Can Love Survive This

Author's Note: This is the last chapter of this story; I want to thank everybody that has read this. To Sullyfan, if it wasn't for you, I would have never continued this story, so thank you.

Chapter 7

Tatiana looked at Sully. "I don't think we need to talk. I already know how you feel."

"No you don't, Tatiana," Sully said.

"Let's sit down and talk."

She smiled at him slightly and sat down. Sully took a deep breath before he spoke.

"When you first told me about Chevchenko, I was mad at you for lying to me; it has taken me a long time to get over that..."

Tatiana grabbed Sully's hand.

"I shouldn't have lie to you; I understand that we can't be together now."

"Tatiana, let me finish," Sully said.

"Umm… Tatiana……" Sully said, getting nervous. He was never one to talk about his feelings.

"I didn't know if I want you back in my life..."

She looked at him, sadly.

"John..." she said, grabbing his hand.

He looked into her eyes. "I didn't even know how I felt about you, but when," he said, as he paused for a moment.

Tatiana smiled slightly.

"Why are you so nervous, John?" she said. He looked at her.
"I don't do this."

"Do what?"

"Talk about my feelings."

She put her hand on his back. "It's just me, John." She was sure she knew what he was going to say to her, but she didn't care. She wanted to hear it from him, so she could move on with her life.

"When you got kidnapped, I was so afraid that I was going to lose you. If I couldn't save you, I don't know what I would have done."

"But you did, John. You saved me like the brave cop that you are. When I was in that room, I was so afraid of what was going to happen. I knew that you would save me, but at the same time I didn't want you to risk your life for me. I love you too much for you to do that. But when you come into the room, I was so afraid when you were wrestling with the gun with Chevchenko that I was going to have to watch the man that I love die, and that was nothing I could do about it. All because you wanted to save me," Tatiana said, as a single tear fall down her cheek.

Sully put his arms around her. "But I was fine, wasn't I?"

Tatiana nodded.

"After the kidnapping and you were safe, I realize then how much I need you in my life. I still love you, Tatiana, and I want us to start over,"

Sully said. He then looked at her.
"But I don't know if I am too late."

She didn't say a word to him.

"Oh," he said.

She then leaned over and kissed him. He looked at her, surprised. "What did you do that for?"

"John… I still love you too. I know that I should have never lied to you, but I would never do that to you again."

Sully touched Tatiana's face. "So let's start over."

Tatiana put her arms around Sully. "Good idea, John. Let's go home."

"What about Sergi?" Sully asked.

Tatiana smiled. "He doesn't need me tonight, I think we need to spend some time alone," she said, as she grabbed his hand and walked over to the elevator, with a big smile on her face.

A few days later, Ty was getting ready to leave the hospital when Alex walked into the room.

"Be careful, Ty." she said, as she walked over to him, concerned.

"The doctor said that I'm fine to go home. You don't have to worry about me, Alex," Ty said.

Alex put her arms around him. "I love you, Ty; of course I'm going to worry about you."

Ty turned around and looked at Alex. "Well I might need someone to look after me," he said, as he leaned over and kissed her.

"Do you know anybody that can do that?"

"Well..." she smiled, as she put her arms around him, "There is a certain paramedic that would be able to help you get better."

"Oh really," Ty said, with a grin.

"Yeah your roommate," Alex said, with a laugh, "I'm sure he won't mind taking care of you."

Ty just looked at her. "I'm going to get you for that."

"Oh you are?" she said, as Ty started to kiss her.

"Don't you two ever stop kissing?" Sully asked, as he walked into the room.

Ty smiled. "You are one to talk; you and Tatiana are always all over each other!" Ty said.

Sully put his arms around Tatiana. "That's not true."

She smiled at Ty. "I'm glad that you are okay."

Ty nodded. "Thanks." he said, as he looked at his partner, who for the first time in a long time was happy.

"So are you ready to go, Ty?" Sully said, as he put his hand on Ty's shoulder. Ty nodded. "I'm more than ready to get out of here."

Five years later:

"Daddy..." a little girl said, as she was sitting across from Sully and Ty on the bench in the park.

"What's wrong?" Sully asked his daughter, Becky.

"Matthew won't play with me," Becky said, with this sad look on her face.

Ty looked at Becky. "Matthew is just a baby; he's not a big like you are, yet."

"But Uncle Ty, I want to show Matthew how to play on the swings and the slide," Becky replied.

Ty smiled at Becky. "You will, Becky, just not right now. He's too little,"

Ty smiled at his son sleeping in the stroller. He always knew that he wanted to have a family. He was just so happy that Alex gave him a second chance and now they had been married for 4 years and had a baby boy.

Sully hugged Becky. "Don't worry, Matthew's going to get big soon and then you can show Matthew how to do everything."

"You mean I get to teach him?" Becky said, as Sully put her on his lap.

Ty nodded. "That's right, you can show him how to do some things, like swing on the swings and go down the slide, but you have to leave me some stuff to teach him, too."

Becky nodded. "He's such a cutie," she said, as she jumped off Sully's lap and walked over to the stroller. Matthew grabbed her hand and she smiled.

Ty turned to Sully. "Who would've thought five years ago we would be sitting here with our kids."

Sully smiled slightly. "Not me."

"I'm so glad that you and Tatiana made up all those years ago. I see how happy you are when you are with her. She makes you happy."

"She does. She and Becky are everything to me." Matthew then started to cry and Ty picked him up from the stroller and started to walk him around the park.

"Its okay, Matthew. Are you hungry?' Ty said, holding his son tight. This was the first time he had been by himself with his son and he was a little unsure about what to do.

"I think he has a dirty diaper," Sully said, with a laugh.

"Are you serious?" Ty asked.

"I think I know what a dirty diaper smells like!" Sully said. Ty sighed.

"It looks like I need to take you to the bathroom, Matthew. Did you have to do a nasty one when your mommy isn't here?"

Sully smiled. "How about I do it?"

Ty laughed at Sully. "Are you saying that you want to change a dirty diaper? Every time Becky did it, you made Tatiana do it."

"I did not!" Sully said.

"I don't wear diapers," Becky said, looking at Sully, confused.

Sully looked at his daughter. "We are talking about when you use to be a baby, honey."

Becky smiled. "You mean I use to be like Matthew?"

Sully stroked Becky's hair. "Yes you use to be a baby."

"But I'm not anymore, I'm 4 years old."

"That's right," Sully said, as she grabbed his hand.

"Let's go help Uncle Ty as this is his first time doing a diaper."

"It is not, I've done it before," Ty said, as they all headed towards the bathroom.

Tatiana and Alex were making the lunch. "I can't believe that you are pregnant."

Tatiana smiled. "I'm so happy."

"Does Sully know?" Alex asked.

Tatiana nodded. "He does, but he hasn't told Ty yet, as we wanted to wait until we went to the doctor but now that you found out."

"Oh," Alex said, as she was making the salad.

"You were eating the stuff that you ate when you were pregnant with Becky, I just assumed..."

Tatiana smiled. "It's okay; we were going to tell you and Ty today."

"So this is what the lunch was all about, wasn't it?" Alex asked, as she grabbed some plates and put them on the table.

Tatiana nodded. "Sully can't wait to be a father again, he's hoping for a boy this time."

"That's sounds like Sully."

"So are you and Ty going to have any more children?" Tatiana asked.

Alex smiled. "I would love to have more, but I think one is just enough for us right now."

"I wonder what is taking the guys so long to get back from the park." Alex laughed, as she sat down on the chair.

"This is the first time that Ty has been out with Matthew; I'm always with him, so that could be why they are taking so long."

"Do you think Ty's going to do okay?" Sully then opened the door.

Alex turned to Tatiana. "Why don't we ask him?" Alex said, as she walked over to the door, and saw Matthew in Ty's arms.

"Hey there, sweetie." Alex said, as she smiled at Matthew. "Were you good for Daddy and Uncle Sully?"

T y looked up at Alex with this tired look on his face. "We were fine until Matthew here decided to do have a dirty diaper and then he didn't want to go back to sleep."

"But why isn't he in the stroller?" Alex asked.

Ty smiled. "Well he was crying, so I thought he needed held."

Alex took Matthew from Ty's arms. "You played your daddy, didn't you? You just didn't want to go back to sleep."

"Our son didn't play me! He is three month old, he wouldn't know how do that."

Alex leaned over and kissed Ty. "You'll get better at this, Ty, I promise. Don't worry I still love you."

"I'm glad, Alex."

"Did you hear that Matthew, Mommy still loves me," Ty said, as he leaned over and kissed Alex.

"Is lunch already?"

Alex placed Matthew into the stroller so he could go back to sleep.

"Yes it is," Alex said, as she put her arms around Ty.

Ty turned to Alex. "I think Matthew missed you."

"So only my son missed me, not my husband?" Alex said, with a smile.

Ty laughed. "Of course I did."

"Now let's go have lunch," Ty said, as they walked over to the table.

Sully smiled at Tatiana. "Lunch smells good." Becky ran towards Tatiana and put her arms around her. "Mommy… I had so much fun with Daddy and Uncle Ty. Daddy brought me ice cream."

"Oh he did, did he?" Tatiana said.

Sully walked over to Tatiana and put her arms around her. "She wanted some, I couldn't say no."

"Are you going to be like this with all our kids?" Tatiana said, as she put her hand on her stomach.

"Isn't that what daddy are suppose to do spoil their kids."

Ty looked at Sully. "Is there something you aren't telling me?"

Sully turned to Ty. "Tatiana and I are having another baby."

"What? That's great news! Congratulations!" Ty said, as he hugged Sully.

"I'm so happy for you."

Sully smiled at Tatiana. "We're both so happy."

Ty hugged Tatiana. "Congratulations."

"Is everybody ready for lunch?" Alex said.

"Yes." Becky said, as she sat down. She then turned to her parents. "So I'm going to be a big sister."

Tatiana and Sully smiled at each other. "That's right, Becky."

Becky then turned to Sully. "Is this baby going to be like Matthew and do nothing?"

Sully just laughed at his daughter.

"What, daddy?"

"Nothing, honey," he said, as he hugged Becky. "Let's eat."

Later that night, Sully was lying in bed next to Tatiana. He turned to look at her and saw
that she was sleeping. He placed a hand on her stomach. "Hey little one, are you a boy?"

"Are you talking to my stomach?" Tatiana said.

Sully moved his hand away from her stomach. "Of course not, what are you talking about?"

"I'm sure you were."

Sully smiled slightly. "You must have been dreaming." Sully said, as he leaned over and kissed her.

She nodded. "Maybe."

"So I'm going to call Sergi tomorrow and tell him that he is going to have another step- sister or brother.

"You miss him?" Sully said, as he grabbed her hand.

"I do, John, but he said that he is going to come and visit soon."

Sully smiled. "That's good," he said, as he put his arms around her. He then turned and looked at his wife, and thought about everything that they have been through all the years, and how their love had survived it all.

The End