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Chapter 3

Teyla stood outside the doors to the hospital and pulled her cell phone out of her pocket. She quickly located Ronon's number and hit the call button. She held the phone to her ear with one hand and wrapped her free arm around herself tightly in an effort to block out the cold air.

"Dex," she heard after several moments.

"Hey, it's me," she stated.

"Hey."

"I'm at the hospital with John," she told him sadly, "Elizabeth was hit by a car."

"Is she okay?" he asked concerned.

"No, she's in a coma, the doctors aren't sure if she's going to pull through," she explained quietly trying to keep the emotions she was feeling out of her voice she knew Ronon would pick up on them; if he hadn't anyway.

"I'll be right there," he stated before hanging up and Teyla walked back inside. She walked slowly back to Elizabeth's room to give John some more time alone with her. She knew that despite the current state of their marriage than John still loved her, when she finally got there she lingered outside for several minutes before she went in and sat down in the seat she had spent the better part of the last two hours in.

John was sat in the chair on the opposite side of the bed holding on to Elizabeth's hand as though it were a life line. He gave her a small sad smile of acknowledgement and went back to watching Elizabeth. They both sat the in complete silence and Teyla could feel her emotions beginning to get the better of her. Tears were building up in her eyes and it was taking a great effort from her to keep them from falling.

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Ronon approached the doorway to Elizabeth's room and stopped before he entered, John and Teyla were sat at opposite sides of the bed silently watching Elizabeth both clearly lost in their own thoughts. He looked to Teyla, he couldn't see her face but he could tell from her slouched posture that today's events had taken their toll on her.

"How's she doing?" he asked entering the room and making his presence known.

"Not too good," was John's brief reply.

There was a third seat in the room next to John which he assumed they had commandeered for him. He sat down in it and looked at Elizabeth, she was covered in cuts and he had to take a breath to steady himself. He then looked to Teyla seeing her face for the first time since he had arrived, their years of marriage had taught him how to read her emotions even the one's she didn't want him to see. He could tell she was desperately trying to hold back tears and only just succeeding.

She didn't even look at him, just continued to keep her eyes on Elizabeth but he knew she could feel his gaze on her.

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Teyla and Ronon left the hospital at the same time leaving John to spend some time with Elizabeth. He had seen her car when he had arrived and purposely parked his own car next to it.

"How are you holding up?" he asked her as they both made their way over to their vehicles.

Teyla looked at him for the first time that day and he could see she was about to tell him some lie about her being fine. He gave her a look that made her think better of it and she looked away from him again.

"When they called me and told me Elizabeth had been in an accident I didn't know what to do. I'd only spoken to her half an hour before, I keep thinking if I'd stayed on the phone longer or done something or said something different that maybe she wouldn't have gone out or at least would have gone later even if it was just a few minutes," Teyla explained.

"It's not your fault," he told her calmly.

"I know, I just can't help but wonder."

"Look if you need to talk…" Ronon started but Teyla cut him off.

"Its fine I'll be okay."

"Just because we're half way through a divorce doesn't mean I don't care anymore or that I've lost the ability to read you like an open book, if you need to talk," he stated.

"Thank you," Teyla replied with a sad smile, "I have to go."

Ronon watched as Teyla got in her car and drove away wishing that he could do more. That just wasn't possible anymore, their relationship had fallen apart and he was fairly certain the damage was irreparable. He missed it though, he missed the way they used to be and at that moment he would have give anything to get it back.

He would never stop loving her that much he knew but the chances of them ever getting back what they had lost were all but none existent. He got into his own car and drove away from the hospital.

TBC