Monica stood by the window and watched her husband leave in the thunderstorm. He worked nights at a factory. She waited until he was out of sight before she packed her car up.
She was only taking what she could fit in one trip. She refused to come back. She went back in and grabbed her 3 month old daughter Starr. Then she went into her 5 year olds room to wake him up.
"Joel honey, wake up." Monica said.
"Why mommy?" He asked.
"We're leaving like we talked about." She said.
"Ok." He said remembering the conversation.
She got the kids packed up in the car and left. She didn't know where to go. She couldn't go to any of her family. He would know where to find her. Then she remembered a friend in high school. He had a huge crush on her but she didn't really like him like that.
After graduation she married and never saw him. She knew where he used to live. So she thought she would go try and see if he was there. She didn't know where else to go.
When she got there, she got her kids out of the car and knocked on the door. When Chandler opened it his mouth fell open.
"Monica?" He asked. He recognized her instantly.
"Can we come in?" She asked.
He nodded and let them in.
"I know I haven't seen you in 7 years but I didn't know where else to go." She said.
"Don't worry about it." He said. He was happy to see her. He smiled at the kids. He always wanted kids with her. "How old are they?"
"Starr is 3 months." She said as she shifted the baby in her arms. She put an arm around her son that was sitting by her being shy. "And this is Joel. He's 5."
"They're beautiful Mon." He said.
He was more handsome then she remembered. "Thank you."
"I have a spare room you can use." He said.
"Thank you. I just need to go out in the car and get her basinet to sleep in." She said.
"I'll get it for you. It's raining." He said. He wondered why a bunch of her and the kids things were in the car. He didn't' want to ask tonight though. It was late. He got the basinet and set it up for her in the spare room. He also got some bags out so they had clothes and some toys for the kids to play with.
"Good night Mon." He said as he was going to go in his room.
She smiled at him. "Good night."