Author's Notes:- This is my reply to the a Five Things prompt, my first attempt at answering a Five things so I'm very proud.

This hasn't been betad so all errors are mine.

Enjoy.


The day Mel had his heart attack Claire knew that they had to change everything about their lives. She was just grateful that it had happened while they were visiting Danny for his birthday and not in the middle of the desert – instead it was the middle of dessert.

Claire would never forget the sound of Sarah's voice as she asked if Mel was alright just before he collapsed nor the fear in Danny's as he called for an ambulance. Once Mel had recovered enough that he could return to work they'd accepted teaching positions in California. They'd turned down Chicago because they didn't want to crowd their son, as much as Claire would love to be much closer to him.

It took them a long time to settle into being lecturers instead of out in the middle of the sand finding pieces of the past and Claire could see her husband was becoming more and more down as the weeks passed. Then came the day a strange woman appeared from nowhere in the office they shared on Campus offering them a job, a job that was shrouded in secrecy but neither could resist what the woman who introduced herself as Catherine dangled in front of them.

Claire found herself in awe of the Stargate every time she watched it open as the military teams travelled from planet to planet. They'd been working here for almost a year now and George kept reminding them that they had to whittle down the list of potential people to work in their department – every few days the hint of how brilliant their son was would somehow work its way into their conversation but Claire was reluctant to bring Danny into somewhere that had proven to be so dangerous.

Then again now was the best time as he and Sarah had decided to break up – again. Claire always secretly hoped they would split for good - it wasn't that she didn't like Sarah, she did. Sarah was good for Danny making sure he didn't spend all his time hidden in his books but in all honesty Claire could never imagine Danny and Sarah getting married and having a family.

When Jack O'Neill arrived back from his latest mission he brought back pictures that had Claire and Mel standing in George's office practically begging him to allow them to go through the Stargate. After several impassioned pleas he finally gave in allowing Claire and Mel to travel to the planet named Abydos.

As soon as they stepped out from the event horizon the Chief Elder, Kasuf greeted them before introducing them to his daughter. The moment Claire met Sha're she knew that they had to let their son into the secret of the Stargate – just so she could introduce the sweet, smart, sharply observant young woman who was showing them around to him.

A week later Daniel Jackson arrived at Cheyenne Mountain to be greeted by his parents and was introduced to the Stargate, his first mission a few days later was accompanying his parents to Abydos where he was introduced to Sha're by his smiling mother.