SGC Gate room
2 days later Dr Beckett, Lt Cadman, Major Lorne and Kaley are standing in the SGC gate room with SG-1
"Well safe trip" wishes Carter
"What all 10 seconds?" laughs Kaley
"So you did pay attention to my lectures on gate travel!"
"May be a little" she confesses,
"Chevron 7 locked" cries Walter, the gate opens with it's normal kawoosh
"Iris code sent" announces Walter
"Off you go, 4 months off, you lucky thing" pouts Jonas, Kaley quickly hugs Jonas and follows Evan up the ramp with a brief smile and look back she enters the wormhole.
SGA gatetroom
In the Atlantis gate room, Rodney, Ronon, John, Teyla and Elizabeth are waiting
"Who is Lt Rivers?" asks Ronon
"One of Dr Lam's OR nurses" informs Elizabeth
"A damn good one" adds John "Got pretty smashed up in a car crash about 3 weeks ago" The gate opens
"Receiving midway IDC" calls Chuck
"Open the shield" Chuck does as requested and Carson, Laura Evan and Kaley emerge
"Welcome back" greets Elizabeth "and welcome to Lt rivers"
"Thank you ma'am but there is no need for Lt, I'm not on active duty" Rodney goes gooie eyed at the 5 foot, curvy brunette
"Hey doc eyes off my girl" exclaims Evan quickly noticing Rodney's change, Rodney splutters, John gives him his normal Shep/McKay look
"I didn't" he starts to protest
"How was Earth?" asks John interrupting his flow before it begins
"Didn't see much, lots of work" confesses Carson
"Shame but still you're back" as John slaps Carson's shoulder, who smiles and leaves with Laura
"So, not had a good few weeks?" enquiries Elizabeth
"No ma'am, car crash, which has given me several injuries" raising her broken arm in reply
"And 3 so called friends attacking you" adds Evan "who are being court marshalled and discharged, dishonrably may I add"
"Women" comments Rodney
"Shut up McKay" says John "Quarters?"
"Yes, we have given you a nice room over looking a pier pool" adds Telya
"Is that where yours is?" Kaley asks Evan who shakes his head, Elizabeth looks confused "sorry is it possible to be in the same quarters as the Major?" the assembled group looked confused; expect John who had been briefed by Carson about a week ago, Evan and Kaley had talked in passing about sharing, Evan wanted it to be hr decision.
"I don't see a problem" says John nodding to Elizabeth with a look that says I will explain later, she smiles at Kaley and motions them out of the gate room to the transporter to the main living quarters, as they walk down the corridor Elizabeth asks
"How long are you off for?"
"At least 4 months, my arm has been pinned and I've fractured 2 vertebrae"
"God that's painful" yelps Rodney
"Dr Beckett is going to keep an eye on all my injuries and judge when I'm fit for active duty"
"Well here we are" announces Evan, opening the door
"We will let you settle in" says John pushing Rodney down the corridor
"Thank you Col" the door closes "Nice room" she comments looking around
"Thanks, it's got better over the last few months with the paintings" he points to a few on the walls
"I can see" she looks at them with awe "Is this the city?" he nods "wow"
"would you like a tour before dinner?" he offers "we need to get you a radio as well" he begins to unpack Kaley's things and takes her on a brief tour of the city, showing her the control room, gym, infirmary, armoury and finally the mess; with Rodney, Ronon, Jennifer, John, Elizabeth, Telya, Carson and Laura already seated at a large table; John gets up and picks up a tray for Kaley
"Here let me help you" he offers, Kaley goes red at the offer and just smiles; having help is something she wasn't accustom to; they take their meals and join the others, at the table Kaley makes a fist with her left hand
"Are you okay lass?" whispers Carson
"Fine, it just twinges occasionally" he smiles making a mental note to check later, they continue eating, the talk consists of the previous 3 weeks missions and the up coming weeks missions, which then moves onto the social side of Atlantis. Well after the meal is over everyone disperses, Evan takes Kaley back to his quarters, outside the door he pins her gently to the wall puts both hands behind her neck and passionately kisses her, she momentarily looks shocked but then reciprocates and puts her good arm around his neck, he picks her up, waves his hand over the control panel and enters. He places her on the bed and she lays down putting her hands up by her head; he puts his hands between her head and hands, her legs between his so she can't move anywhere; he looks down at her and kisses her again and starts to slide his hand under her top.
The next morning Kaley is sleeping, her bad arm under the sheet; good arm over the top around her lower chest, Evan sits on the looking out across the ocean
"Morning" whispers a sleepy Kaley, he turns round
"Morning" his face has an usually look to it, it takes her a moment to come round to reality and really look at his facial expression
"What's up?" she sits up and reaches out to his face
"Did you regret last night?"
"No, why, should I?"
"I don't want to make you unhappy" he pauses "Or make you feel like you're not doing justice to Col Mitchell's memory"
"Evan" he turns to her "Cam and me where together a while and what we had was special and different from what I have with you. This may be cruel but I can't live in the past and linger on what I had and have lost" Evan nods looking at his face a weight seems to have been lifted, he lays down and she lays her head on his chest whilst he strokes her hair "It looks great outside"
"It is, sun shining, may be I can take you up in a jumper?" offers Evan
"Oh that would be nice"
A/N- I'm leaving that little romance scene there partly cause of rating and secondly cause you can all use your imaginations, especially if you are a Lorne lover!