Disclaimer: Yay! The last chapter. Hope you like it. I don't own Friends 'sigh'. Oh, by the way Rachel still hasn't told Ross that she still loves him.
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(Hospital)
Ross and Rachel rushed through the crowd at the hospital an hour later. After another twenty minutes they reached the receptionist.
"How may I help you?" she asked pleasantly.
"We're looking for a Chandler Bing. He was in the plane crash." Ross said quickly.
"Go to the third floor but some of the survivors already left." She informed them. "Next please."
Ross grabbed Rachel's hand and hauled her towards the third floor since she lost all means of independent movement since he found her in the car. They ran up to the elevator and pressed the third floor button and waited silently for it to come.
"Okay, enough is enough, what is going on with you Rachel?" Ross broke the ice.
Rachel felt that if she spoke she would blurt out that she loved him. Seeing that lady in the red blazer reminded her of how much she loved him. She just shook her head to indicate that nothing was wrong.
Ross was about to protest when something caught the corner of his eye. He turned his head to face it. His mouth dropped open when he saw Joey patting another man on the back. Ross squinted his eyes to take a better look. He had brown hair.
'If he would only turn around,' Ross thought.
The man turned around, almost facing Ross.
"Ross the elevators here." Rachel said blankly.
Ross turned his attention away from the man Joey was patting.
"Could you hold it?" he asked distracted.
He glanced at the spot where Joey and the other man were; he fought back the urge to sigh at his disappointment. He took another fleeting glance at the spot where Joey and the man disappeared before he went into the elevator. The doors closed as Rachel pressed herself against the corner. Ross started to walk up and down the short space he had.
"What is it Ross?" Rachel asked since she was beginning to get irritated.
"I'm just a bit worried," he lied. Rachel didn't catch on since she wasn't that close to Chandler but Ross was his old college roommate. Joey is his current roommate and she's guessing that Chandler was the motivation for Monica to lose all her weight so they would be affected the most.
The elevator door opened again to the third floor. Rachel almost knocked Ross out of the way to free herself of his annoying habit. A few minutes later they were at the counter again. Looking around they saw quiet a lot of people. They headed straight towards the counter. Luckily there wasn't anybody in line.
"Excuse me, we're looking for a Chandler Bing." Ross said.
"Okay, let me check the computer," the receptionist said. "Chandler Bing was here but his check up ended a few minutes ago. He probably left."
Rachel thanked the receptionist and left. Ross followed her.
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(Ross's apartment)
"Why are you so distant Rachel?" Ross asked.
"I still love you Ross." She said.
"Oh," Ross murmured.
Suddenly Rachel started laughing.
"Was that a joke? Because it was mean."
"No, no, I was totally serious."
"Then why are you laughing?"
"Well, when I said it I just kinda floated out of my body. Then I said it and floating Rachel pointed and laughed saying 'You are such an idiot.'"
"Well it is kind of funny. My wife won't talk to me. I don't even know where she is."
They both started to laugh.
"Ross can you just forget what I said?"
"I kinda have to. I mean I'm married now."
"Oh, god, I shouldn't have said anything."
"No, but it's always nice when someone tells you that they love you."
"That's what I said."
They got up and hugged each other.
"Do you want to go looking for Chandler?" Ross asked.
Rachel nodded.
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(Joeys flat)
"We looked every where!" Ross exclaimed to Phoebe and Rachel.
The door opened and Monica walked in.
"Bad hangover?" Rachel asked sarcastically.
"Amazingly no," Monica answered.
"Do you want to know what we did about Chandler?" Rachel questioned.
Monica nodded. It took forty minutes to tell the whole story.
"Then we came back here. The stupid cops won't do anything about it." Ross finished, defeated.
The door opened again, this time Joey came in.
"Hey Monica, there's a lasagna in your fried can you go get it for me?" he asked anxiously.
"Joey how can you eat now?" Rachel asked, disgusted at Joeys behavior.
"I'll go get it for you," Phoebe volunteered.
"No," Joey yelled. "I know only Monica knows where the lasagna is."
Everyone sent Joey a confused look.
"It's okay, I'll get it." Monica sighed. She crossed the room and went into the hall. She opened her door, with a confused expression on her face, still facing Joey.
'Why doesn't he want anyone else to come with me?' she thought to herself.
She turned around to face her empty apartment and gasped. Right in the middle of the room was Chandler. She looked around her apartment. A huge smile replaced the sorrowful frown that was placed upon her face a few minutes ago.
The room was alit with red candles. (A/N: From TOW the proposal.) The air tasted sweet. Monica shut the door and ran up to Chandler. She engulfed him in a big, bear hug. Chandler hugged her back while thinking how lucky he was to have a beautiful woman like Monica to love him so much. He could feel her sobbing into his chest. He hugged her tighter then pulled away.
"Monica," he started. "The when I thought the plane was going to crash and that I was going to die..."
"Chandler..." she was silenced by him putting a finger on her mouth.
"Let me finish," he requested. "When I thought that I was going to die, I was over come with many emotions. First I felt panicky then I felt anxious. But after a few minutes I felt lucky."
Monica sent him a confused look that Chandler ignored.
"I know it sounds crazy that I felt lucky. But I was thinking that there must be many people here who never experienced love. Who never experienced the closeness and sharing. Who never experienced the bonding. But I have. I've had the love of a beautiful and kind woman for many months."
Monica smiled to herself. She knew when he left for Canada; he knew that she loved him.
"I do love you with all my heart," she said softly. A tear dropped from her eye, which Chandler wiped away with his thumb.
"And if I every would die," he continued, "I would die with your love. Miraculously, I survived. Then I thought to my self. What about those people who had experienced love?
Who had experienced the closeness and sharing. Who had experienced the bonding."
'Is this leading to where I think it is?' Monica thought to herself.
"There are so many experiences which I didn't feel. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I loved you very much. That you're the first person I've every loved this way. If what Janice or Kathy and I had were movie love our love must be soul mate love. I've never believed in soul mates until I fell in love with you."
'What a story this will be for our children!' Monica mused.
"I looked around the airport and saw families everywhere. They were hugging and crying for their loved ones. I saw fathers kissing their children. Mothers suffocating their kids. Then I saw a person who was standing in the corner alone." Chandler paused.
"He was all by himself. He reminded me of myself. If I was in this plane crash a few years ago I would be the one standing all by myself in the corner. I tore my eyes away from him and looked at the happy families again. My heart ached that I didn't have that. Then I thought of Mr. Heckles."
Monica's feeling that Chandler was going to propose went away at the mere mention of Mr. Heckles name.
"Of how he ended up living alone in his messy apartment. I thought that I was going to end up like him when he died. Then I reminded my self that I was still alive. That I was wasting the precious time that I could have been spending with you. I promised my self that I wouldn't end up like him. And hopefully I won't. All those families at the airport were so happy. I could end up like them or Mr. Heckles. But I had to be the one to decide. So I decided to put all my fears behind me and end up like those families with you." He took a deep breath.
Monica was still crying, not because she was sad but of how happy she was. She never knew that Chandler could be so romantic. The last two words he said made Monica's heart leap up in pleasure.
'He's going to do it!' she thought excitedly.
Chandler got down on one knee. "Monica Elizabeth Geller, will you do the honor of becoming my bride?"
Monica looked deeply into his eyes. He looked sincere and nervous.
"Chandler Muriel Bing, I accept your proposal," she said.
Chandler took her hand and placed the ring softly onto her fingers. He stood up, wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her gently. The kiss grew passionate by the second.
Suddenly the door flew open and Rachel, Ross, Phoebe came in followed by a pouting Joey. When they saw the scene before them they gasped except for Joey.
Monica instinctively tried to pull away from the kiss but was held firmly by Chandler.
"MONICA," Ross screamed, not having noticed whom Monica was kissing. "Chandler is no where to be found and your kissing some guy!"
Monica and Chandler finally pull away from each other. Everyone but Joey was shocked.
"You finally did it man!" Joey congratulated Chandler when he noticed the ring on Monica's hand. Joey walked up to them and gave them both a hug. "Oh, and I tried my best to stall them but they pushed me aside."
"What in the world is going on?" Rachel asked.
"Chandler asked Monica to marry him," Joey explained as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Oh," was all Rachel could say. "That does explain a lot."
"My best friend and my sister," Ross choked out.
"Wait a moment if Chandler was alive all this time whose spirit did I feel!" Phoebe exclaimed.
After a few minutes to register the fact they all congratulated Chandler and Monica.
"You know what lets go to the plaza and celebrate and don't worry we'll tell you guys exactly how this happened." Monica assured.
Soon they all got ready and left.
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I sure hope you liked it. It wasn't too fluffy was it? Review!