Disclaimer: I'm only going to say this once: I don't own any of the characters and I'm not making money off of doing this. This is simply for fun.
Note: Sorry aboutt he wait. Was on vacation. And it was worth it. No internet for 16 days... wow!
Present Day (Wednesday, December 23rd, 2008, Jonathan Keller's home):
As Jennifer Keller pulls up into her father's driveway, Michelle, her father's wife comes out to greet her. Getting out of the car, she hugs the beautiful older lady. Michelle had married her father two years after she left for college. They got along very well. And Jennifer's father was happy. And that was all that mattered.
"Hey honey!" Michelle greeted Jennifer. "We missed you!"
"I missed you guys, too." Jennifer replies. "Where's dad?" She asks as she pulls away from her.
"Went to the store to pick up some last minute stuff." She answers.
"Jenny! Jenny! Jenny!" Screams a three year old little girl in pigtails as she runs towards Jennifer, flinging herself onto her. "I missed you!"
"I missed you, too, Abby." Jennifer says as she lifts her half-sister in her arms. "Look at you! You've grown so much since I last saw you."
Abby spreads tiny damp kisses all over Jennifer's face and says "I know. Daddy says that I grew this much." Holding up two fingers.
"What time will dad be back?" Jennifer asks Michelle as she looks over her shoulder.
"He left less than hour ago. He'll be back soon."
Abby is wriggling around in Jennifer's arms as she tries to look over her shoulders, waving at an SUV that had just passed by. Jennifer turns to look, but doesn't recognize the car. Ignoring the car, she turns back and walks to the house.
X
Walking around her old bedroom, Jennifer randomly picks up trophies she won in high school. As she stops in front of her closet she reaches in to pull out a leather box from the top shelf. Sitting down on the floor, she lifts the lid to reveal pictures and little items that she kept hidden for so many years. Looking through the old photographs she sees one that was taken on senior skip day. A group photo taken on the beach.
Flashback to Senior Skip Day (June 2nd, 2000):
"Carson, Katie, come on!" John yells as he beckons them to come over to their group that's gathered. Ronon's setting his camera on timer on top of another car. As Carson and Katie approach the group, Rodney snorts. Ronon runs back to the group, counting down until they hear the click of the camera.
The camera captures the whole group standing behind John's car and Ronon's truck, the girls in their swimsuits and the guys are shirtless and in board shorts, except for Radek, Rodney and Carson. John is sitting on the trunk of his car, knees bent and feet resting on the bumper, holding a football in between his legs, Evan is standing to his left, leaning against the car, hands in the pockets of his board shorts, a sly smile on his face. Teyla and Kate are standing to John's right, their arms around each other's shoulders, hands on hips, big grins on their faces. Elizabeth and Mike are standing behind them, Elizabeth is wearing Mike's Basketball Jersey since she didn't bring a swimsuit. Radek's leaning against the side of the truck looking bored and Rodney, a frown on his face, is sitting on the bed of the truck with the tailgate down. Ronon's sitting on the opposite side, with Jennifer in between the two of them, tucked under his arm, their faces slightly turned towards each other, her eyes shut as he kisses her forehead. Marie and Laura are kneeling on the bed of the truck behind them with their arms up in the air, winking at the camera. Katie and Carson standing awkwardly on the left side of the truck holding hands. The view is perfect as the sun is already setting behind them.
X
When the camera takes its picture, everyone settles back around the bonfire that they've made up. Some sitting on logs, others on towels and blankets. John opens the ice box and passes around beers and wine coolers. Jennifer, Elizabeth and Evan are making s'mores, while, Rodney, Radek and Mike are roasting the marshmallows. Chips being passed around, and conversations forming. Teyla and Kate are unwrapping hotdogs from their packets, while Ronon spears the hotdogs.
Jennifer shivers a bit, and Ronon reaches for his varsity jacket, placing it over her shoulders, with that she leans a little bit closer to kiss him on the cheek.
"You guys mind if we join you?" Marie asks, indicating the food.
"The more the merrier!" Evan exclaims. "Have a seat." He tells her with a smile, patting the space beside him. Marie blushes at this and takes a seat on the towel.
"Hey so what happened to Bates?" Rodney asks Laura.
Pointing towards some trees. "Passed out over there." Laura answers nonchalantly. Bates is leaning against a tree, his arm around another girl, both asleep. Laura grabs a stick and sits by Rodney. Taking a marshmallow from the pack she helps roast them.
Jennifer hands a s'more to Ronon who had just found a can of soda for her. As she starts to make another one she sees Carson eyeing Rodney sadly from across the bonfire. Beside him, Katie is talking to Elizabeth. John is flipping through CDs with Teyla who had just finished passing around hotdogs on sticks. Looking to her left she sees Marie wistfully watching Evan from the corner of her eye as he tells Kate a story. Radek is busy roasting more marshmallows and sipping his wine cooler.
Ronon nudges her and offers her a hotdog. Taking the stick, she leans back against him, listening to Ronon play 'Smooth' by Santana and Matchbox Twenty with his guitar, his arms around her. Jennifer tries to carefully eat her hotdog without disturbing Ronon's playing. John's ears perk up to the sound, dropping the CDs he grabs his guitar that's behind him and joins along. Teyla and Laura look at each other and start singing the lyrics. Everybody settles down and relaxes as they listen to Teyla and Laura's soulful voices singing the song in a jazzier tone.
As the hours pass by others have left already including Carson and Katie, and Rodney and Radek who hitched a ride with Mike and Elizabeth. Jennifer starts to fall asleep against Ronon's chest. Ronon gives her a chaste kiss on her forehead then wakes her gently. "Come on, I'll take you home." Pulling her up with him, he turns to look at the group. "Anyone want a ride?"
Marie's about to answer, but Evan is too quick for her, and pulls her from the group, pretending to show her something near the water. John picks up on this, and says "Nah! I've got room in my car."
Jennifer hears Laura try to whisper to John "I don't think we'll fit in your convertible." Everyone in the group actually hears her since she's a bit tipsy and her whisper isn't a whisper at all. Jennifer blushes at this, knowing full well why John didn't want anybody hitching a ride with her and Ronon.
"Okay then." Ronon says as he gathers all their things together. Jennifer folds the blanket and follows behind him towards the truck. Dumping all their things onto the back of the truck, Jennifer dresses in her gym shorts and shirt which she fished inside her gym bag and then pulls her hair out of her bun. Ronon helps Jennifer in the passenger seat after she's done dressing. As he starts the engine he asks her "Did you have fun?" She smiles and nods at him and leans over to kiss him then reaches out to play with one of his dreads, something he's gotten used to since they started dating. Ronon backs up his truck, away from the bonfire, the group before them waving goodbye.
Every once in a while, Ronon would turn to look at Jennifer whose eyes are shut. He knows she isn't asleep so he asks her "What's on your mind?"
Without opening her eyes Jennifer answers. "How much fun I've had since I've moved here. This year especially, when I started tutoring you." Opening her eyes she looks at him with a smile. "I never thought that I would ever be this happy."
Ronon, pulls over to the side of the road. Jennifer looks around, a little bit confused. Shifting to face her, his arm around her backrest. "I've never been happier, either." He tells her. Then reaching around his neck, he unclasps his shark's tooth necklace. "I want you to have this." Jennifer's shaking her head. "I know it's not pretty, you don't have to wear…"
"Oh, Ronon it's not that. It's a very sweet gesture, but I can't take it. Your Father gave…"
"Gave it to me, yeah." He continues for her. "But I want you to have it, it's special – you're special." He tells her as he caresses her cheeks. "Please." Jennifer turns around and lifts her hair from her shoulders. Ronon puts the necklace on her. The tooth resting in between the valley of her breasts. Gently rubbing the nape of her neck with his thumb, and then replacing it with lips. Jennifer shivers and bends her head forward to give better access. Moaning when she feels his tongue dart out for a bit, and then turns around, sliding her arms around his shoulders, pulling his head closer to hers, for a kiss. Ronon cups her cheek while his other hand slowly rubs her back. A sigh escapes her lips.
Back to the Present:
Jennifer closes the box and puts it back in the closet. Flopping down on her bed, Jennifer stares up at the ceiling as she unconsciously plays with the shark's tooth necklace that she's worn for almost nine years. Turning to her side, she holds the tooth to inspect it. Sighing as she wraps her fingers around it.
TBC.
Note: Hope you liked the chapter. It'll probably be a while til I get the next chapter up. I still have to get my groove back on.:)