"Her name is Caia Jack. She's three. Today's her birthday," Samantha said calmly as she moved towards the door to take her daughter by the hand.

Jack froze. What was he supposed to say? What was he supposed to ask or do?

Hannah entered. The room seemed crowded to Jack, sitting at his desk, cornered. He finally heard her say with a big smile in her face "Dad, she's my sister."

Silence. No-one could hear but silence.

"Mom. Can I go play with Hannah outside?"

"Not right now sweetie...Jack's..."

"...your father. Caia I'm your father," Jack ended Sam's sentence.

His eyes where now filled in tears as he looked at the youngest of them all. He turned to Hannah and then to the wordless Samantha.

"You're planning to stay?"

"Yes," she said securely.

"We should talk to Van Doren then."

'We' He had used 'We'.

"I know...I'm going now."

Danny opened the door. Hannah went out and him after her. Jack moved close to the woman he loved, to whom he had missed so much, and stared, directly into her eyes. No words were spoken, there was no need.

"Mom, may I go with you?"

"Yes, may we go with you?" Jack asked already knowing what the answer would be.

"Let's go. It didn't seem much of a question."

* * *

Vivian saw Samantha going out of Jack's office. But was surprised her was to see Jack carrying a little girl, and following Sam in Van Doren's direction. She dared to ask Danny what was going on.

"Now he's happy."

"Excuse me...?" Vivian hadn't understood why he'd said that.

"Sam is here to stay."

"What?"

"You heard me. She's staying."

"Yeah...and whose is the baby?"

"Theirs. Her name is Caia," Danny told her smiling.

"Theirs. Samantha and Jack's. And you've known all along. How old is she?

"Yes I knew...how old tops could she be? Come on," after being in bare silence he answered the question "She's three, today."

"Why did she leave on the first place?"

"Does it matter?"

"I guess not." She looked again into the direction they had gone. "Did he know? Danny, where are you going?"

"No, she just told him. I have to take Hannah home. I'll be back in a sec. Don't worry about him anymore, would you? He'll be fine with her."

* * *

Jack sat on the coach with Caia. He gave her some pen and paper and leaned back, resting his head, listening to Sam's conversation with Van Doren.

"You're staying. Great. But I can't let you in the same unit again, you know that."

"Yeah...I heard there's that thing in the 9th floor...I could teach, couldn't I?"

"I could make a spot there. Give me a couple of hours and it'll be yours...but the kids are tough."

Samantha stood up. "Thank you."

"Please. Congratulations Jack! Why didn't you tell me?"

"I wish I'd known myself."

"Oh."

"Thank you Paula," Sam said.

"You're welcome."

"Come on Caia."

Once out of Van Doren's Samantha said to Jack in a low, sensual voice "Do you mind? I have to quit in DC," directing her look to their baby.

"How could I? You can use my phone."

* * *

Samantha went out the hole day and went back to the Bureau building late, before Jack got out though. She had dropped Caia at Danny's: Polly would take care of her.

NOTE:(I don't know how that is going if there is anything going, but she was the only person I could come up with for him.)

"Hey you, where are you going to stay?" Jack sounded really happy about it all.

"I have everything at Danny's. I just dropped Caia with Polly."

"Here," said Jack handing her a key, "I bought your old apartment last year, there's enough room for the rest of my family."

"Jack."

"The girls just stay with me on the weekends, we'll manage."

"Have you told Kate yet? Today's Friday already. She's staying with you today too?"

"Yeah, she is. And no I haven't, yet. I will. Come home."

They were closer now, standing cheek to cheek, getting closer with every word spoken, even if it seemed no longer possible.

"Caia's sitter lives with us."

Each word was said in a lower tone of voice.

"Then we'll make space."

They were as close as two bodies can be. About to kiss, profoundly looking into each other's eyes. Martin knocked.

"I'm sorry. I can come back some other time."

"No. Done already. Come in."

"It's not important." Martin seemed to be ashamed. He was definitely uncomfortable. "I better leave." He had blushed.

After looking at Jack, making him understand (which was not hard considering it was Martin and not Eric Kellar) that she had to do it, Samantha went after him.

"Martin!"

He didn't turn...kept on walking quickly towards the exit.

"Damn it Martin, don't walk away!"

Finally turning, he said "Then tell me what I'm supposed to do Samantha. Tell me what it takes and I'll do it."