Chapter 2 - Revelations

The party continued but Teyla became more and more uneasy, they were all celebrating for her and she had received quite a few gifts but she was worried, what would she do? She walked over to John

"John?" He turned to her and saw her distressed face

"What's wrong? Is everything all right?"

"I must speak with you"

"Ok"

"May we speak elsewhere?" John looked around, the party was dissipating anyway, and he excused himself from talking to Elisabeth who agreed to let everyone get back to work and turned to Teyla

"Let's go" John lead her to his quarters which were closer and he sat her on his bed "What's up?" Teyla took a deep breath and looking at her hands she told him everything

"When an Athosian woman reaches this age we have to choose a man and bond with him and conceive a child after this age if we haven't conceived we can never have children." John sat there shocked; he thought he knew what she was getting at but just sat down next to her placing a hand on her thigh for moral support but he didn't know that when Athosian women got to this stage her body wanted the contact, she shivered slightly but maintained the deep stare she had going with her hands although she could feel John looking at her.

"But seeing as I am the leader, after my mother and father I have to have a child to continue the line of my family leading my people, otherwise I will disgrace my parents who were recently taken by the wraith and I will be thrown out of my place as leader. I can request ritual that works on only a few women who wish to have children later but it would still mean that I would not lead my people any longer. I would have to leave my people because I did not continue the line and disgraced my family" John wrapped his arm around her and brought her head to rest on his shoulder, he rubbed small circles on her back, driving Teyla crazy but she stayed controlled.

"Have you chosen?" he asked breaking the silence that had settled over them

"I would like to ask you to be my chosen, although it may not matter, I will still be sent away. I could ask for ritual…" she trailed off with tears in her eyes. John lifted her chin to look at him and said

"I don't mind if you wanna try and have a baby now, I'd be honoured to be your chosen and help you continue the line"

"But I have never joined with a man in that manner before"

"Trust me, I can help you, if you want this"

"Please?" she looked desperate. John kissed her passionately and her body succumbed to the desperation it had been showing to him for days. They spent all night in John's quarters trying to procreate.

The next morning Teyla awoke to feel strong arms around her waist and she snuggled closer to him. She knew that they had conceived last night, as the crazy feeling that she got when she touched him was no longer there. She rolled over to find John looking at her

"How long have you been awake?" She asked

"Long enough to see how beautiful you are" Teyla blushed slightly before getting out of bed and changing

"I shall return here after I change" she said, John got up and kissed her gently and said

"Hurry back" he then showered and changed for the days work. They went to breakfast before going to talk to Elizabeth, explaining what was happening and asked to return to the mainland. They then went to the jumper bay and John flew them to the mainland. Teyla went straight to the village meeting she had called and John after visiting a member of the community went to find the children to tell them more stories.

Teyla was tired, she had been talking to the villagers all morning and now they were meting up for lunch. She met John and they went to lunch with Teyla's cousin. Teyla told John the villagers didn't know what to do because Teyla made the mistake of telling them she hadn't gone through the necessary tests to determine whether or not she was with child. So they had been having extensive discussions about what they would do, frankly she was scared that those who think she should be banished would convince the others to banish her even if she was with child. Honestly the right thing to do would be wait for about a week and find out but they couldn't do that could they?

A/N: sorry this is a short one but I had to get the next one up soon. Anyway I never abandon stories I'm just busy at the moment but I will never abandon a story