Title: BUTTERFLY
Author: Grimore
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Category: Friends, AU
Spoilers: None really
Rating: M
Setting: Set before the episode where everyone finds out about Monica and Chandler and then just AU from there
Summary: Monica and Chandler start a family
Authors Notes: This is just a fic I started to write after I watched a number of shows. Most of the storylines are from Charmed. Also I'm not a doctor so I just wanna say sorry that all the medical information is wrong. Hopefully it's still a good read. Most of the chapters are going to be very short because I just wanted to get straight to the point.
Disclaimer: None
Feedback: Dear God yes! it feeds my brain. Without it I get writers block.
PART ONE - The one where Monica tells Chandler
Monica Geller was nervously pacing around her living room. She was waiting for her boyfriend, Chandler Bing to come over. She couldn't believe what she had found out at her Doctors appointment.
It had just been a regular check up at first. But then she had gotten some good news. Well to her it was good news. She just didn't know how Chandler would take it. The fact was that she was getting extremely anxious over what he would say and do.
Nervously she started pacing around the apartment, wondering what she would say to him. She folded one arm over her stomach and chewed the thumb of her other.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she tried to stay calm.
At that moment. Chandler walked in and she quickly wiped her tears away.
"Honey I'm...at your home" he said.
He walked over to her with a huge grin. He went to kiss her but she pulled away.
Confused he asked "Something wrong?"
"Chandler I have something to tell you" she said
"Oh what?" He asked suddenly concerned and nervous.
Monica sighed. "You better sit down"
She led him to the coach and sat on the coffee table in front of him. She took his hand in hers.
"What's going on, Mon?" he asked. Then he noticed how red her eyes were. "Have you been crying?" he asked
She nodded her head before speaking "Well, um. Okay. You know how I went to the Doctors today?" she asked
"Yeah" he nodded "Is something wrong?" he asked in a panic.
"Uh, well it depends on how you look at it" she said
"So your all right?" he asked
"Yes" she replied
He let out a sigh of relief.
"Then what is it?" He asked
She took a deep breath before telling him.
"Chandler...I'm pregnant"
She watched as his eyes grew wide and his mouth dropped open. He stared at her and that made her even more nervous.
"Chandler?" she asked after fifteen minutes
"Ar - are you sure?" he asked in a high voice
She nodded slowly.
"How?" he asked
She raised an eyebrow at him.
"I -I mean I know how" he said quickly "I just meant that we've been really careful"
"I know. But sometimes these things happen" she said
"Yeah but... But what are we going to do?" he asked
"We?" she asked. A little surprised
"Yes we. This is my baby too. Right?" Chandler asked
"Yes it is. Its just that I know that you don't want a baby. Well not right now anyway"
"Yeah" he agreed
They stayed silent for a while. Then Chandler tugged on her hand and pulled her on the coach with him.
"Do you want this baby?" he asked
"Yes. But I've wanted a baby for so long" she said "Remember when I was willing to go to a sperm bank?" she asked
He nodded.
"Do you want this baby?" she asked slowly "Cos there's no pressure if you don't" she added rather quickly.
He thought for a moment and then smiled. Bending over he gave her a small peck on her lips.
"If you want this baby then so do I" he told her
"Really?" she asked, trying to hide her excitement
"Really"
She squealed with happiness and threw her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her lower back and hugged her tightly.
She pulled back and kissed him. Her arms still around him.
"So...we're doing this?" she asked "We're having a baby?"
"We're having a baby" He declared
He pulled her towards him and kissed her passionately. Suddenly he pulled back and looked at her, slightly confused by something.
"Mon, if your okay with having a baby then why were you crying?" He asked
She looked down, unable to look him in the eye.
"Monica?"
"I was scared" she replied
"About what?" he asked
"I didn't know how you were gonna take the, um news" she told him, finally looking at him.
"Oh, Honey..." he said softly, pulling her into a hug. "Look I know that I have commitment issues...But you know that I would never do anything to hurt or upset you, right?"
"I know" she said softly
Chandler pulled back and kissed her gently.
An hour later they were holding each other on the coach.
"How are we gonna tell the others?" Chandler asked
"Who says we have too?" she asked
"Well Mon, I think they'd notice when we came home with a baby" he joked
"Okay. I guess we'll call everyone over to dinner and tell them then" she suggested
"At least Joey already knows about us" said Chandler "That's one less person to tell"
"But he doesn't know about the baby" she reminded him
"Pfft. Minor detail" he said. He kissed her temple gently. "I'm gonna go down to the coffee house. I'll be back soon"
He kissed her again and stood up.
"Chandler could you bring me back a muffin?" she asked
"Course" he said and flashed her a smile. "What kind?"
"Choc-chip" she said
He nodded and walked out.
TBC