Thanks for the reviews! I will take this as slow as I can, but fair warning, once I run out of ideas there is a great possibility that I will jump to something. So, with that being said. Here is the next chapter :)

Emma invited TJ, her boyfriend, over for dinner. He was a sweet guy, had good grades and even volunteered at a soup kitchen before (Okay, everyone understand that he is a good guy, although I might not have gave him the best name)

Monica has meet TJ before and learned that he never had a father growing up. Just like Emma and that is how they bonded, they could share and relate to one another.

She knew how nice of a guy he was and how much Emma loved him, so she invited Chandler over also to meet the guy. She had a feeling that Chandler was going to be apart of her and Emma's life for a while now and decided that it was a good time to introduce the two that had the same interest in women.

When the doorbell rang Monica went to go answer it. "Emma, TJ is here!" She yelled up and allowed him to walk through

"Thanks Ms. Geller." He smiled

"No problem. I also invited someone else tonight. But don't worry, I think you two will get along great." She told him with a smile

"Awesome. I can't wait to meet-" He paused

"Him." She filled in

He smiled "Him. So where is Pete? Usually he is like the one answering the door and warning me about Emma." He chuckled

Monica nodded "Um...Pete and I broke up." She told him

"Oh." He wasn't sure what to say "I'm sorry. I didn't know. Emma didn't tell me."

"It's fine." She assured him

Before their conversation could continue Emma came down the stairs "Hey." She gave him a kiss "Did you tell him about Chandler?" She asked her mom

Monica nodded

"Wait. Chandler? Chandler the guy you fell in love with in high school?" TJ asked "That's the guy that is coming over."

Monica smiled "Yeah."

"Congratulations Ms. Geller. I'm happy for you. Again." He laughed "It's exciting for him to be back, right?"

"Yeah. I am really happy. Happier than I was before." She answered

"Is he like a father type figure to Emma?" He asked "Do I need to worry about him too?"

Monica laughed "No, you should be fine." She looked outside and saw his car pull up "That's him now."

Everyone looked out and saw Chandler climbing out of the car and up to the door.

"Hey." He smiled then noticed a young man to his left and extended his hand "Hey, I'm Chandler Bing." He introduced himself

"Hey, I'm TJ." He shook his hand

"Nice to meet you. Does TJ stand for anything?" Chandler asked

"Yeah, Tomas James."

"Is that your first name, middle and first, last?"

"Middle and first. It's a family name."

Chandler nodded "I'll call you TJ."

Emma looked over at TJ and grabbed his hand "We will be upstairs when dinner is ready." Emma told her mom walking upstairs.

"Keep your door open!" Monica warned

"Don't you worry about it Ms. Geller." TJ told her

Monica watched them until they were out of sight before her and Chandler went into the kitchen "So what are we having?" He asked

"Well, I was thinking that we could have tacos." She smiled and grabbed the shells from the fridge and put them on a pan.

"Yum." Chandler smiled and sat at the counter as he watched her cook. There was something about their new relationship that seemed distant. Something that made him feel like he wasn't the same around her and she wasn't acting the same around him either. "What's up?" He asked

Monica looked at him "Nothing." She smiled "What's up with you?" She asked

"Mon." Chandler sighed "Why is it that we are acting different around each other?" He asked

"Because it's been twenty years Chandler. We can't just pick up where we left off and act like nothing happened." She said getting worked up.

Chandler nodded "We can take it slow. Start all over." He said

She took a deep breath and nodded "Thank you."

At the dinner table TJ and Emma sat on one side and Chandler and Monica sat on the other.

"So what position do you play?" Chandler asked

"I'm a line backer." He told him (I don't know much about football so bare with me here. And I'm not sure if it is actually called that)

"That's a great position. What's your record?"

"Fourteen." He said taking a bite.

"Nice."

TJ nodded "Have you ever played Rose Mount High?" He asked

Monica and Emma sighed and leaned back in their chairs causing TJ and Chandler to look at them "What?"

"Nothing." They shook their heads and looked at each other escaping a small smile from their lips.

"What's up Mon?" Chandler asked

"Could we talk about something other than football?"

They shrugged "Sure..." Chandler paused "Why don't you like sports?"

Monica sighed "Ugh!" She got up and cleaned off her plate along with Emma's.

After dinner the kids went into the living room to hang out as Chandler helped Monica clean up.

He handed her another plate "Alright," He paused again knowing what was on his mind and thinking now was a good time to bring it up "How exactly did Emma's father leave? Was he ever with you, did you two marry?" He asked

Monica started to scrub the plate "It's not really that easy to talk about." She scrubbed harder although the plate was already clean.

Chandler put his hands on her arms. "You can tell me anything." He told her softly kissing her head.

Monica dried her hands. "No I didn't marry him." She told him sitting back down at the table. "Two years after you left I started seeing this guy. Richard, he was a family friend, and well, we were serious I guess you could say." She tried not to make eye contact "Well, one day I told him I was pregnant. He didn't leave me like I thought he would. He proposed to me instead." She told him "Well, we stayed engaged for a year or two before..." She stopped, trying to hold back the tears.

Chandler rubbed her hands in his "You don't have to continue if you don't want to."

She shook her head "I was watching Emma in the living room as she played on the floor. She was just a little under one year." She paused "I heard this loud crash in the kitchen...I got up from the floor and ran to see what it was." She shook her head as a small tear escaped her eye "Richard had a heart attack." She told him quietly "I called 911 and waited by his side until they got there. As they rushed him out I held Emma close as I already knew the answer to how he was doing." She finished

Chandler sat there quietly. He knew that all she wanted right now was to sit there in silence and not bring it up again. And for him, that was okay. Now that he knew he felt bad for bringing it up in the first place.

As he thought that that was the end of the conversation Monica spoke up again "That's why I don't want to move fast with us. That's what Richard and I did, and I don't want to lose you too." She told him looking up and into his eyes.

Chandler violently shook his head "No, you could never lose me. Not ever." He leaned in and planted a soft, loving kiss on her lips to reassure her that he was going to stay and he was hers forever.

"Please don't make promises you can't keep." She said softly as she closed her red, puffy eyes and leaned up against him.

And there you go! Please review to let me know what you think