Update 1/14/2010: I'm editing all the chapters for typos and changing a few other things around. Nothing major! I believe I'm going to finish this one out finally…That is if anyone is still interested! I should have a new chapter up sometime this weekend!

Everything is the same, everyone knows each other. This takes place after the episode with Barry & Mindy's wedding therefore Monica has just broken up with Richard and is still upset about that. This takes place a few days after that.

Monica was still moping around her apartment, all of her thoughts on Richard. She still wasn't sure if she had made the right decision by ending things with him. She loved him so much, yet she couldn't imagine her life without children. Ever since she was little she always envisioned the perfect life for herself, the perfect marriage, with the man of her dreams, having a house somewhere out in the suburbs, and of course children. She just couldn't imagine not having children someday. Even so it still hurt having to end things with a man that she really did love. Ending thing with him was one of the hardest things that she had ever had to do, and it really hurt to have to leave him. It had been three days and she still couldn't get her mind off of it. She couldn't sleep, she couldn't eat, and all she did was mope around her apartment in sweats. She didn't know how she was going to get past this. She was sitting on the couch in her apartment, crying, watching one of the videos she had ordered Richard when Chandler walked in.

"Hey Mon, how ya holding up?" he said, as he walked over and sat down next to her on the couch.

She just looked at him and didn't say anything. He pulled her into a hug and tried to tell her that it was going to be ok, even though he knew it would be awhile before she would believe that.

"Mon I know this is hard on you, and I know how much you love him, but it was for the best and you know that. I know you, and I know how much you want kids one day. You shouldn't have to sacrifice that when you've always wanted it."

Monica pulled away and looked at Chandler. "I know, I know it's for the best, but I really do love him, and I could see myself being with him forever, but, I mean, what if I made a mistake ya know? I mean I've been thinking maybe I don't have to have children I mean..."

"Mon you and I both know that's not true. Remember when Ross had Ben, you were all upset because he had a baby before you. I know how much you want kids, and you deserve to be with someone who's willing to give you that. Don't just settle for anything Monica. You deserve to have the things that you've always dreamed about."

"Thanks Chandler, thank you for trying to help me, I really appreciate you coming over here. You at least managed to make me feel a little bit better about everything. It's still gonna take me a little bit longer to get over this, but I think, and I hope, that I can." She said.

"Don't worry; I know you'll be able to. You're strong. I know that it's hard, but I have faith that you can get through this. Plus, you know you've got me and everyone else that will always be here for you if you need us, just remember that."

Monica looked up at him and said "Yeah I know, I love you guys, and I know that I have you guys, I don't think I'd be able to make it through everything if I didn't. Thanks for coming over here and trying to make me feel better." She gave him a slight smile.

He smiled back at her and said "You're welcome, glad I could help. That's what friends are for, right?"

"Right" she said.

"The gangs downstairs at the coffee house, you wanna come down and hang out for a bit, maybe try to get your mind off of things?" Chandler said.

"I don't know, I'm still pretty upset, I don't really know if I'll be much fun right now." She said.

"Don't worry about that, you should just try to get outta this apartment for a little while, it's not helping when you're cooped up in here all the time. Plus if you get down there and you don't wanna stay, you can come right back up here...at least try." Chandler said.

She looked up at him and he was giving her a puppy dog face, which made her smile. "OK fine, but just because you gave me the puppy dog face, you know I can't resist it when you do that." She said.

"Yeah I know, that's why I did it, I knew that'd get you to come with me" He said slyly, smiling.

She slightly laughed and said "Ok let me change outta my sweats real quick though," getting up walking towards her bedroom.

"Alright I'll wait right here for you." He said.

Chandler wished he knew what to do for Monica to make her feel better. He knew how much she was in love with Richard, but he also knew that she deserved to have the kind of life that she always wanted. He didn't want to see her just settle for anything. Him and Monica were always pretty close and he just wanted to see her happy with the life that SHE wanted. He just hoped she would be able to get over this and move on and find someone that could give her everything that she had always wanted. Just then Monica walked out in a pair of jeans and a shirt. That was the first time he'd seen her in anything but sweats in three days. 'That's a step forward at least' he thought.

"You ready?" she said.

"Yeah let's go. I'd gotten so used to seeing you in sweats I forgot what you look like in normal clothes" Chandler joked.

Monica playfully slapped him on his arm "Shut up! You go through your 'sweats' phase too, so don't even start with me" She said jokingly.

Chandler laughed "Well at least you're joking around with me, that's always a good sign"

"Well, you always find some way to make me happy, what can I say." She said.

Chandler just smiled and looked at her. He couldn't help but think that just a few minutes ago she'd been crying in his arms and now she was joking around with him. Of course it was no big deal, but seeing the way she'd been the past few days, he could tell that she was feeling better at least, and that made him happy.

Chandler walked into the coffee house with Monica right behind him, to be greeted by all their friends. They all looked up and were shocked when they saw Monica dressed in something other than sweats for once, and not looking as sad as she had been. They could of course tell that she'd be crying, but at least she looked better than she had the past few days.

"Hey Monica, are you finally feeling better now?" said Phoebe.

"Yeah a little bit, Chandler was the one who talked me into coming down here; he thought it would be good for me to get out for a little while." She replied.

"Well you look a lot better, and you know that we're all here for you, you'll get through this Mon," Said Rachel.

"Yeah, I know you guys, thanks" she said. She took a seat on the couch next to Rachel and Chandler sat down right beside her.

"So Chandler how did you persuade her to lose the sweats and come downstairs?" Joey asked, while eating his scone.

Chandler just looked over at Monica and smiled "Well, ya know she just took one look at me and knew she couldn't resist my charm." Chandler said smugly.

"Yeah right!" was the response from everyone.

"Hey! I can be pretty damn persuasive you know, I mean she's here isn't she?" Chandler said defensively.

"Yeah, but still, you and charm in the same sentence…that's hard to believe" Ross chimed in.

"Fine, whatever, don't believe me, but I know the truth" Chandler said dejectedly.

"Aww, of course it was you that got me to decide to come down here sweetie, don't listen to them" Monica said, grabbing his hand and smiling sweetly at him.

"Well thank you Monica, at least someone appreciates me" He said glaringly looking at the rest of the group who all just laughed.