Steps to Healing:
A Ronon and Dr. Keller Story
By: SingingShooter
Chapter 4: Lets Just be Friends
Authors Note: yes this is really short, but the next one is a little longer! we also will not hear from Dr. Jennifer Keller for a couple of chapters!
Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate Atlantis;
Ronon did not want to do this, he had never felt so over whelmed. He stood outside of Jennifer's room just staring at the door. Normally this was their movie night, the night they would snuggle up on the couch and watch some movie from earth. That was all going to end tonight. With a knock on the door, Jennifer was the door swiftly with a bowl of popcorn and a smile.
"I managed to get the last bag," she said, her eyes where brighter than usual and she seemed more flirty than usual. She stated walking over to her bed swishing her hips as she went. Yeah defiantly more flirty. "Aren't you coming in?" she asked
"No," Ronon said.
"What's up?" a look of concern dropped over her face. "Are you sick? Does Shepard have a mission for you-"
"Jennifer," said Ronon, she looked up into his brown eyes. "I want to tell you something,"
She just nodded.
"After….After what happened yesterday, I can't do this anymore."
"What do you mean?" Jennifer asked a puzzled look came across her face.
"I…" how had Shepard put this? "I just want to be friends,"
She looked a little stunned, but she replied "okay," and shut the door. With a sigh Ronon walked away from her room, wondering if he had done the right thing.
Few Weeks Later:
"Hey Shepard, McKay, have you seen Jen-Dr. Keller?"
"No I haven't why?"
"Just wondering," replied Ronon.
"You still like her?" Ronon sighed at this
"Yeah I do,"
"Why did you break up with her then?"
"Well when you shot that strange entity, it looked like it was Dr. Keller dieing and…I felt really stressed out...you know I don't even know anymore,"
"Keller? I though it looked like Elizabeth, and I knew it couldn't be her, she is dead" said Shepard
"Yeah I thought it was Keller too…" said McKay
'That's odd,' though Ronon
"Hello everyone,"
"Hey Teyla,"
"Teyla, have you seen Dr. Keller?" Ronon asked. Teyla was silent, she nodded her head. "Where is she?"
"She is on the Dedalus, going back to earth, one of the other doctors has been promoted to CMO, and the Dedalus brought more medical staff."
Ronon started running to the Jumper bay, "come on Shepard we might be able to catch her,"
"Ronon!"
Ronon turned around. It was not John, it was Teyla,
"She doesn't want to come back, Dr. Keller left for good."
Ronon felt like the air had just left his body. "Oh," he said, he felt like someone stabbed him. "She didn't come say good bye,"
"She didn't want to; she told me she hates long good byes and wanted me to say it for her."
"So she is not on Atlantis anymore?" Teyla shook her head. "She's not coming back?" Teyla shook her head again.
"Oh," Ronon said and walked away from Teyla, thoughts racing in her head.
'Why did I let her go? This makes no sense. What came over me? Why would she leave?'
Ronon made his way to the sparring room, picked up a wooden sword and started beating up the nearest Marine.
