Chapter 2

About an hour later, after the remaining members of SG-1 entered the infirmary and received their routine physical, and were cleared by the doctors. Scott was sitting next to Alex's bed waiting for her to stir. Scott was holding Alex's hand, and he drifted of to sleep on the stool he was sitting on with his head resting on her hospital bed. He awoke to a slight pressure being applied to his hand. He turned his head and saw his wife's beautiful brown eyes starring at him.

"Alex," He said breathlessly and he wrapped his arms around her the best he could while she was lying down.

"Scott, how long have you been here?" Alex asked as she brushed her thumb against Scott's face, the un-bruised side.

Scott looked down at his watch; he was surprised to see what time it was.

"I have been here since last night, 2000." Scott said.

"You slept on my bed last night…" Alex said jokingly, "You must have quite a kink your neck from that, the position I found you in when I woke up didn't look very comfortable.

Scott unconsciously grabbed the back of his neck, and agreed with his wife, "Now that you mention it, my neck does kind of hurt." He added a little laugh at the end.

"I love it when you smile, and laugh," Alex said gazing deeply into her husband's bright blue eyes.

Scott bent down and kissed his beautiful wife, "I love you, altogether, flaws and everything." He whispered into her ear after releasing the kiss.

"Flaws!" Alex said sarcastically, "I don't know what you're talking about!"

Alex pulled Scott's face back down to hers and kissed him. When she released the pressure on the back of her husband's neck, he lifted his head and broke the kiss, "I love you so much," Alex said weekly, the nurse walked in and told Alex that she was free to go. The doctor had released her.

Alex carefully removed the blood pressure cuff around her arm, and the heart rate monitor from her finger. At the same time, the nurse removed the IV from her wrist.

"Now, Alex, make sure you get a good night's sleep the next couple of days," the nurse said sternly, "Scott make sure it happens."

"Of course, Nurse," Scott replied and watched as Alex slowly let her legs dangle from the side of the bed.

Scott grabbed her arm and helped her steady herself so she was able to walk.

"I am going to go change out of these scrubs; I'll be back before you knew I was gone." Alex said and stood up on her tip toes and brushed her lips gently against Scott's.

As she said, before Scott knew she was gone she was back again, in her forest green fatigues.

"Man, you look good in those." Scott said as he wrapped his arms around her waist, and she embraced him around the neck.

"Of course I do," Alex said while laughing.

The nurse entered the room once more to pick up a few things she left behind, "Maybe you should go back to your room, Alex, I am sure that Scott would be happy to take you down there, I want you resting all day today Alex, got that."

"Yes, ma'am," Alex replied and with that, Scott took her hand and they were both of to their room.

Alex was lying in the crook of Scott's arm, Scott's arm was wrapped around her body. Scott sat up against the headboard of the bed. Alex had taken off her boots and left it at that, she climbed up onto the bed. The only reason she took of her boots, was they were dirty from the mission she had just gone on, and the laundry faculty didn't enjoy getting dried mud from the comforters on the bed. Scott had also taken off his boots, and they both laid on the bed, matching in their SGC uniforms, and waiting for General O'Neill to call them down to the briefing room, so they could debrief him on the mission they had just gone on.

All of a sudden, Alex and Scott were thrown off the bed and onto the floor.

"What the heck was that?" Scott said rolling over, off of Alex.

"Extreme Deceleration." Alex said obtrusively.

"I thought that only happens when we exit hyperspace." Scott inquired at the answer his wife had given him.

"It does and the internal dampeners should also prevent that from happening." Alex said, as she took the hand her husband was outstretching to her, she used his support and climbed back up to her feet, "I need to get down to the bridge."

"Alex, you heard the nurse, you are supposed to take an easy, and there are other geeks down there to fix this." Scott said as he wrapped his arm around his wife's waist.

"Are you calling me a geek?" Alex asked forgetting about the problem with the ship for a moment.

"Yes, yes, I suppose I am," Scott said chuckling, "but, you know what?"

"What?"

"You're my geek," Scott said as he gently kissed Alex, she kissed him right back.

"I guess its ok then," Alex said as she tried walking toward the door.

"But, you're still not going down to the bridge." Scott said as he grabbed his wife and plopped her back down on the bed.

Alex looked into Scott's eyes; her eyes were pleading him to let her go.

"Don't do that, you no I can't say know to that, don't you?" Scott said as he closed his eyes and shook his head gently.

"So, are you going to let me go?" Alex said as if needing to ask her counter part for permission.

"No, but did I ever tell you, you have the same eyes as your brother," Scott mentioned, and he knew he and told her before.

"Yes, dear, only a million times," Alex said, before resting her head against Scott's chest, she slept soundly until morning.