Disclaimer I do not own these characters. Also sorry it took so long with midterms and everything... oh and if Pheobe's name is spelled Phoebe I'm sorry my computer likes to auto fix everything and I'm not sure I caught every one.

Last time
Oh! OH!" exclaimed Pheobe.
"What is it?" asked her husband Bob.
"My water broke."
"Oh my hardware floors," then off everyone else's glances, Monica continued faking enthusiasm, "yay they baby is coming."
Bob, Phoebe, Rachel and Chandler all piled into Bob's car. Ross insisted that Chandler and Monica take two separate cars, by making an excuse that Monica need help getting Joey up and Chandler being hurt was not up to the task.




Rachel, Joey, Ross, Monica and Chandler all sat in the waiting room, outside the delivery room. All but Monica looked a little nervous; she sat in a chair reading a magazine. It had been almost 8 hours since they brought Phoebe in, which to them seemed like an incredible amount of time.
Rachel stood up and started to pace back and forth and said, "It really has been a long time. What if something is wrong?"
"Just when we were all together and finally getting along," continued Ross.
Chandler glanced over at Monica after this comment and smiled to himself.
Monica looked up from the magazine she was reading, "Guys relax. She is fine. She usually is in labor for a while. The last child she was almost in labor for an entire day."
"Have you been here for all of them?" Joey asked
"Almost I did miss one," Monica said smiling of the memory, " because Phoebe missed it as well."
"What happened?" asked Joey, hoping to past some time.
"Well it was her second child, Melissa. God like six years ago..."

2003
Ted was driving Phoebe to her doctor appointment.
"Ted thanks for coming with me."
"Hey no problem, I missed some of these appointments when Monica was pregnant so I can see what I missed."
"Well it's not much. It's just checking to see how things are progressing because she is a week late."
"I know but still. Anyways I owed Bill one. When is he getting back?"
"I think late afternoon tomorrow. He didn't want to go, but I convinced him it would be all right. Should anything happen..."
"You have both Monica and me."
"Right. Speaking of Monica, what did you have to ask me?"
"Oh well she has been really busy with the restaurant and with Jeffery heading a year early into his terrible twos, I wanted to take her away. Somewhere special, you know just the two of us."
"You want me to baby sit Jeffery?"
"Well no I was going to leave him at my parents. I was wondering if you could watch Nick. Bob said it was okay but to check with you first."
"That's no problem. Nick is a great dog. Where are you going to take her?"
"I was thinking Venice. Oh look we are here."
Phoebe and Ted continued their talk as they got into the elevator.
"What floor is it?"
"Umm the sixth."
Ted pressed the button and up they went. Right around the third floor the elevator jolted and came to a stop.
"What was that?" asked Pheobe.
"I'm not sure, but I think the elevator is stuck."
"Ugh. Now I'm going to be late for my appointment."
"Let me call them," Ted picked up the phone and called them.
"Well it's going to be a couple of hours."

2 hours later.
"Okay. Okay I got a good one. You know when Monica and I told you that we...(he chuckles)...got lost on the way to the restaurant last New Year's Eve."
"You didn't!"
"In the back of our truck."
"Oh my god! Monica did it in the car!"
Ted laughed.
"You know she's changed a lot since you married her."
"For better I hope?" he asked
"Oh yes I think so. She's a little bit wilder. And the best part she's not as obsessive on her place being spotless you could perform surgery. I'm so glad I don't get yelled at for not using a coaster."
Ted laughed, "Come on. She couldn't have been that bad."
"Oh you don't know the half of it! I had to move...Ouch!"
"What? God are you all right?"
"Yes, I'm fine...I'm...oh there it is again."
"Phoebe? Are you okay? Is the baby coming?"
"No I think it's just fake labor. I mean...oh no"
"Oh my god!"
"Oh no my water broke."
"I know! Oh no. You can't have a baby in a elevator!"
"I don't think we are going to have much of a choice."
"Oh no. Okay. Okay. I'll call downstairs."

"Uh huh. Okay great yup," Ted responded to the person on the other line.
"Okay so um here's the deal. WE aren't getting out any time soon."
'"Ugh," Phoebe screamed in pain.
"But...see there is a but...they are getting you doctor and are going to call us back."
"Bill."
"No, I'm Ted."
"Bill. We have to call Bill."
"My cell phone! We'll call Monica and she'll call Bill."

"Monica Geller."
"Hey honey. It's me."
"Oh hey what's up? How was the doctor's? Feeling guiltily yet?"
"Umm funny story. We never made it to the doctors."
"Ted! Bill is going to kill you."
"Yes I'm well aware of that. I need you to call him."
"Okay, but why don't you just reschedule?"
"Well see the thing is we are sort of trapped in an elevator."
"Oh my god!"
"And Phoebe's just gone into labor."
"OH MY GOD!"
"I know. I know. But you got to call him okay?"
"Ya. Ya. I will. I'll be right down."
"Okay."
"Honey."
"Ya?"
"Good luck."

"What did Monica say?"
"Um she's going to call Bill and she's headed down here."
"Boy of the two 'professional' occupations you had to choose law."
"I know. I'm wishing I listened to my mother."

1 Hour later.
"Okay Phoebe the doctor says you have to push."
"errrrrrr," Phoebe said pushing."
"Come on Phoebe I can see the head. It's crowning. Oh my god. Yes. Yes I'm still here."
Pheobe collapsed against the side of wall in exhaustion.
"Okay Pheebs you can do it. One more big push and the head is out."
"No. No."
"Yes come on."
Phoebe pushed and out came the head into Ted's arms. Following the directions of the doctor he got Pheobe ready for her final push.
"Okay Phoebe lets go one more and your..." he was interrupted by the elevator making a huge noise.
"Oh god we are going to die in here."
"No we are not Pheobe. I think they may have fixed it. Okay but forget about the elevator. You have got to push. Okay"
Phoebe pushed and out came the baby right into Ted's arms. He dropped the phone and just starred at the child in his arms. He could not believe what he had just done.
The doors opened and the paramedics rushed in. They placed Pheobe on a stretcher and took the baby from Ted's arms. They rushed the mother and daughter to the hospital. Ted just sat on the ground in amazement of what had just happened.

Present day.
"Wow. I can't believe Phoebe gave birth in an elevator," Rachel said in amazement.
"I know I couldn't believe it myself."
The rest of them continued to talk about it. Monica thought back to that day.

Elevator 2003
Monica saw Ted still sitting on the ground, once they had transported Pheobe and the baby out of the hospital. Monica came over to him. She crouched down next to him and placed her hand on his face. This snapped him back to reality.
"Hey you."
"Hey."
"You did an amazing job. I'm impressed."
Ted smiled at his wife, "it was all Phoebe."
"Well still..."
Monica helped him up. As they walked out of the elevator, "Does this mean you forgive me for not being there for Jeffery?"
"Yes I do. I was never mad at you. I was just emotional."
"Do you think we could do it again?"
"What?" they stopped in the hall.
He cupped her face in his hands.
"Have another child. I want to be there this time. I want to be with you for the entire pregnancy. I'll move my practice to our house when you leave work. It will be great. I mean we did great our first try around."
"Monica we can do this. I know we can. Besides don't you want Jeffery to have a sibling? Don't you want a girl?" he asked playing up to her motherly side.
"Yes that would be nice. To have a girl and a boy."
"So that's a yes?"
She smiled at him and kissed him, "of course I can't deny you anything."

Bill coming in through the waiting room doors interrupted Monica's thoughts.
"It's a boy...and a girl. We have twins!"

They all stood around Pheobe. Rachel and Ross each were holding a baby.
"What are you going to name them?" Joey asked.
"Well we are naming her after my grandmother, Margaret," replied Bob.
"And for the boy? Do I hear a Chandler?" joked Chandler.
"Dude, if they were going to name it after someone it would be me. Can't you see another little Joey running around?"
"Well guys we did want to name it after someone but...umm that all depends on Monica."
"What kind of name is Monica for a guy?" asked Joey.
"Why me?" Monica asked.
"Well we wanted to name the baby after Ted."
Monica didn't say anything.
Pheobe continued, "from helping us with the second child we wanted to name it after him, but Melissa being a girl and everything. And well this is the first boy we've had, since Melissa. All of them being girls."
"Well what do you say Monica?"
Monica forced herself to smile at Pheobe and Bill, "That...great. I'm sure he would have appreciated it."
"Great then it's settled. Margaret and Theodore."
"Sounds like the chipmunks," Joey whispered to Chandler.
"Joey those are my kids you are talking about."
"What were the other names?" Rachel asked.
As the others started to get into a big decision, Monica suddenly felt incredibly ill. She had to get out of that room. She thought she made it out of the room unnoticed when Bill caught up to her at the elevator.
"Monica?"
"Oh. Hey Bill."
"Monica are you all right?"
"Yes I'm fine."
"Really? Because we can name him something else."
"No. No, that's not it. I just...I don't know, what it is to tell you the truth. I loved him so much. I still do love him. But then there's Chandler."
"Chandler?"
"Ya, we sort of kissed last night. And I felt all these things I never thought I could feel again for a man."
"Oh Monica it's okay. It's reasonable. It has been five years."
"I know. I know. But I feel like I'm not doing something right. That all this time that he's been gone that I haven't done what I am suppose to. I feel like because I haven't visited his grave as much as I should have that I'm doing something wrong."
"Oh Monica you're not doing anything wrong. We all understand it was hard for you to lose him. I'm sure he doesn't want to see you alone for the rest of your life. I'm positive that Ted would want you to see you happy then for you to be regretful and sad."
"I don't know what to do. I mean this scares me. I'm not ready to be in a relationship of any sort, never mind that the man lives across the country."
"Hey it's going to be okay you know? Everything will work out for the best."
Monica just looked at Bill hoping what he said would be true. After a few moments of silence she said, "I have to go."
"I understand. Do you want me to come with you?"
"No. Don't be crazy. You've just become a dad for the 5th and 6th time. Go in there and see your kids."
"Okay."
"Will you..."
"Ya I'll tell them you had to go pick up the kids or something."
"Thanks Bill."
"No problem.

Bill entered the room. He joined Pheobe at her side. Pheobe, who was holding Margaret, looked up at Bill.
"Is she going to be all right?"
"OH ya she's going to be fine. She just had to go do something. She mentioned the kids."
"OH," they all went back to drooling over the babies.
Bill wasn't sure if they believed him. In fact he was pretty sure they didn't but he knew that Monica had to do it. She had to go see Ted before she could move on.



To be continued... Monica comes to grips with her feelings of regret and her feelings for Chandler. Plus they play a game.