THE NEXT DAY

"Attention, Please stand by for atmospheric entry."

Brianna glanced up when the intercom activated, but returned her gaze to the equipment she was double-checking. Lilah found her there, nervously checking the seals on the boxes for the thousandth time. "Come on love, it's time to go."

"What if my message didn't get through?" Bri whispered, her chin dropping to her chest.

"If it didn't then he'll be there waiting when we get beamed down, and everyone will know who you are. Until then we have to hope that your secret remains between you, me, your brother, Caldwell and Weir. If the message didn't get through then everyone will know the moment your brother notices you.

"You know as well as I do that there is nothing either of us can do about that now, so we may as well roll with it. If something happens then it happens, but the likely thing will be that the message got through. If it didn't we probably would have been told. So lets go and face the music. Alright?" Lilah rubbed Bri's shoulders through her entire speech, and pulled her up at the end, wrapping her arms around her in a tight hug, letting Brianna hide her face in Lilahs shoulder.

ON THE MAINLAND

"I still don't see why we had to go do this now. I'm missing the arrival of more idiots, they're going to get comfortable before I can tell them exactly how stupid they are!"

"Rodney…"

"After that they're going to be absolutely insufferable!"

"Rodney…"

"How am I supposed to be able to work with them after that?"

"RODNEY!"

"What?"

"They've been yelled at for the entire two month trip out here, don't worry."

"What?" Rodney was shocked. "I can't imagine that anyone else would have the balls to yell at scientists like they deserved to be yelled at, who is this miracle worker? When can I meet him?" He rattled off.

"First off she is being beamed off the Deadalus as we speak, and secondly she is NOT going to be working for you." John almost felt sorry for Rodney as he watched the physicists face fall.

"If she's not coming here to work on science then what is she coming here for?" Rodney demanded.

John winced and said "Field medicine."

"WHAT?!" John honestly thought Rodney's head might explode, which while greatly amusing would do absolutely nothing for the décor of the puddle jumper.

John paused and had to run that through his head again. 'While greatly amusing would do absolutely nothing for the décor of the puddle jumper' he shook his head at himself. 'Could you be any more gay John? This why you joined the Air Force remember? So no one would ever figure out which way you lean?' John realized where his train of thought was going and shook his head. 'Focus colonel, focus; don't think about that when the guy you like is sitting right next to you, that cannot end well.'

He tuned back in to Rodney in time to hear him say "…stupid voodoo medicine over legitimate science."

He decided that now would be a good time to tell him about Lilah too, since he was already on the verge of apoplexy, he'd either become speechless from rage, which would make the trip back quieter; or he would pass out from lack of oxygen, which would have the same affect.

"Oh Rodney, about the new personnel…"