Title: Long Lost

Author: Little ol' me along with my co-pilot for this little adventure, Wendy!

Disclaimer: Not mine. If they were things would be different for one and all!

Pairing: Janet/Jack

Rating: Pg

Status: More than one part I'd imagine

Spoiler: The Broca Divide, none others that I can think of.

AN: This is a little something I wrote ages ago that I thought I'd send out. It takes place around now. Certain episodes that shall remain nameless didn't happen. I had a lot of help from my new friend Wendy. Be gentle!

Part 1

"Cassie hurry up or we're going to be late," Janet shouted up the stairs

"I'm almost ready."

"You said that ten minutes ago."

"I mean it this time."

Janet rolled her eyes at his statement. She turned, her hand sliding off the banister, and headed towards the kitchen. The doorbell rang, echoing noisily through the silent hallway.

Making a detour she headed to the front door and opened it to reveal a young girl. She was tall and slender, with shoulder length auburn hair flowing freely around her pretty face and deep chocolate brown eyes, which were anxiously staring back at her.

"Can I help you with something?" Janet smiled, hoping to put the girl at ease.

"I hope so..." her tongue flicked out, swiping across her dry lips "...are you Janet Fraiser?"

"One and only," Janet remarked with a wide grin

The girl smiled nervously, "I had always dreamed of meeting you and what it would be like..." she shrugged "...and now that I'm actually here, I don't know what to say or do, or..."

"No offense or anything..." Janet glanced at her watch "...but I'm kind of late for something so could you tell me why you are here?"

The girl smiled nervously, swallowing hard before answering. "I'm your daughter."

Janet's only response was to blink in shock, "I beg you pardon," she asked after a moment

"That came out..." the girl sighed unhappily "...more blunt than I intended it to."

"What do you mean you are my daughter?" gasped Janet.

"I'm your daughter. I'm Keiko Sloan and I was born on April 8th, 1989 in Austin, Texas," Keiko gulped in a huge breath before continuing; this was not going as she had hoped it would, "I know this is a shock to you, me just dropping in like this. I had my adoption papers opened and it listed you as my mother. It took me a while to gather up the courage to actually come and talk to you."

Janet seemed unable to say anything after what she'd just been told.

"Yeah so uh...this is a nice place you live..." Keiko stated trying to break the silence "...I've never actually been to Colorado before."

Just when the silence was becoming really uncomfortable it was made even worse by Janet bursting into tears. This completely caught Keiko off guard and she had no idea what to do or say. This was definitely not going as planned.

"I was expecting an emotional reunion, but nothing like this."

Keiko hesitantly reached out her hand towards Janet, letting it fall to her side without making contact. "Are you okay?"

"Mom I'm ready," Cassie said coming down the stairs and heading to the front door.

She stopped when she saw her mother crying almost hysterically with some girl standing on the doorstep who was looking rather bewildered.

"Who are you," Cassie demanded.

"Oh...uh...I should go..." Keiko said hurriedly, her eyes darting between Cassie and her mom "I'm making you even more late for your whatever. Oh God! I should just go,"

She turned to leave but stopped when she felt the hand clamp around her wrist.

"Don't go," came the whispered plea from close behind her.

Keiko slowly turned back towards Janet, her eyes riveted to the hand on hers.

"Mom what is going on," Cassie asked, worriedly.

Janet turned to her daughter and smiled "Nothing Cass, everything's ok, you go on ahead of me."

"Are you sure?" Cassie stared at her mother.

"Yes."

Cassie glanced at Keiko and then left the house. Janet looked back at Keiko smiling, and then motioned for her to come into the house. They entered the house and went to the living room and sat down.

"I kind of thought that you wanted me to go by that crying thing just now." Keiko took in her surroundings as she spoke.

"It's quite the opposite actually." Janet hurriedly reassured her

"You're happy to see me?" she stared wide-eyed at her mother.

"Very."

Keiko smiled at this, "I'm glad of that."

"I'm glad that you looked for me."

"It took some doing, but I found you."

"What do you mean it took some doing?" Janet asked puzzled.

She hoped there wasn't going to be any trouble with Keiko's adopted parents.

"Well, when I finally opened the adoption papers and worked up the courage to look for you it took me a little while longer to actually find you than expected." Keiko sighed remember the endless hours of research that had been involved in finding her real mom. "I kept getting conflicting results on to where you were."

"Really?" Janet was intrigued.

"There were two Janet Fraiser's. A doctor Janet Fraiser that worked with exotic diseases and such and a major doctor Janet Fraiser that works at Norad and the Academy Hospital," eplained Keiko.

"I am both." Janet chuckled, seeing how the confusion had arisen.

"Really?"

"My original specialty was exotic diseases. I am currently chief of staff at the Academy Hospital and Chief Medical Officer at Norad."

"What does a CMO do in a mountain?"

"Plenty."

"Who is my father?" asked Keiko, taking Janet by complete surprise.

Janet grinned, "You don't beat around the bush do you?"

"No," Keiko said with a grin, "His name wasn't listed in the files."

"Can I ask you a question first?"

"Sure" she shrugged.

"Why have you found me now?"

"My adoptive parents died five years ago". Keiko suddenly found the floor very interesting, as tears filled her eyes. "I've been living with my grandparents since my parents died." She slowly raised her eyes to meet Janet's. "They've been really great with me and were very supportive of me finding you."

"They were?" this also surprised her.

"They knew what my parents meant to me, but they also knew how I needed to find my birth parents. Here is my birth certificate," Keiko said handing it to Janet after she dug around in her bag

Janet took it and read it over, "That's what I remember."

"I also have this," Keiko said handing a picture of Janet and a newborn Keiko "Why did you give me up? You look pretty sad in the photo..." She stared intently at her mom wanting an answer. Needing to know the truth. "...And how come my father wasn't there with you?"

Janet heaved a sigh and stood up, "That is a long story."

"I have time," snapped Keiko a bit too harshly.

"Well you see your father doesn't really know about you."

"He doesn't?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"He and I were kind of having an affair."

Keiko raised an eyebrow at this, "How can you kind of have an affair?"

"It wasn't kind of. Full on. He and his wife had been having some problems. That is no excuse of course, but..." Janet felt nervous as she tried to explain herself "...so anyway when I found out I was pregnant with you I went to tell him. Before I could he told me that he was trying to work things out with his wife. He had a five year old son, you see and wanted to sort things for his sake." Taking a shaky breath she let it out slowly. "I couldn't bring myself to tell him."

"I see."

"It was something that I always regretted doing."

"Really?"

"If I had told him he and I could have raised you together. As it were I couldn't handle things and I baled. It is completely unfair but that's the way it was."

"So my father doesn't know about me at all?"

"Not at all."

"Do you ever see him?" she inquired curiously.

"I actually work with him."

"You do?"

"I have for about ten years."

"And you've never told him about me."

"It has never come up," Janet defended, "Okay that's lame," she said sitting down

"A little bit yeah."

"He is going to kill me."

"I don't think it'll be that bad."

"We're dating."

"Okay so it will be bad."

"How do I tell him something like this?"

"Very carefully," Keiko supplied

"Thanks," Janet grinned at her daughter "I see you inherited his sarcasm."

"No problem."

"I was actually on my way to his house before you came."

"Were you?"

"Yeah."

"Here is what you do. You go to his house and tell him."

"I can't just go to his house and tell him something like this." Janet look shocked at such a suggestion.

"Of course you can." Smirked her daughter.

"But the rest of his team and everyone else will be there!"

"Team?"

"Ignore that last part. All of our friends will be there."

"No one else knows about me?"

"No."

"Okay, but you can go to his house and just lay it on him."

"Which will lead to the hating of me part of the equation."

"Do you love him?"

"Of course I do."

"Does he love you?"

"He tells me that he does."

"Then everything should work itself out."

"That's an incredibly idealistic view of things."

Keiko shrugged a shoulder, "It's what you can do."

Janet took in a deep breath, "Okay."

"Okay?"

"Yeah."

"I should go then and let you do that."

"Where are you staying?"

"Holiday Inn."

"Okay."

"I'm in room 9 when you want to reach me."

"Okay," Janet said again

The two of them stood up and eyed each other. After a moment Janet held open her arms and Keiko went into them.

"No matter what happens I'm glad that you are back in my life."

"And I'm glad that you are in mine."

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