Daniel Jackson ran his hands through his grey hair, tears in his eyes as he looked at the photo of his smiling daughter. She looked so happy there, her cheeks glowing with health, a sparkle in her brown eyes that so resembled her mothers. Now that sparkle had gone, and he would give anything to get it back.

He had food in front of him but found that he didn't seem to be hungry anymore. Instead he just looked at the photo of his daughter praying for some miracle, the food growing cold.

"Is that her?" came a voice from behind him.

The older man turned around and for a moment Janet saw her Daniel in him. A Daniel that was hard to find amongst all the anguish.

"Yeah it is." Daniel replied smiling proudly.

"She's beautiful." Janet told him sitting down, looking at the photo of the young woman with long brown hair and brown eyes that were filled with so much depth that it seemed as though by looking into them you could see into her soul.

"Like her mother." Daniel replied handing Janet the photo. "Now she just looks..."

Janet put a reassuring hand on his arm and he turned to look at her, his green eyes looking deep into hers.

"That photo was only taken a few months ago. All of SG:1 was on leave so the group of us went on holiday together. That was pretty eventful I'm telling you, what with our four kids, Janet pregnant, Sam and Jacks two girls, and Jacob along for the ride. Then when we came back she got an infection which really knocked her for six. We thought she was getting better... then she caught this virus and hasn't been able to recover. Poor kid can hardly do anything but sleep."

"It must be hard." Janet told him. "I know when my daughter Cassandra was sick the thought of losing her was almost too much to bear."

"Try explaining to an 8-year-old why her sister can't play with him anymore, or why mommy and daddy say goodbye to her every night just in case. Cassandra has been great...she adores Kelly and has stayed at her bedside constantly. They're not even related by blood but they are so close. It's hard seeing Cass the way she is now...I think even she is beginning to give up on her sister."

Janet handed the photo of the obviously adored girl back to her father.

"So...we're kinda married huh." Janet asked him uncomfortably.

"Yes we are...I take it you and me aren't...involved here."

"No, we're not." Janet replied with a hint of sadness in her voice that Daniel's counterpart obviously picked up on.

"You know I loved you for a long time before we actually got together. Just because he hasn't said it doesn't mean he doesn't feel the same as you do about him."

"He stormed out of the room. I thought that was a pretty clear indication of how he doesn't feel the same."

"Janet, he's me so believe me when I tell you that proved just how much he does love you. He doesn't want you to go though this. He can't bear it. That's why he left and if I'm honest I don't blame him either."

Janet sighed.

"So you... we're happy?" Janet asked him.

Daniel smiled, the first truly happy smile he had since he had arrived at the SGC.

"Yeah we are happy. When I was with Shauri...I was with Shauri here too right?"

Janet nodded.

"When I was with Shauri I was happy, I was blissfully happy and I didn't think anything could spoil it. When she died, I didn't think I'd ever be that happy again. Then I met you. I don't know if it was the same here but to start off with we barely talked, then gradually...and I guess this is because I spend so much time in the infirmary...I began to realise just how much you meant to me. I think it was building up for a long time, but for us it pretty much came to a head when Cassandra was sick. Seeing you suffer like that...all I wanted to do was take care of you and make everything better and believe me I wanted that so bad."

"So what happened?" Janet asked him.

"We had a belated birthday party for Cass. All of us came over. There was one for her and her friends, and then another for all of us. Anyway somehow you and I found ourselves talking in the backyard for about five hours about everything, Shauri, your first marriage, Cass...our feelings. Then one thing led to another...lets just say Cass woke up to me walking down the stairs in my boxers in the morning." He told her making her smile.

"And you've been together ever since?" she asked him curiously.

Daniel nodded.

"That was the happiest night of my life." He told her putting a hand over hers.

"And how did Cass take it?" Janet whispered.

"Apart from the manic jumping up and down, hugging and giggling I think she took it pretty well. I think she was happy her mom wasn't alone anymore. Then we found out you were pregnant, I moved in and from that day on we were a family, though sometimes it can be a pretty dysfunctional one."

"I can imagine." Janet replied.

"I want to help Kelly Daniel. I want to do this." She then told him.

"Wait...are you sure?" he asked. "This is a lot to go through for anyone."

"I know that." She whispered squeezing his hand. "But she's my daughter, and you're my family. I'm not going to let her die. I couldn't do that knowing how I felt when Cassandra nearly... I want to do this." She told him again.

"Thank you." He told her. "Thank you so much. I don't know what I'd do if I lost her." He told her tears in his eyes.

"I know." She told him then getting up. "Look could you do me a favour and tell the General? There's some people I really have to talk to."

"That's the least I can do." He replied as she left the table.

He took her hand in his.

"You have to tell him. Promise me you'll at least do that."

Janet nodded.

"I promise." She replied as she left the commissary.