A/N: Only one more chapter of this fic to go. I do not own Stargate Atlantis and all mistakes are mine, blah, blah, blah. Enjoy!

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Gemma's POV

After enough complaining about apple sauce and enough spit balls, I was finally released from the infirmary. Due to his leg, poor Lorne had to stay, but Kate said she'd entertain him.

Cassie told me what happened to Chuck, so after I changed out of the scrubs and into my uniform, I went to his quarters and apologised, as it was sort of my fault.

He accepted my apology and said he was glad that I was OK.

Cassie's shift ended a while ago, so I went to her quarters to beg for forgiveness after the way I acted. Whenever I'm injured or ill my mental age plummets to about three.

She opened the door and sighed when she saw me. "Hi," I said.

"Hey, Gem," she said.

"Can I come in?"

She shrugged. "Sure."

I stepped inside and looked around. I've only been in Cassie quarters a few times and have never really had the chance to look around.

There were clothes on the floor, food wrappers lying on the desk and a pile of medical reports on her bed. Typical Cassie, she's always been such a slob.

I sat down on the edge of her bed. "Listen Cass, I'm sorry for the way I acted in the infirmary," I said. "It was childish, immature and disruptive and I apologise."

Cassie looked at me, her arms folded. "Fine, apology accepted," she sighed and shook her head.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Do you remember Tony?" she asked, sitting on the other side of the bed.

I nodded. "The guy that was looking for Kate the other day?"

"Yeah, him," said Cassie. "He's her brother."

"What?" I said, slightly surprised. Kate never mentioned a brother. "Seriously?"

Cassie nodded and continued. "How am I meant to talk to him when all that comes out of my mouth is Huity?"

"You know, I've been reading this really interesting psychology book recently. There was a chapter on how the brain reacts to the opposite sex," I said, trying to actually remember what it said.

She looked nervous. "What did it say?"

I smiled. "Something about nerves, I don't really remember."

Cassie rolled her eyes. "The reason for Lula is that you're nervous. So all we have to do is get rid of the nerves," I told her.

She raised an eyebrow, looking a little unsure. "And just how do we do that?"

I shrugged. "I don't know. Why don't you walk around the city in your underwear? If you can do that, you'll never be nervous again."

She threw a pillow at me and got off the bed. "Got any less embarrassing ideas?"

I though about it for a moment and nodded. "OK, when I was about ten I got terrible stage fright, so my mom gave me a glass jar and told me to write my fear down on a piece of paper and put it in the jar. So I did. I then sealed the jar and haven't got stage fright even since," I smiled.

Cassie smiled too and nodded. "Alright," she said. "Let's give it a try."

We looked around for a jar, a pen and piece of paper. I handed them to Cassie and she wrote Lula the Alien Girl and then sealed the piece of paper in the jar. "Now what?" she asked.

I took the jar from her and went outside to the balcony. I looked out at the ocean and then at the jar in my hand. I tossed it in the air a couple of times before I through it into the water. I smiled and turned to Cassie. "How do you feel?"

She shrugged. "Same as before."

"Really?" I asked. "Why don't we go and test it?"

Cassie shook her head. "No way. What if it didn't work?"

"But what if it did?"

I dragged her out of her quarters and headed to the infirmary. It was a shame we didn't pass any guys on the way down, but Major Lorne was still in bed when we got there. "Hey Major," I smiled.

"Hey docs," he said, waving as we went past.

We went into Kate's office and asked where Tony was. She said he was in the mess hall and then asked why we wanted to know, but we were able to get out of they're before we had to answer. We entered the mess hall (saying hi to Captain Beckett on the way, who was throwing up in a trash can) and looked around for Cassie's crush. I spotted him sitting at the back of the room with his niece and nephew on his lap. I dragged Cassie up to get some food and then went up to his table.

He smiled when he saw us, obviously recognising me but not remembering my name. In fact, I don't think I actually told him it. "Hey, mind if we join you?" I asked.

"Sure, pull up a chair," he said.

"I'm sorry," I said. "I don't think I introduced myself last time we met. I'm Dr Gemma Williams."

He smiled. "Major Tony Costello," he said and then looked at Cass. "Hey Cassie."

This was it. The moment of truth. Is Lula gone? I waited for her to say something and then stepped on her foot when she didn't.

"Hey Tony," she finally said. "How's it going?"