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Chapter 23
Teyla opened her eyes and closed them again when the sun almost blinded her. She lifted her hand up to her head to shade her eyes and risked opening them again. The sky was clear blue, not a single cloud in sight. She turned her head to the left to where Elizabeth was happily sunbathing in her pink bikini.
She sat up and looked over to where Ronon and John were helping a bunch of kids build what she had to admit was a pretty impressive sandcastle. John was wearing his sunglasses and red swim shorts and Ronon was in his black swim shorts. She was very aware of the stares other women were directing their way. Of course the men that were staring at her in her baby blue bikini and Elizabeth weren't lost on her either.
It had been three months since she had asked Ronon to move back in with her and since John and Elizabeth had decided to really give their marriage another try. It hadn't been a sudden change and they'd had a lot of issues to sort out between the four of them but they were finally getting back to the way they used to be. David had apparently chosen to avoid Elizabeth and despite the fact that it made work harder for her Teyla was fairly sure her friend preferred it that way. There had been no sign of Michael since John and Ronon had used their scare tactics on him for which she was grateful.
She hadn't known they were coming to the beach until that morning. Elizabeth and Teyla both had the day off and were planning to spend it shopping but John and Ronon had secretly booked the day off too. They had packed all the things they would need into the cars without the girls knowing and had woken them early that morning telling them they were off to the beach.
It had taken Teyla half an hour to get ready before Ronon had practically dragged her out of the house. They had driven to Elizabeth's where John had also been dragging his still half asleep wife to the car. Teyla had simply smiled and waved to her friend figuring if they got back out of the cars to talk they'd be in trouble. Ronon had helped John with the surf boards and Teyla had thoroughly annoyed them both by telling them to hurry up.
Elizabeth had dozed off in the car having never been a morning person unless she had her coffee which John had apparently deprived her of. He had however stopped off at a store along the way to get it for her so she was sure he was forgiven.
Teyla laid back in her seat again and closed her eyes. Ronon had told her when he had taken her to dinner that night that they would all go to the beach again if John and Elizabeth sorted things out. She'd hadn't realised he'd actually meant it. As she felt the heat from the sun disappear from her skin she remembered what she had told Ronon. She'd told him not to throw her in the water again but as she opened her eyes and saw him looming over her she knew that was exactly what he intended to do.
She didn't get the chance to offer up any kind of resistance before he had scooped her up into his arms. She tried to struggle free but it was a futile effort and when she heard Elizabeth behind her shouting at John to put her down she simply sighed and resigned herself to her fate. A few moments later Ronon dropped her into the water and it took her a few moments to surface. Elizabeth was right behind her as the two boys swam closer to them.
"You just had to didn't you?" Teyla asked pushing her soaking wet hair behind her ears so it was out of her face and Ronon nodded his head. Teyla and Elizabeth glanced at each other quickly before they both paced their hands on top of their husbands heads dunking them under water.
When both men came back up again they were soaking wet and glaring at the girls. Teyla and Elizabeth simply smiled and started to swim away.
Teyla didn't get very far before Ronon had grabbed her waist and pulled her back to him but she managed to struggle free and splash water at him before making her escape. John had caught up with Elizabeth a few feat away however she seemed far happier accepting defeat and was now floating away in a lip lock with her husband.
Whilst she had been distracted by her friend Ronon had managed to catch up with her and once again pulled her into him. This time Teyla went willingly and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I love you," she said suddenly and whatever plan of revenge Ronon had had for the dunking seemed to fly out of his head.
"I love you too," he told her before he kissed her and in that moment life was perfect again.
THE END
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