"Chandler...Chandler are you home?" Monica asked arriving in from
work.
She checked all the bedrooms, but no one was there.
"Yes, all alone in the apartment."
Monica poured herself an ice tea and kicked back on the couch as she decided to watch TV.
"I wonder what's on the Food Network?" Monica asked herself as she reached for the remote, but stopped suddenly. Next to the remote lied Rachel's copy of Pregnancy Magazine…and Chandler wasn't home.
"I guess there is no harm in reading it; I mean it's just a magazine."
Monica picked up the magazine and began to read as she waited for Chandler to come home.
"Wow baby food recipes!" Monica exclaimed, "I can make these for my niece!"
She continued to fawn over the pictures of baby clothes, teddy bears and toys as she longed for a baby of her own, but Monica knew that Chandler still was not ready to be a father. All she could do was waited for him to come around.
Monica aimlessly turned the pages until she ran across an article… "How To Get Your Husband Ready For Fatherhood".
"Maybe this will help…"
Is your husband reluctant to say 'yes' to fatherhood? Check out Pregnancy Magazine's tips on how to put him through basic father training, in no time at all he will be ready and willing to become a dad.
The truth was Monica was really starting to envy Rachel, she was about to have a daughter, and here she and Chandler were coming up on their anniversary and she was not even pregnant.
* * *
Chandler slowly opened the door to the apartment, it was eight thirty and he didn't want to startle Monica. On his way home from work he called her on his cell phone to tell her he was picking up Chinese food, but she didn't answer. He assumed she had fallen asleep.
He set down his briefcase and put the food on the table, and as he looked over he saw Monica asleep on the couch. Chandler smiled as he realized he was married to the sweetest, most beautiful woman in the world.
Chandler quietly stepped over to cover Monica up with a blanket as he picked up the magazine lying across her chest, as he turned it over to close it he stopped as he saw the article she was reading…. "How To Get Your Husband Ready For Fatherhood". Tears started to fill his eyes as Chandler came to the realization that HE was the one holding Monica back from the one thing she wanted the most.
"Oh my god," Chandler whispered as he began to understand that Monica's maternal desires were more than just small talk. He loved his wife so much, and in that moment Chandler knew exactly what he had to do.
* * *
"Left foot green!" Phoebe exclaimed after spinning the spinner.
"I can't do it!" grumbled Joey querulously.
"Don't make me move it for you Tribbanni!"
"Oh god!"
Phoebe approached Joey and dove onto the Twister board, pinning Joey to the floor.
"I WIN!" she screamed.
"Phoebe that's NOT how you play!" replied Joey while laughing his ass off.
Joey gazed into Phoebe's blue eyes and had one of those moments. Phoebe smiled as she continued to have him pinned on the floor.
After about thirty seconds Phoebe did something she wanted to do so badly, and it was clear to her that now was the time.
"What are you doing?" Joey asked bewilderingly.
"Just shut up and close your eyes!"
"Okay…" he whispered back smiling.
Phoebe leaned in and kissed Joey for a long time, finally they came up for air.
That was it, the moment that changed everything.
"Well...." Joey said, "That was good, we just might have to do it again."
"Maybe," Phoebe replied with a flirty expression.
They stood up, looked at each other and screamed!
"So you uh wanna go get a meat ball sub?" Joey asked nonchalantly.
"Sure!"
Phoebe grabbed her coat and the two left the apartment, knowing full well that things were very different.
* * *
"I'm home!" Rachel exclaimed while coming into the apartment. She stood there in her black dress and red coat carrying a myriad of shopping bags.
"Rachel, here let me help you with those," Ross announced while tearing himself away from the Discovery Channel, "wow, you uh, certainly went shopping."
"I know, I got tons of cute stuff for the baby Ross, let me show you. See, look at this pink dress with the yellow little flowers, isn't it adorable?"
"Yeah, it's cute."
"Oh, oh, oh! Look at this; it's a pair of baby overalls!"
"She's going to be the best dressed little girl on the play ground."
"I know, thank god her mom knows how to shop!" Rachel cried in an excited manner as she placed her hand on her rounded belly, "Hey Ross, did you get that cheese fondue kit I love."
"Uh-huh! Want some?"
"You bet! Oh, um Ross I brought this birthing video home from the doctor today, and we are uh supposed to watch it."
"Okay."
Ross went in the kitchen and made a bowl of cheese fondue for Rachel while she put the clothes in the nursery. Things were really starting to come together. Last week they installed a white crib, dresser, and changing table, and the week before that they painted the walls pink.
"It's ready!" called Ross from the kitchen.
"Coming!" replied Rachel as she peered around her daughter's room as she looked down at her belly again and slowly shut off the light.
"It's really hot, so be careful Ross said as he set down the bowl in front of Rachel."
Rachel stirred her soup with a somber expression on her face.
"Are you okay?"
Rachel nodded as she bit her lip to keep from crying.
"Tell me what's wrong Rach!"
"I'm scared Ross."
"Sweetie, why are you scared?"
"I was in the mall today at Baby Gap, and I've been there 100 times before buying baby clothes but it has always been for my friends' baby showers. I realized that this is for real; in like three months I'm going to be a mother. From now on every decision I make is going to affect her, and I never had any experience with babies or anything. It's just really scary, I'm afraid I am going to mess her up."
"Rachel, are you kidding me? You are going to be the most amazing mother. When Carol got pregnant I was terrified, it was totally sudden and I was just thrown into this role as a father. But the moment your baby is born, you sort of put all that fear in the back of your mind, because you fall so in love with this little person. Our daughter is the luckiest little girl in the world, because I KNOW you are going to be such an awesome mom!"
"Really?" Rachel asked with tears in her eyes.
"Yeah, and Rachel I am going to be here for you, for her and for us. Lately, I've really well, I think I'm falling in love with you again. I mean you're...you're having my baby, and that is so amazing."
"Ross…" Rachel whispered with tears streaming down her cheek.
"Shhhh…"
"Kiss me Ross!"
"Okay," he whispered leaning into a passionate embrace.
* * *
"Hey Mon! What's cooking?" Chandler asked arriving home from a long day at work.
"Macaroni and cheese and stirred fried vegetables…"
"That sounds great."
"So how was your day at work?"
"Oh it was okay, I got the WENUS into Doug on time."
"That's awesome, I know how hard you have been working on it."
"Thanks, how was your day Monica?"
"Pretty good, no one spilled marinara sauce on me today."
"Yeah, that's always nice."
Chandler tapped his fingers on the kitchen nervously starring at his sexy wife, knowing that what he was about to do would make her happier than a diamond bracelet.
"Monica?"
"Yeah."
"I think I'm ready."
"Well honey, I know you're hungry but I am cooking as fast as I can."
"No Mon. The other night when I came home from work, I saw you were reading Rachel's magazine, and I read that article. I know how you badly you want to have a baby, and I think I am ready to take that on."
Monica turned away from her cooking as her eyes lit up.
"Are you serious Chandler?"
"Yeah!"
"You, you want us to have a baby?"
Chandler smiled, "yes."
"So do you uh want to go try to get me pregnant right now?"
Now Chandler got excited… "You bet I do."
"Okay…oh my god, I love you!" Monica screamed running into the bedroom with Chandler.
"Wait, don't forget the vapor rub!"
She checked all the bedrooms, but no one was there.
"Yes, all alone in the apartment."
Monica poured herself an ice tea and kicked back on the couch as she decided to watch TV.
"I wonder what's on the Food Network?" Monica asked herself as she reached for the remote, but stopped suddenly. Next to the remote lied Rachel's copy of Pregnancy Magazine…and Chandler wasn't home.
"I guess there is no harm in reading it; I mean it's just a magazine."
Monica picked up the magazine and began to read as she waited for Chandler to come home.
"Wow baby food recipes!" Monica exclaimed, "I can make these for my niece!"
She continued to fawn over the pictures of baby clothes, teddy bears and toys as she longed for a baby of her own, but Monica knew that Chandler still was not ready to be a father. All she could do was waited for him to come around.
Monica aimlessly turned the pages until she ran across an article… "How To Get Your Husband Ready For Fatherhood".
"Maybe this will help…"
Is your husband reluctant to say 'yes' to fatherhood? Check out Pregnancy Magazine's tips on how to put him through basic father training, in no time at all he will be ready and willing to become a dad.
The truth was Monica was really starting to envy Rachel, she was about to have a daughter, and here she and Chandler were coming up on their anniversary and she was not even pregnant.
* * *
Chandler slowly opened the door to the apartment, it was eight thirty and he didn't want to startle Monica. On his way home from work he called her on his cell phone to tell her he was picking up Chinese food, but she didn't answer. He assumed she had fallen asleep.
He set down his briefcase and put the food on the table, and as he looked over he saw Monica asleep on the couch. Chandler smiled as he realized he was married to the sweetest, most beautiful woman in the world.
Chandler quietly stepped over to cover Monica up with a blanket as he picked up the magazine lying across her chest, as he turned it over to close it he stopped as he saw the article she was reading…. "How To Get Your Husband Ready For Fatherhood". Tears started to fill his eyes as Chandler came to the realization that HE was the one holding Monica back from the one thing she wanted the most.
"Oh my god," Chandler whispered as he began to understand that Monica's maternal desires were more than just small talk. He loved his wife so much, and in that moment Chandler knew exactly what he had to do.
* * *
"Left foot green!" Phoebe exclaimed after spinning the spinner.
"I can't do it!" grumbled Joey querulously.
"Don't make me move it for you Tribbanni!"
"Oh god!"
Phoebe approached Joey and dove onto the Twister board, pinning Joey to the floor.
"I WIN!" she screamed.
"Phoebe that's NOT how you play!" replied Joey while laughing his ass off.
Joey gazed into Phoebe's blue eyes and had one of those moments. Phoebe smiled as she continued to have him pinned on the floor.
After about thirty seconds Phoebe did something she wanted to do so badly, and it was clear to her that now was the time.
"What are you doing?" Joey asked bewilderingly.
"Just shut up and close your eyes!"
"Okay…" he whispered back smiling.
Phoebe leaned in and kissed Joey for a long time, finally they came up for air.
That was it, the moment that changed everything.
"Well...." Joey said, "That was good, we just might have to do it again."
"Maybe," Phoebe replied with a flirty expression.
They stood up, looked at each other and screamed!
"So you uh wanna go get a meat ball sub?" Joey asked nonchalantly.
"Sure!"
Phoebe grabbed her coat and the two left the apartment, knowing full well that things were very different.
* * *
"I'm home!" Rachel exclaimed while coming into the apartment. She stood there in her black dress and red coat carrying a myriad of shopping bags.
"Rachel, here let me help you with those," Ross announced while tearing himself away from the Discovery Channel, "wow, you uh, certainly went shopping."
"I know, I got tons of cute stuff for the baby Ross, let me show you. See, look at this pink dress with the yellow little flowers, isn't it adorable?"
"Yeah, it's cute."
"Oh, oh, oh! Look at this; it's a pair of baby overalls!"
"She's going to be the best dressed little girl on the play ground."
"I know, thank god her mom knows how to shop!" Rachel cried in an excited manner as she placed her hand on her rounded belly, "Hey Ross, did you get that cheese fondue kit I love."
"Uh-huh! Want some?"
"You bet! Oh, um Ross I brought this birthing video home from the doctor today, and we are uh supposed to watch it."
"Okay."
Ross went in the kitchen and made a bowl of cheese fondue for Rachel while she put the clothes in the nursery. Things were really starting to come together. Last week they installed a white crib, dresser, and changing table, and the week before that they painted the walls pink.
"It's ready!" called Ross from the kitchen.
"Coming!" replied Rachel as she peered around her daughter's room as she looked down at her belly again and slowly shut off the light.
"It's really hot, so be careful Ross said as he set down the bowl in front of Rachel."
Rachel stirred her soup with a somber expression on her face.
"Are you okay?"
Rachel nodded as she bit her lip to keep from crying.
"Tell me what's wrong Rach!"
"I'm scared Ross."
"Sweetie, why are you scared?"
"I was in the mall today at Baby Gap, and I've been there 100 times before buying baby clothes but it has always been for my friends' baby showers. I realized that this is for real; in like three months I'm going to be a mother. From now on every decision I make is going to affect her, and I never had any experience with babies or anything. It's just really scary, I'm afraid I am going to mess her up."
"Rachel, are you kidding me? You are going to be the most amazing mother. When Carol got pregnant I was terrified, it was totally sudden and I was just thrown into this role as a father. But the moment your baby is born, you sort of put all that fear in the back of your mind, because you fall so in love with this little person. Our daughter is the luckiest little girl in the world, because I KNOW you are going to be such an awesome mom!"
"Really?" Rachel asked with tears in her eyes.
"Yeah, and Rachel I am going to be here for you, for her and for us. Lately, I've really well, I think I'm falling in love with you again. I mean you're...you're having my baby, and that is so amazing."
"Ross…" Rachel whispered with tears streaming down her cheek.
"Shhhh…"
"Kiss me Ross!"
"Okay," he whispered leaning into a passionate embrace.
* * *
"Hey Mon! What's cooking?" Chandler asked arriving home from a long day at work.
"Macaroni and cheese and stirred fried vegetables…"
"That sounds great."
"So how was your day at work?"
"Oh it was okay, I got the WENUS into Doug on time."
"That's awesome, I know how hard you have been working on it."
"Thanks, how was your day Monica?"
"Pretty good, no one spilled marinara sauce on me today."
"Yeah, that's always nice."
Chandler tapped his fingers on the kitchen nervously starring at his sexy wife, knowing that what he was about to do would make her happier than a diamond bracelet.
"Monica?"
"Yeah."
"I think I'm ready."
"Well honey, I know you're hungry but I am cooking as fast as I can."
"No Mon. The other night when I came home from work, I saw you were reading Rachel's magazine, and I read that article. I know how you badly you want to have a baby, and I think I am ready to take that on."
Monica turned away from her cooking as her eyes lit up.
"Are you serious Chandler?"
"Yeah!"
"You, you want us to have a baby?"
Chandler smiled, "yes."
"So do you uh want to go try to get me pregnant right now?"
Now Chandler got excited… "You bet I do."
"Okay…oh my god, I love you!" Monica screamed running into the bedroom with Chandler.
"Wait, don't forget the vapor rub!"