New Home (Stargate Atlantis fanfiction)

16 She is the one - part 2

"Don't you think they take long to sleep?" Asked Melissa handing her husband a morning coffe in the kitchen. "I know they rarely have an opportunity to play like that..."

"And our kids can be exhausting..."

"...and our kids can be exhausting, but still..." She kissed him. "You know, sleeping till ten is still kind of unusual if you ask me."

"Just let them, Mel. I'm sure their schedules do not allow them to be as careless as they were yesterday. Have you seen their fall yesterday?" He smiled at her.

"Oh yeah, do you think what I think?"

"Probably, I'm not your husband so long for nothing." He kissed her passionately. "Why don't we go and wake them up before kids think of that?"

It wasn't until few minutes later that they quietly entered Elizabeth's room and found John on the floor beside her bed, holding her hand while she slept.

"Ok, so maybe we should just get the kids somewhere else," said Dave with a wholehearted smile "so they don't disturb them."

"Don't be the kid just now..." Melissa smiled and approached John. "John, wake up..."

"Wha... what time is it?"

"Ten."

Then they all heard a soft mumbling from the bed. Apparently Elizabeth was also waking up. John quickly got up from the floor and instantly felt just how bad this night was for his back and neck.

"Sorry" mumbled Elizabeth looking at him through half opened eyes. "It is my fault."

"What is your fault?" Asked John still not completely awake.

"You... hurting..." She looked around the room and noticed that their hosts left them alone again. "You stayed here because I asked you..."

"I stayed, because I wanted to" whispered John looking her straight to the eye and Elizabeth felt herself blushing.

The moment passed and they just started getting ready to go downstairs. John left to his room. Both came down a little more than half an hour later to find breakfast prepared on the kitchen table. They ate in silence barely looking at each other

Elizabeth just realized that something in her life was off. She remembered feeling something similar after Simon and she started dating, but this time it was different. First and foremost they weren't dating, not even closely, to be direct. She trusted John and relied a lot on his frequent visits. She waited impatiently for every single one of them. She liked his company very much. However, they knew each other for a very short time and there was nothing to indicate that John wanted them to be anything more than simple friends.

John thought about what Melissa implied the day before. Dave did the same, just a lot more bluntly. Elizabeth was very important in his life since he joined the Stargate Programme. Hell, she was the reason he joined it, she managed to persuade not only himself to participate, but also all his superiors that he was the right man to go with them and that he will not be a liability. She fought for him after the first year... But he never appreciated what she has done until he lost her. Until they all lost them. And after all he has been through she just appeared in his life again, blank slate so to speak. He now managed to fill some blanks and help her recreate her previous life. But he also recognized that something changed over all those weeks.

"You finished?" Asked Melissa entering the kitchen. "Because Andrea is getting restless."

"About what?" Asked quietly Elizabeth, looking at John, then turning at Mel. "Do we have something planned I don't know about?"