Lorne had been sitting there for most of the day. Laura looked fragile and weak, two things that he knew she wasn't. He had asked Sheppard to take him off rotation for a while. He wanted to make sure that whoever had done this to Laura was caught before he went offworld again. Carson was checking on her every couple of hours just to be on the safe side. He had been sitting there for around 9 hours without moving when he heard shouting outside the infirmary. Two people were really going at it. As he stood up he could distinctly hear a high-pitched female voice and an angry Scottish one.

"I demand to know if he's here!" screamed the woman.

"I said no! No-one is allowed in here unless it's a medical emergency!" Carson shouted back. His accent was getting thicker which meant he was getting more agitated. Sighing Lorne stood up and walked out of the isolation room. "What's going on?" he asked as he rounded the corner. He froze.

"How long have you been here?" the woman demanded. Lorne rolled his eyes. He was well and truly sick of this. "Listen Kate. Its over."

"But I love you. How can you abandon the woman you love?" Lorne scoffed at her and said, "I'm not abandoning the woman I love. The woman I love is lying in the isolation room completely beaten to hell. I never loved you." Heightmeyer's features contorted even more, "You'll both regret this. I promise you that." She spat at him and stormed off. Lorne turned to Beckett and said, "Wow. That was different."

"Aye. That it was. What do you think she'll do?" Lorne shrugged his shoulders.

"I doubt she'll do anything to be honest."

"You ever hear the saying 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned'?" Lorne chuckled slightly before replying, "Yeah I have. But I'm not worried doc. She has me, you, Sheppard, Ronan, Teyla and even McKay looking out for her. She's probably the safest person on Atlantis."

"Aye, your probably right." Lorne smiled at him and walked back into the isolation room and dropped into the chair next to Laura's bed. A couple of hours later Teyla came in.

"Hey Teyla. Everything ok?" asked Lorne.

"Everything is fine. I'm here to relieve you so that you can eat."

"But…I'm…" he stopped when he saw the look on Teyla's face. "Ok. I'm going. See you in a couple of hours?" Teyla bowed her head in answer and Lorne walked towards the doors.

"Will you…"

"I will radio you if there is any change. You have my word." She smiled at him kindly. A couple of minutes later he was gone.

I looked around. I was in my quarters but I couldn't remember ever getting there. I sat up in bed and realised I was slightly stiff as if I'd been fighting non-stop for hours. Groaning I walked into my bathroom and showered quickly. I was just about dressed when I heard a knock on my door.

"Come in." I called. I looked up and saw Teyla. She looked pensive. Worried I asked, "Are you ok?" The small Athosian shook her head sadly.

"Truthfully. No. I am very confused."

"What's wrong? You can tell me. I won't say tell anyone." I said. I decided to wait. She would tell me when she's ready I thought to myself. Teyla took a few minutes to gather her thoughts and then she took a few deep breaths.

"It is John…and my feelings for him. I feel very deeply for him but he suddenly seems distant. He won't talk to me. I want to tell him how I feel but I am afraid that he does not feel the same way. I have never felt this way about anyone before. I…I'm…afraid that he will reject me." She said sadly. As I listened I had smiled but when she said she was afraid my smile dropped. I had never known Teyla to admit fear before. I looked at her for a couple of minutes before saying, "Teyla you have nothing to be afraid of. John feels the same way about you. In fact I would say that he loves you. He's just completely oblivious to it at the moment." I stopped when I saw her look of confusion "Most men from my planet like to think they know everything about women. Believe me they don't. Most of them don't know that they are in love unless it's pointed out to them. So this means that John hasn't realised he's in love with you unless someone points it out to him. You know what I mean?" I asked her. Before she could reply Teyla disappeared. Surprised I walked towards my door and opened it. Peering out I noticed that Atlantis was never quiet unless…crap. What's happened now? I wondered. Atlantis was only completely quiet when I was dreaming.

Lorne walked back into the infirmary to relieve Teyla. "Thanks Teyla."

"Your welcome."

"Are you ok?" he asked her worriedly. Confusion was etched on her features.

"I am fine. Just tired. Good night colonel." She smiled at him and left before he could reply. Frowning slightly Lorne walked over to his bed and lay down. He stretched his hand out to hold Laura's and he soon fell asleep.

He was soon walking down the corridors of Atlantis towards Laura's quarters. He had visited here every night but she had been sleeping. He approached the door and let himself in. He gasped in surprise. Laura was pacing her bedroom floor. Turning to face him, she smiled at him and said, "Evan!" she ran up to him and hugged him tightly.

"Uh…hi! Are you ok?" he asked her.

"Little stiff actually. What the hell happened now?" seeing his confused expression she said, "I'm dreaming. And so are you. That's why its so quiet." She elaborated.

"Ah. What's the last thing you remember?"

"Erm…I walked out of the mess hall after I said bye to Daniel and co. That's it I think. Why?"

"Well that was 6 weeks ago. You were beaten up…badly. You've been in a coma ever since."

"Oh. Was Teyla just visiting?" confused Lorne said, "Yeah. Why?"

"I just had a conversation with her. Well…she was talking to me and I answered. Well in here I answered she obviously didn't know I did." Lorne just looked at her, "What?"

"My god I've missed you. You need to come back to the land of the living soon. We all miss you…even McKay misses you." Laura looked shocked at this revelation.

"Really? Why would McKay miss me? He's in love with Weir? But…" she trailed off and looked confused. She looked at Lorne and he too looked confused.

"How did you know that?" he asked her.

"I'm not sure. He found me didn't he?"

"Yeah he did." Lorne was now very freaked out. Laura tipped her head to the side and smiled mischievously, "So how did the shrink take the news? Oh and how long have you been in love with me?" she asked, her eyes sparkling. Lorne dropped his mouth in surprise before he replied, "Not well. She threatened revenge. And uh…since the first time we met on the Daedalus." He flushed slightly. She smiled at him and started to kiss him passionately. They were both gasping for air five minutes later, when she pulled away and said, "I have to know something. Did you and the shrink…you know…sleep together?" she asked her face going bright red. Lorne chuckled before replying, "No." Laura smiled at him. Within moments their clothes were on the floor and their hands all over each other.

Beckett came running into the room. Laura's heart rate had increased suddenly. The first thing he noticed was that both Laura and Lorne were smiling, the second thing he noticed was that Laura was gripping Lorne's hand, their fingers interlaced, every now and then gripping harder as her body arched up. Beckett shook his head as Laura's heart rate went back to normal and he thought to himself, I really don't wanna know what that was about. He smiled slightly having a pretty good idea of what he had accidentally witnessed.