Chandler watched as Jack finished off his lemonade. "You want some more?"
He shook his head "No, that's okay."
Erica watched the two "What exactly is going on?" She asked desperately wanting to know.
Chandler looked over at her. "Okay, there is something that has been kept quiet since you were just one." He took a deep breath before continuing "You see, when I told you about your mother. She didn't move out. It was us that moved from her."
Jack was listening to what he had to say. He also has been wanting to know this story.
"Your mom is actually Jack's mom. You two are twins."
They looked at each other. Both were so excited to have a sibling that they finally could fight with and hang out with.
Chandler continued "It was just after your first birthday when something happened. We were about to call it a night." He started with the story that changed his life "Monica, your mom, got a phone call. She answered it and it was Jenny from my work. The week before Jenny has been coming on to me and I would always feel uncomfortable and leave. Well, that night, she called Monica knowing that she was my wife."
He shook his head "It was all a mistake, Jenny just wanted it to end. She told her that she was waiting for me at the hotel. That I was late for out weekly 'get together'..." He stopped right there remembering who he was talking to "Well, Monica got upset by this call. I didn't blame her, but she also didn't know that it was a lie and it was a misunderstanding." He told them "We got into this huge fight and she wouldn't believe me. Then, I said it, I didn't mean to say it, but I did." He looked down "I told her that it was true, that maybe I was sleeping with someone else." Chandler started to choke back the tears.
"Well, I slept on the couch that night and the next morning I left. With Erica of course. We both agreed that we would each get one and keep it to ourselves to save the confusion. A week after I left I got the divorce papers in the mail." He told them
"I found a picture." Jack spoke up softly "I found a picture of you two together. That's how I know about you." He said digging out the picture from his pocket and handing it to him.
Chandler looked at the picture of him and Monica. It was of the two just before they took their engagement picture. They looked so happy.
Erica looked at the photo "That's my mom?" She asked softly
Chandler nodded. "I'd be lying if I said I didn't think about her everyday when it gets hard. When I wish that Erica had a mom like figure around."
Jack watched him. He loves his mom. After all these years...
She picked up the phone and dialed his number with a shaky breath "Pick up, please pick up..." She prayed to herself as it rang.
Chandler's phone rang and he answered it "Hello?"
"Is he there? Please tell me he is there."
Chandler looked across the counter at Jack "He's here."
Jack looked up at Chandler.
He extended the phone to him "It's your mom. She wants to talk to you."
Jack took the phone and brought it to his ear.
"Jack?"
"Yeah mom, it's me, I'm fine."
Monica let out her breath and smiled to Rachel "Thank God. Don't ever do that to me again. Don't you scare me like that. Don't ever run away and leave me a note that was a lie."
"Mom I'm sorry I lied. I just needed to know the story behind the picture. You wouldn't tell me anything."
Monica sighed "I understand but at least give me a better note. You didn't even say you loved me." She looked at the note in her hands.
Jack smiled "I love you mom."
"I love you too."
He gave the phone back to Chandler.
"I'm coming to get him." She told him
"No don't do that. He just got here, it would be a waste to leave now. Let him stay the night, come get him in the morning."
Monica nodded "Fine, first thing in the morning."
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