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[scientificsnark]

It had been exactly a month since the...weekend debacle, and everything seemed to be fine with Jill, which meant Rodney McKay didn't have an excuse to stay hidden in his hut for much longer. Avoiding Sheppard and everyone else seemed a little immature, and Rodney did not want such an unflattering adjective attached to his name

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[dojustfine]

Jennifer had some things to do at the compound, but first order of business was lunch, so she headed for the kitchen. "Hey, Rodney," she said cheerfully. "You can relax, you know. I don't think any rogue monkeys are going to pop through the window and try to steal your banana."

[scientificsnark]

Keller was someone Rodney was glad to have avoided during that weekend. He probably would've asked her to be a bridesmaid or something.

"On this island? Rogue monkeys are practically a certainty," he said. "But it's not them I'm worried about this time."

[dojustfine]

"No?" She took an apple from the bowl and brought it to the sink to wash it. Not that she was worried about pesticide residues or anything--the food here was practically organic--it was just the doctor in her. "Psychotic parrots? Stealthy salamanders? Ninja lemons?"

[scientificsnark]

"The last one," Rodney confirmed. "I almost ate lemons not too long ago," he added, being deliberately vague as to the time. "Voluntarily! I could have died!"

[dojustfine]

"Voluntarily?" Jennifer looked skeptically at him, wondering why on earth Rodney would willingly consume citrus--and then it dawned on her that he probably nearly ate the citrus for the same reason that she nearly launched herself off a mountain. "Ahhh... gotcha," she said, and rummaged around in the drawers for a knife to cut the apple.

[scientificsnark]

Rodney winced. Obviously she knew what he was talking about.

"Were you...affected...too?" he asked.

[dojustfine]

"Yeah, you could say that," Jennifer replied, also wincing. "Somehow I got it in my head that I was a superhero. Wonder Woman's long lost sister or something. I'm lucky I didn't break my neck."

That part she could share. The part about acting like...well. That was better not mentioned anymore.

[scientificsnark]

"You? Wonder Woman?" Rodney stared at her with a half-smirk on his face, then seemed to realize he might be being a little rude, and coughed. "Sorry. Just...it's a funny mental image, is all."

Damn, now he was envisioning her in the outfit.

[dojustfine]

"Yeah, no kidding," Jennifer replied with a little bit of eyeroll. "Last possible person on earth, right? It's a million wonders I didn't get myself killed." She sat down in a chair next to Rodney and began cutting up her apple. "I had the irresistible urge to climb mountains and shoot things." She shook her head. "So what did it do to you besides give you a citrus fetish?"