A Gift From The Heavens - 3
by Lucy Maria Elmer
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"What do you think you're doing young lady?" Sam asked Summer with a giggle as
the child, who was sitting in a bath Sam supporting her with her arms, splashed
water all over her.
The child replied with another giggle, continuing to splash water all over Sam,
covering the both of them in bubbles.
"Summer baby, do you enjoy splashing your Aunt Sam? because I'm starting to get
the idea you do."
"Spash Aun Sam." the youngster babbled excitedly, blue eyes inherited by her
father shining mischievously.
"You sweetie are a little devil aren't you." Sam commented smiling as she
washed the childs sweet angelic face, hurting inside at how much she would love
to be doing this for her own child, but overjoyed that Summer appeared to adore
being in her company.
"Bubba." she replied, splashing in the bubbles that filled the bath until they
covered her hands and putting them on Sam's face.
"You are messing with the wrong solider baby girl... okay I've been hanging
around uncle Jack for too long." Sam commented rubbing shampoo into the childs
hair.
"Uncy Jack." the child replied clapping her hands together as Sam rinsed the
shampoo off her long blond curls.
"You like your uncle Jack huh?" Sam asked the little girl who smiled.
"Love uncy Jack. Love Aun Sam." she told the woman looking up at her, blue eyes
to blue eyes, smiling adorably, little dimples appearing in her cheeks.
"Awwwww thank you sweetie." Sam said to the little girl rubbing her nose
against the child.
"Summer finished." the child told her Aunt as she stood up. "Huggy?" she asked
reaching her arms up to Sam.
Sam grabbed a towel and reached for the little girl, wrapping her up in it and
hugging her.
"Dadda?" Summer said quietly.
"We're working on that one cutie." Sam replied kissing her.
The child started to cry.
"We'll find daddy sweetheart." Sam comforted rocking her in her arms until she
quietened.
Sam let the water out of the bath, being careful not to disturb Summer and then
took her into the room that she and Cassie were sharing. Looking through a
drawer which Cassie had unpacked some clothes into she found a pair of pyjamas
with tiny moons and stars over them, a present from herself and Jack earlier on
in the year. She changed the little girl and put her pyjamas on, then carefully
dried her hair.
Cassandra came in the room.
"How's Janet?" Sam asked the teenager tucking a tired Summer into bed with her
teddy, a little cuddly rabbit that general George Hammond had bought for her
when she had first arrived in their universe.
"Not too good. We got her comfortable and everything but she's really upset."
"How are you doing kiddo?" Sam asked the teenager who she considered in a way
to be her own child.
"I want mom to be happy, I want Daniel to come back because I hate not knowing
what's happened to him. He's like my father you know? I guess I feel a bit
bummed." Cassandra replied sitting down on the bed and sighing.
Sam put her arms around the child who rested her head on Sam's shoulder.
"What a great Christmas huh?" Cassandra told Sam with a sigh.
"It'll get better." Sam replied.
"I hope so. Moms so happy with, Summer, Daniel and the baby on the way. If
something happens to him it'll be so hard on her Sam."
"Don't you think you're a part of her life that makes her happy sweetheart?"
Sam asked realising Cassandra had not mentioned herself.
"I'm not hers Sam, Summer is...well in a way. She loves Daniel and the
baby...I'm just a part of her life that doesn't belong there."
Sam looked at the teenager shocked.
"Sweetie Janet took you into her life because she loves you. She adopted you
because she loves you. You belong there Cass, if you didn't you wouldn't be
there now. You are just as much a part of that family as Summer or the new baby
when it comes, Daniel adores you and so does Janet. You're part of us, all of
us, me and Jack included and you're a great part."
Cass smiled.
"Christmas blues I guess. I wanted this year to be so good Sam, but now
Daniel's missing, you and Jack can't have children... or are at least having
problems doing so. It sucks... it's the day before Christmas Eve and it sucks.
I hate seeing you guys upset" Cassandra told her with tears in her eyes.
"Come here." Sam said gently as she wrapped her arms around the teenager.
"I'm sorry."
"You're upset Cass it's fine. We're all upset."
The youngster rubbed her eyes. Sam gently lay down next to Summer who was
gurgling in her sleep, her face innocent and vulnerable as an infants was in
sleep. She tenderly pulled Cass down next to her, the youngster laying by her
side. Sam turned her head and looked at Summer, smiling at the angelic face of
the child, she then turned to look at Cass who had already closed her eyes.
Gently she kissed both of the children on the forehead and all fell asleep,
comforted by each others presence.
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Rosie sat in Janet's room watching as the Doctor tossed and turned in her sleep. Dylan had fallen asleep in his mothers arms and had promptly been tenderly laid on a sofa in the room, now snuggled up in a blanket. She rubbed her own eyes, then noticing Janet had woken up.
"Any news?" the frightened woman asked sitting up but finding it hard because of her swollen stomach which she tenderly rubbed.
Rosie shook her head.
"They're still looking."
"I don't understand how he could just disappear like that." Janet told the young woman, aching for the man she loved to be there with her.
"It's snowing sweetie, it's easy to get lost out there." Rosie told her. "They'll find him." she reassured her.
"I've nearly lost him so many times." Janet told her. "Just last year he needed a kidney transplant and nearly died. It was when I found out I was pregnant...he was so sick. I nearly lost him but he came back."
"And he'll do it again. He's obviously a fighter. He's got a lot to live for." Rosie told her.
"You know we nearly didn't get together. It took a girl your age to finally bring us together."
"Really? but you guys seem so perfect...like you've loved each other that much for years."
"We probably did... well I know I did." Janet told her with a smile. "But Daniel was in love with his first wife for a long time. She was killed and it was so hard on him. I wanted to help him through it but I didn't know how, but it really reinforced how much I cared for him, made me realise how much I loved him. Anyway we tip toed around it for a long time, never even thinking that both of us cared for each other as much as we did and then Kate came along. Summer came into our lives and it brought us together."
"Kate was the one who brought you together? the girl my age. See not all teens are a pain in the butt. Do you still see her now?" Rosie asked.
"Unfortunately she died."
"I'm so sorry." Rosie told her.
" We are too. In a way it was her death that brought us together...but that's a long story." Janet told Rosie.
Janet smiled as her child kicked.
"You okay? baby kicking in there?" Rosie asked shifting in her chair.
"Yeah. It's an amazing feeling huh? I'm a Doctor and I see pregnant women all the time, but to experience it myself, to feel a child Daniel and I created moving around inside me is incredible. He's a great father, you should see him with Summer and Cass....Oh my God Summer and Cass where...?"
"Hey it's okay they're with Sam in their room. They're all fast asleep. Summer's been bathed and changed and is all snuggled up with her teddy."
Janet smiled.
"Poor kid, I should go check on them. Summer hates seeing me upset and she's a real daddy's girl, she must be missing him so much...like I do."
"You should rest. She's fine. Sam's with her and so's Cass. I think she's the one who's been upset."
"Cass? why?"
"She came in while you were asleep to check on you and she just seemed down, like she doesn't feel as though she's part of you or your family."
"Of course she is. Poor kid. I have to..."
"You have to rest, and they need to as well." Rosie told her with a smile. "You're all going through something here. Sam's worried about Daniel, you and Jack. I'm worried about Michael...."
"So you want a boy or a girl?" Rosie asked Janet trying to take her mind off how long the search had been taking.
"I don't mind, neither does Daniel. We already have Cass and Summer and Daniel is so great with them, even though Cass is adopted and isn't his own child, and another girl would be great. But so would a little boy. It'd be nice to have another male around the house."
"You thought of any names?"
Janet smiled.
"We were going to wait until this little one is born first and then see what we come up with."
"You sure there's only one? no offence but my sister had twins and she was about your size."
"Pretty sure, but every woman's a different size during pregnancy. You know you're the second person who's said that to me today."
"Really? weird. You want a drink or anything?" Rosie asked.
"Sure."
"What can I get for you?"
"Tea please. I've kinda gone off coffee."
"Sure, I'll be back in a second okay." Rosie told her getting up.
"Why is this taking so long Rosie? why haven't they found him yet?" Janet asked, her voice full of fear and uncertainty.
"Honey they'll find him. The snow's just holding them up a bit. I'm sure he's fine...maybe a little cold but fine."
"I hope so." Janet replied, tears burning her eyes.
"Dylan baby? will you be a little angel and look after Janet while mommy gets some drinks for us all?" Rosie asked her little boy who had just woken up.
He nodded and ran over to the bed with his blanket, sitting next to Janet and giving her a hug.
"Thanks slugger." Rosie told him, kissing him on the forehead as she left for the kitchen.
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