This takes place in season two, a couple weeks or months after the first one. It also has no episode to go with it.
Despite her hopes for a peaceful stay, Atlantis seemed to stumble upon a dire situation about as often as Ronon Dex came into the infirmary needing stitches. Still, none of the situations warranted the Daedalus coming to the rescue. So, Dr. Keller was forced to make the best of her stay in the alien city, and soon found herself falling into a routine.
She had started off her stay in Atlantis counting down the days till she could go home, but by the time the Daedalus actually arrived she had completely forgotten about her desire to leave. She had found a place for herself in Atlantis and she was actually, dare she think it, enjoying herself?
"Dr. Keller," Dr. Beckett called, and she looked up half expecting to see Ronon in the infirmary. It had become her job to patch up the warrior's sparring injuries. With the exception of Dr. Beckett, all of the other medical personal were terrified of the big warrior. Jen was terrified of him too, but what made her good was her ability to do her job despite her fears. However, Ronon wasn't anywhere in sight. Puzzled, Dr. Keller made her way over to Dr. Beckett.
"Yes?" she asked.
"I just wanted to make sure you knew that the Daedalus is leaving in three days," Dr. Beckett told her. "And that if you intended to return to earth, Dr. Weir is going to need your resignation papers by the end of the day."
"Oh," Jen said. "Actually, I was thinking about sticking it out for another three months."
"Really?" Beckett asked and Jen nodded. "That's wonderful lass. I'm glad to hear it. Quite honestly I had no idea what I was going to do without you here."
"Well, fortunately you won't have to find out," Jen said. "At least not for another three months."
She didn't think about the Daedalus again, because she had made her decision to stay and right now she didn't want to overanalyze it. If she did, she'd probably come to the realization that she had made a mistake, and unfortunately there was no going back now.
So, four days later she was sitting in the infirmary looking over medical files when Ronon Dex walked into the infirmary with his latest injury. Jen sighed, but by now she was used to this and set to work on gathering the stitching supplies.
"Hey Doc," Ronon said, hopping onto one of the medical beds. Jen looked up to see what he wanted, but to her relief he was addressing Dr. Beckett. "Who are you going to get to patch me up now that Dr. Keller is gone?"
"What?" Dr. Beckett asked, clearly startled by the question.
"Keller, didn't she go back with the Daedalus?"
"She's right over there, son," Beckett said, pointing to her. Jen summoned up enough courage to give Ronon a dirty look as she brought the supplies over. She was looking back down at her feet by the time she reached him though. Beckett nodded to both of them before retreating quickly.
"You're still here," Ronon observed as Keller got to work.
"So? A lot of people are still here," she muttered.
"Yeah," Ronon agreed. "But a lot were convinced you would be leaving. In fact, a lot of people lost a lot of money."
Oh seriously? People had bet on whether or not she would stay on Atlantis? Well, of course they would. A lot of the new personal weren't cut out to live on Atlantis, but Jen had thought she had proved otherwise. Sure, Dr. Beckett had checked with her, but she was sure that he had known that she wasn't going to leave. He just wanted to make sure she knew about her options. Of all the people on the base, she thought that she had at least proved to Ronon that she was qualified to stay on.
"And are you going to be losing some money?" she finally summoned the courage to ask as she was placing the gauze over his stitches.
"Nope," Ronon said, jumping off the medical bed. "I actually won some from McKay. So, thanks Doc."
Once he was gone, Jen started to clean the supplies. As she worked, her cheeks flushed with pride and she couldn't keep the smile off her lips. So she had proven to at least one person that she had what it took to stay in Atlantis, and that almost made everything she had gone through in the last three months worth it.