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Rachel looked down at the little stick in her hands "Monica is pregnant." She told Ross softly.

Ross hurried to Rachel's side. Did he hear right? "What?"

Rachel looked up at him "I-I went to the bathroom and I was throwing some things away that I didn't need anymore, and well, I saw this is the trash." She said

Ross took the stick "Are you sure she is pregnant?" He asked looking at it.

Rachel nodded "Pretty sure."

Monica walked in her apartment and found Ross and Rachel by the bathroom door in shock "What's going on?" She asked wiping her eyes and going over to them.

They both looked up at her "Are you...pregnant?" Ross asked his sister

When he said that Monica noticed her used pregnancy test in their hands. She swallowed the lump in her throat and nodded slowly "Yeah." The tears came for the third time that day.

Rachel went over to her and gave her a hug "How did Chandler take this."

Monica sniffed "I didn't tell him." She pulled back and wiped her eyes "I couldn't tell him." She said "And when he told me he loved me...I knew this was for the best. I knew he was going to leave me if he found out. So I left him." Monica started to cry even harder this time.

Rachel pulled her in for a hug "Oh honey." She rocked her back and forth like a little child that was scared. "He told you he loved you?" She questioned

Monica nodded against her shoulder "Yeah. I didn't know what to do so I ran away."

Rachel giggled "You ran away? Sounds like my wedding day." She smiled when she heard Monica give out a little laugh. That laugh told her her friends wasn't completely heart broken.

Ross, who was standing by and watching by the bathroom finally came over "Are you going to be okay with this?" He asked

Monica broke away from Rachel's embrace and looked at her brother. "Yeah, it's for the best." She shrugged knowing it probably wasn't but there was nothing she could do about it now. "I'll just raise the baby on my own."

"What are you going to tell mom and dad when they find out?" He asked

Monica was hoping that they never would...

"So, how did it go?" Joey asked as Chandler walked through the door. His smile dropped when he saw the tears on his friends face "Dude, what happened?" He asked sincerely going over to him.

"She walked away."

"What do you mean she walked away? Start from the beginning."

Chandler slumped down on the couch with Phoebe and Joey across from him "I told her I love her, she said she couldn't do this and, she left" He told them softly, not making eye contact.

Joey and Phoebe looked at each other. That did not sound good. They knew they should have met this Monica before Chandler got too attached to her.

"She didn't say anything else?" They asked

Chandler shook his head.

A week went by and Chandler couldn't stop thinking about Monica. He still didn't understand why she left, he thought she felt the same way. He didn't call her or go to see her. She left him, and he didn't know the reason why. He didn't want to bother her and make her be with him when clearly, she didn't want that.

Monica missed Chandler more than ever. It was hard to sleep without thinking about him. The morning sickness was getting worse every night and Rachel would end up coming in to rub her back during it while holding back her hair.

She couldn't go into work most of the week because of it and she was running out of excuses to tell her parents. She was thinking about quitting and doing something she loved, something she had a passion for. She never wanted to go into the family business, she hated it ever since she was a little girl and her parents would come home talking about how much work it was and what you had to do to get what you wanted, they would leave her and Ross home every Friday night to go to a party at their office. Monica was never fond of the business her parents ran.

Chandler sat at his desk and starred into space. He looked over at the post card the sat in his mail. It was a business trip to Germany. He didn't want to go because things were going so great with him and Monica but now he didn't have anything holding him back. He picked it up and walked into his dads office "I'll go." He said

Charlies looked up at his son "What?"

"The business trip, you said you needed people to go. I'll go." He told him

Charlies smiled "That's great son." He stood up and walked closer to Chandler "And I think it will be good for you too." He said then left

Chandler took a deep breath. He was going.

Monica sat in the employees office with a cup of coffee and a magazine. Ross and Rachel walked in, grabbed a cup and sat with her.

"Hey Mon?" Ross said and Monica looked up at him "I think you need to tell mom and dad..."

Monica looked at him for a little while before looking over at Rachel who nodded, agreeing. "I can't." She said softly "I-I don't even think I want to stay in this business anymore." She told them "When I held that pregnancy test in my hands for the first time it made me realize how short life is and how fast it is going by. I don't want to keep doing this for the rest of my life. I want to cook, be a chef." She said quietly "I want to be able to wake up every morning and want to go to work. Not call in sick once a week and relax from all the stress I get here."

Ross and Rachel were both silent. "You're right." Ross looked over at Rachel who spoke for the first time that morning "You shouldn't have to be forced to do what you want. You only live once."

Monica smiled. She was glad she had her friends support. She then looked at Ross "What do you think about this, Ross?"

He didn't say anything. He just got up and left the table.

"I can't believe you're leaving. What about Monica? You were crazy about her." Phoebe said as her and Joey watched Chandler pack his clothes.

"I was. But not anymore." He said simply. He walked over to the bathroom and grabbed the things he would be needing

"How long will you be gone?" Joey asked. He wasn't happy about Chandler leaving. He was his best friend and he won't be seeing him every day anymore.

"I don't know. At least a year." He said putting his tooth brush and raiser in his bag.

"When are you leaving?" He asked

"Tomorrow night." He said zipping the bag. "I need to go down to the post office and let them know to ship my mail to my new address rather than here." He said grabbing his coat and leaving.

Joey and Phoebe looked at each other. Both wondering what they could say to make their friend stay.

But neither could say anything. They watched the next day as Chandler's plane took off. "He's really gone." Joey said

Monica walked in her parents office. "Hey honey, what's up?" Jack asked as he went through the paper work on his desk.

Monica fiddled with the rings on her fingers "There is something I want to tell you..."

Jack and Judy looked up from what they were doing.

"Um...I don't want to work here anymore." She told them softly "I'm sorry, but I want to do something I love."

"But you love this job."

"No dad, I don't. I want to be a chef and cook. I'm sorry, I don't want to work for the family business anymore." She told them gently

It was silent for a while. Monica didn't know what else to say.

"We understand darling. But if you change your mind, the job is always opened. Leave whenever you are ready."

Monica smiled. She was surprised her parents took the news so well. It was her dad she was mainly worried about, not her mom. She just hoped they would both be okay about the baby inside of her, and who the father was. When she told them that is...but today was not the day she was going to break the news.

Monica walked out of the room with a little smiled on her face. "How did it go?" Rachel asked approaching her once she was out of the office.

"Good. Really good actually." She told her going into her office and starting to pack her stuff.

"So you are actually leaving?" They both looked up to find Ross standing by her door with his arms crossed.

Monica nodded "Yeah, I am."

Ross walked in a little further "Okay," He paused "I'm sorry about before. I guess I just took the news by surprise."

"And the baby wasn't a surprise?"

"What baby?"

All three heads turned towards the door.

I think I'm gonna stop right there :) Just because I'm that good at cliff hangers! So...don't just sit there REVIEW!

Is it less confusing now? I had a little bit more of an idea of where I'm taking it now, better than last chapter. Hope you liked it.

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