"If you're a woman, I will so believe it," Jill mumbled into the crook of her arm, lifting one hand to absently try and swat Rodney away. Whatever it was, it was too early and if it was too early for Jill, then it had to be too early for Rodney. There was no good reason for him to be awake already, even if he was a woman.
Cracking open one eye, she looked at him over her pillow, making sure he was still a man, then slowly lifted herself on one arm when she realized that she wasn't in the same room she'd fallen asleep in. "What the hell..." Trailing of, she looked around the room, eyes widening the further she looked until she saw the balcony doors and the city beyond.
Rodney decided to let the woman thing slide, because he was far too excited to actually bother with a witty retort.
"It's not just me, then? You can see it too?" he asked when Jill finally sat up. He stood and rubbed his hands over his face, then dropped them and looked at her again, then around at the room. "This is my room," he said, awed. "In Atlantis."
Still holding herself propped up on one arm, Jill stared at Rodney blankly for a moment before she pushed back the sheet and swung her legs out of the bed. Standing up, she wandered toward the balcony, feeling her heart pounding in her chest as she looked out at everything that had been described to her countless times.
"How did we get to Atlantis?" she asked, because if Rodney had gone, she would have stayed on the island. It was how the island worked. Someone you loved disappeared and you were left behind.
Rodney plucked a shirt from the floor, one he could have left there yesterday along with the rest of his uniform, and pulled it over his head before starting to pace the length of the wonderfully familiar room, back and forth.
"Who cares?" he replied, whirling to face Jill suddenly. The megawatt grin on his face could have replaced a ZPM as a power source. "We're here! I'm here! I'm home!"
Someone of lesser poise and intellect might have clapped their hands together and jumped up and down at that point. Rodney just settled for rocking back and forth on his heels and beaming.
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Cracking open one eye, she looked at him over her pillow, making sure he was still a man, then slowly lifted herself on one arm when she realized that she wasn't in the same room she'd fallen asleep in. "What the hell..." Trailing of, she looked around the room, eyes widening the further she looked until she saw the balcony doors and the city beyond.
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"It's not just me, then? You can see it too?" he asked when Jill finally sat up. He stood and rubbed his hands over his face, then dropped them and looked at her again, then around at the room. "This is my room," he said, awed. "In Atlantis."
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"How did we get to Atlantis?" she asked, because if Rodney had gone, she would have stayed on the island. It was how the island worked. Someone you loved disappeared and you were left behind.
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"Who cares?" he replied, whirling to face Jill suddenly. The megawatt grin on his face could have replaced a ZPM as a power source. "We're here! I'm here! I'm home!"
Someone of lesser poise and intellect might have clapped their hands together and jumped up and down at that point. Rodney just settled for rocking back and forth on his heels and beaming.
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