4 DAYS INTO THE FLIGHT BACK TO ATLANTIS
"How bloody far did you take us woman?!" John snapped in good-humored exasperation.
"I think I liked this better when he was asleep." Lilah commented to Bri as the redhead slapped her brother on the arm.
"Hey!" John yelped from the passenger seat. "Answer the question and stop whispering to each other!"
"Not far but we had to detour around a gas cloud and a couple of black holes. About a week and a half flying time without the modifications, maybe only another day and a half with them Johnny-Boy." Brianna grinned after her comment and watched out of the corner of her eye as John turned an interesting shade of red.
"Hey!" He yelped again, "Nicknames are cheating!"
"I wasn't aware we were even 'playing' anything mudball."
"Mudball?" Rodney asked, lifting his eyebrows at Bri.
"Ask me again later and I'll tell you. It's a long story, a good one, but long." Bri answered.
"Don't you dare…" John glared at his sister.
Brianna simply ignored him and hummed blithely to herself, feigning oblivion to the seriously annoyed man sitting next to her.
"The rest of this trip is going to be interesting." Lilah murmured to Rodney.
"How do you deal with this" Rodney motioned to the bickering siblings sitting in front of them "so often?"
"Ignore it," Lilah advised, then sighing, took out a chess board and motioned to the back of the 'jumper. "Game?"
"Might as well. They could be at this for hours."
"Days" Lilah assured him blithely.