A/N- Sorry for the short chapter! Read and Review!
Disclaimer- I admit it. I own Friends.
"Monica? Sweetie, do you want anything?" Rachel pats my hand. We are sitting on the couch at home. The room is full. Rachel got the most important people in the world here. There's Ross, Rachel, Emma, and their newborn, Matthew. Phoebe and Mike are here, Phoebe's pregnant belly hanging out of a regular shirt, as she refuses to wear maternity clothes. Joey and his wife, Alex, are sitting together on the floor. Mom and Dad are here as well, although Mom is mostly cooking. Dad is out on the porch, smoking- something he only does when he's stressed out.
I shake my head no. I'm too shocked to do anything- sleep, eat, talk.
Chandler sits down on the couch beside me as Rachel gets up to get food. He puts his arm around me and whispers in my ear, "We're going to beat this."
"I know," I whisper back. We kiss, and Rachel grins. Jack is sitting on Ross' lap, running his fingers over Ross' face, as babies like to do. Erica is asleep in Joey's arms. I lean against Chandler's shoulder, closing my eyes. I am so tired.
Suddenly, Chandler wakes me up.
"Excuse me, I'll be right back."
Two hours later, everyone is still there, and everyone but me is asleep. I kiss Chandler on the cheek as he settles into the couch.
Erica stirs, and immediately begins crying. This wakes everyone up. I grab Erica and hold her against my shoulder. Chandler stands up and clears his throat.
"Now that you're all awake," he booms, "I did some research on leukemia. There's a 90.5 survival rate for children under the ages of 5, for the type of leukemia Jack has. He has acute lymphocytic leukemia. Jack will have to go through chemotherapy. We will beat this."
Jack, who had been asleep on Joey's lap, crawls across the room to Chandler. With no help whatsoever, he stands up and wraps himself around Chandler's legs. "Da-da," he says softly.
Tears come to my eyes, not for the first time in the past few days. I walk over to Erica, pick her up, and walk to sit next to Rachel. "Thanks, you guys, for coming here," I say.
"We're staying," Joey says. "We have a hotel room close to here."
"Oh, that reminds me. Monica, Phoebe and I have a surprise for you. Can we talk to you in private?"
"Okay…" I have no idea what they want to say to me.
"Mon, you know how those two houses, the one across the street and the one beside your house are for sale?" Phoebe says in one big breath.
"Yeah," I say, unable to see where this is going.
"Well-" Rachel says.
"WE'RE BUYING THEM!" Phoebe yells.
"Phoebe! We said that I'd tell her!"
"Oh my God, never mind that!" I squeal. "You guys are going to be my neighbors!" I jump up and wrap my arms around my best friends.
