Chapter 9

A/N: Sorry this has taken ages! I have been swamped with both work at the
moment and with a little writers block in this story. I have been starting
other stories. However, HOLS are in about two week so all of my fics will be
updated then. I've got a few John/Teyla fics in the works, so look out for
them in about a fortnight.

Home?

Atlantis was buzzing. AT-3 had just found three fully charged ZPMs and were
arranging for trade. It all seemed too good to be true. The foreigners
didn't use them, they just existed, buried for when the inhabitants of
Atlantis came back to get them. This fact also meant that they could power
the city for a very long time and enable travel to and from earth. All the
other teams were looking for other planets to see if the ancients buried
ZPMs in other places, too. Rodney was overly excited again, as usual, and
very impatient. They hadn't found one yet, but AT-2 had also had success and
they knew that they really didn't need five. The city needed only three and
Colonel Carter was rigging a permanent ZPM system on earth, and until they
ran the earth one down, they didn't really need many more.

"OK Rodney, lets head home."

Rodney grumbled something inaudible before packing up
and heading back to the jumper. Teyla thanked the inhabitants of the planet
and they all left.

That had been almost every planet they knew of. John didn't want Teyla to go
along on any more missions, in case they encountered any resistance. But she
wouldn't have any of it.

They all piled into the jumper and headed home. It had all happened so fast, but it had still been the best part of a month. Teyla was in the unfortunate stage of pregnancy where people weren't sure if she was pregnant, or just put on a lot of weight. But thankfully most people she encountered knew she was having a baby. She and John had their next appointment with Carson in a couple of days and they were going to find out if it was a boy or a girl. Until then, they were very excited.

They arrived back at the city and went to de-brief with Elizabeth. After the
de-briefing, Elizabeth asked John to stay back

"Go ahead, I'll catch up with you later," he said to Teyla. He then turned
back to Elizabeth. "Yeah?" he asked.

"John I want you to be on the first trip back to earth," Elizabeth
responded.

"With Teyla?"

"No, Unfortunately she can't come back without previous authorisation from
the SGC."

"Then forget it. Really, I don't want to go back to Earth for an indefinite
time without her," John refused.

"It will be a month, maybe more, depending on ZPM usage."

"A month! I don't want to leave her for that long. Why don't I go next
time?" John asked.

"Because it could be ages until we get another chance."

"I promised Teyla the next time I went to Earth she would come with me. And
I'm not too comfortable with her travelling that far by Stargate while she's
pregnant. We will both go next time."

"And what about your sister? I know she would want to see you." Elizabeth
pointed out.

"I'll make a recording and explain. I'm sure she'd understand that I'll come
the next time that I can."

"Is there anything I can do to convince you?"

"Nothing," John replied.

"Fine. But they will all be disappointed."

"I'm sure. Give them my apologies and I'll make that tape for my sister,
plus, there are a lot of people who would want to go and see their families
that could take my place."

"That is very charitable of you John," Elizabeth said, smiling.

"Are you going to see Simon?"

"I don't think so, I told him to move on."

"Go and see him, it might make you feel better." John said, leaning against
the table. Elizabeth looked up at him. He had noticed that she still had the
pictures of her and Simon around "Since travel to and fro is more manageable,
maybe he won't mind so much."

"Yeah, but two months a year? Maybe more? That's not fair to him."

"But if he loves you as much as you seem to love him, I don't think he'll
mind. Maybe the military can make room for another civilian, or we could
spare you some more."

"Thank you, John." She smiled at him and he left.

When he got back to the room he found Teyla on their balcony.

"What did she want?" Teyla asked.

"She asked me to go back to earth." John explained. Teyla's eyes widened. "I
said no, of course."

"Why?"

"Because you couldn't come with me."

"You did that for me?"

"You're my wife and more important to me then anything else. I'll send Ford
off to get some stuff for me and write to my sister. Otherwise, that's it. I
don't have anyone else I want to see and I couldn't go anywhere without
thinking about how much I wanted to show it to you."

"Thank you, John." She said. He hugged her.

"Anytime." He kissed her forehead and held her close. "Now, I want you to be
in the film I'm making for my sister so she can see you."

John and Teyla walked hand-in-hand into the infirmary a few days later.

"Didn't go home laddie?" Carson asked, walking up to them.

"Nope. This is my home now, anyway."

Carson left the room so Teyla could change and lie on the bed.

"Are ye gonna find out the sex of the baby today?" He asked, coming back in.

"Yes please," said Teyla. The gel didn't feel as bad today because Teyla was
prepared for it this time. Soon enough they heard the sound of their baby's
heartbeat. Carson took notes for awhile and then said,

"Congratulations, it's a girl." He cleared her stomach off and continued.
"Everything seems to be in order and going well. I'll see you next month."

He then left her to get changed again.

2 days later

Teyla and John stood in the control room, fare-welling all those going to
Earth.

"Are you sure you're not coming?" asked Elizabeth

"Yep. Ford has a shopping list and a package of stuff for my sister and I'll
stay here," John replied.

"All right, see you when I get back."

"Go and see Simon," John said, placing his arm around Teyla.

"I'm going to." Elizabeth replied.

"Good."

"Bye, John"

"Have a good time for me."

They hugged and watched as the Stargate engaged. Those lucky enough to go
walked through the gate.

Sara Shepherd sat in her living room, looking at the stuff she had just
received from a military officer. It was a package from her brother and the
number of the man who had delivered the stuff to her in case she wanted to
reply. She put the tape in the cassette player and pressed play

"Hi Sara, how are you doing? This is just to let you know that I'm still
thinking of you. I'm sorry I couldn't come and see you in person, but I'll
be coming in a year or so for a visit. As I said before I left, I can't tell
you where I am or what I'm doing, and that must be really frustrating for
you. But I can tell you the reason why I'm not here in person. I got
married!"

He reached out his arm and brought another person onto screen.

"This is my wife, Teyla. The most beautiful person I know and the leader of
her people. I know you'd love her and guess what? We are going to have a
baby! But I promise when she's old enough; we just found out it is a girl,"
they both smiled at each other "We will all come to see you, I promise, and
show Teyla America. I hope you are doing well with your family and you can
write to me and give whatever to the guy who dropped this off. He's good. In
the envelope is a copy of the ultrasound photos and just other photos of the
wedding and stuff. Miss you, lots of love, John."

Sara looked inside the envelope, pulling out a whole lot of photos and a
beautiful necklace. Where did John get something so beautiful? He has no
taste... She wondered, fingering it. In truth, Teyla had picked it out. It
was from her people. When Sara had finished looking through the photos, she
wrote a letter back and put it in a large envelope with some photos of her
own and a couple of things for him, too.

A/N: that is all for now. The reply will be in the next update and then we
can start on names. What do you think? I have a few ideas but I'll let you
know. I HAVE A NEW BETA! Thanks Camerine! Now I won't have all those typos!
Lol. Thanks for all the reviews and suggestions. Plus, I like unique names!

Luv,
Charmed Ali