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It wasn't even raining when we got back so we headed to the dining room where some of the other guests were just returning for the night also, "That reminds me, I've got to make a phone call too." John said and I smiled, watching as he looked over to the table where he'd chatted to the couple just this morning.

He pulled his phone out of his pocket and called a number, "Harrison is that you?" I frowned at the surname but persevered. "Are you still based in Waddington?" Has asked politely,

"Yeah man, are you in the area?"

"Not exactly but I was wondering if I could use that favour now?"

"What would that be exactly? This better not get me into any trouble."

"It's nothing bad, but I met this man who has loved planes all his life but has never been up in the sky. He lives locally to you."

"You want me to take him up?"

"Would you be willing?"

"That's fine, Sheppard, I'll send you a time and date in a second. It's good to hear from you though…"

"Yeah, you too H, and thanks." John hung up the phone and in a matter of minutes he got a text with a time and a date.

By luck, the same couple had just walked into the dining room looking perfectly cheerful. "You should go and tell them," I said to John and he nodded finding a piece of paper and pen and scribbling down the details. "Come on, I'm not going on my own."

He dragged me up and we went to their table, I was glad theirs seated four instead of ours which only seated two. "Good afternoon how was your day?" They both smiled and recounted some of their activities to us before it all boiled down to John.

"You said you've never been up in the air, right, or at least not in a fast jet?" The man nodded hesitantly but John just grinned, "Well, as long as you actually want to, a friend of mine would love to show you around." The man's jaw dropped open in shock.

"We went through flight school together but he actually works with the RAF at Waddington now and he flies Tornado's and Eurofighters." John handed him the piece of paper looking awfully happy.

"Oh my gosh, are you serious?" The man asked, "Yes sir, I just called him a few minutes ago." I took John's hand in my own and smiled, "Now's your chance to go up in one of those planes you've been building for so long. I hope you enjoy it."

About an hour later, dinner was served and we ate in good company; however I could feel how tired I was as my muscles were aching from my earlier run from the hospital. I dropped my head onto his shoulder and he wrapped an arm around my shoulders, "Babe, are you okay?" John asked after wincing at the sight of me rolling my shoulder and the bones cracking. I nodded tiredly, "Aye, I'll be fine." John kept glancing at me warily. "I promise it's nothing a hot shower can't cure."

Dinner was thankfully uneventful and we had been able to quickly make our way to our room. I sunk down on the bed but John pulled me back up, careful not to tip. "Come on, there's a shower to be had." I groaned before dragging my sore body to the bathroom.

As soon as I got myself into the shower my body sagged but I was glad to feel John step in behind me, "I miss Atlantis showers." He complained but it had no real depth. "Aye, but we'll be back there soon enough." John wrapped his arms around me and I sunk into his embrace.

He carefully washed over my body, massaging my shoulders and back as he did. It should be the other way round but at this moment in time I really didn't have enough energy to argue with him.

Once we were both washed I turned in his embrace and wrapped my arms around his neck, joining our lips in a gentle kiss that lasted long enough to lose ourselves. John broke away and sighed into my ear, "I love you so much, Carson." I closed my eyes gently and took a deep breath, playing with the hairs at the back of his head, "I love you too." I replied softly.

"How long, John?" I asked with a shaky breath and he held my waist tighter as the water cascaded around us, "I cared about you for a long time, Carson, I cared about you from the day you nearly shot me down in Atlantis.

"I realized I loved you that night when we lost Teyla, when we…" He didn't need to finish the sentence, not that he could anyway as I dragged him into another long kiss, his soft lips grazing against my own.

After the shower we went straight to bed, John tucked comfortably in my arms as we fell into a deep sleep.

They're so cute! Moving on...