Everyone else writes dramas and I wanna jump on the bandwagon. Now I know Friends is a comedy! I don't need people to tell me that! I am just using the characters for a storyline I came up with, if you want to look at it that way. I do not own these characters, blah blah blah.

TEARS AND FEARS

Chapter 1: FOUR AM

Phoebe woke up when her phone rang. It was a disturbance she did not want. She looked at the clock sitting next to her phone. Wondering who was calling at 2am, she answered the phone with a "Yes?"
"Phoebe, its Chandler. You have to come to our apartment right now."
"Why?" She asked, in a state of grogginess.
"I have to go, just get over here, please." With that statement there was a click on the other end of the phone.
Phoebe was frantic; she was left only to wonder what could possibly be going on at Chandler and Monica's apartment at 2am in the morning that would cause Chandler to call her and tell her she had to come over. As she got on some jeans and a t-shirt she thought of the worse, Monica could of fallen and hurt herself, or there might have been a fire. Or something could of happened at Joey and Rachel's.
By the time she ran up the stairs of the building where four of her best friends lived, she had dismissed all the terrible thoughts and had forced herself to believe it was good news. Maybe Joey got a starring role in a movie, or maybe Ross was engaged again. It was now 2:15am and she was at the front door of apartment 20, without a second thought she opened the door and ran in.

Rachel glanced at her clock. It was 1:45am and she couldn't sleep. She had been awake ever since she went to bed 3 hours ago. She could hear Joey snoring loudly from the room next to hers. In frustration she threw off her covers and entered their living room, flicking the light switch on as she passed it. She was wearing her hair in a ponytail and wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and she was very tired. She had no idea why she couldn't sleep. Opening the refrigerator, she pulled out a carton of milk and pulled a glass out of the cupboard, it slid out of her hand and smashed on the floor. Rachel sighed to herself. Joey, looking half asleep entered from his room.
"What is going on?" He asked. He had been having a wonderful sleep and had heard a sound from the kitchen.
"I dropped a glass, Joey, go back to bed, it's not a big deal."
He walked over to where Rachel was standing. "I'm awake now, I won't be able to get back to sleep."
"So you'll help me clean it up?"
"No, but I'll make myself a sandwich." Rachel smiled. Just as Joey had spoken the two heard a loud yell of what sounded like pain come from the apartment across the hall. They glanced at each other, then without speaking ran out into the hall, Rachel leading, and ran into Monica and Chandlers apartment.

Ross was watching the television. He was watching a late night women's talk show. It was 2:30pm and it was just beginning. He had lied at 10:00pm that he had to go home and get to bed to his sister, Monica and his brother in law, Chandler. When actually, he went back to his apartment, grabbed a beer, unplugged the phone, drew his curtains and turned on his television. It was really because he was sick of hearing about Chandler and Monica's perfect lives. They had been married for 10 months. Ross was extremely jealous. Rachel, Pheobe, and Joey were all more caught up in Monica and Chandlers lives than their own. He wondered if they knew he was jealous of their perfect lives, or if they just thought he was sad about his own life. It was very warm in his apartment. Ross sighed and went over to the window and opened his curtains, he was going to open the window and let the cool September air fill his living room. He glanced towards Monica and Chandlers apartment. He noticed Pheobe standing by the bathroom. We wondered why she was there. Then he noticed Chandler pacing in the living room, in his pyjamas. Looking more carefully he noticed Rachel and Joey standing with their backs turned to the window, also in their pyjamas. Rachel was dialling the phone. Ross looked over to his own phone, which was disconnected and quickly plugged it in. It began to ring; he grabbed it and said, "Rach?"
"Oh Ross, thank god." Rachel said. He heard her say "Chandler, Phoebe, he finally answered."
"Rach, what is going on over there?"
"Ross, its Monica, she's locked herself up in the bathroom and-" Rachel began to cry. Ross heard Rachel's voice get quieter and Joey take the phone.
"Ross, you have to get over here, right now." Joey told him.
Ross began to ask, "Is the-" But Joey had already hung up.
Ross ran out the door of his apartment.

Chandler had woken up at 1:30am and looked over at his beautiful wife. She was awake and looked back at him.
Chandler spoke softly, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, its just my back really, really hurts." She whispered. "Can you get me another pillow?"
"Sure I can," he said as he got out of bed, "Want something to drink or eat?"
She nodded and climbed out of bed. He helped her, and they walked into their living room together. Monica sat at the kitchen table and put her hand on her stomach. "Are you okay?" She said to her stomach.
Chandler turned away from the refrigerator and said, "I'm sure he or she is absolutely fine." She smiled. "I bet he or she is excited about meeting his or her new parents in 2 months." Monica kissed him on the cheek and rose from her seat. She was 7 months pregnant and her back was killing her. She knew it was just another downside to having a baby.
"Chandler?" Monica said.
"Yes?" He asked and smiled at her.
"I know our baby's sex."
"What?" He was shocked. "And you didn't tell me! I was waiting for; we were waiting. I can't believe-"
She interrupted, "It's a girl."
He just looked at her for a second and melted. He hugged her. "A girl?"
She smiled. "Yes." She paused then said. "I have to go to the bathroom."
"How romantic," Chandler joked. She went into their bathroom.
After ten minutes Chandler went up to the bathroom door. "Monica? Are you alright?" He asked with a hint of fear in his voice.
"Chandler, I think something's wrong." She cried from the bathroom floor.
"Well, let me in and we can figure it out, okay?"
Monica said, "No, I'll be out in a second." Then she let out a wail of pain. Chandler jumped.
"Monica! Are you alright?" Chandler yelled and banged on the door. "Let me in!"
Just then, Rachel and Joey ran in. Chandler ignored them and kept yelling for Monica to open the door. He felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and Rachel looked genuinely scared.
"Is Monica in there?" Joey asked. Chandler just nodded. He was panicking. He moved away from the door.
Rachel went up to the door, "Mon?" She asked.
"Rach, I'm scared." Monica sobbed.
"Mon, let us in and we'll take you to the hospital." Joey said.
"I don't want to." Monica cried. "If I come out then you'll take me to the hospital and they'll tell me something's gone wrong. That I've done something wrong, and I'll lose my baby."
"I'm calling Phoebe," Chandler said and picked up the phone.

When Phoebe entered at 2:15pm, and walked in to see Chandler lying next to the door of the bathroom. Rachel was pacing and waiting for someone to answer on the other side of the phone line. Joey was trying to unlock the bathroom door from the outside.
"What is going on here?" Phoebe asked, afraid of the answer. Rachel filled her in on all the details of the past couple of hours.
"Monica?" Phoebe softly said. "I'm here, Mon."
Soon Ross arrived and called Monica's doctor. Monica still refused to leave the bathroom. Chandler was upset and frantically trying to get her to leave. He understood why she wouldn't come out. She was upset. Upset that her baby, the baby she had wanted for months to arrive, the baby she had waited a lifetime for, would die. And she would think it was her fault. She would be wrong, she had read all the books, she had been to the doctors regularly, she ate what she was told, and she did everything to prepare for the birth of her and Chandlers child.
It was 2:45am and Rachel had been trying to convince Monica to exit the bathroom. Chandler had been sitting in the living room with Joey when he got up and walked towards the bathroom.
"Monica, get out of there."
"What?" She asked.
"Get out of there right now. We can't get in there, we've tried. Its up to you to get out of that bathroom right now and come with us to the hospital. I am not going to let my wife endanger hers and our little girls life by staying in there for one more moment. Monica, you have a right to be scared. But we're scared out here." He began to cry. "Come on, Mon, don't do this!"
The door opened and everyone rushed to Monica. She hugged Chandler and everyone else.
Then, they all left for the hospital.
At 4am Ross, Phoebe, Joey and Rachel watched as a doctor entered Monica hospital room, where she and Chandler waited. Their four friends, speechless, wondered if the doctor brought good news. Or brought what they all feared, bad news for their best friends baby.
TO BE CONTINUED . . . . please review :)