AN: Epilogue is here! I hope you all enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Now I'll be concentrating on my other story, My Life. And I'm also working on another Mondler story because they're my favorite couple to write about. So onto the story and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own no one. They all belong to Bright/Kauffman/Crane.

Epilogue

Chandler slowly rolled over in bed when he heard some noise drift through the baby monitor. He looked at Monica's side of the bed and saw it empty. He slowly climbed out of bed and walked into the room next door. He smiled when he saw the one-year-old standing up in the crib.

"Dada!" she squealed as she gave him a toothy grin.

"How's daddy's girl today?" he picked her up out of the crib and started to get her dressed. "Do you know what today is? It's your birthday. It's been a very good year. For me especially."

Monica was downstairs starting to make breakfast and smiled as she heard Chandler talking to Destiny through the intercom she had left turned on in her room so she could hear if she woke up.

Chandler was right. It had been a very good year for them all. Chandler and Monica had decided to permanently take up residence in Chicago after Chandler was determined one hundred percent recovered.

Ross, Rachel, and Phoebe had gone back to New York for a little bit, but they missed them terribly so they took up residence in Chicago as well. Joey had stayed the entire time and was living with Monica and Chandler for the time being. He had his own room on the lower level of the house that Chandler's parents had given them. He was getting really good buzz for all the off-Broadway plays he had been in.

Ross and Rachel were back together and had baby girl Emma. They had gotten closer during Chandler's illness. Rachel had discovered she was a few months pregnant after Destiny was born. They just didn't tell anyone right away because they wanted everyone to focus on Chandler getting better. When they finally announced it, everyone was happy for them. Both Chandler and Monica yelled at them for not telling them sooner. They now live next door to them and are often over to eat meals with them or just to hang out.

After Phoebe permanently moved to Chicago like everyone else, she set to work trying to find a job at the local massage parlors. That was where she met her current boyfriend, Mike. He was a lawyer and enjoyed her quirkiness and her eccentrics. It was the longest, most steady relationship she's ever had.

"Morning," Chandler came downstairs with Destiny in his arms.

"Hey," she smiled as she took Destiny from him. "There's the birthday girl."

"Breakfast ready?" they looked back and saw Joey coming into them.

"How was the after-party?" Chandler asked.

"It was all right." He sat at the table and smiled at Destiny in the highchair as she nibbled on some cheerios as Monica finished making breakfast.

"When are the others supposed to arrive?" Chandler asked as he got out some plates and glasses and Monica brought the waffles, bacon, and toast over.

"In a couple hours," she told him. "I need you to go pick up the cake at the shop and get some ice cream, too."

"Not a problem." He told her as he poured everyone some orange juice.

"I'll go with you, dude." Joey told him.

"Just don't eat the cake before you get back here," Monica warned him. "I would like my daughter to have a birthday cake for her first birthday."

An hour later, Chandler and Joey left for the cake shop as Monica started cleaning up after breakfast. She put Destiny in the living room to play with her toys as she started to get the decorations out.

"Hello?" Monica heard the front door open and a few moments later, Ross and Rachel came in with six-month-old Emma.

"Hey," Monica smiled at them.

"Where's Chandler?" Ross asked as he put Emma in the living room to play with Destiny.

"He and Joey went to pick up the cake and to get some ice cream."

"You trusted Joey to go with him?"

"I think it'll be fine."

"Mon?" they heard the door open again and Phoebe came in with Mike.

"Welcome," Monica hugged them both. "How have you been?"

"We're good." Mike assured her.

"Need any help setting up, Mon?" Phoebe asked her.

"Yes," she sighed.

A little while later, Chandler and Joey returned to the house with the cake and ice cream. They walked in and saw everyone else there as they finished decorating the house. Chandler glanced out the patio door and saw Mike helping Ross grill the burgers and hot dogs.

"Is it still in one piece?" Monica opened the cake box as Chandler put the ice cream in the freezer.

"Yes," Joey defended. "Although we better eat soon or I definitely will eat that cake."

"Go outside," Monica told him. "I think Ross and Mike are almost done grilling."

"Got it," he walked outside and joined everyone else and Chandler went to get Destiny.

"Want me to get her dressed in her party clothes?" he looked at Monica.

"Yes, please. I hung an outfit on the outside of her closet door." She smiled as she watched him take her upstairs.

Chandler got her changed into the outfit and put her hair in a tiny ponytail on the top of her head. He went back downstairs and joined everyone out on the deck as they all got some food.

"That outfit is adorable," Rachel said as Chandler put Destiny in the highchair that Joey had moved outside for them.

"I got it at the new baby boutique that opened in town."

The day wore on as they had birthday cake and Chandler held Destiny in his lap as he and Monica helped her open her gifts from everyone. Monica smiled over at Chandler as he played with her toys with her. He caught her eye and smiled back, both knowing what the other one was thinking. More than a year ago, none of them knew if Chandler would live to see this day. But now they knew that he would be there for all of her milestones. He would live to see her first day of school, her first date, learning to drive a car, going to prom, graduating high school and college, meeting the perfect person that she would want to spend the rest of her life with, her wedding, having kids, and watching her kids go through all the milestones that she had gone through.

Everyone left to go back home a few hours later and Chandler helped Monica clean up and get Destiny ready for bed. Monica lay her down in her crib and covered her. Chandler came up and held her around the waist and she smiled.

"It was a big day for her," she turned around to look at him.

"Big day for all of us. A day I thought I'd never see."

"But you did. And you'll be here for more days like this." She took his hand as they walked out of her room and shut the door behind them. "I promise."

"I know I will," he smiled at her as they retreated to their room for the night.

They lay in bed holding each other thinking about what all they had been through and what all was to come. But no matter what happened, they had each other and they would always be there for each other. Forever and always.

THE END

AN: So what'd you think of the end? I may have ended it too abruptly, but I was just so anxious to get this finished for you guys. Keep an eye out for my other stories. And leave me some reviews and tell me what you thought about the ending.