Note: Sorry that this has taken a while to get up, this chapter takes place right after the last chapter only is in Johanna's perspective. Comment what you think and Enjoy.

Chapter 7 (Johanna's POV)

Johanna stood in the doorway to their bedroom watching him. He was still that man she had fallen in love with, but something had changed in those years that she had been gone, though she still couldn't put her finger on it. His head was in his hands as he sat on the edge of the bed. What did she say? That she never meant for any of this to happen. That she still loved him more than life itself. Didn't he know that already, they had been married for twenty amazing years of nothing but loving each other. She knew that a lifetime would never be long enough for the amount of time she wanted to spend with him. But didn't every love story end in a happy ending? Maybe now was their second chance at forever.

"You know, the last time I stood in this doorway and you were sitting on the bed with your head in your hands was when I had told you I was pregnant with Katie." She smiled but he didn't say anything. "Jim, please look at me. Can't we start at the beginning again, or where we left off? I had to give you up once already and I never want to have to do that again. But please just look at me." She paused and he slowly lifted his head and she smiled at him.

"How can we start at the beginning again when we don't know what that is? How am I supposed to pretend like none of this happened?" Jim asked and Johanna walked over and sat next to him, taking his hand in hers.

"Well, we should start by me telling you that, I never stopped loving you and I think the best way to handle all of this is to take it one step at a time. And keep what happened as our reminder that we don't have forever. We have this, right now, and I know that I don't want to miss anymore of this." She said watching him carefully, he smiled and looked down at their intertwined fingers.

"How did I ever get so lucky to have such an amazing wife." He asked as he kissed her forehead.

"I was the lucky one, without you I would of never had real reason to live. I fought because I wanted to see you again." He tried to stop her from saying anything more but she held his hand tighter. "I don't know how many times I thought that I wasn't going to make it and how giving up would be so much easier. But then I thought of you and Kate, and how all I wanted was to see you. And that one thought got me threw so much. Please don't be the one to give up on me now, not after what I've been threw." She finished and wiped a tear from her cheek. Pulling her closer he held her tightly in his arms trying to sooth the sobs.

"I would never give up on you Jo', I'm sorry if you thought that. This is just what I've been praying for since that night and it's all a little hard to take in." She pushed away from him looking angry.

"Jim, you don't understand the beginning of hard, you weren't the one who has to come back and not know anything that has happened in those 14 years that you've been locked up and had no connection to the outside world. You didn't have to come back and find out everything you have left has changed so much. I wasn't able to be there for our daughters graduation, or when she and Rick got engaged; I didn't get to be there when Katie told you that she was pregnant or help with planning her wedding or helping to go baby shopping. So don't tell me how hard it is for you right now." Johanna said threw the tears.

"You're right, I don't know. But, watching the woman I love have to deal with all this is what make's it so hard. I hate to see either of my girls hurt. And the fact that I don't know how to help is what's killing me right now. I'm supposed to be the protector and I don't know how to do it." Jim admitted.

"All I want is for you to be my husband. Do you think you can handle the challenge?" She smiled and he chuckled.

"I don't know, this woman wouldn't happen to have the most beautiful eyes and an even prettier smile would she?"

"Yes and she thinks he is pretty good looking as well."

"Well in that case it shouldn't be to hard, besides, I already fell in love with her once." Jim said leaning in and kissing her lips gently, she kissed back a little harder and relaxed in his arms.

"I love you Jim." She said when they ended there kiss.

"I love you too." He said making his arms go tighter around her and smelling her hair.

Johanna walked down the stairs pulling one of her husbands shirts tighter around her. Kate was sitting in the living room on her lap top, the TV playing in the background. Johanna laughed when she realized what it was making Kate look up at her and smile.

"Wow, Temptation Lane is still on after all these years?" She said as she sat on the couch with Kate.

"Yah, these are re-runs though."

"What are you looking at." Johanna asked pointing at the lap top.

"Nothing, just checking E-mail." She replied shutting the computer. "So I take it that everything went ok with you and dad?" Johanna nodded, turning to face her daughter.

"Yah, but now I want to talk to you." She said and Kate sighed.

"Ok, what do you want to know." Kate asked.

"Well I had wanted to know what made you become a cop."

"It started after you got kidnapped, the cops had written it of as a 'random wayward event' and 'likely homicide'. The fact that they gave up looking just made me so mad, and that they didn't get how you were my mom and just saying it was murder wasn't good enough… So I signed up for the academy. The first few years I dug myself a hole and studied every detail of your case, things they missed, anything. It took a long time but I got to a point where I had to step back. Then when we found the guy who had killed your co-workers I thought that maybe I would finally find out the truth."

"What happened?"

"I had to shoot him before I could get any answers from him." Johanna looked shocked. "I didn't have choice, it was shoot him or let Castle get shot." Kate said.

"I'm so sorry." Johanna said laying her hand on top of Kate's.

"Why don't we talk a little happier." Kate sighed.

"Sounds like a good idea, so tell me about you and Rick. How did he propose to you?" Johanna asked smiling. Kate smiled and excitedly told her about how he proposed.

"It was perfect, though it wasn't as fun as I would have hoped. There was no alcohol involved, it was kind of disappointing." Kate frowned.

"Usually that's frowned upon when your pregnant." Johanna laughed, Kate smiled.

"Darn, it's hard to solve a case and not go out for drinks with the boys." Kate said.

"Oh I remember not being able to do that." Johanna said smiling.

"That was… like, 33 years ago."

"Has it been that long? It seems like it was just last week." Kate rolled her eyes at her grinning a little.

"You know I could use some help with the baby stuff when I get a little closer to my due date." Kate said, Johanna smiled and Kate slid closer to her leaning against her side.

"I missed you Katie Bug." She whispered in her ear wrapping her arms around her.

"I missed you to mom." Kate said as a tear ran down her cheek.

"Temptation Lane?"

"Absolutely." Kate smiled turning on the TV to her favorite show. Johanna smiled and pulled her daughter closer, it was like Kate was nine all over again and they were sitting at home curled up on the couch and watching their favorite soap opera. But Kate wasn't nine anymore, now she was an adult and was starting her own family. Just having that second chance with her was more than enough for Johanna.

Really hope you liked it. The next chapter should be up soon, I have yet to start it but hope to have it up in the next few weeks. If you have any ideas for the story I would love to hear them, or just tell me what you think of it.