Date : 15 July 2007
Title: Love's Jealous Way
Author: ElaineDex
Chapter: 2 of ?
Rating: M
Pairing: Lt. Col. John Sheppard/Lyssa Hunter
Dr. Ellie Harrison-Dex/Major Lorne
Archiving: None
Warnings: Sexual Content/Possibly Some Swearing Later In The Story
Spoilers: This story follows on from Love's Passionate Revenge
Feedback: Yes Please
Disclaimer: Ellie Harrison-Dex, Major James Reece, Lieutenant Franks and Carly are mine. Lyssa and Caleb Hunter belong to Kazavid, the rest of Atlantis and the SGC, unfortunately have nothing to do with me.
Summary: What will happen when everyone on Atlantis seems to get a touch of The Green Eyed Monster?
Caleb watched Carly closely as she smiled at him.
He had just told her what he had planned for Lyssa and Sheppard and how she could help him and she was digesting the information.
"I've taught you well Caleb, that is a really wicked thing to do…especially to your own sister", she said as she straddled him.
"So you'll help me?", Caleb asked, groaning as she slid down upon his hard shaft.
"Of course I will….you'll always be my favourite lover Caleb, you know that", Carly replied, gasping as Caleb thrust his hips upwards.
"Good. I'll leave it in your capable hands then", Caleb said as he reversed their positions and put Carly beneath him.
OOoOO
Lorne paced the halls of the Daedalus as he waited for the ship to dock. He had had seven weeks to get his head straight but he was still no closer to making his mind up about his relationship with Ellie.
He knew he cared about her very much but he wasn't certain that working with her and being in a relationship at the same time was the best idea he'd ever had.
He also wasn't certain how she felt about him. They'd been together not quite a year and in that time they had never really discussed where things were headed between them. Ellie was still married to Ronon for God's sake, another fact that grated on Lorne's nerves.
As he gathered together with the other personnel who were being beamed down into the gate room he decided to leave his decision until he saw Ellie in the flesh. Maybe then he'd know what to do.
OOoOO
Ellie was stood with Ronon on the balcony of the bar area. She knew the Daedalus was due anytime now and she was too excited to really concentrate on what Ronon was saying to her.
"I think we've been getting on really well over the last few weeks", Ronon said and Ellie nodded, sipping her drink as she looked out over the ocean.
"So well in fact I was wondering if maybe we could…….", he trailed off as Ellie looked at him.
She looked excited and apprehensive and he wondered if she was just waiting for him to say what he desperately wanted to say.
"What?", she asked absently, wondering if Lorne had beamed down yet.
She looked at Ronon, confusion crossing her face as he took her drink from her and placed it on the table behind them.
"Ronon….?", she said, gasping as he suddenly cupped her face.
"I want us to try again Ellie…..I want you so badly.." and then Ronon covered her mouth with his.
From the doorway of the balcony Lorne stood and watched.
His decision had been made for him.
He turned and left the bar area to head to his room.
Ellie pushed at Ronon's shoulders and wrenched her mouth out from under his.
"Ronon……stop", she said, stumbling back slightly as Ronon released her.
"What? I thought it was what you wanted", he said and Ellie shook her head.
"No….look, I'm sorry if I gave you any wrong ideas and I'm glad we're getting on so well but Ronon…I'm sorry, I love Evan".
"I see", Ronon replied, grabbing his drink and knocking it back in one gulp.
"I'm sorry", Ellie repeated as she left the balcony, her face burning. She'd had no idea Ronon still felt that way about her.
OOoOO
Lorne had just showered and was only wearing a clean pair of combats when a knock came on his quarters' doors.
He headed over and opened them to find Ellie stood outside.
His heart beat faster as he saw the hungry look she gave his body before she launched herself at him, throwing her arms around his neck.
"God I've missed you so much…", she said pressing kisses to his neck and Lorne had to close his eyes to steel himself against her.
How could she be like this with him when she'd just been kissing Ronon?
He eased her away from him and Ellie looked at him, her brow furrowing as she took in the look on his face.
"Evan?", she said quizzically, her heart pounding in her chest.
"I find it hard to believe that you've missed me at all", Lorne said, turning away from her and pulling a clean T-shirt over his head.
"What?", Ellie asked feeling a little bemused, "Why?".
"You can cut the crap Ellie…I just saw you on the balcony, kissing your husband", Lorne said, trying to keep the hurt out of his voice.
Relief washed over Ellie momentarily and she laughed.
"Oh, that. No….you've got it all wrong…".
"I can't see how. Your faces were stuck together, how could I get that wrong?", Lorne asked angrily and Ellie's face sobered.
"Evan…..Ronon kissed me because he wanted us to try again. If you'd stuck around you'd have seen me push him away and heard me tell him that I……that I…", her words faltered as she struggled to decide if now was a good time to tell him that she loved him or not.
"That you what? That you needed to break it off with me first? Well I'll save you the bother Ellie. We're over. I've been thinking about it whilst I've been away and I've come to the conclusion that it isn't a very good idea that we see each other whilst you're a member of my team. It's too distracting", Lorne ranted.
Ellie stared at him, her face going white with shock. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"I could change teams…", she tried but Lorne shook his head, too busy being angry to even realise that she had just tried to save their relationship instead of just accepting his easy get-out plan.
"No……you're one of the best and I want you on the team", he said and Ellie fought back tears as she retorted,
"So I'm good enough for your team but not for you?".
Lorne looked at her and realised she looked quite upset. She was shaking but he imagined that she was just pissed that he had beaten her to it in the dumping stakes.
"If you want off the team that's fine", he said wearily and Ellie bit back a sob as she turned away.
"I don't want off the team", she said and Lorne sighed deeply. He didn't want things to end like this, they still had to work together.
"Ellie…", he began, his hand touching her shoulder but she jumped away as though he'd burnt her and left his room without looking back.
OOoOO
Sheppard was sat in his office, trying to catch up on some reading when Carly entered and closed the door behind her.
"Hi", she said.
Sheppard looked up at her, his brow creasing as he stared at her.
"Hi", he replied warily and Carly smiled.
"Are you busy?", she asked and he nodded.
"Kinda".
"Shame", Carly said, then left leaving Sheppard extremely baffled.
"What is wrong with that woman?", he muttered to himself before going back to his paperwork.
Little did he know that Carly had known that Lyssa was on her way to see Sheppard and she'd wanted to be leaving his office just as Lyssa arrived.
Lyssa saw Carly come out of John's office fiddling with her top button and her hackles rose straight away.
She paused as she watched the brunette run her fingers through her mussed hair as though combing out tangles and then she went on her way in the opposite direction, not even glancing Lyssa's way.
Lyssa stormed into Sheppard's office expecting to find him…….what? What had she been expecting him to be doing? Pulling his pants back up….what?
Shaking her head at her own stupidity she smiled as she saw him sat fully clothed, at this desk, working on his paperwork which was all, incidentally, neatly stacked with no signs of disruption.
Unlike when they'd made love on that very desk.
Sheppard looked up to see who was interrupting him this time but grinned when he saw Lyssa stood there, a strange look on her face.
"Hey honey. Everything ok?", he asked, waving her closer.
"Everything's fine", Lyssa replied, standing in between Sheppard's open legs, her breasts drawing level with his head.
"Has Conner been fed?", Sheppard asked, his eyes looking up at her hungrily.
"Yes", Lyssa replied as his hands cupped her buttocks.
"Good. It's my turn then", he said, just before all the paperwork was sent flying onto the floor.
OOoOO
The off-world mission was not going to plan.
Rodney was accompanying Lorne's team as he wanted to 'oversee' the safe collection of the ancient artefact they were looking for but he and Ellie could not, or would not, agree on whose calculations were correct.
Lorne, Lyssa and Franks stood to one side as they bickered over the lap top Ellie held.
"I'm telling you that it is not in that direction", Rodney was saying and Ellie shoved the lap top at him and folded her arms across her chest.
"And I'm telling you that it is", she replied stubbornly.
Lorne pinched at the bridge of his nose to try and ease away his headache. He wasn't sleeping well since his break-up with Ellie and he was tired.
"You don't know what you're talking about", Rodney huffed and Ellie opened her mouth to reply when suddenly Lorne shouted,
"For Christ's sake shut the hell up".
Ellie, Rodney, Lyssa and Franks all looked at him and he glared at them all.
"One of you make the damn decision which way it is", he said but Ellie and Rodney just started to bicker again so he marched over to them.
"Dr McKay, we'll use your route, lead the way", he said abruptly and Ellie looked at him, hurt clear in her eyes but Lorne refused to look at her.
As he and Franks followed Rodney down the dirt path Lyssa approached Ellie.
"What's going on with you two?", she asked as Ellie put her back-pack back on.
"Rodney's just an ass-hole", Ellie replied but Lyssa shook her head.
"No, not you and Rodney. I meant you and Lorne?".
"There is no me and Lorne. He broke up with me", Ellie said, her voice almost breaking but she cleared her throat and kept her composure.
She didn't mind crying in front of Lyssa but she'd be damned if she'd cry in front of Lorne.
"Why?", Lyssa asked as they began to follow the three men down the path.
At length Ellie told Lyssa about Ronon kissing her and how Lorne must have seen them but left before she'd pushed Ronon away.
"You don't think you could get back together with Ronon then?", Lyssa asked, feeling sad for Ronon when Ellie shook her head.
"I just don't feel that way about him anymore. I care for him very much but I don't love him".
"Do you love Lorne?", Lyssa said, surprised when Ellie answered simply,
"With all my heart".
When they'd been walking for nearly an hour, Rodney stopped abruptly.
"What is it?", Lorne asked, looking over Rodney's shoulder and at the lap tops' screen.
"We…ah…..we seem to be…..", Rodney trailed off as Lyssa interjected,
"Going the wrong way?".
"Ah…well….", Rodney began and Lorne said,
"Dr McKay?", in a threatening tone.
"Yes. Alright. We're going the wrong way".
Everyone cursed and Lorne glanced at Ellie, expecting her to say she'd told him so but she didn't.
Instead she turned away and began to head back the way they'd come.
"I think you owe her an apology", Lyssa said and Lorne nodded and jogged to catch her up.
Ellie glanced at Lorne as he drew level with her and then looked away quickly when their eyes met.
"I'm sorry", he said, frowning when she didn't reply.
"Ellie….", he began but she cut him off.
"If I'm so bloody important to your team don't you think you should trust my judgement a little more? I am the scientific advisor for this team, not Rodney. If I say it's the wrong bloody way then you should listen to me, not him", she said hotly and Lorne nodded.
"I'm sorry", he said again and Ellie folded her arms again.
"Stop saying you're sorry…it's not helping……with anything", she said, walking a little quicker and Lorne dropped back, letting her get ahead of him.
"Nice one Sir", Franks commented as he passed Lorne but then shut up abruptly as Lorne gave him a killer look.
End of Chapter 2