It was a hot and sunny day outside, and the three of them felt like they were going to pass out anytime soon. This morning, John, Teyla and Ronon had been playing on the street with water guns, and now they were absolutely soaked. But that didn’t rub away the feeling of the moist, hot air that surrounded them. Apparently they had to stop because the moving vans had arrived in the street.

John was on his back, propping himself up on his arms, watching the van unload. A woman in her mid-30’s came out of the house and helped with moving furniture. Suddenly the doors flung open and a girl ran out with her paint set and easel, trying to set it up on the grass.

She had burgundy hair (that bordered on dark chocolate) and wore a baby blue shirt with skinny jeans that showed off her long sexy legs. She would have been no more than 15 like me, he thought.

They sat there for about 10 minutes in silence. John was contently watching her as she leant over her board to look at him. She smiled a bit, but was more focussed on her drawing.

“Hey Teyla, Ronon, feel like saying hello?”
“You that cocky with girls Sheppard?” smirked Ronon.
“No, just being friendly. I used to be a newbie here too you know.”
“Well, I for one will accompany you. It may be awkward being approached by a boy, but it may lighten the burden with another girl around.”
“Okay, whatever she just said. Lets go!” finished Ronon.

--

Oh God. Are they seriously coming over here? Oh… But the one with messy black hair is cute. Oh God. They’re getting closer. Please be a distraction or something.

She closed her eyes together, trying to hear the slightest voice of someone calling her.
“Elizabeth! Time for Lunch!”
Oh Thank God.
“Coming mother!”

And there she went, leaving her easel, paint, paper and drawings on the ground.

--

“Oh.” Sighed Teyla. “She went inside.”
“Well we didn’t come all this way for nothing.”
“John man, we only walked halfway across the street.”
“So? I wanna see how good an artist she is.”

And with that, he ran to the new girls lawn and stood in front of her easel, with his mouth wide open.
That was good enough for Ronon and Teyla to run the rest of the way up.
When they got there, all three of them stood speechless.
It was them. She had drawn them sitting on the lawn. Perfectly imaged and everything. “Woah,” they all said.

“Why don’t we write her a note?” asked Teyla.
Without knowing, Ronon picked up some scrap paper and started writing on it. Soon after, he passed it onto Teyla, who passed it onto John. They had all scribbled a message onto it.

Ronon wrote:
-Woah your good. Ever considered the art school? It’s only 20mins away? Hope to see you around. a86; From Ronon Dex

Teyla wrote:
-Aww that was very sweet. You’re very talented. Maybe we could speak to you soon? Thanku! From Teyla xx

John wrote:
-Hey! I’m John that was awesome of you to draw us on the grass. Maybe next time we can pose for you? *wink* JKS! JKS! Well anyway, it’d be great to know you. Laters Elizabeth. P.S. Hot Jeans.

Teyla snatched the paper off him to see what he wrote.
“You know John, sometimes your too cocky for your own good.”
Ronon yawned and looked at his watch. “Hey, lets crash at my place for lunch yeah?”
“Lets go!” yelled John.
Teyla giggled.

Little did they know, that someone was watching them out of the window. After they retreated to Ronon’s house, she crept outside, got the paper and ran back in.

Her face beamed to see what they had written. “Thankyou,” she whispered. But she couldn’t help but laugh at the jeans part. Yes indeed, she would like to meet them face to face one day. Yes, hopefully one day indeed.

John couldn’t sleep that night. All he could think about was that pretty girl from across the road. Her beautiful green eyes, her bouncy burgundy hair, and those sexy legs of hers. And with a bonus, she also had the talent of art . It was nothing like John had ever seen before. She was so… so… Perfect.

A piece inside of him wished that she would go to the same school as him, another wished he could see her again and tell her what he really thought about her painting. But that would all have to wait for another time, because now was the time to sleep.

Now that John had thought out his worries, he knew he would see her again, doesn’t matter if it’s next week, tomorrow, or in the morning, he would see her because they were neighbours. That was good enough to be content about, without warning, he quietly drifted to sleep.

--

It was Sunday, and he didn’t really feel like getting up. The sun’s rays were lightly poking his face, and it was seriously distracting. For crying out loud! Fine I’ll get up!

As John passed his window, he couldn’t help but notice a lonely figure sitting across the street. It was that girl from yesterday. A small knot inside his stomach was coming loose, because he was just so glad to see her face again.

Her hair was unmistakable. But wait, what was that? Is that laughter?

Suddenly Teyla and Ronon emerged from the left and sat on either side of Elizabeth. By the looks of it, Teyla was pointing to a particular part of it. A few seconds later, Ronon was looking through the girls pencil case, when he finally passed over a crayon. Damnit, should have gotten up earlier.

“John!” a voice yelled that interrupted his thought.
“Yes mum?” he yelled back.
“Give this to the new neighbours with Teyla and Ronon won’t you?”
“Give what?”
He was curious so he ran over to the banister, only to spot his mother with a lovely woven basket containing fruit and chocolate.
“Uhmm… Okay. Just let me get changed.” He said when he eyed the basket.

And with that he was gone, only to return 10mins later, with a blue shirt and some jeans. As he walked downstairs, his mum tried to suppress a giggle. John narrowed his eyes on her.

“What?” he asked annoyed.
“Oh. I haven’t seen you dress so nicely since your fathers funeral.”
“That was like, last October?”
“Exactly, are you trying to impress someone, John?”
“No, have you ever thought that I might just want to feel comfortable in jeans?”
“Whatever sweetheart.”

She walked past him to the kitchen, lightly rubbing her hand over his head on the way.
God I’m hungry. No surprise there, he didn’t have any breakfast. Maybe eating would get rid of the butterflies his stomach was occupying.

--

Here I go. He opened the door, to see that no one was outside. What the hell? He dropped the basket and ran to Ronon’s house only 2 doors away. The doorbell rung, and Ms Dex answered it. “Morning Ms Dex, is Ronon or Teyla here?” Ms Dex looked down at him with a small smile. “Sorry sweetheart, I thought they would have gone to either yours or Teyla’s. He’s definitely not here.”

Damnit.

So now that means, he has to walk to Teyla’s. Never mind, it was just across from Ronon’s. John loved it how they lived so close together. So many times they played Soccer on the streets, playing with the ‘super soaker’ water guns, and playing Hide and Seek for there was many bushes.

It was a short walk to Teyla’s house. He admired the use of native plants in her front garden. It was so pretty and colourful. He rang the doorbell again, only to hear the thumping of many feet. That was most likely her 3 older brothers. Secretly they kind of scared him.

About 30 seconds later, the door was answered by Teyla. “John!” she exclaimed. Her arms were wrapped around his neck. Breath was something he couldn’t take in right now.

After a minute she finally let go, and he gasped. She looked at the floor for a moment before saying, “Oh John, come in!” She directed him outside to where he saw two other people.

One being Elizabeth. He couldn’t help but remember her name, just like yesterday when she was called inside. John couldn’t help it as his insides went like jelly. Something was special about her. He knew it.

Elizabeth stood up and walked towards him. His spine was tingling. Was this normal? His knees felt like jelly as he watched her beautiful lips quirk into a smile.

“Hi!” she said. “Nice to meet you.”
She extended a hand.

“Um… Nice to meet you too.”
He accepted her hand. Woah her hand was warm.
He lifted his head up, and meet her eyes. In no time at all, he was lost in them. They were an illuminating green colour. If he could stand like this forever, he would be quite content with that.

“Uhm… John?”
He was dragged out of his thought. Wait, how did she know his name?
“Oh. Sorry,” he quickly said.
And with a shake of his head he let go of his hand and ran it through his hair. How damn long was he standing there for? A blush crept up and consumed his neck.

Elizabeth giggled as Teyla walked to her side. “John, this is Elizabeth.” He gave a small nod of acknowledgement, the focused his eyes back on Teyla.

“Ronon and I were telling Elizabeth some interesting times we’ve shared together.”

“I’ve heard much about you John.” She was grinning like an idiot at him, but he didn’t care. She was too beautiful to be faulted.

“Oh really? What have you two been telling her? I hope you haven’t frightened the poor girl!”

Teyla and Elizabeth tried their hardest to suppress the laughter that had risen to their throats.

“Very funny John, but we have been telling her of the new house she has moved into. Apparently she’s the new tenants there,” Teyla said.

“Really?”

“Yes. She has yet to pick a school to attend, and was thinking of ours, even before she met us!”

“No way!” exclaimed John.

“Anyone thinking of helping me anytime soon.” Came a voice.

Where is Ronon? Thought John. He moved a few steps to the side, only to see him being pulled to the ground. The tall teen was being wrestled with by a dog. It’s paws were on his stomach pinning him down, and growling, as Ronon tried to keep his face far away from its.

Elizabeth turned her head and gasped. “Ollie!” she yelled. The yellow Labradors ears picked up and looked around for its master. She bent over and clapped her hands together.

The dog bolted at full speed towards her. Once it finally was at her feet, it humbly plopped itself on them. Exhausted it was from battling Ronon.

“Your dog huh?” smiled John

“Yeah I spose’. We’ve only had him for a year, and he's one heck of a troublemaker. I was thinking of going to a dog training class, but I’m scared he’ll try and tackle them.”

Ronon stood in line next to Teyla. “Just like me huh?”

John was laughing along with Elizabeth.

“Oh, believe me, this isn’t the first time,” laughed Teyla

--

They spent the rest of the day at Teyla’s playing with Ollie. The big dog tried to pin him down twice more, but Elizabeth was quick with her commands. John admired that. The last time he had a dog, it was uncontrollable, and eventually, it had to be put down.

John wasn’t really the same with dogs since then. But now that he could feel the sensation of a furry critter around, it was all coming back to him.

--

It was bordering 6:00pm and they were all sitting near the gutter on Ronon’s front lawn. They were soaking wet, again. This time, it was not from ‘super soakers’ but from Ronon’s foolishness attempting to water the garden. So there they were now, watching contently as the sun made it's way down. Life couldn't get any better than this.

**FLASHBACK**

“Arrgg!” screamed Teyla. Ronon was catching on her tail and triggered the hose to full power. Oh, did she go down with a splash or what! Elizabeth and John were hiding behind a bush. How convenient, he thought.

Elizabeth looked up to his face and whispered, “Distraction?”
“Well, it was quite comfy here and all so...”
“Oh shut up John. No wonder Teyla calls you cocky.”
“Oh really, well I’ll have you know-”
She punched his arm hard. They had gotten to know each other quite well in the limited time that they had spent together. She was pretty amazing he had to admit.
“Ow!” he exclaimed.

Footsteps were overheard just meters away from them.
Her hand reached up and covered his mouth. John looked at her confused, until she silenced him with the raising of one of her eyebrows.

“Well, well well.” Said Ronon. “This is a bonus.”
The hose was aimed at them both.
“Any last words?” he asked.
“Only that I die with dignity. But that doesn’t really count so-
“Too late.”
A second later, they were on the ground. Wet. Soaking. Eliminated. Yup. Oh the fun of a hose.

TBC

Start: Chapter 4.

John awoke softly to the sound of birds chirping away to their merry songs. Suddenly, flashbacks and images of last night came back to him. The Hose. The Hide and Seek. The awful singing in the... Tent?

Ahh, he thought. He raised his head to see 3 other sleeping figures in the tent. The watch showed that it was 5:30am as he was trying to find some sort of mirror to see his hair. It was one of his personal embarrassments. John believes that the jet-black hair, had a mind of it’s own. It would mess its way up, no matter what you put on it.

A few brushes here and there have been broken, tonnes and tonnes of gel and other sticky substances have failed to keep it down, and his mother used to spend half an our every morning trying to put something similar to glue on it. But she had stopped since he was eleven. Some things never change.

John turned around and tried to get up out of the massive tent, when a moan was heard from underneath one of the blankets. The person that was sleeping next to him yawned.

John gulped. He hoped that the person didn’t wake up because of him.

Suddenly the head gently lifted itself up and started to rub their eyes.
It was Elizabeth. “Morning.” She said.
“Heh, morning to you to. Good night? I mean, considering you’ve only known us for 2 days…”
“Yeah it was fun. You fell asleep when we were playing Black Jack. Oh and John?”
“Yes?”
She couldn’t help but say, “Nice bed hair. You should show it more often.”
John felt the blush creeping and consuming his face.
“And why do you think that?”
“It’s quite erm... hope you don’t take it in the wrong way from me but…”
“But what?” John was eager to know.
“Its quite erm… sexy?”
The blush was brighter than ever. He had to look away, she was laughing so it was probably visible.

“Oh My.” He whispered.
Apparently Elizabeth heard because she lifted up her eyebrow in suspicion.
“Look.”

Elizabeth’s eyes followed John’s path and descended onto two figures curled up together.
“Mmmm…” Elizabeth sounded.
“God, I knew something was up with them two. They’re always quiet when I’m around.”
“Your so oblivious John. I’ve seen it since I first met Teyla. The way she looks at him and how they share glances. You really need to observe this stuff more often.”

“Mmmm… So… All those studying nights from last year have been a complete and utter lie.”

He thought hard as Elizabeth tried to see where he was taking this. Suddenly he had come to a realization.

“Holy Cow your right! Are you sure you don’t have some voodoo gift? Cos like I’ve been with them since I was 6, and I haven’t realised it.”

“No. It’s called ‘observing body language’ John. She started to giggle again. As irritating is it from other girls, it wasn’t with Eliza- Oh no. SCHOOL!

A million thoughts were running in and out of John’s mind.
“Elizabeth. Have your parents enrolled you yet?”
“Yeah, the day I met you 3, why?”
“Erm… It’s Monday and-”
“…Schools today?” she finished.
“Yup.”

John got up and out of the tent when Elizabeth spoke.
“As much I’d like to let them sleep there together, think we should wake them up?”
He thought hard.
“How about, we meet back here in half an hour, that’s about 6:30am, then we’ll figure a plan.”

“Alrighty then. See you in half an hour.”
She waved to him then skipped across the road. Wow. School was going to be interesting.

But John already had an idea. Payback with the Hose.

The small group walked over to the lush green grass that awaited them on the other side of the hill. Teyla had chosen it because it was tempting enough to fall asleep in.

“God. I still don’t see why you had to use the hose on us.”
Teyla smiled at Ronon’s comment as he hungrily bit into his sandwich. It was lunch and he was still complaining.

“Hey, we could have left you there?” John defended.
The girls roared with laughter. “Remember the time that that jerk Kavaugh stole John’s gym shorts, and had to chase him round the school in his underwear?” asked Teyla.

“Oh really John?” Elizabeth couldn’t picture it, but it seemed extraordinarily funny. “Mmm… Yeah. Now can we get back to eating?” he asked hurriedly, trying to get off the topic.

“No no no,” she interrupted. “I’d like to hear more about this Kavanagh guy.”

The three others murmured behind her back. Ronon looked up at the 3 figures that were walking towards them. “Right on time,” he said.

“Elizabeth,” Teyla started. “This is Rodney, Radek and… Kavanagh.” She stressed the last person’s name, as he stared into her with harsh eyes.

“Nice to meet you. Newbie huh?” Rodney snorted.
“Guess so. Science nerd huh?” John and Ronon almost spat out their juice that they were drinking.
Radek opened his mouth to speak but Rodney silenced him with a death stare.
“How would you know? Just because you’re in my classes, doesn’t mean that you know-”

Elizabeth had shut him up good. In her hands was a fresh lemon. John couldn’t help but feel proud of her. He sat beside her and whispered in her ear, “God I’m proud of you.” Elizabeth laughed. “I learnt form the best.” She whispered back.

Kavanagh had decided to speak up, for Rodney was speechless and Radek was trying his hardest to suppress the roar of laughter that was going to explode any time now.
“If you’re going to make friends here, then I suppose you get with it and take your lemons else where.”

Teyla and Ronon just sat there shocked.

Radek looked at Kavanagh with the You’re-Gonna-Get-It-Now look. John stood up, but Elizabeth put a hand in front of him and nodded in appreciation of what he was going to do. “I can handle this,” she whispered again.

Rodney and Radek scampered away as Elizabeth walked up to the remaining boy, closely followed by John on her tail.

“You know, I’ve only known you for less than 5 minutes, but from what I can tell, you’re a coward.” Kavanagh stood there appalled. His mouth was open and looked at her, trying to hold her gaze for as long as he could.
“But some would say that is too harsh. I disagree.” She took 3 more steps closer.
“I say that you’re a shameful coward, hiding behind your own pride. And for heavens sake, get rid of the pony tail!”
And with that, she quickly did a tight slap. A hand mark was left on his cheek to show he had been ‘owned’.

Elizabeth swivelled on her high heels and walked off.
She had certainly caused a crowd around her, for many of them were cheering. And for her opponent? Well, lets just say, he won’t be bothering her any time soon. At least, that’s what she and her friends’ thought.

John, Teyla and Ronon chased after her. Soon they found her behind the girl’s bathroom drawing. Teyla sat down next to her as John stood behind her admiring the picture.

“Oh,” said Elizabeth. “Just drawing what happened.”
A smile was bouncing off her face and onto her friends. Ronon had thought that she was a weak, vulnerable person, but Kavanaghs mark proved him wrong.

“You know ‘Lizabeth,” he began. “You should consider Politics. You’d make a very good diplomat.”
“Mmm…” she replied. “Now you sound just like my mother, always raving on about me and my diplomat skills.”

All four of them laughed.
It was a good first day for Elizabeth, and her friends too. Not only did they score a ‘burn mark’ against that ‘pony tail’ guy, but also they got to see another side of Elizabeth. A strong and sensitive side, and believe it or not, it pushed her popularity through the roof.

TBC xx

Thankyou to:
krisrussel *SQUEEZE!!*
ele_belly *HUGGIEX!!*

--

One week later.

It was 6:30am in the morning, and Elizabeth and Teyla were excited out of their bones! It was the annual school fair. The planning committee had decided to do it early at the start of the year, rather than later when students would have dropped out, spent all their money etc.

Elizabeth took out her journal and winked to Teyla. Teyla jumped on the bed next to ‘Lizzy’ (what she now called her) and started to scribble some crazy stuff on the page, opposite to what Elizabeth was writing on.

Elizabeth wrote:

Dear Messed up Journal,
Today is the Annual School Fair, and I’m so excited! John and Ronon will be picking us up today… Not sure why, but anyways, Teyla says there are Ferris wheels, carousels, cotton candy and everything! I haven’t been to one since I was a little girl so... now I’ve got butterflies! It just seems so ugh… FUN!

And with her entry written down, she peeked over to what Teyla was writing on the page next to her.

Elizabeth chuckled at what she saw. All Teyla had done was manage to draw hearts with Ronon placed in the centre. “Oh. Someone’s head over heels this morning.”
Teyla looked up and smiled.
One of the things that Elizabeth had come to realise was that Teyla had the most beautiful smile she had ever seen.
Even if she walked into the most boring class, like maths, she would just lighten up the whole room.

Suddenly there was a squirming sensation from one of the sleeping bags. It was moving.
“Oh My God.” Whispered Lizzy.
“What’s wrong Eliza- Oh God!”
They both stared at one of the sleeping bags.
The two jumped up to the corner of Elizabeth’s bed, carrying on like 6 year olds.

A fuzzy nose made it way out of Teyla’s sleeping bag. It was pink and wet, then a foot or some furry thing was revealed. Teyla jumped down and bravely picked up the hockey stick, which the 2 played hockey with yesterday.

She carefully walked over the to moving thing. “Be careful,” warned Elizabeth. The browned eyed girl on the floor gave a wince then continued with her hunt.

The paw and nose had retreated, and it looked like a war was happening inside. The sleeping bag was rolling like mad on the ground. Elizabeth held her hand out, as Teyla dropped the stick and retreated to the top of the bed.

“Elizabeth, Teyla!” a voice form downstairs shouted.
“Ronon and John are here!” Only a few moments later, the boys opened the door and walked in to see the girls terrified with shock, staring at a rolling sleeping bag on the floor.

“Ahh!” yelled John, as the thing rolled it’s way towards him. Ronon jumped for the bed. “Nice of you to join us,” smiled Teyla. “Pleasure,” he replied.

Elizabeth jumped down from the bed and grabbed the hockey stick. Teyla and Ronon laughed, as John was squashed into a corner from the ‘thing’. Oh, if only there was a camera in sight.

“John catch!” shouted Elizabeth.
She threw the hockey stick to John. But he was too focused on the creepy moving thing trying to locate him. The hockey stick fell on his head. “Ow!” he exclaimed.
“Sorry,” whispered Elizabeth.

The bag turned course. It was heading straight for Elizabeth. She stood there in terror for she was frozen. Couldn’t move, let alone speak.

A figure flew from the corner of her eye and tackled the beast. Ronon was squirming over it trying to determine what it was, as John tried to find the back legs or erm… whatever it had?

“Up here!” squeaked Teyla.
“Oh.” Elizabeth pointed to the clock. It was 7:15am. School was at 8:30, so they had to hurry up now.

“Got it!” Ronon yelled. His arms reached in Teyla’s sleeping bag, and pulled out a scruffy-looking dog.
“OLLIE!” she exclaimed.
“Mmmm…” mused John.
“Heh, you were scared of a puppy.” Teyla pointed out.
“Yeah Sheppard, nice one.”
Ronon was smiling. His teeth were displaying quite a show. They we pearly white and sparkling clean.

“How was I suppose to know it was Ollie? Anyway, you three are just as bad, propping yourself up high on Elizabeth’s bed.” John stuck his tongue out at them.

“How about we stop bickering, and hurry up so we can get to the fete okay?”
The two boys stood there and nodded their heads. The door was wide open as they made their way out to it. “Pick you up at 8:00am then?” Ronon asked them as the stopped quickly outside her door.
“See you then,” Teyla said.

Elizabeth walked up and closed the door.
The two stood there and looked at Ollie on the ground. Oh the scare that dog had given them.

TBC – Fete Next Episode! Keep Reading!

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John, Elizabeth, Teyla and Ronon just stood there in the middle of the big fair ground. Music surrounded them, children laughing, a fight breaking out near the popcorn stand and security guards chasing after a guy who had dressed up like a woman. Nothing was out of the ordinary.

“So…” Ronon began.
“Look!” John pointed up into the sky at a rotating wheel.
“Lets go ‘Lizabeth!” He pulled her arm over to the Ferris wheel. Elizabeth looked behind her to see where Teyla and Ronon were. They were no-where in sight. Heh, at least they get some alone time together, she thought.

“Lines too long…” pouted John once they got there.
Elizabeth lifted up his chin and said, “Aww… Theres plenty of things to do here, so… Lets try one out! You’ve probably seen School Fairs here more than me so show me around silly!” Her soft fingers tapped him lightly on the nose. John chuckled.

“And away we go me lady!” he said. Little did he know, that Elizabeth had ringed her arm around his…

--

On the other side of the fair, Ronon and Teyla were having a ball! Teyla was delighted when she saw a hoops stall. So far, she was winning, and Ronon, well… he gave up a ‘long’ time ago. Teyla had begged him not to stab the stall manager with the nearby javelin stick.
“1…2…3….” she counted.
WHOOSH! The hoop spun around the massive dinosaur’s neck. “YES!” Teyla screamed. Ronon picked her up and spun her round in a tight hug.

After a moment or two, the store manager came back with another dinosaur from the stockpile. Teyla gratefully took it as Ronon placed his hand on the small of her back. She looked up to him and stared in his eyes.

Ronon bent his head down until his mouth was in front of her ear. “You’re beautiful you know.” Teyla couldn’t help but smile at him. Shortly his mouth was descending onto hers. She could feel his breath, as the distance between them was getting smaller and smaller.

‘Pucker up’ she thought. His lips lightly brushed against hers. He tasted amazingly good. Teyla wanted more, but this was neither the place, nor time.

“Shall we find the two?” Teyla asked as they parted.
“We shall.” Ronon put his hand back on her back and guided her through the fair grounds.

--

“Dodgems?” asked Elizabeth in surprise.
“Yeah why not!” John retorted.
“Your such as kid sometimes…” she couldn’t help the smile that was bouncing on her lips. Even John could see it as he stared at them.

The line was getting shorter by the second. “Pleaseeeee?” begged John. He displayed his bets puppy dog eyes, hoping to get a confirmation.

“C’mon Johnny.” Elizabeth gripped his hand and pulled him into the queue. “Johnny aye?” he questioned.
Elizabeth giggled. “You’re a kid right?”
His eyes widened. “Ahh yes... And you can be Lizzy Bear!”

This time it was Elizabeth’s eyes that widened. Her father used to call her that. “Well,” she began. “If you must, then Lizzy will be fine. But Lizzy Bear is kinda…”
“…Weird?” he finished. “I for one think not!”

His arm was gripping her to closer to him. Elizabeth couldn’t help but smile. She was happy she’d gotten to know him the way she did. He always made her smile, even on the bad days. Elizabeth could swear he was going to join the Air Force, for he had already developed a ‘cocky’ and ‘flyboy’ attitude.

--

“They’re not at the Ferris wheel?” pointed at Ronon.
“I can see that, so where else would they go?” asked Teyla.
The two looked at each other and then quickly ran off.

They arrived about a minute later at the Dodgems. John and Elizabeth were at the back of the line. ‘Perfect,’ thought Ronon. Quickly and quietly, he walked up to John.

He could hear bits and pieces of the conversation the two were having. “Carnival… After… Pool… Out?” was what John said.

Now that Elizabeth had started talking he had to go now. He ran the rest of the way and jumped on John’s back.
“Guess who?” Ronon asked.
“Lemme guess.” John said sarcastically, as he was struggling to keep himself and the fool on top of him afloat. Teyla had wandered the rest of the way and stood next to Elizabeth in amusement.

“Get off… you… damn… caveman!” The girls just stood their laughing their heads off. Ronon had managed to wrap his hands around John’s eyes whilst trying to stand on his shoulders. With a giant push, John caught him off guard and Ronon went down with a thud. Teyla immediately went to his aid.

“Are you kids going on the dodgems or not? Asked the Dodgems manager. Ronon stood up and dusted himself off. John had linked arms with Elizabeth again, but turned around to stick his tongue at Ronon.

--

“Share or singles?” John asked.
“Why share when we can gang up on them with two cars?” Elizabeth argued.
“Aww… So you don’t wanna share a car with me?”
“I didn’t say that!”
“But you were thinking it!”

“Sorry to ruin your fun kids, but theres only 1 car left.”

John smiled proudly.
Elizabeth pouted.
“Fine then.” And that was that. She retired to sharing a car with John. They buckled up and looked out for Teyla and Ronon, who were also sharing a car.

--

Ronon turned his head towards Teyla. “Plan?” he asked
Teyla turned round to look at him. “Beat em’ up as much as we can?” she offered.
“Sounds good to me.” Ronon shrugged.

“MOST HITS WINS SHEPPARD! LOSER BUYS THE WINNER A TICKET AT THE PIE EATING CONTEST. THAT’S ABOUT $15!” Ronon yelled half way across the room.

“DEAL!” John shouted back.
Oh, how interesting will the dodgems race be?

--

The bell ran about 5 minutes after when everyone was geared up and ready to go. DING, DING, DING, it went.

John and Elizabeth’s red car was the first to go. Teyla and Ronon’s blue car followed shortly after.

John was confused, for they zoomed around the room, smashing all the other competitors. John was confused. Weren’t they meant to smash him up?

“BRING IT ON LOVE BIRDS!” John yelled.
Teyla turned round from the blue car and looked at him with a smirk. Both boys were at the wheel.

Ronon was concentrating hard. If only he could beckon John somehow to chase him.

“Teyla,” he whispered.
She nodded in acknowledgement.
“How can we get them to follow us?”
“Leave it to me.”

Teyla wore a wicked grin on her face as she turned to settle her eyes on Elizabeth.

“C’mon Elizabeth. Beat us up like you did with Kavanagh!” Teyla was trying her best to look like she was stamping on someone’s foot/leg. But Ronon had silenced her down because her black leather boots were getting in the way of his steering.
Elizabeth bowed her head as she was consumed into fits of laughter.

--

During the week, she had taken another go at Kavanagh. She had beaten him at a Maths test, and had gotten top mark in many other subjects. Kavanagh was jealous so he took a go at her. But Elizabeth was too quick with her stuff and stabbed her stiletto heel in his leg. That got him good.

There wasn’t much of a crowd that day, but word spread round not to mess with Elizabeth. She looked vulnerable and small, but she had one hell of a kick. Guys tried to follow her, as girls tried to act like they’d been best friends for years. Only she and Teyla knew that they were after their popularity. Oh, the joys of High School.

--

“God…” she managed to get out.
“What?” asked John, with a hint of concern?
“Just remembered Kavanaghs face when I ‘owned’ him, like you said.”

John managed a chuckle and wiped the sweat of his face as they caught up to the blue car.

BOOM! He hit the car right in the back. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! He hit some more.

“Looks like we’re gonna win the pie contest.” John smiled.
“Hey, we can make Ronon enter it and stuff his face.”
“GOOD IDEA!” he exclaimed.

BOOM! Something hit them from the back.
Oh. An infant (around 6ish) was taking a go at them. He had a little girl passenger in his purple car and was yelling at Elizabeth and John.

“Hurry up you two lovers!” he yelled. John turned around to stick his tongue at the kid, as Elizabeth’s eyes widened.
“Lovers aye?” she repeated.
“Mmm… I wasn’t thinking of that word but…”

Elizabeth put her finger on his lips and then moved closer to him. The amount of space the car had was tight, but she managed to draw closer to him, as if he was a magnet of some kind.

He could feel her breath for it was like mint. Elizabeth took him in and robbed his lips of the chocolate cake he had eaten before they got here. John moaned.

BOOM! Someone hit them… Again
“Hurry up you two! Get a room for heavens sake then!”

“WHAT THE HELL IS IT NOW!” yelled John.

The two turned back to see Teyla and Ronon grinning like idiots at them. Oh God. The word dodgems won’t be forgotten too easily.

TBC XX Hope you like it!!

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It was bordering on 4:00pm now, and it was getting late. A lot of people had left and started going home. But the four weren’t ready to resign now. Not by a long shot.

“I hate you two,” murmured John.
“Don’t be sad John, it’s only $15?” Teyla tried to reassure him. He wasn’t pissed at that; it was because Teyla and Ronon had interrupted his ‘first-kinda’ kiss with Elizabeth.

As the group walked through the almost-deserted streets of the fair ground, Elizabeth’s eyes lite up.

Her gentle hands picked John’s gloomy face up and turned it towards his favourite thing. The Ferris wheel. She could see the twinkling in his eyes as he picked up the pace to get there. At least maybe on the ride, they could get a bit more privacy.

Teyla and Ronon looked in awe at the big machine. It spun round and round. The queue was empty and a man was stepping out with what seemed to be a banner.

“NO!” yelled Teyla. The four dashed through the path knocking down everything in their path. Ronon accidentally hit a kid who fell into a melon stall. Ouch.

“STOP!” all four of the screamed! The man with a banner lifted his head to see a group of kids running towards him.
Once they got into range, they could see that the man had brown hair, with some streaks of grey, and was probably in his early 50’s.

“Can we go on the Ferris wheel?” asked John.
“Sorry, kid, we’re closing it down for the rest of the day.” He said.
“Please,” pleaded Teyla.
“Sorry kids but-”
“PLEASEEEE! ” they all begged together.

Elizabeth and John put on their puppy eyes, whilst Ronon and Teyla looked at him as if they were going to cry.

“Ah God, don’t give me those eyes. Fine, get on. You have 15mins then it stops alright?” The manager walked away, silently cursing himself for giving in.

The four of them were overwhelmed with joy. Elizabeth wrapped her arms around John’s neck, as his head was given no choice but to smell her hair. Teyla squeaked with excitement.

“Let’s go.” Said Ronon. He was already at the platform beckoning them over.

Teyla had already left, and Elizabeth was about to follow her when… “Wait.”
John had gripped her arm loosely, but just enough to stop her for a moment. “Uhm... Back on the Dodgems-”

“No need…” she cut in. Instead she wrapped her arms around his neck again and moved into position. John’s arms snaked around her waist and gripped her tightly. Oh, they weren’t going anywhere.

John fiercely attacked her lips, trying to taste every bit of her that he could. Her hands moved up into his hair and twirled it round her fingers, giving her more pleasure keeping him close. Just as John had lowered his fingers to the hem (well bottom) of her shirt, an airborne noise was heard. As if… something was falling out of the sky.

The two tilted their heads up.
“Oh My…” Elizabeth managed to get out.
“… God.” John finished.
The thing was getting closer.

It was within 100m and was getting closer by the second.

“WHAT THE HELL IS THAT DOING IN THE AIR!?” yelled John. This was probably the 3rd time today that he had to raise his voice so loud. It was becoming a record.

“Is that a….” Elizabeth tried to focus on it some more.
“PURPLE DINOSAUR!” ended John.

John took her hand and pulled her away from the destination of the toy. Oh, Teyla and Ronon were gonna pay hell for this. God Damnit! Second Time Today!

“That’s it. Lets get on the Ferris Wheel Elizabeth.” And with that he stopped the chair and hoisted her onto it. They were three seats behind Teyla and Ronon. The anger he was feeling was indescribable.

--

“I’m getting off, you coming?” asked Ronon.
“Yeah okay,” said Teyla.
“Wait… Where’s John and ‘Lizabeth?”
“I have no idea… They must be quite angry at us for throwing my purple dinosaur at them.”
She tried to stop the giggling that was building up in her throat. But once Ronon gave in, she did too.

“How about we turn the Ferris Wheel off, then look out for them?”
“Good idea.”
Ronon walked inside the operator’s room, whilst Teyla froze outside.

He came back out with a joystick in his hand.
“What did you do Ronon.” Her voice had a bit of annoyance and concern in it.
“Erm… I think my grip was too strong.”

All of a sudden the manager came running from outside, yelling and screaming at Ronon.

“Lets roll.” He said.
And that was it. Teyla and Ronon ran for their lives from the crazy old man.

--

Meanwhile, up on the Ferris wheel, it came to a stop.

Elizabeth had her head rested on John’s chest, as he lay out on the seat for her to be more comfortable. She was almost asleep when a moan came from her. “Wha’dy’stp?” she said.

“You mean, why did it stop?”
She nodded.

“I have no idea. But to tell you the truth… I’ve always wondered what it would be like to stay over night on of these. How bout you?”

A chuckle came from the person on him.
“Sounds fun.”
"Well, looks like we have no choice now," John laughed.

A curl strayed from the rest of her hair and went in her face. John’s gentle hand pushed it back into place as she sighed contently.

“Sleep. It’s the least we can do while were up here. Right?”
“Mmm…”
Her head slowly rose up, and her lips pecked him on the cheek.

“You know,” she started, “If I could be stuck with anyone on this ride, without a doubt, I'd choose you.” She nuzzled her head back down onto his chest.

“Haha, lucky it ain’t Kavanagh.”
“Oh no. He wouldn’t dare ride this thing with me. I’m wearing stilettos.” She looked down at her boots and admired them.

“They look good on you too.” He commented.
“Thankyou,” she sighed.

“Elizabeth…”
“Yup?”
“I-I don’t know how to say this but-”
“Hush.” She looked up and placed her fingers on his bottom lip. John jut looked at her puzzled.

“I love you John.”
A smile crossed his face. She was physic.
“I love you too Lizzy Bear.”
A content sigh came from her as she re-positioned herself on him. It was easy for sleep to come, especially with the one you love.

TBC XX PLEASE R&R.
Notes: How will they get off the Ferris Wheel. Wait for the next episode!
In progress already!!

Sorry, I’m no good with American Football terms, but I think the quarterback is the one who does the massive throws. And the full forward scores. Please correct me if I’m wrong. =( Sorry if I disappointed ‘you’ Americans. =(

It had been 2 weeks since they were stuck on the Ferris wheel. Apparently they were found the next day by the clean up patrol, and were returned to their worried sick parents. Although, John and Elizabeth weren’t so happy about it. The best part was, they egged Teyla and Ronon the next morning, just before the bus came. Oh yes. That got them good.

But that was ages ago. Today was the first football game of the season. And as you can imagine, Ronon was playing quarter back and John was playing full forward.

The weather was sunny, and the birds were used as targets out on the golf course. Shame that when they got hit, they then flew to the football field and delivered their crap on some of the audience. But since Elizabeth and Teyla were cheerleading, moving targets were harder to get.

It was Elizabeth’s first cheerleading game. She had been practising non-stop for a whole week with Teyla after school, and was still convinced that she wasn’t any good. Teyla tried convincing her else wise for she truly believed that she was one of the best cheerleaders she’s ever seen. Not to mention extremely co-ordinated and accurate.
A whistle was blown in the distance. The game was about to start soon. “All right!” Teyla said for she was the captain. “This is our first game, and we want it to be a memorable one.” The squad around her nodded. “We are going to get out there and show them what we’ve got. Who’s with me?”

She placed her hand out in front of the group. Elizabeth was the first to pile up then many others followed.
“Go team Cubs!” Teyla yelled.

Hands flew into the air as pom-poms were flown around. Cheering could be heard from a mile away. The boys had entered the field.

One particular girl could be heard over the rest. “Johnny!” she screamed. John looked her way for a second then rolled his eyes. Elizabeth couldn’t help but laugh at how he treated fans.

Teyla was standing on a chair high above her group.
“All right girls! Lets go wish them luck!”
A massive group of girls with their short skirts and revealing tops ran onto the field and started doing cartwheels and cheering the boys on.

“Be careful out there,” Elizabeth warned John.
“I will.” He said as he quickly gave her a tender kiss.
Elizabeth started to hurry back for the coach was calling them off the field. The game was about to start.
“Elizabeth wait!” yelled John.
He ran up to her and gently tugged on her arm. “You know… You look great in that outfit.” A devilish smile was pulled across his face.
“And you sir, look like a pumpkin.”
“A pumpkin? How so?” He was gob smacked. How on Earth did she get that idea?

“Just do. See you after the game?” she tapped him lightly on the nose that made him chuckle. As she ran off the field, John looked at her skirt. Damn, it looked fine on her.

Never in his wildest dreams could he imaging Elizabeth being a cheerleader. She was too… uhm…
un-cheerleaderish. He would never guess her as the type. But now he was going to see what she was made out of. Hopefully that skirt wouldn’t be too distractive once he was playing on the field.

--

Almost instantly, the opposition came into sight. A yelling man, supposably their coach, was ordering them to hustle. The referee from the sidelines came into view and blew his whistle three times.

“Everyone, lets get ready to start now!”

As the opposition was moving into position, one of the boys walked up to the cheerleading squad. John just stood there in disgust as he made his way to Teyla and Elizabeth. He couldn’t help but notice where the player’s eye’s drifted. They mainly held a gaze on Elizabeth, and that he could not bear.

--

“Sheppard!” Ronon yelled. Players were running crazily as the ball flew from person to person. John was at the back of the lot, and Ronon was getting ready to throw.
“I got it!” John yelled back. And with a hard throw, Ronon threw the ball in the air. The crowd gasped and held their breath as it flew high into the sky. Teyla’s eyes shimmered in the sun as she hoped it would reach John.

Wow he has a good arm, she thought.

John’s heart was pounding. He was almost at the touchdown mark. The ball was coming down fast. Wait. Re-wind. What the hell was that guy doing with his girlfriend? John just stopped. The opposition player was talking to Elizabeth, but she looked like she wasn’t really comfortable.

John didn’t know if it was because he was standing really close to her, or because he kept eyeing her in best-left-undescribed places.

“Sheppard! Run you idiot!” screamed the coach.
Right, he thought.

John kept up with his pace and ran faster than he thought he could. The ball was just out of reach. His fingers were reaching up for it. Lingering in the air as if waiting to catch it. He could almost touch it. If only he could reach it and touch on the line-

OHMPH!

That was it. He had been barged over. Great. When he looked up, he looked at the player that had pushed him over. “Nice try,” the guy said.

John sighed. Nice try buddy, but you failed, he thought.
But wait. His arms were holding something. Was that what he thought it was. Yes. Yes it was! He was holding the ball. John hoisted it up into the air and threw it.

The crows went insane. Although John didn’t hear one bit of it. All his eyes could do was wonder around and look for Elizabeth. His team-mates surrounded him and clapped him on the back in encouragement and appreciation.

John ran to the sidelines and up to his coach.

“Nice work Sheppard, you all had us worried there.”
“Me too coach. Mind if I sit out a while, I don’t fell too well?”
“Sure.” He smiled then turned his head to the bench-line.
“Lorne your up! Now get moving!”
“Sir yes sir!” The brown haired teen replied.

“That Lorne kid has a lot of potential.” The coach muttered.

“Yes sir, yes he does.” And honestly, John was telling the truth. He had seen Evan Lorne at training/practise, and he was good. John had no idea why he wasn’t put in the first set. But that was to be thought of another time. Now was the time to ease up Elizabeth.

He turned around to see the girls cheerleading. That kid was still there watching her. Elizabeth was shaking, and John knew why. She usually got like this when she was uncomfortable. John waved a hand at her and she immediately caught sight of it. He removed his head protection as she dropped her pom-poms and ran over to him.

There he was, arms wide open, getting ready to swing her round. When she finally got there, he pulled her into a welcoming hug and spun her round. As Elizabeth was spun around she couldn’t help but notice the girl who screamed out ‘Johnny!’ earlier, eyed them off, and moved from her chair. Odd, she thought.

“How you going with the cheering?” asked John cautiously.
She sighed heavily. “That guy over there, takes the fun out of everything.”
“What! Why?” His tone seemed to demand an explanation.
“I don’t know. He just came up to Teyla and me and started talking to us like he’d known us for years. But the truth is, I have absolutely no idea who the heck he is?”

“Oh. Not this again…” John placed his hand onto his face and wiped away the sweat that was building up.

“Not what?”
“The old-”

“SHEPPARD! GET YOUR ASS HERE RIGHT NOW!”
“Yes sir!” he yelled back.
With a quick kiss on her cheek he left her and ran for the man with the clipboard.

“It’s almost half time and we are losing. We have only managed to score two more times since you’ve been off. Now stop messing with the cheerleaders, and get your ass back on the field!” The coach emphasized ‘ass on the field’ part.

“Yes sir!” he did a perfect salute and popped his headgear back on. Maybe the air force was what he was destined for after all?

--

It was a brutal battle. Blood, sweat, desire, victory and mostly defeat echoed through the field. John was going to loose it. Go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo- Wait. Now he was sounding like his Year 11 mate Jack O’Neill. He still wonders how his girlfriend Sam Carter keeps him in line.

You ask why he was going to loose it? Oh easy. ‘Blondey’ over there is trying to flirt with Elizabeth. Very poorly might I add. And if he is correct on this, it seems as if she’s willing to do anything to get away from him.
In the corner of her eye, he sees her move towards the bathroom. Smart move. He grins at her intelligence.

Ronon shoots a glance at him. “Sheppard, do you know that guy?” He points to the blonde walking in the direction of Elizabeth. “No,” he whispers. “But I plan to find out.”
“I’m coming too buddy.” Ronon stated.

--

The boys puffed and panted as they ran all the way over the full court, passed the canteen, over the small hill and down a large slope.

“Teyla’s doing great out there.” Ronon tried to break the ice.

“Sure is.”

They came to a halt. A yelp of plea for help was heard in the distance. “STOP!” the voice of Elizabeth was heard just barely.

John ran as fast as he could. If that bastard touched her, he was going to pound him hard. Doesn’t matter if he’s cut from the season. Screw that. Elizabeth was more important.

Ronon ran faster than him and got to the back of the bathrooms first. He looked inside and found 4 candidates.
“GET OFF HER!” he screamed. John could only think of bad thoughts.

--

I hope she’s all right, he thought.

Ronon walked out of the room with Elizabeth in his arms. Her clothes were torn, arms had some bruising, redness on her neck and on her legs.. She looked so beaten and broken that it was heart breaking. “Elizabeth?” he whispered.

She didn’t respond.

“Lizzy?” he asked again.

Nothing.

Oh they were going to pay. Whoever they were.

“Looks like she got into one hell of a fight.”
Bingo. “Sure did, my little fighter.” John knelt down and wiped away the curls that invaded her face.

“Lizzy Bear, wake up.”

“Please.” Pleaded Ronon.

The lifeless body sprung into life as she tossed her head around. “Johnny.” A smile on her face brought tears to his eyes. He never thought he’d see the day where he would cry again. It never felt so good though.

“I’m here sweetie, and so is Ronon.” Ronon nodded his head at Elizabeth then focused on John’s face again.
“Do you know what happened?”
“No. Some girls just came and attacked me. They were already in there when I got there.”

“Anything else?”

“Uhm… no.”

“Okay.”

“Wait! Yes, some guy came down here as well. I couldn’t see his face from the football mask but yeah. He pinned me down while the girls basically ‘mugged’ me.” Her face dropped as a sheet of white spread over it. She must have a bad concussion or something?

“Oh dear lord.” John was fuming.

He got up and strode towards the girls bathrooms. One of the girls looked familiar. Oh My God.

"Chaya?"

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Small Re-cap

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He got up and strode towards the girls bathrooms. One of the girls looked familiar. Oh My God.

“Chaya?”
--

“Chaya, wake up.” John knelt on the ground and pushed her shoulder. A small mumble came from inside her chest and soon her head started shaking. “Chaya, get up.”

Chaya turned her body a bit to face the person waking her up from her previous state. “John?” she asked.

“Yes Chaya, it’s me. Now what the hell were you doing?”
“Oh God…” was all she said.
Slowly her head descended, and dropped onto the wet floor tiles. Ronon walked silently into the room, carefully observing Chaya.

“You know John… Instead of demanding answers, you can-”
“I don’t need your help right now Ronon.” John cut in.
Ronon could tell he was angry. His veins were starting to show, and sweat was dripping off his forehead.
“I need to get out of here.”
And with that he picked himself up and ran outside.
--

He was running. Running like there was no tomorrow. Running like hell was at his feet threatening to consume him into a world of pain. Running he was, into his own world of discomfort. Shame he was already there.

John raced up to a nearby tree. The tears threatening to trickle down his face were starting to show. The red tinge in his eyes was glowing as he tried to hold back his rage. His breathing kept with the pace of his heart, not daring to slow down. Finally he couldn’t take it anymore and started having a go at the tree. Swing. Punch. Kick. Punch.

The tree was taking a hell of a throbbing. There was that much frustration and hate towards himself that he gave it everything he had. Leaves fell instantly as each swing took its toll. Soon, he broke down. The weight of his body gave in and pulled him hard on the ground. The weight of the world was tugging at his knees, forcing him to kneel in front of the tree. He couldn’t take it. He didn’t care if today was the apocalypse. Just didn’t give a damn. He started to cry.

“She got what she deserved.”
John shot up. His hand immediately shot up to his face and wiped the tears away. Looking up, he saw the guy in his football gear. It was the guy from the opposite team. The one who was making Elizabeth nervous? The blonde. Oh God. He was going to lose it.

“You son of a bitch.”
John moved forward and stood neck to neck with him. It took every bit of strength and self-control he had to not knock this guys head off.

“John! She’s awake!” He turned his head and saw Ronon dashing up the hill with Teyla. Teyla was still in uniform and she had a smile on her face. It had to be good news.
John started to make a move when he heard a snicker from the person behind him.

“You know… you’re more gutless than I thought. You can’t even-” Before he knew it, John turned on his right foot and reacted with a swift blow to his face. The guy was knocked out cold. ‘Serves him right,’ he thought. John couldn’t help but wonder who he was.

The sun was shinning on the hill, onto a small object hanging around the unconscious person’s neck. Without any further thinking, he reached out his hand and took a firm grip on it. Twisting it round in his grip, he saw it was a dog tag. Turning it in his fingers it read ‘Kolya’.

Damn that son of a bitch. I'll get his later. Remembering what Teyla and Ronon had told him, he raced with all his energy back down to the bathrooms. First the first time today, he felt a small burden lift… and fly away.

TBC