AN: Another update for all of you. Hope you enjoy this one. PLZ R&R!

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Chapter 6: TOW The Sad Goodbye

(Follows TOW Nana Dies Twice)

Chandler sat at the table with Daniel as he read through the directions for his nightly homework. Daniel was sitting across from him with the homework pages and his sharpened pencil ready to start. Chandler glanced into the living room as he spotted Ross sitting in front of the TV as he mindlessly flipped through the channels. Normally he wouldn't mind him being here, but Daniel didn't need any distractions while he was trying to concentrate on his homework.

"Daddy, Uncle Ross is loud." Daniel told him.

"I know," Chandler sighed as he got up and went to turn the TV off.

"Hey!" Ross exclaimed. "What'd you do that for?"

"Get out." Chandler told him.

"Why?"

"Your nephew needs to concentrate on his homework and you're distracting him."

"No, I'm not."

"Yes, you are." Daniel spoke up from the table. "You're too loud."

"See?" Chandler looked at Ross. "You can go in the next room if you're quiet."

"Fine." Ross got up and started into the addition as Chandler walked back to Daniel.

"Keep the volume down." Chandler called.

"He didn't listen." Daniel stated as they heard the TV blast from the next room.

"No, he didn't." Chandler sighed as he got out the box of crayons. "You get started while I go throw Uncle Ross out. You're supposed to draw a picture of something that starts with the letter M, and write the word below it."

Daniel picked out a crayon and started scribbling as there was loud yelling coming from the addition. Joey came in and spotted Daniel at the table.

"Hey, DC." He smiled at him. "What's all the yelling about?"

"Daddy's throwing Uncle Ross out." Daniel told him. "He's being too loud while I'm doing my homework."

"Oh," Joey watched as Chandler came back in.

"Go ahead and tell Monica. She'll take my side over yours!"

Chandler joined them in the kitchen as they heard a door slam from next door. Chandler rubbed his temples as he sat back down at the table.

"I understand he's upset that the girl he likes is seeing someone, but if it wasn't for Monica I probably would've killed him long before now." Chandler stated as he checked to see how Daniel was doing on his homework.

"I threw him out of my place right before you guys got home." Joey informed him.

"Daddy, how do you spell mouse?" Daniel spoke up. "We haven't learned that word yet."

"I'll go so you guys can finish." Joey told him.

"Thanks, man. See you around suppertime?" Chandler asked.

"Of course." He told him as he closed the door behind him.

"Daddy,"

"Sorry." Chandler sat back down at the table. "Mouse is spelled m-o-u-s-e."

Monica walked through the door a little while later with Chinese takeout for all of them. She spotted Chandler at the table with Daniel as he helped him with his homework and smiled at the sight.

"Ok. Your sight words." Chandler pulled out a sheet of paper.

"I did them yesterday." Daniel told him.

"You have to do them again today." Chandler told him. "Tomorrow you have to write them out."

"She, said, it, out, on," Daniel started reading down the list of words as she shut the door behind her.

"I'm home." She told them as she set everything on the counter.

"Mommy!" Daniel got up and ran to her.

"Hey, sweetie." She lifted him up as he hugged her. "Did you finish your homework?"

"He just finished." Chandler told her. "We're having Chinese tonight?"

"It's been a very long day for me." She sighed. "I'm too tired to make supper."

"It's fine with me." He told her. "There's a permission slip in Daniel's folder. His class is going to the fire station and they're looking for parent volunteers."

"When is it?"

"In two weeks on Wednesday."

"I think it's your turn. I did the post office."

"I don't mind." Chandler scribbled on the permission slip as Monica got out some plates from the cupboard.

"Did you get the chicken?" Daniel asked.

"I got you the sweet n' sour chicken." Monica told him. "We'll eat in the living room tonight."

"Yay!" Daniel followed her as she took his plate to the coffee table and went back to Chandler.

"So Ross came out of the coffee house as I got out of the cab." Monica told him.

"Yeah, he said he was going to tell on me." Chandler mumbled.

"I'm pretty sure he didn't tell me everything. All he said was that you threw him out for no reason."

"Seriously?" Chandler turned to face her. "I was trying to help Daniel with his homework while he was in here watching TV with the volume up very loud."

"Honey, I'm on your side. I know how annoying my brother can be. I grew up with him." She told him. "Was that the end of it?"

"No. I was nice and told him that he could watch TV in the next room, but he was still loud. So I threw him out. Apparently, Joey threw him out of his place too."

"Well, he was definitely in the wrong." She told him as the door opened and all their friends came in.

"Chinese!" Joey filled a plate and went to join Chandler and Daniel in the living room as he turned on the TV.

"Hey," Ross came in behind everyone else.

"Ross I talked to Chandler, and you were in the wrong." Monica told him. "You all know by now that you're supposed to stay away from here when Daniel's doing his schoolwork."

"Fine, I'll apologize." Ross went into the living room and Monica saw Ross and Chandler talking.

"He's been in a definite funk lately," Phoebe told her. "At first I thought it was because of the whole divorce and baby thing, but now I'm not so sure."

Later that night, Chandler was laying next to Daniel on his bed as he finished reading him a story. Chandler closed the book and got off the bed as he kissed Daniel's forehead.

"Good night, buddy. Love you."

"Love you, daddy." Daniel clutched his stuffed dog to him as he slowly drifted off to sleep.

Chandler pulled the covers over him and put the book back in the bookcase. Chandler made sure the night light was on before he turned off the overhead light and walked out of his room.

"What's going on?" he spotted Monica talking on the phone as Ross stood nearby.

"We'll stay with Daniel." Phoebe told him.

"Why?"

"It's Nana." Monica hung up the phone.

Chandler, Monica, and Ross returned to the apartment a few hours later. They had spent the last couple hours sitting in a waiting room with Monica's parents and one of her aunts waiting for her to pass. When her time was up, they all went in to say their goodbyes. Chandler didn't know what to do when he got into the room. She was the closest thing to a grandparent that he had; she was a big reason why he and Monica were even together right now. Not knowing what to do, he simply told Althea goodbye and held Monica as they comforted each other.

"So did she-" Phoebe started.

"Yeah." Monica said softly.

"We'll go." Joey told them as they walked out of the apartment.

"Should we tell Daniel?" Chandler asked.

"Yes, but let's wait until the morning." Monica told him as they went into their bedroom and lay back on the bed. "So what's going on with you right now?"

"What do you mean?"

"When you were saying goodbye…"

"I've never had to do anything like that." He looked at her. "I never knew any of my grandparents, and I never had to say goodbye to any of my family members after they passed. I was a little uncomfortable; and sad, of course. I just-"

"It's ok." She assured him. "I'm just glad that you were there with me. You really helped a lot."

"I did what I could." He held her.

The next morning, Monica and Chandler silently walked into Daniel's bedroom. They turned on the light and spotted him stretched out across the bed with his covers twisted all around him.

"Honey, you need to wake up." Monica gently shook him.

"Mommy?" Daniel opened his eyes and slowly sat up. "Daddy? What's going on?"

"We have something to tell you." Chandler pulled him onto his lap. "Last night after you fell asleep, your mom got a call from Grandpa Gellar. He had news about your Great Nana."

"What'd he say?"

"Remember a few months ago that we had to move her into that special hospital?"

"She was sick." He looked at Monica trying not to cry. "Is she ok?"

"Well last night, she got worse and she passed away."

"What's that mean?"

"Remember that book we read awhile ago about that boy whose dog got hit by the car and he got sent up to heaven?"

"He was watching him from the clouds in the sky."

"Well that's what your Great Nana will be doing from now on?"

"So I can't see her anymore?" Daniel asked.

"You won't be able to see her physically," Monica finally spoke. "But you'll always feel her in here."

Monica placed her hand over where Daniel's heart was. Daniel started to shake and Chandler held him tightly.

"It's ok, buddy. Let it all out." Chandler told him.

"Do you want to stay home from school today, honey?" Monica rubbed his back.

"Uh-huh." Daniel sniffled.

"I'll call the school." Chandler got up off the bed and walked out of the room.

"Your Great Nana loved you very much." Monica told him. "You were her first great-grandchild so she wanted to spoil you as much as she could."

"I'm going to miss her."

"Me, too." Monica held him as he wiped away his tears. "But we can keep her alive with us by remembering all the good times that we had with her."

Chandler returned to the room and they all lay together in a huddle as they talked about all the good things that they remembered about Nana.

A couple days later, they were all standing in the cemetery as they watched the casket being lowered into the ground. Chandler looked down at Daniel who was hiding behind his legs. He lifted him up and he lay his head on Chandler's shoulder.

"It's ok, buddy." He whispered.

"Can we go yet?"

"We're leaving. We just have to go back to Grandma and Grandpa Gellar's for a little bit. Everyone wants to remember Nana with us."

"Ok." Chandler caught up with Monica who was trying to remain civil with her mother.

"How is he?" Monica spotted them.

"He wants to leave." Chandler told her as she took him from him.

"I don't know why you brought him here today." Judy stated. "A child shouldn't have to witness this."

"I'll be in the car." Monica gave Chandler a look and he nodded.

"I understand that this is a very difficult day for you with you having to say goodbye to your mom," Chandler faced Judy. "But you're not the only one who misses her. Daniel was very close to her. He has the right to be here, and we have the right to bring him if we choose to."

Chandler walked away from her and joined everyone else where their rental cars were parked. Monica was getting Daniel settled into the back seat with Joey as she saw him approaching.

"Please tell me that you didn't start a fight with her." She looked at him.

"No. I walked away before she could respond to what I said."

"Let's go." They got into the car and they pulled out of the cemetery and drove towards Monica's childhood home.

Chandler was sitting on the couch beside Daniel as they shared a plate of crackers and cheese. Jack approached them as Chandler eyed him apprehensively. He looked around for Monica and saw her sitting across the room with Judy next to her. He was going to go to them, but Jack stopped him.

"They're fine." Jack stopped him. "They're sharing memories of Nana."

"If you came over here to get me to apologize to her, you wasted a trip."

"Let's go get some more to eat," Phoebe took Daniel's hand and they walked back to the food table.

"I'm not expecting you to apologize." Jack sat down beside him. "In all honesty, I always expected this to happen. It's hard for you to hold back on expressing yourself; especially when it comes to protecting my daughter."

"That was me holding back." Chandler informed him. "You don't want me to really express how I feel about your wife."

"I understand." He nodded. "In case I've never told you this, you're a wonderful father to my grandson and a great husband to my daughter."

"Are you surprised?"

"Just a little," Jack admitted. "You both were very young when she got pregnant and you decided to get married. The odds were not in your favor."

"Technically, we didn't decide to get married. It was a condition that Althea gave us before she would put both our names on the lease to the apartment."

"We never knew that."

"Besides that, I wanted to marry Monica. I liked her from the first moment that I met her. I just didn't let her know for fear that she didn't feel the same way."

"Good to know," They both glanced in the direction where Monica and Judy were still talking. "I know Judy can be a little overly critical of Monica-"

"A little?"

"My point is that she loves both of her kids. We both do."

"Maybe if you both showed it in better ways, I wouldn't explode on you."

"Maybe." Jack sighed.

"For the record, I have no problem with Daniel spending time alone with you. I just don't like him spending time alone with your wife."

"Why is that?"

"Because whenever he comes back, he's upset for days. He overhears her badmouthing his mother. Kids pick up on things like that, you know."

"I know," Jack sighed. "I'll try to talk to Judy about that."

"Thank you," Chandler told him as Daniel came back to them. "Hey, buddy."

"Can we go home yet?"

"We're going to help clean up here."

"We can take him home." Joey came over to them. "If it's ok with you guys that we leave now."

"You better run it by Monica." Chandler told him and watched as Joey went to go talk with Monica.

Monica looked over at Chandler as she talked with Joey and she nodded, letting him know that it was all right.

"Ok. Your mom says it's all right." Chandler told Daniel. "You be good for everyone, ok?"

"Ok," Daniel let Chandler hug him and went to Joey where Monica gave him a hug as well and handed Joey the bag of Daniel's things that they had brought along that day.

Chandler, Monica, and Ross walked into Central Perk a couple hours later with some boxes that Jack had sent along with them. They spotted the other three there with Daniel.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Daniel ran to them. "What is that?"

"Pictures from Nana's house." Monica smiled at him. "Do you want to look at them with us?"

"Yeah!" he sat with them on the couch as they started going through all the pictures.

"Wow." Chandler pulled out a picture and looked at Monica. "You look so much like her in this one."

They all crowded around as Ross pulled out a framed photo of Nana with a group of her friends at their favorite hangout.

"I think this is one from your baby shower." Phoebe handed a photo to Chandler.

Chandler smiled at a snapshot of him and Monica. They were both smiling as he had his hand on Monica's protruding belly.

"Look, Daniel." Chandler pulled him onto his lap. "See that little bulge under your mom's dress?"

"Uh-huh."

"That's you. You were still growing inside her belly."

"Cool."

"Here's another one of you guys," Ross handed it to them.

"That's when we got married." Monica said. "If you can call that a wedding ceremony. City hall wasn't that great."

"What do you expect? It was a courthouse." Chandler commented.

"Why'd you get married in a courthouse?" Daniel asked.

"Well, you were a surprise for me and your mom." Chandler told him.

"A happy surprise." Monica interrupted him.

"A very happy surprise." Chandler added. "And you came so fast that we didn't have enough time to have a real wedding ceremony."

"We had always planned on having a real one, but we got busy." Monica told him.

"Will you ever have one?" Daniel asked.

"Maybe," Chandler glanced at Monica as the others got a little uncomfortable.

Chandler saw the sad look on Monica's face, though the others were oblivious to it. He had always felt bad that he hadn't given Monica her dream wedding. She always told him that it was no big deal; they were already married so it didn't make much of a difference. But he knew better than that. An idea popped into his head; he suddenly had the perfect idea for the best Christmas present that Monica would ever receive.

AN: So what'd you all think? What will Chandler's surprise for Monica be? PLZ R&R!