The two of them were seated in the mess hall waiting for Laura. She had asked that they meet her at six. She was now running late. A couple of minutes later Laura came into the mess hall out of breath.

"So glad you could all be here. Sorry I'm late."

"Why are we here?" asked Cadman. Laura smiled at her impatience.

"Your all here because I want to ask you something."

"What is it?" asked Teyla.

"I want to go to Earth to get my wedding dress. I would like the both of you to come with me." Laura grinned at the shock on their faces.

"I do not think I can go. I have my responsibilities to the team and to my people." Teyla said sounding a little disappointed. Laura frowned and said, "Teyla. Don't worry. You won't be gone that long. Besides wouldn't you like to visit Earth?"

"Yes. I do. But…" Laura looked at her and said, "No buts Teyla. You don't have to get a wedding dress if you don't want to. You could probably even see what all the fuss is about Ferris Wheels." Laura grinned.

"Ok. I will come. Laura are you coming?" Teyla asked Cadman.

"Yeah I am. Although I'm not sure why." Cadman answered uncertainly.

"You're coming because you are one of my best friends and one of my bridesmaids."

"Oh ok then. When do we leave?"

"Tomorrow. And we will be back on the next Daedalus run." Laura said grinning again. They sat talking for a little while longer about the weddings and what kind of dresses they would be wearing. It was soon midnight and Laura said, "Well I'm going to get some sleep. See you both tomorrow."

"Good night Laura." Teyla said.

"Night."

The next morning the three women walked through the wormhole back to Earth.

"Wow." Teyla said in amazement. "I have never seen anything like this. Is all of your planet like this?" Cadman chuckled and said, "No. We're a few miles under the ground. Once we get to the surface you'll be even more surprised." Teyla stood next to Cadman and didn't leave her side until all three of them had been checked out and escorted to the surface by Daniel. He had welcomed them at the ramp and congratulated Laura on her engagement. The three women stayed in a little motel just outside of Colorado and tomorrow they were going to go to New York to look for wedding dresses and bridesmaids' dresses.

The following afternoon they were landing in New York and heading towards the hotel that they had been booked into.

"So where to?" Cadman asked Laura who grinned like a kid at Christmas.

"Well…let's get something to eat and then tomorrow we can start looking for dresses? What do you think Teyla?"

"Yes. This sounds like an idea." She replied in total amazement. She looked like deer caught in headlights. They headed downstairs and had some traditional New York food and Teyla seemed to enjoy her food immensely.

"It is a shame that we cannot have this food back at home." She said.

"Yeah. I must admit I do miss this kind of normal food." Replied Cadman nodding her head in agreement. Laura just smiled at her two best friends. She had been thinking about her wedding dress since they had landed in New York. She knew exactly what she wanted. After a few hours the girls went back upstairs to their rooms and got some sleep as they were going to have a long day ahead of them. However Laura couldn't sleep.

Back on Atlantis Lorne had joined Sheppard's team filling in for Teyla while she was on Earth. They were on a routine mission for Sheppard's team. When they had landed in the puddle jumper on the normal looking planet it looked uninhabited and they were looking at it as a possible secondary Alpha site. As they had flown around the planet checking for life signs they had unwittingly awoken a beast that was not something that they had come across in the Pegasus Galaxy. As they exited the jumper Rodney was griping, "All I'm saying is why do we have to be the ones to come and check out this planet? Its not like there's any trade opportunities here or the possibility of a ZPM."

"McKay. Shut up. We're here because Weir told us to come here. If it's any help I don't want to be here either. Look lets just look around and then go back home." Sheppard said annoyed. He was really getting sick of hearing McKay complaining. Ronan suddenly went rigid and armed his blaster. Sheppard strolled up to him and said, "What is it?"

"I don't know. There's something out here though."

"Ok. Lets get back to the jumper and radio Atlantis." As he finished speaking a low roar could be heard in the distance and Lorne froze.

"I know that sound. We have to get out of here right now." Sheppard turned to look at him.

"Why?"

"That roar belongs to an unas. Trust me you do not wanna get on the wrong side of these species without Daniel Jackson around." He gulped and shifted his feet uncomfortably. Sheppard looked at him for a moment and realisation hit him. He had read many of the mission reports from the SGC when he had been stationed there in the month preceding the start of the expedition. He remembered reading a mission report of Daniel's regarding the unas. Daniel had made friends with one and was asked to go to a mining excavation or something and there been lots of unas around. It was his first meeting of the major and he had managed to get on the wrong side of Daniel for moving some artefacts. This was not Lorne's doing but the CO in charge of the mining. He also remembered reading that a unas had taken one of the team and they had found him pierced to death and strung up like a scarecrow causing Lorne to throw up. Lorne had never really recovered from it and had asked to be reassigned after the mining was complete. That was how he came to be on Atlantis. Sheppard looked at his second in command and said, "Right. Lets go home folks. Considering we don't have a Daniel Jackson to hand I don't think this planet is going to be very good for a second Alpha site." He looked at McKay and said "Don't start." McKay stood opening and closing his mouth a fish out of water as he followed the rest of the team towards the jumper.

Back on Earth Laura had barely slept she was so excited about finding her wedding dress that she had only grabbed a couple of hours. She knew she would catch up once she got back to Atlantis so she wasn't too fussed. Teyla and Cadman got up just as room service arrived, Laura had ordered pretty much everything on the menu as she didn't know what the other two liked and disliked.

"What's all this?" Cadman asked yawning.

"Breakfast. I didn't know what the two of you liked so I got one of everything." Laura replied. Teyla inclined her head and sat down ready to eat. Once they had all eaten, showered and dressed they left the hotel in the search of Laura's wedding dress. They had been wondering around New York for about four hours looking in different shops and trying on different dresses when Laura announced, "I'm hungry."

"I believe all of us are hungry." Teyla said smiling.

"Ok. Lets go and get something to eat. Where should we go?" Cadman asked.

"How about just a random coffee place?" Laura said. They nodded in agreement and walked to the nearest coffee place. As they walked in the place had a welcome feel to it and had seats next to the window and a couple of tables in front of the seats. Stepping down Laura noticed that there was some tables with high seats dotted around and directly in front of her was a sofa, a big comfy chair to the left and to the right a round table with a single chair. Hm…this looks familiar she thought to herself. Shaking her head they sat down on the sofa and Laura went to the counter that was just off to the side from the sofa. She ordered three coffees' and three chocolate chip muffins. She walked back over to the couch and said, "Does this place look familiar to anyone else?" Cadman looked around and said, "Now that you've said that it does a little bit. But I can't place my finger on why."

"It does not look familiar to me." Teyla said with a puzzled expression on her face.

"Meh. Don't worry about it." Laura smiled and dove into her muffin. Once they had all finished they went back out into the hustle and bustle of New York on the hunt for dresses. They had been wondering around when Laura spotted a bridal shop. "Over there." Laura said pointing to the shop. They walked over to it and stepped inside. The place was huge and it had every kind of bridesmaid and wedding dress anyone could possibly imagine. Laura walked over to the wedding dresses while Cadman and Teyla looked at the bridesmaids' dresses. Laura smiled to herself as she picked up a dress that she really liked. It was a long dress that easily covered her feet. It looked very elegant with exposed shoulders but long sleeves. She checked the size and went to try it on. She had no problem getting into the dress and looked herself in the mirror; she smiled as she imagined Evan's face when he saw her in this particular dress. She walked out to the front of the shop and said, "Teyla? Cadman? What do you think?" Teyla and Cadman turned around and said, "Wow. That is the dress for you." Laura smiled and said, "Do you really think so?" They both nodded their heads enthusiastically as if they were one of those toys that nodded its head that sat on the shelf in the back of a car. "Have you guys found anything you like?" Cadman pulled out a dark green dress that was also long and elegant. It had thickish straps and it seemed to gather near the neckline. "Go and try it on then." Laura said excitedly. She really liked the colour and it would go really well with her own white dress. "What about you Teyla?" she asked the little Athosian.

"I am having my dress made for my by my friends. It is a tradition." Laura nodded her head and said, "Ah. I'm going to go and change. Won't be long." Laura disappeared back into the changing rooms and got out of the dress. She came back out holding it and walked over to the woman behind the cash register.

"I would like buy this dress now." She said to the woman. The woman looked at her in shock.

"Right now?"

"Yes."

"This dress is 10,000 dollars." Laura rolled her eyes and said, "I don't care. I want this dress right now." The woman made a noise in the back of her throat and wrapping up the dress so that it wouldn't get damaged. Laura had been looking towards the changing rooms waiting for Cadman to come out when the woman said, "How would you like pay?" Laura handed over her credit card. The woman rang it through and within a couple of minutes Laura was clutching her new dress as if it was a lifeline. Cadman came out and she looked stunning in the dark green dress.

"Take it off and I'll pay for it then." Laura said giggling. Cadman rolled her eyes and went back into the changing rooms only to come out a couple of minutes later. Laura took the dress off her and went and paid for it. They were all standing outside of the shop and Laura turned to the others, "Well now I've got my something new." She laughed and Teyla and Cadman joined in.