3 year later…

" Desiree! We have to go now. So come on!" Monica yelled.

" I'm coming. Mommy, did I tie them right?" Monica looked down at the little girl's shoes and couldn't help but laugh at her futile attempt to tie her own shoes.

" Oh, sweetie. You almost got it. Let me do it. Here, remember what I told you about making the 'bunny ears'?" Monica bent down and tied them for her.

" Thank you Mommy." Mommy. She liked the sound of it. Monica was so happy to hear someone call her that. Now all she needed was a husband; at least her glass was half full. Even if she didn't have that special person, she would still be content. She'd always have that little one who would call her mommy.

" Hey, where are we going anyway." The little girl with bright blue eyes and locks of gold asked as she held her mother's hand while they walked down the street.

" I told you already, we're going to meet Aunt Rachel for lunch."

" Oh okay." They made it to the restaurant and saw Rachel waiting outside.

" Rachel!" Desiree squealed.

" Hey honey, how's it going?" Desiree ran up to Rachel and gave her a big hug. " Hey Mon."

" Hi. Let's go inside. We have lots to talk about." They ordered their food and the waiter gave Desiree a mat that she could color on with crayons. " So Thursday's the big day! How you holding up?"

" Well a little freaked out. I mean, it's Ross. We've had our brake ups and our make ups but how do I know its gonna work?"

" Aww, you're just having cold feet. Don't worry about it. You'll be fine. I for one am glad that you two worked out your problems."

" I'm glad that we worked out ours. Now you can be my Maid of Honor. Yay!"

" Yay!"

" Umm…there's one more thing. I invited Chandler."

" You what?"

" Well, I hadn't planned to. That would be weird for you, Ross isn't really fond of him and the only one who has spoken to him is Joey. But of course Joey told him about it and I felt bad not to invite him because I'd feel bad if I wasn't invited to one of your weddings."

" Yeah, you're right."

" It's only one day. The rest of the time he's here, You can avoid him, alright?"

" No, no it's fine. I have to face him sooner or later and he's staying for like what? A week? I'll be fine."

" Good." Rachel said with a smile.

" Who's Charler?" Desiree asked.

" Chandler is a friend of ours. You'll meet him soon, okay?" Rachel replied.

" Okay." And she went back to coloring.

" She might be okay with meeting him but I'm not." Monica muttered under her breath.

" What did you say?"

" Nothing. So how good is the food here?"

*****

Chandler walked into the small chapel and was amazed at what he saw. Flowers were everywhere. On each pew and in sprinkles on the floor leading up to where the priest would stand, there were lilies. A bridesmaid walked by in a beautiful lilac dress. Chandler watched her go to a little girl and grab her hand. She then led her to another bridesmaid, but Chandler could only see her back. For a second, he thought it was Monica but this woman's hair was shoulder length with a tint of red. Monica wouldn't have colored her hair. She turned around and Chandler knew that the woman was indeed Monica. She instantly saw him and they locked eyes. Neither knew how to approach the other. Just then Joey came to ask Monica a question. He turned to look at whom she was staring at and his face lit up.

" Chandler!" Joey ran to Chandler, nearly knocking him over with a big hug.

" Hey Joe."

" I'm so glad you came…" Joey went on rambling but Chandler couldn't take his eyes off Monica. If it were possible, she looked even better then he had remembered. Monica looked away and went back to her duties as Maid of Honor. She took Desiree's hand and went into the backroom where the bride was getting ready. Monica opened the door slowly and saw Rachel sitting on a stool in front of a grand mirror with her mother standing behind her marveling over a pearl necklace that lay on her neck. Phoebe sat nearby smiling. When Rachel saw Monica at the doorway, she turned around.

" Look at this necklace, it was my great-grandmothers."

" Its beautiful just like you."

" Aww thank you."

" Ok," Ms. Green broke in. " Before we all get teary eyed and ruin our make-up, I'm going to check on the priest." She left and Monica came in.

" Rach, do you remember when we were kids and we bought friendship bracelets? And you felt horrible because you lost mine, and gave me yours even though you already wrote RG on them?"

" Yeah." Rachel laughed.

" Well, a couple of days ago I was shopping and a bracelet caught my eye from a store window." She took it out of her purse and Rachel gasped.

" It's just like the ones we had."

" I figured this could be your something new, and it has sapphires in it, so it's blue." Monica placed it on Rachel's wrist and held up her own next to Rachel's. " And the fact that it symbolizes our friendship is a plus. Don't worry Phoebe, I have one for you two." Phoebe jumped up.

" Thanks Mon."

" Thank you Monica, this is the best present that some one can give me." They hugged and after a second, Phoebe joined in too.

*****

(I'm not gonna go into the details about the wedding so just imagine a Ross and Rachel wedding, k?)

2 days passed since the wedding and the happy couple couldn't have been happier. They were packing and getting ready to go on their flight to Barbados. Chandler was glad to see them together. They both deserved each other. Instead of staying with the Newlyweds, Chandler stayed with Phoebe and when he wasn't at Phoebe's he was out with Joey. Whenever Chandler would start a conversation about Monica, Joey would change the subject. He hadn't talked to Monica yet besides the occasional bump in the hallway. It was like she was trying to avoid him. All Chandler knew was that he had to talk to her before he left.

" Hey Chandler." He looked up as he saw Rachel come in and put her bag down.

" Hey."

" What are you doing here? Are you and Ross okay now?"

" Yeah. We're good. He just went to get some Chinese food."

" I see." She paused. " All right. I have to get something off my chest. That's partially why I sent that invitation to you. So listen."

" Okay, what is it?" Chandler asked wanting to know what she was talking about.

" Where do I begin… Okay why are you here?"

" I just said, Ross went out to…"

" No I mean here in New York?"

" Well Rach, I was invited to a wedding here so I decided, 'hey why not?'"

" If you left three years ago, why come back now. You can say it was for the wedding but is that all? Since you haven't spoken one word to me or anyone else besides Joey in how long, you could have blown off the wedding and not come."

" I guess I just wanted to see you all and perhaps see two of my best friends get married. I didn't know it was a crime to want that."

" It's not a crime but you had a long time before this to come back but you didn't. Now you suddenly miss us. If you missed us so much then why haven't we gotten a phone call to say hey ya know I am still alive!"

" You knew I was fine because I talked to Joey before. I didn't know if you guys would want to talk to me!"

" Okay, so you figured since you got an invitation that everyone must have forgiven you and now you can come back. Or were you going to leave again?"

" Rach, what is this really about?"

" 3 years ago, after that drunken night, we decided that we were going to face our problems together but what the hell did you do? You left! Like I bet your gonna leave right now!"

" So that's what this is about."

" Your damn right, that is what this is bout. I was the one who was here all the time and you just hopped on a plane. I was the one who busted my ass to get these people to take me back as a friend and I was the one doing damage control when your ass left!"

" Okay, calm down…"

" Don't you tell me to calm down! Mr. when life gets hard, just run."

" Excuse me?"

" Oh you know exactly what I am talking about! Any time something gets difficult or serious, you run away and you know you do that. I always knew but I never really said anything. You're like a commitment phobic Chandler, and you always blame stuff on someone else. You always have in your past relationships. I'm surprised that you and Monica lasted as long as you did."

" Oh come on! I already know that I do that but it is just low of you to go there about Monica's and my relationship."

" When our problem came up you said you would stick it out and make it up to Monica but what did you do… you ran away like chicken shit."

" Alright look!. What do you want from me?"

" All I want is for you to realize that you fucked up even more by leaving then if you stayed. I'm not saying that everything is your fault but you didn't help by running away from it all. You wanted things to get better for all of us but how would it if you weren't there to help pick up the pieces. Imagine how you would've felt if you were in my position and I had left you here to fix shit for the both of us." She sighed and looked away from Chandler. They remained silent for a moment and She finally looked backed at him.

"Chandler, do you want us to be friends again."

" Yes."

" Okay, Ross and I are leaving tomorrow. We'll be gone for two weeks. If I see you when I come back, then we can work on this, me trusting you. If I don't see you, then I don't ever want to see you again. Now I think you have to go mend things with Monica because I'm 95 percent sure that you haven't talk to her yet." She paused and leaned down in front of Chandler and said, just above a whisper. " I know you love her. I know that she loves you. Either go and be with your soul mate, or go properly finish things with her so you both can move on with your life."

" I don't believe in soul mates."

" You better start believing or your going to lose your only chance at true happiness." Rachel got up and went into her bedroom, leaving Chandler alone to digest all that she said. She was glad she finally got to say all those things and hoped that she'd see Chandler when she returned from her honeymoon.

*****

There was a knock on the door. Monica put the spoon she was stirring with down and put the fire on low. She looked through the people and wasn't surprised to see Chandler standing there. She knew he would eventually catch her when she was home. So She opened the door.

" Hey."

" Hey. Come on in."

" Thanks." He walked in and looked around. Not much had changed except a few toys were on the floor. He looked puzzled at the sight of toys. " So do you like to play with barbie dolls now?"

" What?" She looked at the toys he was pointing at. She laughed. "No, no that's just Desiree's."

" Who's Desiree?"

" Oh right, you didn't meet her yet. She's my daughter,"

" You have a daughter? I thought you couldn't…"

" 3 months after you… moved. I decided that I should adopt a child. After I got in touch with agencies and stuff. I found her. They usually only send children to married couples but after they met me and saw that I would make a good mother and that the gang would be around all the time, as if she had a big family, they let me have her."

" Wow, that's great."

"Yeah, it is. So what's knew with you?"

" Nothing really. My life is pretty boring. It feels as though more than 3 years have passed by… I miss you Monica."

" I…miss you too."

" I know we've had our problems, but I want to try us again. I love you and I want to be with you so much."

" What? Chandler, you can't just come and say I love you like its no big deal!"

" I know it's a big deal but I haven't stopped thinking about you. I know you feel the same way because I can see it. You have half of what you've always wanted, a child. Let me be the other half. We can take things slow but I promise you that I will not screw it up this time. I love you and need you too much to let you slip away again. Let me show you."

" Okay."

" Okay?" He was surprised that she agreed so quickly.

" I know I might regret this later but okay. It's time I think with my heart and not with my head."

" I swear, you will not regret it." Chandler walked up to her and pulled her close to him. He planted a kiss on her soft, ruby lips.

Now her cup was totally filled.

That's it! Okay just review to tell me what you guys think of this chapter or the series. Thanks!