TITLE: Even Angels Fall.
AUTHOR: Lucy Maria Elmer
EMAIL: sweetshipper@yahoo.co.uk
STATUS: Sequel to To Catch A Falling Star.
CATEGORY: D&J, drama, angst, romance, AU (sorta) and S&J established relationship.
RATING: PG-13.
SPOILERS: Point Of View, There But For The Grace Of God, the ones with Katherine in em…
SUMMARY: A year after Summer was brought into their lives, Janet finds herself torn apart as the life of the man she loves lies in jeopardy.
DISCLAIMER: All publicly recognizable characters and places are the property of MGM, World Gekko Corp and Double Secret Productions. This piece of fan fiction was created for entertainment not monetary purposes and no infringement on copyrights or trademarks was intended. Previously unrecognized characters (such as Kate, Summer, Jay, Aidan, Danni, Kellie, Matthew and Abby Matthews) and places, and this story, are copyrighted to the author. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
AUTHORS NOTE: To Ellie.
Even Angels Fall.
Feelings.
Janet Fraiser lay in bed, rain hitting her bedroom window in a quiet rhythm outside. It was early morning and all was quiet except for the soothing sound of the summer rain, and the gentle breathing of the blue-eyed angel who lay asleep beside her.
Lying on her side she looked at him. One year ago this very day two visitors from an alternate reality had brought this man into her heart, and it was a day that would remain there forever. That day she had gained a daughter, lost another and found true love with a man who had stolen her heart from the very first moment that she met him, and for the past year every moment that she spent with him, every second she spent in his arms or looking into those blue eyes made the love that she felt inside grow ever stronger. He looked so innocent lying there, so vulnerable, Janet thought as she ran a finger down his cheek then tracing the outline of his lips with her finger, and it made her warm inside when she looked at him and saw the love he held inside just for her.
"Hey." Came a voice filled with sleep from the darkness.
"Hey yourself." she replied smiling as she felt an arm wrap protectively around her waist and pull her towards him.
"It's two in the morning baby, why aren't you asleep?" Daniel asked her as she nuzzled her head under his chin and rested a hand on his chest.
"I don't know, something just doesn't feel right."
"With us?" Daniel asked playing with her hair.
"No with me. I love you, you know that, It's just... I have this feeling."
"Are you sick?" he asked putting a hand on her head to feel for a temperature.
"I don't think so. I just feel... different somehow and I can't shake this feeling that something bad is going to happen."
"Hey." he replied kissing her on the forehead. "Nothing bad is going to happen."
"Daniel I just have this terrible feeling. I guess I'm being stupid huh?" she replied looking at his face that had been lit up with the light of the moon.
He kissed her sweetly.
"You could never be stupid Janet."
He looked at her face, which though beautiful was filled with worry.
"Has something happened to make you feel this way? Has somebody said something to unsettle you?"
"No look it's fine." she replied trying to mask the worry and fear that filled her voice. "You go back to sleep okay, I'm going to check on the girls."
"Sweetie..."
Janet got up and put on a robe.
"Baby, sleep." she told him stroking his face. "I'm fine I promise."
Janet left the room leaving a very confused and worried Daniel behind. She walked to Cassandra's room and gently pushed the door open to see the teenager fast asleep, her light on and a book open at her side. She walked over to the young woman and kissed her on the forehead then pulling the covers over her and tucking her in. She picked up the book and marked the page, then kissed her again, turned off the light and gently shut the door behind her.
Janet then walked to Summer's room. The young infant was now just over a year old and had been the apple of hers and Daniel's eye since she had been placed in their care by alternate versions of themselves a year ago. She walked over to the crib and looked at the angelic form of the sleeping child, her piercing blue eyes closed with sleep. She stroked the child's smooth ivory skin, careful not to wake her, smiling at her affectionately.
She tiredly walked over to the rocking chair by window and sat down, looking at the rain that was lit up like crystals by the light of the moon. Quietly opening the drawer of the cabinet in front of her she pulled out Summer's baby book. She turned the pages, looking at the pictures inside of her alternate self with her Daniel while she was carrying Summer, his arm protectively around her swollen belly. She looked at the picture of them just after Summer's birth, a picture tinged with sadness as one friend lay dying in the arms of the woman he loved while a new life began. She looked at the record herself, Daniel, Cassandra and the others had kept detailing Summers firsts, and she looked at the ultrasound photos taken during her counterparts pregnancy, running a finger over them, a hand subconsciously resting on her stomach.
Summer started to stir in her crib. Hearing the child Janet walked over to the crib and picked her up, taking her over to the changing mat and changing her diaper and then carrying her over to the rocking chair and sitting down, rocking her gently in her arms.
Summer began to cry.
"Ssshhh sweetie it's okay." she soothed kissing the child on her forehead.
"Mommy's here. Ssshhh."
Gradually Summer began to settle in Janet's arms, looking up at her with her piercing blue eyes that were so similar to her fathers.
Janet stroked her forehead.
"Someone just wanted a hug huh?"
Janet looked down at the form of the now sleeping child, remembering the first time that she had held her in her arms knowing that this child had been created by her and Daniel, knowing that she would be responsible for the life of this tiny person for the rest of her days. She remembered the incredible love that had flowed through her every minute since the blue eyed infant had been put into her care, and the role that this child and her older sister had played in bringing her together with a man she knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. She remembered the day where she had awoken to find Daniel and her friends painting the nursery she was now sitting in, and the paint fight herself and Daniel had started leading to their first beautiful kiss of many, the first time she had felt his strong yet loving arms wrapped around her and the first time that both had succumbed to the mutual love they held for each other and made love.
Being careful not to stir the child she put the book carefully back into the drawer from which she had got it and picked up a picture of a young woman, her hair shoulder length and brown, her eyes chocolate and shining with joy. She remembered the words that she had spoken as she lay dying, a part of her and Daniel even though she was not born to this reality, cruelly torn stolen away by a race whose intent was to destroy Earth and any other planet it possibly could in order to take the inhabitants as hosts. She remembered the words the woman had spoken as she had been rushed into the infirmary, her life slipping away, having to fight for every breath, having to fight just to say what she had come to say, words that no-one else had heard, words warning of a cruel event which was yet to come, an event for which Kate held the key to stop Janet from losing the man she loved though she had yet to know what that meant.
"Hey." Came a gentle voice from the doorway.
Janet turned around to see Daniel wrapped up in a blanket standing at the door.
"Someone just wanted a hug," she told him looking tenderly at the infant.
"I don't think she's the only one." Daniel replied walking over to Janet.
"Do you know today it's a year to the day that we got Summer, a year to the day that Kate died and almost a year that we have been together."
"Is that why you're so upset, because of Kate? Honey we couldn't have done anything for her, the damage was already done."
"I guess that's part of it. Daniel she warned me something bad was going to happen to you and that she was the only person who could help you. It happened in her world. Now she's gone and she can't help and I know it's going to happen soon, I can feel it."
"When did she tell you this?" Daniel asked her kneeling down by the rocking chair.
"When she first came into the infirmary. I thought she was delusional, Daniel I wasn't even sure who she was then but she kept telling me that something bad was going to happen to you, that I would lose you if you didn't get her help and that when the time came for this to happen I'd feel it to the bottom of my soul and I do Daniel...I can just feel it."
"Why didn't you say anything?" he asked concerned.
"Because not everything that happened in Kate's universe is going to happen here. It may have been a future universe but it was an alternate one... and I didn't want to worry you. I didn't even figure we'd be together now."
"Why not?"
"Because Daniel I never figured you cared anything about me. I loved you since the first moment that I saw you Daniel and you barely spoke to me. You had Shau'ri and well I was just the doctor, even when Kate came through and we had Summer I never thought we'd end up here, not until you told me what you did after that argument we had and even then I wasn't sure if you meant it."
"Of course I meant it." he told her sincerely picking up Summer gently and taking her back to her crib, kissing her sweetly on the forehead and then tucking her back in.
He walked back over to Janet pulling her gently up off the rocking chair and sitting down, then pulling her down into his lap and wrapping her up in the blanket he had wrapped around him.
"You know a year ago I wouldn't have pictured us here either but Janet I am so glad we are here, together. I don't know when it happened but it did and I don't regret it for one minute. I honestly, from the bottom of my heart love you Janet and while I'm being honest I have for a very long time, it's just after Shau'ri I was so scared to embrace any feelings I had again but then when Summer came... You should have told me what she said baby." he told her gently seeing just how much she had been struggling with what Kate had told her.
Janet started to cry softly.
"Sweetheart it's not just this is it? What else is the matter?" he asked wiping her tears from her cheeks with his fingers. "Look I'm fine. Nothing is going to happen to me that could take me away from you and the girls, I promise. Maybe your just feeling this way because of what Kate told you, because she put the idea into your mind. Not everything that happened in her world is going to happen here, you said it yourself."
"I know." Janet replied tearfully. "I just couldn't stand it Daniel...."
"I know, I couldn't stand anything to happen to you either." he replied kissing her forehead.
"What is the matter with me? I've been all over the place lately." she stated wiping her eyes.
"We have a child in the house that's barely just started sleeping through the night honey, that can make a person tired." he told her smiling.
"I wouldn't have it any other way though." Janet told him, turning towards the crib.
"Me either." he replied with a smile. "Now lets leave the little one to sleep. I think her mommy needs some sleep too." he told her kissing her neck.
Janet let him take her hand and together they walked back to their room. Getting into bed Daniel turned to face her, pulling the covers up over her.
"You sleep now." he told her, stroking her tired face.
She looked at him with her chocolate eyes.
"Will you hold me Daniel...please?" she asked, her voice scared.
"Baby what..."
"Please?" she asked again.
Daniel moved closer to her and wrapped her in his arms tenderly.
"I've got you." he told her kissing the top of her head as she closed her eyes. "You rest now." he whispered as her breathing grew shallower and she drifted into a deep sleep, the man who loved her more than life itself watching over her protectively like another browned eyed angel who had brought them together exactly one year ago.
AUTHOR: Lucy Maria Elmer
EMAIL: sweetshipper@yahoo.co.uk
STATUS: Sequel to To Catch A Falling Star.
CATEGORY: D&J, drama, angst, romance, AU (sorta) and S&J established relationship.
RATING: PG-13.
SPOILERS: Point Of View, There But For The Grace Of God, the ones with Katherine in em…
SUMMARY: A year after Summer was brought into their lives, Janet finds herself torn apart as the life of the man she loves lies in jeopardy.
DISCLAIMER: All publicly recognizable characters and places are the property of MGM, World Gekko Corp and Double Secret Productions. This piece of fan fiction was created for entertainment not monetary purposes and no infringement on copyrights or trademarks was intended. Previously unrecognized characters (such as Kate, Summer, Jay, Aidan, Danni, Kellie, Matthew and Abby Matthews) and places, and this story, are copyrighted to the author. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
AUTHORS NOTE: To Ellie.
Even Angels Fall.
Feelings.
Janet Fraiser lay in bed, rain hitting her bedroom window in a quiet rhythm outside. It was early morning and all was quiet except for the soothing sound of the summer rain, and the gentle breathing of the blue-eyed angel who lay asleep beside her.
Lying on her side she looked at him. One year ago this very day two visitors from an alternate reality had brought this man into her heart, and it was a day that would remain there forever. That day she had gained a daughter, lost another and found true love with a man who had stolen her heart from the very first moment that she met him, and for the past year every moment that she spent with him, every second she spent in his arms or looking into those blue eyes made the love that she felt inside grow ever stronger. He looked so innocent lying there, so vulnerable, Janet thought as she ran a finger down his cheek then tracing the outline of his lips with her finger, and it made her warm inside when she looked at him and saw the love he held inside just for her.
"Hey." Came a voice filled with sleep from the darkness.
"Hey yourself." she replied smiling as she felt an arm wrap protectively around her waist and pull her towards him.
"It's two in the morning baby, why aren't you asleep?" Daniel asked her as she nuzzled her head under his chin and rested a hand on his chest.
"I don't know, something just doesn't feel right."
"With us?" Daniel asked playing with her hair.
"No with me. I love you, you know that, It's just... I have this feeling."
"Are you sick?" he asked putting a hand on her head to feel for a temperature.
"I don't think so. I just feel... different somehow and I can't shake this feeling that something bad is going to happen."
"Hey." he replied kissing her on the forehead. "Nothing bad is going to happen."
"Daniel I just have this terrible feeling. I guess I'm being stupid huh?" she replied looking at his face that had been lit up with the light of the moon.
He kissed her sweetly.
"You could never be stupid Janet."
He looked at her face, which though beautiful was filled with worry.
"Has something happened to make you feel this way? Has somebody said something to unsettle you?"
"No look it's fine." she replied trying to mask the worry and fear that filled her voice. "You go back to sleep okay, I'm going to check on the girls."
"Sweetie..."
Janet got up and put on a robe.
"Baby, sleep." she told him stroking his face. "I'm fine I promise."
Janet left the room leaving a very confused and worried Daniel behind. She walked to Cassandra's room and gently pushed the door open to see the teenager fast asleep, her light on and a book open at her side. She walked over to the young woman and kissed her on the forehead then pulling the covers over her and tucking her in. She picked up the book and marked the page, then kissed her again, turned off the light and gently shut the door behind her.
Janet then walked to Summer's room. The young infant was now just over a year old and had been the apple of hers and Daniel's eye since she had been placed in their care by alternate versions of themselves a year ago. She walked over to the crib and looked at the angelic form of the sleeping child, her piercing blue eyes closed with sleep. She stroked the child's smooth ivory skin, careful not to wake her, smiling at her affectionately.
She tiredly walked over to the rocking chair by window and sat down, looking at the rain that was lit up like crystals by the light of the moon. Quietly opening the drawer of the cabinet in front of her she pulled out Summer's baby book. She turned the pages, looking at the pictures inside of her alternate self with her Daniel while she was carrying Summer, his arm protectively around her swollen belly. She looked at the picture of them just after Summer's birth, a picture tinged with sadness as one friend lay dying in the arms of the woman he loved while a new life began. She looked at the record herself, Daniel, Cassandra and the others had kept detailing Summers firsts, and she looked at the ultrasound photos taken during her counterparts pregnancy, running a finger over them, a hand subconsciously resting on her stomach.
Summer started to stir in her crib. Hearing the child Janet walked over to the crib and picked her up, taking her over to the changing mat and changing her diaper and then carrying her over to the rocking chair and sitting down, rocking her gently in her arms.
Summer began to cry.
"Ssshhh sweetie it's okay." she soothed kissing the child on her forehead.
"Mommy's here. Ssshhh."
Gradually Summer began to settle in Janet's arms, looking up at her with her piercing blue eyes that were so similar to her fathers.
Janet stroked her forehead.
"Someone just wanted a hug huh?"
Janet looked down at the form of the now sleeping child, remembering the first time that she had held her in her arms knowing that this child had been created by her and Daniel, knowing that she would be responsible for the life of this tiny person for the rest of her days. She remembered the incredible love that had flowed through her every minute since the blue eyed infant had been put into her care, and the role that this child and her older sister had played in bringing her together with a man she knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. She remembered the day where she had awoken to find Daniel and her friends painting the nursery she was now sitting in, and the paint fight herself and Daniel had started leading to their first beautiful kiss of many, the first time she had felt his strong yet loving arms wrapped around her and the first time that both had succumbed to the mutual love they held for each other and made love.
Being careful not to stir the child she put the book carefully back into the drawer from which she had got it and picked up a picture of a young woman, her hair shoulder length and brown, her eyes chocolate and shining with joy. She remembered the words that she had spoken as she lay dying, a part of her and Daniel even though she was not born to this reality, cruelly torn stolen away by a race whose intent was to destroy Earth and any other planet it possibly could in order to take the inhabitants as hosts. She remembered the words the woman had spoken as she had been rushed into the infirmary, her life slipping away, having to fight for every breath, having to fight just to say what she had come to say, words that no-one else had heard, words warning of a cruel event which was yet to come, an event for which Kate held the key to stop Janet from losing the man she loved though she had yet to know what that meant.
"Hey." Came a gentle voice from the doorway.
Janet turned around to see Daniel wrapped up in a blanket standing at the door.
"Someone just wanted a hug," she told him looking tenderly at the infant.
"I don't think she's the only one." Daniel replied walking over to Janet.
"Do you know today it's a year to the day that we got Summer, a year to the day that Kate died and almost a year that we have been together."
"Is that why you're so upset, because of Kate? Honey we couldn't have done anything for her, the damage was already done."
"I guess that's part of it. Daniel she warned me something bad was going to happen to you and that she was the only person who could help you. It happened in her world. Now she's gone and she can't help and I know it's going to happen soon, I can feel it."
"When did she tell you this?" Daniel asked her kneeling down by the rocking chair.
"When she first came into the infirmary. I thought she was delusional, Daniel I wasn't even sure who she was then but she kept telling me that something bad was going to happen to you, that I would lose you if you didn't get her help and that when the time came for this to happen I'd feel it to the bottom of my soul and I do Daniel...I can just feel it."
"Why didn't you say anything?" he asked concerned.
"Because not everything that happened in Kate's universe is going to happen here. It may have been a future universe but it was an alternate one... and I didn't want to worry you. I didn't even figure we'd be together now."
"Why not?"
"Because Daniel I never figured you cared anything about me. I loved you since the first moment that I saw you Daniel and you barely spoke to me. You had Shau'ri and well I was just the doctor, even when Kate came through and we had Summer I never thought we'd end up here, not until you told me what you did after that argument we had and even then I wasn't sure if you meant it."
"Of course I meant it." he told her sincerely picking up Summer gently and taking her back to her crib, kissing her sweetly on the forehead and then tucking her back in.
He walked back over to Janet pulling her gently up off the rocking chair and sitting down, then pulling her down into his lap and wrapping her up in the blanket he had wrapped around him.
"You know a year ago I wouldn't have pictured us here either but Janet I am so glad we are here, together. I don't know when it happened but it did and I don't regret it for one minute. I honestly, from the bottom of my heart love you Janet and while I'm being honest I have for a very long time, it's just after Shau'ri I was so scared to embrace any feelings I had again but then when Summer came... You should have told me what she said baby." he told her gently seeing just how much she had been struggling with what Kate had told her.
Janet started to cry softly.
"Sweetheart it's not just this is it? What else is the matter?" he asked wiping her tears from her cheeks with his fingers. "Look I'm fine. Nothing is going to happen to me that could take me away from you and the girls, I promise. Maybe your just feeling this way because of what Kate told you, because she put the idea into your mind. Not everything that happened in her world is going to happen here, you said it yourself."
"I know." Janet replied tearfully. "I just couldn't stand it Daniel...."
"I know, I couldn't stand anything to happen to you either." he replied kissing her forehead.
"What is the matter with me? I've been all over the place lately." she stated wiping her eyes.
"We have a child in the house that's barely just started sleeping through the night honey, that can make a person tired." he told her smiling.
"I wouldn't have it any other way though." Janet told him, turning towards the crib.
"Me either." he replied with a smile. "Now lets leave the little one to sleep. I think her mommy needs some sleep too." he told her kissing her neck.
Janet let him take her hand and together they walked back to their room. Getting into bed Daniel turned to face her, pulling the covers up over her.
"You sleep now." he told her, stroking her tired face.
She looked at him with her chocolate eyes.
"Will you hold me Daniel...please?" she asked, her voice scared.
"Baby what..."
"Please?" she asked again.
Daniel moved closer to her and wrapped her in his arms tenderly.
"I've got you." he told her kissing the top of her head as she closed her eyes. "You rest now." he whispered as her breathing grew shallower and she drifted into a deep sleep, the man who loved her more than life itself watching over her protectively like another browned eyed angel who had brought them together exactly one year ago.