KAREN
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ch.4
Karen was speachless. For years she had agonised about Rodney's welfare, she hadn't even stopped in town long enought o see if he ever did manage to get back on his feet, and here he stood in front of her. He looked healthier than he ever had as a child and he still had the same goofy grin she adored.
"Rodney... It's been..."
"About 22 years? Yeah... I would have gotten in touch earlier but I only found you when I was about to go to... go somewhere."
"Urm...hello?" Karen's eyes had found their way to the man standing behind Rodney. He was thinner and had worse hair than Rodney had.
"Right, sorry. This is John Sheppard. John, this is Karen." John stepped forwards and held out his hand, she took it and then turned her attention to a scar on Rodney's arm.
"You still have a scar..."
"Oh, no, that's not... that's from...something else."
"What was it?"
"Urm...just an accident involving a...it doesn't matter." Karen could almost feel the worry creases forming on her forehead as she looked at the rest of him. She quickly took in the fact that he semed to have light scars everywhere, he obviously noticed becuase he quickly pulled on a jacket, covering up the majority of them, unable it seemed to cover the top of his head.
"Well, come in then. Don't mind the mess, I wasn't expecting any visitors today."
Hours of talking with Karen brought back floods of childhood memories for Rodney. He hadn't even registered the fact that John was finding out some rather incriminating information that could be used for bribery. He hadn't felt so much like himself for years. He hadn't felt like him for most of his life, when he moved to Atlantis it opened up a large chunk of him bit by bit that just kept pouring out of him like a faulty tap, but being in this house, talking to this woman, he felt all of the remaining doors burst open.
"...And then rodney here says 'urn, sir...you forgot to carry the three.' you should have seen his face!"
"Am I guessing this proffessor didn't like to be corrected?"
"ooh, no. Rodney's grades actually went down after that."
"What?"
"Its true, so much for unbiased huh?"
John looked at the woman sat opposite him. She was so beautiful, but she was sad. The accident had clearly stuck with her, as well it seemed as her love of Rodney. He remembered the look of concern she had on her face when she noticed the scars Rodney bore. She kept touching his arm and giggling with him...Rodney was giggling...?
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OKAY sooo, I forgot what I was going to write, so i made this up on the spot. I might add to it... I might not... PLEASE review!
Dec 2006- I'm not adding to it. thanks for the reviews folks.