Title-Reunited

Rating-pg

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Authors note-For those of you who don't remember Julie was the niece that Lizzie spoke of in chapter one.The daughter of Matt and Melina

FIFTY YEARS LATER SINCE CHAPTER TWO

Julie Kraft wasn't in the best of moods. First off she hated hospitals with a fiery passion that almost boarded on a phobic disorder. Second not known for being the worlds most patient person all this setting around the hospital ward was just about to drive her crazy. Hoping that getting out of her seat would make her feel better Julie started pacing up and down the hall. After about fifteen minutes of watching her pace back and forth in front of him Julie's husband Chris finally spoke.

"Julie sweetie why don't you sit down?" said Chris motioning her back to the seat next to him "Your going to wear a hole in the floor with all that pacing."

"Ahhh" said Julie gritting her teeth as she sat back down and turned to give the door of her Aunt Lizzie room an evil glare "What the hell is going on in there!"

"She's going to be fine sweetie, you'll see." said Chris as he took Julie hand into his "Soon we'll go in there and see her sitting up in her bed telling all those wild stories of hers."

Julie couldn't help but smile a little after hearing that "Yeah and I'll bet our house on the fact that dad will probably be the main instigator in those stories too."

"Yeah he was quite a character wasn't he." said Chris smiling a huge smile remembering his father in law "But to be completely honest.It was your mother that I was always more afraid of."

"Well, mom did have that effect on a lot of people." said Julie looking at her husband and letting a small laugh slip out as she thought of her mother.

Melina McGuire was still a feared name in a lot of circles in Hillridge even years after her death. The successful lawyer and later first female mayor of Hillridge had been one of the towns most powerful politicians.She had been both loved and feared by many. One of the quickly learned lessons in Hillridge politics was not to get on Melina McGuire bad side.

"Oh God Chris!" said Julie her grasp on her husbands hand getting tighter "I can't lose Aunt Lizzie.She's all I have left of my family. Ever since Uncle Lanny died five years ago she's my only link to my past."

"I know hon." said Chris who was going to offer her some more encouragement but was interrupted by the doctor coming out of the room.

"How is she doctor?" asked Julie jumping out of her chair and running over to the doctor.

"I'm afraid the news isn't good." said the doctor looking at both Julie and Chris.

"What do you mean doctor?" asked Julie nervously.

"As I told you before your aunt cancer hasn't responded to any of the treatments." said the doctor who than took a deep breath "And I'm afraid it's now spread through out her body like we thought it might."

"Oh god" cried Julie as she fell back into her husbands arms.

"Is there anyone you need to call?" asked the doctor "Any other family members?"

"No doctor" said Julie shaking her head "Her two marriages ended in divorce with no children.So you see we're all the family she has."

"How much longer does she have doctor?" Chris asked the doctor as he supported his wife.

"Not much longer I'm afraid. You can go in and be with her if you like.But she's almost completely unresponsive because of the pain medication we had to give her because of the pain she's in."

"We understand doctor but we would like to be with her." said Julie.

"Than follow me." said the doctor as he lead them back into Lizzie hospital room.

MEANWHILE BACK INSIDE THE ROOM

Like the doctor had said Lizzie was almost out of it but not totally. Although she was unable to open her eyes she could still make out a few of the voices in the room with her. The first voice she heard belong to Doctor Cantrell.A good man but a little to young to be a doctor if you asked Lizzie.But Lizzie knew that at the age of seventy-five a whole lot of people looked to young to her. The second voices she heard belong to her beloved niece Julie and her husband Chris.Lizzie couldn't help but chuckle in her mind when she thought of those two. Julie had always wondered why her favorite aunt had always got a kick out of the fact that her niece had met and later married Christopher Kraft, the grandson of Ethan Kraft, while the two of them were in college together in Texas. But no matter how much Julie begged her Aunt Lizzie she wouldn't tell her why she thought it was so funny.

It was than that Lizzie realized that she was starting to see something. No it wasn't a something she was seeing it was a somebody! Lizzie stared harder as a halfway good looking young man suddenly appeared from a bright light that had appeared in the room suddenly. The man looked around the room for a second and than stepped up to her bed looking down at her.

"Hello Lizzie." the man said smiling as he placed his hand on top of hers.

"Who are you?" Lizzie asked looking up at the man. The fact that she was now able to talk shocked Lizzie but not as much as the fact the man standing next to her was still surrounded and lit up from the glowing light he had just stepped out of.

"My name is Andrew." said the man still smiling down at her.

"Are you an angel?" Lizzie asked Andrew tentatively.

"Yes I am" said Andrew "You see Lizzie I'm the Angel Of Death."

"Aren't you a little young looking for that?" asked Lizzie looking at the man who looked no older than thirty something.

"Well to be totaly honest Lizzie I'm a LOT older than I look." said Andrew his smile getting bigger as he held his other hand out to Lizzie "Are you ready to go home Lizzie?"

Lizzie only nodded as she took Andrew's hand and let him help her out of her hospital bed. To Lizzie joy not only was all the pain gone but she now felt better than she had in decades. Looking back toward her bed she saw herself still laying in the bed with doctors and nurses working francticly on her trying to safe her life. Turning to the sounds of sobbing at the room doorway Lizzie saw Julie sobbing into Chris shoulder as they watched the action in the room.Lizzie took a step toward her family but Andrew stopped her by tightening his grip on her hand.

"It won't do any good." said Andrew motioning toward the crying Julie "You're moving on Lizzie so they can't see you or hear you."

"Will she be alright?" asked Lizzie looking at her beloved niece.

"In time," said Andrew sympathatlicly as the bright light once again appeared in the room "Now Lizzie are you ready?" Andrew asked as he looked at the light and than at Lizzie.

"Let's do this." said Lizzie as she and Andrew stepped into the bright light and vanished from the mortal plane.

SOMETIME LATER

"Where are we?" Lizzie asked Andrew as she looked around and around at the rolling flowered covered hills that surrounded them as far as the eye could see.

"I don't know why don't you tell me?" asked Andrew.

"ME?" said Lizzie turning to look back at the angel "Your the angel here. You brought me here and now your telling me you don't know where here is?"

"Well,I do know the name of this place" said Andrew shrugging his shoulders "The place we are in right now Lizzie is called Limbo."

"Limbo?"

"Yes, it's where newly crossed over souls wait until it's their turn to be brought before God." said Andrew looking out over the rolling hills "The reason it looks this way is because this is what your mind thinks it would look like."

Shocked at this Lizzie started to wonder around a little. She soon found a small stream of water and knelt down next to it. Looking down at the reflection in the water Lizzie was even more shocked at the face that looked back at her. Gone was the gray hair and all the wrinkles. Staring back at her in the water was the face she had when she was in college over fifty years ago. Blonde hair and all was back!

"I'm young again!" Lizzie shouted at Andrew when the angel came over to stand next to her.

"Yep you sure are," said Andrew holding back a laugh "Now I need you to wait right here Lizzie while we wait for the person who will take you before God to show up."

"But...I thought that was your job to take me before God?" asked Lizzie standing back up and looking at Andrew.

"Well, normally it is but this person has made so much of a fuss since he's got here to do this that God decided to go ahead and let him do it." said Andrew once again smiling.

"And just who is this person who's been doing all that?" asked Lizzie confused.

"Well, that would be me." said a voice suddenly from behind Lizzie "And it's about time you got here McGuire."

If Lizzie had still had a heart beat it would have started to beat faster after hearing that VERY familiar voice. One she hadn't heard in fifty years.

"GORDO?" shouted Lizzie as she spun around to find her former best friend and the only man she had every truly loved standing there smiling at her. As far as Lizzie could tell Gordo looked the same as the last time she had saw him back in college fifty years ago.He hadn't aged one day!

"Hi Lizzie." said Gordo as he stepped up closer to her and held his arms out to her.

That was all the invitation Lizzie needed as she launched herself into Gordo's arms.

"Oh God Gordo I thought I'd never see you again!" shouted Lizzie as she hugged Gordo and kissed him over and over again "I love you Gordo! Oh God Gordo I've missed you so much!"

"Well you don't have to worry about that ever again Lizzie." said Gordo as Lizzie cried into his shoulder "Because I love you too and I have it on good authority that we'll have the rest of eternity to spend together."

"Well I'll be making my exit now since I see that your now in good hands Lizzie." said Andrew smiling at the happy reunited couple.

"Thank you Andrew for everything" said Lizzie wiping away the happy tears that were running down her cheeks as she stepped out of Gordo warm embrace and turned around so she could see the angel.

"No thanks necessary Lizzie.I was just doing my job" said Andrew who than looked at Gordo "David make sure you get her to the boss as soon as possible. You know he doesn't like to be kept waiting."

"I'll get right to it." said Gordo with a sloppy salute.

"Alright kids have fun." said Andrew as he stepped back into the light and vanished.

"Are you ready to go meet the Big Guy,Lizzie?" asked Gordo as he offered his arm to her.

"I'm scared Gordo." said Lizzie as she took Gordo arm and held on to it for dear life as the two started heading down a path that appeared suddenly in front of them "I mean I thought that everyone would be here to greet me when I died.I mean where is mom and dad, Matt and Melina?Where's Miranda?"

"First off Lizzie there's nothing to be scared of. God is a great uhhhhhh guy you might say. And second everyone you just mentioned is here and can't wait to see you." said Gordo patting Lizzie arm "But they all allowed me to come by myself so I could be alone with you for a while."

Lizzie let the love she felt coming from Gordo surround and envelop her.It did nothing but fill her with everlasting joy and warm her soul to it's core.She only hoped that he felt all the love she had for him in the exact same way.

"So are you feeling better?" asked Gordo as they walked down the path heading for the big meeting.

Lizzie looked at Gordo and dazzled him with her smile "Gordo now that I'm back with you again for all eternity I'm doing just fine."

THE END