I'm sorry I took sooo long to update! I have been really busy lately and haven't had to time write anything. Enjoy:-)

Watching Over

It was a hard week. It was a very hard week for Janet and Chrissy. So many things were going on. Janet had to arrange Jack's funeral, call all of his insurance companies, and had to inform everyone they knew. This was most difficult for her to do. She had to tell the story over, and over again.

It came the day for Jack's funeral. Everyone was nervous and scared to what would happen. Of course, Janet had to most butterflies in her stomach, but she had to go up and talk about Jack. She had tried to practice but it was too difficult to do with out breaking down.

"Come on Chrissy, let's get in the car or else we are going to be late," Janet pestered her.

"I'm coming! I was just getting something," Chrissy answered back.

"What did you need to get? I thought that I had already put everything in car."

"It's a present," she simply said.

"A present, what do you mean a present? Who's it for?" Janet asked.

"Daddy," Janet was confused.

"Why are you giving a present to Daddy," she asked.

"You'll see." Janet just left it at that so they could get going. But that didn't keep her from wondering what it was and why she was giving to Jack.

They arrive at the funeral parlor and had to great everyone there. She was shocked to see that people had come that she hadn't seen in years. She had seen the Ropers, Mr. Furley, Larry, Chrissy, Cindy, Terri, and even Lana. It was almost everyone they knew before they got married.

Once everyone got settled down, it was time to start the funeral. It started slow with people going up and saying a few things about Jack. It was then time for Larry to go up and speak. "This is going to be very interesting," Janet thought to herself.

"Ah, Jack. What can I say? He was my best friend. Heck, he was my only friend that ever trusted me with his money. Of course I "accidentally" spent it all as soon as I got it. But that's a different story." Everybody laughed and their spirits were lifted a little bit. "Jack was also a great person to tell all of my juicer stories to. And yes, there was a lot, but ladies, don't let that intimidate you!" He grinned. Larry tries to get a girl anywhere, even at a funeral. "But aside from that, Jack was just an overall good person. He tried to make things better as best as he could. Even if he couldn't, we all loved him anyway. And that is the thing he will be remembered for." Larry put some money down on a table by the coffin. "Here you go Jack," He looked up, "here is all the money that I owed you and never paid back. I love ya man. Rest in peace."

As immature as Larry was, Janet was crying because she could see how much he cared about Jack.

A few other people went up but then it was time for her and Chrissy's turn.

They walked up and Chrissy whispered to Janet asking if she could go first. She did and along with her she brought up her "present."

"I love my Daddy very much. He promised me that he would read me this book before I went to my first day of school. Well, he didn't. So I want to give him this book so he can read it to me from heaven. That way he keeps his promise. Daddy always said that you have to keep a promise. He never let me down before and I don't want him to start now."

She placed the book on the table where Janet was crying. These were tears of joy. She couldn't believe how Chrissy was so brave to go up and say that. It was her turn now. She walked up and began to speak, with tears still in her eyes.

"Um, I'm crying because I didn't expect her to do that. I guess Chrissy just wanted it to be a surprise." She paused and wiped her eyes. "Anyway, I wanted to say that I loved Jack very much. He meant the world to me. It's amazing how long ago we met. My roommate Chrissy and I were just strangers to him and he was a drunken man sleeping in our bath tub." She laughed. It was the first time she laughed all week. "And well then he became our roommate. The rest is history from that point on. I just pray that he will send us a guardian angel to help keep us protected and make a new normal for us. Or perhaps he is a guardian angel watching us right now. If so, I hope her heard that."

As Janet was speaking, Jack was trying not cry. He knew it didn't matter if he cried or not but he was trying to be strong.

"If so, I hope he heard that," echoed from the TV.

Jack said silently to himself in a trance, "Don't worry Janet, I already am."

I hope you liked that chapter! It's not as long as a few of the other ones but I wanted to post it as soon as I could. :-)

CindyCurl