AN: So I finally finished tweeking and retweeking this. Hopefully you guys like this version better than the original. PLZ R&R!

Disclaimer: See first chapter.

Epilogue

Monica turned over in bed and saw the empty space next to her that always greeted her recently. She sighed deeply as she started out of bed and went to check on the kids. She peered into her one-year-olds room and saw her still sound asleep in the crib so she decided to wake up the older kids first. She walked into her daughter, Erica's room and started to rouse her.

"Mama?" she rubbed her eyes as she slowly sat up. "It's early."

"I know it is, but we have a big day today." Monica told her.

"Daddy's day." she smiled as she sat up. "We're celebrating his life."

"That's right." she got out an outfit for her out of the dresser. "Put this on while I go wake up your brother. And you both can help me with your sister as soon as you're both dressed."

"Ok." she climbed out of bed as Monica walked out of her room.

She walked into Erica's twin brother, Jack's room and smiled at the sight she saw. Jack was curled up against the wall as he grasped his bear. And right next to him, was Joey fast asleep. Monica was so thankful that Joey had offered to move in to help out.

"Joey," she started to shake him.

"Hey," his eyes slowly opened as he turned to look at her. "I heard him last night so I came in to sit with him for a bit. I guess I fell asleep in here again."

"Thank you, Joey. I definitely need the rest." she told him as he slowly sat up and winced. "What's the matter? Are you ok?"

"Apparently, your son kicks in his sleep." He told her.

"Mama?" Jack slowly awoke and saw her there. "It's still dark."

"I know, but we've all got a big day today." she went to the dresser and got out an outfit for him as well. "You get dressed and then you can help me with your sister."

"Ok." Jack climbed out of his bed and Joey slowly stood up and started to follow Monica out as they heard another voice coming from the nursery.

Monica pushed open the door and smiled as she saw Joey's wife Angela lifting baby Anna out of the crib. Two-year-old Parker was standing bleary-eyed in the middle of the room, obviously still disoriented after having just woken up.

"Hey," Angela spotted them. "I heard her start to awaken and came in to get her."

"Thank you." Monica smiled at her. "Do you mind helping me with her for a bit?"

"Not at all." She assured her.

"I'll take Parker." Joey picked him up and started out of the room. "I'll help the twins finish getting dressed."

"Thank you, Joey." Monica told him as he walked down the hall. "It's still so strange to see Joey acting all family man and not flirting with every woman that moves. You've definitely changed him; for the better."

"He still flirts sometimes," Angela told her. "I let him carry on for a bit, but I reign him in after awhile."

Monica took Anna from her and lay her down on the changing table as Angela got an outfit out for her.

"Can you believe it's been five years since-you know?" Angela looked at her.

"I know." Monica smiled. "I just wish Chandler was here right now."

After everyone was dressed and had eaten some breakfast, the cars were loaded up and they all settled in for the trip to their destination. A little while later, they pulled up to the hotel and walked into the ballroom to check in.

"There you guys are." Rachel came out to them holding Emma's hand as she held one-year-old Ryan in her arms.

"Is everyone else here already?" Monica asked

"Just about. Mike and Phoebe are on their way."

"I found Uncle Chandler's pictures," Emma told them and they followed her into a giant room where there were many tables set up.

They passed the many tables where there were pictures hung up on the wall of cancer survivors, people still fighting, and the ones that had lost their lives. Emma led them to an area where Ross was with Susan, Carol, and Ben. Monica spotted a few pictures of Chandler as he was receiving his medication during one of his treatments.

"Mommy?" Jack looked up at Monica as he saw the pictures. "Where is daddy?"

"I'm right here," they all turned and saw him standing behind them as his parents followed behind him.

"Daddy!" Erica ran to him as he bent down to pick her up.

"I missed you guys this morning." He smiled at them. "I had some special work to do here today."

"It's all right," Monica kissed his cheek. "Joey and Angela helped me out."

"Thanks, man." Chandler looked at Joey and he nodded. "Can you guys keep an eye on the kids while I show Monica something?"

"No problem," Angela told him.

Chandler put Erica down and started to lead Monica into the back where the conference rooms were. They walked into the room, where several survivors were sharing their stories. She sat down in the chair next to his as they listened to the stories of everyone in the room.

It had been a long and hard past five years. Chandler had only one health scare since his bone marrow transplant. It was about six months after the procedure. He woke up with a really high fever and was so lethargic that he didn't want to get out of bed. Once again, Joey was there to help them. He helped Monica get him into a cab and rode with them to the hospital. Chandler had been hospitalized overnight and hooked up to an IV. Everyone had gathered at the hospital to be with them, but Joey had stayed with them the entire time. Thankfully Chandler was fine, but for a moment Chandler started fretting that the transplant hadn't been successful after all. But today was the exact date of the transplant five years ago, which meant that Chandler was officially in remission. That also meant that he was officially cured.

True to their promise to each other, exactly one year after Chandler had stopped chemo and all his other treatments, they started trying to have a baby. After more than a year of trying and nothing happened, they went to a fertility clinic to see if there were any problems. Chandler was convinced that it was because of him; that the chemo treatments may have made him sterile and that was why they couldn't conceive. The doctor assured him that it had nothing to do with his treatments; the problem was with the both of them.

After taking a lot of time to consider all their options, they decided on adoption. They went through all the home visits and everything else and waited for the call. After so many months went by, they began to lose hope that they would get chosen. Until one Thanksgiving when they got a call about a woman in Ohio that was just a few months pregnant. There was some confusion with their file when they first met her, but after sorting everything out she still decided that she wanted to give them her baby.

They spent the next several months getting to know each other, and both Chandler and Monica were present in the delivery room. They all got a surprise when there were two babies instead of one like they were all expecting, but after the initial shock wore off they were both extremely happy. They had named Erica after her birth mother, and Jack after Monica and Ross' dad. They were perfectly happy with everything, when one day they found out that Monica was pregnant. They were so shocked to discover this after being told that it would never happen for them, but were extremely happy. They were really surprised to hear that they were pregnant once, but now Monica was pregnant again.

Chandler's parents had kept their promise to him and visited them once a month. Chandler didn't mind it most of the time, but he would sometimes get annoyed with them. They were both there for the really important things in his life, though. They were both at the hospital when the kids were born and were the first ones to know the moment they were born. They also helped them get settled into their own house when they decided to move out of the city. They were an important part of his life now, and he didn't mind it one bit.

Monica snapped back to the present as there was an announcement that the banquet would be starting soon. Monica squeezed Chandler's hand before they parted ways again and she went back out to find their table.

"Where's Chandler?" Phoebe asked as she sat down at one of their tables and took Anna into her arms.

"He'll be out soon." She told them.

The lights dimmed and there was a lone spotlight shone on the stage as a group of people came out and stood in front of the podium.

"Welcome everyone to Day One of the annual American Cancer Society's Survivors Weekend." A tall guy stepped up to the microphone. "Your generous donations go towards research to help find a cure for all types of cancers once and for all."

Everyone applauded as one of the other speakers read off some statistics and the last speaker announced that some of the survivors would be speaking. They all listened to the inspiring stories and smiled as they saw a familiar face come out onto the stage.

"That's daddy!" Erica pointed

"Shh," Monica quieted her. "Your dad's going to talk."

"My name is Chandler Bing and five years ago, I was diagnosed with ALL." Chandler started to speak after taking a few calming breaths. "To say that I was devastated would be an understatement. I had been married for a little over a year and me and my wife Monica were starting to discuss starting a family. We had to put all our plans on hold to deal with my disease. My course of treatments included several cycles of chemotherapy. None of them seemed to work for me and each one was a stronger dose than the one before and it always made me extremely ill for days after. It seemed like nothing was helping me. My only hope was a bone marrow transplant."

Monica blinked back some tears as she heard Chandler's recount of his experience. They really had been through a lot; Chandler was the one that had been affected the most, though it had made him a stronger person.

"After a medical scare and I had a feeding tube put in because I couldn't keep any food down, a match was found in one of my best friends. He didn't hesitate to be my bone marrow donor and by the next morning, we were both in the operating room getting the procedure done. In a strange way I'm glad that things happened the way they did. It made everyone in my life realize just how important everyone was to them. If it wasn't for my best friend I wouldn't have been able to be there three years ago when we adopted our twins, I wouldn't have been there to witness the birth of my daughter more than a year ago, and I wouldn't be here to see my next child being born in a few months."

Everyone applauded as one of the main speakers placed a lei around his neck and he descended the steps and went to join everyone at their table. Jack and Erica ran to him and he led them back to the table as he sat behind Monica.

"You were great, honey." Monica kissed his cheek.

"So are those happy tears?" he asked her concerned. "Or is it just hormones?"

"A little of both." She smiled at him. "It was just a little surreal hearing what all you went through back then. I mean, I know what all happened back then. I just-"

"I know." He assured her. "But all that happened made us come back from it better and stronger than ever."

"You're right."

"Excuse me?" they looked up and saw a photographer for the event. "Being one of the survivors, would you and your family like to get your picture taken? It will eventually go up on our wall at the headquarters, and you'll receive a copy of it in the mail."

"Sure." Chandler and Monica positioned their chairs around as Jack and Erica stood in front of Chandler and Monica as Anna continued to sit contently on her mother's lap.

"Thank you," the photographer walked away to find more of the survivors as Chandler and Monica enjoyed the rest of the night.

A couple days later, Chandler pulled into the already packed parking lot around dusk and they all climbed out of the van. Chandler stretched his back to adjust it after driving for several hours to get here. They had spent the night before at the cabin to celebrate as a family another year of Chandler being cancer-free. Chandler got the kids out of the back and Monica got out the stroller and wagon and set them up.

"Uncle Joey!" Jack ran to him as he came up to them with Angela and Parker.

"Is everyone else here?" Monica asked them.

"They're coming." Angela told her as she helped Monica get Anna in the stroller, and Joey helped Chandler get Erica and Jack in the wagon.

"I'm going to go get us all registered," Chandler told Monica. "Do you want to come with me?"

"I think I'll rest before we have to get started." she told him.

"Let's go find a place to sit down." Angela told her as Joey went with Chandler and the twins.

By the time Chandler and Joey got back to Monica and Angela, everyone else had shown up with their families. Ross and Rachel were there with Ben and Emma. They had gotten married a couple years ago and had Ryan. Phoebe and Mike had gotten married not long before Monica and Chandler moved into their house. They had two kids now; three-year-old Mike Jr, and one-year-old Sophie. Ross and Monica's parents, Jack and Judy were there as well as Chandler's; they were all getting along for the time being. They were all now sporting light blue shirts with the words Team Bing on them. Chandler's said Survivor on the front of it, and Team Bing on the back.

"Uncle Chandler!" Emma ran to him and hugged him.

"Hey, shortie." he smiled at her.

"Mommy, look what we got." Erica showed her the balloons that were on her and Jack's wrists. "And there's one for sissy, too."

"It's about ready to start." Chandler told them as he tied the other balloon to the stroller.

Chandler and Joey handed out battery-operated blinking candles. Everyone else got white ones, while Chandler got a red one because he was a survivor.

"Let's get in line then." Monica stood up and started to push the stroller towards the start/finish spot.

"How are you feeling?" Chandler looked at Monica.

"He's kicking up a storm today." she rubbed her belly. "Maybe he knows that it's a special day for his daddy."

"Welcome everyone," they all heard the announcer. "To the final day of American Cancer Society's annual Survivor's Weekend. Everyone that has decided to participate here today is either a survivor or is walking in memory of a loved one who lost their battle. If all of the teams would please line up for the survivor's walk."

Monica and Chandler lined up behind all the other survivors and their families. They started the walk as all their friends and family followed behind them.

"I'm so glad that we're able to celebrate this day." Monica told him. "That we're able to be happy with our kids and look forward to the newest one."

"Part of that is because of Joey."

"I know," she glanced back at Joey with Angela and Parker and smiled at him. He caught her eye and smiled back.

"What's with the look?" Angela looked over at Joey.

"They're so happy." he told her, gesturing to Monica and Chandler as they shared a quick kiss right before the walk started.

"You're a big part of why we're able to do this today." she told him.

"If I had to do it again, I wouldn't hesitate to do it for them."

"I know." she smiled at him as they all started to follow behind the big group of people.

***Three Months Later….

New York Post

Births:

Mr. and Mrs. Chandler and Monica Bing are proud to announce the birth of their newborn son, Joseph Charles Bing.

THE END

AN: So what'd you all think? I hope I didn't scare you too much with the little tease about whether or not Chandler was still alive. I also decided to change the baby's name from the one in the original because I think Chandler and Monica would have wanted to honor Joey in some way as a payback for what he did for Chandler. PLZ R&R!

AN2: I have really enjoyed rewriting this story for all of you, but I need to work on my other stories now. I may not be posting to some of my Friends stories for a little bit. I'm going to instead focus on the OC stories that I have on here. If anyone is familiar with that show, go check them out. I also have a possible new Friends story that I might consider posting here as well. I'm strongly considering posting it within the next hour. Keep your eyes open for it.