Follows part 1 & 2. Read them to understand this part. This is the last part in my Life After Death trilogy, unless you guys give me ideas on how to continue it.
Epilogue
Chandler
looked around him. This place was
familiar. He was at his and Monica’s
apartment. Although it was really only
his now, Monica had died. But so had
he. Chandler saw his body on the
bed. An empty pill bottle was in one
hand, a revolver in the other. There wasn’t
much blood. The bullet had lodged in
his brain.
Feeling
a hand on his shoulder, Chandler turned around. She was there. The most beautiful
woman ever to walk the planet.
“Monica.”
He said, and fell into her arms. He felt
her hands caressing his back, then they moved to his hair.
While
she ran her fingers through Chandler’s hair, Monica murmured words that only they
could hear. “Chandler, my love. My husband.
Chandler. I love you so.”
When
they broke the hug, Monica took Chandler by the hand, and led him up into the
clouds.
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Chandler
looked around him again. This place he
didn’t know. Turning to Monica, he
looked at her questioningly.
She
saw the question in his eyes, and answered it.
“We’re in heaven. This is what
it’s like when you die. We live…well no
we don’t actually live, but we reside here.”
“How
long have you resided here?”
“Not
long. Only a couple of hours. I could never be truly happy without you,
and therefore I could not enter heaven.
But when you died, I knew you would be joining me shortly, and so I was
truly happy.”
“Before
we say anything else, I need to do this.”
With that, Chandler kissed her passionately.
Neither
of them had kissed anyone in almost six months, and it felt like years.
When
they broke the kiss, they looked into each other’s eyes. If anyone was watching, they could have seen
the love in those eyes. It was exactly
the same look they had shared on their wedding day, exactly five years ago.
Monica
had forgotten how much she missed Chandler’s kisses. But that kiss brought it all back to her. She moved closer to him and kissed him
again.
“How
did you know when I died?” he asked
when they broke to breathe.
“I
was there. I have watched you every
minute since my death. You weren’t the
only one who needed your spouse. I needed
you, like you needed me.”
“But
I couldn’t have you.”
“No. But I could have you, and that brought great
relief to me. I have stood by your side
every day. When you lived, I was there
with you. When you died, I was there.”
“I’ve
missed you so.”
“I
know. I’ve seen you grieving for me and
for our daughter. I wanted to help
you. To ease your pain but I couldn’t. You were so sad. You almost always had tears in your eyes, even if they never
fell. You only cried once. The night I died, you cried. I saw you.
But then I didn’t know what was happening.”
“I’m
glad I’m dead. My pain and suffering is
over. The heartaches and sorrow. It’s all gone now that you are with me again.”
“But
why did you kill yourself?”
“I
had nothing left to live for. You had
died. Our child had died. You two were my life. The others, Phoebe, Joey, Ross, Rachel, they
will get on without me. Just as they
got on without you.”
“Yes,
they will get on. But their life will
never be the same.”
“Mine
would have been nothing. I could never
have been happy again, my life was over the second yours was.”
He
kissed her again, then wrapped his arms around her.
“Daddy!” Their daughter ran to join them.
“Toni. Oh how I have missed you.” Chandler picked her up and held her close.
“I
missed you daddy.” Toni informed him.
“I
missed you too sweetheart.”
“Are
you still sad daddy?”
“No,
I’m not sad anymore Toni. I have you
and mommy with me now, I will never be sad again.”
“Yay! We can be a family again!” Toni scrambled out of Chandler’s arms, ran
to the bed nearby and started jumping on it.
Monica
wrapped one arm around her husband, and smiled at him. He put his arm around her, and they watched
their daughter playing. Then they
joined her.
Chandler
was in the middle. Monica was on one
side, her head on his chest. Toni was
on the other, his arm around her. He brought
both his arms closer to him, drawing his family closer. His daughter and his wife. The most important people in the world.
Arms
around each other, they sat, enjoying each other’s company and love as they
watched the sun rise over the new day, down in earth. And it rose over the new life for them, a life with each
other. The life after death.
THE
END
So
what did you think? I know I finished it
quickly, but I didn’t want to forget. And
for the person who asked why everyone makes Monica die, I’m writing a new one
where Chandler dies OK? R+R
PLEASE! I want to know what you think
of my completed trilogy. My first ever
series, well, kinda. Email me with
comments at sammi_friendsrocks@yahoo.com.au