Disclaimers: Don't own Farscape, unless you happen to count those action figures, magazines…well, you get the idea :)

A/N: It's time for this fic to end. Hope you enjoy this chapter!

~*~ A Rose That Won't Open ~*~

1 Part 5/Ending

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"I'm-I'm okay" Aeryn stuttered, looking away from the man she loved.

"Aeryn, I think you should stay here for a while. I'll go to my chambers and pick up something that I think might be of some use to you" Jool said quietly, stepping out.

John took a seat near the bed in the medical chamber in front of her. Aeryn clutched the sides of her bed in nervousness, wondering what he was going to say.

"I heard you screaming over the comms," he said quietly, looking up at her.

"Nightmares are haunting me," she said, biting her lip.

"HE'S haunting you" John stated, staring into her eyes.

Aeryn's eyes dropped and she nodded.

"Nightmares pass," he said, looking wistfully at her. "The same ones don't continue for very long. How long have they been bothering you?"

"Too long."

He nodded.

"Do you have a plan to defeat Scorpius?" she asked, trying to change subject.

"Yeah. We go in, pretending that we're there to help him along with his research, then we destroy it all."

"Violent, aren't we?"

They both shared weak smiles. They just sat there and stared at each other for a long time, wishing that they could change what had happened so everything would be all right now. But they'd never be that lucky.

"John?" Aeryn asked, wondering if she could bring herself to tell him she was pregnant.

"Yeah?"

"I…I'm…" she said, biting her lip.

His head lifted up.

"Yes?"

"I'm going to stand by you completely through this, no matter what. 'Through thick and thin', as you'd say."

"I'm glad to hear it."

He took her hand in his, rubbing his fingers on her knuckles.

"You're the one I need most."

Aeryn looked back at him with eyes that could only say, "I need you the most, too."



FIN

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