"He said WHAT?" "You did WHAT?" "You RAPED Carson?" Danielle smiled at her friends' reactions. They were all piled in the lab. Rodney had even been listening in on their conversation. Mostly due to the fact that he was glued to Anita.

"Honestly guys! Did you not listen to the story? Wait… I did NOT rape Carson, Rodney! Geez, we didn't go past second base I swear!"" Danielle threw a pen at Rodney, who ducked in response, causing it to hit Anita. Danielle giggled as Anita hit Rodney in the arm.

"Protecting me is part of the package! Not throwing me into harms way!" She gave him another smack in the arm before turning her attention back on Danielle. "So…it was Carson all along. Why didn't he say something?"

"I don't know. Come to think about it, besides you two he was the only other person that kept asking about it." She thought back to all of the times that they sat and talked… most of the time he had asked about her secret admirer.

"Now that we've got them…do you think we should show them?" Genna asked.

"Show us what?" Rodney asked, his interest growing with each second.

"We can't tell you." Anita smirked at his baffled look.

"Why the hell not? I think we deserve to know."

"I don't think we should show them just yet." Danielle reached down into her bag to get her laptop. "I do think, however, that we should get back to work. Anita, you have briefing with Weir in ten minutes and Genna's in right after that. You two need to go get ready."

"Fine. But we want more details tonight." Genna left to find the rest if her team, they had to give a report on their last mission. Anita sighed and stood up. Rodney walked her to the door, giving her a kiss before she left.

"GET A ROOM! This is a workplace, not a broom closet." Anita shot her a death glare as she left, Rodney doing the same as he sat down at his desk. He mumbled something she couldn't hear.

"What?"

"I said you're just jealous." Danielle burst into a fit of laughter.

"Dream on!" She opened her laptop and he laughter stopped. Inside laid an envelope. She cracked a huge grin when she read what it said.

Danielle,

How about lunch? Meet you in the lunchroom at one.

Love,

Carson

She looked down at her watch. It was 12:30. Only thirty more minutes.

Danielle sat waiting at a table in the lunchroom. She was five minutes early. She had managed to badger Rodney to the point of insanity, so he all but jumped for joy when she asked to leave early. Suddenly, Anita sat down in front of her.

"Whatcha doing here?" Anita asked, taking a bite of her apple. Danielle handed her the note. Anita wiggled her eyebrows and handed it back.

"So…. How nervous are you on a scale of one to ten."

"Yeah, that's great moral support. Seven."

"You'll be fine I mean how – hey I'll see you later!" She jumped up and ran over to another table when John and Teyla sat. Danielle stood up to get a better view of her.

"What the hell?" she mouthed. Anita just giggled and pointed toward the door. Danielle looked at the door, to find that Carson had arrived.

"Hiya Carson!" He leaned forward and kissed her. Danielle's brain shut down. He pulled away and smiled. "That was one hell of a hello."

"GET A ROOM! This is a place to eat not a broom closet!" Anita yelled. Danielle just smiled. Payback, it sucks. "OKAY! Everyone who bid on Danielle come to this table please!" Bid? What in the-. She did NOT!

"ANITA JUNE McKLASKEY! You started a pool?"

Danielle ran over and smacked her in the arm.

"OUCH! I didn't start it. Rodney did. I'm just in for the ride." At that moment, Rodney walked up to the table. Danielle turned to hit him but he ducked behind Carson.

"I'll take it from here." He announced, running out of Danielle's reach Okay, we need an oral announcement from Danielle. So, who are you dating?" Before she could answer, Anita started to laugh.

"Like she needs to announce it. Half of Atlantis just saw them making out." Danielle shot her a death glare, but blushed all the same. Carson just smiled.

"I'm dating Carson Beckett." There were a few cheers and catcalls. This only made her blush harder.

"Okay. The winners of this bet are Genna Smith, Anita McKlaskey, and Rodney McKay. Yay. On to the second pool."

"There are TWO?"

"Three actually, but the last one has more to do with Carson." She felt like hiding in a hole. Carson laughed and grabbed her hand. This made her feel a little better.

"Right, back to business. Danielle, who was your secret admirer?" This made her smile. It still amazed her that it had been Carson.

"Carson." A few more catcalls and even a few sighs from the women.

"The winners are Anita McKlaskey and Genna Smith." There were a few cries of outrage from the crowd. "Sorry kids, those are the rules. Now for the third; Carson, when did you tell her how you felt."

"Well it was about five days ago." He looked over at her and smiled.

"Well…nobody saw that one coming. Okay…that's the end of these pools." Rodney turned around toward john and started talking as the crowd dispersed. He was acting like this was a normal occurrence. Danielle shook her head and looked at Carson, who was still smiling.

"Doesn't it weird you out the tiniest bit that we were the subject of more than one pool?"

"Only slightly. Compared to John and Genna though, we have it lucky." He lead her back over to their table and sat down.

"Good point. How many were there last time you counted."

"Hmmm… twelve I think. However, that was at least three weeks ago, there's probably more by now." Danielle chuckled. He was right. John being the most wanted man on Atlantis; there were several bets on how long he and Genna would last. Then again, there were several on how long it would be until he popped the question.

Carson and Danielle sat and talked the lunch hour away. Unfortunately, an hour is not really a long time, and before they knew it, it was time for them to go back to work. He walked her back to the lab.

"So…do you think you're available for a date tonight?" He actually looked worried.

"As if I could say no! When and where?" She felt as if she could just float right off of the floor. She was going on a date! Wait…what am I going to wear?

"Meet me back here in four hours." Suddenly, a page for him came over the intercom. "So, I'll see you then?"

"I can't wait!" He kissed her quick as a page for her came over the intercom. "See you." She walked into the lab with a smile on her face. Rodney became suspicious when she started to work. She didn't even complain!

"What's wrong with you?" he demanded. She looked up with a confused expression.

"What do you mean?"

"You're all spacey and quiet. You're smiling like a mad woman and you haven't complained. Did you get laid?" She about died as she heard his last words. She actually fell out of her chair, she was laughing so hard. "What? What are you laughing at? I'm serious!" She finally managed to calm down long enough to answer him.

"NO! I did not get laid! I cannot believe you would think that! I got a date!" He rolled his eyes and sighed.

"If you going out with Carson is going to make you like this I may have to suggest that you end it." She gave him a baffled look. Then smiled.

"HA! As if. You were worse when you first asked Anita out. You kept messing up the experiments. At least I am doing work!"

"Fine! You win." She grinned in triumph. Now…all she had to do was find a way to get Rodney to let her off early. She grin turned to an evil one as she realized the perfect thing. She reached up and opened her locket.

It took thirty minutes of "Beautiful Dreamer" before Rodney kicked her out of the lab. Now she had to find Genna and Anita to help her get ready.

A/N: Sorry for the delay! My B-Day was on the 12th and I decided to take the weekend off writing. So….what do you think? Review and tell me.