A Gift From The Heavens
by Lucy Maria Elmer
EMAIL: sweetaspie@talk21.com
STATUS: Okay, this is the third story in the series which has Kate and Summer in them, I'm still thinking of a name for the series. It carries on five months from Even Angels Fall, which was a sequel to, To catch A Falling Star.
So far the series looks like this :
To Catch A Falling Star.
Even Angels Fall.
A Gift From The Heavens.
CATEGORY: D&J are the prominent couple here, drama, angst, romance, AU (sorta) and S&J established relationship.
RATING: PG-13.
SEASON/SEQUEL INFO: Third installment in a series. There's probably gonna be another after this.
SPOILERS: No idea sorry.
SUMMARY: It's Christmas at the SGC, and all are on leave in the snow at Jack's cabin in Minnesota, or at least somewhere on the way...
DISCLAIMER: All publicly recognizable characters and places are the property of MGM, World Gekko Corp and Double Secret Productions. This piece of fan fiction was created for entertainment not monetary purposes and no infringement on copyrights or trademarks was intended. Previously unrecognized characters (such as Kate, Summer, Jay, Aidan, Danni, Kellie and Matthew, Rosie, Michael and Dylan, Noah and Grace ) and places, and this story, are copyrighted to the author. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
AUTHORS NOTE: This is to my family...all of em. It's to Ellie (puddin) I love ya hun. It's to Louisa and all the guys at SODS who I absolutely adore, both the adults and the kids!!! I had such a great time doing Aladdin because of all of you and now I'm having so much fun with all of you wonderful people doing Fiddler especially Jim, Michael, Lorna, Alex, Richard, Kate, Hayley, David, John and Peter. Just knowing you all is incredible and I love you all for it. It's to Neth and her peeps *waves hi to Rachel and Neths mom and dad.* to Jay, Ali, Loz, Jo, Alli, Nike, Linda, Bryn and Becca who have waited a long time for me to finish this. It's to John and all the guys who've sent feedback on all my fics, you guys are incredible, to Mavis and Dannielle thank you so much. It's also to the guys who've made this universe such an incredible one to play in and to the actors who have made it so wonderful, especially one in particular who's a real sweetie.
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As love weaves it's spell.
"Cass honey, are you ready?" Daniel shouted upstairs to the teenager as he dressed his and Janet's youngest addition, in a snowsuit, ready to brave the journey to Jacks cabin which was at that moment surrounded in snow.
"I'll be down in a second." came a reply.
"What are we gonna do with her Summer?" Daniel asked the little girl who sat on his lap ready to go, her blue eyes shining as she looked at her father, her curly blond hair covered by a little hat.
She was mesmerised by the Christmas decorations that adorned the house, decorations that had been lovingly put up by them all as a whole family just a few days before and from that moment it seemed as if the child was filled with as much Christmas spirit that could possess, it seemed a if all in the house were.
"Mom have you seen my camera?" they then heard Cassandra shout to Janet who was in hers and Daniels room doing some last minute packing.
"Cass you only had it yesterday."
"Yeah, it's the weirdest thing huh." the youngster replied with a mock, and overly dramatic sigh.
"No it's your memory baby."
"It's okay I got it." Cassandra then replied.
"What do you say? Think we should leave her behind?" he asked the little girl bouncing her on his knee. "It'd probably be a lot quieter." he told the infant with a smile, making her giggle.
"Dadda." she babbled reaching for a hug.
Daniel took the little girl in his arms and hugged her. Kissing her face and blowing rasperrys on her cheek.
"Finally found someone with your mental capacity huh Daniel?" Cassandra teased having made her way downstairs with her luggage.
"You hear that Summer? Did you hear your sister being cheeky to daddy? He asked the child who reached out to Cassandra for a hug.
Cassandra took the little girl in her arms and gave her a kiss.
"Me cheeky? Nah. You got me all wrong hasn't he little one." she asked the child, grinning at Daniel as Summer nodded before giggling again.
"Is your mom done yet?" Daniel asked Cassandra who had sat down with Summer on her lap next to him.
"She was getting there. I think she's packed some extra stuff in case the new baby Jackson decides to make an early appearance."
"You alright with Summer while I go check on her." Daniel asked concerned.
"We'll be fine. Shall we go look at the snow cutie face?" Cassandra asked the child getting up and taking her outside, the little girl chatting happily in Cassandras arms as she was taken outside.
Daniel made his way towards his and Janet's bedroom, looking in the nursery which had been refurbished ready for their new arrival on his way. He looked at the new crib and the mobile hanging above it. He looked at the rocking chair where both he and Janet had sat soothing Summer, and still did when she was restless. He looked at the walls, adorned with teddy bears and clouds and at the tiny clothes ready to be worn.
He knocked on the door as he reached their room..
"Sweetie you okay?" he asked as he pushed the door open.
"Fine." Janet replied turning around to look at her fiancé as she finished packing.
He sat down on the bed next to her.
"You sure?" he asked taking Janet's hand.
"Look at you all worried." she commented stroking his cheek, then lowering herself down next to him, her swollen stomach making it hard to sit down. "I'm fine. I was just packing a few extra things just in case this little one decides to make an early appearance." she told him rubbing her stomach. "You know with the Jackson sense of timing and all..."
Daniel smiled.
"You think you're gonna be all right in the mini van on the drive to Jacks cabin?" he asked rubbing Janet's back.
"I'll be fine. I should be the one worrying sweetie not you. We're gonna have a baby here soon. I'm a doctor and I've seen babies born but I don't know what to expect when it's time for this one to arrive. All I know is I'll probably be scared to death."
"You have no need to be, you hear me? I'm gonna be right there holding your hand. Well unless I faint, but what are the chances of that?"
"That makes me feel so much better." she told him nervously.
"Come here." he beckoned taking her into his arms and holding her tightly. "You are going to be great with this little one. You already are great. You're an excellent mom to Cass and Summer and little Danni from Kate's universe loved you to pieces as soon as she met you. I know you're scared sweetie, I am too but there is absolutely no reason for you to worry. You're doing fine, the babies doing fine..."
"I know." she replied leaning her head on his shoulder tiredly. " I'm just so huge and exhausted and fed up of not being able to move myself around as easily as before...I'm just scared baby."
"If I'm honest so am I. We have each other sweetheart, we always will have. You never have to carry any of this around by yourself."
Janet smiled, stroking Daniel's cheek.
"I love you." she told him sincerely. "I just... why didn't this happen sooner? I'm so happy. I mean look at us, here we are going to be married soon, living in a house with a teenager, a nearly two year old child and another on the way and I'm already anticipating having more.. Even if I am huge and bloated." she replied burying her head into his shoulder.
"Love you too." he replied putting a hand on her stomach. "And I don't know why this didn't happen sooner. I've asked myself that so many times honey and I've never been able to come up with an answer. All I know is that from the first moment I saw you, felt you touch me, it felt so right. I guess because I was with Shau'ri I made myself repress that and you know something, I can't think of anything more beautiful than having more children with you. Oh and you're not huge." he told her kissing her forehead "You have our child in there and it's beautiful. So are you."
Janet smiled and kissed his cheek tenderly. "I really do love you." she whispered into his ear, his loving and obviously sincere words touching her deeply.
"And I really do love you." he whispered back.
Janet pulled a face, then smiled.
"Looks like somebody agrees with me there." she told him as their child moved inside her.
"Oh yeah. Looks that way." he told her smiling. "But who wouldn't love me right?" he told her cheekily.
Janet smiled. "I don't think anybody could not." she whispered back leaning in to kiss him again. "That's why I'm gonna have to watch you with the ladies." she teased.
They heard a car blow it's horn outside.
" Well it looks like the guys are here. You sure you're up to this journey? It could be a long one, it's already snowed a little and its supposed to worsen tonight. If it snow's early..."
"I'll be fine, just promise you'll give me a massage when we get there." she asked sweetly looking up at Daniel.
"I think I can manage that." he told her as he walked over to the window and opened it, his friend shouting outside.
"You guys ready?" they heard Jack O'Neill shout from by his and Sam's car.
"Yeah we'll be down in a minute. You think you can come help with the bags?" Daniel shouted back down, not wanting Janet to risk lifting anything that could possibly strain her.
"Yeah sure we'll be right up." Jack shouted, Sam transferring all luggage to Daniel and Janet's mini van and then being heard cooing over Summer who Cassie had brought over to her from their garden.
Daniel walked back over to the bed, Janet lying back and watching as their child kicked inside her. He lay down next to her propping his head up on his elbow, the smile on her face bringing another to his own.
"You know I think this is gonna be a really great Christmas." he commented to her.
"I think so too." she replied taking his hand into her own.
They heard a knock at the door. Jack and Sam entered, immediately walking over to the couple to greet them.
"You look great." Jack told Janet, kissing her on the cheek, then walking over to Daniel and giving his friend a hug.
"Yeah look at you." Sam told Janet.
"I look huge." Janet replied as Sam sat down beside her.
"You look beautiful sweetie." Sam replied rubbing Janet's back. "Besides you've got a baby in there, you're supposed to be huge."
"You sure there's only one? I don't remember Sara being quite so big. not that there's anything wrong or anything. I'm gonna go take the bags down to the mini van." Jack told them changing the subject and picking up the luggage.
Daniel smiled at his friend who quickly left the room while Sam shook her head.
"Sometimes I wanna hit that man. but I love him too much." She sighed.
Cass ran in after Summer who started toddling towards the bed reaching for Sam who she adored. Sam picked her up and took her onto her lap.
"Any sign of one of these for you guys." Daniel asked as he sat down by Janet, his arm around her.
"Not yet." Sam sighed. "But it's not for lack of trying believe me."
"It'll happen." Janet comforted.
"Yeah you guys'll be great parents." Cassandra told Sam giving her a hug.
"So where's Teal'c?" Daniel asked.
"He's with Ry'ac teaching him about Christmas I think. He said sorry and that he'd see us after Christmas. Wow it's hard to believe it's only a couple of days away."
"Yeah it is. Summer's looking forwards to Santa coming aren't you babe. She was worried that he wouldn't find her in Jacks cabin." Janet told Sam.
"Of course he will sweetheart." Sam told the little girl kissing her tenderly.
Jack came back up the stairs and stood in the doorway.
"Bags are loaded and we're ready to roll. You sure you're okay taking this journey Doc?"
"I'm fine." She reassured the group.
"So we ready to go?"
Daniel looked at everyone in the room, all wrapped up in their winter gear.
"Looks that way." He remarked.
The group got up, Sam holding Summer in her arms.
"Just one thing." Janet stated, as they got ready to leave the room. "Could somebody please help me off the bed?"
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The journey was beginning to take its toll on the travelers. The journey itself was okay but had been significantly slowed by the snowfall, which had started to come down heavily. Before they started off conditions were all right to drive in, but now they found it increasingly difficult to travel.
"Everybody all right?" Jack asked from the driver's seat of the van, realizing that this journey was not going as planned.
"I'm okay." Sam replied. "How about you guys in the back?"
"Well Summer's singing away to herself back here and keeping us all entertained." Daniel told them. "Cass has her nose stuck in a book. Baby are you okay?" he asked Janet who shifted uncomfortably in her seat.
"I'll be fine. My backs just getting a little sore." She replied. "And this little one's kickboxing in here." She replied rubbing her swollen belly, Daniel resting one hand on it so he could feel their child kick..
"Jack are you sure we should keep driving in this? It's coming down real heavy." Daniel asked rubbing Janet's back, looking through the window at the snow which was quickly covering the ground..
"Calm down Space monkey we don't have much further to go." He replied.
"Jack maybe Daniels right. We don't want to end up stranded on the road with a pregnant woman who could go into labor, surrounded by snow." Sam told him smiling as she watched Summer playing with Cass in her baby seat.
"Guys I don't think I'm gonna go into labor." Janet replied once again shifting in her seat. "Though I do now have a baby on the bladder and currently have to pee."
"Yep me too." Cassandra added.
"Yeah same here." Sam added. "What?" she asked as Jack looked at her.
"You all have to pee?"
"Yeah." They shouted in unison.
"Oh brother." Jack replied.
Just ten minutes later they had reached a hotel. It was like a large wood cabin surrounded by pine trees, with Christmas lights lighting up the outside and a decorated tree standing by a swinging chair on the porch. Visibility was now becoming impossible, and the snow was falling heavily.
As soon as they stopped Sam and Cass hopped out of the car, then going to the back and helping Daniel get Janet off the seat. Jack got Summer out of the car seat and started playing with her in the snow as the others headed inside.
"You gonna be all right with her Jack?" Daniel asked.
He grinned at his friend.
"We'll be fine won't we young lady." He told them as he walked around the building showing her various things, everyone else running for the reception which was adorned my multi colored lights and Christmas cards from guests.
"Excuse me?" Daniel asked the receptionist who promptly turned around.
"Could you tell us where the bathroom is?"
The receptionist looked at the group sympathetically.
"Sorry sir our public toilet is out of order at the moment the only bathrooms we have are en suites."
"Right. Look my fiancée is pregnant she really needs to go, and so do my friends here. Is there anything you can do for us?"
"We can give you a couple of rooms. It looks like it's snowing too hard outside for you guys to carry on traveling."
Daniel looked at Sam and Janet who nodded.
"Okay. We're gonna need two rooms with double beds and one with two singles."
The receptionist smiled.
"I'm sure we can arrange that, and congratulations." He told Daniel and Janet smiling at them.
"Look Daniel I really do need to."
"Hey." Came a voice from behind them cutting her off.
"Look while your fiancé is sorting out your rooms you can come and use our bathroom, though you're going to have to be quiet because my sons asleep."
The group turned around to see a young woman behind them. She looked to be in her late teens with green eyes and shoulder length wavy blond hair.
"Hi. I couldn't help over hearing. Stupid huh not having a working toilet but he's right, you really shouldn't keep on traveling anyways. My husband son and I were on my way to my moms before we have to go back to the base we work at but we didn't really wanna keep going in this weather.Rosie Adams." She told them offering her hand.
"I'm Janet Fraiser, this is my fiancé Daniel, Samantha Carter and my daughter Cassandra. Our other daughter Summer is outside with Sam's fiancé Jack It really would be great if we could."
"Sure follow me." She told them, leading the group upstairs. "So how far along are you?" she asked Janet kindly.
"Eight months." Janet replied.
"Baby on the bladder huh? I remember that." The young woman smiled.
Janet looked at her carefully.
"How old's your son?"
"Two. He's my angel."
"You don't look old enough to have a two year old. How old are you?"
The young woman smiled as if she was used to answering this question.
"Nineteen. I put up with a lot of crap while I was pregnant with people not thinking I could take care of my own baby. please don't put me through that again."
Janet smiled.
"I wouldn't do that." She replied as the young woman opened the door to her room, turning the light on but dimming it quickly and putting a hand to her lips to motion for quiet.
Janet immediately ran to the bathroom.
"He's adorable." Sam told the young woman looking at the angelic face of the sleeping child, Cassie going over to the window to look for her sister and Jack outside. "What's his name?"
"Dylan James." Rosie proudly told them sitting down by her little boy and stroking his face.
"I always wanted to call my little boy Dylan." Sam told the young woman.
"But it hasn't happened yet huh?"
Sam shook her head. "I want it to though."
"I can see that." The young woman replied. "I was so scared when I found out about Dylan, mainly because I was so young at the time but I could never have gave him up. I was in a steady relationship with my now husband Michael, everyone told me it wouldn't last. but here we are on our first anniversary with a beautiful son, both with jobs and support from our parents."
The little boy began to stir.
"Mommy?"
"Hey baby face." She replied as the young boy opened his piercing blue eyes like his mothers. "Did you have a good nap?"
He nodded rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, then sitting up.
Rosie put an arm around her little boy pulling him onto her lap.
"Dylan baby, this is Sam and you see the young woman over by the window that's Cassandra, now there's another lady in our bathroom and her names Janet, I don't want you to be scared okay? You gonna say hi?"
"Hi." The little boy said shyly before crawling over to Sam and giving her a hug.
"He's pretty much a people person, you should see him at the base he loves it. He's only like that when he knows he's safe with a person though. You've got that special touch."
Sam smiled.
"Go Summer." Cassandra shouted from the window startling the others. "They were kinda having a snowball fight and she got Jack square on the head." She explained making the group smile.
"Hey Janet you okay in there?" Sam shouted worried.
"Fine." Her friend replied. "I'll be out in a second. You wouldn't believe how much I needed that"
"I remember that feeling." Rosie commented.
Sam stroked the little boys brown hair off his forehead.
They heard giggling by the door.
"Summer honey it's not funny. well okay it isn't for uncle Jack." They could hear Daniel saying obviously finding something funny. They then entered the room, Jack with a cut on his head.
"Baby would you like to tell me what happened?" Sam asked her lover walking over to him and looking at the cut.
"We were kinda playing snowballs and Summer caught my head with a stone." He replied. "She's a good shot. Hi." He then said to Rosie and her son.
"You're Jack right, and I take it you are Daniel and Summer." The young woman asked them. "I'm Rosie, this is my son Dylan."
"Pleased to meet you." Daniel replied walking over to shake her hand and placing Summer on the bed next to Dylan then walking over to the bathroom door as his fiancée came out, Cassandra promptly making a dash for the toilet.
Jack rubbed his head, Sam then pulling it down and kissing the cut tenderly.
"Would you like a band-aid for that?" Rosie asked.
"That'd probably be a good idea." Sam replied.
"I'm afraid we only have ones with teddies on. Dylan doesn't like any other sort do you sweetie."
"That'd be okay." Sam replied against Jacks protesting.
Rosie went over to a drawer and pulled out a box of band-aids, giving one to Jack.
"Summer kiss boo boo?" the little girl asked sweetly.
Sam took the little girl into her arms and handed her the band-aid. She then kissed Jacks cut and put the plaster over it.
"I think you've got a natural born doctor here Janet." Sam told her best friend.
"Sexy huh?" he asked the group, giving summer a tender kiss, pointing to the band-aid. "So you guys wear these too."
"Oh yeah. You should see me on the base wearing these little teddies." A voice said from the door. "Honey why are all these people in our room."
"We needed to answer the call of nature." Sam told the young man running for the bathroom as Cassandra came out.
"Michael this is Janet, Daniel, Sam, Summer, Cassandra and Jack. Guys this is my husband Michael."
"Nice to meet you." Jack replied offering his hand.
"You too." Michael replied smiling. "Hey slugger." He said walking over to his son and giving him a hug.
"Remember when I was pregnant with Dylan? You know what I was like? Well Janet really had to go. These guys are stuck here in the snow like we are, I figured they may as well use our facilities while they were getting their rooms sorted out."
"I see. So what are you guys doing up this way?"
"We were going to spend Christmas at my cabin. We got a weeks leave so we figured we'd make the most of it. You?"
"We're on leave too? Which force are you with?"
"Air Force." Sam replied. "I'm Major Samantha Carter, this is Colonel Jack O'Neill, Dr. Daniel Jackson and Major. Dr. Janet Fraiser."
"No kidding, we're in the Air Force too. Rosie's a trainee nurse and I'm a trainee Engineer."
"No way." Jack replied. "Small world huh."
The couple smiled.
"You got the rooms sorted baby?" Janet asked Daniel rubbing her back.
"Yeah. Our luggage is already in there. You wanna go lay down?"
"I think so." Janet replied tiredly.
"Okay sweetheart. Rosie, Michael and Dylan it was nice to meet you. We're actually next-door if you want anything. Cass and Summer you're in the room next to us, and Jack and Sam you're opposite." Daniel told them.
"Cass you okay sorting your sister out?"
"I can do that Daniel." Sam told him. "Jack'll unpack won't you sweetie?" she told him cheekily, taking the key off Daniel and taking Cass and Summer to their room.
"Yeah of course." Jack replied before saying his goodbyes and making his way to his and Sam's room.
"You get some rest okay?" Rosie told Janet "Oh lunch is in half an hour if you guys are hungry." She told them.
"Thanks." Daniel replied.
"No problem." she finished as they left.
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