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John parked the rental car in the lot of the Plaza Hotel and opened the trunk to retrieve the small bag he and Teyla had packed. Luckily Teyla's dress was with Jennifer and John only needed to pick up his tux from a local store.

They'd said goodbye to a very excited Torren this morning and John almost felt disappointed that the child hadn't seemed more upset that both he and Teyla were leaving him. But then he was left often enough with Aleeah or any number of people on Atlantis when he and Teyla needed to go off world for missions. Why would staying with his Aunt and Uncle be any different?

As they entered the elegant lobby, John noticed General O'Neill and Sam Carter standing at the desk waiting to check in. They got in line behind them and John cleared his throat and quipped, "Hope these people in front of us aren't the picky type who'll cause all sorts of problems and take forever to check in. They look like they could be trouble."

Teyla just rolled her eyes and sighed as the couple in front of them turned around. Sam's eyes lit up and she immediately hugged Teyla.

"Teyla, it's so great to see you again. I missed seeing you when you got into the SGC. I was in Washington with Jack."

O'Neill thrust out his hand and took the one John held out. "General."

"Sheppard," O'Neill greeted with narrowed eyes. "I'm hoping this wedding will be a little … tamer than yours was. Not that the eventual ceremony wasn't quite lovely but the pregame warm-up was a real bitch."

"Jack!" Sam warned and elbowed him in the side. She then smiled at Teyla again and observed, "You look wonderful, Teyla. How are you feeling?"

Before she could answer, O'Neill also gave her a concerned look. "Everything okay in there?"

Teyla rubbed her belly and pronounced happily, "Yes, everything is wonderful. Jennifer says she is very healthy and I should have no worries."

Jack just shook his head and said, "Good."

Sam's eyes lit up and she asked, "So you know it's a girl?"

Both John and Teyla nodded then the clerk cleared his throat and Jack turned around to check in. "We have a reservation for O'Neill. That's two L's."

Sam steered Teyla away and said, "Why don't we let the big strong men check us in and you can tell me how your vacation was. You were going to Maine, right?"

Teyla nodded and filled Sam in on all they had done the past few weeks and by the time she was finished both John and Jack had joined them.

John was looking at the key card in his hand and gave a resigned sigh when he got near Teyla. "They put us right next door to these two so it looks like we'll have to keep things down tonight once we get in bed."

Teyla just closed her eyes and wondered if her husband was capable of being serious for even a moment. But when she thought of all they had been through she knew that he had needed to be far too serious on too many occasions and so she would allow him his little jokes when he needed them.

As they moved through the lobby toward the elevators a large group of people entered the hotel. They were loud and boisterous and John knew immediately they were the group that had just come from the SGC.

And sure enough before they had taken another step, he heard a booming, "SHEPPARD!" and Ronon came in with Amelia right beside him. She was shaking her head and blushing at his noise level.

Behind him came Radek, Marie, Dusty, Ann Teldy, and Carson with Dr. Alison Porter on his arm.

John poked Teyla with his elbow and asked, "Did you know Carson was bringing her?"

"Yes," Teyla admitted smugly. "I believe Jennifer mentioned that Carson could bring a date and as they have been seeing each other for a while, it was fairly obvious who it would be."

"Wow, really?" John said and Teyla wondered if sometimes John didn't pay attention to much past his own nose. But then she also knew that Carson spent much of his time on a variety of planets in the Pegasus Galaxy and the fact that Alison helped him occasionally was news from the science department and John didn't always care that much about the details of that department.

Another ruckus by the door drew their attention and they saw Rodney trying to get through bogged down with several large garment bags. "Oh, fine, leave me with all the girly stuff to carry in. I have a mind to just dump these all right here."

"John, go help him!" Teyla ordered when she realized they were probably the wedding party dresses and hers was included in them. John did as he was told and grabbed the stack before they tumbled to the floor.

"I got them," he informed Rodney who let go with a sigh of relief. "Listen, McKay, I'll bring these up to my room and whoever needs them can get them later."

Rodney just gave a nod and hefted the other bags he had with him. John walked back to where Teyla was just getting in the elevator with Carter and O'Neill and got in behind them. He threw Ronon a smirk as the doors closed. He knew the big man would probably come looking for him soon enough.

Once on their floor they said good bye to Carter and O'Neill and John unlocked the door to their room. He immediately hung up the dresses so Teyla wouldn't yell at him then looked around the room. It had a large King size bed on one wall with a dresser, desk, a small round table and a few chairs nearby. It was a fairly typical room but it looked clean and well decorated. John wondered if Rodney was now complaining about the cost.

Teyla had gone right into the bathroom but now came out and sat on the side of the bed and slipped her shoes off.

"Do you think we will need to go anywhere right now?" she asked as she reclined on the bed and released a small sigh.

John shrugged. "It'll probably take them all a while to check in downstairs so why don't you just rest for a couple of minutes. We've done an awful lot of traveling in the last few days."

Teyla closed her eyes and replied, "Yes, but at least we did not need to go through a public airport this time. It was very considerate of David to allow you to fly us here in his private plane."

John just nodded and continued looking around the room at the booklets and brochures that were resting on the desk. He checked out the room service menu and then the list of cable channels they got. He was tempted to put on ESPN but when he glanced back at Teyla prone on the bed he realized they were all alone in this room and there was no little boy to interrupt them.

"Is the bed comfortable?" John asked as he kicked off his shoes and placed his knee on the end of the bed.

Teyla opened her eyes and saw John begin to crawl toward her, a territorial gleam in his eyes. "Yes, it is very comfortable. And quite large. I am wondering what one could possibly do with all this space."

John saw the glint in Teyla's eyes and knew she was thinking the same thing as him. Then he closed his eyes for a second and could feel that she was thinking the same thing as him.

He finished moving toward her and hovered over her with his hands on either side of her arms. He lowered his face and pressed his lips to hers. "I guess we'll just have to experiment and see what we can do with all this space. It could be interesting."

Teyla's hand rose to caress his cheek and replied, "It is always interesting when I experiment with you, John."

John's lip twitched and he said, "All in the name of science, I'm sure. McKay would be proud."

"I am sure Rodney and Jennifer will be experimenting on their own in the coming weeks. I am more interested in our findings."

John's lips lowered again and caressed hers. He kept himself on his elbows slightly above her as their mouths sought comfort in the other. John nibbled on her bottom lip and Teyla's tongue peeked out to run along where he had nipped. He captured it with his lips and allowed his own tongue to stroke along it.

Their kisses grew heated and John took Teyla's hands in one of his and raised them above her head. His mouth then explored down the side of her face and further until it was sucking on a sensitive spot on her throat. A small moan escaped from Teyla's mouth and John flicked his tongue out to tease that spot again in a different way.

John's free hand caressed its way down Teyla's neck to the top button of her sundress and John suddenly felt her desire for him surge. The longing she had inside her was rising and John was getting hard just feeling her desire.

"I can feel your excitement as well as my own, Teyla. Have you been able to feel this extra longing when we make love?"

Teyla smiled dreamily and nodded. "Yes, and it makes the pleasure so much more intense. Did you not say you had felt it a few days ago when we were outside in the moonlight?"

"Yeah, but I'm sensing it much easier this time. I'm just kissing you and I can feel all your desire and know exactly what you want me to do. It's … very … erotic."

"That is good," Teyla declared impishly. "Then I will not need to tell you what I want. And you will find, John, that this connection will become stronger the more you use it."

"Stronger, huh? I'm not sure I'll be able to last very long if it gets much stronger than this."

One of Teyla's feet lifted and ran up and down John's leg and she stated, "Then perhaps you should proceed quickly."

John laughed softly but shook his head. "Nope, I think I'm gonna take this one slow."

And his hand began slipping the buttons out of their holes one by one. When he got them all undone he slowly opened her dress and sucked in a huge breath. He didn't think he would ever stop getting such a thrill from just looking at his wife.

And Teyla knew it. Knew the power she had over him. He released her hands but she kept them over her head and stretched, pushing out her chest and arching her back. John lifted his fingers and ran them from her hips slowly over her expanded belly, her ribcage then feathered them around the golden mounds but not quite reaching the puckered tips.

Teyla arched her back again and John knew just what she wanted him to do but he wanted to just tease her for a little longer. And he did so love caressing her breasts and feeling her silken skin under his roughened fingertips. And as he did this he could sense her hunger and need grow. The ache inside her was building.

After what seemed eons to Teyla, John finally crept his fingers to touch the centers of her breasts and a sharp burst of pleasure arrowed straight to her feminine core. She knew John had felt it too because his cravings elevated as well.

He gently squeezed her nipples and rolled them in his fingers and within moments Teyla's hips were twitching back and forth and her breathing had grown faster. Her head was thrown back and John knew she was getting extreme satisfaction from his touch. But he wanted to give her even more.

He lowered his mouth and snuck his tongue out to flick at the erect peak. Teeny whimpers escaped from Teyla and John gave a groan himself at the pleasure he felt not only from what he was doing but what Teyla was feeling. His mouth surrounded her nipple and began to suck and Teyla's hands finally moved down to stroke across his chest.

She started to unbuckle his belt when they heard loud voices moving down the hallway. John had heard some a short while ago but had basically ignored them, knowing his friends needed to deposit their bags in their rooms. He was hoping they would all stay there for a while. They must be tired from their travel too.

But this time the noise did not move down the hall but stopped at their door with a sharp rap on it.

"Sheppard! You in there?" Ronon's voice boomed through the barrier and John rested his head on Teyla's chest and waited.

"Maybe if we're really quiet, they'll go away," John whispered to Teyla who had unzipped and barely snuck her hand inside his pants but was already stroking his hard member.

"Ronon is usually very persistent," Teyla observed but he noticed her hand didn't slow its movement.

"And I usually like that about him," John returned roughly. "But not today, not right now."

But the loud banging on the door didn't go away and Ronon's voice continued to call out to him and Teyla. John finally let out a huge sigh and gritted his teeth as he reluctantly eased himself away from Teyla's luscious body.

"I'm gonna kill him, you know that?" John threatened as he straightened and started zipping his fly. But Teyla had already begun buttoning up her dress and was attempting to get her breathing under control.

John was just doing his belt buckle when he pulled open the door and hollered, "WHAT?"

Ronon took one look at John's rumpled shirt half in and half out of his pants and the belt that was still not completely in its loop and burst out laughing. Amelia standing behind him just slapped him on the arm.

"I told you we shouldn't bother them. I said they might be busy."

"Sorry, Sheppard," Ronon grunted but didn't sound sorry at all. "You want us to come back in a few minutes so you can finish."

John wanted to ask how he knew they hadn't been done but he saw Ronon checking out the bulge in his pants and knew how the man had figured that out. John just glared at the Satedan.

Before anyone could say anything else, Rodney came barreling down the hall and pushed his way inside John and Teyla's room.

"Okay, Jennifer said she needed the dresses and the Bridal Party. Apparently you all need to try them on to make sure they fit and we need to go and pick up the tuxes before my bride-to-be has another conniption fit."

Rodney stopped and looked at John, Ronon and Amelia who had followed him inside then glanced at Teyla who was attempting to smooth some loose strands back into a ponytail.

Amelia immediately apologized. "I'm sorry for barging in on you like this Teyla. You know how impatient men can get."

Rodney looked confused but finally realized what he had interrupted when he noticed Teyla had several of her bottoms buttons in the wrong holes. Teyla saw where his eyes had gone and blushed scarlet.

"Excuse me," she said rapidly and walked toward the bathroom. Before she went in though she turned and suggested, "Why don't you men go get the tuxes and Amelia and I will find Jennifer and try on the dresses."

"We can just do it in here," Jennifer said as she walked in the still open door and held up a cell phone. "Jeannie just called and said they're on their way from the airport. They should be here in just a few minutes. Carson is almost ready to go so why don't you go get him and leave us women alone for a while."

"Yeah, that's a really good idea," Rodney agreed and he shuffled out of the room looking almost relieved to be going. He turned around and waved at Ronon and John. "Let's go."

John let out a huge sigh and grabbed his shoes off the floor. "Can I get a second to put these on first?"

As he began to slip his feet inside he heard Rodney's irritated voice in the hallway shout, "No!"

He got his other foot inside and by that time Teyla had come out of the bathroom, her dress buttoned properly this time. He paused near her as he left and gave her a quick kiss.

"We'll have to finish this later," he whispered in her ear and saw her blush again as he walked out to follow his two friends.

Teyla closed the door behind John and moved to open the closet where the dresses were hung up. Amelia took them from her and as she walked toward the rumpled bed apologized again.

"I am so sorry, Teyla."

Jennifer looked confused and Amelia gazed meaningfully at the twisted sheets and told her, "John and Teyla were … busy … and Ronon just kept pounding on the door until John finally opened it."

Jennifer's eyes flashed open and she apologized also. "Oh, Teyla. I'm sorry."

Teyla didn't let her get any further. "It is all right, Jennifer," she soothed. "We were not … fully involved yet. Perhaps it is a good thing we were interrupted when we were. Even a minute or more later and it would have been quite an inconvenience. Now let us make sure these beautiful dresses you ordered for us actually fit. I will admit I am a bit nervous about anything fitting around this protrusion."

Jennifer pulled one of the dresses out of the bag and explained, "I got these dresses because they would fit around your stomach. And you're not that big yet."

"I feel enormous already," Teyla complained as she began to unbutton her dress again and pull the bridal dress over her head. Amelia followed suit.

The dress was a pale robin's egg blue and had thin spaghetti straps with a deep V in the front and back. It was gathered right under the breast with a narrow beaded strip then fell in a flowing wave of chiffon to the floor. And when Teyla put it on it looked amazing on her. Both women thought so.

"Oh, sweetie," Jennifer gushed, "you look gorgeous. That'll get John's blood boiling."

Teyla just laughed. "I do not need any assistance in getting John's blood to boil. Right now I am sure he is attempting to get it to unboil."

They turned their attention to Amelia who also looked ravishing and made jokes that they'd have to keep Ronon on a leash throughout the reception.

The women moved on to what they would do with their hair and shortly after Jeannie arrived. She greeted them all warmly then looked at Teyla in amazement.

"Teyla, I didn't know you were expecting again. Mer never told me," she ranted. "I can't believe he didn't tell me. But then maybe I do." Her lips twisted sardonically. "He only told me you and John had gotten together and had gotten married about two months ago. I take it you've been married a little longer than that."

Teyla looked a bit sheepish as she explained, "We have been married a little over four months but I am over five months along. We discovered I was pregnant two days before the wedding."

"But you obviously weren't getting married because you were pregnant," Jeannie argued, "so it's all good. And I'm happy for both you and John. He's a good man and he deserves a good woman like you. And I'm sure you know he's had a thing for you for a while."

Teyla looked perplexed. "Yes, I am aware but how … ?"

Jeannie rolled her eyes. "Please, it was very obvious when I saw the two of you together. John always had a hard time keeping his eyes off you. And the looks he was giving you were hardly that of a friend. I'm surprised Mer never picked up on it."

The others in the room all burst out laughing and Jeannie joined in. "Yeah, okay, I'm not surprised. I am surprised that he noticed you Jennifer but I'm so glad he did. You do plan on beating some sense into him, right?"

Jennifer looked uncertain but responded, "Well, I'll try. Honestly, just trying to get him to focus on the wedding has been a trial. But I'm definitely ready to beat him that's for sure. I'm hoping he'll relax and enjoy himself on our honeymoon at least."

Jeannie shrugged and smiled then looked at Teyla. "Where did you and John go for a honeymoon, Teyla? Some romantic planet, I hope."

"John and I did not have a honeymoon after our wedding," Teyla explained. "We knew we would need time on Earth for this wedding and decided to take a few weeks prior. We have been vacationing in the state called Maine at a lovely cottage John's father left to him. John, Torren and I had a very wonderful time."

"Torren?" Jeannie questioned. "Oh, it's not a honeymoon if you bring your child. Where is he now?"

"He is staying with John's brother, David and his wife, Julia. John flew David's plane here and we will get Torren when we fly back."

The women made sure Jeannie looked great in her dress too and the men showed back up a little while later, garment bags in hand. John stowed his in the closet while the others drifted off back to their rooms saying they would meet for the rehearsal dinner in twenty minutes.

John just frowned knowing he wanted more time than that to finish what he and Teyla had started earlier. Instead he allowed her to actually lie down and rest for the short time they had. He sat in the upholstered chair near the window and read the newspaper he had gotten while they were out.

It wasn't often he got to read a paper that was less than three weeks old.

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