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Chapter Nine

The first thing Chandler did when he got into his apartment was bang his head against the wall. "Dammit!" he yelled, shouting more at himself than anything else, "Why am I so stupid? I had to just blurt it out, didn't I?" Disgusted with himself, he stormed out of the apartment once more and headed for the bench in the park. Once again, the man from Thanksgiving was there.

"Are you happy now?" Chandler yelled at him, still angry with himself, "I did it! I told her I loved her! Will she live now?" he said as he paced around.

The man looked taken aback by Chandler's tone of voice. "Are you happy now?" he asked.

Chandler stopped his pacing for a second. "Huh?"

"I said, are you happy now? Yes, Monica will live because you told her, but, Chandler, I granted your wish to make you happy. To give you your dream. And, I have to say, even with all the obstacles I put in your way, I had no idea you'd screw it up this badly."

"Well, thanks for the valiant effort," Chandler said, "But I did screw it up this badly. That's just me. The screw-up." Chandler buried his face in his hands and sat down on the bench.
"Chandler," the man said, sitting down next to Chandler on the bench, "When you spoke to me on Thanksgiving night, I sensed that you loved this Monica more than anything else in the world, and that you missed her with all of your heart and soul."

"I did," Chandler said quietly, "and I still do."

"Look, Chandler, you've been given a second chance. You blew the first one, and you're damn close to blowing the second one. But there's still time. So take the second chance, fix your mistakes, no matter how complicated they may be. Very few people get a second chance, Chandler, and just about everybody would kill for one. You're lucky. You got one. So don't mess it up."

Chandler contemplated the man's words for a second before standing up. "You know what?" he said softly. "You're right. I can fix this. I can. Thank you." he glanced at the man, searching for a name.

"Zachary. The name's Zachary."

"Then thanks Zachary. I will take my second chance." With that, Chandler hurried off to fix his mistakes. Zachary had been right. Chandler was lucky to get a second chance. And he wasn't going to blow it.

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