said as they walked into the mess hall.

"Let me guess he thinks we're sleeping together." she said as she met John's eyes from across the room." Why does everyone think I sleep with every man I come in contact with?" she didn't let her eyes drop from John's as she said this.

"Just try not to get upset because it's not good for the baby." Lorne said as he smiled at her.

"I know Dr. Beckett told me all this stuff." she said as she finally dropped her eyes from John's and looked up at Lorne" He also said that sex was great for the baby when I get in my later months." she laughed as Lorne rolled his eyes at her and then walked over to a table.

"Col. Sheppard we need to talk." she said stressing the word need

"Can it wait til I finish my food?" he asked in his arrogant tone of voice as he continued to eat.

"No, sir we need to get this over with now " she insisted as she stormed out onto the balcony.

John looked at Teyla, Ronon, and Rodney as he got up to leave without a word.

"Don't you ever use that tone of voice with me again." she said to him without raising her voice an inch.

"You're the one that decided I wasn't good enough to confide anything in." he said to her as he faced her.

"Because it was not my..." she stopped as she took a deep breath don't get upset its not good for the baby. She reminded her self." John I'm pregnant." she blurted out

"And it's Maj Lorne's." John stated as he looked into her eyes

"Yes, it is, but John..." she tried to explain, but he interrupted her

"I don't need to know details." he said as he started to walk away

"I'm a surrogate mother for the woman that was killed by the wraith. The one that was a close friend of Teyla's." she rushed the words out so fast she wasn't sure if they even came out right, but they must have because he stopped in mid step and turned to face her.

"What?" he questioned as things started to fall into place.

"That young woman with the long curly dark hair her name was Kaylia. Her and Maj. Lorne grew close enough to have conceived a child. She couldn't carry it so while she was still in the very early stages Dr. Beckett took the fetus from her body and placed it in mine. At first it seemed like it didn't take, but it did and that was why that female wraith placed her hand on my stomach." she said as she released air" She wanted this child inside of me, but couldn't get because I refused to let her have it. I didn't even know for sure until we came back."

John was quite for a while. He walked over toward her and leaned on the rail as he looked out into the ocean.

"Say something John." she said as she touched his hand gently

"I don't know what to say." he said feeling like the world's biggest ass. He was jealous and all she was doing was saving a life." I'm sorry for how I was acting."

"It's ok." she said softly" I told Ronon about it because he came to see me after we came back." she paused as she leaned against John's body for warmth." He's actually quite an interesting person once you get him to talk to you."

"Yeah, he is." he said feeling a bit jealous, but at the same time relived.

"The next eight months are going to be rough for me so no more going off world with you or anyone else." she informed him as they sat there. John put his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him.

"I always thought your first child would be ours." he confessed softly

"This is not my child it's Lorne's. My DNA is not in the child at all." she told him

"Yeah, I know, but it's still inside of you." he said as he turned her to face him and then touched her stomach." There's a little life in there growing right now as we speak it's getting bigger."

"I know who would've thought me pregnant ever." she said as she placed her hand over his.

"I'll help you anyway I can." he said as he looked into her eyes. He was now seeing her in a new light. She was carrying a child inside of her. He always knew she'd looked cute pregnant. He just wished they had, had a child when they were together.

"Just be my best friend like you've been doing. Dr. Beckett says my pregnancy and the way it is will be rough at best." she told him as he embraced her.

Neither one of them said anything else they just stood there and held each other. John stepped away from her slightly.

"I suggest you go in there and eat. You're eating for two now." he said as he ushered her inside.

"I am hungry." she said as she grabbed a plate and stepped in line.

"No, I'll get your food." he said as he grabbed her plate and used his authority to get a head of people." Here, I got all the stuff you like plus the healthy stuff you need." he handed her the plate as they sat down at the table. She sat next to Ronon who just raised a brow up at her.

She smiled at him silently telling him that she had told John everything. The only thing she didn't say to John was that she was starting to think of one of his team members in a way that would have him acting all protective over her. She ate her food and glanced up at Ronon who was looking right at her. She smiled at him and returned the smile. This was going to be a tough time for her, but she'd get use to it. Just no stress.