Cassandra yawned and stretched in her chair, rubbing her tired eyes. Neither her or Daniel had left Janet's side for any length of time since she had gotten so sick and it had now been six hours since she had been put on the ventilator.

"One hot chocolate." Came a voice from behind her belonging to Daniel.

Cassandra took the cup gratefully and had a big sip of the warming liquid.

"Thanks Daniel." She told him as he sat down next to her holding a cup of coffee himself.

"How you doing kiddo?" he asked turning to her, taking a sip of his coffee.

"I'm okay I guess. I feel better that you're here."

Daniel smiled.

"Same here." He told her sincerely.

They sat there uncomfortably for a minute, neither sure of what to say to the other.

"Look what I've been wanting to ask is..., are you okay with the whole me and your mom thing? I know it's happened pretty quickly and that it's going to be difficult for you to adjust to me being round so much when you've had to adjust to life on Earth and everything as well...I guess I just don't want you to be uncomfortable...or living in a situation where you're not happy." He told her setting the mug down.

Cassandra put a hand over his.

"Daniel...yeah it's been hard to adjust to life here on Earth and yeah this has happened quickly but with you and mom a couple now I'm definitely not unhappy. When I moved in with mom I guess it took me a while to get used to everything, just like it took a while for her to get used to having a child around but in the end things turned out great. I couldn't imagine living with anyone else or being as happy as I am with Janet. Her being with you... that's something I don't have to adjust to because you make her happy...and it makes me happy seeing her so happy. Just like she does I like having you around so I'm not uncomfortable and I'm not unhappy." Cassandra told him.

"I'm glad. Cassandra I love your mom so much..."

"I know, I can tell that just by looking in your eyes whenever you see her. It's like this light goes on or something."

"And I never plan on hurting her. Or you. I know I could never take the place of your biological father, just like Janet can never take the place of your biological mom, but what I do want to do is let you know that I'm here just like your dad would have been. I guess what I'm trying to say is if this becomes permanent and I'm around a lot more than I am now...I don't want you to feel that I'm only there for your mom. You're part of the package here, and I love the whole package not just part of it."

Cassandra smiled.

"Daniel I know that. I don't doubt for one second that you love her, and that you would never hurt her. That's why I think you're a great guy. Who else would have sat here with a teenager for the past six hours and actually cared enough to get a bed set up in here, or get a drink, or even ask how I was doing when you must be feeling pretty crappy yourself."

"You're a good kid."

"Hey I'm not that much of a kid anymore." She told him elbowing him.

"My mistake." He replied smiling.

"There's something I've been wanting to ask too." Cassandra told him, her piercing eyes looking straight into his.

"Shoot."

"The idea of having a teenager in your life when you haven't had any other kids around. Doesn't that scare you?" Cassandra asked him.

"Why would the idea scare me?" he asked her.

"I don't know. I just thought that maybe it would."

"Cass the idea of having a teenager around, particularly one as smart and sweet as you is far from being scary. I'm looking forward to it actually." He told her.

"If mom...you know..."

"Cassandra..."

"No, if she does...die...will you still be around when I need you to be?" Cassandra asked Daniel timidly.

"Cass you don't even need to ask that question. Of course I'll be around when you need me, and when you don't." He reassured her.

Cassandra leaned over to Daniel and hugged him, tears running down her face.

"Thank you." She told him.

"Shush. It's okay." He told her sweetly. "Everything's okay."

After a few minutes' Cassandra pulled away and wiped her eyes on a tissue.

"There's something else too." She told him blowing her nose.

"What's up?" he asked.

"What was it like going into that other universe?" she asked, leaning back in the chair.

Daniel took a deep breath.

"Weird actually."

"I bet it was. Was I there?" Cassandra asked.

"Yes you were. You were a Doctor too just like your mom."

"I was?"

"Yeah. And a very hard working one too."

Cassandra shivered. Ever since Janet had gotten sick, it was as if their insides had gone cold. He knew exactly how she felt.

Daniel got out of his chair and pulled a blanket off the bed that Dr Warner had put up in the room for Cass to sleep on, and gently wrapped her up in it so she would warm up. He then settled back into his own chair.

"And what were the other kids like? I mean I know you had Kelly and another baby on the way...how many more did you see?" she asked him.

"Well yeah there was Kelly. She's the spitting image of Janet with deep brown eyes and hair. She was too sick for us to really talk to her for long. She's 18. Then there was Max, he was 14, and he wants to be an archeologist like his dad. He's a good kid, pretty smart like you are. Then there was Charlotte. She's a really pretty and sweet little girl. Looks a lot like Kelly with a little button nose. She was 8. Then there was the baby who's gonna be born in another month or so. Apparently she's pretty active." Daniel told Cass making her smile.

"Then there were Casey and Emma. They were Sam and Jacks girls."

"Sam and Jack have kids there?" Cassandra asked.

"That really surprises you sweetie?" he asked her.

"Nope." She replied. "What were they like?"

"A lot like Sam. Emma was really smart. You should've heard her talking to Jack. I think she confused him as much as Sam does sometimes." Daniel told her.

"And what about Casey?"

"She is the spitting image of Sam. She has long blonde curls and blue eyes. But she has Jacks smile and sense of humour. She's gonna be a hit with the fellas when she's older. Jacks gonna have his work cut out for him." Daniel replied.

"Cool." Cassandra told him, her eyes shining with delight at the fact that Jack and Sam had kids.

"We also met another child there. A little boy."

"You did?"

"Yeah. He had blond hair and brown eyes. Was a complete charmer. Loves his mom to bits."

"Whose was he?" Cassandra asked.

"Yours honey. You're married there with a little boy. His name's Jack."

"I named my son after Jack...figures." Cassandra commented smiling. "Must've been weird to see me so much older."

"Yeah it was, but it was nice. You're very smart, and a great mom." He told her.

Cassandra yawned and Daniel shivered.

"Wanna share?" she asked him motioning for him to take some of the blanket.

"Don't mind if I do." He replied as he spread the blanket over the both of them, looking at the woman on the bed in front of him, and smiling at the wonderful job she had done with this child.