It was eleven o'clock in the evening and all in the hotel was quiet. Most of the hotels guests were now in bed, the children eagerly awaiting the arrival of santa and the parents psyching themselves up for the manic day ahead.

Rosie Adams sat in the hotel lounge, her son on her lap, watching a children's movie. About an hour after he had been put to bed he had suddenly become wide awake again and she was trying to tire him out to get him back to sleep.

"Can we watch another one mommy?" the little boy asked.

"You're not tired yet?" Rosie asked.

"Santa's coming tommorow."

"Yeah he is honey, but you gotta get some sleep or you'll be too tired to open your presents. Will you try ... just for mommy, baby please?"

"Wanna watch Snowman." the child protested.

"Okay but you are going to bed as soon as you get drowsy Dylan Adams." she replied as she put the video in the player and wrapped herself and her son up in a blanket.

"Having a little party down here?" came a gentle voice from behind the mother and child.

Rosie turned around to see Janet standing behind them, her face tired.

"This one was put to bed as soon as we got upstairs, but bounded in about half an hour later wide awake and asking if santa had come yet. I'm trying to tire him out but he's way too wired. What are you doing up?"

"My back is killing me, I thought walking around might ease it."

"But it hasn't?" Rosie asked.

"Uh uh." Janet replied easing herself down.

"You should be resting." Rosie told her. "You need your energy."

"With my back as sore as it is resting is not an option." Janet told her sighing.

"It's one of the down sides of pregnancy." Rosie told her.

"It certainly is." Janet replied ruffling Dylans hair.

Rosie leant back in the chair cradling her son.

"Uh oh." came a frightened voice from beside her.

"Uh oh ... my god." Rosie answered looking at a bloody puddle on the floor.

"I think my water's just broke." Janet exclaimed.

"Honey I think you're right." Rosie replied moving Dylan and getting up to aid Janet.

"This can't be happening, we have to call an ambulance." Janet cried.

"Janet we're stuck here, there is absolutely no way we're gonna get to a hospital."

"What is going on in here?" came a voice from the stairway. It was the hotel owner.

"Sir I'm afraid this lady's in labour. Is there any way an ambulance can get out here?"

"In this snow? I'm afraid there is no way ... it's too deep." he replied. "Ma am is there anything I can do?" he asked Janet concerned as she tried to control her breathing.

"Unless you got an epidural on you I'm afraid not." she panted.

"Okay, we gotta get you ready to deliver. You think you can make it upstairs to your room?"

"I really don't know." Janet replied as a sharp pain radiated through her abdomen. "God I want Daniel."

"Okay honey here's what we do. We get you upstairs to your room and to Daniel, then we prep you as best we can and get this baby out. I've been trained to do deliveries so I'm going to help you okay? Sir can you do us a favour? I need you to get some towels and soak them in warm water and then bring them to room 114. We're gonna do this okay?" she said tenderly to Janet.

Janet nodded before crying out in pain.

Dylan started to cry.

"Everything's okay baby. You remember our room where daddy is?"

The child nodded through his tears.

"I want you to go find daddy and tell him mommy's helping Janet okay?"

The child nodded. Rosie leant down and gave him a kiss before he bounded up the stairs.

"You're going to deliver the baby here? in this hotel?" the owner asked.

"Sir I don't think we have a choice do you. Now will you help or not?"

The man nodded and went to get the towels.

"Now we just gotta get you up the stairs." Rosie commented as Janet struggled to stand up.

"We're nearly there okay." Rosie reassured Janet as they reached the top step.

Janet nodded.

"Just one more ... that's it."

"Oh god." Janet shouted as a sharp pain radiated through her once again, prompting Daniel, Sam, Jack, and Cassie to run out of their rooms, knowing Janet's voice.

"Janet baby?" Oh god. It's okay honey, everything's okay ... I'm here now" Daniel told her running over to her.

"Can you help me get her onto the bed. This baby's about ready to be born." Rosie asked him.

Daniel nodded and took his wife into his arms, Rosie and him then helping her into their room.

"Mom?" a scared Cassandra screamed concerned, Summer starting to cry as she heard her sisters pained voice.

Sam started over to the room where the children were.

"It's okay Cass, your moms just having the baby okay. She's gonna be just fine."

"But what if something goes wrong ... we're stuck here ... we can't get help."

"Oh god ... " they heard screamed from the room as Janet was lowered onto the bed prompting other guests to come out of their rooms all chatting excitedly.

"Nothing will go wrong sweetheart, she'll be fine, they both will." she replied kissing Cassandras forehead.

"Sam?" Janet shouted from her room wanting her best friend at her side.

"It's okay I'll keep an eye on these two." Jack told his wife tenderly. "Go be with her." he added taking Sam into his arms and kissing her. "This will be us one day Sam."

"I know." she replied quietly and with a gentle smile before joining her friend.

"Okay sweetie you're nearly there, push really hard on the next contraction okay." Rosie prompted.

"Yeah you're doing great sweetheart." Daniel replied as he brushed her wet hair back off her forehead, Janet positioned so her head was resting on his chest, him sitting behind her rubbing her back.

"Oh god here we go." she screamed through gritted teeth, bearing down with all her might. "Daniel ... "

"It's okay I'm here." he replied kissing her forehead.

"I can see the head Janet, we're nearly there, not long to go now okay ... push."

"Push Janet," Sam prompted, squeezing Janet's hand.

"Yeah doc, push." they heard Jack shout from outside the door where he was pacing up and down trying to quieten Summer.

"I'm so tired." she told them.

"I know you are, just think in a few minutes you're gonna be holding your baby." Rosie told her.

Janet took a deep breath.

"Okay honey now!" Sam told her friend.

Janet pushed and just a few minutes later a baby's crying could be heard.

"Janet, Daniel you have a baby boy." Rosie told them. "Sam could you grab a blanket?"

"Guys he's so beautiful." Sam told them as Rosie cut the umbilical cord and wrapped him up, then handing him to Sam. who looked at him proudly

"Uh oh." Janet said tiredly, pain unmistakable on her face.

"Uh oh what sweetie?" Daniel asked kissing her as Sam brought their son over to them.

"You have got to be kidding me." Rosie commented, a look of shock appearing on her face. "See didn't I say you'd be having two"

"You're joking?" Sam commented looking at Janet who had once again began panting.

"Okay guys, ready for round two? Janet honey push ... "

Sam entered the room her heart full over joy over what she had just witnessed and now was. Jack who had been looking after the two girls while Janet delivered her babies was fast asleep on Summers bed, her asleep with her head on the right side of his chest and Cassandra the same on the left.

She leant down and kissed each of them.

"Merry Christmas." she whispered Jack stirring and then the girls.

"Mom?" Cassandra asked. tiredly as she woke up.

Sam sat down on the bed taking Summer onto her lap and kissing the childs forehead tenderly.

"Guys there's some people your mom and dad want you to meet." Sam told them, picking Summer up, Jack then taking Cassandras hand and following Sam into Daniel and Janet's room.

When they entered they were greeted with a beautiful sight. Rosie who had now cleared up and wrapped up each of the children was sitting by the bed, her own child on her lap and her husband standing behind her, his hands on her shoulders watching the new parents. Daniel and Janet were both sitting on the bed, Daniel with his baby son in his arms, and Janet with their new baby daughter.

Jack immediately walked over to Daniel, Summer bounding out of Sam's arms and running over to the bed to sit next to her mother. Cassandra and Sam following.

"Summer, Cass, we'd like you to meet your new baby brother and sister." Daniel told them kissing Janet proudly.

"You guys had twins..wow." Cassandra commented walking over to the bed and looking at her new siblings proudly and then kissing Janet on the cheek, Summer snuggling up to her mother on the bed.

"Congratulations Space Monkey." Jack said proudly to his best friend. "They're adorable." he told him looking at the tiny children. "Well done Janet, you did good." he told her kissing her on the cheek.

"She certainly did." Rosie commented with a yawn.

"Can I take her?" Sam asked Janet who was cradling her daughter.

Janet smiled.

"Of course you can. I'm sure she'd love to meet her aunt Sam." she told her best friend handing the newborn over.

"May I?" Jack asked Daniel as he played with the newborn baby boy.

"Sure." Daniel replied proudly handing his son over to Jack.

"Hello tough guy." Jack cooed as he held the child, Daniel once again kissing Janet as they watched their friends proudly.

"You're quiet Cass, is everything okay?" Daniel asked.

"Yeah fine ... "

"Cassandra Fraiser you will tell me what's the matter." Janet prompted pulling Cassandra down onto the bed next to her and Summer.

"It's just you guys have got Summer and these guys now ... and they're all biologically yours, well Summer is in a way. It's just I can't help feeling that they're your family ... yours and Daniels ... and me well ... "

Daniel got up and walked around the bed to where Cass was sitting and put an arm around her.

"Cass I know these guys are biologically ours, but you ... you are the most incredible daughter anybody could ask for. You may not share our genes but you are our child, you are our little girl and we love you so much. You have been part of our family for so long and you always will be and I never want you to think you're not, not ever because you are."

"Look honey I know things ae difficult sometimes, but whatever you think you are our child whether biologically or not. That's why we've been talking."

"About what?" Cassandra asked giggling as Jack pulled faces at the child he was holding.

"Well since your mother and I are married ... we were wondering if you'd like to take my last name. You don't have to ... "

"Daniel I'd love to." Cassandra replied hugging him tightly.

"Well then so it shall be." he told them smiling as he looked at his family.

"Dadda ... " Summer cried reaching to her father.

"Come here cutie face." he replied as Cassandra handed the little girl over.

"Now all we need are names." Janet commented.

"How about Grace?" Daniel asked his wife.

"Grace, I like it. Rosie since you have been so great today..what's's your middle name?"

Rosie's husband leaned down to kiss her.

"Isabella." she replied with a smile.

"Grace Isabella Rose." Janet suggested, looking up at her husband tenderly.

"Grace Isabella Rose, I like it." he told her rocking Summer on his lap.

"Hey there Grace." Sam cooed to the little girl who was gurgling happily in her Aunts arms.

"What about this little fella?" Jack asked smiling as the little boy grasped his finger.

"What about Noah?" Janet asked. "Noah Jonathan Charles?"

"Noah it is." Daniel told her kissing her tenderly.

"Noah Jonathan..guys you don't have to.." Jack started.

"Yeah we do." Daniel replied smiling. "And we also have to say this ... would you two be our children's God Parents?"

"We'd be honoured ... " Jack told them" ... we truly would."

Janet smiled happily.

"Merry Christmas Daniel Jackson." she told him tiredly, watching her friends with hr two newborn children.

"Merry Christmas sweetheart." he replied kissing Summer on the forehead, pulling Cassandra close to him so her head was resting on his shoulder and looking at the family that surrounded them, a family that he never dreamed he would have, and one with whom he felt truly blessed.

THE END.