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Without Him- Just the 5 of us, now
"Oh for the love of god!" Tony stood up and grabbed his arm. "Come on!"
"Where we going?" Chandler asked as he was pushed out the room.
"I'm going to knock some sense into you!"
"Dead people can't feel pain…right?" Chandler asked nervously. Tony rolled his eyes and pinched him. "OW! What was that for?"
"To show you, you can feel pain."
"Y'know, you're mean!" Chandler pouted. "Who do I complain to?"
"You guardian Angel."
"But that's you…"
Tony turned and grinned at him. "I know!"
"Alright! Fine!" Chandler crossed his arms and followed Tony through the wall, like they did at the hospital. He looked around and noticed he was in the girls' apartment. It must have been early in the morning because no one was around and the sun was just coming up. "What we doing here?"
"Well, your friends are just about to find out you died…" Tony explained. "I thought you'd like to see how they react…"
"You really do have a strange idea about how to have fun."
"I didn't say it was going to be fun!"
"I never said it'd be fun!" Tony sighed. "Everything I've shown you is to prove that you're an important person in all their live but that why by you seeing what they could have become…"
"Okay, doesn't really make sense but lets go with it." Chandler nodded, just as Monica walked out her bedroom, ready to start breakfast. Rachel followed 10 minutes later and by the time an hour passed they were all sat around the table minus Chandler.
"What time you got work today, Mon?" Ross asked, reaching for the pancakes.
"Lunch time."
"Great! So we can all go and see Chandler this morning!"
Joey wasn't working at the moment so; he didn't have anywhere to go. It was Phoebe's day off and both Ross and Rachel had booked the morning off so they could go and see him.
"But no more jokes about dying!" Monica pointed at Joey.
"What?! He knew I was only kidding and anyway, who dies from tonsillitis?"
"Yeah, we know that but Chandler was really freaked about it last night…" Rachel added. "You weren't very nice!"
"Ah but it'll all be over with now…" Ross said. "So, lets just forget it, yeah?"
The others nodded and continued with their breakfast and then slowly made their way to the hospital.
"So, they don't know yet?" Chandler asked, as they followed his friends.
"Nope, they'll found out once they get to the hospital."
Chandler nodded slightly, it suddenly hitting him. He was dead! He was never going to see or talk to his friends again.
"Hey! How did I die from having my tonsils out?!" Chandler frowned.
Tony paused and looked at him. "Y'know I don't know…"
Chandler rolled his eyes and turned back to their friends, who were now waiting for the doctor to come talk to them.
"Do you think we look alike?" Tony asked, putting his face right next to Joey's, who was trying to open a candy bar and balance a full soda can on his knee. Chandler sighed and just ignored him.
"I have a funny feeling…" Phoebe muttered, looking around the small room they were waiting in.
"What do you mean?" Rachel questioned, flipping through a magazine.
"I don't know…something doesn't feel right!"
"Well, that insightful!" Ross muttered.
"Why do you think we've been brought in here?" Monica asked.
"Well, the doctor said he wanted to talk to us.." Ross shrugged.
"Yeah but about what?" Monica queried. "It's a simple operation."
"Hey! You don't he died do you?!" Joey asked, wide eyed.
"That's not funny, Joe!" Monica glared at him.
"Huh! How ironic is that?!" Tony laughed; he stopped when he saw Chandler sat looking down. "What's up?"
"I'm dead…" Chandler muttered quietly.
"Look, we don't have to watch this…" Tony said, gently. "We can go, if you want."
"No, I want to stay." Chandler told him. "I wanna be with them when they…y'know…"
"Yeah."
No one spoke; Joey's statement had quite an effect on them all. They all began to wonder and worry about what was going on.
"JOEY!!!!" Rachel jumped up, breaking the silence when the soda can fell onto her new shoes.
"AW Rach, I'm so sorry!" Joey grovelled quickly, picking up some paper napkins and tried to dry up the mess. He didn't know how managed to drop it, one minute it was in his hands, the next to flew to the floor as if some had knocked into him.
Chandler shook his head and looked at Tony who was laughing.
"What? I was trying to easy the tension!" He explained.
"Yeah, well Rach looks pretty mad…" Chandler stated.
"I can't believe you!" She exclaimed, pushing Joey away and began to clean it up herself.
"It was an accident."
"Yeah, what's the big deal?" Ross shrugged, getting a death glare from his girlfriend.
"They are new!" Rachel snapped and pointed at Joey, accusingly. "You're a dead man!"
"Well, DUH!" Tony said, looking down at himself before realising. "Oh, you were talking to him!"
"How long this gonna take?" Chandler asked, getting slightly irritated.
"I dunno…" Tony shrugged. "Until the doctor comes in, I guess.."
Chandler ran his fingers through his hair as he listened to his friends argue about Rachel's shoes until everyone fell silent when the doctor walked in….
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting…" He said. "I'm Dr Benz."
"No problem… how's Chandler?" Ross asked.
"I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this but we lost him…I'm sorry."
"Lost him?" Joey repeated. "He ran away?! What a wimp!"
"God, I knew he was scared…" Rachel started.
"No, I'm sorry…you don't understand." The Dr interrupted. "He had a bad reaction to the antistatic…there was nothing we could do."
"Wait! You mean, he's….gone?" Ross managed to ask, while the others were stunned to silence.
"I'm sorry."
Joey looked around at his friends, confused. Surely they couldn't mean, he was dead. Not Chandler, his best friend, his roommate. No way!
"He's dead?" Monica choked, tears welling on her eyes.
The doctor just nodded, not knowing what else he could say. He had never anyone die in such a simple operation.
"Oh my god!" She cried, collapsing down onto a chair. Ross reached over trying to comfort her, Phoebe and Rachel at the same time while Joey stared into space.
"I'll give you some privacy…" Dr Benz said, quietly slipping out the room.
"This can't be true!" Joey insisted. "There's no way this is true!"
"Joe…" Ross tried to say through his own tears.
"This is just a joke…" Joey told them, trying to stop his emotions from overflowing. "It's just because we teased him…he's playing with us!"
"Joey, I don't think he is…" Rachel cried, reaching for his hand.
"But he can't be…" Joey whimpered. "He's my best friend."
"I know…"
They held onto each other, tightly hoping to gain some sort of comfort from the hug but it didn't work with just the five of them.
Tony followed Chandler as he walked out the room, leaning against the wall.
"Hey…"
"Isn't there anyway I could back?" Chandler asked, tears in his eyes.
Tony shook his head slightly. "I'm sorry."
"It's not fair!" Chandler stated. "I'm only 27...why did I have to die!?"
"Everyone has to die someday."
"But why did I have to die now?" Chandler questioned. "I mean, I might have had some great friends but that was all I had… I never really had a serious girlfriend, I never going to have kids now…"
"You wanted kids?" Tony frowned.
"Well, yeah…I always thought that I would someday…" Chandler looked to the floor.
"Sorry…that's the way of life."
"Yeah but it sucks."
"Big time!" Tony nodded; they both were quiet, deep in thoughts.
"Dr Benz?" Monica walked out the room, calling after the doctor.
"Yes? Is everything alight?"
"I was wondering if…if I could see…him…Chandler?" Monica stuttered.
"Oh course…follow me…"
Chandler glanced at Tony, silently asking to go to. He nodded silently and Chandler moved to go after them.
"Aren't you coming?" Chandler asked when he noticed Tony wasn't following.
"I think this is something you have to do yourself…" Tony replied.
Chandler looked at him for a moment, wondering if he should actually go. He heisted before turning and going to catch up with Monica and the Doctor.
When Chandler entered the room, Monica was already sat in a chair next to a bed. He moved closer to her as Dr Benz left, leaving them alone. Chandler tried not to look at his body, knowing it would only freak him out; instead he just kept his eyes firmly fixed on Monica.
"Oh god…I don't know what to say…" Monica whispered, taking hold on Chandler's hand. "I can't believe this has happened."
She looked at him, his face relaxed and peaceful as if he was asleep. She gently placed a hand on his cheek, her thumb tracing small patterns.
"You are so important to me." She sobbed. "And you'll never know how much."
Chandler couldn't help but reach out and place a comforting hand on her shoulder. He quickly re-drew it when he realised she wouldn't be able to feel it anyway. He swallowed the lump that rose in his throat and tried to ignore the tears that formed in his eyes as he listened to her.
"Why didn't I tell you?" She cried. "I should have…. I've always had a crush on you since that day you turned up with that stupid hair cut!" She laughed slightly before completely breaking down. "Why did you have to go? Why did you leave me?! You're my best friend! What am I going to do without you?"
Chandler choked and tears spilled down his face as he sat and watched her lean forward and place her head on his chest, sobbing uncontrollable.
"I'm so sorry, Mon…" He whispered even though he knew she wouldn't hear him.
After what seemed like hours, Monica lifted her head and stood up slowly. She put her hand to his forehead and brushed back his hair.
"I always loved you, y'know…" She said quietly. "I'm sorry you never knew…" She leant down again, brushing her lips gently against his. She quickly dried her eyes and walked away but once she reached the door she turned back around to look at him one last time.
"Bye."
"Chandler? Oi! Wait up?!" Tony ran down at the corridor after Chandler.
"What?" He spun around to face him, tears streaming down his face.
"What happened in there?"
Chandler leaned against the wall and stared at him. "You were right."
"I was?"
"Why did I never see?" Chandler questioned, almost to himself. "Why did I never do anything about it?!"
"About what?"
"She loved me…" He looked down at the ground.
"Oh…" Tony mumbled.
"Its not fair!" Chandler exclaimed, throwing his hands up in the air and began to pace up and down the corridor.
"What's not?"
"Why did I have to find out now?!" Chandler ignored his question. "Why not before? Why ever?"
"Why does it matter?" Tony asked.
"Because know she'll never know…" Chandler said, stopping walking.
"Know what?"
"That I love her too…" He admitted, almost unheard.
"That you what?"
"That I love her too!" Chandler repeated louder, looking up at him. "What the hell are you smiling at?!"
He had to grip onto the wall as everything began to spin, the last thing he saw before everything faded into darkness was Tony grinning face…
Chandler quickly sat up straight, his faced was stained with tears and his heart was pounding. When looked around, he noticed he was back in his hospital room.
"Oh god…it was just a dream…" He muttered to himself. He picked up his watch from the bedside table and saw that it was a couple of hours before his operation was scheduled.
He sighed and leaned back against the pillows. It was just a dream.
TBC
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