All I'm going to say is that Chandler and Monica aren't together but are best friends :)

She was in apartment 20 cleaning and paying the bills. Things haven't been easy for five years now. Monica has been working from sun set to sun down just to get the rent in on time. Her friends would help every which way they could; but Monica knows they have their own life to take care of too, she didn't want them to have to take care of her responsibilities also.

When she got pregnant with Sarah and her two year long boyfriend John left, things started to fall apart and become hard financially. Her best friend Chandler said that he was going to be with her every step of the way, she wasn't going to be alone. She knew he meant it then, she just hoped he still did. It's been five years since Sarah was born, they didn't have that much money to go on vacations like a real family does with their kids. They've never been to the nice fancy restaurants or bought the really expensive toys. They had each other, that was all they needed in this economy.

Every time Monica would take Sarah out for a mother and daughter bonding, occasionally Chandler, they would go to the zoo and have the worst luck; either one of them would have bird poop on their shoulder or come back with an article missing from being dropped in the monkey cages, or even have raccoon eyes from were their sunglasses sat all day. The only thing that was missing was normally when someone came back home like that they would be mad, or crying; but when they came back they would all be laughing and remembering the jokes Chandler would say as they looked at how ridicules everyone looked with ice cream mustaches. If you didn't know them, you would just see how cute of a family they were.

Today was another hard day. Monica just got off work and started straightening up the apartment before Chandler came back with Sarah. He would take her on days that he had off so that Monica wouldn't have to pay for day care. Sarah wasn't in kindergarten yet, she was a couple months behind the dead line for the class that she would have been in. She starts next year at a school that is just around the corner from Monica's work so that she could be there whenever something was wrong.

From all the mishaps and long days. There was one word that got Monica up in the morning, one word that kept her moving without giving up; and that word was...

"Mommy!" Sarah smiled as she ran through the heavy green door that Chandler opened for her.

Monica turned around from the coffee table and smiled as Sarah ran to her. "Hey baby girl." She picked her up "Did you have fun with Uncle Chandler?" She asked looking over at Chandler that was walking towards them.

She smiled and nodded "We played and went to the park and played and then we got some ice cream..." She told her mother happily. Monica looked over at Chandler.

"Ice cream?" She sat Sarah back down where she ran to her room. "Chandler that kid is spoiled because of you. She doesn't need ice cream everyday you take her to the park." She joked walking to the kitchen

"Sugar is good for kids, keeps them happy and puts them to bed early." He said moving over to the table.

Monica sat across from him "You think she goes to bed early?" Monica raised her eyebrows.

"She does at my house." He said

Monica shook her head and stood back up. "Are you staying for dinner?" She asked getting something out.

Chandler looked at his watch "No I can't. I have plans with Joey tonight."

"Oh yeah, what plans?" She asked curious

"Okay we don't really have plans. Baywatch's final is tonight and we're ordering pizza." He smiled

Monica rolled her eyes. "Okay. Before you go say goodbye to Sarah, she cried the last time you left without saying goodbye." Monica told him.

"When have I ever left without saying goodbye? I love that kid." Chandler said standing up. He got a whistle out from underneath his shirt.

"Oh God..." Monica sighed remembering the day they got those at the parade.

"Chandler, don't buy those. They're stupid, you will never use it." Monica told him as she held onto Sarah's small hand and Chandler went up to a cart that was selling cotton candy and toys.

Sure enough he bought them. One for each of them.

Chandler looked back at Monica, "See, I use it." He smiled and blew it. The next second Sarah came running out of her room with her whistle around her neck.

"Are you leaving?" She asked sadly running to his arms

He nodded "I'm going to go hang out with Uncle Joey now." He told her bending down to pick her up. He lift her up in his arms and kissed her cheek.

"But you can't leave. You just got here."

"Bride of Bigfoot," He smiled using their nicknames they picked out for each other. "I must go, we were together all day." He said setting her back down.

Sarah nodded "Bye Captain Booger." She said

Monica smiled "Honey, you can play with Chandler tomorrow, after he gets back from saving the world." Monica said playing along.

Chandler looked back at Monica by the counter "Mon, no one is suppose to know..." He said in a whisper looking around.

Sarah smiled "You promise to come tomorrow and play with me?" She begged

Chandler nodded and bent down to her level "I promise." He kissed her on the cheek again.

"Bigfoot is not going to be happy that you slobbered on me again..." Sarah said after Chandler gave her a kiss.

"Bigfoot is going to have to get in line before he takes you away from me." He smiled "Bye," He stood up and walked to the door "Bye Mon,"

"Bye," She said and went back to cooking dinner.

After dinner Sarah needed to take her bath. She had her bubbles up to her neck and her toys banging against the side of the tub as Monica washed her hair. "Head back..." Monica instructed as she poured water over her head.

"Mommy, do you have to work tomorrow?" She asked hoping that her mom could come with her and Chandler for the day. Since he is off and doesn't need to be back at work until next week. They are remodeling his office building and don't have room for all the employees to come back yet.

"Yeah sweetie, I do." Monica told her sadly. She knew that Sarah really wanted to have all of us go to the zoo again; but she also knew that she couldn't take just any day off like Chandler.

"Can we go the next day?" She asked

"No, maybe Aunt Rachel would go with you."

"Yeah," She said sadly.

Monica stopped what she was doing and looked at Sarah "Honey what's wrong? You've been acting like this for a while now. Is something bothering you?" She asked

Sarah just shook her head knowing that if she told her mom then there would be a big talk about it.

Monica was silent "Are you ready to get out?" She asked changing the subject

Sarah nodded and stood up where her mom could lift her out.

Later that night Monica was braiding Sarah's long brown hair on the couch. It was silent for a while until Sarah's soft voice spoke "Am I ever going to get a daddy?" She asked

Monica froze not expecting that to be said. She didn't know what to say that could be the truth but also make her feel better. The only problem was, Monica has been having the same thoughts. "Sweetie, who told you you were never going to get a daddy?" Monica asked finishing with her hair and facing Sarah.

Sarah looked down at her My Little Pony night gown. "Nobody." She said in a whisper.

Sarah got up from the couch "Can you read me a story?" She asked looking at her mom.

Monica nodded "Of course I can." She stood up and walked to Sarah's room.

Monica tucked her in and climbed on the bed beside her while she began to read "The Princess in the Castle"

Chandler walked in Monica's apartment the next morning and was surprised to see no one there. He walked over to the bathroom. No one. Then he went to check Sarah's room. Chandler smiled at the sight of Monica lying down on Sarah's bed with her arm wrapped around her and Sarah resting her head on her moms chest.

Monica woke up at the sound of the door squeak. She looked and saw no one there.

Chandler walked back to the door "Chandler..." He heard Monica's voice and turned around.

Monica quietly shut Sarah's door behind her.

"Sorry if I woke you." He apologized walking towards her.

"It's fine." She smiled "Why are you here?" She asked tiredly

"I'm here for Sarah, I thought I was going to take her today." Chandler said

Monica looked at her clock "At five in the morning?" She asked

Chandler looked at his watch "It's eight thirty." He told her

Monica's eyes got wide "What! I'm going to be late." She ran to her room to get ready.

Chandler smiled, he loved seeing his friend in the morning, every morning. She was so cute to him that nothing could drag him away; even if she begged and pleaded. There was always something that kept him close to her.

"Chandler!" Sarah smiled and ran to him "Are we going to play today?" She asked as he lifted her up in his arms.

"You bet we are." He smiled

Monica came out a few seconds later all dressed for work. She went up to Chandler and Sarah and gave Sarah a kiss goodbye "You guys have fun." She said hurrying and grabbing her purse and keys before running out the door.

Later that same day, Chandler was watching Sarah play in the sandbox at the park. He smiled when a little boy around her age came up to her, the next thing he knows Sarah was sharing her shovel with him. Monica sure did raise her perfectly. Chandler couldn't ask for a better behaved kid, she was so much like her mother. Chandler just wished that there was a little bit of him in her too.

"Chandler," He heard Sarah call for him and stand up. She walked over to him with her fingers spread wide. "Can I please have a wipe? My hands are gross." Chandler smiled, yep, definitely like her mother.

"Sorry honey, I didn't bring any with me. You wanna head back home?" He asked

She nodded

On their way back home Chandler saw an ice cream truck parked on the side of the road. He looked down at Sarah, her eyes were wide and she quickly looked back up at him smiling.

"Not today pumpkin." He said but immediately felt bad afterwards. Her face fell.

"Chandler?"

He looked down at Sarah. "Yeah?" He asked

"Did you have a daddy?" She asked

Chandler was surprised by her question. Usually when they saw an ice cream truck she would be begging him to get some. But she didn't this time, it was almost like she had something else on her mind, something like this. Chandler thought about it. He did, but was he really a dad? "Yeah, I had a dad. He was never around though, so it was kind of like I never had one." He tried to explain to her.

"Is you daddy where my daddy is?" She asked

Chandler wasn't sure if he should get into this without Monica supervised "Umm...he might be, yes."

"Did he love you? Did he ever come back? Are you sad that he is gone?"

Chandler had to laugh at how many questions came out of her at once. "Sarah, why are you asking me all these questions? Is something bothering you?" He asked

Sarah's face changed from interested to sad "No." She said looking away.

Chandler stopped and knelt down in front of her "Please tell me what has brought this on." He said softly.

Sarah looked in Chandler's eyes "Emily, told me that she has a daddy that takes her everywhere. They go places together and play games and he reads to her and then they build a club house in the living room at night and sleep in it." She told Chandler "I want a daddy to do those things with too."

Chandler couldn't believe it. That is why she has been wanting him around all the time. She wanted someone to be like her dad and do things together all day. "Sweetie, we can do all that stuff together too. Just because you don't have a daddy doesn't mean you can't build forts in the house. I know that you have three amazing Uncles that would do that all with you. And three is way better than one." He smiled softly to her.

Sarah's sad face turned into a huge grin "Can we do that tonight?" She asked excitedly

Chandler smiled and nodded "You and me." He laughed "Let's get home." Chandler scooped her up in his arms and carried her the rest of the way back home.

Hope you liked that first chapter. I think I'm going to have fun with this story :) Please review!