Chapter 2: Guess who decided to show up?

"Jane, Ashley. Dinner." They both heard their mother say it over the intercom. Jane got up to leave her room for dinner when she saw her sister walking down the hall. 'bugga' she thought. 'now she's gunna get to sit my mummy!' they always raced to the dinner table to see who got to sit by mummy and who had to sit on the other side of the one sitting by their mom. Now she was going to lose because she had tripped over one of her toys. "great," she said out loud to no one but herself and hurried down the hall. She got there to see her sister sitting by their mom, smiling up at her as she walked in not a nice smile but a 'haha I get to sit by her and you don't so haha.' type smile.

"ewww.. I don't like this. Mummy I don't like this and you know it!" Jane protested.

"Jane just eat it and don't complain, be happy you have food to eat. After dinner I want you and Ashley to feed the nubbins ok?"

"Fine, but do I have to eat it ALL?"

"No, I suppose not."

"Good."

"I think its yummy mummy." Ashley said smiling at her mom.

"Me too Ashley me too."

Helen sat at her desk reading some reports for past missions. Planning new ones for when Will got back from vacation, Kate got back from visiting her family, and Henry got back from Comic Con. She was suddenly aware that she was not alone anymore and what was worse was that she knew it wasn't anyone who was here on a daily basis. She knew for a fact without looking up who it was. She hadn't seen this man in 100 years and she really didn't want to see him yet alone let her children see him. It was John Druitt her ex-lover and the father of her children.

"Helen.." John started but was cut short by Helen putting her hand up to tell him to stop talking.

"Why are you here John? Kill the wrong person and now you need help? Get hurt and can't go to a doctor so you come to me? Come to rip my heart out again? Why are you here?" Helen said trying to keep her guard up, but what she really wanted to do was walk up to him and just be held in his arms again. Oh how she missed that, more than ever now that he was right there.

"No I'm not here for any of that. I'm here to tell you I know why I killed those women and that I am free of what made me do it."

"What in bloody hell are you talking about?" she hadn't meant it to come out harsh but it did and she could see John nodding at her angry words. Apperently he figured she would be angry at him for just popping in after 100 years of not seeing him which she had every right to be mad but she wasn't, well not really. She just couldn't admit it to herself.

"There was a creature abnormal as you'd call it in me. That was what made me kill. It was my anger, it controlled me. It is what made me insane. It was Jack not me. Now it's gone. It won't make me kill anymore I promise. And before you say anything no I did not come back here with the thought that telling you this changes anything that ive done in the last century I just came here to tell you, to let you know. I don't want you to think the worst of me Helen. I do still love you I always have and I always will even if when I'm done talking you kick me out, because I know you have every right to throw me out."

"you know one thing I did not like about you?" she said with a smile on her face

"What is that?"

"You talked way to much."

"Ah. But I remember you making me be very quiet on many occasions. Do you remember? I miss those times. I miss you. I miss us."

"Again to much talk." She said with an even bigger smile. She believed him. What he said was true and she saw it in his eyes. With that knowledge she couldn't resist the urge to taste his lips again, feel his arm around her, and be close to him.

"Well then, I am very sorry tha…" his words were lost as she got up from her desk and walked over to him and kissed him to get him to shut up he returned the kiss but she controlled it and he was fine with that. They kept kissing until they both had to pull away for air. A smile was on John's face "is that how you get every man to shut up?"

"No. normally I tell them to shut up. Or to get out."

"Well then that beats getting told to shut the bloody hell up, or to get out of your house."

"Yes indeed it does doesn't it?"

John was going to answer when a small blonde haired girl with bright blue eyes came running in the room giggling saying "Mummy help! He's after me!" but when she saw him she stopped dead in her tracks and pointed at him saying "who is he mummy?"

"Ashley this is John or if you'd like to call him daddy you may." Helen then realized that John's arm had moved from her waist where it had been, that brought her some sadness but then realized that he had done it for her.

"Daddy? He's my daddy? I thought you didn't know where he was."

"yes he is your daddy. And I didn't he was in here when I walked in."

"But how? He didn't come in through the door."

"no he didn't. he teleported. Like you can Ashley."

"ohh. Why'd ya leave mummy? Didn't you love her? Do you know she cries every night when she goes to sleep?"

"Ashley!"

"No its fine Helen. I don't mind answering your daughters…"

"Our daughters." She corrected.

"our daughters questions. They deserve answers. I left your mummy because I thought I was doing the right thing in order to protect her. Yes I loved her with all my heart, I still do and I always will. No I did not know she cried every night. Why does she cry every night?"

"I don't know. What were you protecting her from?"

"from me. i had an abnormal in me that made me do bad things Ashley and the only way to protect her was to leave, I didn't know about the creature then but I do now and its gone so I am safe to be around once more which is why I came back."

"are you going to stay here?"

"if your mummy permits me then yes I would like nothing more than to stay here and get to know you and to be with your mummy again."

"you have to meet Jane too! Your other daughter."

"other daughter?" he turned and looked at Helen with a puzzled look. She only laughed.

"twins John you have twins."

"ohhh.. well by the looks of it just as pretty as there mom"

"they have your eyes." She said. " Ashley go get your sister. Please."

"Yes mummy."

"Why do you cry at nights Helen?"

"I cry because I would think of you and how you would have loved to see them growing up. And also because I miss you. And yes you can stay here with them, with me." John then put his arm back around her waist and pulled her close and kissed her again this time it spoke of a century of love from both sides. They didn't know the grls were back in the room until they heard "ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" from both of them children. Helen smiled while she still was kissing John. John was the one to pull away for air first when he did he saw both of his daughters staring at their parents with curious eyes.

"Hello" he said to the other girl who was in the room.

Jane ran up to her dad and through her arms around him saying "Daddy!" as she did so. Ashley followed her and gave him a big hug as well. Helen had moved out of the way and was watching as her little girls were both hugging their dad for the first time. Thinking that brought tears of joys to her. Ashley noticed the tears and asked "why are you sad mummy?"

"Sad? I'm not sad. I'm happy. My girls have their dad and I have my love again. I couldn't be happier." She said as she wiped the tears from her face. " but I'm sad to say my dears that it is time for bed."

"But mummy!" both wined at the same time.

"ah. You have school tomorrow and daddy will be here in the morning for you to see. Now say goodnight and off to bed."

"Night daddy, love you." Ashley said as she hugged him goodnight. "Night mummy, love you." She said as she hugged her mom.

"Night daddy, love you." Jane said as she hugged him goodnight. "Night mummy, love you." She said as she hugged her mom.

"Night girls love you." Helen said.

"Night Jane, Night Ashley." John said. "Which of the quest quarters would you like me to stay in?"

"ha. Guest quarters? John do you think I would let you come back all you again and make you sleep in a guest room?"

"well I had hoped to be in your room but didn't want to push my luck." He said with a mischievous smile.

"well, you will be in my room in my bed or should I say in our room and our bed? I want you back John I need you back."

"As do I Helen."

"well it is also my bedtime tonight because I am very tired. You are welcome to come now or later whenever you wish."

"I wish to come now."

"Good choice Mr. Druitt. Good choice."

John followed her to her room watched as she changed into something more comfortable for bed and did the same and followed her lead as she got into bed and snuggled next to him. She had not 'snuggled' in over a century it felt nice. John held her close to him and she let him and even tried to get a little closer she had missed this, missed him, missed them. Now she had a second chance with him.

What happened after they entered the bed and snuggled for an hour was well, something that hadnt happened in a century and was undescribeable in words for either one of them. But after that they fell asleep and woke to two little girls jumping up and down on their bed.