1208 - TOW the Wreck Part I
It was a nice Saturday morning and Chandler was sitting in the apartment with Ally and Alex beside him on the couch. Since Monica was at the store grocery shopping, Chandler was using the coffee table as a changing table to change Jessie and Casey's diapers. Alex and Ally were watching closely and Chandler was happy that he didn't have to change them anymore now that they were potty-trained. Four months had passed since the births of the newest Bing children, and life was adjusting nicely. Both parents had the day off of work and the kids were with Chandler while Monica was out.
Alex: Daddy, can we go to the park?
Chandler: No, it's way to hot today. You might get heat exhaustion.
Alex: What's that?
Chandler: Oh . . .sorry son. It's just something when you get too hot . . .how did I know that?
Ally: Daddy, can we go swimming?
Chandler: Mommy wouldn't want you to do that. Last time, you got water in your ears and got sick.
Ally: But that was last week!
Chandler: Exactly. No more. I'll take you guys swimming some other time.
Alex: Aww . . .daddy!
Chandler: Sorry kid.
The phone rang and Chandler reached over to get it.
Chandler: Hello?
Monica: Hi honey. I'm . . .in my dad's car. I ran into him in town and he told me to take the car because I had a lot of groceries. I just have to take it back to him later. I'll be home in an hour or so. I had to take a detour on the interstate. A rode was blocked off for a parade. So, I'm on my way.
Chandler: Okay, see you soon. Love you.
Monica: Love you.
Monica hung up and so did Chandler.
Alex: Was that mommy?
Chandler: Yeah.
Ally: Can we go swimming?!
Chandler: Sweetie, I already said no.
Ally: Please?!
Alex: Please?!
Chandler: Oh, now you're starting that on me . . .
They both gave him big puppy-dog eyes and he sighed.
Chandler: How about I run some water in the bathtub and you pretend you're swimming.
Ally: Okay!
Alex: Yay!
The kids ran into the bathroom. Chandler sighed and laughed. He looked at his new daughters.
Chandler: Kids . . .they're so easily amused.
*~*
Ross and Rachel were resting on the couch with a kid in each arm. Rachel was holding Cheyenne and Amber and Thomas and Caleb. Jonah was sitting in his lap. Hannah was running around pretending to be a pony. Rachel looked like she was about to fall asleep as she held her sleeping daughters in her arms. Ross was yawning and watching the boys. They had recently decided to be mad at their big sister, so they kept chasing after her, trying to push her down.
Ross: And who said that being parents wasn't hard?
Rachel: I don't know, but they should be drug out into the streets and . ..
Ross: I get the point, honey.
Rachel: Okay, I've got a date with the treadmill. It's just calling me . . .
Ross: Okay, I'll put the boys down for a nap and then come get the girls.
Rachel: Oh that's okay. I've got them. They're okay.
Rachel stood up and took the girls into their nursery. She came back out and yawned. She walked over to the treadmill and got on and started walking quickly as it started up. Ross took the boys into the nursery and put them in their cribs to take a nap. He walked back out into the living room to see Hannah still running around.
Ross: Hannah?
Hannah stopped and looked at her father.
Hannah: Yes daddy?
Ross: I think it's time you take a nap. You look really tired. Can't you just hear those sheep calling? Saying . . .baa . . .one . . .baa . . .two . . .
Hannah giggled.
Ross: Okay daddy. I'll take a nap.
Hannah ran off into her room and Ross was surprised how happily she obliged to take her nap.
Rachel: Wow! I wish I could do that! She never goes to take a nap if I ask her to. The "n" word is nearly impossible to say around her!
Ross: I think it's just my . . .fatherly charm.
Rachel: Ha ha . . .
*~*
Joey was sitting on the couch trying to put a diaper on Brandon, who was fussing and kicking around. Four-month-old Brandon and Courtney were getting to the stage where they liked to giggle and laugh. So, it was frustrating for Joey when Courtney kept giggling at him from her place in her baby swing.
Joey: Hey, you try doing this! It's not easy!
Draven looked up from where he was sitting on the floor, playing with blocks.
Draven: What's wrong, dada?
Joey: Oh, this . . .your brother is just . . .Oh! Come on!
Joey was met with a spray on his shirt from his baby boy.
Joey: Oh crap!
Phoebe walked into the room, brushing her hair.
Phoebe: Everything okay?
Joey: I just got peed on!
Phoebe: Oh . . .I hate it when that happens!
Joey: Can you watch them while I change my shirt?
Phoebe: You might as well finish the diaper. I mean, it's just giving him more time to pee on you again.
Joey sighed and put the diaper on his son and put him in his swing. He walked into the bedroom and changed shirts.
Joey: That's so gross!
Phoebe: Oh, do you know how many times that happened to me when was alone with them for the first two months?
Joey: Well. . .I'm his dad! He's not supposed to!
Phoebe laughed and picked Draven up.
Phoebe: Come on Draven. It's time for your bath.
Phoebe took Draven into the bathroom to give him a quick bath. Joey settled down in front of the television and turned on Baywatch.
*~*
A while later, Chandler was sitting at the kitchen table, staring at his watch. Monica said she would be home in an hour or so. It had been nearly two! Maybe there was a traffic jam . . .maybe there was a hold up or something. Ally walked out of her nursery, rubbing her tired little eyes, staring at her father.
Ally: Where's mommy?
Chandler: She's not home yet.
Ally: Why not? Where is she?
Chandler: I don't know . . .I'm sure she'll be here at any minute.
The phone rang and Chandler jumped up and headed for it.
Chandler: I bet that's her right now.
Chandler answered the phone.
Chandler: Hello?
Paramedic: Hello, is this Mr. Chandler Bing?
Chandler: Yes.
Paramedic: Your wife is Mrs. Monica Bing. Maiden name is Gellar?
Chandler: Right . . .who is this?
Paramedic: Sir, we have your wife at the hospital. We had to fly her in. There was a pileup on the interstate and your wife was caught in the middle of it. We need you to get down here as soon as possible and bring your children. She's in surgery right now, she may have a broken leg. We're not sure . . .
Chandler hung up quickly.
Ally: Was that mommy?
Chandler: Come on, let's get you ready.
Ally: Ready for what?
Chandler: We're going to see mommy.
In the next five minutes, Chandler had told Ross and Rachel and Joey and Phoebe. They were all on their way with him to the hospital with their children. Nobody was sure how serious Monica's condition was, but they were scared.
*~*
A few minutes later, everybody entered the emergency room and they were led to a waiting room to wait for the doctor to come out of the operating room. All of the kids were taken to a special play room for children waiting on their family. A special nurse was assigned to each group of kids, so the nurse who got all thirteen of the Bing, Tribiani, and Gellar kids would be in for quite an interesting and exciting experience.
Chandler, Ross, Rachel, Phoebe, and Joey sat in the waiting room, waiting nervously for Monica to get out of surgery. Chandler was so scared. He just . . .he couldn't live without her. He wondered what his life without her would be like . . . and then he started to imagine.
CHANDLER (thinking of what life if Monica never existed would be like)
Chandler was sitting in the apartment he shared with Ross Gellar and his wife Rachel. Phoebe Buffay, a friend of Rachel's, was sitting on the couch next to him.
Chandler: Honey, don't you think that you should get a real job?
Phoebe: What? I'm a masseuse!
Chandler: Well, you don't make much money . . .and . . .
Phoebe: Chandler! If you want us to be married, you have to accept that I'm a masseuse and I don't make a lot of money.
Chandler: Come on . . .please?
Phoebe: No! You have to accept me for everything I am, Chandler!
Phoebe got up and walked away. A kid came running into the room, a boy about the age of six.
Chandler: Hi Bryan.
Bryan: Dad, why is mommy mad?
Chandler: Oh, it's not anything for you to worry about.
Bryan: Okay . . .I just hope everything is okay.
Bryan left and Ross and Rachel came out of their bedroom, their clothes a bit crumpled and messy.
Chandler: Hey.
Ross: Chandler, when are you going to move out? I mean, you're engaged to Phoebe and you're still living with me and Rachel.
Chandler: Hey! You said I could live with you! You can't take it back!
*~*
Chandler snapped out of his thoughts and gasped. He would be married to PHOEBE?!
Chandler: Oh my God!
Phoebe: What?!
Chandler: Nothing!
Phoebe: Okay . . .
In the meantime, Joey was thinking about things. He knew that the only way he could imagine what a life without Monica would be like was if she died while he knew her, so he thought about how different life might be if that happened.
JOEY (thinking about what life might be without Monica)
Joey and Phoebe were sitting in their apartment with their kids. Draven was about five and the twins were nearly three. They were sitting with Ross and Rachel's seven-year-old daughter, their four-year-old triplet sons, and their nearly three-year-old twin daughters.
Chandler walked in holding three-year-olds Jessie and Casey. Five-year-olds Alex and Ally were following in behind him.
Joey: Hey.
Chandler: Hey.
Phoebe: How are you holding up?
Chandler: Well, I'm feeling a little less like jumping off the top of this building today.
Joey: Dude . . .you really need to move on . . .it's been three years. Three years man.
Just then, a doctor walked into the room.
Joey: What the hell?!
*~*
Back in reality, Ross was slapping Joey upside the head and everyone was standing up and the doctor walked into the waiting room.
Doctor: Which one of you is Chandler Bing?
Chandler stepped forward.
Doctor: Okay. Your wife is in recovery. You can go back to see her in a few minutes. She was unconscious when they brought her in. She started to wake up before we gave her the anestesia and she asked for you. She is in critical condition and we hope she wakes up within the next ten minutes or so. We had to go in and fix a tear in her side . . .a really small one, and her right leg is slightly fractured. She'll be in a cast for about a two months. But, she'll be fine if everything else goes well. She has a serious concussion and once she wakes up, we can monitor her and make sure there isn't any bleeding in the brain.
Chandler: Oh God . . .
He couldn't find any other words to say.
Doctor: You can go in to see her now.
In the next episode: Monica wakes up and she undergoes many tests to find out if she is okay or not. Ross reveals some news that shocks everyone, especially Rachel.
1209 - TOW the Wreck Part II
It was a nice Saturday morning and Chandler was sitting in the apartment with Ally and Alex beside him on the couch. Since Monica was at the store grocery shopping, Chandler was using the coffee table as a changing table to change Jessie and Casey's diapers. Alex and Ally were watching closely and Chandler was happy that he didn't have to change them anymore now that they were potty-trained. Four months had passed since the births of the newest Bing children, and life was adjusting nicely. Both parents had the day off of work and the kids were with Chandler while Monica was out.
Alex: Daddy, can we go to the park?
Chandler: No, it's way to hot today. You might get heat exhaustion.
Alex: What's that?
Chandler: Oh . . .sorry son. It's just something when you get too hot . . .how did I know that?
Ally: Daddy, can we go swimming?
Chandler: Mommy wouldn't want you to do that. Last time, you got water in your ears and got sick.
Ally: But that was last week!
Chandler: Exactly. No more. I'll take you guys swimming some other time.
Alex: Aww . . .daddy!
Chandler: Sorry kid.
The phone rang and Chandler reached over to get it.
Chandler: Hello?
Monica: Hi honey. I'm . . .in my dad's car. I ran into him in town and he told me to take the car because I had a lot of groceries. I just have to take it back to him later. I'll be home in an hour or so. I had to take a detour on the interstate. A rode was blocked off for a parade. So, I'm on my way.
Chandler: Okay, see you soon. Love you.
Monica: Love you.
Monica hung up and so did Chandler.
Alex: Was that mommy?
Chandler: Yeah.
Ally: Can we go swimming?!
Chandler: Sweetie, I already said no.
Ally: Please?!
Alex: Please?!
Chandler: Oh, now you're starting that on me . . .
They both gave him big puppy-dog eyes and he sighed.
Chandler: How about I run some water in the bathtub and you pretend you're swimming.
Ally: Okay!
Alex: Yay!
The kids ran into the bathroom. Chandler sighed and laughed. He looked at his new daughters.
Chandler: Kids . . .they're so easily amused.
*~*
Ross and Rachel were resting on the couch with a kid in each arm. Rachel was holding Cheyenne and Amber and Thomas and Caleb. Jonah was sitting in his lap. Hannah was running around pretending to be a pony. Rachel looked like she was about to fall asleep as she held her sleeping daughters in her arms. Ross was yawning and watching the boys. They had recently decided to be mad at their big sister, so they kept chasing after her, trying to push her down.
Ross: And who said that being parents wasn't hard?
Rachel: I don't know, but they should be drug out into the streets and . ..
Ross: I get the point, honey.
Rachel: Okay, I've got a date with the treadmill. It's just calling me . . .
Ross: Okay, I'll put the boys down for a nap and then come get the girls.
Rachel: Oh that's okay. I've got them. They're okay.
Rachel stood up and took the girls into their nursery. She came back out and yawned. She walked over to the treadmill and got on and started walking quickly as it started up. Ross took the boys into the nursery and put them in their cribs to take a nap. He walked back out into the living room to see Hannah still running around.
Ross: Hannah?
Hannah stopped and looked at her father.
Hannah: Yes daddy?
Ross: I think it's time you take a nap. You look really tired. Can't you just hear those sheep calling? Saying . . .baa . . .one . . .baa . . .two . . .
Hannah giggled.
Ross: Okay daddy. I'll take a nap.
Hannah ran off into her room and Ross was surprised how happily she obliged to take her nap.
Rachel: Wow! I wish I could do that! She never goes to take a nap if I ask her to. The "n" word is nearly impossible to say around her!
Ross: I think it's just my . . .fatherly charm.
Rachel: Ha ha . . .
*~*
Joey was sitting on the couch trying to put a diaper on Brandon, who was fussing and kicking around. Four-month-old Brandon and Courtney were getting to the stage where they liked to giggle and laugh. So, it was frustrating for Joey when Courtney kept giggling at him from her place in her baby swing.
Joey: Hey, you try doing this! It's not easy!
Draven looked up from where he was sitting on the floor, playing with blocks.
Draven: What's wrong, dada?
Joey: Oh, this . . .your brother is just . . .Oh! Come on!
Joey was met with a spray on his shirt from his baby boy.
Joey: Oh crap!
Phoebe walked into the room, brushing her hair.
Phoebe: Everything okay?
Joey: I just got peed on!
Phoebe: Oh . . .I hate it when that happens!
Joey: Can you watch them while I change my shirt?
Phoebe: You might as well finish the diaper. I mean, it's just giving him more time to pee on you again.
Joey sighed and put the diaper on his son and put him in his swing. He walked into the bedroom and changed shirts.
Joey: That's so gross!
Phoebe: Oh, do you know how many times that happened to me when was alone with them for the first two months?
Joey: Well. . .I'm his dad! He's not supposed to!
Phoebe laughed and picked Draven up.
Phoebe: Come on Draven. It's time for your bath.
Phoebe took Draven into the bathroom to give him a quick bath. Joey settled down in front of the television and turned on Baywatch.
*~*
A while later, Chandler was sitting at the kitchen table, staring at his watch. Monica said she would be home in an hour or so. It had been nearly two! Maybe there was a traffic jam . . .maybe there was a hold up or something. Ally walked out of her nursery, rubbing her tired little eyes, staring at her father.
Ally: Where's mommy?
Chandler: She's not home yet.
Ally: Why not? Where is she?
Chandler: I don't know . . .I'm sure she'll be here at any minute.
The phone rang and Chandler jumped up and headed for it.
Chandler: I bet that's her right now.
Chandler answered the phone.
Chandler: Hello?
Paramedic: Hello, is this Mr. Chandler Bing?
Chandler: Yes.
Paramedic: Your wife is Mrs. Monica Bing. Maiden name is Gellar?
Chandler: Right . . .who is this?
Paramedic: Sir, we have your wife at the hospital. We had to fly her in. There was a pileup on the interstate and your wife was caught in the middle of it. We need you to get down here as soon as possible and bring your children. She's in surgery right now, she may have a broken leg. We're not sure . . .
Chandler hung up quickly.
Ally: Was that mommy?
Chandler: Come on, let's get you ready.
Ally: Ready for what?
Chandler: We're going to see mommy.
In the next five minutes, Chandler had told Ross and Rachel and Joey and Phoebe. They were all on their way with him to the hospital with their children. Nobody was sure how serious Monica's condition was, but they were scared.
*~*
A few minutes later, everybody entered the emergency room and they were led to a waiting room to wait for the doctor to come out of the operating room. All of the kids were taken to a special play room for children waiting on their family. A special nurse was assigned to each group of kids, so the nurse who got all thirteen of the Bing, Tribiani, and Gellar kids would be in for quite an interesting and exciting experience.
Chandler, Ross, Rachel, Phoebe, and Joey sat in the waiting room, waiting nervously for Monica to get out of surgery. Chandler was so scared. He just . . .he couldn't live without her. He wondered what his life without her would be like . . . and then he started to imagine.
CHANDLER (thinking of what life if Monica never existed would be like)
Chandler was sitting in the apartment he shared with Ross Gellar and his wife Rachel. Phoebe Buffay, a friend of Rachel's, was sitting on the couch next to him.
Chandler: Honey, don't you think that you should get a real job?
Phoebe: What? I'm a masseuse!
Chandler: Well, you don't make much money . . .and . . .
Phoebe: Chandler! If you want us to be married, you have to accept that I'm a masseuse and I don't make a lot of money.
Chandler: Come on . . .please?
Phoebe: No! You have to accept me for everything I am, Chandler!
Phoebe got up and walked away. A kid came running into the room, a boy about the age of six.
Chandler: Hi Bryan.
Bryan: Dad, why is mommy mad?
Chandler: Oh, it's not anything for you to worry about.
Bryan: Okay . . .I just hope everything is okay.
Bryan left and Ross and Rachel came out of their bedroom, their clothes a bit crumpled and messy.
Chandler: Hey.
Ross: Chandler, when are you going to move out? I mean, you're engaged to Phoebe and you're still living with me and Rachel.
Chandler: Hey! You said I could live with you! You can't take it back!
*~*
Chandler snapped out of his thoughts and gasped. He would be married to PHOEBE?!
Chandler: Oh my God!
Phoebe: What?!
Chandler: Nothing!
Phoebe: Okay . . .
In the meantime, Joey was thinking about things. He knew that the only way he could imagine what a life without Monica would be like was if she died while he knew her, so he thought about how different life might be if that happened.
JOEY (thinking about what life might be without Monica)
Joey and Phoebe were sitting in their apartment with their kids. Draven was about five and the twins were nearly three. They were sitting with Ross and Rachel's seven-year-old daughter, their four-year-old triplet sons, and their nearly three-year-old twin daughters.
Chandler walked in holding three-year-olds Jessie and Casey. Five-year-olds Alex and Ally were following in behind him.
Joey: Hey.
Chandler: Hey.
Phoebe: How are you holding up?
Chandler: Well, I'm feeling a little less like jumping off the top of this building today.
Joey: Dude . . .you really need to move on . . .it's been three years. Three years man.
Just then, a doctor walked into the room.
Joey: What the hell?!
*~*
Back in reality, Ross was slapping Joey upside the head and everyone was standing up and the doctor walked into the waiting room.
Doctor: Which one of you is Chandler Bing?
Chandler stepped forward.
Doctor: Okay. Your wife is in recovery. You can go back to see her in a few minutes. She was unconscious when they brought her in. She started to wake up before we gave her the anestesia and she asked for you. She is in critical condition and we hope she wakes up within the next ten minutes or so. We had to go in and fix a tear in her side . . .a really small one, and her right leg is slightly fractured. She'll be in a cast for about a two months. But, she'll be fine if everything else goes well. She has a serious concussion and once she wakes up, we can monitor her and make sure there isn't any bleeding in the brain.
Chandler: Oh God . . .
He couldn't find any other words to say.
Doctor: You can go in to see her now.
In the next episode: Monica wakes up and she undergoes many tests to find out if she is okay or not. Ross reveals some news that shocks everyone, especially Rachel.
1209 - TOW the Wreck Part II