Authors Note - The trailers for all three of my Atlantis AU's are now on my website. They can now be downloaded from there since Youtube deleted my account. The link to the site is on my profile page.

Fyd818 – There's going to be a lot of John angst or at least I hope there will be over the next few chapters. I'm glad you didn't see Ronon and Teyla's divorce coming, that the way I wanted it. I'm sorry for almost making you cry, well at least a little bit sorry anyway lol. Thanks for the review and I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Whirlwind-2005 – Thanks for the review, the accident will hopefully make the characters look at their lives a little differently. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Steph7085 – Okay, okay here's the update just please stop singing lol! I'm just kidding, you're a wonderful singer but here's the next chapter anyway. I am a little bit sorry for making you want to cry though.

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Chapter 4

It had been three days since Elizabeth's car accident and there had been no change in her condition. She still lay in the hospital bed motionless, the cuts and bruises she had sustained still clearly showing on her face. John had been given a week off work to deal with what had happened and he saw it as a mixed blessing. He knew he wouldn't be able to focus and on his job and that would put people's lives at risk. He could also spend all of his time with Elizabeth. However it also gave his mind plenty of time to think about what had happened and the guilt was eating away at him.

He got out of bed finally giving up on sleep and headed to the shower. It was still early when he was ready to go to the hospital so he decided to try and eat something. He had a few bites of his toast before his appetite once again left him completely. He sighed, he couldn't eat or sleep properly and all he could think of was how if he'd just come home on time Elizabeth would be fine.

Teyla had tried to reassure him that it wasn't his fault; that it was an accident and no one could have predicted it. She had only been able to do so much though since she was struggling with her own feelings. Ronon had done his best as well but he wasn't one for personal talks.

It was still too early to visit Elizabeth so he decided to go for a walk to clear his head. He paused as he picked up his keys realising Elizabeth had probably had almost the exact same thought before she had left the house. He shook the thought out of his head before he left, locking the door behind him. He walked to the park that was down the road and sat on the grass.

Due to the early hour the park was empty with just the odd person occasionally wondering through. The air was still slightly damp from the night's rainfall and there was a light mist still around him. He was completely alone with his thoughts which as always drifted to Elizabeth. He thought about everything that had happened over the last few months, all the time he had spent avoiding her. Now he would give anything to have that time back, to a have her open her eyes so he could tell her how sorry he was.

He didn't care if she never wanted to speak to him again as long as she woke up, well that wasn't true it would break his heart but he would rather that than her remain the way she was now. He took a deep breath as he forced his thoughts away from her current state and the current state of their marriage and to before, to when they had been happy.

Images of their wedding day flooded into his mind, Ronon had been there as best man, Teyla was made of honour. Ronon had looked somewhat amusing in his tux but Teyla had been the picture of beauty in her baby blue brides' maid dress. Nothing could have compared to Elizabeth though. She had been wearing a silk, long sleeve white dress, which had been tight at the top hugging her perfect figure and then flowed lightly to just below her ankles. Her hair had been pinned back beneath the veil bringing out her beautiful green eyes.

The memory was followed by images of Elizabeth's smiling face and all the times they had spent together when they were happy, he longed to get those times back. He looked at his watch realising he had been sat there for over an hour and stood up heading back to his house and immediately getting in the car. He drove to the hospital and gave the nurse a small smile as he went to Elizabeth's room.

She was still there, laid on the bed motionless and he sat down next to her once again taking her hand in his own.

"Hey Elizabeth," he greeted as he always did, he wasn't sure she could hear him but he always spoke to her anyway.

"I think Ronon is going to come by later and Teyla well I know she comes every day after work. She misses you a lot, so do I. God, I wish we could go back to the way things used to be, we were so happy and then everything just went wrong, I don't even know why. I'd give anything to be able to hold you again, to be able to talk to you, see your beautiful smile and hear you laugh, to be able to tell you that I love you more than anything else in the world, more than I will ever be able to put into words. I miss you so much," John told her whispering the last words, tears building in his eyes as he struggled to hold them back.

He leaned over the bed slightly and rested his head against the side of hers and closed his eyes still holding her hand tightly. "Please wake up," he whispered as a tear finally broke through the dam he'd built.

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Teyla dropped the files she was carrying watching them scatter across the floor. She closed her eyes and sighed before kneeling down to pick them up. Another pair of hands joined hers in gathering the files and papers together and putting them back in some semblance of order. She looked up to see the face of her boss and she repressed another sigh.

"Thank," she said standing up.

"What's wrong with you Teyla you've been out of it for days?" he asked a trace of concern evident in his tone.

"It's nothing," Teyla lied and he gave her a disbelieving look.

"It often helps to talk."

"My friend was in an accident three days ago, she's in a coma," she told him.

"I'm sorry, were you close?" he asked.

"We are very close," she replied placing emphasis on her use of present tense which wasn't lost on him.

"Of course, why don't you take the rest of today and tomorrow off," he suggested and Teyla wasn't sure she wanted to take up the offer. Being busy was helping her to keep her mind off things, not much but at least it was something. However she knew she needed to straighten out her head, she was all over the place and couldn't work like this.

"Thank you," she said before she turned and walked away. She walked through the museum and to her office placing the files on the desk. She found a note saying that another artefact needed authentication and she briefly considered doing it before she dismissed the thought.

Picking up her jacket and her bag she left the museum and headed to where her car was parked. She threw her things into the passenger seat and drove out of the car park and back to her house. She went inside and sat on the sofa looking for a moment at the picture that stood on the small table to her side. It was of her, Ronon, John and Elizabeth, they had gone to the beach for the day and she remembered it like it was yesterday.

She and Elizabeth had been sunbathing whilst John and Ronon got into a water fight with a bunch of kids. They had watched their husbands with amusement for several minutes before going back to relaxing. It wasn't until Teyla had felt two strong arms wrap around her waist and pull her out of her chair that she realised the water fight had ended. Ronon held her in his arms as he ran toward the water. Teyla shouted at him to stop as she realised where he was heading and the sound of Elizabeth's shouts momentarily drew her attention to where John had thrown Elizabeth over his shoulder and was heading in the same direction.

The two men had run full speed into the water and dropped the women in with two small screams. Teyla had surfaced a few moments later soaking wet and Elizabeth had been right behind her. It was then that a second water fight broke out this time between the husbands and wives.

It had been a great day, one of many the four of them had shared over they years and she missed them more than she could describe. She wondered for a moment how her life had been so completely… destroyed in such a shot space of time. It had only been seven months ago that her relationship with Ronon had gone bad and it had gotten worse very quickly so much so that they were half way through a divorce. It was then that the great days had ended and only another few months before John and Elizabeth's relationship had followed. Now her best friend was lying in the hospital in a coma and her ability to do her job was quickly disappearing.

TBC