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"I have to go!" Monica yelled up the stairs. Elena and Claire came running down.
"Jeez Mom!" Elena said. "Calm down." Out of all her kids, Elena was the most like Chandler, and Michaela was everyday becoming more and more like her. Jonah was a nice mixture of both of them. As Monica passed the calendar on the way out of the door, she looked at the date. It would be a year since Rachel had disappeared. She shook her head and ran out the door. Elena and Claire got into the minivan that they had bought and had sold their car and Chandler began driving Monica's SUV. A minute later, Chandler was waving his arms getting Monica to stop the car. She rolled down the window and leaned out.
"What?"
"Are you forgetting some things?" He asked. He moved to reveal Jonah and Michaela.
"Right!" Monica exclaimed as she got out of the car and picked up Michaela and Jonah climbed in. "Sorry," she apologized as she belted in Michaela. "I don't know where my head is lately."
"Its okay Mommy," Jonah told her.
"Kay, Momma," Michaela said. She had just started talking and to the delight of her father, her first word had been Dada. Both Jonah and Elena's first words had been Momma. She smiled at her daughter waved to her husband and drove away.
"Aunt Monica?" Claire asked from the backseat.
"Yeah, sweetie?"
"Can I play at my friend's house tonight?"
"Is it okay with her mommy?" Claire nodded.
"Then its fine with me," Monica assured her. They pulled up to the elementary school and the three older kids got out. Jonah was so proud to get to go to the elementary school now that he was starting kindergarten.
"Bye Mommy!"
"Bye Aunt Monica!"
"Bye!" Monica waved and Michaela also waved her little arm back and forth from the backseat. "So? What do you want to do now?"
"Play!"
"Well, first Mommy has to go check on some things at the restaurant and then we can play, okay? And we can get something to eat. I'm starved." Michaela nodded and Monica smiled and drove to her restaurant. It had been doing fabulously. She got out and picked up her daughter and walked inside. Her one waitress came running up when she entered.
"Mrs. Bing?" Monica turned.
"Yes?"
"There's a phone call for you, they said that its urgent," she said. Monica nodded and walked back to her office. One of her old friends from her old restaurants came out.
"Hi! Can I play with Michaela?" Michaela clapped her hands together and Monica smiled and handed her over to Jayne. She picked up the phone and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Monica? Its Rachel."
"Rachel!" So many things were running through Monica's head that she could barely think. She wanted to yell at her friend. What were you thinking? Do you have any idea of what we went through? Are you insane? Nothing came out though.
"Mon? How's Claire?"
"She's good," Monica said. "It took her a while, but she's okay now."
"That's good," Rachel said.
"When are you coming home?"
"I don't know."
"Are you ever coming home?"
"Yes, maybe, I don't know."
"Why did you call then?"
"I miss you."
"We miss you too. How are you?"
"I'm okay."
"That's good," Monica said.
"Monica? I actually have a reason to call you."
"What's that?" Monica didn't mean to be harsh. She couldn't control it.
"I have a baby." It could be the shock of the statement, or it could have been that she hadn't eaten, or that Jonah had kept her up with nightmares the past night. Whatever the reason was, a thud was heard as the phone hit the floor and then Monica fainted.
When she woke up, Chandler was hovering over her.
"Are you okay?" He asked. She nodded weakly.
"Where am I?"
"The hospital, Jayne called me. You fainted and hit your head."
"I hit my head?"
"You have a mild concussion," he told her kissing her cheek. "The doctor said that you fainted because you didn't eat and you're tired and maybe some stress."
"Shock is more like it," Monica said.
"What?"
"Rachel called."
"Oh my God!"
"Don't yet, it gets better," she said sarcastically. Years of living with Chandler had taken its toll. "She has a baby."
"Are you kidding me? Is she coming home? Don't get too worked up," he told her. "You scared me."
"I'm sorry," she said touching his cheek. "I guess just hearing that and I freaked. And apparently hit my head. Because it hurts very badly." He kissed her head and cupped her face in his hands.
"When Jayne called, I...didn't know what to do. Michaela found you laying on the floor and Jayne called an ambulance and then called me, and if something happened to you, I would never forgive myself." Monica kissed him.
"Where are the kids?"
"Phoebe and Joey's," Chandler said. "Are you sure that you're okay?"
"Once this mother of all headaches goes away, I'll be fine," she assured him.
"So is Rachel coming home?"
"I don't think so," Monica said sadly. He nodded and kissed her again. He somehow couldn't get enough of her kisses right then.
"We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas, and a happy new year," they sang. They were all gathered in Monica and Chandler's house for the holidays. After they were finished Joey stood up.
"We have an announcement to make," he said. "Phoebe is going to have another baby!"
"That's so great!" Monica said hugging her.
"What about you?" Phoebe asked.
"What do you mean?" Monica asked.
"Are you going to have another one? Or is three enough?"
"Four," Monica said. "We have four kids to take care of."
"Right," Phoebe said nodding. "Do you think that she'll ever come home?"
"I hope so," Monica said. They hadn't told Claire why Rachel had called, or that she had called at all. Somehow it was better this way. Monica sighed and hugged her friend again.
"Chandler?" Monica said pulling on her husband's arm.
"Yeah?" Chandler turned and faced his wife.
"I need to ask you to do something for me," she said,
"What?" He'd do anything for her and she knew that.
"I need you to find Rachel for me." He looked at her. "I'm serious, hire a private detective, anything. I just want to see her and maybe if I do I can talk some sense into her. This is like her! She's not this kind of person!" Chandler knew that once Monica had an idea in her head that it wasn't going to go away.
"Okay," he said.
"Really?"
"Yes, if this will make you happy," he told her.
"Oh Chandler! It will, it will make me happy!" She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him hard. He smiled at her and kissed her back. He would call first thing in the morning. It couldn't be that hard to track down a person could it?
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