Six hours later Janet woke up to hear music playing from one of her spare rooms, giggling and a mans singing. She rolled over and looked in the crib to see it empty. Beginning to worry she got up and followed the music to see Daniel, Teal'c and Cassandra covered with paint in her spare room. They had painted the walls pink and stencilled rabbits and clouds and teddy bears on them. A new crib stood in the middle of the floor with a mobile hanging over it. New furniture had been put together and a toy box full of toys for Summer had been placed under the window of the room as had a rocking chair. Soft toys adorned the room, as stencils of tiny stars did the ceiling, and baby monitors stood ready for use on a cabinet by the bed. Janet looked around the room, and at the people painting it. She knew that for a while at least Summer would stay in her room but she also knew just how lucky she was to have friends like these, albeit freinds who were now participating in a paint fight with her foster daughter Cassandra. Not wanting to disturb them she now followed the sound of a mans singing into her bathroom to see Jack O'Neill changing Summer's diaper and singing If You Think I'm Sexy to her, Samantha Carter sitting on the counter next to him watching the man she obviously adored happily as he played with the little girl.
"She loves me." he told Sam regarding the youngster who was now happily gurgling to herself in his arms.
"She's not the only one soldier." Samantha Carter replied kissing him.
"Hey we don't want to make the little lady jealous." he replied playfully.
"You don't wanna make me jealous either, believe me." Sam replied.
"You hear that Summer, aunty Sams threatening me." he stated turning round to see Janet standing in the doorway, a big grin on her face.
"Hey." he said smiling.
"Hey guys."
"You have a nice sleep?" Sam asked walking over to her friend and giving her a hug.
"Yeah thanks. And thanks so much for all this." she said pointing in the direction of Summer's new room.
"Yeah, of course you know it was all my idea." Jack replied cheekily, earning an elbow in the ribs from Sam.
"Actually Daniel called us earlier. Told us that you were resting and asking us if we wanted to pool together to buy some furniture for Summer and help paint the room." Sam told her.
"Mom." Janet heard a voice call from the hallway. She turned to see a paint covered Cassandra bounding towards her and the others coming out of the room.
Janet took the young woman in a hug and kissed her on the forehead.
"You seen the room? I painted it." she told her.
"Yeah I did and it's great. Now you missy are going to go and have a shower." she replied.
"But..."
"But nothing honey. You are not gonna run around the house with paint all over your clothes. Especially when the pizza's here."
"We're gonna have pizza? can we have pepperoni?"
"Sure." Sam replied. "Why don't we take Summer downstairs and go order it. Teal'c you can hose yourself down in the garden or something." she told the Jaffa jokily.
"Hose myself down Major?" he asked as he followed Sam and Jack downstairs while Cassie went in the shower.
For a minute Janet and Daniel just stood there not knowing what to say to each other, he walked towards her and took her hand leading her into the room.
"So do you like it?" he asked her.
Janet looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "I love it." she replied as she looked around more closely. "You didn't have to do this."
"Hey I wanted to." he told her "Summer's my child too remember and I love her."
"That I can see." Janet told him "She adores you."
"She adores you too." he replied sweetly. "and so do I." he finished wiping a loose strand of hair away from her eyes.
"Hey I think you missed a spot." she told him motioning towards the door, which had a mural painted over a light purple background. She picked up a paint brush and started to paint over the part which had been missed. Daniel walked over to her and placed a hand on the small of her back.
"You mind if I put some music on while we finish off?" Daniel asked.
"Go ahead." Janet told him.
Daniel picked up a cd that Cassandra had been playing earlier and put in the cd player. He joined Janet painting the door. Listening to the music as it filled the room.
I didn't hear you leave, I wonder how am I still here
I don't want to move a thing, it might change my memory
Oh I am what I am
I'll do what I want
But I can't hide...
"You think you could get the high bit for me?" she asked him trying to reach.
Daniel reached up to paint the top of the door. Suddenly he felt something wet on his face and saw Janet laughing.
"Did you just paint my face?" he asked her laughing.
"Sorry, my hand just kinda slipped." she replied as he grabbed her gently and put a streak of paint on her face too.
"Hey at least when I did it it was an accident." she replied giggling as she put a pink streak down his arm.
"Well that certainly wasn't." he replied putting an arm around her waist and pulling her towards him.
"Either was this." she told him, putting a srtek of paint over his shirt.
"You are walking on thin ice doctor."
"Really?" she answered sarcastically.
"Oh yeah." he replied grinning as he put a blob of paint on her nose.
I won't go
I won't sleep
I can't breathe
Until you're resting here with me
I won't leave
I can't hide
I cannot be
Until you're resting here with me...
For a minute they stood there laughing, his hand resting on the small of her back. Slowly they stopped and stared intensely at each other, trying to read each others emotions at that time. Daniel reached out a gentle hand towards her face and brushed the paint off her nose, then resting his hand on the back of her neck.
Smiling she reached out her own hand, and brushed a piece of hair away from his face, then wiping paint off it. They began to giggle again, moving ever closer.
I don't want to call my friends, they might wake me from this dream
And I can't leave this bed, risk forgetting all that's been...
Slowly they moved in towards each other, thir lips meeting, and they kissed. It felt as if electricity was flowing through them, the love that they both shared radiating from every pore and making their hearts pound.
Oh I am what I am
I'll do what I want
But I can't hide...
And then they pulled away from each other, hands linked.
Daniel smiled.
"You know I never said I didn't love you." he told her.
"You never said you did." she replied looking at the floor.
"I love you Janet." he told her leaning in again.
"I love you too doctor Jackson." she replied as they kissed again, more passionately this time.
"So what does this mean?" she whispered into his ear as they parted again.
"It means eternity." he replied taking her into an embrace and kissing the top of her head.
I won't go
I won't sleep
I can't breathe
Until you're resting here with me
I won't leave
I can't hide
I cannot be
Until you're resting here with me.
After standing there in each others embrace for a while they parted.
"This isn't just because of Summer?" Janet asked.
"No it's not. If anything Summer made me realise just how much I love you. Seeing those photos...I don't want to miss out on that. I don't want to miss out on any moment of happiness I know I could have with you." he replied.
Janet smiled at him, then picking up a paintbrush put another streak of paint on his face.
"You really think you could love me for an eternity?" she asked playfully.
"I could love you for a lot longer than that." he replied as they embarked on another paint fight, and a life full of happiness with a love radiating from deep within their hearts.