Chapter 1: Monica
Disclaimer: I do not own Friends or any of these characters.
Monica Bing had just woken up from a short nap. Her husband, Chandler, was at work, and her two children were being babysat by their Aunt Phoebe. This meant that Monica finally had time to do what she had been wanting to do for what seemed like almost forever: clean the house.
She looked around the house and realized all of the work that she had to do. Having two 3-month olds had really left the place in disarray. She wouldn't have it any other way of course, but a clean house every now and then would be nice. Plus, she figured that Chandler would be surprised by the fact of how clean the house was once she was finished with it. She grabbed all of her essential cleaning supplies from under the kitchen sink and headed in the bathroom to get started.
As Monica started to clean, memories came back to her. This was a strange side effect of cleaning, but it kept her entertained. Although she had cleaned bathrooms thousands of times, the most vivid memory was the time where she had been cleaning Joey and Chandler's bathroom while Phoebe and Chandler had been trying to see who could out-seduce the other one. She'd been cleaning the bathroom out of boredom (and out of dire need, since Joey and Chandler rarely cleaned it), when she'd suddenly heard Chandler call out "because I'm in love with Monica." As soon as she had heard it, she had ran out of the bathroom in shock. That was the first time they seriously told each other "I love you."
Monica smiled to herself at that memory as she opened one of the bathroom drawers, only to see something that brought on a whole other set of memories: an unused pregnancy test.
As soon as she saw it, the smile began to fade away as painful memories hit her like a ton of bricks. Monica had wanted to have kids as long as she could remember. In fact, she had broken up with her first serious boyfriend, Richard, because he did not share that desire. Although Chandler, who used to have a fear of commitment, did not seem to want kids at first, as their relationship grew more serious he expressed a desire to someday be a father. And so, shortly after they were married, they started trying to get pregnant.
However, after what seemed like forever, Monica still could not get pregnant. They had visited a fertility clinic to try and figure out the problem, and it was then when they realized she was infertile. Monica shuddered to herself as she remembered time after time using the pregnancy tests and seeing the same negative result each time. Eventually, it had gotten to the point where she would cry after seeing the results. She had wanted children so bad, but between Chandler's slow-swimmers and her inhospitable environment, it looked like it wasn't going to happen. Or so they had both thought.
After realizing that they would likely never have biological children and considering all of their options, Monica and Chandler had decided to adopt. And although they had only been looking to adopt one baby, they had instead gotten beautiful twins they named Jack and Erica.
As Monica took a second look at that pregnancy test, she started to smile. That test represented all her and Chandler had overcome by choosing to adopt. Now they had two wonderful children, and they were both becoming great parents (yes, even Chandler).
However, the unused test was still clutter, and clutter was not tolerated in the Bing household. On the other hand, Monica felt bad throwing away something that was unused. Suddenly, she had an idea.
"I'll just use this last test." Monica thought to herself. "That way, it isn't wasted and I can throw it away. Plus, it will be one more reminder that a negative pregnancy test doesn't define me."
She used it, set it on the counter, and continued with her cleaning. It was almost an hour later, and she had almost finished cleaning the kitchen, when she remembered the pregnancy test again. She walked into the bathroom and picked it up, thinking to herself "Oh yeah, stupid infertility, whose got the kids now?" However, as she picked it up, her eyes got big and her mouth dropped.
The test had two stripes on it. It was positive. Monica was pregnant.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello readers! Sorry I haven't posted in so long, but school has kept me crazy busy. Anyway, this is the first Friends fanfiction I've done, so please comment with any complements or constructive criticism you may have. Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy it.