Remorse Part Two
"Daddy!" Cameron cried as she flung her arms around her father.
"Hey Sweetie," he said, kissing his daughter on her forehead. He brushed her brown hair out of her face and she crawled up on the hospital bed.
"Hey Dad," Trent said as he jumped up onto the bed and sat next to his father.
Chandler and his son did their secret handshake as Cameron put her dads other arm around her.
Ross had brought them and was standing in the doorway.
"How are you feeling?" Ross asked as he sat down in the chair next to Chandler.
"Well, considering that my ex-fiancé, the mother of my children," he looked at his children, "who is also a very pretty lady," Cameron giggled when he said this, "tried to poison me, I think I'm okay."
Ross laughed, "She didn't try to poison you."
Chandler smiled, and patted his sons brown hair, "Uncle Ross and Uncle Joey are going to take you kids to the game today."
Cameron moaned, "But Uncle Joey eats all the nachos."
"And Uncle Ross plays with Cameron's Barbies!" Trent whined.
"Who's going to stay here with you?" Cameron pouted.
"I will; I'm his only son." Trent said proudly.
"I'm his only daughter," Cameron said as she pushed him.
"Hey!" Monica said as she entered the hospital room. "I'm staying here with Dad. Now both of you quit fighting!"
Monica was flipping through a magazine and Chandler was looking at her. It was half an hour later and the kids had left with Ross.
"You know what's weird?" Chandler said, still directing his gaze at Monica.
"What?" She said, putting her magazine down.
"On Friday when we left the apartment to come here," Chandler began.
"When I poisoned you."
"Yes, when you poisoned me. By the way, why does Phoebe need liver pills?" Monica smiled as Chandler said this. "Anyway, I think I actually saw Cameron straightening the pillows on the couch."
Monica laughed, "Really?" She paused. "That's nothing, this morning I heard Trent being sarcastic."
It was Chandler's turn to laugh. "Those kids are turning into us."
"Oh god," Monica smiled, "I hope not." Chandler sat up in his bed so he could face her.
"Remember when Cameron was born?" Chandler reminisced.
"I called you at the apartment to come get us at the house and you weren't there." Monica almost frowned.
"I was on my way already."
"You said Rachel had called you." Chandler looked away. Monica continued, "but when I asked her, she said she hadn't."
Chandler and Monica shifted their gaze. Chandler said, "I was watching TV, and I all of a sudden had this urge to get up and come visit you and Trent. As I got up I looked at the clock. It was 5:30."
Monica looked at Chandler almost lovingly, "I had my first contraction at 5:30. I can't believe you never told me that."
"Father's instinct." Chandler said as he once again looked at her. "Or ex-boyfriends instinct."
Monica quickly changed the subject, "I'm sorry I poisoned you Chandler."
Chandler quickly replied, "You didn't poison me, Mon, it was and accident."
Seconds later, the two of them were both puzzled, looking at each other, silent. It was then that the door swung open and a lady dressed in a business dress suit entered.
"Chandler, I was so worried about you." She said as soon as she entered the room.
"Nancy," Chandler said, "Who called you?"
"Your friend Rachel." She said as she noticed Monica.
"Nancy, this is Monica. Monica this is Nancy." Chandler said looking worriedly at Monica. He didn't know how she was going to react. "Nancy, Monica is my children's mother."
Monica had never heard Chandler introduce her as the mother of his children. She uttered, "Hello, nice to meet you." Then as fast as she could she rushed out of the room.
While rushing down the hallway of the hospital she almost ran straight into Rachel coming to visit Chandler.
"Mon?" Rachel said as she grabbed her friend who was near tears.
"He has a girlfriend?" Monica asked. "And he never told me?"
Rachel hugged her friend, "Mon, you guys have been separated for eight years. You were never even married. Of course he has a girlfriend."
Monica fought the tears, "For how long?"
Rachel sighed, "A few months."
Monica sat on the floor next to the elevators. She gasped, "I've been so stupid."
Rachel crouched next to her friend, "He was going to tell you when you dropped by on Wednesday, but he got that cold."
Monica gulped and stood up, "I don't know why this is bugging me."
Rachel faintly smiled, "Mon, you two have kids together. You are both happy, the only thing is that you're not together."
Monica folded her arms, "And that's my fault."
Monica knocked on the apartment door. It was the following Thursday and Chandler was practically back to normal. Cameron opened it and hugged her mother.
"Mommy!" Cameron screeched. Trent ran up and hugged Monica.
"Where's dad?" She asked searching the apartment.
"He ran down to the pizza place." Trent replied. "He left us alone, isn't that great?"
"Yeah, but what if a bad guy came and stole you?"
"Then I'd beat him up, Mom." Cameron said. Monica laughed as she entered the apartment and grabbed a carton of juice out of the fridge.
"You kids want some juice with your pizza?" Monica said. They nodded and went back to the living room, where they were playing a game.
"Mom, have you met Nancy?" Trent asked.
"I have." She answered, sitting on the couch.
"Is she dad's girlfriend?" Trent looked at his mother. "She was really nice when we met her yesterday."
"She is." Monica said.
"I heard Uncle Joey say they might even get married."
Monica tried to sound calm, "They might."
"Why aren't you daddy's girlfriend?" Cameron said.
"Because mommy and daddy broke up eight years ago, when your brother was a very little baby."
Trent looked confused, "Well if you broke up before Cameron was born, where did you get Cameron from?"
Monica smiled, "From an angel."
"An angel?" Cameron glowed. Trent scrunched up his nose.
"Mommy and Daddy got back together once, before Cameron was born." Monica told them.
Chandler entered carrying two pizzas. "Who wants Hawaiian and who wants Cheese?" He asked. The kids ran up to him. "Oh, hey Monica." He smiled; he hadn't seen her much since Sunday.
Monica stood up, "Before you guys eat, can I talk to you for a moment Chandler?"
Chandler looked at her questionably and followed her to the kid's bedroom. They stayed there every other weekend and some days during the week.
Monica sat down on one of the beds and looked at Chandler. "How's Nancy?" She asked.
"She's fine. Why?" Chandler sat on the bed next to her.
"Are you going to marry her?" Monica said.
"I don't know." Chandler looked down. "She's not right for me at all." Monica pretended she wasn't relieved. Chandler continued, "Monica, I could never love anyone like I loved you. Our kids are a constant reminder."
"It's just that lately, Chandler, I've been thinking about you a lot. A lot more that I used to."
Chandler touched her cheek, and he kissed her cheek. Monica put her hand on his face and kissed him on the lips, passionately. Chandler pulled back.
"Mon, this is all too familiar."
"I know," she said.
He smiled, "Don't tell me we're going to end up with another kid."
"God," she laughed and leaned back, "You must think I'm the worst person on earth."
"Never for one day have I ever thought that. I always loved you, Monica. Just I pushed back that love, and recycled it in love for our kids."
"Recycled?" She smiled.
"That really wasn't a good word was it?"
"I think you've been hanging out with Ross too much." She quipped. "Look, I'm sorry, Chandler." Monica began, but before she could finish Chandler leaned in and kissed her. She kissed him back. They both heard the door open.
"Hey Trent," Cameron screamed, "Mommy and Daddy are kissing." Chandler and Monica broke apart and stood up quickly.
Trent entered behind his sister, "They were kissing? Gross."
Cameron told her parents, "Nancy's here. Trent let her in. I told him not to answer the door ever, unless it's Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Ross, Uncle Joey, Aunt Phoebe, Aunt Rachel, Grandma or Grandpa."
Chandler and Monica rushed into the living room; Nancy had heard everything and was standing in the kitchen. She just stood there for a second. The room was silent. Cameron and Trent had busied themselves with the pizza. Nancy just smiled, looked at Trent and Cameron and left. "Bye Chandler," was all she said.
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"Daddy!" Cameron cried as she flung her arms around her father.
"Hey Sweetie," he said, kissing his daughter on her forehead. He brushed her brown hair out of her face and she crawled up on the hospital bed.
"Hey Dad," Trent said as he jumped up onto the bed and sat next to his father.
Chandler and his son did their secret handshake as Cameron put her dads other arm around her.
Ross had brought them and was standing in the doorway.
"How are you feeling?" Ross asked as he sat down in the chair next to Chandler.
"Well, considering that my ex-fiancé, the mother of my children," he looked at his children, "who is also a very pretty lady," Cameron giggled when he said this, "tried to poison me, I think I'm okay."
Ross laughed, "She didn't try to poison you."
Chandler smiled, and patted his sons brown hair, "Uncle Ross and Uncle Joey are going to take you kids to the game today."
Cameron moaned, "But Uncle Joey eats all the nachos."
"And Uncle Ross plays with Cameron's Barbies!" Trent whined.
"Who's going to stay here with you?" Cameron pouted.
"I will; I'm his only son." Trent said proudly.
"I'm his only daughter," Cameron said as she pushed him.
"Hey!" Monica said as she entered the hospital room. "I'm staying here with Dad. Now both of you quit fighting!"
Monica was flipping through a magazine and Chandler was looking at her. It was half an hour later and the kids had left with Ross.
"You know what's weird?" Chandler said, still directing his gaze at Monica.
"What?" She said, putting her magazine down.
"On Friday when we left the apartment to come here," Chandler began.
"When I poisoned you."
"Yes, when you poisoned me. By the way, why does Phoebe need liver pills?" Monica smiled as Chandler said this. "Anyway, I think I actually saw Cameron straightening the pillows on the couch."
Monica laughed, "Really?" She paused. "That's nothing, this morning I heard Trent being sarcastic."
It was Chandler's turn to laugh. "Those kids are turning into us."
"Oh god," Monica smiled, "I hope not." Chandler sat up in his bed so he could face her.
"Remember when Cameron was born?" Chandler reminisced.
"I called you at the apartment to come get us at the house and you weren't there." Monica almost frowned.
"I was on my way already."
"You said Rachel had called you." Chandler looked away. Monica continued, "but when I asked her, she said she hadn't."
Chandler and Monica shifted their gaze. Chandler said, "I was watching TV, and I all of a sudden had this urge to get up and come visit you and Trent. As I got up I looked at the clock. It was 5:30."
Monica looked at Chandler almost lovingly, "I had my first contraction at 5:30. I can't believe you never told me that."
"Father's instinct." Chandler said as he once again looked at her. "Or ex-boyfriends instinct."
Monica quickly changed the subject, "I'm sorry I poisoned you Chandler."
Chandler quickly replied, "You didn't poison me, Mon, it was and accident."
Seconds later, the two of them were both puzzled, looking at each other, silent. It was then that the door swung open and a lady dressed in a business dress suit entered.
"Chandler, I was so worried about you." She said as soon as she entered the room.
"Nancy," Chandler said, "Who called you?"
"Your friend Rachel." She said as she noticed Monica.
"Nancy, this is Monica. Monica this is Nancy." Chandler said looking worriedly at Monica. He didn't know how she was going to react. "Nancy, Monica is my children's mother."
Monica had never heard Chandler introduce her as the mother of his children. She uttered, "Hello, nice to meet you." Then as fast as she could she rushed out of the room.
While rushing down the hallway of the hospital she almost ran straight into Rachel coming to visit Chandler.
"Mon?" Rachel said as she grabbed her friend who was near tears.
"He has a girlfriend?" Monica asked. "And he never told me?"
Rachel hugged her friend, "Mon, you guys have been separated for eight years. You were never even married. Of course he has a girlfriend."
Monica fought the tears, "For how long?"
Rachel sighed, "A few months."
Monica sat on the floor next to the elevators. She gasped, "I've been so stupid."
Rachel crouched next to her friend, "He was going to tell you when you dropped by on Wednesday, but he got that cold."
Monica gulped and stood up, "I don't know why this is bugging me."
Rachel faintly smiled, "Mon, you two have kids together. You are both happy, the only thing is that you're not together."
Monica folded her arms, "And that's my fault."
Monica knocked on the apartment door. It was the following Thursday and Chandler was practically back to normal. Cameron opened it and hugged her mother.
"Mommy!" Cameron screeched. Trent ran up and hugged Monica.
"Where's dad?" She asked searching the apartment.
"He ran down to the pizza place." Trent replied. "He left us alone, isn't that great?"
"Yeah, but what if a bad guy came and stole you?"
"Then I'd beat him up, Mom." Cameron said. Monica laughed as she entered the apartment and grabbed a carton of juice out of the fridge.
"You kids want some juice with your pizza?" Monica said. They nodded and went back to the living room, where they were playing a game.
"Mom, have you met Nancy?" Trent asked.
"I have." She answered, sitting on the couch.
"Is she dad's girlfriend?" Trent looked at his mother. "She was really nice when we met her yesterday."
"She is." Monica said.
"I heard Uncle Joey say they might even get married."
Monica tried to sound calm, "They might."
"Why aren't you daddy's girlfriend?" Cameron said.
"Because mommy and daddy broke up eight years ago, when your brother was a very little baby."
Trent looked confused, "Well if you broke up before Cameron was born, where did you get Cameron from?"
Monica smiled, "From an angel."
"An angel?" Cameron glowed. Trent scrunched up his nose.
"Mommy and Daddy got back together once, before Cameron was born." Monica told them.
Chandler entered carrying two pizzas. "Who wants Hawaiian and who wants Cheese?" He asked. The kids ran up to him. "Oh, hey Monica." He smiled; he hadn't seen her much since Sunday.
Monica stood up, "Before you guys eat, can I talk to you for a moment Chandler?"
Chandler looked at her questionably and followed her to the kid's bedroom. They stayed there every other weekend and some days during the week.
Monica sat down on one of the beds and looked at Chandler. "How's Nancy?" She asked.
"She's fine. Why?" Chandler sat on the bed next to her.
"Are you going to marry her?" Monica said.
"I don't know." Chandler looked down. "She's not right for me at all." Monica pretended she wasn't relieved. Chandler continued, "Monica, I could never love anyone like I loved you. Our kids are a constant reminder."
"It's just that lately, Chandler, I've been thinking about you a lot. A lot more that I used to."
Chandler touched her cheek, and he kissed her cheek. Monica put her hand on his face and kissed him on the lips, passionately. Chandler pulled back.
"Mon, this is all too familiar."
"I know," she said.
He smiled, "Don't tell me we're going to end up with another kid."
"God," she laughed and leaned back, "You must think I'm the worst person on earth."
"Never for one day have I ever thought that. I always loved you, Monica. Just I pushed back that love, and recycled it in love for our kids."
"Recycled?" She smiled.
"That really wasn't a good word was it?"
"I think you've been hanging out with Ross too much." She quipped. "Look, I'm sorry, Chandler." Monica began, but before she could finish Chandler leaned in and kissed her. She kissed him back. They both heard the door open.
"Hey Trent," Cameron screamed, "Mommy and Daddy are kissing." Chandler and Monica broke apart and stood up quickly.
Trent entered behind his sister, "They were kissing? Gross."
Cameron told her parents, "Nancy's here. Trent let her in. I told him not to answer the door ever, unless it's Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Ross, Uncle Joey, Aunt Phoebe, Aunt Rachel, Grandma or Grandpa."
Chandler and Monica rushed into the living room; Nancy had heard everything and was standing in the kitchen. She just stood there for a second. The room was silent. Cameron and Trent had busied themselves with the pizza. Nancy just smiled, looked at Trent and Cameron and left. "Bye Chandler," was all she said.
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