The Dan and Jan Archive

A Mother's Gift, A Father's Love
by Lucy Maria Elmer

Cassandra yawned and stretched in her chair, rubbing her tired eyes. Neither her or Daniel had left Janet's side for any length of time since she had gotten so sick and it had now been six hours since she had been put on the ventilator.

"One hot chocolate." Came a voice from behind her belonging to Daniel.

Cassandra took the cup gratefully and had a big sip of the warming liquid.

"Thanks Daniel." She told him as he sat down next to her holding a cup of coffee himself.

"How you doing kiddo?" he asked turning to her, taking a sip of his coffee.

"I'm okay I guess. I feel better that you're here."

Daniel smiled.

"Same here." He told her sincerely.

They sat there uncomfortably for a minute, neither sure of what to say to the other.

"Look what I've been wanting to ask is..., are you okay with the whole me and your mom thing? I know it's happened pretty quickly and that it's going to be difficult for you to adjust to me being round so much when you've had to adjust to life on Earth and everything as well...I guess I just don't want you to be uncomfortable...or living in a situation where you're not happy." He told her setting the mug down.

Cassandra put a hand over his.

"Daniel...yeah it's been hard to adjust to life here on Earth and yeah this has happened quickly but with you and mom a couple now I'm definitely not unhappy. When I moved in with mom I guess it took me a while to get used to everything, just like it took a while for her to get used to having a child around but in the end things turned out great. I couldn't imagine living with anyone else or being as happy as I am with Janet. Her being with you... that's something I don't have to adjust to because you make her happy...and it makes me happy seeing her so happy. Just like she does I like having you around so I'm not uncomfortable and I'm not unhappy." Cassandra told him.

"I'm glad. Cassandra I love your mom so much..."

"I know, I can tell that just by looking in your eyes whenever you see her. It's like this light goes on or something."

"And I never plan on hurting her. Or you. I know I could never take the place of your biological father, just like Janet can never take the place of your biological mom, but what I do want to do is let you know that I'm here just like your dad would have been. I guess what I'm trying to say is if this becomes permanent and I'm around a lot more than I am now...I don't want you to feel that I'm only there for your mom. You're part of the package here, and I love the whole package not just part of it."

Cassandra smiled.

"Daniel I know that. I don't doubt for one second that you love her, and that you would never hurt her. That's why I think you're a great guy. Who else would have sat here with a teenager for the past six hours and actually cared enough to get a bed set up in here, or get a drink, or even ask how I was doing when you must be feeling pretty crappy yourself."

"You're a good kid."

"Hey I'm not that much of a kid anymore." She told him elbowing him.

"My mistake." He replied smiling.

"There's something I've been wanting to ask too." Cassandra told him, her piercing eyes looking straight into his.

"Shoot."

"The idea of having a teenager in your life when you haven't had any other kids around. Doesn't that scare you?" Cassandra asked him.

"Why would the idea scare me?" he asked her.

"I don't know. I just thought that maybe it would."

"Cass the idea of having a teenager around, particularly one as smart and sweet as you is far from being scary. I'm looking forward to it actually." He told her.

"If mom...you know..."

"Cassandra..."

"No, if she does...die...will you still be around when I need you to be?" Cassandra asked Daniel timidly.

"Cass you don't even need to ask that question. Of course I'll be around when you need me, and when you don't." He reassured her.

Cassandra leaned over to Daniel and hugged him, tears running down her face.

"Thank you." She told him.

"Shush. It's okay." He told her sweetly. "Everything's okay." After a few minutes' Cassandra pulled away and wiped her eyes on a tissue.

"There's something else too." She told him blowing her nose.

"What's up?" he asked.

"What was it like going into that other universe?" she asked, leaning back in the chair.

Daniel took a deep breath.

"Weird actually."

"I bet it was. Was I there?" Cassandra asked.

"Yes you were. You were a Doctor too just like your mom."

"I was?"

"Yeah. And a very hard working one too."

Cassandra shivered. Ever since Janet had gotten sick, it was as if their insides had gone cold. He knew exactly how she felt.

Daniel got out of his chair and pulled a blanket off the bed that Dr Warner had put up in the room for Cass to sleep on, and gently wrapped her up in it so she would warm up. He then settled back into his own chair.

"And what were the other kids like? I mean I know you had Kelly and another baby on the way...how many more did you see?" she asked him.

"Well yeah there was Kelly. She's the spitting image of Janet with deep brown eyes and hair. She was too sick for us to really talk to her for long. She's 18. Then there was Max, he was 14, and he wants to be an archeologist like his dad. He's a good kid, pretty smart like you are. Then there was Charlotte. She's a really pretty and sweet little girl. Looks a lot like Kelly with a little button nose. She was 8. Then there was the baby who's gonna be born in another month or so. Apparently she's pretty active." Daniel told Cass making her smile.

"Then there were Casey and Emma. They were Sam and Jacks girls."

"Sam and Jack have kids there?" Cassandra asked.

"That really surprises you sweetie?" he asked her.

"Nope." She replied. "What were they like?"

"A lot like Sam. Emma was really smart. You should've heard her talking to Jack. I think she confused him as much as Sam does sometimes." Daniel told her.

"And what about Casey?"

"She is the spitting image of Sam. She has long blonde curls and blue eyes. But she has Jacks smile and sense of humour. She's gonna be a hit with the fellas when she's older. Jacks gonna have his work cut out for him." Daniel replied.

"Cool." Cassandra told him, her eyes shining with delight at the fact that Jack and Sam had kids.

"We also met another child there. A little boy."

"You did?"

"Yeah. He had blond hair and brown eyes. Was a complete charmer.

Loves his mom to bits."

"Whose was he?" Cassandra asked.

"Yours honey. You're married there with a little boy. His name's Jack."

"I named my son after Jack...figures." Cassandra commented smiling. "Must've been weird to see me so much older."

"Yeah it was, but it was nice. You're very smart, and a great mom." He told her.

Cassandra yawned and Daniel shivered.

"Wanna share?" she asked him motioning for him to take some of the blanket.

"Don't mind if I do." He replied as he spread the blanket over the both of them, looking at the woman on the bed in front of him, and smiling at the wonderful job she had done with this child.

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Sam knocked on the door to Jacks quarters nervously. She had come here to talk to him about what had happened that afternoon and to tell him how much that kiss had meant to her. She was tired of creeping around her feelings for him, and sick to death of denying them. That kiss today had made her realize just how much she loved that man, whether he was her commanding officer or not. He had been the only one to calm her down, the only one who she thought could calm her down. He made her feel loved and she had never felt so deeply about anyone before. So many times today she had walked to that door, nearly knocked and then left again to try and pluck up the courage to go back. Even now she was hoping deep down that he wasn't in there and she wouldn't have to say what she had came to through fear of being rejected.

"Who's there?" came a tired voice from inside.

"It's me sir." Came Carters reply.

The door opened from the inside, Jack O'Neills tired face lit up under the harsh light of the room. He moved aside to let Sam in.

Sam walked in and sat down on his bed.

"What's up Carter?" he asked her sitting down to join her.

"You're not an idiot." She quickly told him.

"That's nice to know." He commented with a nod of the head then looking at his hands.

"Jack just for once could you quit being a smart ass and listen to me. I heard what you said when you were walking away. You weren't an idiot." She told him.

"Carter what are you saying? Apart from the I'm not an idiot thing....if it's about the kiss I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take advantage when you were upset. It was a total error of judgement..."

Sam put a finger over his lips prompting him to be quiet.

"Can you stop apologising...Jack you have no need to be sorry. I'm not." She added.

"Sam what are you saying?"

"What I'm saying is that when I was that upset I felt as if there was only one person who could truly make me feel better and one person who I wanted to. Jack that was you. It always has been you. You weren't taking advantage...I wanted that kiss just as much as you did, and it wasn't as if I pulled away. Out there I was a woman kissing the man that I love and that isn't anything to feel ashamed or sorry about."

"In the situation we're in Sam it is, no matter how much it hurts." Jack told her solemnly.

"Well then it's a stupid situation. Jack O'Neill you are the most important person in my whole life...it just happened and no-one not even me could stop it happening." She cupped his face in her hands. "If that kiss really meant something, you'd admit you loved me Jack...here and now." She added, then finding her hands suddenly very interesting.

"Of course I love you. Sam I love you so much that just being in the same room as you makes me happy...and that kiss meant more to me than you'll ever know. Believe me. It's just your career is so important to you, believe it or not so is mine...and to be together, no matter how much we want it...one of us would have to leave. I don't think either of us would be willing." He told her.

"What's more important to you Jack? Me or rules?"

"Well, you are. You know that." He told her sweetly.

"Then why can't we just forget about the rules and see where whatever we have leads. If it's meant to happen we'll find some way of being together...and if it's not at least we know we gave it a chance." She told him.

"I can't believe this. Samantha Carter is telling me to ignore regs..."

"Well love makes you do crazy things." She told him smiling.

"It also makes you do this..." he started then leaning in to kiss her.

"And please don't say sorry about this...I just might have to hit you." She whispered as they kissed. Slowly they then pulled away from each other.

"You're really sure about this?" he asked her.

"I've never been more sure about anything...except maybe how much I want to be with you." She told him taking his hand.

"We're going to have to go to Hammond one day you know." He told her. "If this works out."

"I know. But for now, lets just enjoy what we've got." She told him.

"I don't think that's going to be too hard do you Carter?" he asked her smiling.

She shook her head.

"Hell no." She replied as he took her in his arms and pulled her onto his lap, kissing her with all the passion that had been held inside for so long.

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Daniel Jackson carried the CD player quietly into Janet's room, making sure not to wake up the sleeping Cassandra who had finally at 7am given in to tiredness and fallen asleep in her chair. As soon as he put the CD player down, he walked over to the cot on which Cassandra was sleeping to check on her. Kissing her softly on the forehead he tucked her in and then walked over to Janets bed where he sat down beside her. She hadn't woken up since the infection had been detected, still she was pale and fevered with her fever having gotten higher instead of falling but she was still fighting, fighting to beat this instead of giving in to it and Daniel was so proud of her for doing that.

Daniel leant over and kissed her fevered forehead stroking her hair that was damp with sweat back off it. She looked so peaceful that it was hard to believe how sick she was. She also looked so small with all the tubes that covered her and the tube helping her breathe. He doubted he'd ever get that image out of his head.

"Hey sweetheart. It's me, totally wired at 7am. Janet honey I know you must be feeling awful right now and I know that wherever you are now is probably a lot more peaceful than where you'd be if you were awake but honey I want you to fight this...I want you to wake up for me. I miss you so much...I miss your smile, I miss talking to you... Honey I love you and I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have you in my life. I know it all happened really quickly...I know you probably can't hear me right now but that first night we spent at yours, the day after we found out about Kelly... Janet I'd loved you for so long and that night meant so much just holding you and being with you...waking up next to you. I felt like the luckiest man in the world...and you know something I think I am." He told her tears running down his face.

"I hate seeing you hurting like this, I hate knowing that you must be in so much pain...I mean you can barely breathe by yourself and I wish so much I could just make it all better for you and for Cass. You were so brave to do what you did, to help Kelly like that and I am so proud of you" Daniel broke down.

"Sweetheart I can't do this without you...please keep fighting...please..." he pleaded then rubbing his eyes with his hands before taking a deep breath to compose himself.

"You remember that night before you had the surgery...we came downstairs when Cass was asleep because we were both too wired to sleep which I guess was pretty understandable. We turned the stereo on and just sat there holding each other with the music playing...just holding each other in our arms. I'd never felt as much love for anyone as I did that moment having you next to me and I'd never felt as loved as I did with you then. And do you remember how we went outside, all wrapped up in a blanket and danced under the stars? Boy I must sound really stupid. I mean I don't even know if you can hear...but I wanted to tell you that, that moment was one of the single most beautiful of my life, seeing you lit up under the starlight, your brown eyes shining, your hair all lit up so you looked like an angel and that beautiful smile...well I borrowed Sams stereo and I got the song. I just want you to know you have so much to fight for..."

Daniel walked over to the stereo and plugged it in, and then found the song that they had danced too. He turned the volume up as it came on and then sat back down on Janets bed, stroking her soft yet flushed cheeks and praying with all his might that she would get through this while re-living the memory of that night.

Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's time to change, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey

Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there

Now that she's back from her soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there's time to grow, hey, hey

Now that she's back in the atmosphere
I'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol' Jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land

Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head beck to the Milky Way
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind
Was it everything you wanted to find
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there

Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you're wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had... and me

Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky Way.

Tears streamed down Daniels face as the song played, memories of that night and Janet being so well and full of life washing over him in a torrent. He truly didn't know how he could live without her now...her counterpart had been right when she said this was going to be awful for him. All he wanted was for her to come back to them and for the pain to go away. When he had woken up and saw her hardly able to breathe it was like his heart stopped beating and now seeing her look so fragile..A woman who was so strong and so full of courage tore him apart. He felt so lost, so lonely without her that even with his friends around a void existed in his life and as the words of the song rang out in the room, and as he thought of what they could have if she got through this the loss just felt so much deeper.

Daniel wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. The last few days truly had been torture and he didn't know how he had gotten through them. One thing he did know was that the young woman fast asleep at the other side of the room had played a big part in that. If Janet didn't make it through this, he would look after her, he knew that for sure though at the moment losing Janet wasn't something he wanted to even dare contemplate.

Tiredly Daniel rubbed his eyes and settled in his chair so that his head was resting on Janets bed. He picked up her little hand and held it against his damp cheek.

"Please come back to us...please." He pleaded kissing the palm. Then after once again gently kissing Janet on her forehead he drifted off into a restless sleep.

Five hours later Daniel was awoken by a tap on the shoulder. Rubbing his eyes, he sat up to see Cassandra standing there with a cup of coffee in her hands for him.

"What time is it?" he asked, taking his glasses off, wiping them and putting them back on.

"It's 12pm. We thought we'd let you sleep a little while." She replied. "You want?" she asked offering the coffee to him. Daniel nodded and took it while Cassandra settled down again on the chair next to him.

"How are you today?" he asked the teenager putting an arm around her.

"Okay I guess. Look Daniel, thanks for getting me to bed last night. I think I really needed the sleep." She told him though still yawning. "You meanwhile look like crap." Cassandra commented.

"Thanks." Daniel told her smiling as a nurse came in and started checking machines and doing the usual tests on Janet.

"Why don't you go get some sleep? I can stay here and come get you if there's any change." Cassandra told him.

"I'm fine honey. I'd rather be here just in case." Daniel replied.

"Yeah me too." Cassandra replied.

"So is there any change?" Daniel asked the nurse who was just leaving.

"Actually Doctor Jackson...it appears the fevers peaked and has started to come back down. I'm going to get Dr. Warner to come in and examine her as soon as he gets in." The nurse told Daniel.

Daniel got up and sat on Janets bed, touching her forehead with the back of his hand.

"She does feel a little cooler." He told them both.

"And it looks like she's getting her colour back too." Cassandra told them joining Daniel on the side of the bed, noticing for the first time that morning that her mothers face was a lot less pale than it had been the day before.

"Just don't get your hopes up. This is a good sign but you have to remember she still has a way to go." The nurse replied.

"But it's a start." Daniel commented.

The nurse smiled.

"Yes it is. Dr. Warner should be in within the next hour." She then told Daniel and Cassandra before leaving the room.

Daniel leaned over and kissed Janet.

"You keep fighting honey." He told her stroking her cheek.

Cassandra took her hand.

"You heard the man mom. We're both here okay." She then told the unconscious Doctor smiling at Daniel.

Cassandra's stomach rumbled.

"Sweetie why don't you go to the commissary and get something to eat." Daniel told the teenager. "One of us should at least be eating properly." He added.

"You sure...? I mean what if..."

"I'll come get you I promise." He told the young woman. "Now go eat."

Cassandra smiled, kissed her mother and then got up.

"You gonna be okay Daniel?"

"I'll be fine honey, don't worry about me." He told her.

"See you in a few minutes okay." She told him walking to the door.

She then quicky ran over to him, gave him a hug and left.

Daniel yawned again and slowly lowered his head back down onto the bed. He wasn't sure how long he had been laying there dozing but he woke up with the distinct feeling that someone was ruffling his hair. Thinking it was Cassandra he put his head up slowly trying to focus through his tired eyes but the sight which greeted him wasn't Cassandra seeing if he was okay. Janet was laying there, her cheeks filled with colour and her eyes wide open looking lovingly at him, her hand gently stroking his face. For a moment he just sat there not moving, not daring too incase this was a dream. Slowly he got up and sat on her bed and stroked her forehead. Her temperature was normal.

"Hey sleepyhead." He told her grinning. "Welcome back to the land of the living. We've missed you so much." He added leaning down to kiss her, tears falling on her forehead.

She stroked his cheek, brushing the tears away, then held his hand in her own.

"Cass..." he suddenly jumped up, gently putting her hand down.

"I need a Doctor in here." He shouted out of the door. "She's awake. She's awake." He said shaking the shoulders of an Officer passing by as the medical team ran in the room. "Sorry. Look could you go down to the commissary and get Cassandra Fraiser back up here." He asked politely.

The Officer nodded smiling.

"Oh and could you notify General Hammond and the rest of SG-1?" He then asked.

"Sure Doctor Jackson. Glad to have her back with us." He then added walking quickly down the corridor.

Daniel walked back into the infirmary to see Doctor Warner and his team checking over Janet, the curtains drawn around the bed.

"Dr Jackson you can come round if you like." Dr Warner called out to the worried man.

Daniel made his way round the curtains and took Janet's hand as the team carried out there tests.

"So is she okay?" he asked a few minutes later.

"Dr Jackson Janet's going to be weak for a few days due to the surgery and the infection but she's going to be just fine. We're going to keep her in the infirmary for at least a couple of weeks and continue monitoring her progress but it appears her body has responded well to the drugs she's been given and that the infection she contracted is beginning to clear up. Kidney function is normal and I don't think there's going to be any lasting damage. Now we're going to keep her on the heart monitor just for a couple of days, but I think we can take this tube out and give her an oxygen mask instead." The doctor told Daniel as Janet nodded in agreement.

"Okay Janet we need you to give a big cough." Dr Warner told her. Janet immediately took a deep breath and coughed, her colleague pulling the tube out of her throat.

Janet coughed for a few minutes, getting used to breathing without the help of the machine, wincing in pain as she did it.

"Take it easy okay." Daniel soothed as a nurse put the oxygen mask over her nose and mouth. "Better?" he asked.

Janet nodded, Daniel squeezing her hand.

"Right that's us done for the minute. We'll take you up for a Cat Scan later, but there doesn't seem to have been any damage done by the coma. We just want one done to make sure. The fevers gone, heart rate is back to normal, we'll check out her blood to look for traces of anything out of the ordinary and the scar left from the surgery appears to be healing well. It was a good thing you did Janet, helping that young woman, we've been waiting to tell you that. This place hasn't been the same without you." The doctor then told his colleague. "And you know something. You're a very lucky woman to have this guy here and Cass. Haven't left your side." He told her before leaving the pair of them, opening the curtains as he went.

After he and his team had gone, Daniel could see Janet smiling under her oxygen mask.

"You gave us all a scare there. I really thought I was going to lose you." He told her tenderly. "I don't know what I would have done if..."

Janet put a finger on his lips prompting him to be quiet. She pulled the oxygen mask down.

"It hurt so badly..." she told him. "But thinking of you...and Cass...you were what I fought for....I could never leave you." She told him. Her voice still shaky.

"And when I saw you in so much pain...I just wanted to make it better and there was no way I could. I felt so guilty sweetheart." He told her.

"It just happened...it wasn't anyones fault. Besides...you did make me better...you and Cass gave me something to fight for" she told him softly.

Daniel began to cry.

"Shush." She soothed pulling his head down onto her chest, the steady beat of her heart soothing him.

"I loved you for so long before all this. If I'd have lost you after realising just how much you mean to me...you and Cass...I don't know what I'd have done. I was so scared." He told her.

"I was scared too. The thought of not seeing you again scared...me to death." She told him honestly then beginning to cry herself and wincing with pain.

"Hey, don't cry. You'll pull out your stitches." Daniel told her making her smile. "You are so special to me you know that?" Daniel told her sweetly.

Janet nodded.

"And you are to me....That day when we argued about the surgery...it upset me so much....but it also made me realise how much you cared. I mean you cared enough about me not to want me to go through this...you cared enough to tell me you loved me just so I knew in case...and you cared enough to stand outside the night before all this and dance under the stars and just hold me all night..."

"Of course I cared enough to do all those things. Janet I love you so much. I have done for a very long time. That night was one of the most beautiful of my life." "Mine too." She told him. "Not in a million years do I deserve someone like you." She told him putting the mask back on for a minute.

"Well you've got me...and I'd like you to have me for the rest of your life..." he told her blushing.

Janet reached up and touched his face.

"Are you blushing Dr Jackson?" she asked him with a gentle smile as she pulled the mask down again.

"Actually... I'm proposing. Going through all this has been awful but it's also taught me a lot of things. One of those things is that any moment I'm not with you or any moment when there's a chance something could tear us apart there's an emptiness in my heart that I can't fill. One of those things is that life's too short not to embrace your feelings for someone...or to hide them for a long time like we did. Another one of those things, and one of the most important is that I love you so much, and Cassandra so much that I want us to be a family...and I want us to be one for as long as we both shall live."

"Really?" she asked him.

"Really. Janet for a long time we ignored our feelings for fear of rejection and then just after we finally acknowledged them I nearly lost you. Now you're getting better...if this happens again to either one of us I want us to have had times where we have embraced our feelings...where we have got memories instead of regrets over time we should have spent together. Janet Fraiser I want you to be my wife...will you?" he asked her his breath catching in his throat as he waited for a reply.

Janet pulled her mask down and put her hand on the back of his head, lowering it enough so they could share their first kiss since she had come round. After what seemed an eternity, but a welcome one, both pulled away and Janet smiled.

"I've been waiting to do that forever." She told him as she looked at his nervous face. "Daniel of course I'll marry you." She then told added, Daniel leaning down and them once again kissing, tears of joy streaming down both their faces. "Don't you have any idea how long I've wanted you to ask that? I love you so much. Thank you for watching over me." She told him.

"Thank you for loving me.... and for coming back." He told her, then following her focus to the door where a happy teenager was standing.

"You guys are getting married?" Cassandra asked. "I'd better be a bridesmaid." She told them before running over to the bed and hugging her mother.

"Mom I thought....I didn't think you....you were so sick and I was so scared." Cassandra told her bursting into tears.

"Shush. I know. I would never leave you sweetheart you know that." Janet told her. "I'm here now okay darling. I'm here." Janet told the teenager comforting her.

"I don't know what I would have done...mom I love you. I don't think I've ever really told you enough and I was so scared you would die and you wouldn't know....I know I can be horrible but I don't mean it..I never wanted you to think...I mean you're my mom, you took me into your home and you've looked after me so well... I don't think I could have asked for a better mom since I came here."

"Hey, Cass I know...of course I do. Arguing is a typical mother and daughter thing. I don't mean it either and I know it's hormones, I was a teenage girl once too as hard as it is to believe. Sweetheart just seeing your smile when we're watching movies or cooking, or having a girly night in is enough to show me that you're happy. Don't ever think I don't know and don't ever think I don't love you because you are one of the single most important things to me on this earth."

"And to me." Daniel told the young woman. "I don't think I could've gotten through the past few days without you." He told her.

"Or me you. You're good company you know that. You're gonna be a great step father, I mean you actually listen and you don't mind doing it either." She told him.

"Well you're not so bad yourself kiddo. Spending time with you was another great thing that came out of this."

"Yeah well lets not wish anything else like this to happen. I gotta get used to having two parents now and I don't want to lose them as soon as I get them." She told him smiling.

Janet looked at the two of them.

"You know I am so lucky to have the both of you. I'm pretty blessed."

"So are we to have you back." Daniel told her. "Lets just hope we have a good few years before anything like this happens again. If we end up with what our counterparts have we are going to be a very lucky family." He told her.

Janet smiled.

"I know." She replied hugging the both of them. "We already are incredibly lucky." She added looking at the two people she cared about the most in the world, then smiling as Sam, Jack and Teal'c entered the room arms full of balloons and cards.

"Nice to have you back with the land of the living Doc." Jack commented, tying a balloon with a smiley face on it to the bottom of her bed.

"Yeah. We just heard from General Hammond that you're awake. He's gonna be down soon. He just had to finish a briefing. We've missed you." Sam told her best friend leaning over and giving her a hug. "The whole base has been so worried about you and so have we. You've made a big impression on a lot of people here sweetie.." Sam told her.

"Yeah, probably because she knows just how to jam a needle in...I'll shut up now." He finished as Janet giggled.

"It is indeed nice to see you feeling so much better Doctor."

"Thank you Teal'c." Janet replied. "It's nice to be feeling better." She told him.

"So you're feeling okay?" Sam asked sitting down on the bed.

"A bit shaky, a bit sore and like I have one hell of a hangover but I'll live." Janet replied.

"So how long you gotta stay in for?" Jack asked joining Sam on the bed.

"Two weeks." Daniel cut in. "She's gotta have two weeks of complete rest."

"Think you can do it Doc? They do say Doctors make the worst patients." Jack commented.

"Yeah well I'm sure my fianc� will make sure I follow Doctors orders." She replied grinning as she took Daniels hand in her own.

Cassandra giggled at the looks on their friends faces.

"Fianc�? Danny boy you dog." Jack commented patting his friend on the back.

"Yeah congratulations." Sam told Janet hugging her. "It's about time." She added hugging Daniel.

"Well we try to keep you on your toes." Daniel replied.

The group smiled.

"I do not understand Daniel Jackson." Teal'c replied looking at his feet.

As Daniel explained and the rest of the team tried to keep straight faces Janet looked around the room. The last few days had been hell for all in that room, every single person had gone through a personal torture, herself included but all had learnt a lot. One of the most important things was that each had been blessed to have such people in their lives, and that whatever was to happen in the future they would always be able to rely on each other...come what may and no matter what.

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It had now been three months since Janet had gone through the surgery to help Kelly and in those last three months her life had changed dramatically. Daniel had moved in with her and Cass, and while at times it was hard she had to admit that it was great having him around, even Cass was obviously enjoying Daniels' company. Since the whole ordeal the pair had become close and not just because Daniel could help Cassandra with her history homework, so things at home were pretty harmonious with all enjoying being a family. After the surgery Daniel had taken care of her so well, making sure she was resting properly and was well enough before she went back to work that it just confirmed in her heart how much he loved her and her having him around confirmed in her mind just how right marrying him was, and how strong her love for him was.

It was a cold day on the base. The cool air could be felt even as Daniel made his way to the Infirmary to check on Janet. Walking down the corridor he ran into Cassandra who was carrying a glass of juice, having been given permission to help her mother out in the Infirmary for the day.

"Hey sweetheart everything okay?" he asked her.

"Uh huh. Mom's not feeling great though." Cassandra told him.

"I keep telling her to get checked out by Dr Warner but will she listen?" Daniel commented.

"Well you know mom..." Cassandra started as they walked into the infirmary.

"You know mom what?" came a voice from beside them.

Daniel turned to see Janet standing there, her hands on her hips.

"We're in trouble." He muttered under his breath making Cass smile.

"I got your juice." She said sweetly to Janet handing it to her and trying to break her mothers mood.

"Not gonna work sweetheart." Janet commented before finally breaking into a grin. "You know me too well." She commented walking over to an empty bed and sitting down on it. Taking sips of the juice.

"Yeah so do I." Daniel commented joining her. "Honey you are so pale. Are you sure you shouldn't be at home?"

"Baby I'm fine stop worrying. I just have a bug or something that's all. It's nothing sinister." She told him looking up into his eyes and smiling.

"You sure?" he asked rubbing her back. "Because you sounded pretty sick when I woke up this morning." He told her.

Janet gave him a look which he knew very well.

"Don't waste you're breath Daniel I've already done that whole barfing speech." Cassandra told him with a mock sigh. "Doctors...you just can't get em to take their own advice."

"You two should open a comedy act." Janet told them grinning.

"Yeah we know. We thought about it..." Cassandra commented as an announcement came over the speaker system.

"Could all members of SG-1, Dr. Janet Fraiser and Cassandra Fraiser please make their way to the briefing room immediately. That will be all." Came the voice of General George Hammond.

"What have we done now?" Cassandra asked.

"Got no idea." Daniel replied as Janet handed over the Infirmary to Dr Warner while they followed General Hammonds orders.

After arriving at the briefing room it was discovered that none of them knew what was going on so all just sat down waiting for General Hammonds arrival.

"I'm in a briefing? Cool." Cassandra commented prompting a grin from Jack.

The door opened and General Hammond stepped in all except Cass, Daniel and Teal'c got up and saluted.

"At ease. We've just received a guest who I thought you may all benefit from seeing." General Hammond explained beckoning someone who was obviously standing outside the door.

At the Generals prompting a young woman in her late teens entered the room, her hair brunette and flowing down to her shoulders in curls and her eyes also a deep brown. Her face which had once been so pale was now glowing, and her cheeks were rosy with health. For a minute everyone just stood there mesmerised by the similarity this young woman had to their Doctor and by her pretty face which the last time they saw her had been so dulled by sickness.

"I uh...guess I look a little different from the last time you guys saw me." She told them nervously.

"Is this..." Jack started his mouth wide open.

"Kelly Jackson, the young woman you helped." General Hammond told Janet and the team.

"Wow look at you." Janet told her smiling. "You look so well."

"Thanks to you. I feel great." She told Janet. "Thank you so much." She then told her giving her a hug.

"Hey that's okay." Janet told the young woman. "You've had no symptoms of rejection?" Janet asked.

The young woman shook her head.

"The only thing I got was a cold a couple of weeks ago. Apart from that I've been fine. Kidney function is perfectly normal. Looking at me now it's hard to realise how close to death I was." She told them.

"And looking at mom now it's hard to believe you nearly cost her, her life." Cassandra shouted.

The group turned around and Kelly looked at the young woman confused.

"I don't..."

"Mom got a really bad infection because of that surgery. She nearly died. You have no right to come in here like this when you nearly cost her her life."

"Cassandra..." Janet started as the young woman stormed out.

"No I'll go. I think I'm the one she needs to talk too if that's okay." She asked turning to the General who nodded.

"See you guys in a few." Kelly then told them before hurrying out of the door.

"Well that was just waiting to happen." Jack commented.

"Yeah, I just hope Kelly talks some sense in to her. Cass blames herself and Kelly for this and no fault deserves to go to either of them." Janet told the group resting her head in her hands once again being overcome by a wave of nausea.

"You okay Doc? you're looking a little pasty there." Jack told her, noticing for the first time just how pale she was.

"See even Jack think's there something up honey." Daniel told her rubbing her back.

"Oh god..." Janet started as her stomach heaved, putting a hand over her mouth and running out of the room.

"What'd I say?" Jack asked as Daniel got up and hurried after her.

Kelly followed Cassandra into the commissary. Knowing the woman in her own universe she knew this wasn't going to be easy and so taking a deep breath she walked over to the table where Cassandra was sitting and sat down.

"Want some company?" Kelly asked.

"What do you want?" Cassandra replied coldly.

"I want us to talk." Kelly replied.

"Yeah well I have nothing to say."

"Cassandra you obviously do have something to say or you wouldn't be acting the way you are." Kelly told her sternly.

"Okay...fine. Because of you my mother nearly died. You happy?" Cassandra asked.

"Of course I'm not happy. She's my mom too...well in a different universe. I'd hate to think she got sick because of me."

"Well she did okay." Cassandra told Kelly.

"I didn't know that. You wanna tell me what happened." Kelly asked.

"A few hours after she came back here Daniel woke up to find her barely able to breathe. She had to be put on a ventilator and slipped into a coma. She was critical for nearly two days because of an infection she caught all because of that stupid surgery."

"What you think that Janet's wanting to save my life was stupid or worthless..." Kelly asked her quietly.

"I didn't mean..."

"A few months ago you were sick right? and I bet if she could've done anything for you, you would have wanted her to do it so you could be well...Cassandra I didn't ask to get sick and I'm sure you didn't want to either...it just happens sometimes. Now Janet couldn't help you..Nerrti was the only one who could...but she was the only one who could help me and she did. I never asked for her to come through the mirror Cass, I was so sick all I wanted to do was give up, but my dad asked and against all the odds she came and she helped because she wanted to save me. My mom would've done it but she was pregnant. Look I'm sorry if she got sick, I would never have wished that on a person like your mom you have to believe me. I didn't even know she was so ill and if I'd have known she was going to get so sick I would never have wanted her to do it. You couldn't help getting sick just like I couldn't or your mom. She was doing something so brave for her child...well child in a way." Kelly shook her head. "Do you know what I'm trying to say?"

Cassandra nodded.

"She nearly died Kelly. I nearly lost her because she went through to help you." Cassandra sighed. "Look I know it wasn't your fault that she got sick, like it wasn't your fault that you got sick. Mom was just being mom going through to help you the way she did and I am so proud of her. I guess I'm just looking for someone to blame because I feel so guilty."

"Why do you feel guilty?" Kelly asked her.

"When I saw mom like that I was sure she was going to die. And I was sure she'd die without knowing how much I love her. God I love her so much for what she's done by taking me into her life and I don't think I've ever really told her. That's why I felt so awful because I was sure that is she was going to die she'd think I never cared when I do. There've been times when I've been so cruel..."

"Cass that's nothing to feel guilty about. Of course she knows. And as for the being nasty thing that's something that comes with being a teenager, hell I was a bitch up until two years ago." Kelly told Cassandra making her smile. "Look your mom loves you, and she knows you love her too how could she not...even when it's not said mothers can sense that kind of love. Besides she's fine now. You've got plenty more chances to tell her just how much you care."

"I guess." Cassandra told her.

"Look don't feel guilty Cass because there's nothing to feel guilty about. Not one person could've altered what happened to me, you or your mom. None of us had any inkling what would happen. All we can do now is move on and learn from what has happened. There's no point dwelling on it."

"You are so much like mom." Cassandra told Kelly.

"Scary huh. My dad tells me that all the time, so does everyone on the base. I look like her and talk like her. I take it as a compliment every time it's said though." Kelly told her.

"I would too. Look I'm sorry about before. I was wrong to blame you. You couldn't help it getting so sick and it was my mom's choice to go through the mirror, and she couldn't help getting sick either."

"Well I guess it was partly my fault. If she hadn't had that surgery to help me..."

"Don't you start feeling guilty. You've just talked a load of sense in to me. I don't want to have to do it back." Cassandra replied smiling.

"So her and Daniel look close." Kelly commented.

"Yeah they are. They're getting married." Cassandra replied taking a sip of the drink she had in front of her. "He proposed as soon as mom woke up from the coma."

Kelly smiled.

"I guess some relationships are the same over practically every universe huh." Kelly commented.

"Yeah. I think it's great. Mom's really happy and so is Daniel and it's great having him around."

"He is a pretty good dad. Great when you need help with homework." Kelly added smiling.

"You know, if I ever have a sister...I hope she's like you. You're pretty cool." Cassandra told Kelly shyly.

"You're not so bad yourself and you know stranger things have happened." Kelly told Cass then leaning over and hugging her.

"I have to go." She told the teenager pulling away. "You take care of yourself okay, and Janet and Daniel. And try not to be so angry. You gotta great smile..use it."

"You got it." Cass replied getting up and then walking with Kelly out of the commissary.

As both walked outside, they found a manic Daniel.

"Everything okay?" he asked the pair of them.

"Fine. Why wouldn't it be?" Cassandra replied sweetly, smiling at Kelly.

"Daniel what's up?" Kelly asked him.

"Janet ran out of the briefing room sick a few minutes ago. She's in the ladies...could you two go and check on her for me?"

"Sure Daniel, no problems. I don't get why she won't see a doctor about this."

"How long's she been sick?" Kelly asked.

"A couple of weeks now. I'm really worried." Daniel told them.

"Okay we'll go see if she's okay. You gonna be out here?"

Cassandra asked.

Daniel nodded.

"I'm sure she's fine Daniel. It's probably a bug or something." Kelly reassured him before following Cassandra into the ladies' bathroom.

The pair soon found Janet, her head over the toilet bowl. She hadn't even had time to shut the door.

"Mom?" Cassandra said quietly as she entered the stall.

"I'm okay honey." Came the weak reply.

Kelly walked into the stall also and sat down at Janets left side while Cass sat down on the other side.

"This isn't anything to do with the surgery is it? I mean it's not my fault." Kelly asked tearfully as she saw Janets flushed face.

"Sweetheart of course it's not." Janet reassured lifting up her head and brushing her hair out of her eyes. "I'm sure it's just a bug or something." She added.

"Daniel's really worried, he's outside. He said you've been ill for a couple of weeks." Kelly told her.

Janet looked at the worried young woman, then at Cass who looked just as afraid as Kelly.

"Look guys I'm fine..." she started, her stomach then heaving and her being sick again.

Kelly and Cassandra pulled a face.

"Think I'm done now." Janet told them flushing the toilet and then sitting back in the stall.

"You know I've seen this before...I think.." Kelly started. Janet looked at her nodding at her to continue.

"Three times....with my mom. She was sick a lot, tired a lot, had backache and was irritable..."

Cassandra looked at Janet open mouthed.

"You don't think..." she started. "I mean it would make sense..."

"I'm sure it's a bug Cass...it couldn't be anything else could it?" Janet replied.

"I'm not saying that's what's up, I was just saying what it looked like to me. Sorry if.."

"No Kelly thanks...I've been so caught up in everything lately that I never really had time to...Oh god..." Janet said shocked as realisation hit her face.

"Mom?" Cassandra asked.

"It's okay sweetheart." Janet reassured her putting a hand on her arm.

"Oh, while I remember Charlie wanted me to give you this." Kelly told Janet pulling a teddy out of her bag. "She told me to give it to you for your Kelly. You just reminded me...go figure."

"Well thank her for me." Janet replied. "I guess we may be needing it pretty soon." She added.

Kelly and Cass nodded.

"But still not a word to... not until I know for sure Cass."

"I know mom. Cross my heart." Cassandra told her helping her up.

"So we okay to go now? I gotta get home. All the gang are coming round as it's Charlottes birthday. It's my turn to bathe Katie."

"Katie?"

"Mom gave birth just over three months ago to a beautiful baby girl who we called Katie. She's great, though Max isn't too happy about being woken up every night." Kelly told them.

As they walked outside, they saw Daniel leaning up against the wall waiting for them. As soon as he saw Janet he walked over to her.

"Honey are you okay?" he asked putting an arm around her.

She leaned her head on his shoulder.

"I'm fine." She replied smiling. "Come on lets walk this one to the mirror room.." She told him as the four of them began to make their way down the corridor.

Just a few minutes later and Kelly was ready to leave. Through the mirror her whole family could be seen waiting for her, as could Sam and Jack and their two girls.

"Guess this is it huh." She told them all as they stood waiting to say their goodbyes.

Kelly walked over first to Teal'c.

"Well we never really spoke, but I do know you're a great guy. See ya Teal'c." She told him hugging him. Next she walked over to General Hammond.

"In my world you used to change my diapers when I was on base. You were even known to sing to me when my parents couldn't get me to sleep. You've been there for all the Jackson kids in my world and we respect you a lot. We haven't spoken here much but I wanted to say thank you anyway. Take care." Kelly told the General.

"You too young lady." He told her smiling proudly at her.

Kelly then walked over to Jack.

"What can I say to you Jack except...sweet. You had me saying that when I was three. You're a great guy and a good father. Never lose that humour okay." Kelly told him.

Jack took her in his arms and gave her a big hug.

"And don't you ever lose that smile. You look after yourself, and Casey and Emma for us okay."

"Will do." Kelly replied then walking to Sam.

"Bye Sam." She told the Major hugging her. "You know as soon as I was born you became a huge person in my life, taking care of me when mom and dad had a night out...looking after me on base, carrying me around in a carrycot in the middle of the night when mom or dad couldn't get me to sleep. I'm sure one day you'll be a good mom. You take care okay..You and Jack." She whispered.

"You too okay Kelly." Sam replied smiling.

The next person Kelly said her goodbyes to was Cass.

"Take care of yourself. You're a great young woman and an even greater sister. Don't ever stop using that strong mind of yours." Kelly told the teenager hugging her tightly.

"Thank you for earlier. I'm sorry..."

"Hey that's in the past okay, forget about it. " Kelly replied. "Bye." She then told her.

"I'd be very lucky to have a sister like you."

"I am lucky to have you." Kelly replied smiling and then walking to Daniel.

"Bye Daniel." She told him tearfully.

"Bye sweetheart." He replied brushing her long hair back off her face. "You take care of them all okay. And take care of yourself you hear?"

Kelly nodded.

"You take care of everyone here. Thank you so much for everything you did to save me...both of you. I wouldn't be here without...I love you guys." She told them.

"We love you too. Come here." Janet told her. "You are a lovely young woman. I'm very proud that my counterpart has a daughter as smart and beautiful of you. And I'm glad that you're standing here alive and well. I'm so glad I could help."

Kelly wiped her eyes.

"Thank you so much." She told Janet taking her in a big hug. "You look after yourself okay. Everything's gonna work out fine with... hope you feel better soon." She then told Janet smiling through her tears.

Janet, Daniel and Cass then all took Kelly in a hug.

"I really have to..." she started as they broke away. She was still in tears.

"What I came here for was to say thanks. Until today I never knew how much you suffered to save me....and I wanted to say that I hope you guys are as happy as my mom and dad because any child would be blessed to have parents like you guys. I'm sure Cass can vouch for that."

Then she walked to the mirror.

"Bye." She told them, then after a small wave she was gone back to her family and the universe where she belonged.

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It was a hectic evening at the Fraiser household. To celebrate Kelly's coming through the surgery okay and Janet's return back to health SG-1 and General Hammond had been invited over for the evening to have a celebration. Daniel and Cass were cooking while Janet had disappeared upstairs to get ready.

The doorbell rang.

"You okay with that Cass." Daniel asked the young woman who was currently chopping up vegetables.

"Fine. You go let the guy's in." Cassandra told him.

Daniel wiped his hands on the apron he was wearing and made his way to the door. Opening it he saw Sam and Jack standing together having arrived in one car.

"You guys came together?" Daniel asked peering out of the door.

"Uh yeah." Jack replied. "If the General asks Sam's car's in the shop okay?"

"Oh...kay." Daniel replied.

"He's not here yet, is he?" Sam asked.

"Not yet...why?" Daniel asked.

Sam turned to Jack and tenderly kissed him on the lips.

"Wait you guys are....and the General doesn't know...and now I do? Oh I could be in so much trouble."

"Daniel look. We want to be together okay..Please don't jeopardise that. Daniel we're going to tell him. We just want to see where this heads first. Promise you won't say anything...not until we know if we want this to be a permanent thing..."

"Guys of course I won't. It's great to see you so happy. Besides I always though you'd make a great couple, we all did." He told them shutting the door behind them and taking their jackets.

A crash came from the kitchen.

"I'm okay." Came a shout followed by a giggle.

"You cooking Cass?" Sam shouted.

"Yeah me and Daniel. I'm making a bit of a mess actually." She told them as she walked out of the kitchen covered in flour.

"That we can see." Jack commented walking up to the young woman and giving her a hug, Cassandra then running to Sam and hugging her.

The doorbell rang again.

"I'll get it." Cass told them as she walked to the door to greet General Hammond and Teal'c.

"So where's Janet?" Sam asked Daniel.

"I'm not sure actually..." he told them, his face worried. "Last thing she said was she had to go to the bathroom, she's been in there about half an hour."

"Want me to go check on her?" Sam asked.

"Please. She hasn't been well and we can't get her to see another Doctor."

"I'll see what I can do." Sam told Daniel, heading upstairs.

"Pass me an apron Danny boy, I'm gonna show you guys how to cook." Sam could hear Jack saying as she made her way upstairs.

"Jack O'Neill cook? I can't wait to see this." General Hammond commented as he followed the group into the kitchen.

Major Samantha Carter stood outside the bathroom and knocked on the door.

"Hey Janet it's me Sam. You fallen in or something? Daniel says you've been up here for a while."

"I'm fine Sam. I'll be down in a few minutes." Janet replied nervously.

"Daniel's worried about you sweetie, we all are. We know you haven't been feeling well for a while, is it something to do with the surgery?" Sam asked putting her ear against the door to hear the answer.

"I don't think so Sam." Janet replied, and Sam could tell she was crying.

"Honey what's up? You know this is causing a bit of a scene. Your fianc� down there is undoubtedly gonna rush up here if he hears me shouting at you through the door."

Janet opened the door, Sam nearly falling into the bathroom as she had been leaning against it. Sam quickly locked the door after her and stood there looking at Janet and crossing her arms.

"So you gonna tell me why you're up here crying while Daniel is worried as hell downstairs?" Sam asked quietly.

Janet sat down on the toilet seat and put her head in her hands.

Sam walked over to her friend and put a hand on her back.

"Honey what's the matter?" Sam asked worried. She then spotted an unopened box in a pharmacy bag on the floor. "Ah." She commented as Janet put her head up.

"I've been so stupid."

"How have you been stupid?" Sam asked leaning back against the wall.

"For not realizing. Damn it Sam I'm almost eight weeks late how could I not have figured it out before now. I mean how good a start is that gonna be for the baby... I didn't even realize I was carrying it."

For a minute Sam sat open mouthed.

"Janet you have had a lot to deal with, with the surgery, then Daniel moving in and the wedding to sort out."

"At first I put it down to the trauma after surgery, I mean it's not unusual for a womans cycle to change after trauma like that. Then I put it down to stress and then I was so caught up in Daniel's moving in here that I barely had time to think about anything else." Janet told her best friend.

"What made you finally realise you might be...you know..."

"You can say the word you know Sam. I'm not gonna burst into tears or anything because I can't deal with the fact that I'm going to be a mother soon. I do want this you know...I just...I'm not answering your question here am I?" Janet asked her friend knowing she probably wasn't being very comprehensible at that moment.

Sam shook her had and sat down on the floor.

"Except for the fact that I started to get nauseous in the mornings, was feeling tired a lot more than I used to and was getting backache...it was something Kelly said today. She saw me sick and one of the first things she said was that she had seen this three times before with her mom...when she had Max, Charlotte and Katie."

"You have to do the test Janet. You've got to know for sure." Sam told her friend.

"I know...Sam I've been sitting up here for the last half hour trying to get up the courage to do this. It's just so scary."

"I know it is. But surely not knowing is worse than finding out. I mean there's a chance you may not be. It could be down to stress why you are so late."

Janet shook her head.

"Sam something is happening inside me. Don't ask me how I know it but I do. I can feel this tiny life growing in here..." she told her friend putting a hand over the red sweatshirt she was wearing on the area of her stomach. "I can feel it every day. I'm carrying a child Daniel and I created, something so beautiful that just to wake up and sense it makes me happy. Without even doing that test I know...I just I need to do it to prove to myself I'm not imagining this." Janet tried to explain.

Since she had guessed what was happening inside of her body she had been all over the place. At first she was tearful, then she had moved on to feeling afraid, but after that and ever since all she had felt was complete. She had always wanted children and had always been a maternal person however she had not expected to fall pregnant at a time where she had just recovered from an infection which had nearly cost her her life, nor at a time so soon in a relationship. Yes Daniel had proposed and she had said yes however they weren't getting married straight away. What she was afraid about was that while she wanted her unborn baby so much he would not, and that she would lose the man she loved.

"Then do it sweetie." Sam told her, her having to see her friend so upset breaking her heart.

"But Sam, Daniel and I are just over three months into a relationship. He' hardly going to want a responsibility like this is he. What if he leaves?" Janet asked tearfully. So much for the whole not crying part.

"I can't see that happening. Janet Daniel wants to marry you, he's living in a house with you and Cassandra who he obviously thinks the world of. He loved those kids in the alternate universe...honey I don't think Daniels wanting to be here with you even needs questioning." Sam told her friend.

Janet wiped her eyes.

"You want to have this baby?" Sam asked her.

Janet nodded.

"Sam I could never get rid of this baby. I already love it too much. Whether I've known it or not it's been a part of my life for at least the last two months...it's hard to explain you know. And I guess if Daniel doesn't want to be a part of this, then no matter how much I love him, I'm going to have to let him go."

Sam walked over to Janet and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Do the test okay...please. Then we can worry about the consequences afterwards."

There was a knock on the bathroom door.

"Hey, is everything okay in here?" came Daniels worried voice.

Sam walked over to the door.

"Sam no..." Janet whispered shaking her head.

Sam opened the door.

"It's all yours Daniel." She replied giving Janet a sympathetic smile and then leaving the pair to discuss the future.

Janet immediately hid the test, which she still hadn't done behind her back as Daniel locked the door behind him. Slowly he walked over to her and knelt in front of her.

"Sweetheart you want to tell me what's the matter?" Daniel asked her seeing her flushed face.

"Daniel I..." she started though unable to find the words.

Daniel tenderly put a hand on her stomach.

"Sweetheart do you think you're pregnant? Is that what's been the matter?" he asked her.

For a minute she sat there shocked. Janet then nodded and looked at the floor, then pulling the test out from behind her back.

"I've been trying to work up enough courage to do it...to know for sure...but Daniel I am sure... I can't explain it and I'm so scared." She told him crying.

"Why are you scared?" he asked her taking her into his arms.

"This relationship is so new and here I am probably two months pregnant...you can't want that Daniel...I mean if you want to leave....I'm having this child Daniel, I couldn't not, but I know this is probably too much responsibility too soon and..."

Daniel put a finger over her lips.

"Listen to me..." he told her putting a finger under her chin and tilting her face up to face him. "I am not going anywhere. Sweetheart I would never leave you. Seeing you laying in that hospital bed so fragile...I knew I loved you for a long time but that just proved how much. I would never want to be apart from you, and if you are pregnant I can't think of anything more beautiful. I love you, I love Cass and I know I love this child." He replied squeezing her hand as it moved on top of his.

"You mean that...you're not just saying it..."

"I would never lie to you. Sweetheart you know how much I love you." He told her.

"Daniel I love you too." She replied hugging him and breaking down.

Daniel kissed her on the forehead.

"Now you do this test okay. I'm right here." He told her comfortingly.

Janet took a deep breath and saw Daniel doing the same. He turned round to face the wall to give her some dignity.

Just a minute later all they had to do was wait.

"How long till we know?" Daniel asked turning round.

"Three minutes." Janet replied blowing a loose strand of hair out of her eye.

Daniel walked over to her, pulled her up, sat down and then pulled her onto his lap. Setting the test on the sink he then wrapped his arms around her and rocked her, kissing her cheek.

"Whatever the result we're doing this together. I promise you." He whispered.

"Daniel I think we both know what the result will be...it's as if I can sense this baby. It's so weird...like I know she's in there."

"She?" Daniel asked smiling.

Janet shrugged.

"A daughter would be pretty amazing." He told her smiling.

"If it is positive...you're really happy about this? I understand if you're not Daniel. It is pretty soon in the relationship and..."

"Janet I've never been happier. I can't imagine anything more beautiful than your carrying our child. You're going to be a great mother sweetheart." He told her kissing her again.

"I was sure you would run. I was so sure this would scare you away." She told him tearfully.

"Sweetheart nothing could ever scare me away, especially not our child. I want us to be together for the rest of our lives and I know that means kids....and I love that." He told her truthfully.

Janets watch beeped.

"You ready?" he asked her, seeing the nervous look on her face.

Janet, her face flushed, nodded.

"You look first." She told him.

"You sure?" he replied.

"Please?" she pleaded quietly.

Daniel took a deep breath, then reached for the test. As he looked at it, a grin appeared on his face from ear to ear.

Janet looked at him nervously, then seeing the joy in his eyes started to smile too.

"Congratulation's mom, we're going to have a baby." He told her.

Janet smiled.

"I could feel it. It's so weird." She told him, shocked but happy.

"But great right?" he asked hoping she wasn't feeling pressured into something she wasn't ready for.

Janet put a hand on her abdomen gently, Daniel placing his on top.

"Yeah." She replied truthfully. "I love you Daniel."

"I love you too, and thank you."

"For what?" Janet asked him looking into his eyes which were clearly filled with joy and smiling.

"For loving me...for carrying our baby. This is so incredible." He told her smiling.

"Yeah it is. I just can't believe I didn't realise for so long. What with Kelly and everything... everything just seems to have happened at once you know. But I'm so happy it has." She told him.

"Me too. A baby huh...I can't believe I'm gonna be a father."

"Believe it Daddy, I've been having the morning sickness to prove it." Janet teased.

"You're telling me." He replied.

"Sorry I didn't talk to you sooner. I really didn't think you were ready for this..."

"Janet of course I am...and it's okay. We know now and we're gonna get through this together. Just think in seven months or so we're gonna have a baby in the house. I wonder what Cass is gonna say."

"I think she guessed." Janet replied. "I doubt she's gonna be too shocked. I get the feeling she's going to enjoy being a big sister."

"I do too. We've been blessed. You know that? Our counterparts said that a lot in their universe. We may not have yet what they have there but I really think it's true here too. We've found each other. We have great friends, a lovely teenager and a baby on the way. After everything that's happened lately...I don't think I've ever been happier than I am with you."

"Me either." She replied snuggling in to him and yawning.

"Think we should go break the news to the masses?" Daniel asked kissing her on the top of her head.

"I have a better idea."

Janet took Daniels hand and led him into the bedroom. Laying down on the bed she beckoned for him to join her.

Daniel lay down beside her and held her close.

"Let's just enjoy this ourselves for a little while." She told him smiling.

Daniel kissed her on the nose and then forehead as she closed her eyes.

"You really are happy?" she asked him opening her eyes slightly.

Daniel cupped her cheek in his hand then leaned over to kiss her. He put a hand on her stomach and pulled her close.

"I have never been happier." He replied honestly. "Are you sure you are? I don't want you to go through with this pregnancy if you're unhappy.

Janet put her hand on top of his and looked down at her still flat stomach, then smiled.

"This is our baby." She told him. "How could I be unhappy?" she told him kissing him too.

"Come here." He told her pulling her close. "I don't know what I'd do without you." He told her, then noticing she had fallen asleep.

Daniel tenderly pulled the blanket over her and lay there watching her sleep. He couldn't believe how much his life had changed in the past few months, and he also couldn't believe how blissfully happy he was. The beautiful woman who lay in front of him, who he had loved for years was now going to marry him and was carrying his child inside of her. She looked so radiant, so peaceful as she slept, her hair falling softly around her face and her hand gently placed on her stomach. She looked like an angel, and to him she was. She was the angel who had shown him true happiness again and who had given him unconditional love without ever asking anything in return. He loved her more than words could ever explain, and he loved Cass and this baby. He had realized only that day what may be happening inside the woman he loved, the same as she had but the moment the thought crossed his mind that she may be pregnant his heart felt like it would burst. All he wanted to do was protect her, and he knew he would, and Cassandra and the baby for the rest of his life because they were his world....nothing else mattered to him. For the first time in his life he truly felt complete, and he knew that he would never, ever leave the beautiful woman laying beside him. He didn't think he ever could.

Daniel heard a knock at the door and saw Cass standing in the doorway. She looked at her mother and then at Daniel before walking over to the bed and sitting down on it.

"Is everything okay? You've been up here for a while and I haven't seen mom since this afternoon."

"Everything's fine sweetie."

"Is mom okay? She wasn't sick again, was she?" the teenager asked worried.

"Your mom's great Cass." Daniel replied stroking Janet's face.

"Then what's the matter? Daniel tell me. Come on she's my mother." She then asked.

Daniel looked down at Janet who was beginning to stir.

"Daniel please?" Cassandra pleaded.

Janet sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"Cassandra honey are you okay?" she asked the worried teenager.

"I'm fine...just came up to tell you dinner's ready and to see if you were okay. Mom I'm worried about you okay." Cassandra told her mother.

"Honey I know you are...but you don't need to be. I'm fine, everything's perfectly normal." Janet told her.

"Mom throwing up every day isn't normal, being tired all the time isn't normal...you need to see a doctor."

"Yeah you're right I do sweetheart but it's not because there's anything wrong."

"Mom you're just confusing me even more...please will you just tell me what's the matter with you? You obviously know." Cassandra told her.

Janet looked up at Daniel and smiled. He then put a hand on her still flat stomach, Janet putting hers on top of his and grinning back.

"Cass sweetheart there's something we have to tell you..." Daniel started.

Cassandra looked at Daniel, then Janet and the blissful look on their faces. She then saw their hands. Shifting over on the bed she put a hand on top of theirs.

"Oh my god." She squealed. "Are you...mom are you pregnant?" she asked.

Janet nodded smiling.

Cassandra screamed happily then hugged Janet tightly.

"Congratulations guys. This is so cool. I'm gonna be a sister." She commented. She then hugged Daniel.

"So that's why you've been feeling ill...I take it you're the father." She commented grinning at Daniel.

"I would certainly hope so." He replied putting an arm around Janet.

"You're gonna be great. You both are. And everything okay?"

Janet nodded.

"I'm going to arrange a scan as soon as I get to work tomorrow." She reassured the teenager.

"Wow, I mean a baby... what does it feel like. I know it can't kick yet or anything but you know what I mean." Cassandra asked settling on the bed next to her mother.

"It feels...I don't know. It's like I can sense this baby living inside me without it even having to kick to show it's there. It feels amazing Cass, and all the more amazing because it was made by me and the man I love."

"You really love this baby don't you." Cass asked.

"We both do." Janet replied smiling at Daniel.

"You know what? Me too." Cassandra told them. "Ever since I lost my family on Hanka I never thought I'd have a new one I'd love. But since living here with you, and having Daniel around and now this baby about to come into our lives...you can't replace them but I really do love you just as much." Cassandra told them.

"Aww sweetheart." Janet stated her eyes filling with tears. Cassandra hugged her mother who then pulled Daniel into a big hug with them.

"We really are a family aren't we." Janet commented proudly.

"Yeah we are." Daniel replied looking at the two beautiful women in his lives.

"That can't be a bad thing." Cassandra commented.

"No sweetheart it can't. I love you both very much." Janet told them.

"We love you too." Daniel and Cass chorused as the three collapsed onto the bed in a fit of giggles, knowing from that moment on that they would be a family who loved each other for the rest of their lives.

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Copyright (c) 2001 Lucy Maria Elmer.

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