Author's Note: So, per reviewer-request I have added one final chapter. Going along with the original song lyrics, the story for me was Sara's journey while she waited for John to come back, not really what happened after he came back, so this is really more of an epilogue than a continuation.
Epilogue
". . . . and they lived happily ever after" Sara concluded, reaching over to tuck the blankets tightly around the small boy before placing a kiss on his feverish forehead.
"But what happens next?" the blonde cherub questioned insistently "What happens after John throws the Mog through the wall?"
From the doorway, John smiled as he listened to J.J. grilling Sara. The seven-year old had been home sick from school with the flu, and Sara had been telling him a story to keep his mind off his illness. Unfortunately, it was well past bedtime and J.J. was showing no signs of drifting off to sleep any time soon.
". . . How come John finally woke up? Did Sara and John beat the Mogs?" the child continued with his barrage of questions.
"Get some sleep, my love" Sara cooed "I'll answer all of your questions in the morning"
J.J scrunched up his face in irritation "I'm not tired" he insisted stubbornly, rubbing his eyes in an effort to fight the sleep that was now threatening to claim him.
Sara chuckled good-naturedly at his strength of will. "Sick little boys need all of their rest in order to heal" she informed him seriously, brushing a stray lock of hair from his face as she kissed him again.
"But . . ." J.J. started to argue
"Hey . . ." John chimed in, walking into the room to kneel beside his son's bed ". . . listen to your Mom, it's time to go to sleep"
J.J. sighed loudly "I can't sleep if I don't know what happens next"
John smiled, looking down at his son "What happens next is John and Sara get married and have a stubborn little boy who refuses to go to sleep when he should" he revealed, winking at Sara.
"Mommy, will you stay with me tonight?" J.J. asked, finally beginning to yawn sleepily.
"Mommy needs to get her rest too right now" John answered, laying his hand protectively across Sara's swollen belly "Why don't I stay with you instead, just until you fall asleep?"
"Okay" J.J. murmured, his eyes drifting shut.
Sara slipped out into the hallway, but couldn't resist listening to the conversation still taking place in her son's bedroom.
"Daddy, how come John woke up when he did?" the boy asked, his eyes popping back open.
"Because Sara needed him" John explained, smiling.
"Did they beat the Mogs?" the child repeated, his eyelids fluttering again
"Yes" John answered "All that sleep had made John stronger, and reunited with the other Loriens, they defeated the Mogs once and for all"
"And saved Earth" J.J. continued for him.
"Yes, and saved Earth" John confirmed "Maybe if you go to sleep right now, you will wake up stronger too?" he suggested
"Okay Daddy" J.J. whispered sleepily as his eyes drifted shut.
Several minutes later, John slipped out of the boy's room, careful not to wake him, his bare feet padding down the hall noiselessly. He found Sara brushing her hair in front of their dresser mirror.
"Is he finally asleep?" she asked over her shoulder
"For now" John answered, heading into the bathroom to brush his teeth.
"I wonder where he gets that stubborn-streak?" Sara mused, her eyes dancing with mischief as she propped a pillow behind her back, trying to get comfortable as she settled into the bed.
"Humphhh" John replied, his mouth too full of toothpaste for a witty rebuttal.
"Don't forget Sam and Siobhan are coming next weekend" Sara reminded him, flipping through her planner to see what she had scheduled for the following day - - if J.J. wasn't feeling better, she would need to get him in with the pediatrician.
"I remember" John affirmed
"You and Sam need to get the nursery finished" she murmured, patting her ever-expanding belly.
"We will" he promised a few moments later as he exited the bathroom, turning off the overhead light as he walked around to his side of the bed "Is there anything you need?" he asked before settling in.
"No, I'm good" Sara answered, shaking her head.
John climbed into bed beside Sara, giving her a quick peck on the lips before placing his lips a few inches from her belly and whispering conspiratorially "Stubborn, ha! See how your mother teases me? "
Sara laughed as she watched John lay his ear gently against her tummy, his face contorted with mock concentration.
"I see . . . I see . . . you don't say?" John nodded seriously, speaking directly to Sara's belly.
"What?" Sara inquired, quirking her eyebrows in amusement.
"Our daughter informs me that you told that bedtime story incorrectly" John revealed
"Oh yeah?" Sara argued jokingly as she looked down at him "Which part?"
"You saved me that day, not the other way around" he informed her, his eyes catching hers in a smoldering gaze "You gave me the strength I needed to pull myself out of the darkness"
Sara's breath caught in her throat, it still made her heart race when John looked at her the way he was looking at her right now. "We saved each other" she whispered in compromise, her fingertips caressing his cheek as he looked up at her.
Sliding upward swiftly, he pulled Sara into a passionate kiss "We saved each other" he agreed, breaking the kiss for just a moment before pulling her even closer. Smiling, they sank into each others arms.
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. . . and they lived happily ever after.
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The End
