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Wow, the reviews are great so far. Sorry it took so long to get this up but I was a little stuck. This chapter is a little slower and has more dialogue and personal moments between John and Teyla. I hope that the dialogue doesn't seem out of character……especially for Teyla. Hope you enjoy it. Tell me what you think after.

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John sat there in silence for almost a half hour thinking about Teyla's reaction to what he said. He knew that he was the reason why she was so upset. He didn't know what to do to make her feel better. He wanted so much to chase after her to talk to her. Suddenly all the thoughts were pushed aside when Dr. Beckett walked into the room.

"Good morning Colonel." Beckett said with a smile on his face. "How are you feeling today?" he asked as he walked over and sat down in the chair beside the bed.

"A little better." He said with an unconvincing look on his face.

"Hmm." Beckett said with a small frown on his face. "Why is it that I can't believe that?"

John ran his hand through his hair in frustration. "It's Teyla." He paused for a second. "She's upset and I know that it's my fault."

"I figured there was something wrong yesterday." Beckett said as he remembered the way Teyla was acting the day before at the balcony.

"What do you mean?" John asked in a serious tone.

"It's the reason why she wasn't there when you woke up last night on the balcony." Beckett said as he got up. John didn't say any more, he just sat there taking in everything that Beckett said. Beckett walked out of the infirmary.

Why she wasn't there when I woke up yesterday on the balcony, her crying, her having nightmares last night……what was going on? She wasn't normally like this. She was worried about him but her worry was more serious then he originally thought it was.

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Teyla was jumpy after leaving the infirmary. The fact that John had remembered that she had been crying the night before and that he brought it up scared her a little. She had been so shaken up the night before that she forgot that he had seen her in tears.

She slowly walked down the corridor towards the mess hall. She wasn't really hungry but thought that she would eat something because she hadn't eaten anything since the day before.

When she got into the mess hall, she slowly scanned the entire room to make sure that nobody would interrupt her meal to ask her all kinds of questions. Once she was certain that there was nobody there that would notice her, she went and got her food and sat down at a table rather far away from the rest of the crowd there. She needed to have time alone so she could think about things.

Now I know why John is always alone to think all the time. It's much more peaceful and there are nobody else's questions to answer……just your own.

She poked and prodded at her food until Weir walked over and sat down facing her. "Teyla……can I talk to you for a minute?" She asked with a concerned look on her face.

"I would like to have time to myself right now." Teyla said in an unconvincing voice.

"It'll only take a minute." She said in response and Teyla nodded for her to continue.

"Dr. Beckett is concerned with you." She said and was answered by an annoyed look. "And I'm a little concerned as well."

"Why would you be concerned?" Teyla asked in the same annoyed voice as before.

"I don't know…..maybe it's because you seem so distant the past couple of days and it's not like you to be like that." Weir said in a serious tone.

"I have not been sleeping well." Teyla said in a reassuring voice. "That is all. But I do appreciate your concern." Teyla stopped talking and picked up her tray to leave.

Just before she started to walk away, Weir spoke up. "It has to do with that artifact that McKay found……doesn't it?" Teyla stopped, her back still turned to Weir, and thought about telling her about everything that has been happening to her lately. She then figured that it would be better off kept secret. She did not want anyone to know about how her emotions were and about her nightmares. She kept on walking. After she scraped her tray, she left the mess hall on her way to her room.

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McKay felt his eyes getting heavy as he stared at the laptop screen. He was looking at the Expedition manifest to see if it could jog his memory about who was in his office the past couple days. The only names that popped up were his name, Zalenka, and Kavanaugh. He blinked a couple times at that last name.

Where is Kavanaugh anyway? I haven't seen him since yesterday. He's usually here bugging the hell out of me and always having an attitude with everyone.

"Rodney…..anything yet?" Weir asked jolting him awake almost as well as a blow horn.

"Well, a few names pop up but I cant be sure on any of them." McKay said as he sat himself up strait.

"Who are they?" Weir asked and sat down facing him.

"Well……the three people who have been in here the most have been Zalenka, Kavanaugh, and uh…..me." He said. He looked back down at the list and frowned. "I haven't seen Kavanaugh since yesterday."

"That's odd." Weir said as she shifted in her seat to get a little more comfortable. "And the device went missing yesterday."

"Yeah." McKay said in an annoyed tone. "I just don't get why he would want it in the first place."

"That's a good question." Weir said as she got up. She had just got there but she wanted to go see how John was and if he was going to be released any time soon. "I'm going to give that one some thought for a while. I'll get back to you soon though."

"Okay." McKay said and then watched her walk out of the room.

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When Weir walked into the infirmary, she was shocked when she saw John's bed empty. She quickly looked around in all directions but the only one she saw was Dr. Beckett. "Where is he?" She asked him in a panicked voice.

"I released him about an hour ago." Beckett said. "I couldn't do anything else for him and he had all his strength back."

"What about the device that was stolen?" Weir asked in a somewhat irritated voice. "What if it's used against him again?"

"Elizabeth……I can't keep him here forever." Beckett said. "Besides…..I told him to come back tonight to get checked out again……just to be sure." Beckett said in a reassuring voice. He could tell that she wasn't buying it but there was nothing else that he could say. She wasn't in the military but she had her own stubborn minutes and sometimes was just as bad as John was.

"I don't get it." Weir said as she walked over to the window and then turned around. "How could you release him after finding out that the device that caused his injury was stolen and could be used against him?"

"Doctor……I couldn't find anything else wrong with him." Beckett said in a serious tone. "He got all his strength back and was ready to leave." He sighed. "Not only that, but I think he is going to find out what has been wrong with Teyla."

"Teyla?" Weir said almost in disbelief.

"Aye." Beckett said. "Teyla hasn't been getting any sleep lately and had been acting a bit out of character. She also mentioned something about having nightmares to John earlier."

"About the wraith again?" Weir asked not realizing that Beckett knew absolutely nothing about the nightmares but that he was beginning to believe that they were about John and what she had witnessed on the balcony that night. Whatever it was, it shook her up good and she couldn't get rid of the uneasy feeling that she had.

"I don't believe they're about the wraith again." Beckett said in a serious tone. "I think that they are about John." Weir's eyes seemed to bulge at the moment that he said that. Why in the world would she have nightmares about John. It didn't make any sense.

She looked at him with a confused look on her face. "Would you come into my office for a moment so I can talk to you without anybody listening?"

She nodded and then followed him into his small office. He sat down behind his table and she in front facing him. "Yesterday, when Teyla came to get me, John was on the balcony and he was unconscious. I don't know what happened before that but it was something bad." Weir squinted her eyes a little in confusion.

"The minute I got to the balcony, she left the balcony." Beckett said. "I think whatever happened to him scared her a wee bit."

"That might just be the case." Weir said. "We've all seen what that thing does to him but she is always the first one there and seeing him in pain might be a little too much for her."

"Maybe." Beckett said. "Maybe you should go talk to her."

"I'll try." Weir said just before getting up and walking out of his office.

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Teyla had had a very long day it seemed and she didn't accomplish anything. She hadn't had any real sleep in over 24 hours and she didn't know how much longer she could stay awake. Maybe I will just take a short nap and I will feel well enough later. She though to herself as she walked over to her bed and sat down. She slowly pulled her shoes off one by one and yawned. She layed her head back on the pillow and prayed to herself that the nightmares wouldn't return again. She couldn't bare to have one of them again.

Just as she closed her eyes to go to sleep, there was a knock at the door. "Enter." She said in a tired voice and was shocked at the person who stepped through the doorway. It was John.

"John." She said in shock. "You are supposed to be in the infirmary."

"I was released." John said as he began to walk in. "I wanted to know if I could talk to you for a minute."

She just nodded and let him start the conversation off. "Are you okay?" He asked. This took her completely by surprise but she felt compelled to answer.

"I am fine." Teyla said as she shifted into a more comfortable sitting position on her bed.

"Teyla, I know there's something wrong. Everyone is saying that you aren't acting yourself and I know it has something to do with me." John said as he walked in a little more and sat down at the end of her bed.

Teyla sat there for a few minutes in silence when suddenly, she turned her head away. She could feel tears welling up as she remembered what happened on the balcony. The pain that he was in was almost as unbearable for her as it was for him. She couldn't stand knowing that there was something wrong with him but not being able to do anything.

"Teyla?" He said after not hearing anything from her for a minute. He gently put his hand on her shoulder to get her attention. She sniffled and wiped her eyes with both hands.

John's heart sank at that sound. She was crying. He had never seen her cry until that previous night when he saw her on the balcony. He got up and walked around and knelt down on the floor beside the bed so that they were facing each other.

"Teyla….don't cry." John said. She could tell that he was concerned by the look in his eyes. "Why are you so upset?"

"It is hard to explain." Teyla said as she wiped the rest of her tears away only to let more fall.

John reached up and put a hand on each of her cheeks. "Please…..tell me what's wrong." He said looking like he was about to cry himself.

"John…….I could not help you." She said with more tears running down her cheeks.

"What do you mean….when?" He said with a confused look on his face.

"On the balcony." Teyla clarified for him.

Then it dawned on him. What happened on the balcony actually scared her. He took his hands off her cheeks and sat there for a minute thinking. Teyla got up off her bed and started walking towards the door.

"Teyla wait." John said getting up and turning to face her. She stopped but she didn't turn around. She was still crying and she couldn't stop. She covered her face with her hands to keep herself from sobbing out loud.

John walked over to her and put his hands on her shoulders. She was trembling all over from all the crying that she was doing. "Teyla……..its okay. You did the only thing you could do." He thought that it wouldn't work but he knew he had to try and make her feel better.

"I thought you were go..…." Teyla's sentence trailed off as tears began to run down her cheeks again as she remembered her nightmare about John dying.

"Teyla……look at me for a minute." John said as he got her to turn around to face him. "It wasn't that bad. Yeah it was painful but I've been through a lot worse."

She wiped her last tear off her cheek. She didn't think he'd be able to cheer her up. She didn't think that anyone would be able to but he managed to pull it off. "I know." She said and gave him a small smirk. He gave her the same smile he gave her the first day they met. She slowly turned away from him and walked out the door.

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There is chapter 7. I really hope that it's good. I plant to get into some more exciting stuff next chapter……whenever that will be. It all depends on how busy I am with everything else. I hope that I will be able to update soon. I'm always anxious to see what people think.

To be continued…..