Title: Didn't Think I'd Let You Get Away...Did You

Date: 31st October 2007
Author: Kazavid
Chapter: 8 / 8
Rating: M
Pairing: John Sheppard / OFC – Alexandra (from Doppelgänger / The Mating Instinct )
Archiving: None
Warnings: Sexual Content
Spoilers: None
Feedback: Yes
Disclaimer: Stargate Atlantis and it's character do not belong to me.
Summary: When something goes wrong, Sheppard finds out just how deep his feelings for Alex go. ( Sequel to Doppelgänger )

Didn't Think I'd Let You Get Away...Did You

CHAPTER 8

Sheppard was telling the others about one of the planets that they had to go to, something about diplomatic relations.

"Any chance I can go with you?" Alex asked, looking around at the others, then at Sheppard.

"No! You can't go." He told her, abruptly. He saw the hurt expression on her face, and he regretted being so abrupt with her. But he couldn't help it, it had been an automatic response, he didn't want her going off world at the moment, not after the last time.

Alex clenched her jaw and tried not to show that his answer had hurt, but she couldn't do it. She stood up and walked away, excusing herself to everyone.

Teyla gave Sheppard a reproachful look, he glared at her, he didn't need the silent rebuke from her, he had enough to deal with, without anyone else adding to it.

"Surely you could have let her come with us." Teyla said.

"You don't understand." he said, but he wasn't in the mood to start explaining why he'd said no.

"I understand you do not wish her to get hurt, but this is a simple..." Teyla said, trying to reason with him.

"Simple! Nothing is every simple." he bit out, feeling angry at himself for the way things had suddenly gone.

He followed Alex outside, he saw her entering one of the transporters and he shouted her, but she ignored him. He tried to catch it before the door closed but he was just too late, he kicked the closed door. Damn it, why couldn't anything ever go right for a change. He wondered if he should go after her, try to explain why he didn't want her going off world. The transporter door opened and he hesitated about going in, he wasn't going to change his mind over this, and knowing him, he'd probably just make it worse. He decided to head back to the mess hall, he'd see her later.

>>>>>ooooo>>>>>

Since Sheppard had vetoed any chance she had of going off world, she'd taken to wandering around Atlantis, exploring it, hoping to find something that she would remember, but so far nothing had jogged her memory. She missed Sheppard being in the same room with her, she hadn't realised just how much she'd miss him until he'd gone.

She found herself outside McKay's lab, she could see he was working on something, so she quietly entered the lab.

"What are you doing?" she asked, leaning over his shoulder.

McKay jumped, startled by her voice, he dropped the small artefact that he'd been holding, on to the work bench.

"Damn, I nearly had it then." he cursed, he looked at Alex and glared at her, but she just smiled at him. She was comfortable in his presence, she didn't know why, she just was. Probably because she didn't feel like he expected something from her.

"Nearly had what?" she asked, looking at the artefact that he'd been working on.

"This thing should work, but it's not co-operating."

"Is it broken?"

"The stupid thing needs someone with the Ancient gene to operate it." he told her.

"Don't you have the gene?" she asked

"Yes, but some things don't always work with someone who's had gene therapy, sometimes they need a natural gene carrier." he said.

"Want me to try?" Alex volunteered, she was a natural gene carrier.

"Sheppard is on his way down here, he's going to try and get it to work." he told her.

"I could still try, couldn't I."

"I think you should wait for Sheppard."

"Here, let me see it." she said, reaching over his shoulder, she grabbed hold of the artefact and held it in her hand.

"What is it?" she asked, it looked just like a mobile phone, only smaller.

"That's what I hope to find out. When I get it working, I should be able to download the data from it and find out what it is."

"It's not doing anything." she said, stating the obvious.

"Maybe you're holding it wrong." he suggested, so Alex closed her hand around the device.

"It's getting hot." she told him, it was heating up fast, and she couldn't open her hand.

"Hot, it shouldn't be getting hot." McKay said puzzled.

"Well it is, and it's getting hotter." she told him.

"Then put it down."

"I'm trying, but I can't open my hand."

McKay grabbed hold of her hand and tried to prise her fingers open, just then Sheppard walked in to the room.

"What are you two doing?" he wanted to know, as he watched McKay holding Alex's hand.

"We're trying to get this thing out of her hand."

McKay managed to prise a couple of her fingers open, but before he could prise the others open he yelped as an electrical shock zapped both him and Alex.

Alex was jerked backwards and Sheppard caught her in his arms.

"McKay what the hell were you thinking getting Alex to..." he shouted, worried that Alex or the baby had been hurt.

"It wasn't his fault, he told me not to touch it." Alex told him, shaking her hand which was tingling painfully.

"Then why did you touch it." he asked loudly.

"I don't know, curiosity I suppose." she rubbed her hand against the side of her head.

"Curiosity! You could have gotten yourself killed."

"You're over exaggerating." she told him.

"You think so."

"Yes." she said, now her head was hurting, that's all she needed, she thought, another headache.

"Why are you rubbing your head." he asked, when he noticed her rubbing her head.

"I have a headache."

"Since when?"

"Since you arrived." she said sarcastically.

That was it, he dragged her to see Doctor Beckett, who after examining her declared that she was fine. The headache had already started to ease up by the time she left the infirmary, Beckett suggested that she should try to relax, maybe do some meditation with Teyla.

It was while they were walking along the corridor that Alex heard Sheppard say something, 'I'll go to bed if you come with me'.

"What did you say?" unable to believe what he'd just said to her.

"What?" he frowned at her.

"You just said something, what was it?"

"I didn't say anything." he told her.

Alex frowned, she could have sworn he'd said something.

"Are you sure you're okay?" he asked her, she was acting a little odder than usual.

"I'm fine." she said, she wasn't about to tell him that she was hearing voices. She didn't want to spend the rest of the day having tests done by Doctor Beckett.

"I'm going to the mess hall... do you want to join me?" he asked, hopefully.

"Sure." she said, seeing the surprised look on his face. But ever since he'd left her alone, she'd found herself wanting to be closer to him, despite the fact they they invariable ended up arguing. She was attracted to him, and she didn't feel so nervous around him any more. Probably due to the fact that she'd had to make, so called, new friends with her, 'old friends' since Kai had gone.

>>>>>ooooo>>>>>

He was a little surprised she'd accepted his invitation, he'd convinced himself she would decline it. So all he had to do now was talk to her, and try not to let it end in an argument like it usually did.

"How's the baby doing?" he asked her, that was a safe enough subject he thought.

"Beckett says the baby is doing great."

"What have you been doing with yourself?" He asked her, leaning back in his chair to watch her. Since he'd told her she couldn't go off world for the foreseeable future she'd not asked to go again. And he was curious as to what she was doing, other than keeping McKay company that was.

"Reading mission reports."

"Still? Which one are you up to?"

"The last one, the one on Seira."

"Ah, that one." he grimaced, that was one mission he wished he could forget about.

"Yes, I can't believe what they did..."

"If you don't mind, I'd rather not remember what they did."

"Oh, of course, sorry." she said, realising why he didn't want her to talk about it.

Her head began throbbing, and she tried to relax, as Beckett had said she should do, but she couldn't. She bent her head forward, looking down towards the floor, but she wasn't looking at the floor, she was trying to concentrate on the image that had suddenly popped in to her mind. She was standing in a shower with Sheppard, he had his back to her and she was running her soapy hands all over his body, and she seemed to be concentrating on one particular part of his anatomy.

"Alex!" Sheppard said loudly.

"What?" she asked, quickly looking up, her face flamed, as she looked straight in to his eyes, she felt like he knew what she'd been seeing in her mind.

"Do you want a coffee?" he asked her. "You look a bit flushed, are you feeling hot?"

"It's a bit warm in here." she said, lying as to why her face was red.

"So do you want a coffee?" he asked her again.

Alex tried to answer him, but before she could, she got caught up in another image, Sheppard was lying on his back, beneath her, she was straddling his hips, moving against him, she heard him speaking 'Oh god, don't stop...keep going'...

"Alex!" he said prompting her for an answer. She snapped out of the memory and looked at him, her face flamed at the erotic images that suddenly plagued her mind.

"Er... no, I feel a bit tired, I think I'll just go to bed and have a rest." she said, she didn't even wait for him to say anything, she just got up and left.

What the hell had happened, he wanted to know, was it something he'd said. They seemed to be getting along just fine, and not an argument in sight, so why had she just upped and left.

"Sir." someone spoke behind him.

"What!" he snapped, turning to look at the young technician standing before him, with a terrified look on his face. "Sorry, what is it?" he asked, he'd been snapping a lot lately, at everyone.

"Doctor Weir wants to see you."

"Fine, I'll go see her." he told him, he turned back to see Alex exiting the mess hall.

Later when he went looking for her to tell her that he'd be going off world for a few days, he couldn't find her. He'd wanted to tell her, if she needed him for anything, which he doubted, she'd have to ask Elizabeth to relay a message to him. In the end he just left the message with Elizabeth.

>>>>>ooooo>>>>>

The past few days she'd been getting a lot of random images, mostly of her and Sheppard. She'd had a few images of the rest of the team, but nothing she had actually been able to recall. So although she had these images, it still didn't give her a real insight as to how she felt emotionally.

She was in Zelenka's lab, still reading the last mission report, the one from Seira. She hadn't had a chance to read everyone's point of view on the mission, so she was just finishing off the rest of the teams reports. The one thing that was evident in all of their reports, was how much Sheppard had been affected when he'd thought she'd been killed. Kai had mentioned it to her, but he hadn't know too much about it, so these reports gave her more of an idea of how things had been.

Her head began to throb with one of the most painful headache's she'd ever had. She must have made a sound because Zelenka came over to her and asked her what was wrong.

"My head is killing me." she told him, closing her eyes because the light was making it worse.

"Have you taken anything for it?" he asked her.

"No, I..." she broke off as her head throbbed unmercifully.

She didn't remember Zelenka walking her to the infirmary, nor Doctor Beckett checking her over. All she could remember was the intense pain that had made her cry in agony.

>>>>>ooooo>>>>>

Alex began to stir, she rolled over on to her side and snuggled under the covers, then she became aware of voices. Not again, she thought, thinking that she was hearing things.

"Alex, how are you feeling?" Doctor Beckett asked her.

She opened her eyes to see that she was in the infirmary.

"Did I faint?" she asked.

"No you never fainted, when Zelenka brought you in here you were in a lot of pain. We had to give you something to calm you down." he told her.

"Is the baby alright?" she asked, rubbing her hand across her stomach.

"The baby is fine, we monitored you and the baby throughout the night." he told her.

"I've been here all night?"

"Yes, now how do you feel?"

"I feel fine." she said, realising that the headache was practically gone.

"No more headache?"

"No, it's gone." she told him, and, she also realised, something else was gone, her memory loss. She no longer had any memory loss, she remembered everything, right down to the last detail.

"Well I'd like to keep you here a little longer, I think you should have someone keep an eye on you."

"Where's John?"

Doctor Beckett looked at her with surprise, he hadn't heard Alex refer to the Colonel as John since before she'd lost her memory.

"Colonel Sheppard is off world until tomorrow." he told her.

"Oh."

"I noticed that you referred to the Colonel as John, does this mean that things a getting better between the two of you?" he asked.

"I'm not sure about that... but I er...I seem to be getting my memory back." Alex announced, her face reddened with embarrassment at the look Beckett gave her.

"Really, since when."

"Since I got that shock in McKay's lab."

"And you're only telling me this now." Doctor Beckett berated her.

"Yeah, well I wasn't sure at first, I kept hearing John's voice. And I just thought..." she trailed off.

"Thought you were going a little 'crazy'" Beckett finished for her.

"Yes."

"I don't suppose you've told the Colonel about any of this?"

"No, but I will, as soon as he gets back." She told him, she'd definitely tell him as soon as she could.

"I'll have to run a few tests."

"Sure, go ahead." she sighed, she had nothing else to do anyway.

>>>>>ooooo>>>>>

When Sheppard and the team returned, Alex had been asleep, so she didn't know he was back. Not until later, when she saw Teyla coming down the corridor towards her, Alex rushed over to her.

"You're back." she stated to Teyla.

"Alex, yes I'm back, is there a problem?"

"Oh, no, no problem. So John is back as well?" she asked, making sure.

"Yes, he's back. You called him John, you haven't called him that since... " Teyla looked at Alex and noticed the difference in her. "You have your memory back." she said, and smiled when Alex nodded.

"Welcome back." Teyla said teasingly.

"Thanks, I just hope everyone forgives me for the way I acted."

"I think everyone understood why you acted the way you did." Teyla said.

"I hope so. Do you know where John is?"

"He was in the Gate room a few moments ago."

"You don't mind if I cut things short, do you. I have a Lieutenant Colonel I need to see right away." she told Teyla.

"Of course not." Teyla laughed and watched Alex race off.

>>>>>ooooo>>>>>

Alex slowed down as she approached the Gate room, she stood in the doorway, a little hesitant to enter at first, that was until she saw him across the room, talking to a security detail. She waited a minute or two for him to finish talking, but he seemed to be taking ages. She couldn't wait any longer, she started walking towards him, but before she reached him he started heading towards the door that was on the other side of the Gate room.

"John!" she shouted him before he reached the door. He tensed and stopped, she just hoped that he wasn't mad at her, for how she'd been with him.

He froze at the sound of Alex's voice, she'd called him John, he hadn't heard her call him that for what felt like a life time, and the tone of her voice, was that of familiarity. He turned around to look at her, his eyes hooded, as he was reluctant to show exactly what he was feeling, just in case he was mistaken.

But as soon as he saw her, he knew she was different, she was looking at him like she used to look at him. He found himself unable to move, he stood there and watched her come running towards him. She barrelled in to his chest, and wrapped her arms around his neck, but she'd hit him so forcefully that he'd lost his balance and went toppling backwards.

He hit the floor none to gently, but he didn't feel anything except Alex, who crushed her mouth over his and started kissing the life out of him. He groaned, as his body instantly reacted to the touch, and feel, of her as she lavished hungry kisses on him, he couldn't help but respond to her. The both of them were oblivious to the whistling, and hoots of 'yeah' that was being bandied around the room.

Alex moved her legs till she was sitting astride his hips, she could feel how aroused he was. This only incited her to lavish even more needy kisses on him, which didn't help the situation. He was so frustrated he couldn't resist, as she pressed her mouth all over him, his face, his neck and then his chest where she was busy trying to push his shirt up.

"Alex?" he said, hoarsely, pushing her head up so that he could see her. She smiled at him her eyes full of need and hunger, and there was also a glint of mischief there.

"I wouldn't say I was 'Alex' just yet, I'm what McKay said I was 'a nymphomaniac'." she told him teasingly.

He gasped as she pressed her butt down over his burgeoning erection.

"Is the 'sex crazed pilot' up for it?" she asked, pressing her mouth against his ear.

"What do you think?" he asked, knowing she could feel how hard he was.

She laughed and pressed her mouth against his neck where she lightly bit him, causing him to groan, and squirm beneath her. The room had suddenly gone silent, and it was only then that Alex became aware of where they where, she glanced up and saw everyone in the room watching them.

"I think we have an audience." she whispered, "Do you think they'd believe me if I said I was sleepwalking?" she asked.

"No." he laughed. "So you remember me now do you?" he watched her nod.

"Didn't think I'd let you get away...did you?" she asked him, "Besides I still owe you that forfeit for catching me."

"Yes you do, don't you, and I know just what you can do as a payment." he told her, pulling her face down so that he could kiss her, feverishly. He couldn't get enough, he wanted her so much, and he wanted her now.

Someone shouted something, and Alex blushed, they were still lying on the floor of the Gate room.

"Major, could you..." Sheppard looked up at Lorne, who was laughing down at them.

"Take over?" Lorne said, smiling, "Consider it done." he told him.

Sheppard got up and dragged Alex up with him, he kept her close against his body, trying to cover the fact that he was in a highly aroused state. They literally dragged each other out of the Gate room, and headed along the corridor towards their room.

"Alright, the shows over, everyone back to work." Lorne shouted, trying to quieten everyone down. He glanced along the corridor to where Sheppard and Alex where, and wondered how long it would be before Colonel Sheppard resumed his duties. Definitely not in the next twenty four hours, he laughed, well at least they'd have a happier Sheppard to deal with from now on.

>>>>>ooooo>>>>>

As they walked along the corridor, John couldn't keep his hands off her, he turned and pushed her back against the wall.

"I don't think I can wait." he told her, opening his mouth to kiss her. "I need you so much, I won't make it to the bedroom." he said, gasping as he felt her grind her body against his. "That's really not helping me here." he said, shuddering with the force of his arousal.

"It's just a little bit further." she said, dragging him along the corridor.

As soon as they reached their room they fell on the bed and began frenziedly undressing each other.

"You get to be on top this time." he told her, leaning over her as he stroked his tongue over her nipples and began kissing and suckling on the ripe buds.

"Why do I get to be on top." she asked, arching her back against his mouth.

"Because you're seven months pregnant, and I don't want to crush the baby." he said, smacking her thigh, before he rolled on to his back and smiled up at her expectantly.

Smiling coyly back at him, she climbed on top, and settled her weight on his thighs.

"You're too far down, you need to be a bit higher." he told her, trying to pull her further up towards his hips.

"Who's in charge here?" she asked, leaning down to kiss his stomach.

His stomach muscles, contracted at the touch of her mouth on his skin. "I never said you were in charge, I said you were on top." he laughed, "And you'd better hurry up, it's been a long time, and I can't handle too much foreplay right now."

She grabbed hold of him, and stroked her hands along the hard, silken, length of his erection, she tightened her hold around him, making him buck his hips up in to her hands.

"Alex!" he growled, she was driving him crazy with her teasing.

She wasn't up to to much foreplay herself, so she scooted up till she was positioned over him, then she slowly eased herself down on him. Moaning as he thrust the last few inches of his shaft deeply inside her, her muscles clenched, and then relaxed, as they adjusted to accommodate him.

"I thought I was setting the pace." she gasped, as she felt him throbbing inside her.

"Sorry, couldn't help it." he said hoarsely.

She started moving on him, and he couldn't stop the low groans that escaped from his throat, it felt like forever since he'd been with her like this. He splayed his hands over her stomach and felt the baby moving. He was fascinated by the change in her body, and overwhelmed with the idea of their baby growing inside her.

He lifted himself up and pressed his face against her breasts, which were thrusting invitingly towards his mouth. He stroked and caressed the soft mounds before him, making her cry out, and whimper with the pleasure he gave her. He slid his hands around her back and pulled her closer, pressing his mouth just beneath her breasts, he then trailed his lips down to her stomach.

"I can't believe we're really here, like this." he whispered, still finding it hard to believe that this wasn't a dream.

He held her hips as she lifted up and then dropped down sharply, making him penetrate her more deeply. He moaned as he felt her body tighten around his shaft, squeezing him just enough to almost tip him over the edge. He laid back down against the bed as her hips rose and fell in an ever increasing temp.

"So do you remember everything?" he asked, watching her closely. She opened her mouth and closed her eyes as a wave of pleasure washed over her.

"Yes, I remember everything." she said, clasping his shoulders, as she bend down over him.

"So when did it come back." he asked curiously, he stroked his hands up and down her thighs as she continued to rise and fall on him.

"It seems to have started when I got that shock in McKay's lab. Beckett thinks the shock is what actually did it."

"McKay's lab! And you're only just telling me now." he said loudly, groaning when she suddenly slammed her butt down hard against his groin.

"Well I didn't know what was happening." she said slamming her hips down again.

"How could you not know?" he cried out, she was going to kill him with pleasure if she wasn't careful.

"I got a few images, I didn't know where or when they were from."

"What images?" he wanted to know. She blushed when he asked, and he started laughing, "Come on what images did you see, or can I guess." he asked.

She didn't say anything, she just started moving her hips quicker and harder.

"You tied me up." she said, leaning down to kiss him.

"Ah, those images." he smiled at her, "You tied me up too." he retorted teasingly.

"You bit me." she said, moving her mouth on to his neck where she lightly bit him and left a love bite.

"You bit me back." he said hoarsely, feeling her tongue stroke soothingly across his skin.

"You tried to get me pregnant." she lifted her head up so that she could look at him, he was shocked by the intense desire he could see in her eyes.

"Just in case you don't remember, I not only tried to get you pregnant, I did get you pregnant."

He felt her muscles clenching tightly along his erection, so he grasped her hips and held her firmly while he increased his thrusts against her. As her climax started to hit she grabbed hold of his waist for stability, her body began to tremble and shake as her orgasm peaked. She cried out and clutched him tighter, as wave after wave of pleasure washed over her. He didn't wait for her climax to finish, instead he began driving his hips up harder, the friction as Alex's muscles clinging and squeezing on him sent him in to his own vibrating world of pleasure, as he felt himself explode and spill his essence inside her.

"I love you." he said fiercely, pulling her down on top of him, where he kissed her over and over, not wanting to stop.

"I love you too." she told him, holding him just as fiercely.

>>>>>ooooo>>>>>

Two Months Later

He felt exhausted, the muscles in his hand and arm were killing him, god knew how Alex must be feeling, he thought.

"Ooh..." Alex moaned, making him feel even more helpless.

"Want me to get the nurse?" he asked, stroking his hand over her forehead.

"No...ooh...rub my back." she told him, she rolled on to her side and presented her back to him.

He willingly obliged her, pressing the palm of his hand on the small of her back he began rubbing his hand over her.

"Harder." she murmured, giving a low moan as the pain squeezed around her stomach.

He pressed a little harder, stroking his palm vigorously over the small of her back, trying to help ease the contraction she was having. The muscles in his arm were protesting, but it was nothing compared to the pain she was going through, he thought. He felt so helpless watching her as each pain seemed to last a little longer and occur more frequently.

"Sure you don't want me to get the nurse, or Beckett?" he asked her again.

"No, help me to get off this bed." she said, lifting herself up, she swung her legs over the side of the bed.

"I don't think you should be..."

"I'm just going to lean against the bed." she told him before he could protest any further.

She rested her hand on his shoulder and slid off the bed.

"You sure you don't want..."

"John if you ask me one more time if I need the nurse, it will be you who'll be needing the nurse." she informed him.

"Sorry." he didn't know what else to do, he hated watching her go through all this pain, without being able to do anything about it.

Over the next several hours it was the same routine, one of the nurses would periodically check on Alex, write on a chart, smile, and tell them everything was going fine. John was getting a little panicky as Alex moaned and cried with the pain, and he really didn't like it when she insisted on walking all over the place. He kept hovering behind her wondering if something was going to happen.

A few hours later and he was feeling like a nervous wreck, Alex couldn't seem to keep still. She constantly got on and off the bed, which agitated the hell out of him, as he just wanted her to stay put on the bed.

>>>>>ooooo>>>>>

"This is all your fault." Alex moaned at him, as she lay on the bed, squeezing the life out of his hand. Boy did she have one hell of a grip, he thought, she was gripping it so tight he was actually wincing.

"Yes I know, and if I could go through the pain instead of you, I would." he told her, placing the cool damp clothe over her forehead.

"Alright, Alex, when you feel the next contraction I want you to push." Beckett told her.

When the pain hit, she began pushing, and pushing, and pushing. She moaned as her energy suddenly waned and she had to stop to take a breath.

"Your doing fine lass, everything is coming along nicely." Beckett said.

"How are you feeling?" John asked, placing a kiss on her cheek.

"Tired, sore, hungry, really hungry." she muttered, cursing as another contraction hit.

"Not too long now Alex, you just need to keep pushing." Beckett kept encouraging her to push, as did John.

"Alright, I can see the head, Alex can you hold of pushing for a second I just need to monitor the baby."

"Sure." she gasped, clenching her muscles as the pain started to die down.

"You want to see the baby's head Colonel." Beckett asked him.

John moved down and saw the baby's head crowning, he was amazed at the amount of hair the baby had.

"It' has a lot of hair doesn't it."

"Aye, it does at that." Beckett laughed.

"I need you to give a real big push for this next one, lass."

"Mm...ooh..." Alex cried as the contraction hit.

John was holding her hand talking encouragingly to her, and also watching as the baby's head emerged. He was speechless by it all, and overwhelmed by how quickly everything happened once Alex had started to push with the contractions.

"You're doing great Alex." Beckett said, as he kept monitoring the baby's heartbeat.

"Did I tell you how much I love you." John whispered against her ear.

"Yes, and I love you to." she replied, groaning as another contraction hit.

"I need you to give one really big push to get the shoulders out, can you do that."

"Yes...I think..." Alex bit out.

John stood over her and placed a kiss on her forehead, he held her hand tightly and wrapped his arms around her back, holding her up as she tried to push the baby out.

"That's it... keep going,... almost there." Beckett told her.

"Wow, look at that." John gasped, as he watched the baby slide out.

"Is it okay?" Alex asked, leaning up, John still had his arm around her back, as they looked at Beckett checking the baby over.

"He's fine, and he looks perfectly healthy."

"It's a boy?" John croaked, his throat was clogged with his emotions.

"Aye, it's a boy." Beckett lifted the baby up and placed him on Alex's stomach, covering him with a blanket. "I'll get one of the nurses to come an check him over in a short while, and also to check on Alex." he said, leaving them alone for a few minutes to bond with their son.

"He looks so small." John commented when Beckett had left them alone.

"He's not that small, I'd say he was over 8lb." Alex laughed.

They couldn't stop looking at the baby, or stroking his face, Alex bent over and kissed his head. Then she couldn't stop crying, as her emotions were a little stretched. Then John found his own emotions overwhelmed by it all, and he had to wipe away a tear that suddenly escaped from the corner of his eye.

"I just need to check everything is okay." the nurse said as she came in and started fussing around Alex and the baby.

Beckett came back and finished up with Alex and the baby.

"Colonel, do you want to cut the cord." Beckett asked him, holding out a pair of surgical scissors.

"Okay." John coughed nervously, taking the scissors from him.

"Just there." Beckett pointed to where he should cut.

John was getting a little choked again, and had to cough to clear his throat, then he took a few deep breaths.

"You feeling alright Colonel." Beckett asked him.

"I feel fine." he replied his voice a little strained with all the emotion.

The nurse cleaned the baby up as much as she could and placed him back with Alex, while Beckett made sure the placenta and everything else was as it should be.

John bent down by Alex and kissed her, watching as she cradled their son at the side of her. He noticed that she was shivering and trembling.

"Are you Okay?" he asked a little concerned, he looked over at Beckett who was still checking on a few things. He asked him if there was anything wrong with her.

"There's no need to worry, there's nothing wrong, it's just the body's reaction to the birth. It takes a lot of energy and stamina to give birth, and a lot of women feel pretty shaky after it."

"Why don't you hold him for a bit, I'm feeling pretty tired." Alex said, her energy had suddenly deserted her and she could hardly keep her eyes open.

John took the baby from her and cradled him in his arms, murmuring quietly to the baby, while Alex fell asleep.

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Alex woke up a few hours later to feel John lying on the bed, spooned against her back, and to see the baby asleep in a cot beside the bed. She leaned over and touched the baby's shock of thick dark hair, he did have a lot of dark hair she thought, smiling.

"You're awake." John said behind her, tightening his hold around her waist

"Mm, this little fella isn't though." she said, picking the baby up and laying him on the bed between her and John.

"You look beautiful." he told her leaning towards her to kiss her. He pulled back and looked down at the baby.

"So which name did you decide on." Alex asked him.

"I was thinking about Aaron Sheppard."

"I like that, but I think you should call him Aaron John Sheppard."

"Sure you want to give him that name?"

"Yes, sure."

"Welcome to the world Aaron John Sheppard." John whispered, as he stroked his finger across his son's cheek.

Then all hell broke loose as the baby suddenly decided to test his lungs out, Alex couldn't stop laughing at the totally shocked look on John's face, as he listened to the decibel level that his new born son, could produce. Well he did ask for it, she thought.

THE END...

Hope you enjoyed the story, and thank you for taking the time to read it. And I appreciate each and every review, thank you.

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