All for Oreos..
Carson starts to get hungry when people start steering him away from the Mess hall..
It was his Birthday. His second birthday in his new home. Atlantis, the lost city of the Ancients. He was kind of surprised that they had made it this far. The Wraith were still a threat, but not as much as usual, as they thought Atlantis had exploded, when they had invaded. But they were still here, and damn well proud of the fact. So he was expecting a nice, quiet birthday, this year.. If his expectations are met, then it'll be the first time ever, out of him and his friends.
People had been steering him away from the Mess hall all day, and on purpose or not, it was starting to irk him. And he was really starting to get hungry, as well! It was midday, and he hadn't eaten since about 8:00 last night, courtesy of a late dinner. He had stayed up until Midnight, waiting for the day to tick over.. A little lad's thing to do, but it was a special thing, Birthdays in the Pegasus Galaxy.. It wasn't anything unusual to stay up that late on Atlantis, but now and again it was nice to get the normal amount of sleep. And he knew people could need him at any time of the day, he being the Chief Medical Doctor, so rest was very important.
Carson Beckett was walking through Atlantis towards the mess hall, ready for another attempt at getting food, when John approached him. He looked nervous, almost suspicious.. "Hey, Carson!" He smiled.
"Hello, Colonel." Carson answered. "I was just going to get something to eat. Would ye care to join me?"
"Sorry Carson, maybe another time.. Actually, could you come with me? I need to show you something."
"Aye.. I'll eat after, if it's important.." Carson said, perplexed, hiding his annoyance well. He groaned inwardly at another failed attempt.
"It is. This way." John let him around in the opposite direction, towards one of the uninhabited areas of the city.
All day, people had been smiling at him, and asking him how he was, and acting like they all knew something that he didn't.. They were acting very strange.. And he had hardly seen any of his friends all day! He had started to think that he had done something wrong. He couldn't recall anything that might of happened to make them angry at him, though.. Oh.. Maybe it was because he wouldn't let SGA-1 eat their beloved Oreos, when they were stuck in the Infirmary a few weeks back.. But that doesn't explain why they were avoiding him today, and weren't in all those weeks since the Infirmary..
They had been walking for at least another 20 minutes, and Carson was getting impatient, and not to mention hungry!
"Where are ye taking me, lad?" He asked, very confused. John didn't answer, but rather quickened his pace. He didn't understand why they didn't take a transporter either.. It would of made the trip a lot quicker.. They were so far out now, that the place was absolutely deserted. Not one person walking by. His stomach growled, for what seemed like the 50th time today. He hoped that there was food, wherever they were going.
They were walking for about 10 more minutes, when they found Rodney waiting at the end of the corridor.
"You took your time!" He said impatiently. "Come on!" They rounded the corner, and Carson saw a couple of people walking into a room, just ahead. He was pretty darn sure it was Teyla and Elizabeth.
"I thought-" Carson looked around. John had disappeared! "Where's the Colonel gone?" He asked Rodney.
"Never mind that! Come in here!" Rodney snapped. They walked into the room where the two people had disappeared into, and three things happened, rather suddenly-
First, a wonderful smell hit Carson's nose... The wonderful smell of food. Finally! It's about time!
Second, the sight of the food! Fish, that he recognised from the mainland.. He had been fishing there, only a couple of weeks back. Haggis! Where did they get that from! He was pretty sure that no-one on the base even liked it, except for himself, of course. And a variety of other foods. But they were the main ones that caught his eye.
And thirdly, all the people! All of his friends! Teyla, and Elizabeth, it must of been them that he saw! Radek, Chuck, Amelia, and a whole heap of others. He also saw a couple of Athosians next to Teyla, as well. He couldn't spot Ronon, or John there, though.
At least he knew why people had been steering him away from the Mess, all day. He felt relieved that he hadn't done anything to upset them. They had simply been preparing a party for him, and hadn't wanted him to see all the food! He hadn't realised how worried he had been, until now.
"Happy Birthday Carson!" Everyone yelled! He flinched, because Rodney yelled right in his ear. God, could people shout when they wanted to! Talk about a surprise party! He couldn't believe that he didn't even suspect it!
Behind him, Ronon and John staggered in, carrying a gigantic cake! You could tell it was heavy, when Ronon was staggering! It was easily enough for 50 people! And what made it better, was it was cheesecake! His favourite! It had so many candles on it as well, all lit! That was the advantage of having a huge cake, he guessed. Could fit 100 candles on it, easily.. Hopefully he would have a cake like that, (with 100 candles) one day..
"Wha-What's all thi-is?" Carson stuttered, amazed.
"What? Don't you like it?" Rodney groaned, disappointed, "I told you we should of gone for the mud cake! Who likes cheesecake!" He shot at John.
"I do!" He exclaimed, hurt. "And Carson does too, don't you! You told me yourself!" He turned his head towards Carson, still burdened by the cake.
"Aye! Of course I do! I love cheesecake!" He said hurriedly, to prevent any serious arguing from breaking out. "It's just that.. I just wasn't expecting that ye would do anything like this for me!"
"Of course we would," Elizabeth said warmly, "How could we not? We wouldn't ever forget about you, Carson!" Ronon and John moved forwards, to put the cake on the round empty table in the middle of the room.
"Th-Thank you..!" Carson replied, still too shocked to say anything else. Rodney turned to look at him, relieved.
"You do like cheesecake!" He exclaimed "I never knew that! Why didn't you tell me last year?" He rolled his eyes. "I could of given you a cheesecake, instead of that stupid ZPM lamp!" Last year, Rodney had made him a lamp. A lamp that lit up like a ZPM (and of course it was in the shape of one as well). It was quite good, but the thing was, he had no use for it, as he already had enough lights, and no-where to put it! Of course, he never told Rodney that, as he would of likely had a fit.. But being Rodney, he found out. So he fitted a table into Carson's office (or rather forced it in), and put the lamp there. Now Carson's office is over lit. If the Infirmary was really dark, and you neaded light urgently, only then would you turn Carson's lights on, for fear of being blinded.
"I like that lamp, Rodney."
"Yeah, right! That's why it was lying dumped in your room!" He scoffed
"It wasn't lying 'dumped', I just hadn't gotten round to clearing out any space for it." Carson argued.
"Okay, okay, break it up boys.." Elizabeth said, amusement glittering in her eyes.
"Yeah, let's get this party started!" John excitedly exclaimed, "But first, you've got to blow your candles out, like a good little boy.." John stared at Carson expectantly. Carson sighed. But he might as well have as much fun as he possibly can, all the while making sure his friends had a great time! John's eyes lit up as he saw Carson move forwards to blow the candles out.
Carson sighed in relief. He managed to blow them out in one go.. He never used to be able to as a wee lad.. Everyone cheered!
Now for cutting the cake.. "Carson, would you do the honours?" John went on, in his most formal accent, producing a knife from nowhere, and offering it to Carson.
Carson accepted the knife, and approached the cake, everyone's eyes trained on him. He only hoped that he didn't mutilate the cake.. He was never very good at cutting cakes.. He stepped up to the cake, and plunged the knife into it. The cake was big, but just a normal depth.
He started to cut it into to half,
and half again,
and half again.. And so on...
After a while, he finished, and he even managed not to mutilate the cake! And he was very proud of the fact.. It was quite surprising how many people were addicted to cake, (especially cheesecake!) in the expedition.. "Now it's time to eat!" Rodney said, practically bouncing around the room in his excitement. "About time!"
And for once, Carson couldn't agree more. Carson let Rodney take first slice, then of course he took the second. As everyone got their slices, chatter broke out...
People had been steering him away from the Mess hall all day, and on purpose or not, it was starting to irk him. And he was really starting to get hungry, as well! It was midday, and he hadn't eaten since about 8:00 last night, courtesy of a late dinner. He had stayed up until Midnight, waiting for the day to tick over.. A little lad's thing to do, but it was a special thing, Birthdays in the Pegasus Galaxy.. It wasn't anything unusual to stay up that late on Atlantis, but now and again it was nice to get the normal amount of sleep. And he knew people could need him at any time of the day, he being the Chief Medical Doctor, so rest was very important.
Carson Beckett was walking through Atlantis towards the mess hall, ready for another attempt at getting food, when John approached him. He looked nervous, almost suspicious.. "Hey, Carson!" He smiled.
"Hello, Colonel." Carson answered. "I was just going to get something to eat. Would ye care to join me?"
"Sorry Carson, maybe another time.. Actually, could you come with me? I need to show you something."
"Aye.. I'll eat after, if it's important.." Carson said, perplexed, hiding his annoyance well. He groaned inwardly at another failed attempt.
"It is. This way." John let him around in the opposite direction, towards one of the uninhabited areas of the city.
All day, people had been smiling at him, and asking him how he was, and acting like they all knew something that he didn't.. They were acting very strange.. And he had hardly seen any of his friends all day! He had started to think that he had done something wrong. He couldn't recall anything that might of happened to make them angry at him, though.. Oh.. Maybe it was because he wouldn't let SGA-1 eat their beloved Oreos, when they were stuck in the Infirmary a few weeks back.. But that doesn't explain why they were avoiding him today, and weren't in all those weeks since the Infirmary..
They had been walking for at least another 20 minutes, and Carson was getting impatient, and not to mention hungry!
"Where are ye taking me, lad?" He asked, very confused. John didn't answer, but rather quickened his pace. He didn't understand why they didn't take a transporter either.. It would of made the trip a lot quicker.. They were so far out now, that the place was absolutely deserted. Not one person walking by. His stomach growled, for what seemed like the 50th time today. He hoped that there was food, wherever they were going.
They were walking for about 10 more minutes, when they found Rodney waiting at the end of the corridor.
"You took your time!" He said impatiently. "Come on!" They rounded the corner, and Carson saw a couple of people walking into a room, just ahead. He was pretty darn sure it was Teyla and Elizabeth.
"I thought-" Carson looked around. John had disappeared! "Where's the Colonel gone?" He asked Rodney.
"Never mind that! Come in here!" Rodney snapped. They walked into the room where the two people had disappeared into, and three things happened, rather suddenly-
First, a wonderful smell hit Carson's nose... The wonderful smell of food. Finally! It's about time!
Second, the sight of the food! Fish, that he recognised from the mainland.. He had been fishing there, only a couple of weeks back. Haggis! Where did they get that from! He was pretty sure that no-one on the base even liked it, except for himself, of course. And a variety of other foods. But they were the main ones that caught his eye.
And thirdly, all the people! All of his friends! Teyla, and Elizabeth, it must of been them that he saw! Radek, Chuck, Amelia, and a whole heap of others. He also saw a couple of Athosians next to Teyla, as well. He couldn't spot Ronon, or John there, though.
At least he knew why people had been steering him away from the Mess, all day. He felt relieved that he hadn't done anything to upset them. They had simply been preparing a party for him, and hadn't wanted him to see all the food! He hadn't realised how worried he had been, until now.
"Happy Birthday Carson!" Everyone yelled! He flinched, because Rodney yelled right in his ear. God, could people shout when they wanted to! Talk about a surprise party! He couldn't believe that he didn't even suspect it!
Behind him, Ronon and John staggered in, carrying a gigantic cake! You could tell it was heavy, when Ronon was staggering! It was easily enough for 50 people! And what made it better, was it was cheesecake! His favourite! It had so many candles on it as well, all lit! That was the advantage of having a huge cake, he guessed. Could fit 100 candles on it, easily.. Hopefully he would have a cake like that, (with 100 candles) one day..
"Wha-What's all thi-is?" Carson stuttered, amazed.
"What? Don't you like it?" Rodney groaned, disappointed, "I told you we should of gone for the mud cake! Who likes cheesecake!" He shot at John.
"I do!" He exclaimed, hurt. "And Carson does too, don't you! You told me yourself!" He turned his head towards Carson, still burdened by the cake.
"Aye! Of course I do! I love cheesecake!" He said hurriedly, to prevent any serious arguing from breaking out. "It's just that.. I just wasn't expecting that ye would do anything like this for me!"
"Of course we would," Elizabeth said warmly, "How could we not? We wouldn't ever forget about you, Carson!" Ronon and John moved forwards, to put the cake on the round empty table in the middle of the room.
"Th-Thank you..!" Carson replied, still too shocked to say anything else. Rodney turned to look at him, relieved.
"You do like cheesecake!" He exclaimed "I never knew that! Why didn't you tell me last year?" He rolled his eyes. "I could of given you a cheesecake, instead of that stupid ZPM lamp!" Last year, Rodney had made him a lamp. A lamp that lit up like a ZPM (and of course it was in the shape of one as well). It was quite good, but the thing was, he had no use for it, as he already had enough lights, and no-where to put it! Of course, he never told Rodney that, as he would of likely had a fit.. But being Rodney, he found out. So he fitted a table into Carson's office (or rather forced it in), and put the lamp there. Now Carson's office is over lit. If the Infirmary was really dark, and you neaded light urgently, only then would you turn Carson's lights on, for fear of being blinded.
"I like that lamp, Rodney."
"Yeah, right! That's why it was lying dumped in your room!" He scoffed
"It wasn't lying 'dumped', I just hadn't gotten round to clearing out any space for it." Carson argued.
"Okay, okay, break it up boys.." Elizabeth said, amusement glittering in her eyes.
"Yeah, let's get this party started!" John excitedly exclaimed, "But first, you've got to blow your candles out, like a good little boy.." John stared at Carson expectantly. Carson sighed. But he might as well have as much fun as he possibly can, all the while making sure his friends had a great time! John's eyes lit up as he saw Carson move forwards to blow the candles out.
Carson sighed in relief. He managed to blow them out in one go.. He never used to be able to as a wee lad.. Everyone cheered!
Now for cutting the cake.. "Carson, would you do the honours?" John went on, in his most formal accent, producing a knife from nowhere, and offering it to Carson.
Carson accepted the knife, and approached the cake, everyone's eyes trained on him. He only hoped that he didn't mutilate the cake.. He was never very good at cutting cakes.. He stepped up to the cake, and plunged the knife into it. The cake was big, but just a normal depth.
He started to cut it into to half,
and half again,
and half again.. And so on...
After a while, he finished, and he even managed not to mutilate the cake! And he was very proud of the fact.. It was quite surprising how many people were addicted to cake, (especially cheesecake!) in the expedition.. "Now it's time to eat!" Rodney said, practically bouncing around the room in his excitement. "About time!"
And for once, Carson couldn't agree more. Carson let Rodney take first slice, then of course he took the second. As everyone got their slices, chatter broke out...
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