A/N: THIS IS THE FINAL CHAPT. OF THE STORY. thank you to all that read and reviewed. unfortunately, there are too many other story ideas in my head, so i don't think there will be a sequel.

i want to thank luveroffanfic for putting this story on her favorite stories and GreyRENThead, Psyco Strider, Serendipity Kat and luveroffanfic for putting this story on their story alerts.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
(chapter title – Love Heals)

Mark's Point of View

October 31st, 2008 4 PM Eastern Standard Time. I can't believe two years have flown by so fast. Here's what happened in those two years, starting with our family:

Adam and Lizzy married in May of this year and have a son named Roger Ethan Cohen. He's beautiful and healthy as ever. Lizzy spends all her time at home with the baby and Adam teaches English and Social Studies at the high school.

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Nicki got her big break and is on Broadway touring with Wicked. She got the part of Nessarose, but is the understudy for Glinda. She's happy as ever and is currently dating one of her co-stars. His name is Adam Heredia and he plays Fiyero.

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Morgan and David have grown and moved out. Morgan designs wedding dresses and David is an actor on Broadway. Maybe you've seen him with Breanne in the musical Aida (touring, of course. David plays Radames, but is the understudy for Mereb. Breanne plays Aida, but is the understudy for Nehebka.)

Taye is studying to be a lawyer at Harvard University. He is currently dating a young woman named Sophia Pascal.

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Chel and Bones got married in the summer of last year and have a baby on the way. They live not too far from Andi and her husband Noel.

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Speaking of Andi, she and Noel married in the spring of last year and have a month old daughter named Justine Maureen Herbert.

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Joanne took Justine's advice before she died and fell in love with a young lawyer named Kathleen Rapp. The two of them have set a wedding date – July 4th of next year.

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Benny and Alison were expecting another baby, but something terrible happened. In the winter of last year, Alison was out walking and slipped on a patch of ice, landing on her stomach. She lost her baby and went into a deep state of depression. Benny did everything he could to comfort her, but nothing worked. On February 7th of last year, Alison May Coffin slit her wrists and died instantly. There was nothing that Maureen or I could do to help Benny.

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Maureen and I have a new arrival in the family – our daughter Glory was born on Easter of this year. Her full name is Glory Mikaliah Cohen. When she was born, she weighed six pounds, four ounces and was twenty-two inches long. She looks exactly like Maureen, but has my blue eyes. The day she was born, I told her she wasn't dating until she was thirty.

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Of course, with life, comes death, for both people and animals alike.

Raven, one of Chel's friends, died of a drug overdose. She was just twenty-three years old.

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Lindsey, one of Andi's friends, died in a car crash. She was twenty-years-old.

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Max, the Labradoodle Maureen and I adopted, passed away due to old age. He was fifteen-years-old.

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Jazz, the cat that Justine and Roger adopted, died of feline leukemia. She was eight-years-old.

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Elliott, Adam's roommate in college, died from a brain aneurism. He was just eighteen-years-old.

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Munchie, another friend of Chel's, passed away in his sleep. He was twenty-years-old.

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Of course, I think of the ones that aren't with us anymore and wonder how they're doing. Is Angel the angel she was here on earth? Is Collins still his old self? Is Roger still writing music? Is Mimi dancing? Is Justine taking pictures or drawing? Is Ethan being the cute little boy he was here on earth? The answer to all these questions is 'yes'. Don't ask me how I know this, I just know that they are doing what they love to do.

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JUSTINE:
Like a breath of midnight air
Like a lighthouse
Like a prayer

ANGEL:
Like the flicker and the flare the sky reveals

ANGEL & JUSTINE:
Like a walk along the shore
That you've walked a thousand times before
Like the oceans roar
Love heals

ROGER:
There are those who shield their hearts
Those who quit before they start

MIMI:
Who've frozen up the part of them that feels

MIMI & ROGER:
In the dark they've lost their sight
Like a ship without a star in the night
But hold on tight
Love heals
Love heals
Love heals
Love heals

COLLINS & ANGEL:
Love heals when pain's too much to bear
When you reach out your hand
And only the wind is there

ROGER & JUSTINE:
When life's unfair
When things like us are not to be

COLLINS & ANGEL:
Love heals when you feel so small
Like a grain of sand
Like nothing at all

ALISON & JUSTINE:
When you look out at the sea
That's where love will be
That's where you'll find me
You'll find me

JUSTINE:
So if you fear the storm ahead

ALISON:
As you lie awake in bed

ALISON & JUSTINE:
And there's no one, no one to stroke your head
And your mind reels, your mind
Your mind reels

ANGEL & MIMI:
If your face is salty wet
If you're drowning in regret
Just don't forget
Don't forget
Don't forget
Don't forget
Don't forget

JUSTINE:
It's all right

ALL:
Love heals
Love heals
Love heals
Love heals
Love heals

ROGER (spoken):
No day but today

COLLINS (spoken):
Measure your life in love

ALISON (spoken):
I die without you

MIMI (spoken):
I'll cover you

JUSTINE (spoken):
Only thing to do is jump over the moon

ANGEL (spoken):
Today for you,
Tomorrow for me

ETHAN (spoken):
Will I lose my dignity? Will someone care?
Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?

A/N 2: don't own the lyrics to Love Heals. belongs to respected owner. 'nuff said.