A/N: Alright! This is the end of Requiem! (Wild, huh?) It took me awhile to figure out how to end this but I finally did it!!! I'd just like to thank all of you guys for your wonderful comments and support :) You really are the greatest! As some of you know, I have a JoLu drabbles series called "This is Our Life" and it's just short little one shots about Johnny and Lulu with their kids, family and friends. It's just my own little JoLu world because I know that the GH writers won't do this for us :D Alright, thank you guys for bearing with me though this journey and don't forget to review!!

So here we are now…
Ain't it lucky we survived it all?
Searching for self in separate rivers
And ending up in the same waterfall…
And when we're gray and wiser
The story I will tell
Is that I belong with you
And no one else…

"No One Else" – Amel Larrieux

Epilogue – I Belong With You

"Are you scared?"

Lulu's voice was barely higher than a whisper. Johnny turned on his side to face her as they both lay in bed. They had spent a lot of the past four months since they moved back into their brownstone in Manhattan in bed. He reached over and smoothed his thumb over her cheek and she exhaled at his touch. Everything was just so perfect… too perfect.

Things like this didn't happen to him.

Things weren't supposed to be this great.

Lulu must've felt his uneasiness and she cupped his face in her hands and kissed him gently. His hands slid up her arms and wrapped around her hands as they sat on his face. He loved this woman more than his own life. How did he get so lucky to find his way back to her after everything that they had gone through? Sometimes, he felt like he was living in a dream and one day he would wake up and everything would be gone. The spot next to him in the bed would be empty, he wouldn't hear her voice echoing along the hallways, and he would never see her warm smile to greet him every morning.

"Yeah… I am scared, Lulu…" he whispered.

She leaned in again and kissed him softly. He had lost her once and now that he had her back, he was petrified of losing her again. He knew that he wouldn't be strong enough to survive if something else happened to tear them apart. He needed her more than ever now. Her lips parted from his and she pressed her forehead to his. She brought his hand to her lips and kissed his fingertips.

"Nothing is going to happen, Johnny… I promise you…" she said.

"I can't help it…" he said.

"I know… I know that you're worried… a part of me is too… but we're going to be ok… we promised each other that we would be." Lulu said, holding his hand to her chest.

Her body was so soft and warm against his. He pulled her in closer, wrapping his arm around her shoulder and she put her head on his chest. Her breath tickled his chest as she breathed easily. Feeling her against him made him feel connected to the world. She was his anchor in the storm, keeping him sane and preventing him from getting swept up in the madness. He put his hand on her round stomach and she sighed.

"You—You don't regret it, do you?" she asked, looking up at him.

Her fingertips were buried in his hair now. Her eyes were wide and questioning and he shook his head before placing a kiss on top of her head. For as long as he lived, he would never regret these past months that they had spent together. It has almost seemed like a lifetime since he walked into their brownstone and saw her standing there in their living room, surrounded by their things like nothing had changed. He had finally gotten things back to the way they were supposed to be and he intended for it to stay that way.

"Of course I don't… you and this new baby are my entire life, Lulu… but I—I can't help but to wonder… what if this baby is sick just like Aura? I can't—I can't go through that again…" he said softly but she shook her head.

"That's not going to happen, Johnny… this baby… this baby is going to be fine… and we are going to be fine because we have each other… we made a promise to stay together…" she said, putting her hand on top of his hand on her stomach.

He looked down at her hand and nodded. The ring that he had bought so many years ago was back on her finger, glimmering faintly in the dim light. He was sure that she had thrown it away but she had kept it all this time… she had kept him in her heart for all this time. She kissed him again and the tension began to melt away with her lips. To lose this baby that Lulu was carrying like they had lost Aura was Johnny's greatest fear. He was overjoyed when she told him that she was pregnant soon after they moved back into the brownstone but that thought always lingered in the back of his mind.

Because nothing this good could last forever, he thought.

He smiled slightly as his fingertips ran over her growing stomach. After four months, she was just starting to show. Of course she complained about gaining weight but she never looked more beautiful than when she was pregnant. He couldn't wait to hold this baby in his arms, rock it to sleep, and take it to Central Park. He had missed being a dad so much since Aura had passed away and this baby was his second chance.

"So, do you have to go out today?" he asked.

"I don't have to… I can do everything by phone… but tomorrow we're going to have to take a look at a couple of venues…" she said.

"Do you think we're putting too much on our plate? With planning a wedding and preparing for this new baby?" he asked, curling a piece of hair around her ear.

"Maybe… but we need to do it right this time…" she yawned.

She snuggled into his chest and sighed. He would give her the world if he could because she deserved the world. She deserved it this time from him. He had failed her once and, like she said, this time they needed to do it right.

"Hey… I have an idea…" he said.

"Hm?" she mumbled.

"You said that you could play hooky from wedding planning today… so how about it?" he asked.

"Sure… just let me… sleep for… two more hours…" she muttered sleepily.

He chuckled and left her in bed, letting her continue to sleep, because he already had a plan. He gave her a kiss on the cheek and went to the phone. He had waited for too long to make her his again and he wasn't going to wait another day.

She was going to marry him today.

Lulu woke to Johnny pulling the covers off her. She shivered and groaned as she buried her head underneath a pillow. She heard Johnny's soft laugh and then felt his hands shake her gently.

"Get up sleepyhead… I gave you your two hours… you have approximately thirty minutes to shower and dress before we have to leave…" he chuckled.

"You know I can get showered and dressed in ten minutes, Johnny… come back in twenty minutes…" she groaned, grabbing the covers.

"But I know that you would whine and cry about having to get up…" he said as he engaged in a mini game of tug of war game with his fiancée with the covers.

"You would whine too if you were pregnant with your demon spawn…" she muttered.

"Come on… we're going to be late if you don't hurry up…" he said, throwing her some clothes.

"Are you even going to tell me where you're taking me?" she asked.

"No… but if you don't hurry… Carly is going to be angry…" Johnny warned.

Lulu's eyes popped open upon hearing her cousin's name slip from her fiancé's lips. What did Carly have to do with this? Her curiosity made her sit up in bed and look at him to figure out what his plan was. She could see something formulating behind those chocolate brown eyes of his. She knew that he was up to something.

"What're you planning?" she asked, raising an eyebrow, but Johnny just made a zipping motion across his lips.

"Get dressed and be downstairs in fifteen and I'll take you there…" he said.

She did as she was told and slipped into the shower. She washed her hair and toweled it before combing it out and slicking it into a ponytail. Ponytails were always a safe hairstyle to choose and because she didn't know where Johnny was taking her. She put on some loose black slacks and a white top, thinking that it was appropriate for almost any occasion. She grabbed her purse and carefully put her hand over her stomach.

"Your daddy has a surprise for us…" she cooed.

Johnny was waiting for her at the bottom of the stairs. He smiled as she approached and he immediately took her in his arms and kissed her. She never felt so much love in her life than in this moment. She was surrounded by it in Johnny's arms and filled with it with their baby growing inside of her. She was finally complete.

"Ready to go?" he asked.

"Are you going to tell me where we're headed?" she asked.

"You'll know when we get there…" he said.

He walked her to the car, opening the door for her, and they were off. Lulu watched as the city slowly began to dissipate around her as they sped down the highway. Buildings and developments turned into trees and grass. He stole a glance over at her, smiling slyly at her. His hand shifted from the parking brake over to her hand and she felt her heart skip a beat.

"I love you…" she whispered.

"I love you too…" he said, squeezing her hand.

Johnny turned off the highway and onto a deserted road. The sun was high overhead as Johnny drove up the winding road. In the distance, she saw a small white building on top of a hill in the clearing. Johnny drove up the hill and parked behind a familiar green Volvo. Carly came out of the car ahead of them and immediately went to the passenger's side.

"Took you two long enough to get here…" Carly grumbled.

"Blame Lulu… she's the one who took too long in the shower…" Johnny chuckled as he climbed out of the car.

"I wonder why…" Carly said, raising an eyebrow, and Lulu felt her face flush bright red.

"Nothing like that! Johnny wouldn't tell me where he was taking me…" Lulu cried but Carly just shook her head.

"Well come on… I have the dress, the makeup, and the jewelry…" Carly said, pulling Lulu by the arm.

"Wait… dress? Makeup? What's—What's going on?" Lulu asked, turning towards Johnny.

"Carly, can you give us a minute… I haven't exactly told her why we're here yet…" Johnny said.

Carly nodded and slung the large black garment bag over her shoulder and headed inside of the building. Something was definitely up. Since when did Johnny and Carly plan stuff together? Never, that's when.

"Johnny, what's going—" she began.

She turned around to face Johnny but when she did, he was holding a ring box. Her voice immediately died on her lips. She looked behind her and it dawned on her that they were standing in front of a small chapel.

Oh god.

"Lesley Lu Spencer…" he began and she shook her head.

"You already proposed…" she said, flashing him the ring on her finger, and he laughed.

"Yes, I remember… but I'm asking you again…" he said.

With that, he flipped the ring box open and inside were two platinum wedding bands. Lulu gasped and quickly covered her mouth. This couldn't be happening. Her hands immediately went from her mouth to her stomach because she was sure that she was going to faint.

"Our wedding day isn't for another—" she started but he shook his head.

"Our wedding day… is today… that is… if you'll have me…" he said.

Now she was sure that she was going to faint. He wanted to get married today. He was asking her to marry him today. Johnny had always let her set the pace of their reconciliation. She had been the one who had the idea of moving back into the brownstone together. She was the one who had told him that she wanted to start planning the wedding. The last thing that he wanted to do was to pressure her into something when they had just started to get their life back on track.

"What?" she asked.

"I'm asking you to marry me… today… I don't want to wait another day without making you my wife again… so will you marry me today?" he asked.

She felt a smile spread across her face, so widely that she thought that her face would shatter into a million pieces but she wouldn't have cared. She threw her arms around Johnny's neck and pressed her lips to his because sometimes a kiss could say more about how she felt about Johnny than the actual words.

"I would've married you yesterday if you had asked me to…" she whispered.

Johnny's nerves were threatening to take over his body as he waited at the front of the chapel. He wasn't nervous the first time they were married. He was so confident, almost smug, that everything was going to work out fine.

But he was thankful that he had been humbled.

Carly entered the chapel through the side door, dressed in a simple yellow flowing dress. She walked confidently past Johnny, only allowing him a small glance. As soon as Carly found her place on the other side of the altar, the chapel doors opened and they all turned around to look. Lulu was standing in the doorway with her hair pulled back into a loose bun and wearing a simple strapless wedding dress that showed off the gentle curve of her pregnant stomach. The light behind her created an ethereal glow around her face and as her eyes fell to him, her mouth spread into a gleaming smile. She was the most beautiful woman that he had ever known.

And she was his.

He had to stop himself from breaking out into a sprint towards her because all he wanted to do was to pick her up and carry her off into their future. In her hand were crisp white lilies, tied together with a thin blue ribbon. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Carly beaming at her cousin, clearly happy with her handiwork. When Lulu finally reached the altar, Johnny extended his hand to her. She smiled and took it. Carly took her bouquet for her and stood by Lulu's side as she gripped both of Johnny's hands.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the presence of God and this company to join this man and this woman in the holy bonds of matrimony…" the priest started.

Lulu exhaled nervously but smiled. He couldn't believe that this day was finally happening. For so long, he had thought that he would never be standing before her, marrying her again, being a parent with her again, getting a second chance at their happily ever after. When it was time for their vows, Johnny took the ring box out of his pocket. He took out the wedding bands and handed his to Lulu.

"Do you Lesley Lu Spencer, take this man, John Anthony Zacchara, to be your true and wedded husband? Do you solemnly promise before God and these witnesses to love, cherish, honor and protect him, to forsake all others for his sake… to cleave unto him, and him only, until death shall part you?" the priest asked.

"I do… with all of my heart and soul…" she breathed, tears glimmering in her eyes, as she slid the wedding band onto Johnny's finger.

"And do you John Anthony Zacchara, take this woman, Lesley Lu Spencer, to be your true and wedded wife? Do you solemnly promise before God and these witnesses to love, cherish, honor and protect her, to forsake all others for her sake… to cleave unto her, and her only, until death shall part you?" the priest asked, turning towards Johnny.

"I do…" he whispered, putting Lulu's wedding ring onto her finger where it would stay for presumably the rest of her life.

"Well then, by the power vested in me by god and the state of New York… I now pronounce you husband and wife…" the priest said, happily. He could hear Carly squeal and break into an uproarious applause beside Lulu and they all laughed.

"John… you may do the honors…" the priest said.

He immediately cupped her face in his hands. Her slim fingers wrapped around his wrists as he held her face in his hands. He had been so close to losing her but now she was his and he was hers in every way possible. He pressed his forehead to hers and he felt her stomach press against him as he pulled her in close.

"I love you, Johnny…" she whispered.

"I love you too, Lulu…" he said.

He bent over and kissed her sweetly on the lips and he could feel her tears on his cheek as she kissed him. After four years, filled with pain and longing, they had finally found their way back to each other. Carly continued to clap and cheer beside the two of them . She threw her arms around Lulu when Johnny filly decided to let go.

"I'm so happy for you, Lulu!" Carly cried.

"I've never been this happy, Carly…" Lulu gushed.

"And I intend to keep it that way…" Johnny said, smiling.

"You better…" Carly warned, pointing a finger at him.

"Don't worry… I'm never letting her get away from me again…" he said before sneaking a kiss behind Lulu's ear and she giggled softly.

"Alright… I guess I should let you two get going then… you don't want to miss your plane…" Carly said, picking up her purse, and Lulu turned around to face him, eyebrow raised.

"You've been quite busy, haven't you? Planning a secret honeymoon along with a secret wedding?" Lulu asked.

"Well, when I start something… I like to finish it…" he said.

"So, where are we going, husband-of-mine?" Lulu laughed.

"Well, I figured that since we got married on such short notice, it would only be fair to go celebrate with your family… in France… your dad is already there with your mother and Lucky and Nikolas and Claudia are flying in from Greece…" he said.

Lulu threw her arms around him, knowing how much it would mean to her to have her family join in on not just one happy occasion but two. They were all excited when Lulu had told them that she was going to have another baby and Johnny joked that their joy over the fact that Lulu was so happy again outweighed their wariness of her reconciliation with him. Also, Lulu had been the one who wanted him to reconnect with his sister, especially after the accident. If he had learned anything from this entire experience, it was that life was too short to hold onto the little things.

"Is this really happening? Are we really back together and having a baby? It just seems too good to be true, Johnny…" she whispered.

"I know… but it's real… and this time, it's going to last… you, me, and this baby are going to be together forever… I promise you that…" he said.

"Ok, enough with the mushy talk or you really will miss your flight!" Carly said, ushering them out of the chapel.

Lulu insisted that she change before they left to go to the airport. She emerged about ten minutes later, wearing a short flowing light green dress that Carly must've bought her. She skipped down the steps and did a short twirl before wrapping her arms around him.

"Have a great time in Europe!" Carly said before climbing into her own car and heading back to Port Charles.

They both waved to her as they watched her drive off. Once the green Volvo was out of sight, Johnny turned to Lulu and put his arms around her. Her body was so warm and delicate against him. His hand went to her stomach as she snuggled against him. For so long, he had dwelled in the past. It was a way that he could hold onto her because letting her go would be the most excruciating pain. And a part of him knew that he could never let her go because she was a part of him. He looked out at the setting sun over the hill and Lulu put her hand on his chest. He could feel her heartbeat against him and he smiled, wondering how he could've ever doubted something as simple and true as this. She belonged to him like he belonged to her. Without each other, they were incomplete.

"Ready to go?" he asked.

"Always…" she said.

He would give her and their child the world because that's what they both deserved. They deserved to be happy and so did he. He kissed her forehead and he opened the car door for her. She smiled serenely and slid into the car. She took his hand in hers as he climbed into the car alongside her. She squeezed his hand gently as he turned on the car. He wasn't going to live in the past anymore, not when he had his future sitting beside him. He wouldn't let his memories haunt him anymore.

From now on, it would be nothing but new memories.

THE END