Gone for the Moment - Chapter One
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"Come on, Mon! Just one more push!"
"I can't do it! It hurts!" Monica screamed, squezing her eyes shut and pushing herself back.
"Yes you can! I know you can! Just one more push and we're going to have a beautiful little boy!" Chandler yelled as gently, and encouragingly, as he could.
"Alright, Monica. On three." The doctor commanded from his place at the end of the hospital bed. "One...two...three!"
Monica clenched her jaw as ever muscle in her lower body contracted in all kinds of pain. Over her screaming and Chandler's yelling, the shrill cry of Baby Bing was heard, and the room never seemed more quiet.
"Oh my god! He's here!" Chandler gently released Monica's hand and jogged to the end of the bed.
"How does he look?" Monica asked in a sigh in between deep breaths.
"He's...beautiful."
The nurse took him to be cleaned up and Chandler moved back to his position at the head of the bed. He placed a sweet kiss on Monica's forehead and wrapped his arms around her lovingly. "We have a baby."
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11 months later...
"No."
"Chandler, it's not your choice. I'm going." Monica sighed and rubbed her hand over the back of her neck.
"Well you're not taking my son with you!" Chandler yelled from his place on the floor with Jake right next to him, happily playing with his blocks and clapping in delight.
"Yes I am. He's my son too."
"You can't just take him! That's illegal!"
"Chandler, I'm his mother, I have a steady job, and a safe place to live, there's no court in the world that would give you custody of him."
"Well why does your job have to be in Minneapolis? Why can't you get a job here?"
"Chandler! We've been over this! This is the opportunity of a lifetime, and I'm not going to let it pass by. We've been fighting like this since a month after Jake was born, we don't work together anymore, there's no hope left for us." She didn't want to leave New York or split Chandler and Jake up, but this was the easy way out she had been looking for.
"Fine! You're tellin' the guys." Chandler got off the floor in a huff and stormed out of the apartment. The vibrations of the slammed door mading Jake erupt in a siren of wails.
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to be continued...
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Yay, thanks for reading! I didn't want to start posting this story until I was finished with it, but I just couldn't wait, I didn't want you guys to forget about me! I have the next chapter all set to post, I just need to know if you guys want me to post it! I've got about half of the story written, so just review, I'll be happy, and you'll get your chapters! Ciao!