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Teyla and Laura entered the gate room and walked over to where Ronon was sitting.

"You were supposed to contact me once they returned," Teyla said to the Satedan in a voice that told him and everyone in the gate room that she was not happy with him.

"Do you see them?" Ronon asked with hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Why did you not inform me when they contacted Atlantis?" Teyla asked crossing her arms over her chest.

"My mouth was full. It's rude to talk with your mouth full."

"That has not stopped you before," Teyla told him.

Laura smirked.

"What are you looking at?" Ronon glared at Cadman.

"She told you, huh?"

"You'd better be nice, Cadman. Your boyfriend is about to come through the gate."

"He is not my boyfriend!"

"Keep telling yourself that."

"Ronon! Leave Lieutenant Cadman alone," Teyla chided. "If she does not wish to speak of her feelings for Dr. McKay, then let her be."

"Thanks, Teyla," Laura said sarcastically.

"You are very welcome," she said with a smile.

"Incoming wormhole," Sergeant Canada said. "It's Dr. McKay's IDC."

Dr. Weir, Ronon, Teyla, and Laura ran down the stairs to meet the two me at the gate. The pair was heard before they were seen.

"God, you're heavy," McKay whined. "Have you put on weight? I swear you were a lot lighter the last time I had to drag your ass back through the gate."

Ronon snorted. Teyla slapped him in the stomach and gave him a warning look.

John and Rodney appeared in the gate room as the wormhole disappeared. Rodney was holding up and injured Sheppard while carrying his pack and Sheppard's weapon. He half carried, half dragged his friend over to the steps and helped him sit down. "You really need to think about loosing some weight."

"Gee thanks, McKay," Sheppard said rolling his eyes.

"Rodney, what happened?" Weir demanded.

"We were ambushed getting back to the gate. Had to shoot our way through. I got shot," John explained.

"I can see that," Elizabeth said. "She pressed her comm. "Carson, I need a medical team to the gate room."

"Aye."

"John, Rodney, are you alright?" Teyla asked the concern evident in her voice.

"Yeah, just a little banged up," John said.

"Rodney?"

"Other than the ruptured disk I suffered lugging his fat ass through the gate, I'm fine. I'm a little hungry, though.

There was a giggle from across the room. Rodney looked over at the source of the noise. "What's she doing here?"

"I live here, thank you very much," Laura said.

"I mean, why are you in the gate room?"

"Oh, I work here too. That is alright with you, isn't it?" she shot back.

"Not really."

Laura smiled and threw herself into Rodney's arms and kissed him. His arms wrapped around her waist automatically. "I'm glad you're okay," she whispered as she extracted herself from his embrace and walked out of the gate room leaving the astrophysicist stunned and speechless, which is not an easy thing to do.

"Did she just? She didn't…? She…" Rodney sputtered. "Holy crap! She just kissed me." He sat down on the steps next to John still in shock.

"Aye, she did lad," the Scottish doctor said smiling.

"Rodney and Cadman sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G," John sang.

"Shut up!"

"First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Rodney with the baby carriage."

"God, help us all," Carson teased.

"Amen," John agreed.

"What?"

"You procreating," Carson explained. "We can barely handle one of you. I can't imagine there being two."

"What's wrong with me having a kid?"

"And with Cadman. That's like double trouble," John added. "I can see the cute little t-shirts now 'My dad is an evil genius. My mom likes C4. Do you really want to mess with me?'"

Carson laughed.

"They'll probably have twins," John said laughing.

'Are you stoned?" Rodney asked John.

"Not yet. Carson hasn't given me the good drugs."

"Will they knock you out?"

"God, I hope so."