"Forgiven"
Ch. 2
(Colorado, Janet's house)
It was a very busy morning the next day. It was the first day of Cassie's senior year of High School and the first day of the twins Day Care. Janet talked Aurora into putting the girls through Day Care. It was time that they interacted with other infants and it gave AJ a chance to go back to work at the SGC. SG-6 were missing there Archeologist/Anthropologist/Empath.
"Cassandra!" Janet yelled from downstairs. "You're going to be late!"
"I know!" Cassie ran down the stairs, almost tripping on the way down. She grabbed her car keys from the kitchen table. "See you tonight!"
"Drive safely!" Janet called as Cassie rushed to the door.
"Good luck, Cass!" Aurora yelled.
The door slammed behind the teenager. The women sighed and leaned against the kitchen island counter. Janet looks down at her watch.
"Colonel O' Neill will be here in an hour to pick us up. It's his turn for the Carpool," she told her.
"I'll get the girls ready. I can always take a shower at the base," Aurora said, grabbing her coffee and heading upstairs.
"If you need any help, give me a shout and I'll be out of the shower in less than five minutes," Janet said, following her up the stairs.
(SGC, Daniel's Office)
Once Jack came to pick up the girls they dropped off the triplets at the Day Care and then went to the SGC. Aurora got dressed into her green BDU's and outfitted herself with the usual stuff. She then decided to stop buy Daniel's Office since it was on the way. She stepped inside and knocked on the open door. He looked up.
"Hey," he said, smiling.
"Hi," she said, walking in.
"Are you going anywhere?" Daniel asked.
"Yeah," Aurora stood next to him. "I'm going Off-world. This'll be the first mission I've been on since the girls were born. And I have to admit I'm a little nervous."
"It's hard to believe that you would be afraid of anything," he said, looking up from his book.
She blushed.
"I'm afraid of a lot of things," she mumbled.
"Like when you were captured by Baal?" he said.
"You remember,"
"Only a little of it. I just remember being scared that you wouldn't be alive when we arrived," Daniel explained.
"I was terrified out of my mind. If it weren't for you, I probably would have been even more terrified than I already was." Aurora said.
"Why's that?" he asked.
"I never told you this but when I was in Baal's dungeon I was hallucinating. Of you," she told him.
She then got on her tippy toes and kissed him lightly on the lips. Aurora moved back to give them some space. There was a short pause before Daniel reached down and kissed her passionately.
"I better go. I don't want to be late on my first day back." she said.
She left the office and headed to the 'Gate Room.
To be continued . . .