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Author's Note: This is the last chappie! It's all done, now. Hope you like it!
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9 Months Later…
"John, I like you, but…" Faustina sighed. "We just can't be together…"
"Why not?" John looked her in the eye. "You don't have any enemies... And it's not like I can't fend for myself."
"We sent Iblis far away, yeah, but that doesn't mean other threats won't surface. I'm the blue djinn and I have to…" Faustina shook her head.
"Just because you're the blue djinn doesn't mean you can't have anyone…" John said.
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"I'm excited!" Layla exclaimed. After Philippa returned and told her mother the news of her unborn child, it did take Layla a while to get back to normal.
"You don't think they're too young or anything?" Jenny Sachertorte, Buck's mom asked. "I know that I would kill anyone who did that to my daughter," she said seriously.
"Jenny, Phil's done with high school. She's a smart girl. And she can still take online college classes, Layla replied. "I've talked to Phil. Plus, the baby won't be born for another two years because of other that binding…"
"Yeah," Jenny replied. "I guess Iblis actually did something good for once when he did that."
Both ladies laughed lightly and continued looking at baby clothes for their unborn grandchild.
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"Uncle Nimrod…" Philippa approached her uncle. "I'm not ready to have a baby yet…"
"Uh, Phil," Nimrod said awkwardly. "Isn't that something you should discuss with your mother…?"
Philippa shook her head, "Is there anyway to postpone it or anything…?"
"You have two years though," Nimrod said.
"Yeah, but I need more than two years," Philippa sighed. "All my life I dreamed of becoming something and now I won't be able to…" she said sadly. "I mean, I don't want to get rid of the baby… But I wish all this happened like 10 years from now, you know?"
Nimrod sighed, "I'll look into it," he smiled at her.
"Thanks," Philippa hugged her uncle.
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"Hey," Philippa greeted Buck with an embrace.
"Hey," Buck replied. He rubbed her flat stomach (she wouldn't start showing for a few more months) as he rested his head on her shoulder. "How are you?" he asked softly.
"I'm alright," Philippa answered.
"You don't look okay," Buck looked at her. "What's wrong?"
Philippa sighed, "I don't want to have a baby in two years…"
"You want one earlier?" Buck asked.
"No," Philippa shook her head. "I want to be an author. I wanna go to college and become something. I don't wanna be that girl who gives up her life to raise a kid," she said, some tears flowing down her face.
"You wanna get rid of it?" Buck asked slowly.
"No," Philippa cried. "I don't! I'm just so confused… I don't know what to do."
Buck just hugged her, feeling horrible about Dybbuk's actions.
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"Okay, I found something for unborn djinn children," Nimrod told Philippa as he looked down at his book. "It's called a Zalzara; named after the djinn who created this procedure for herself. What we'd do is that we'd take the child, who is simply a flame now, and place it in a lamp. When you want to continue the pregnancy we'll put the flame back inside of you," Nimrod explained.
"What about the binding on my powers? And Iblis's binding to prolong the pregnancy?" Philippa asked.
"This is a most unusual pregnancy, I must add, but I believe we can do it," Nimrod replied.
"Who would perform it?" Philippa inquired.
"A djinn doctor, of course. Perhaps Jenny Sachertorte," Nimrod suggested.
"Does it take long?" Philippa asked.
"Not at all," Nimrod answered. "Though yours may be a little complicated due to the bindings and all."
"Okay. I'll do it," Philippa nodded.
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"Are you sure you don't want to talk this over with your family?" Dr. Sachertorte asked.
"They'll understand," Philippa replied.
"Alright…" she sighed. "We'll have to go to my Palm Springs clinic though. It's the only one equipped for this kind of procedures."
Philippa exhaled, "What are we waiting for?"
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"Has anyone seen Phil?" John asked frantically.
"Relax," Layla put a hand on his shoulder. "She's out shopping with Jenny."
"John?" Faustina peeked her head in. "Can I… Can we talk?"
"What do you wanna talk about?" John asked.
"I wanna talk about us, John," Faustina replied.
"Us?"
"Yes, us. I thought about it and... And I don't wanna be all alone, you know?" Faustina said softly. "I wanna be with you."
"Me too," John smiled. He kissed Faustina tenderly.
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"Phil," Buck hugged her. "We missed you! You guys sure shopped for a long time…"
Philippa was smiling, "Buck, there's something I wanna tell you…"
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Philippa went to college and got a few degrees along with publishing some books. Buck went into business and started his own company. Once Philippa resumed her pregnancy after five years, the two got married in a small, intimate ceremony. Philippa gave birth to identical triplets, all girls.
Faustina continued being a blue djinn and John found a love for medicine and pursued becoming a doctor. John and Faustina dated for four years before tying the knot. A year later, the two had a beautiful baby boy.
Layla and Edward grew old together and Nimrod finally found a special someone. Jenny's practice continued to boom and she finally remarried to another djinn.
Sometimes evil djinn surfaced once in a while and Phil, Buck, John and Faustina had to take care of it. Those four djinn became highly respected and earned the title of one of most powerful djinn. Iblis never returned; Faustina says he finally learned his lesson.
And they all lived happily ever after.
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