Hunter stared at his wife as the door closed behind her, exasperated by her presence. He blinked twice to make sure it was really her and not just a figment of his imagination.

Stephanie walked closer to him and sighed when she saw the heart-breaking expression on his face.
"Hunter," she said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
He could still feel her touch, that was good. "I didn't know if I'd see you again," he said.
"They told you that you would," she replied, "I was told that you weren't taking all of this too well up here, so I decided to show up early for you."
"Wait a minute," said Hunter, rubbing the skin between his eyes. "Are you actually okay with this situation?"
"It's not really a situation, Hunter. We died. This is Heaven, the after life. And this is where we belong now," she tried reasoning.

He laughed a bit un-intentionally. "How can you be so calm about that, Stephanie?" he exclaimed, dumbfounded by her attitude. "We're dead! And we shouldn't be! There's been a huge mistake, we don't belong here! I thought you'd feel the same way so we could figure out together on how to get back down there," he pointed towards the mortal world below.

She shook her head and sighed heavily, before sitting down next to him on the couch. She rested her hand on his thigh.
"Baby," Stephanie began, "This is not a dream we're having. We died in that car accident that night. Araiya and Finn are gaurdians that welcome the new angels."
"Steph, this is nuts. We're too young to die, don't try and tell me that that is "the plan" for us, okay? We never even got the chance to have kids!" he said.
She gave him a sweet smile. "Honey, we can have it all up here. This is Heaven. Finn and I had a long discussion and he answered all of my questions. I was devastated at first because I thought I'd never have children now. I don't know how, but somehow we will be able to have them. It could be awhile before we do or even comprehend how it's possible up here...but it'll happen."

Hunter could not understand why Stephanie was accepting all of this so easily.
He had to ask, "Don't you want us to have a real life? A life that we loved, amazing careers, and raise our children in the normal world like everyone else...surrounded by more family than just you and I?"
Stephanie didn't respond right away. She had to think about it first. And yes, it would've been nice. She was not going to deny that she still felt sad.
"Well," she said, hoping this might help, "They will have family. We're just waiting for the others to join us up here. With what's happened to us, I think we should know more than anybody that death can come at any time, especially when you least expect it. Age isn't a factor, fate is."

She brought up another point. "And some of our family members are already in Heaven, like our own grandparentrs. I'm sure they'll be waiting to see us again as soon as we're settled in."

Hunter put his head in hands, rubbing his forehead in frustration. Stephanie brought her hand around to his cheek.
"Hunter, look at me," she said, quietly. He did. "We have to accept this. At least try to do that, for me if nothing else. We should be thankful that we're still together, at the very least. Don't you think so?"
He did smile slightly at that. "Yeah," he nodded, "that's the only thing that's been holding me together throughout this."
Stephanie hugged him from the side and kissed him. "I'm sure Araiya and Finn can help us get our own place up here, together that is. I have nice arrangements right now but that's nothing without you there."
"I know what you mean. I'm just in so much shock right now. And I think it's going to take a lot more than an hour or two for that to go away. Can you bare with me?"
Steph giggled and said, "Of course I can. I've dealt with you when you were a lot grumpier than this, remember?"

Hunter chuckled as he ran his hands through his hair. He nodded and glanced at his wife, noticing how pure she looked. She had always been beautiful; but now that they were in Heaven, she had even more natural beauty. Her skin glowed and she never looked healthier. The good thing about this was that they would never have to worry about getting sick or feeling any pain again.

"What?" she asked him, noticing his long stare.
"You're just...incredibly beautiful, that's all. I mean really, truely beautiful. Everything about you looks so...pure," he said.
She smiled almost tearfully at him and kissed him on the lips. "I love you," she whispered, "And thank you."

After they broke their embrace once again, Stephanie looked into his eyes.
"Just have some faith in me Hunter, have faith in the angels. We'll be just fine."