AN: *peeks out* Okay, so please keep sharp and pointy objects put away until after the chapter is over.

John cried as he squeezed his eyes closed tight. God, this hurt even more then the first time. But he wouldn't trade this last day for the world because it meant everything to him. He had gotten to tell Joss everything that he held close to himself, and spend time with her again. That was all he wanted. And now he knew that she was there with him and he wasn't alone, which made it a little easier to walk the Earth while she was gone.

He opened his eyes and sprung back. "Joss?!" he said hoarsely as he stared at her. She was still there, standing in his arms.

"John, what happened?" she whispered as she looked down at her feet that were still touching the ground. Her eyes strayed to the clock seeing it was 12:01A.M. "Is this some cruel joke, like someone up there forgot what time it is or something?" she demanded as she began to shake.

John's hands tightened on her. "Joss, are you alright?"

"I'm not sure." she murmured as she felt tingling all over. "Maybe its going to happen now,"she said, grasping tightly to John's forearms. His eyes were on hers as held her, but she didn't fade away and no funny feeling overcame her like when Julia worked her magic.

"JULIA! JULIA! YOU GET YOUR ANGEL ASS DOWN HERE!" Joss shouted as John scooped her up into his arms as her legs gave out on her. She felt so weak.

John was scared, what was happening as he settled her on his couch? Was Joss dying again so she could go back to the ghostly plane? John's eyes widened as a beautiful blond appeared with her halo crooked but she looked heavenly. The woman smiled and her blue eyes were filled with love and acceptance. John's eyes slid closed, nearly dropping to his knees as warmth and love swept through him when she touched him.

"You are such a sweet boy. Your mother and father are so proud even if you don't think you're a good man," she murmured.

John stared at her. "My mother and father?" he said slowly.

"Yeah, your mom is miffed that you still haven't given her a grandchild, she's still got her fingers crossed," Julia said and then laughed as the man sucked in a wheezing breath at the thought. She turned to look at Joss. "He acts like a typical petrified male but deep down he wants a child, preferably a baby girl to dote on and treat like a princess." Julia said with a smirk before growing serious. "But you called for me Jocelyn. I'm breaking so many rules right now, it's not even funny."

"What's going on, you said 25 hours and they're up?"

"Yeah about that, I sort of forgot to tell you everything," Julia said with a shrug.

"You forgot to tell me everything!" she scoffed. Julia purposely didn't tell her everything was more like it. "What exactly did you forget to tell me Julia?" she demanded.

Julia's smile grew. "It is true that usually it's a 24 hour thing and then poof you become a ghost or angel again and it is true that I pulled strings to give John that extra hour."

Joss eyed John, she couldn't die in front of him again, that would just be horribly cruel. "What didn't you tell me, Julia?" she demanded again.

"Remember how I said that I cannot grant ghosts or other angels' wishes? Well, during the 24 hour period you were human, so I could grant you a wish. I owed you a few wishes too. Anyway, you wished to stay here with your son and John, so I granted it."

Joss's heart thundered as she stared at Julia. "Are you saying…I'm alive? Can you even do that?"

"Yes, sweetheart, and yes I can do that. As I said before, Jocelyn, I cannot stand in the way of destiny," Julia whispered as she touched her face and she closed her eyes at the warmth and love that filled her at the simple touch. "I told you to believe in your love, you and John have been destined to be together since you both were born. John and you had to get there the hard way."

Joss opened her eyes and stared at Julia. "Thank you," she said heartily, tears filling her eyes.

"I have to go now," Julia said before gently touching them both and their eyes closed from the loving touch and once it was gone, they opened their eyes, and saw Julia was gone too.

John dropped to his knees not feeling the hardwood floor as everything that was happening was surreal but what mattered was Joss as he reached out to touch her and smiled. "You're really here still." he whispered as he rested his forehead against hers.

"Yea." she agreed. They silently stayed like that for a little while, coming to terms with what just happened until John slowly leaned back.

His fingertips stroking her cheek. "Are you alright?"

She nodded her head feeling less weak, feeling stronger. "How am I going to explain how I am alive?" she wondered. "I died."

"Finch and Root can help with that. They are good at hacking into databases and could make it so you looked like you faked your death and were in police protection all this time." he suggested, just how to explain it to them.

She was quiet for a moment. "John, can I have your phone so I can call my son?" He nodded as he immediately went to get to his feet but she stopped him as she sat forward kissing his lips. He sighed as it was a brief but loving kiss. He looked at her when she pulled back and she was smiling. "Now I bet you're regretting that shotgun wedding, aren't you?" she teased softly.

"Never," he murmured.

She eyed him seriously. "John, you know I won't hold you to it. You thought I was going away, now I'm not." He reached out, cupping her cheek.

"I love you, Joss, that marriage is real to me."

"It's real to me too, John," she murmured. "I can't wait to see Fusco, Finch, and Shaw again. I tried to haunt Shaw and take her plateful of food away but it was pathetic. I had to sit there and watch her wolf it down," she complained.

He chuckled softly as he got to his feet, moving to the kitchen counter where his phone rested. "Try feeding that tiny human. But Fusco will be happy to know you're alive, he'll get rid of me as a partner."

"What will happen to you, where will John Riley end up?"

He shrugged. "I don't know, but it doesn't matter, I'm only a cop until we can take down Samaritan and Decima," he said as he walked back over to where she was resting to hand her his phone. He yawned heavily, reminding her that he hadn't slept in over a 24 hour period.

"You need sleep, John," she murmured taking his phone.

"I'll go to sleep when you do. But in the meantime I'm going to make myself some coffee."

She smiled at him. "And maybe sometime in the near future we should try to have that baby girl you'll treat as a princess since your mother is still waiting for a grandchild." And maybe name her Julia, Joss thought with a smile.

"Joss, one step at a time. Let's just concentrate on telling Taylor you're alive and then we'll figure out the rest of our lives," he suggested as he went to go make himself some coffee.

She eyed him from her seat on his couch. "Oh we will, because I'm not wasting my second chance at life and love," she whispered, eyeing him softly, before calling her son to tell him the wonderful news.

AN: Ta-da, a happy ending! Hopefully the angst was worth the ending :) Thanks for reading this little mushy/feely ficlet XOXOXOXOXOXOX There's a part of me that wants to write a followup of when Julia is born...but I'm trying to squash it, because, well I have so many other things to write.