Authors Note: Sorry for the lack of updates! I promised myself that I would update more, but I had no idea what to write about! Then everything just got so busy with school and college stuff. Senior year is not all that it's crack up to be. Anyway, I hope that you enjoy this chapter. Please post any comments, criticism, or ideas about what you would want to happen next. I think that I'm going to end this story soon. Maybe two more chapters then an epilogue. Tell me what you think. Thanks for reading…Enjoy
Chapter 13The cab ride from the airport to Chandler's house seemed to take an eternity. Chandler glanced down at Sadie, who was sleeping across his lap, and gently placed a kiss on top of her head. "I did this for you." His sad blue eyes stared out the cab's window at the passing houses. Finally, it parked in front of Chandler's two-story home.
"Chandler, what are you doing back so early?!" A woman called from across the street as Chandler got out of the cab holding Sadie.
Groaning, Chandler responded, "It's a long story, Cassie."
"I have time. I'll stop by later." She responded. Chandler sighed, but agreed anyway. When Adriana was sick died, Cassie had been there for them, and when she had died, Cassie was Chandler's shoulder to cry on. She knew Chandler in ways that no one else did, plus Chandler wanted and needed someone to talk to.
Chandler walked into his home and after setting his suitcase by the front door; he carried Sadie up to her bedroom. Her room was fit for a princess. His mother said that he spoiled her too much, and she was right, he did. Carefully he placed her down on her canopy bed and tucked her under the covers. Quietly he closed the door behind him and headed into his room.
The floor squeaked underneath him as Chandler dragged his tired feet to his bed. As he sat on he looked up at the wedding picture of he and a smiling Adriana. Tears began to fill his eyes and a lump filled his throat. Instead of holding them back like he so often did, he just let them out. Seven months had gone by since she passed away but time did not make it any easier. Secretly, he had hoped that the trip to New York would awaken him and rejuvenate him. He wanted to be happy again, he wanted to be in love in again.
"Why?" Chandler screamed out, "Why God, why did you have to take her away?" Chandler sobbed. Letting his tears flow freely, Chandler picked up his wedding album that resided on his nightstand. With every page that he turned another tear trickled down his face. "Anyone that I have ever loved has been taken away from me." Chandler cried and threw the album to the foot of his bed. He couldn't bear the site of them anymore. He wanted to be that man again. He wanted to bring Adriana back. More than anything he wanted to be in love again.
Chandler laid on his bed for what seemed like hours with his eyes closed, remembering happier times. There were so many instances where all that he felt like doing was to break down and cry, but he had kept strong. He had to keep strong, for his little girl. Day after day all that he did was go through the motions. He would wake up every morning, drop off Sadie at his in-laws, go to work, pick Sadie up, go home, and then repeat the same cycle the next morning. There was never a time where he was fully able to grieve.
This was it. Today was the day where Chandler was going to turn everything around. He had to move on and move past his own grief and start to live life again. Peeling himself off of his bed, Chandler walked over to the bathroom where he washed his face with the cool trickling water. The cold water pricked his face and enlivened him. Adriana would want him to do this; when she was sick she even told him that she did not want him to be grief-stricken. She wanted him to enjoy life. She had wanted him to enjoy their daughter and be there to experience everything that she would miss. Most of all, she wanted Chandler to move on, she wanted him to find someone else to shower with love.
Chandler turned off the faucet and walked down the yellow hallway to Sadie's pink palace room. He stared at her peaceful sleeping body. Even though everyone told him that she looked like him, he could see so much of Adriana in her.
The doorbell rang, taking Chandler out of his thoughts. He opened the door fully expecting Cassie to be standing on the other side.
"Monica…" Chandler gasped as his face turned white.
