Okay, so in this, Monica and Chandler are married, still have Jack and Erica, and still live in Westchester. They just settled down a few years earlier. Monica's 28 here. The twins are one. I don't want to explain too much as this chapter does most of that. It starts out a little confusing.

"M-Michael?" Monica asked in shock by the familiar voice on the other end of the phone.

"Monica... I'm sick. I have terminal cancer. And I was wondering if you'd take custody of Daniel. He's thirteen now and he's been asking about you for a while now. He can stay with my mom, but it'd be best if he were with you." Michael explained.

Monica hesitated a little, thinking about what this would mean for her life with Chandler. But she had always wanted her son. She hated that no one knew about him and hated herself for letting her parents bully her into giving him to his dad. "Yes, I'll take him."

"I have about six months. During this time, we can have visitations and help him adjust. When I told him his options about who he could live with, he was the one to suggest you."

"He did?" It made Monica happy that her son thought of her. "And okay, we'll do that. But you should both know, I'm married. We have one year old twins that we adopted because we both have fertility issues."

He marveled at how Daniel was even conceived given the fact that they were using protection too. "He's always wanted siblings. But we should see how he and your husband get along too before we decide anything. Does your husband know about him? How would he feel about this? Can I meet him?

"He doesn't know... No one does... I'm not sure how he'd feel. And of course you can meet him." Monica replied. She started thinking about how she'd tell Chandler.

"Can you talk to him and let me know what he says?"

Monica agreed and hung up.

"Chandler, we need to talk..." Monica said nervously.

Chandler could tell by her tone that it was something serious. "Wh-what is it?" He asked with concern.

"Well..." Monica paused. She wasn't sure how to tell him.

"What's going on? Are you okay?"

"Wh-When I was a teenager... I had a baby. I was supposed to give him up for adoption. I didn't want to. I wanted to keep him so badly. My parents basically forced me to give him up. I know now that they couldn't have done that. But I was only fifteen and I was so scared. His dad, Michael, begged for custody and his parents agreed to that. So he lives with his dad."

"Oh my God, Monica. I'm so sorry you had to go through that. Why haven't you brought this up before? And why is this coming up now?" Chandler asked as he wrapped her in a hug.

"No one was supposed to ever find out. My parents even sent me away to have him. I wasn't supposed to tell anyone. And the reason it's coming up now is... Well... Michael's dying. He has cancer and he wants to give Daniel to us."

Chandler wasn't even sure what to say. He didn't know how this would work out, but he could see how much Monica wanted her son. He knew how hard it must've been for her to give him up. "Okay."

"R-really?"

"Yeah. I can see how badly you want your son. I'm not sure how this will work, but we'll figure it out."

"I love you so much." Monica said as she clung to him.

"I love you too. So if you were fifteen, Daniel's thirteen?"

"Yeah." They continued to talk for the rest of the night.