A/N: Update!!! Huzzah! And the end of the fic... although there might be a sequel...? If you all want one, ONLY! And if you can guess who the ghost at the end is, you get a cyberdollar!

OMG IT'S A GHOST!

Chapter 5

April scooped Aly up into her arms, crooning something in the little girl's ear. Maureen smiled at them both.

Roger looked at them, longing to have a second chance to raise his daughter.

April noticed the look in his eye, and she smirked at Angel. Angel merely shook her head slightly, sighing.

"Roger," said April, shifting Alyssa's weight in her arms, "you can get your second chance. I've checked into it, cleared everything, we just need the signature."

"Huh?"

"Aly's gonna come back, Roger. Happens to one person every thousand years. The Big Guy decided you were a good candidate." She held out a piece of paper and a feather pen. "I just need your signature."

Without a second thought, Roger signed the paper. Mimi squeezed his hand.

The room filled with a blinding light, and the only thing that could be seen was Angel's face, looking nervous; Roger's face, looking relieved; Mimi's and Aly's faces, both looking terrified; and April's face, looking triumphant.

The light dimmed, then faded. Mimi had collapsed, and now a fully mortal Aly was clinging to Roger's hand.

Roger bent down and tried to wake his girlfriend up. It failed.

Mimi was standing next to April, semitransparent. Roger saw her standing there, and he screamed, looking ready to kill his already-dead ex-girlfriend.

April cackled, emitting some sort of fiery light from her body. Everyone scooted away from her, except Aly, who reached up and touched April's face.

"Mommy… going?" she asked, looking into her mother's eyes.

"Yes," said April, the evil glint and red light leaving her with Alyssa's touch. "Mommy's finally free."

Aly looked up and watched as April glided up, up, up, and vanished. She turned back to Roger. "Daddy?"

Roger felt a lump rise in his throat, and he nodded. He didn't mind that getting his daughter back meant that he would lose his girlfriend... what was her name again?

Mimi stood in the shadows, semi-transparent, next to Angel. "He doesn't care…"

Angel hugged her friend. "It's part of the contract. If one person you love is brought back, another leaves and is forgotten. April conveniently forgot that part of the bargain," she spat, all respect for the girl gone. "And why does she get to go to heaven? Honestly…" Angel shook her head vigorously.

Mimi grabbed her friend's hand, and they watched Roger and Aly leave without a glance at Mimi and Angel. Mark, Collins, Maureen, and Joanne looked sadly at their deceased friends. Maureen blew them each a kiss, looking sadder than anyone had ever seen her. "I'll miss you, mi amiga," she whispered to Mimi. Mimi blew her a tearful kiss in return.

Collins looked from Angel, to Mimi, to Mimi's body, lying facedown on the dusty floor of the house. He tenderly scooped up her body and carried her out of the room.

Mark sighed, and then walked over to Mimi and Angel. "I won't let Roger forget," he promised, tapping his camera. "Got anything to say to him?"

Mimi shook her head.

"Yeah," said Angel. "The camera's turned off."

"Damn," muttered Mark, switching it on. "Now do you want to say something?"

"Fuck you, Roger Andrew Davis," Mimi said, giving the camera the finger.

"Angel?" asked Mark, turning the camera towards her.

"Nope. Mimi took what I was gonna say."

Mark switched it off and followed Roger, Aly, Maureen, and Collins out the door.

Joanne didn't say a word. She just sobbed as she left the hallway.

Mimi and Angel hugged each other, and as they let go, Angel left the same way as April did, leaving Mimi alone. She sat down, curled in a ball, her spirit seeking revenge on someone she wouldn't see until her debt was paid.

Mimi was after April, and she wouldn't see her until she got to heaven, which she wouldn't get to without getting revenge. Life, er… death, just sucks like that, she decided. Now she had to live out eternity here, no Angel, no Roger, no anybody.

Until the random ghost of a woman with long black hair came in, looking drenched. She gave Mimi a small smile and began ringing out her hair. "Where's Kansas?" she asked.

Mimi looked puzzled. "Not here. Why?"

"Because there's a little girl in Kansas. And when I find her, all hell will break loose."

"A little girl?"

"Yeah, well, she's the one who killed me. Why are you here?"

"Long story... some once in a millennium offer, I don't know."

"So, who do you need dead?"

"April Erickson. But she's already in heaven, so I'm screwed."

"Well, I'll never get back to Kansas... let's just stay here. Maybe someone else will stumble in..."

"Yeah," said Mimi, even though she didn't entirely believe it, "maybe..."

The End