The calm and quiet was the first thing C.J. became aware of as he began to wake up, normally for most people this was no big deal. But not for C.J. if it wasn't Trey jumping all over his bed to wake him up, it was one of the many nightmares from his mother's death. Very, very rarely did C.J. get a decent nights sleep.

Sensing C.J. beginning to wake up Shayla swiftly moved from her chair and made herself comfortable sitting next to him on the bed, putting one arm around his shoulders and still holding his hand. Ever since they'd known each other the two friends had more then once comforted the other this way. When one of them would have a rough night they would usually sneak out to the other's room seeking comfort. The fact that they'd been neighbors practically their whole lives made it quite easy for them.

It didn't take C.J. long to figure out that he wasn't in his normal bed and also the reason for his peaceful nights sleep. No matter where he was C.J. would know Shayla's presence anywhere. So with the knowledge that Shayla was there keeping him safe C.J. snuggled in more and drifted back to sleep.

Feeling C.J. snuggle in closer and drift back to sleep Shayla knew that she'd be settling in for the night and not going anywhere, not that she'd want to in the first place. C.J. was her best friend and there was no place or person she'd rather be with than with him.

Not wanting to disturb the two teens and also because they were curious about the relationship between the two the adults left them be and merely observed. Eventually Sam had to get back to work and Jack being Jack decided he had to tag along and make sure she didn't work to hard, in reality he was just bored and needed someone to bug.

With the infirmary being virtually deserted Daniel took the opportunity to steal a few moments alone with Janet.

"I love you." Daniel stated as he leaned in and gave Janet a quick passionate kiss. "I'll never get tired of telling you that."

"I love you too." Janet kissed him back. "And I'll never get tired of hearing you say it."

"You know I've been thinking about what we're going to do with the kids since they'll be staying."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah, I'm not sure how Jack and Sam are going to arrange things, but I do know that it wouldn't be fair to make Shayla and Ryan choose between living at your place or mine. So I thought that since we practically live together as it is, we could maybe possibly buy a big enough house for us all to live in together. I mean my apartment obviously isn't an option and your house is only a three bedroom..." Daniel trailed off when he noticed the humorous smile Janet was giving him. "What...? I'm trying to be serious here and you think it's funny."

"Do you know how cute you look when you get all serious and nervous like that?"

"Oook, any ways back to the topic at hand..."

"Daniel I think it's a great idea. I would love nothing more than the chance to share a home with you. Although now that I think about it we should probably tell Cassie that she now has a younger sister and brother. With everything that's happened theses last few days I haven't had the chance to talk with her."

"So Carter...Sam I've been doing some thinking..." Jack drew Sam's attention away from whatever doohickey she'd been working on.

"I'm shocked sir, you thinking. You didn't hurt yourself did you?" Sam replied in mock surprise.

"Did you just make a joke? I do believe that you did. I sense hope for you yet."

"Thank you sir."

"You're welcome. But seriously I've been thinking about everything that's happened. You know as well as I do that those kids can't stay here for much longer and we both have the right to be an equal part of their lives."

"I know what you mean, it's going to be hard enough taking care of and spending time with them, with both of us working, but add in the fact we'd have to bounce them back and forth between our houses..."

"Exactly, that's why I thought it might be easier if you and the kids moved into my house. I mean it's bigger than yours and I have the extra room. You could take one of the gust rooms, Trey could have the other, and we could fix up the attic into a bedroom for C.J. This way we could both have an equal part in their lives and share the responsibility of raising them."

"I think that's a good idea sir, but what will Hammond approve?"

"Actually I already talked with and since these are extenuating circumstances he along with the important higher ups have no problem."

"Great. Sounds like we have a plan then."

"Ok let me see if I got this straight, in another reality you two were married and had kids and about a week ago the Goa'uld attacked that realities earth and your kids along with those of Jack and Sam's were sent through the quantum mirror to this reality." Cassie summarized what Daniel and Janet had told her. Getting nods from the two she continued. "So basically I've been an older sister for a week," again receives nodes of yes, "And you're just telling me this NOW!"

"I know we should have told you sooner, but you were off on that road trip with your friends the first few days so we couldn't tell you then and these last few days have been kind of hectic." Janet attempted to calm her daughter down.

"There's also one more thing." Daniel jumped in. "Cassie you know me and your mom have been dating for a few months now..."

"Yeah and you practically live with us as it is, but what's that got to do with anything?"

"Well since Shayla and Ryan will being staying with us and my apartment isn't an option and you and your mom's house won't be big enough for all of us, we decided to look into buying a house together that would be big enough for us all."

"And since this effects you as much as the rest of us Daniel and I have agreed to let you be the one to pick our new house, with a few conditions: it's within our price range, in a nice neighborhood, you know those kind of things. But remember that Daniel and I have do have ultimate veto rights, if we don't like the house for any reason, you find a different one."

"You're serious? For real?"

"Yes." Both adults answered.

"Sweet! I'm going to go get started right now."

As Cassie left the room Daniel paled slightly and got a worried look on his face. "Should we be worried?" Janet just smiled and gave him a reassuring kiss.

About a week later both families were ready to start moving into their new homes. It hadn't taken Cassie very long to find a new house for her and her family. To the pleasure of Shayla and C.J. the most, Cassie had found a house that was only three houses down and across the street from Jack's house.

The house was a lovely two-story brick house with six bedrooms (two on the main floor and four on the second floor). It had lots of large bay windows, which made the inside seem to be more open and roomy. The front yard had a beautiful flower garden and two ponds connected by a small stream. The walk way led to a wonderfully hand made bridge that went over the stream and then on to the front door. The large spacious backyard was fenced in and would make a great place for the kids as well as the dog to play.

A wooden deck circled the house and in the back it also circled a small hot tub and a medium sized pool. A number of trees and various other plants covered the property, strategically placed to make the place even more beautiful.

The front door opened into a small entryway/hallway. Going straight the entryway led into a large kitchen/dining area. Just before the kitchen and off to the right there was a short hallway with the two bedrooms and a bathroom. Directly to the left of the entry way and down a couple of steps was the living room, with an open fireplace and large bay windows, there was also a large archway between the living room and dining area. Off to one side of the living room was a den/office space where Daniel and Janet could work.

To the right of the entry way were the stairs leading to the second floor. On the second floor was the master bedroom along with three others. The bedrooms were arranged with two on each side of the hallway, the master bedroom and another (Ryan's) on one side, and the other two (Cassie and Shayla's) on the opposite side of the hallway. There was also a bathroom at the end of the hallway. Each of the four rooms had small balconies over looking the property. With Jack, Sam and the kid's help the house was decorated in no time.

Ryan's room had been painted a pale sandish color, with stenciled pyramids and hieroglyphs on the walls and glow in the dark stars on the ceiling. He had a bed with storage drawers underneath it, a toy box, and dresser drawers built into on side of the closet, leaving plenty of floor space for Ryan to play with his toys.

Shayla's room had been painted a rose colored red and had all kinds of posters and pictures plastered all over the walls. She had a twin-sized bed with canopy surrounding it and a nightstand next to it. Like Ryan's her dresser drawers were built into her closet, instead of a toy box Shayla had a decent sized desk with a computer and stereo on it. There was also a small TV stand with a TV and DVD player sitting on it. Last she had set up one corner for her to do her painting and drawings.

Cassie's room had been painted a light pinkish white color. Her room had pretty much the same layout as Shayla's but with out the canopy around her bed and the art supplies.

Daniel and Janet had decided to just paint their room white since it was the only color they could agree on. They had an old antique king-sized bed with nightstands on both sides of the bed and an old antique dresser. They had a spacious walk-in closet and an en-suite bathroom. There was also an antique looking TV stand holding a TV and VCR/DVD player on it.

Once things had been decorated and everything moved into the new house, Janet, Daniel, and the kids helped to get Jack's house ready for Sam, Trey, and C.J. to move in.

Sam had opted to paint her room a creamy white color. She had a queen-sized bed, with nightstands, a small walk in closet, a set of chest dresser drawers, and a comfy leather chair arranged around in her room.

Trey's room basically had the same layout and things as Ryan's except Trey's room was painted a medium blue color and had stenciled spaceships, astronauts, planets, and stars on the walls.

Since the attic was large enough a small bathroom had also been built for C.J. The bedroom had been painted a black and metallic silver color. Like Shayla he had all kinds of posters and pictures plated all over his walls. To one side of the room C.J. had his twin-sized bed, dresser drawers, desk, stereo, and TV stand with a TV, Playstation2 and X-Box carefully arranged on it.

On the other side of the room C.J. had set up his own little mini-music recording studio and instruments. He had a computer with all kinds of recording programs on it as well as all kinds of recording equipment. Along with the equipment C.J. had a drum set, an electric guitar, bass guitar, and an acoustic guitar along with a couple of amps, and a mix board set up. When Jack had learned about C.J.'s music obsession he'd made sure the attic had been sound proofed so C.J. could play his music as loud as he wanted.