My best friend, my prince, my soul mate
By Caroline Prince
Author's Note: These characters are not mine. I'm just borrowing them from their brilliant creators. I dunno whether this has really been done before, the idea has been taken (shameless, I know) from a book, I read or atleast the story line is more or less the same. If anyone of you can identify the book from which this story has been taken, contact me, I'll treat you to some special Indian treats ;) (if that's possible)
Chapter 1 : Prologue
"We'll see you guys tomorrow!", Rachel called as they made their way to the front door.
"Good night!", Chandler replied. "Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas!", his friends chorused back.
After closing the door, Chandler made his way back to the living room. He smiled as he regarded the sleeping figure of his wife on the couch. After a hearty dinner, the six of them had settled for a cozy chat by the fireplace. As the conversation progressed, Monica had fallen asleep on Chandler's lap. Taking that as their cue, the gang had decided to go.
He bent down and gently shook her awake.
"Honey, let's go to bed."
Under normal circumstances, he would have carried her to bed without waking her up. But being that she was eight months along, he could not do so. Sure he would, that is if he wanted to spend Christmas lying in a hospital bed with a broken back.
"What time is it?", she asked groggily as she sat up.
"It's midnight. Christmas day.", Chandler said. "Merry Christmas, sweetheart."
Monica's face split into a wide smile and she kissed him, "Merry Christmas to you too."
He held out his hand. "Let's go to bed."
"Oh, no! Not yet. I wanna stay awake for some more time now.", she said as she stood up with Chandler's help.
"But...", Chandler began but stopped when he saw the pleading look on his wife's face. "Okay."
Monica smiled and made her way to the music system. She found the CD she was looking for and popped it in. She made her way back to the couch and settled in Chandler's arms as the first strains of the song began to play...
Dawn is slowly breaking
Our friends have all gone home
You and I are waiting
For Santa Claus to come
There's a present by the tree
Stockings on the wall
Knowing you're in love with me
Is the greatest gift of all
The fire is slowly fading
Chill is in the air
All the gifts are waiting
For children ev'rywhere
Through the window I can see
Snow begin to fall
Knowing you're in love with me
Is the greatest gift of all
Just before I go to sleep
I hear a church bell ring
Merry Christmas ev'ryone
Is the song it sings
So I say a silent prayer
For creatures great and small
Peace on earth goodwill to men
Is the greatest gift of all
Peace on earth goodwill to men
Is the greatest gift of all
"I love you.", Chandler said as the song ended.
"I love you, too."
"Can you believe that four weeks from now, we'll be parents?", Chandler asked.
"I know. I can't believe it either. We've come a long way isn't?"
"A very long way...", Chandler said dreamily as his mind drifted to the day, he and Monica had met.
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And that's it for Chapter 1. And you guessed right, this is a flash-back fan fic. The lyrics are from 'The Greatest Gift' sang by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton.