This fanfic takes place after the finale of Season 2. IOne thing to know is that in this story, Chandler and Janice never started talking again over the computer. Hope you enjoy and comments are always nice. :)

Monica returns home from Barry and Mindy's wedding shaking with tears. Richard doesn't want kids and she is pregnant. Pregnant with Richard's child that he doesn't want because Richard does not want to have any more kids. Knowing Richard's feelings, Monica is unsure over whether he will want to be in the baby's life. Monica is sitting on the couch, crying, when the door opens.

"Monica? Are you okay?" Chandler asks as he walks through the door. Monica turns to look at him. He sees her tear-streaked face and walks over to her. "Richard and I just broke up." Chandler puts his arms around Monica and sits on the couch, letting Monica sink into him. How could Richard and Monica break up? She was in love with this guy more than she's ever been.

"Do you need me to kick his ass?" Chandler asks Monica seriously. Chandler waits for Monica to reply but she doesn't. He looks down at her face and sees that she is asleep. Chandler carefully shifts himself off the couch and covers her with a blanket. He kisses her forehead lightly then walks out of the door.

Monica wakes up the next morning with a queasy feeling in her stomach. Without thinking, she runs to the bathroom just in time to throw up in the toilet. After cleaning herself off, she walks out of the bathroom and finds Ross and Rachel kissing at the kitchen table. Saddened by their obvious love for each other, Monica silently creeps to her room, lies on her bed, and cries. In the kitchen, Rachel and Ross stop kissing when they hear the door shut.

"I don't even want to imagine how heartbroken Monica is," Rachel confesses.

"I know," Ross sighs.

"I mean, if I lost you, I would be a complete mess."

"Well, you won't need to ever worry about that." Rachel smiles at Ross's words then moves to sit on his lap. She kisses him sweetly then stands up. "I'm going to go check on her," Rachel tells Ross as she walks towards Monica's room.

"Mon, do you need to talk someone? Should I call up Phoebe and tell her to buy some good ice cream," Rachel asks while she sits on Monica's bed. Before Monica can respond, Phoebe runs through the door.

"Okay, I'm here! I didn't lose one strand of hair yesterday so I knew something had to be off," Phoebe says oddly. Monica manages a weak smile in Phoebe's direction then goes back to frowning. Phoebe hugs her comfortingly and asks, "Sweetie, what's wrong?"

"Rishd and I oke upn last nishe," Monica manages through tears.

"Oh, I'm sho shorrer fehr you," Phoebe replies back in the same tone.

"Okay, what?" Rachel whispers in Phoebe's ear.

"Oh, I'm an expert in `my-life-is-ruined` talk. My sister Ursula would always whine before she left me to get a job as a waitress," Phoebe rambles. "That over-achieving bitch."

Rachel and Phoebe go back to consoling Monica until Monica drifts off to sleep.

Later that day, Joey walks into Monica's room. "Hey, Monica. I think I have something that might cheer you up," Joey says softly. Monica lifts up her head. "What?"

"Well… Do you want to clean out me and Chandler's fridge?" Joey asks bluntly.

Monica jumps out of bed, grabs her cleaning supplies, and then bursts across the hall to Joey and Chandler's apartment. Joey walks out of Monica's room with a pleased smile on his face.

"So, why did they even break up?" Joey asks the gang.

"Well," Rachel replies, gossip that she is. "I overheard them talking at the wedding. Monica was talking about kids and I think Richard said he didn't want kids because he didn't want to have to go through it all again."

"What? Monica must be crushed," Phoebe responds.

"I can't believe that," Ross exclaims.

"Well, she's probably fine now," Joey says.

"Why?" Chandler questions.

"She's across the hall cleaning our fridge," Joey replies.

"You know what, I'm going to go check on her," Ross announces. He walks into Joey and Chandler's apartment and sees Monica eating a tub of ice cream at the counter. "Mon, what are you doing?"

"Well," Monica states nervously, "I finished the fridge so I was going to clean out the freezer when I saw the ice cream. I then started to think about Richard and…" Monica is unable to finish her sentence when she breaks into tears. In a second, Monica is being lead by Ross back to her bedroom across the hall.

"Well, she, uh, decided she needed to cry some more, so…" Ross explains.

Rachel is in the bathroom gathering the trash when she notices tissue paper wrapped around a stick-shaped item. She carefully grabs the tissue and lets the item roll out. She notices that it is a pregnancy test. A positive pregnancy test. The door to the bathroom opens and Monica walks in.

"Rachel. What are you doing?"