Summary: Six months ago, Chandler went on a business trip and never came back. Everyone had mixed reactions about whether or not he decided to stay away or he had to stay away. Then Monica gets a call one day and everything falls into place about why he stayed away.

AN: Just an idea for a story I had. Please let me know what you think. Please R&R!

Disclaimer: I own no one. They all belong to Bright/Kauffman/Crane.

Chapter 1

Chandler Bing slowly opened his eyes, feeling like he'd slept for a lifetime. He looked around and saw that he was in a stark white room as he heard a loud beeping noise. He looked next to him and saw what looked like a heart monitor that had wires running down and connected to his chest under his hospital gown. He looked down and saw an IV in the back of his left hand and he felt a tube in his nose. He noticed the call button lying beside him on the bed and pressed it. A few minutes later, a nurse came in and smiled at him.

"Hello, sir. I'm glad you're finally awake. We were worried about you." She poured him a cup of water and handed it to him.

"How long have I been out?" he asked her as he slowly took a drink.

"A few weeks," she told him, not wanting him to get upset if he knew too much too soon.

"Is my wife out in the waiting room?"

"She's not here right now, but we'll call her and tell her that you're awake." She told him. "Now I want to ask you a few routine questions to see how alert you are right now."

"Ok." He saw her take his chart and open it up.

"Now can you tell me your name?"

"Chandler Bing." He told her.

"And your wife's name?"

"Monica."

"And where do you live?"

"New York."

"Now what's the last thing you remember?"

"I was headed to Austin for a business trip. We ran into bad weather so the plane was rerouted to Dallas. I hopped a ride on a shuttle car that was driving several passengers to Austin."

"There was an accident." The nurse told him. "Several cars were involved, including the shuttle car you were in."

"And I've been here ever since?"

"Yes."

"And why can't I move my legs?" he looked down at the blanket covering his bottom half.

"You were pinned underneath the shuttle for a long time. We put braces on your legs to stop you from moving them until we could examine you. But you do have movement in your legs."

"Can you call my wife now? I want to see her."

"Of course," she closed his chart. "I'll also page your doctor so he can examine you more."

"Ok." He sighed.

"Just try to rest, Mr. Bing." She walked out of his room and hung his chart in the slot outside his door.

She walked back to the nurse's station and paged his doctor. The other nurses looked at her.

"Is our John Doe finally awake?" Molly asked her.

"Yes. I found out his name and where he lives and his wife's name."

"Thank goodness." Jenna said.

"I was paged." Dr. Harris approached them.

"John doe is finally awake." Nurse Sarah told him. "His name is Chandler Bing, his wife's name is Monica, and they live in New York."

"You try to get in touch with his wife, and I'll see how bad his injuries are."

"I told him he's only been here for a few weeks. I didn't want to upset him if he knew the truth."

"We should probably keep it that way until his wife can get here."

"I'll tell the other nurses." Sarah told him as he walked towards his room and she went to the computer to look up Monica Bing in the database. "Thank goodness. She's listed."

Sarah dialed the number and a female answered on the other end. It wasn't Mrs. Bing, but they handed the phone off to her. She had to try to calm her down as she explained to her what had happened to her husband. She finally heard her say that she would be there as soon as possible. She hung up and sighed as she saw Dr. Harris coming out of Chandler's room.

"I need to get Mr. Bing down to x-ray to see how bad his injuries are." He told them. "Make sure no one gives him anything that could tell him what the date is."

"Of course, doctor." They told him as an orderly pushed Chandler out of his room and down towards x-ray.

Sarah placed Chandler's chart back in the spot on the door to his room and went to do her rounds as she thought about the moment when Chandler Bing first came into the emergency room...

**Flashback**

It was a quiet day in the ER. That was the kind of day they all preferred. Then the call came over the radio. The driver of an eighteen-wheeler had lost control and plowed through a guardrail taking several other cars with it. The ER had been flooded all day with patients on gurneys coming in for treatments and family members demanding to know how they were doing.

Nurse Sarah looked up as two EMTs by the names of Eric and Justin pushed another gurney into the ER. She rushed over and saw a male in his early thirties. He was all bloody and he was very pale.

"Status?" she looked at the two EMTs.

"We believe he's the last victim. He was pinned underneath what looked like an airport shuttle car. He'll definitely need x-rays. There could be possible paralysis." Eric explained to her.

"All the x-ray rooms are full right now. We'll set up a portable x-ray in one of the exam rooms." She started to push the gurney towards the end of the hall when she noticed the ring on his left hand. "He's married. Do you know his name?"

"We couldn't find any ID on him."

"Well, let's get the tests done and we'll try to track down his family after everything calms down around here." They pushed him into an exam room and set up a portable x-ray.

**End Flashback**

Chandler watched as the doctor came into the room and checked his reflexes. He saw an orderly come in as the doctor told him to move him down to x-ray. He saw the looks they gave each other and wondered what was going on. He needed Monica there. He needed to see her. She was six months pregnant with their child right now. She was probably freaking out about all this; wondering if she would have to give birth by herself if he didn't wasn't out of the hospital in time.

"Excuse me, sir?" he looked at the orderly after the doctor left the room. "Can you tell me the date?"

"I'm not really sure at this point," the orderly told him quickly as he started to push him out of the room. "I've been working for two days straight at least."

"Ok." The doctor came back to them. "X-ray is all ready for you."

"Can you tell me the date?" Chandler looked at him.

"Why don't we wait to get into all that after your tests are done?" the doctor told him as they wheeled him into one of the x-ray rooms.

"Ok." Chandler said softly thinking how strange it was that no one would answer such a simple question for him.

Chandler was getting anxious just waiting in his room for Monica to arrive. The x-rays came back and his reflexes were good and he had more movement in his legs than they all thought he would. He would have to go through rehab and everything else, but the doctor assured him that if he worked hard he would be able to get out in a couple months. But he was getting concerned that something was wrong because Monica wasn't there yet. And all the nurses, orderlies, and his doctor kept dodging all his questions.

Chandler turned over when he heard his door open. He saw a nurse he didn't recognize coming in with his supper tray. She smiled at him as she placed the tray on the moving table.

"How are you feeling, Mr. Bing?" she moved the table over his lap.

"I'm ok. You're a new one."

"I just got on duty," she smiled at him. "My name is Melissa. Do you need anything else right now?"

"Could I get a newspaper? I just want something to read so I can take my mind off things for a bit."

"Sure, thing. I'll be right back with that for you." She left his room as he started to eat.

He was surprised that actually worked. Every time he asked any of the other nurses for a newspaper, they told him they'd get it for him later but they never did.

"Here you go," Melissa came back in and handed him a newspaper.

"Thank you," he opened it up and glanced at the date and had to do a double-take. "Nurse, is this today's paper?"

"Yes. It was delivered this morning." She told him.

"So this is today's date?"

"Yes, it is." She looked at the paper.

"So I've been in a coma for six months?" he started to panic. "My wife has already had our baby. Does she even know where I am?"

"I'm going to get the head nurse," Melissa walked out of the room and returned with the nurse that Chandler knew as Sarah.

"Mr. Bing," Sarah went to him. "I will tell you everything as soon as you calm down."

"I'm as calm as I can get right now," Chandler told her. "So tell me."

"Ok. Yes, you have been in a coma for six months." She told him. "You had no ID on you, so we didn't know who to call. But your wife has been called now, and she's on her way here."

"She was six months pregnant when I left for my business trip. She was alone when she gave birth. She must have been scared out of her mind. I can't believe this."

"It's going to be ok, Mr. Bing." Sarah saw him starting to panic again.

"Here it is," Nurse Molly came in with a syringe.

"Mr. Bing," Sarah saw him get even more worked up and took the syringe. "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to sedate you."

"No," he shook his head as he saw her inject the needle into his IV, but he stopped protesting when he fell into a deep sleep.

"He'll probably sleep until morning." Sarah looked at Molly. "Hopefully, his wife will be here by then."

"I'm so sorry," Melissa met them out in the hall. "I had no idea-"

"It's not your fault," Sarah assured her. "I should've left a note for you. He had become very sneaky at trying to get one of us to give him the newspaper anyway."

"I almost gave him a paper once, too." Jenna told them. "So will he be ok now?"

"He'll sleep through the night," Sarah told them all. "His wife should be here by morning, and hopefully we can start to get him on the road to recovery so he can finally get out of here."

Sarah sat back down behind the nurse's station and pulled out the chart marked Chandler Bing. She made a few notes on it and returned it to its designated spot. She really hoped Mrs. Bing would be here by morning so they could get all of this sorted out and settled. She had a feeling that only his wife would get him to stay calm.

AN: So what'd you think of this story so far? Should I continue this? Please R&R!