A Gift From The Heavens - 6
by Lucy Maria Elmer




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"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride." the vicar told Daniel who immediately cupped Janet's face in his hands and kissed her tenderly.

A round of applause rang out through the hotel and cheers erupted from Cassandra, Sam and Jack who then made his way to where Daniel and Janet were standing. He looked at Sam, Daniel taking Janet's hand and leading her over to the children who hugged the happy couple who then kissed again, the joy of finally being married hitting them and filling their hearts with happiness.

"Samantha Carter you have been the love of my life since the very first moment that I met you. Having you in my life, holding you in my arms every day and seeing that incredible smile of yours makes every day worth living. You are my soul mate and I would be honoured if you would agree to become my wife...here and now."

Sam looked at her friends, who smiled at her blissfully, their arms wrapped around each other. She then looked at Jack who stood there, fear and anticipation clear on his face making him look even more adorable than usual. She could feel her eyes filling up with tears of joy, and then she ran to Jack who took her into his arms and lifted her up.

"Of course I'll marry you baby, right here and right now. You arranged all this?" she asked as he kissed her nose.

"Well you know me. I'm ..."

"Sweet yeah I know." she told him kissing his nose back.

"Are we to go ahead with the ceremony?" the vicar asked the pair who were still entwined in each others arms.

"Yes we are." Sam told the man who smiled.

Janet walked up to the pair and gave them her bouquet of flowers.

"It's about time." she told them before rejoining her husband to watch two of her best friends fulfil their dreams.

The party had been going on for over two hours now and was still in full swing. The atmosphere that had been created by the guests becoming snowed in and by Daniels disappearance the previous day had

disappeared and given way to holiday spirit and happiness over the double wedding that had taken place that day.

"You happy baby?" Jack asked Sam, holding her tightly against him as they slow danced, forehead to forehead.

"I've never been happier Jack." she replied looking deeply into those chocolate brown eyes that she so dearly adored. "Thank you so much for loving me. For so long I've wanted this and for so long I thought that we would never be here."

"And now we are."

"And now we are." she repeated contentedly. "I just wish dad and General Hammond..."

"I know, me too. That's why we're having a blessing when we get back to Colorado..me and you and Danny boy and the Doc with the whole military thing going on. It's all been sorted."

"How'd you?"

"Hey the phones still work...well they did last night when I called. Both your father and the good General wish us all the best." he told her twirling her, then dipping her.

"I love you so much. What did I ever do to deserve you Jack O'Neill?" she asked as he brought her back up into his arms.

"Oh I don't know Mrs Samantha Carter-O'Neill, but we're here and we've got each other always, whatever happens and whoever might come along."

"Always." she repeated with a smile kissing him passionately as the music played on around them.

Daniel held Janet tightly in his arms, rocking her gently to the music as she rested her head against his chest, feeling the beating of his heart against her cheek. He looked down at the beautiful woman he held. Even after going through nearly nine months of pregnancy with their child she still looked as beautiful as she did the moment that he had first saw her, even more so, he thought tenderly as she looked up at him with a loving smile appearing on her lips.

"What are you thinking about Dr. Jackson?" she asked him.

Daniel ran a finger down her cheek.

"About how beautiful you are, how incredible you are and just how much I love you." he told her softly.

"A lot I hope."

He kissed her forehead.

"Oh yeah." he replied. "You Janet Fraiser-Jackson are my whole world and I swear to you from the bottom of my heart you always will be. I know things started off pretty direly between us, but somewhere along the course of the last few years that changed. Shau'ri died and you were there, I got hurt and you were there, always watching over me and always ready to put up with my whining or my challenging you."

"Well sweetie my infirmary just wouldn't be the same without you." she replied kissing his cheek.

"I can safely say that I, Janet, have fallen for you big time. You stuck by my side through every bad thing which has happened to me, and knowing me that is a lot. You never faltered, you never lost faith and now you're my wife and I am so happy that we are here now, with two children, another on the way and each other. I just wanted you to know that I loved Shau'ri Janet, I can't deny it, but you're my future. You are the person who I want to grow old and decrepit with and have masses of grandchildren with because I adore you. I adore this face." he told her stroking her cheek "I adore this nose." he told her kissing it. "I adore these eyes." he told her kissing her eyelids tenderly "And I adore this." he told her resting a hand on her stomach under which their child kicked.

"I adore this too." she told him resting a hand on top of his "And I love you so much." she told him, a tear falling from her eye which he kissed away. "I never dreamt that we would ever be doing this. Dancing on our wedding day, holding each other like this...for so long I..it was hard baby." she told him.

"I know. But here we are Mrs Jackson and I can assure you that I love you so much, and that I am going to forever."

"It was definitely a beautiful wedding. How did you manage it?" she asked.

"With the help of a few friends. You know I don't plan to marry anymore sweetie and I wanted the wedding between me and the person I want to be with forever to be special..."

"It was." she told him. "And Sam and Jack...I am so glad that they finally got their act together."

"Me too. I just hope everything else works out for them." he told his wife rubbing her stomach.

"So do I." she told him with a smile, putting he arms tightly around him and kissing him passionately before leading him over to the sofa where Rosie, Michael, Cassandra, Dylan and Summer were sitting giggling.

"How you guys doing?" Janet asked them as Daniel sat down and pulled her down next to him tenderly.

"Great. You?" Cassandra asked giving her mother a hug.

"Great sweetie. Has this one been behaving herself?" she asked motioning towards Summer who was playing with Dylan next to Rosie, still looking as cute as she had when they made their way down the stairs.

"She's been great." Rosie told them, Michael putting his arm around his wife.

"Momma." the little child said sweetly reaching out to Janet, who immediately took her up into her arms and kissed her tiny nose.

"Congratulations you guys." Rosie told the beaming pair.

"Yeah. You're a sweet couple." Michael told them "I hope you're happy like this as long as you live."

"Believe me we do too." Daniel replied hugging his wife and their daughters.

"Happy Christmas Eve Daniel" Janet told him.

"You too honey." he replied kissing her.

"They look pretty happy too." Michael told the group looking at Sam and Jack who were lovingly wrapped in each others arms in the spot where they were dancing.

"Yeah well it's all been a bit of a drama for them with regulations and everything..." Daniel started.

"But I don't think they're gonna have any trouble making up for lost time." Cassie continued smiling.

"I definitely get that impression." Rosie added, lifting Dylan onto her lap.

"So what's next? it's getting kinda late." Rosie asked the pair.

"Well for these two I think it's an early night." she replied looking at Summer who was looking sleepily at her mother, and Dylan who was the same.

"Looks like it is for them too...night guys." Daniel replied as Jack led Sam upstairs them both grinning at Daniels comment.

"Well what do you say we go put Summer to bed and then have an earl night too honey, you look tired." Daniel commented.

"That'd probably be a good idea." Janet replied patting her stomach.

"Okay guys. Good night...and congratulations." Rosie told them giving them each a hug, Michael shaking Daniels hand and kissing Janet's cheek, then picking up Dylan ready to take him upstairs.

"What about you Cass?" Janet asked her adoptive daughter.

"I think I'll just grab something to eat and then head up to bed. The sooner I get to sleep the sooner it's Christmas." she told them with a smile.

"Okay sweetie, but don't stay down here too late." Daniel told her kissing her on the forehead and then lifting the tired Summer of Janet's lap.

"Okay dad." Cassie replied with a smile.

"Night guys." Rosie and Michael told them as they took Dylan upstairs.

"Good night. See you on Christmas Day huh." Daniel shouted to them, as him, his wife and their child made their way upstairs.

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It was eleven o'clock in the evening and all in the hotel was quiet. Most of the hotels guests were now in bed, the children eagerly awaiting the arrival of santa and the parents psyching themselves up for the manic day ahead.

Rosie Adams sat in the hotel lounge, her son on her lap, watching a children's movie. About an hour after he had been put to bed he had suddenly become wide awake again and she was trying to tire him out to get him back to sleep.

"Can we watch another one mommy?" the little boy asked.

"You're not tired yet?" Rosie asked.

"Santa's coming tommorow."

"Yeah he is honey, but you gotta get some sleep or you'll be too tired to open your presents. Will you try...just for mommy, baby please?"

"Wanna watch Snowman." the child protested.

"Okay but you are going to bed as soon as you get drowsy Dylan Adams." she replied as she put the video in the player and wrapped herself and her son up in a blanket.

"Having a little party down here?" came a gentle voice from behind the mother and child.

Rosie turned around to see Janet standing behind them, her face tired.

"This one was put to bed as soon as we got upstairs, but bounded in about half an hour later wide awake and asking if santa had come yet. I'm trying to tire him out but he's way too wired. What are you doing up?"

"My back is killing me, I thought walking around might ease it."

"But it hasn't?" Rosie asked.

"Uh uh." Janet replied easing herself down.

"You should be resting." Rosie told her. "You need your energy."

"With my back as sore as it is resting is not an option." Janet told her sighing.

"It's one of the down sides of pregnancy." Rosie told her.

"It certainly is." Janet replied ruffling Dylans hair.

Rosie leant back in the chair cradling her son.

"Uh oh." came a frightened voice from beside her.

"Uh oh...my god." Rosie answered looking at a bloody puddle on the floor.

"I think my water's just broke." Janet exclaimed.

"Honey I think you're right." Rosie replied moving Dylan and getting up to aid Janet.

"This can't be happening, we have to call an ambulance." Janet cried.

"Janet we're stuck here, there is absolutely no way we're gonna get to a hospital."

"What is going on in here?" came a voice from the stairway. It was the hotel owner.

"Sir I'm afraid this lady's in labour. Is there any way an ambulance can get out here?"

"In this snow? I'm afraid there is no way...it's too deep." he replied. "Ma am is there anything I can do?" he asked Janet concerned as she tried to control her breathing.

"Unless you got an epidural on you I'm afraid not." she panted.

"Okay, we gotta get you ready to deliver. You think you can make it upstairs to your room?"

"I really don't know." Janet replied as a sharp pain radiated through her abdomen. "God I want Daniel."

"Okay honey here's what we do. We get you upstairs to your room and to Daniel, then we prep you as best we can and get this baby out . I've been trained to do deliveries so I'm going to help you okay? Sir can you do us a favour? I need you to get some towels and soak them in warm water and then bring them to room 114. We're gonna do this okay?" she said tenderly to Janet.

Janet nodded before crying out in pain.

Dylan started to cry.

"Everything's okay baby. You remember our room where daddy is?"

The child nodded through his tears.

"I want you to go find daddy and tell him mommy's helping Janet okay?"

The child nodded. Rosie leant down and gave him a kiss before he bounded up the stairs.

"You're going to deliver the baby here? in this hotel?" the owner asked.

"Sir I don't think we have a choice do you. Now will you help or not?"

The man nodded and went to get the towels.

"Now we just gotta get you up the stairs." Rosie commented as Janet struggled to stand up.

"We're nearly there okay." Rosie reassured Janet as they reached the top step.

Janet nodded.

"Just one more...that's it."

"Oh god." Janet shouted as a sharp pain radiated through her once again, prompting Daniel, Sam, Jack, and Cassie to run out of their rooms, knowing Janet's voice.

"Janet baby?" Oh god. It's okay honey, everything's okay...I'm here now" Daniel told her running over to her.

"Can you help me get her onto the bed. This baby's about ready to be born." Rosie asked him.

Daniel nodded and took his wife into his arms, Rosie and him then helping her into their room.

"Mom?" a scared Cassandra screamed concerned, Summer starting to cry as she heard her sisters pained voice.

Sam started over to the room where the children were.

"It's okay Cass, your moms just having the baby okay. She's gonna be just fine."

"But what if something goes wrong...we're stuck here...we can't get help."

"Oh god..." they heard screamed from the room as Janet was lowered onto the bed prompting other guests to come out of their rooms all chatting excitedly.

"Nothing will go wrong sweetheart, she'll be fine, they both will." she replied kissing Cassandras forehead.

"Sam?" Janet shouted from her room wanting her best friend at her side.

"It's okay I'll keep an eye on these two." Jack told his wife tenderly. "Go be with her." he added taking Sam into his arms and kissing her. "This will be us one day Sam."

"I know." she replied quietly and with a gentle smile before joining her friend.

"Okay sweetie you're nearly there, push really hard on the next contraction okay." Rosie prompted.

"Yeah you're doing great sweetheart." Daniel replied as he brushed her wet hair back off her forehead, Janet positioned so her head was resting on his chest, him sitting behind her rubbing her back.

"Oh god here we go." she screamed through gritted teeth, bearing down with all her might. "Daniel..."

"It's okay I'm here." he replied kissing her forehead.

"I can see the head Janet, we're nearly there, not long to go now okay...push."

"Push Janet," Sam prompted, squeezing Janet's hand.

"Yeah doc, push." they heard Jack shout from outside the door where he was pacing up and down trying to quieten Summer.

"I'm so tired." she told them.

"I know you are, just think in a few minutes you're gonna be holding your baby." Rosie told her.

Janet took a deep breath.

"Okay honey now!" Sam told her friend.

Janet pushed and just a few minutes later a baby's crying could be heard.

"Janet, Daniel you have a baby boy." Rosie told them. "Sam could you grab a blanket?"

"Guys he's so beautiful." Sam told them as Rosie cut the umbilical cord and wrapped him up, then handing him to Sam. who looked at him proudly

"Uh oh." Janet said tiredly, pain unmistakable on her face.

"Uh oh what sweetie?" Daniel asked kissing her as Sam brought their son over to them.

"You have got to be kidding me." Rosie commented, a look of shock appearing on her face. "See didn't I say you'd be having two"

"You're joking?" Sam commented looking at Janet who had once again began panting.

"Okay guys, ready for round two? Janet honey push..."

Sam entered the room her heart full over joy over what she had just witnessed and now was. Jack who had been looking after the two girls while Janet delivered her babies was fast asleep on Summers bed, her asleep with her head on the right side of his chest and Cassandra the same on the left.

She leant down and kissed each of them.

"Merry Christmas." she whispered Jack stirring and then the girls.

"Mom?" Cassandra asked. tiredly as she woke up.

Sam sat down on the bed taking Summer onto her lap and kissing the childs forehead tenderly.

"Guys there's some people your mom and dad want you to meet." Sam told them, picking Summer up, Jack then taking Cassandras hand and following Sam into Daniel and Janet's room.

When they entered they were greeted with a beautiful sight. Rosie who had now cleared up and wrapped up each of the children was sitting by the bed, her own child on her lap and her husband standing behind her, his hands on her shoulders watching the new parents. Daniel and Janet were both sitting on the bed, Daniel with his baby son in his arms, and Janet with their new baby daughter.

Jack immediately walked over to Daniel, Summer bounding out of Sam's arms and running over to the bed to sit next to her mother. Cassandra and Sam following.

"Summer, Cass, we'd like you to meet your new baby brother and sister." Daniel told them kissing Janet proudly.

"You guys had twins..wow." Cassandra commented walking over to the bed and looking at her new siblings proudly and then kissing Janet on the cheek, Summer snuggling up to her mother on the bed.

"Congratulations Space Monkey." Jack said proudly to his best friend. "They're adorable." he told him looking at the tiny children. "Well done Janet, you did good." he told her kissing her on the cheek.

"She certainly did." Rosie commented with a yawn.

"Can I take her?" Sam asked Janet who was cradling her daughter.

Janet smiled.

"Of course you can. I'm sure she'd love to meet her aunt Sam." she told her best friend handing the newborn over.

"May I?" Jack asked Daniel as he played with the newborn baby boy.

"Sure." Daniel replied proudly handing his son over to Jack.

"Hello tough guy." Jack cooed as he held the child, Daniel once again kissing Janet as they watched their friends proudly.

"You're quiet Cass, is everything okay?" Daniel asked.

"Yeah fine..."

"Cassandra Fraiser you will tell me what's the matter." Janet prompted pulling Cassandra down onto the bed next to her and Summer.

"It's just you guys have got Summer and these guys now...and they're all biologically yours, well Summer is in a way. It's just I can't help feeling that they're your family...yours and Daniels...and me well..."

Daniel got up and walked around the bed to where Cass was sitting and put an arm around her.

"Cass I know these guys are biologically ours, but you... you are the most incredible daughter anybody could ask for. You may not share our genes but you are our child, you are our little girl and we love you so much. You have been part of our family for so long and you always will be and I never want you to think you're not, not ever because you are."

"Look honey I know things ae difficult sometimes, but whatever you think you are our child whether biologically or not. That's why we've been talking."

"About what?" Cassandra asked giggling as Jack pulled faces at the child he was holding.

"Well since your mother and I are married...we were wondering if you'd like to take my last name. You don't have to..."

"Daniel I'd love to." Cassandra replied hugging him tightly.

"Well then so it shall be." he told them smiling as he looked at his family.

"Dadda..." Summer cried reaching to her father.

"Come here cutie face." he replied as Cassandra handed the little girl over.

"Now all we need are names." Janet commented.

"How about Grace?" Daniel asked his wife.

"Grace, I like it. Rosie since you have been so great today..what's's your middle name?"

Rosie's husband leaned down to kiss her.

"Isabella." she replied with a smile.

"Grace Isabella Rose." Janet suggested, looking up at her husband tenderly.

"Grace Isabella Rose, I like it." he told her rocking Summer on his lap.

"Hey there Grace." Sam cooed to the little girl who was gurgling happily in her Aunts arms.

"What about this little fella?" Jack asked smiling as the little boy grasped his finger.

"What about Noah?" Janet asked. "Noah Jonathan Charles?"

"Noah it is." Daniel told her kissing her tenderly.

"Noah Jonathan..guys you don't have to.." Jack started.

"Yeah we do." Daniel replied smiling. "And we also have to say this...would you two be our children's God Parents?"

"We'd be honoured..." Jack told them"...we truly would."

Janet smiled happily.

"Merry Christmas Daniel Jackson." she told him tiredly, watching her friends with hr two newborn children.

"Merry Christmas sweetheart." he replied kissing Summer on the forehead, pulling Cassandra close to him so her head was resting on his shoulder and looking at the family that surrounded them, a family that he never dreamed he would have, and one with whom he felt truly blessed.

THE END.

What ya think guys? been waiting a long time I know.

Copyright (c) 2001 Lucy Maria Elmer.



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