Oh no! What have I done? I thought to myself as I paced up and down the length of my room. Why did he have to be military? That's not fair! As I walked back towards the door I was hurtled towards it. Everything went black.

Lorne was nearly at his quarters when a loud bang came out of nowhere and the Daedalus shuddered to a stop. He had been flung to the side when he heard a dull thud hit the door he was now leaning against. What the hell was that? Once he realised everything had stopped he knocked on the door to make sure everything was ok. When he didn't get an answer after 5 minutes he knocked again and waited. Still nothing giving up he opened the door slightly and peered in. He was shocked to see Laura's head near the door. He frowned puzzled what is she doing in military quarters? Surely she should be in civilian quarters. I'll ask her later. Shaking his head he gently pushed the door open so that he could get in and check her vitals.

Seeing that she was ok but unconscious and bleeding from a head wound, he scooped her up and began carrying her to the infirmary.

Jesus Christ my head! What the hell happened? I thought. Just then I realised I was moving. I opened my eyes and quickly shut them again when everything was swimming around me. I now felt nauseous. I tried to open my eyes again, more slowly this time, and realised Lorne was carrying me.

"Er…" I said groggily. He almost dropped me in surprise.

"You ok?" he asked but still hadn't put me down.

"Bad head but I guess I'm ok. Could you put me down please?"

"Oh right, sorry. Was just taking you to the infirmary." He said as he dropped my legs but kept a hold of my upper body.

"Probably the best place for me." I said as I stumbled slightly. He grabbed me around the waist with his free arm.

"Come on. Nearly there."

As we walked into the infirmary the doctor's eyebrows shot up. I pointedly glared at him before he could say my rank. He quickly changed tack.

"Laura? What happened?" he asked me.

"Erm I was hurtled into the door of my temp quarters when this hunk o' junk suddenly stopped." The doctor nodded his head, I realised I still didn't know his name and Lorne still hadn't let go of me. The doctor looked at Lorne and said, "Ok major. If you could help her onto the bed so I can check her over." Lorne helped me onto the bed before he added, "You can wait outside if you wish?"

"Ok doc. Will do." He leaned down and gently kissed me before adding, "I'll be back soon ok?" I just sat there and nodded, not trusting my own voice. I got look from the doctor. I was about to get a grilling. He quickly smiled at Lorne as he passed. He turned to me and began checking me over.

After 5 minutes he said "Ok. You may have a concussion, so I'm going to keep you here overnight. I'll stitch your head up as well." I blanched and shut my eyes trying to concentrate on anything but the needle and thread going through my skin. He stopped and I opened my eyes to see him staring at me. I squirmed. He broke the silence first.

"Are you going to tell me what's going on with you and major (he emphasised the word) Lorne?"

"Well we've become friends."

"Looks like a bit more than friends to me lass." I flushed embarrassed.

"Well it kinda is. We kissed a couple of hours ago. But I stopped it when I realised he was military."

"Forgive me but isn't that against regulations for you people?" I scowled at him and nodded before replying, "Yes it is. That's why I don't want him knowing I'm military until I talk to him before we get to Atlantis. Is that selfish?" I asked. I could feel tears prickling my eyes I bit them back. His face softened.

"No. It isn't selfish but you should really tell him sooner rather than later. I can already tell that he's fallen for you…hard. Kinda reminds me of two other people I know." I raised an eyebrow intrigued as to who the other people were. "They are also apart because of the same reason you and Lorne cannot be together. Do you like him?"

"Ah." I said, "you're referring to General O'Neill and Colonel Carter? Yes I do."

"No I'm referring to two people on Atlantis but the General and Carter are another good example. Do you want me to send in Lorne?" I nodded. He walked to the door and said "Not long. She needs to sleep." He walked away and Lorne walked towards my bed and smiled.

"How you feeling?"

"I have midgets playing drums in my head. But other than that I'm good." I smiled at him. We talked about things but not the military issue. Lorne could see I was losing the battle against sleep, when he said "I'm gonna go. You need to sleep. I'll see you in the morning." He smiled at me and kissed my forehead before leaving. I was asleep before he left and that's when my nightmare began.