PART 2
Chandler went right into Monica's apartment, without thinking. He was too angry to be able to think about anything else. "Oh hi, Chandler." Monica sounded a little shy. She was still sitting in her bathrobe and after the last night's talk she wasn't sure if it was appropriate. "Hi." He grumbled, not yet looking at her. "Oh, s-sorry." He stuttered when he finally turned around. "S'okay." Monica tried to sound casual. "I suppose you are here to tell me about your decision?" Monica knew she took him off guard but it was too important for her to care. "S-sure." Chandler, again, stuttered. He kept quiet then though and Monica stared at him, expectantly. "So?" "Well... before I give you my final answer, how do you think it would work?" "What?" "I would be the biological father of the baby then, right? Do I- Would I have any rights?" "Do you want any rights?" "I am not sure... maybe... it would be a little weird at the beginning, I suppose but as long as you don't plan to move it would probably be ok, since I could see it whenever I wanted." Monica nodded as if to confirm it.
"But the other thing... would we do it in vitro or... you know, the natural thing." They both blushed. "In vitro." "Stan would never know about it?" Monica shook her head no. "And Ross neither?" Monica, again, shook her head no. "Then my answer would be... well, yes." Monica stared at him in pure shock. As much as she had wished, she never expected Chandler to say yes. "Did you just say 'yes'? "Apparently." "Oh my god!" "Ok, of all things, please don't say this, too many bad memories." "Sorry, I am just so... so excited!" Monica hugged him tightly. "Hey, I can't breathe!" Monica let go of him. "Thank you so much, you don't know how much this means to me." "That's what friends are for, right?" "But still, it is a lot to ask from you." "Naaa... but as long as it makes you happy." "More than anything."
Chandler went to the clinic and gave his donation while some doctors prepared Monica for the procedure. Afterwards, they met outside again. "Are you alright?" Chandler wanted to know. "Better than alright, I feel fantastic. You?" "I feel fine. The next time... do I have to go, too? I don't like those things, you know the smell and stuff." "No, you don't. I'll have to make a pregnancy test in six weeks. We'll know more then." "Is there a great chance of failure?" "No, since we are both relatively young the chances are 90 to 10." "Good or bad?" "Very good."
FIVE WEEKS LATER "Ross?" Rachel asked quietly since it was in the middle of the night. "What?" Ross mumbled. "I think the baby's coming." Ross jumped off the bed and stared at her with his hair standing up on all sides. "What!?" Rachel giggled. "The baby is coming." Ross ran into the living room, then returned just as quickly to get dressed and grab her suitcase. Rachel got off the bed carefully. "How long are they apart?" "Uh, like ten minutes... there is one!" Rachel sat down again and screamed in pain. It was too much for Ross and he screamed with her. "Let's go now." Rachel told him when the contraction was finally over.
Stan wasn't asleep yet when the phone rang. "It's in the middle of the night!" he whispered angry. "The baby is coming!" Ross cried from the other end. "We'll be right there!" Stan assured him and went to wake Monica. "Not yet." She moaned. "The baby is coming!" Monica woke up. "What baby, it is only- - Ross and Rachel's baby!" "Of course, their baby, what else baby do you know?!" After They were both dressed, they ran over to Chandler and Joey. "What do you want? It is almost two o'clock!" Chandler told them. "The baby is coming." Stan informed him. Chandler ran back to his room to get dressed. "We gotta wake Joey." Monica said. She knocked at his door. "Joey, Rachel is having her baby." She told him loudly. "What!?" it was a female voice, one that everybody knew. The door opened and Joey walked out followed by Phoebe. "I won't ask why she was in your room." Monica said a little disgusted. They took a cab and went to the hospital.
"Ross, it hurts!" Rachel screamed, holding Ross' hand tightly. "I know honey, I know but you've got to keep pushing and breathing and all that stuff you learned." "Easy for you to say!" The others entered. "How is she?" Monica asked Ross, who looked devastated. "Pretty fine, I suppose. The doctor said it won't be much longer. Apparently, we have a very fast kid." "I always thought births would be about twenty hours or so." Chandler said.
"It didn't take that long with Phoebe either." Joey reminded him. "The doctor said about four hours or so." Ross told them. Rachel was having another contraction. "ROSS!!!!!" "Gotta get going." "We should have some coffee and sit down in the waiting room." Monica suggested and everybody agreed.
Stan was the first one to fall asleep. It often happened when he wasn't working. Sometimes annoying but right then no one cared, not even Monica. Her thoughts revolved around her own baby. Sitting in the hospital let her think about it even more. She was almost counting the days until she could finally make the pregnancy test. Chandler seemed to be more nervous those days, too, she noticed. Since Stan was asleep, she decided to talk with Chandler instead. Joey and Phoebe were nowhere to be seen. "Hi." "Oh, hi... you know, some time ago I wondered why Phoebe was already there one morning. I wonder how long they are together already." "But didn't Phoebe have various boyfriends in the last time?" "Yeah... Joey had some other women, too." "Maybe they are just sleeping together." Monica's statement gave them both a little stitch. "Do you sometimes think what could have happened if we had just continued?" Chandler asked carefully. "Yeah." She answered without hesitation. "Me, too. I think we would be married by now." "Already? I don't think so." "After two years? We would." "Stan and I are almost two years together." Monica remarked. "One year and seven months." "Oh, you are counting!" "Of course." Even thought it was a light talk, it was hard for both of them. They had never talked about their night in London. Stan stirred in his sleep. Monica was about to go back to him. "Did you ever regret it?" Chandler asked with an intense look. Monica just wanted to answer when Stan awoke for real and asked: "Is the baby already there?"
Six hours and seven minutes later, Daniel Theodor Geller was born. Quietly, the 'Friends' entered the room where Ross and Rachel were admiring their little son. "Hi. Come over here and meet little Danny." "God, he is so cute!" Monica whispered with tears in her eyes. "He looks so much like Ross." Stan remarked. Everybody cooed and aawed just like everybody does with a baby. "Monica, do you want to hold him?" Rachel asked. Monica just nodded and took the little bundle carefully into her arms. When she had held Ben after his birth, it had been different. She was about to have her own little baby, just like this one and it made her almost break out in tears. After some minutes, Danny passed from Monica to Phoebe, to Joey, to Chandler and even to Stan. When everybody broke out into chatter again, Chandler and Monica exchanged a longing look which lasted for about five seconds. The nurse entered and they had to leave the little family alone.
One week later, almost exactly the day when Rachel was allowed to go home with little Danny, Monica found out she wasn't pregnant. She told Chandler almost immediately who was just as sad as she was. He comforted her and told her they would just try it again. "I don't have the money." She told him, sobbing. "How much is it?" "You don't want to know." "I could pay for it." Chandler suggested. "No, who knows when I could give it back to you." "You don't have to give it back to me." "Chandler, no. I guess I have to accept it. At first it didn't work with Stan and now the in vitro. It's not meant to be." Monica said, sobbing harder. "Don't say that." Chandler said in an attempt to cheer her up. "What do you think I should do now? Haven't I tried everything?" she was now practically crying. Chandler wanted to take her in his arms but she turned away. For a moment neither of them said anything. "You haven't tried everything." Chandler began hesitant. Monica turned to him. "We could always try it... the natural way."
"So my baby, we're home!" Rachel told her son, who was still sleeping, happily. "I don't think he cares." Ross said smiling. Rachel put the car seat down. "When did you tell them to come?" "Two hours. So we have some time with time for ourselves." "Oh, that is great." They both looked at their newborn son. "I can't believe we made this." "I know, I felt like that when Ben was born." "You told Ben he has a brother now?" Rachel asked without taking her eyes away from Danny. "Yeah... he wasn't too thrilled though." "No? I thought he always wanted brothers and sisters." Rachel said. "I thought so, too... seems like we were wrong." Ross was already worried that one of his sons wouldn't like his other one. He just hoped everything would turn out ok.
"What did you just say?" Monica asked, still shocked about Chandler's 'idea'. "It's just a possibility." He said quickly. Monica hadn't thought about it. Sleeping with Chandler? Not like she hadn't done it before. "It's just- if you want a baby that bad-" Chandler wasn't sure how to put it into the right words. "You would really sleep with me to give me this?" Now Monica was more touched than shocked. "Of course. I agreed to father your child... one way or another." "That is really cute. I am just not sure." Monica said. "It's alright. It was just an idea. A stupid one at that." "No, it was nice you offered it. I appreciate it, really. But I think I really have to accept it." Chandler just nodded. Somehow he had wished, she'd say yes.
Some time later, they were all at Ross' and Rachel's. Everybody admired little Danny. Especially Monica gave the child longing and sad looks. Only Chandler noticed. "Does Stan come, too?" Rachel wanted to know. "I don't think so... he has to work." Like he does every hour he doesn't sleep, Monica thought angrily. "He works a lot." Joey remarked and Chandler shot him an angry glare. Even though Joey didn't quiet understand why, he kept silent anyway. Danny didn't scream at all while the others were there. He slept most of the time and everybody held him for some time. Chandler was worried when Monica took him. She almost cried. But no one seemed to notice. They were all interested in Danny or in some small talk about the baby. When Monica gave Danny back to Rachel, she said: "I have an appointment today, I almost forgot. You are not angry if I leave already, are you?" "No, no." Rachel answered confused. "Bye then." She kissed Danny and left. "What's with her?" "Uh, she really has an appointment," Chandler told them, "she told me yesterday. You know what? I should go, too. I have to prepare something for work tomorrow. Bye." He left quickly. "Weird." Ross said. For a moment they were wondering but when Danny made a noise, they forgot about it.
"Monica, wait!" Chandler yelled. Monica walked extremely fast and he had trouble following her. At her apartment door, he finally caught her. "Hey, I told you to wait!" he told her out of breath. "Go away." She said obviously crying. "Monica..." "It is so unfair!" she cried. Chandler took a step and gathered her in his arms. "Shhh." He whispered. "Why can't I have this? Why?" "You will have a baby, just not now. Stan will be the father of your baby then." His words made her look at him. She stayed in his arms though. "What do you mean?" "I mean, I am sure you'll get pregnant one day." She looked at him. He looked cute and, she had to admit, sexy. His cheeks were red from running, his tears watery from whatever reason and his mouth slightly opened. For a split second she knew she didn't want any other man as the father of her child s him. This feeling even though it didn't even last one second made her inch closer and capture his mouth with her own. Chandler gave in for a moment but then broke it. "You are just desperate right now." He whispered. "You said you would sleep with me." She replied, also whispering. "Not like this, Monica. You have to be sure, 100% sure. Think about it... you are cheating on Stan. Technically you already did by kissing me." "I am sure, Chandler. 100% sure." She leaned in to kiss him again but he backed away. "Not yet." "What do you mean 'not yet'?" "A colleague gave me the key to an apartment... if you are sure, 100% sure then be there tomorrow." "An apartment?" "Yes, I've got the key." Chandler opened his apartment and went to get the key. He returned seconds later with the red little object in his hands. "You know the apartment complex at the ______. On the 6th floor, the last door, the red one. Be there at... let's say 3pm. If not... well, we'll see." Monica stared at Chandler. It seemed ridiculous but she nodded anyway. "See you tomorrow then." She said and disappeared into her apartment.
When Monica closed the door behind her, her heart beat faster. "Hi honey!" she suddenly heard. She almost screamed. " Stan? Why are you already here? Did anything happen?" Stan never came home so early. "No! I just thought... you always say I work too much and we spend too less time together. I thought it'd be a great surprise." "Oh, Stan that is so sweet." She went over to him and kissed him tenderly. The first thing that came to her mind was how different his lips felt compared to Chandler's. "I thought we could maybe have dinner and then... you know." He smiled seductively. "I think we should skip dinner." Afterwards, Stan fell asleep. Monica wasn't angry, it always happened. It was only early evening but when Stan wore himself out and then didn't return to work, he fell asleep. That's how Stan was. Monica got up to drink something. Standing at the fridge, she thought about what Chandler had said. He wanted her to be 100% sure. She hadn't lied; she was sure. Just the thought of having Stan home so early every day and then they'd play with their baby was so wonderful that she wished she could give birth right there in her kitchen. The key was safely in her pants pocket. though she didn't want to admit it, she was looking forward to the next day.
Chandler couldn't concentrate at all the next day at work. He was nervous and when he wanted to type he felt his hands trembling too much. He hardly did any work that day. Some time around 11am, Dennis walked in. "Hey Chan- man." "Hey... oh, Dennis, is it ok for me to use the apartment today?" "Of course... so you finally decided to go for it, huh? Good for ya. You know it really eases some tensions and it is better than any videos." Dennis smiled at him. Chandler hated that smile. It was just dirty but he smiled back nonetheless. Chandler walked into the apartment complex. It didn't look very nice but it wasn't like he wanted to live in it anyway. He walked to the sixth floor and followed the doors: blue one, green one, orange one, yellow one, red one. He stopped already at the yellow door, staring at the next one. Only two windows separated him from it. A square and a rectangular one. He stared at the little windows, too afraid to make another step. Eventually he did, thinking she might not even be there. Trembling, his hand went to the knob. With closed eyes he tried to open the door.
PART 3 The door opened and Chandler automatically stepped in. He was confronted with a soft raspberry scent, classical music and candlelight. "Monica?" he asked. Maybe Dennis was here after all. "I thought you wouldn't come." She answered, walking into the light. "Weird... I wondered if I should come." "But you did." "I did." Chandler stared at her. She was only in her underwear. He had hoped she'd be there but didn't really believe it. After all, she was cheating on the man she loved. Chandler didn't feel too good about it either. He actually liked Stan even though he didn't think they were a suitable couple but with this, they both betrayed him. Chandler not as much as Monica, but he felt bad nonetheless. "And you are sure?" he asked again. Chandler had closed the door behind him and they were only surrounded by the candles. It was very romantic. "Yes." She whispered and then kissed him. Chandler hesitated for a moment but then gave in. [Since NC-17 stories aren't allowed any longer we'll just skip this part.]
Ross had wanted to stay home but Rachel told him to go work since he was the only now who brought money home. He obeyed although he was a little disappointed. Usually, Rachel wouldn't have minded but she wanted to spend some time alone with Danny. All her doubts had been gone when she had seen his little red face for the first time. She didn't miss anything from her old life anymore the only thing that mattered now was little Danny. With him, they would find other things. Maybe when he was a little older they would play with him early in the morning and then be late for work because of him not because they desperately wanted to shower together. On the other hand, there was no reason why they still couldn't do those things, too. Rachel was ashamed of all these thoughts. But her baby made her forget about them. Not even his crying bothered her. Everything about him was just perfect. Rachel smiled at the realization that she'd probably be an overprotective mother. About a year ago, she hadn't even imagined herself to be a mother, now she couldn't imagine herself to be anything else.
To Monica's surprise, she had fallen asleep in Chandler's arms. When she woke up, she stared into his blue eyes. He stared at her with a look she couldn't really figure out. "Hi." He whispered. "Hi." They continued staring at each other like idiots. "Are you still 100% sure this is what you want to do?" Chandler asked. Monica smiled. "100% sure." "I am surprised you didn't run away screaming." "Why would I?" Monica was confused. "Women often do that afterwards." "You know, I already did sleep with you." "That is true." Chandler sighed. "By the way... when Danny was born you asked me if I regretted it... I don't." Chandler looked at her. His eyes looked a bit watery. "Me neither." He told her quietly. He was surprised when she leaned over and kissed him tenderly. "Would you consider me a bad person if I told you I want you again?" "Nooo."
Chandler and Monica returned home in the evening. Both wore a happy expression. In the hallway they had to say goodbye though. "Maybe Stan is home already." "I don't think so. But you know, I decided not to care anymore. Not yet anyway. He'll be home more often as soon as I'll tell him I'm pregnant." Monica smiled at the thought. "I hope it worked today." "Me too." "You would do it again, wouldn't you?" she asked hopefully. "Sure." He smiled. "Thank you." "For what?" "For doing all this." "No problem.... see you tomorrow." "Yeah.. good night, Chandler." "Good night." They both entered their apartments.
When Chandler walked in, he saw Joey and Phoebe watching some movie. "Hi... can I talk with you guys?" he wanted to know what was going on. "Sure." Phoebe switched off the movie which earned her a pretty angry glare from Joey. "So what do you want to talk with us about?" "About you two. What is it and how long is it going on already?" "We are not together, if you thought so." Phoebe informed and Joey nodded his head in agreement. "We just get together to have sex from time to time." "And since when?" Chandler was already shocked by the first revelation but he was curious. "Oh, about a year or so." Joey told him. "A year!?" "Yeah. You know sometimes when I couldn't find a suitable girlfriend, I just went to Phoebe and she did the same. We are actually closer to each other now." "But you just have sex? Never any romance?" "It is romantic." Phoebe told him. "We just don't love each other. At least not like that." Joey, again, nodded in agreement. "Sorry, guys, this is too weird for me." Chandler went into his room. "Are we weird?" Joey asked. "No, Chandler is weird himself."
Probably for the first time, Monica really didn't mind that Stan wasn't home early. Being at home made her finally realize what she had done; she had cheated. She was against adultery. But still, she had committed it. Monica felt her knees weaken, she had to sit down. She felt tears come to her eyes. "I cheated." She whispered into the dark, quiet room so it almost sounded like a scream. Slowly, she got up and walked into the shower. 'I didn't do it for nothing', she told herself. 'Stan will never find out and we'll be happy with a little baby'. Thinking about the baby, once again calmed her. She finished her shower and went to bed. "Baby, I'm home." Monica heard a voice caressing her ear. She opened her eyes. "Hi." Stan began kissing her neck. Monica didn't enjoy it. She didn't want to have sex. "Stan, no..." "Shhh. You know it is like when you are not hungry. It comes with the food." Monica believed him. But it didn't stop her thinking about Chandler when he entered her.
Ross' and Rachel's night had been short: Danny had decided to finally test his lungs. Almost the whole time he had cried and neither Ross nor Rachel knew what to do. Rachel had almost broken out in tears but Ross then eventually managed to keep him quiet. So it brought them about three hours of sleep before the little one was hungry again. "I'll stay home today." It was almost a question but Rachel just nodded. She was too tired to say no and if Ross was home she might be able to catch some sleep later. "He won't cry like this always, right?" Rachel asked while nursing him. "No. But I suppose he will do that from time to time." "I don't want to even think about his three months colic or when he'll get teeth. Maybe I'll have to kill myself then." "It's not so bad." Ross informed her smiling. "How would you know?" "I have a son, remember?" "Yeah, but I suppose Carol could tell me more about it." For the rest of the time Ross decided to just keep silent and do what Rachel told him.
Chandler's and Monica's night hadn't been exactly long either. Both thought about the other. Either of them in a different way but still. Monica could even say she missed Chandler. He had been so sweet to her afterwards, Stan seemed to want just sex. Those were dangerous thoughts. 'When the baby will be there, everything will change', she told herself. It was like a prayer now. Stan had gone to work already and Monica wasn't in the mood to be alone so she went over to Joey's and Chandler's. They were both home, eating breakfast. She was just little surprised to see Phoebe there as well. "Morning." She said, grabbing a coffee and a muffin. "You ok?" Chandler asked. He had some sort of a concerned look. Monica could only smile. Why couldn't Stan be like that? She thought. "I'm fine." 'now' she added in her mind. Joey and Phoebe left after breakfast for whatever reason. Chandler had asked but they couldn't tell him. He decided to let it go. "They're sleeping together." Chandler told Monica after they'd left. "Really?" she didn't as shocked as he had thought. "Doesn't this shock you?" "Of course." Again, it sounded only half-heartedly. "Was anything with Stan?" "You mean except for the fact that he practically forced me to have sex, no." "He did what?!" Monica had expected Chandler to say something but he was so angry, he let fall a glass. The shattering was so loud, it hurt. "He didn't exactly forced me." "But you just said so yourself!" "He would never force me... I had just woken up... I hadn't been in the mood at first... you know it is the same with hunger. It comes with the food." "Stop the crap! He wanted sex and he took it without caring for you." Monica began to sob. Something was extremely wrong. "Chandler, he didn't hurt me. Not at all." "Monica... it was some sort of rape." Chandler told her slowly, calming himself down. "No, no, it wasn't. Believe me. He was very gentle and loving an-" "Stop!" Chandler said with closed eyes. He didn't want to know what Monica felt while she was with Stan. "Sorry." Monica mumbled. "If he does that again, you'll tell me. You understand?" he stared at her so intensely that she could only nod.
Some time later, Monica, Chandler, Ross, Rachel and Danny met in Central Perk. "Danny has kept us awake the whole night." Rachel told them. The baby was asleep by then. "Get used to it." Chandler said. "Once my mother and I had my cousin over for four days. He had cried for like three days." "Thank you, Chandler." "What? It's the truth." "It can't be that bad." Monica said. "It is." Rachel informed her. 'Doesn't change my decision', Monica thought. She looked over at Chandler. His lips were formed to a very little smile. His eyes seemed to smile, too. He looked completely happy, Monica noticed. "When are you planning to introduce Danny to Ben?" Rachel asked Ross. "I don't know. Not yet." "Ross, he is his brother." "His half brother, actually." Chandler remarked. Ross shot him an angry glare. "I know and I am aware they have to meet but now?" "The sooner the better." "But Ben always wanted a little brother, why shouldn't he meet him now?" Monica wanted to know. "I think it's the age. He is a little weird lately." Ross said. "I think we should leave now. We've got to see the pediatrician." Rachel told them gathering up all their stuff. "Bye." "Bye." Monica and Chandler were once again alone. "You know it seems like we never spend much time together anymore. All six of us, I mean." Chandler stated. "I know. Ross and Rachel have Danny now, Joey and Phoebe, well I don't really want to know what they do all day long. And us." The word 'us' hurt them both. There was no 'us' if they spoke about themselves. Monica and Stan, they were the 'us', not Chandler and Monica. "You mean there is me and you and Stan." Just saying his name reminded Chandler of what he had done to Monica. He felt his fists clenching. But he had promised Monica not to do anything just like she had promised to tell him if Stan did it again. "Chandler..." "What, it's the truth. Then there'll be your baby and you and Stan won't be inseparable, too. Then it'll be just me." Chandler sounded sadder than he had intended to. "Don't say this. It is not true. I would never leave you alone. Never." They glanced at each other. That moment they both realized something had happened. Neither could say what yet. All they knew was they had to get out of there as soon as possible.
Chandler and Monica managed not to touch each other before they were in the apartment. Only then they almost jumped each other. But somehow they managed to enter Chandler's bedroom... "Now you really cheated." Chandler whispered into Monica's ear. "I know." She said in a small voice. "You regret it." It was not a question but a statement. Monica didn't answer immediately. "No... I should but I can't." "I can't regret it either but I am not sure if I can look Stan in the eye again, ever." "It's not like you see him that often. No one does, except for his work." Monica told him with and angry undertone. "He loves you." Chandler said but didn't believe it himself. "Hopefully. You know when I saw Ross and Rachel together with Danny, I wasn't so sure anymore if Stan would be the same." "Well, you'll have to wait and find out." He kissed her temple lovingly. "You know, when I told you Stan almost forced me it really wasn't meant like that. I just didn't want him and there was only one reason...I didn't want him because I wanted to feel you instead." Monica admitted. She kept her head down. She didn't want to look at Chandler when she told him things like that. He didn't reply but kissed her again.
TWO MONTHS LATER "Ross, call Ben now. I mean it's been two months." Rachel was tired of telling Ross to call his son. "Yeah, yeah. I will." He didn't move. "Now." Rachel watched Ross walking over to the phone and make the call. She couldn't hear what they were saying but it seemed to work jut fine. "Carol will bring him over in about an hour." "Was it that hard?" "No. But I don't know how he'll react." "Ross, he isn't a dog who doesn't understand when a new family member is there, he is your son and he knows very well you still love him even though you have another son to love now." "When you say it, I almost believe it myself." Ross kissed her gently.
Monica had been so busy with her affair with Chandler and her Stan problems, she didn't even realized it was time to make a pregnancy test. Chandler reminded hr one day when hey were laying in bed. "Did you make a pregnancy test already?" "No... I totally forgot that!" "We could buy one now." Chandler suggested. They got dressed and left for the supermarket. Chandler paid for it and they hurried home. "I'll wait here." Chandler told her. Monica went into the bathroom and took the test. She was in there for about five minutes without any noises and Chandler began to worry. "Mon? Could you please come out?" the door opened slowly and Monica walked out with the stick in the hand. "And?" Chandler was almost dying out of curiosity. Monica didn't answer but gave him the test. "Blue?" he was confused. "Pregnant." Chandler looked at her, his mouth agape, his eyes watery. "You are pregnant?" Finally, Monica smiled. "Yes!" they hugged and kissed.
Ross had been worried for nothing. When Ben saw his little brother, he was all gone. He played with him, talked with him, carried him around and didn't want to leave even thought it was past his bed time. "He can stay here if you don't mind." Rachel told Carol over the phone. "Oh, I don't mind." Ben was happy to stay. Ross made him a bed in Danny's room and then prepared them both for sleep. "So you like Danny?" "Sure! He is cool. When can he walk, Dad?" "That'll take a while." "Oh, I can't wait to really play with him!" Ben was all excited. "I am glad you like him. I was afraid you wouldn't." Ben looked at the ground. "Why did you say you didn't want any siblings?" Ross asked gently. "Eric from my school said brothers and sister stole things. And that parents don't love you as much anymore." Ben admitted quietly. "Don't listen to Eric. It's not true. I love you just as much as Danny." "I know, dad." Ross hugged his son. It was great to have a family.
Monica had to stay awake long that day because she had to wait for Stan. He came shortly before midnight. Monica awoke. She had fallen asleep for a moment. "Monica, why are you still awake? It's late." "I know... but I have to tell you something." "Oh." Stan was worried. This couldn't mean anything good. "I'm pregnant." Monica told him happily. But he didn't lift her up and hugged her, or kiss her, he didn't scream happily, he didn't even say anything. Just his eyes turned darker and it scared Monica. "You are what?" he asked with a dangerously quiet and calm voice. "P-pregnant?" "You bitch!" Stan yelled and paced around the apartment. Monica didn't understand what happened. "Why are you so angry? I thought you like children." She was almost crying.
"I can't have children." "Oh don't worry, you'll be a wonderful father." Monica assured him. "No, I am not able to conceive children." He told her. His voice was angry but calm. Monica was scared. She didn't know what he'd do now. "Oh." Was all she mumbled. It explained why she didn't become pregnant. "Who is it? With who did you cheat on me? Tell me!" Monica winced. His words hurt her. "Monica, tell me!" Stan must have yelled so loud that Chandler and Joey came over. "You two go home. I have to talk with Monica." Even the two men were scared at a voice like that. "No, we'll stay." Chandler told him. Stan turned to him. With his eyes so dark, he almost looked like a killer. "This is just between Monica and me." "I don't think so." Stan was an intelligent man and he could put one and one together. "You did it." His voice was full of disgust. "Just so you know, Monica wanted me to do so. She wanted to save your relationship, she wanted a baby with you. Have you thought about that?" Chandler was just as angry now. Stan turned to look at Monica. She was crying. "You f____ed with him so you could save us?!" "Do you know what it feels like to be with someone who is never there and if then they fall asleep or whish they were back at work. I thought a baby would help." Monica told him. "But instead of telling me you just went across the hall to solve our problems." Stan laughed. "No. I did tell you a thousand times and you know that. You just never believed me." "I think it'll be the best if you just leave now." Chandler said. "Yeah, probably." Stan agreed. He was too angry to talk now. "I'll get my stuff tomorrow. Be happy with your bastard." Stan left the apartment and their lives.
"Chandler." Monica cried. With two steps he was with her and hugged and comforted her. "I'll better leave you two alone." Joey said from behind. They had both forgotten he had been there. "I never thought it'd be like this." Monica cried. "It's alright." "I'll be a single mother, nothing is alright." "What? You will not be a single mother. I am here, too." Chandler reminded her. Monica looked at him. "Are you sure?" "100%." He told her smiling.
EPILOGUE "The baby is coming!" Chandler screamed through the phone. "I hear you. Calm down." Ross told him and they hung up. Ross told the others and they all went to the hospital. "In a few hours you'll have a little cousin." Rachel told Danny. The toddler stared at her. "Ben?" everything was 'Ben' for him lately. "Yes, Ben." Rachel sighed. Danny clasped his hands and said Ben over and over again. "I can't believe Chandler and Monica are having a baby." Ross said. "I can't believe they are married and about to have a baby." Rachel replied. "It seems unreal." Ross added. "Now, only Joey and Phoebe have to get together." Joey and Phoebe looked at each other. "Naaaa." They said in unison.
At 10.56pm Ryan Bing was born. And at 11.01pm Grace Bing was born. It was a shock for everybody. Especially Chandler didn't know how to cope with it and just fainted. Monica was just happy. Shocked, of course, but her babies were so wonderful she didn't care she only had one of everything. "Is he ok?" Monica asked the doctor and motioned to Chandler. "He will be. Sometimes it happens."
"Ben?" Danny asked when he saw his two little cousins. "Ross, we've got to do something about it." Rachel told him annoyed. "It's just a phase." Ross assured her. "Hey Chandler, how's your head?" "Ha ha. It hurts." "Well next time you should maybe try not to faint. Or if you faint not to hit your head on a door knob." Everybody, except for Chandler laughed. Later, Monica and Chandler were alone with their babies. "We should have called him Stan." Chandler whispered. Monica gave him and angry look. "Without Stan we wouldn't be here right now. We wouldn't we married and we wouldn't have two gorgeous babies." "I still won't give my son the name Stan." "Are you sure?" "Yes, Chandler, I am 100% sure."
END (finally!) So, I am sorry it turned out so long. It wasn't planned. Anyway, I hope you liked it. It was fun to write anyway. Please leave a review! By the way, this story is dedicated to one very special person. I know he'll never read it but whatever, it is just for him. Written by Anika
Chandler went right into Monica's apartment, without thinking. He was too angry to be able to think about anything else. "Oh hi, Chandler." Monica sounded a little shy. She was still sitting in her bathrobe and after the last night's talk she wasn't sure if it was appropriate. "Hi." He grumbled, not yet looking at her. "Oh, s-sorry." He stuttered when he finally turned around. "S'okay." Monica tried to sound casual. "I suppose you are here to tell me about your decision?" Monica knew she took him off guard but it was too important for her to care. "S-sure." Chandler, again, stuttered. He kept quiet then though and Monica stared at him, expectantly. "So?" "Well... before I give you my final answer, how do you think it would work?" "What?" "I would be the biological father of the baby then, right? Do I- Would I have any rights?" "Do you want any rights?" "I am not sure... maybe... it would be a little weird at the beginning, I suppose but as long as you don't plan to move it would probably be ok, since I could see it whenever I wanted." Monica nodded as if to confirm it.
"But the other thing... would we do it in vitro or... you know, the natural thing." They both blushed. "In vitro." "Stan would never know about it?" Monica shook her head no. "And Ross neither?" Monica, again, shook her head no. "Then my answer would be... well, yes." Monica stared at him in pure shock. As much as she had wished, she never expected Chandler to say yes. "Did you just say 'yes'? "Apparently." "Oh my god!" "Ok, of all things, please don't say this, too many bad memories." "Sorry, I am just so... so excited!" Monica hugged him tightly. "Hey, I can't breathe!" Monica let go of him. "Thank you so much, you don't know how much this means to me." "That's what friends are for, right?" "But still, it is a lot to ask from you." "Naaa... but as long as it makes you happy." "More than anything."
Chandler went to the clinic and gave his donation while some doctors prepared Monica for the procedure. Afterwards, they met outside again. "Are you alright?" Chandler wanted to know. "Better than alright, I feel fantastic. You?" "I feel fine. The next time... do I have to go, too? I don't like those things, you know the smell and stuff." "No, you don't. I'll have to make a pregnancy test in six weeks. We'll know more then." "Is there a great chance of failure?" "No, since we are both relatively young the chances are 90 to 10." "Good or bad?" "Very good."
FIVE WEEKS LATER "Ross?" Rachel asked quietly since it was in the middle of the night. "What?" Ross mumbled. "I think the baby's coming." Ross jumped off the bed and stared at her with his hair standing up on all sides. "What!?" Rachel giggled. "The baby is coming." Ross ran into the living room, then returned just as quickly to get dressed and grab her suitcase. Rachel got off the bed carefully. "How long are they apart?" "Uh, like ten minutes... there is one!" Rachel sat down again and screamed in pain. It was too much for Ross and he screamed with her. "Let's go now." Rachel told him when the contraction was finally over.
Stan wasn't asleep yet when the phone rang. "It's in the middle of the night!" he whispered angry. "The baby is coming!" Ross cried from the other end. "We'll be right there!" Stan assured him and went to wake Monica. "Not yet." She moaned. "The baby is coming!" Monica woke up. "What baby, it is only- - Ross and Rachel's baby!" "Of course, their baby, what else baby do you know?!" After They were both dressed, they ran over to Chandler and Joey. "What do you want? It is almost two o'clock!" Chandler told them. "The baby is coming." Stan informed him. Chandler ran back to his room to get dressed. "We gotta wake Joey." Monica said. She knocked at his door. "Joey, Rachel is having her baby." She told him loudly. "What!?" it was a female voice, one that everybody knew. The door opened and Joey walked out followed by Phoebe. "I won't ask why she was in your room." Monica said a little disgusted. They took a cab and went to the hospital.
"Ross, it hurts!" Rachel screamed, holding Ross' hand tightly. "I know honey, I know but you've got to keep pushing and breathing and all that stuff you learned." "Easy for you to say!" The others entered. "How is she?" Monica asked Ross, who looked devastated. "Pretty fine, I suppose. The doctor said it won't be much longer. Apparently, we have a very fast kid." "I always thought births would be about twenty hours or so." Chandler said.
"It didn't take that long with Phoebe either." Joey reminded him. "The doctor said about four hours or so." Ross told them. Rachel was having another contraction. "ROSS!!!!!" "Gotta get going." "We should have some coffee and sit down in the waiting room." Monica suggested and everybody agreed.
Stan was the first one to fall asleep. It often happened when he wasn't working. Sometimes annoying but right then no one cared, not even Monica. Her thoughts revolved around her own baby. Sitting in the hospital let her think about it even more. She was almost counting the days until she could finally make the pregnancy test. Chandler seemed to be more nervous those days, too, she noticed. Since Stan was asleep, she decided to talk with Chandler instead. Joey and Phoebe were nowhere to be seen. "Hi." "Oh, hi... you know, some time ago I wondered why Phoebe was already there one morning. I wonder how long they are together already." "But didn't Phoebe have various boyfriends in the last time?" "Yeah... Joey had some other women, too." "Maybe they are just sleeping together." Monica's statement gave them both a little stitch. "Do you sometimes think what could have happened if we had just continued?" Chandler asked carefully. "Yeah." She answered without hesitation. "Me, too. I think we would be married by now." "Already? I don't think so." "After two years? We would." "Stan and I are almost two years together." Monica remarked. "One year and seven months." "Oh, you are counting!" "Of course." Even thought it was a light talk, it was hard for both of them. They had never talked about their night in London. Stan stirred in his sleep. Monica was about to go back to him. "Did you ever regret it?" Chandler asked with an intense look. Monica just wanted to answer when Stan awoke for real and asked: "Is the baby already there?"
Six hours and seven minutes later, Daniel Theodor Geller was born. Quietly, the 'Friends' entered the room where Ross and Rachel were admiring their little son. "Hi. Come over here and meet little Danny." "God, he is so cute!" Monica whispered with tears in her eyes. "He looks so much like Ross." Stan remarked. Everybody cooed and aawed just like everybody does with a baby. "Monica, do you want to hold him?" Rachel asked. Monica just nodded and took the little bundle carefully into her arms. When she had held Ben after his birth, it had been different. She was about to have her own little baby, just like this one and it made her almost break out in tears. After some minutes, Danny passed from Monica to Phoebe, to Joey, to Chandler and even to Stan. When everybody broke out into chatter again, Chandler and Monica exchanged a longing look which lasted for about five seconds. The nurse entered and they had to leave the little family alone.
One week later, almost exactly the day when Rachel was allowed to go home with little Danny, Monica found out she wasn't pregnant. She told Chandler almost immediately who was just as sad as she was. He comforted her and told her they would just try it again. "I don't have the money." She told him, sobbing. "How much is it?" "You don't want to know." "I could pay for it." Chandler suggested. "No, who knows when I could give it back to you." "You don't have to give it back to me." "Chandler, no. I guess I have to accept it. At first it didn't work with Stan and now the in vitro. It's not meant to be." Monica said, sobbing harder. "Don't say that." Chandler said in an attempt to cheer her up. "What do you think I should do now? Haven't I tried everything?" she was now practically crying. Chandler wanted to take her in his arms but she turned away. For a moment neither of them said anything. "You haven't tried everything." Chandler began hesitant. Monica turned to him. "We could always try it... the natural way."
"So my baby, we're home!" Rachel told her son, who was still sleeping, happily. "I don't think he cares." Ross said smiling. Rachel put the car seat down. "When did you tell them to come?" "Two hours. So we have some time with time for ourselves." "Oh, that is great." They both looked at their newborn son. "I can't believe we made this." "I know, I felt like that when Ben was born." "You told Ben he has a brother now?" Rachel asked without taking her eyes away from Danny. "Yeah... he wasn't too thrilled though." "No? I thought he always wanted brothers and sisters." Rachel said. "I thought so, too... seems like we were wrong." Ross was already worried that one of his sons wouldn't like his other one. He just hoped everything would turn out ok.
"What did you just say?" Monica asked, still shocked about Chandler's 'idea'. "It's just a possibility." He said quickly. Monica hadn't thought about it. Sleeping with Chandler? Not like she hadn't done it before. "It's just- if you want a baby that bad-" Chandler wasn't sure how to put it into the right words. "You would really sleep with me to give me this?" Now Monica was more touched than shocked. "Of course. I agreed to father your child... one way or another." "That is really cute. I am just not sure." Monica said. "It's alright. It was just an idea. A stupid one at that." "No, it was nice you offered it. I appreciate it, really. But I think I really have to accept it." Chandler just nodded. Somehow he had wished, she'd say yes.
Some time later, they were all at Ross' and Rachel's. Everybody admired little Danny. Especially Monica gave the child longing and sad looks. Only Chandler noticed. "Does Stan come, too?" Rachel wanted to know. "I don't think so... he has to work." Like he does every hour he doesn't sleep, Monica thought angrily. "He works a lot." Joey remarked and Chandler shot him an angry glare. Even though Joey didn't quiet understand why, he kept silent anyway. Danny didn't scream at all while the others were there. He slept most of the time and everybody held him for some time. Chandler was worried when Monica took him. She almost cried. But no one seemed to notice. They were all interested in Danny or in some small talk about the baby. When Monica gave Danny back to Rachel, she said: "I have an appointment today, I almost forgot. You are not angry if I leave already, are you?" "No, no." Rachel answered confused. "Bye then." She kissed Danny and left. "What's with her?" "Uh, she really has an appointment," Chandler told them, "she told me yesterday. You know what? I should go, too. I have to prepare something for work tomorrow. Bye." He left quickly. "Weird." Ross said. For a moment they were wondering but when Danny made a noise, they forgot about it.
"Monica, wait!" Chandler yelled. Monica walked extremely fast and he had trouble following her. At her apartment door, he finally caught her. "Hey, I told you to wait!" he told her out of breath. "Go away." She said obviously crying. "Monica..." "It is so unfair!" she cried. Chandler took a step and gathered her in his arms. "Shhh." He whispered. "Why can't I have this? Why?" "You will have a baby, just not now. Stan will be the father of your baby then." His words made her look at him. She stayed in his arms though. "What do you mean?" "I mean, I am sure you'll get pregnant one day." She looked at him. He looked cute and, she had to admit, sexy. His cheeks were red from running, his tears watery from whatever reason and his mouth slightly opened. For a split second she knew she didn't want any other man as the father of her child s him. This feeling even though it didn't even last one second made her inch closer and capture his mouth with her own. Chandler gave in for a moment but then broke it. "You are just desperate right now." He whispered. "You said you would sleep with me." She replied, also whispering. "Not like this, Monica. You have to be sure, 100% sure. Think about it... you are cheating on Stan. Technically you already did by kissing me." "I am sure, Chandler. 100% sure." She leaned in to kiss him again but he backed away. "Not yet." "What do you mean 'not yet'?" "A colleague gave me the key to an apartment... if you are sure, 100% sure then be there tomorrow." "An apartment?" "Yes, I've got the key." Chandler opened his apartment and went to get the key. He returned seconds later with the red little object in his hands. "You know the apartment complex at the ______. On the 6th floor, the last door, the red one. Be there at... let's say 3pm. If not... well, we'll see." Monica stared at Chandler. It seemed ridiculous but she nodded anyway. "See you tomorrow then." She said and disappeared into her apartment.
When Monica closed the door behind her, her heart beat faster. "Hi honey!" she suddenly heard. She almost screamed. " Stan? Why are you already here? Did anything happen?" Stan never came home so early. "No! I just thought... you always say I work too much and we spend too less time together. I thought it'd be a great surprise." "Oh, Stan that is so sweet." She went over to him and kissed him tenderly. The first thing that came to her mind was how different his lips felt compared to Chandler's. "I thought we could maybe have dinner and then... you know." He smiled seductively. "I think we should skip dinner." Afterwards, Stan fell asleep. Monica wasn't angry, it always happened. It was only early evening but when Stan wore himself out and then didn't return to work, he fell asleep. That's how Stan was. Monica got up to drink something. Standing at the fridge, she thought about what Chandler had said. He wanted her to be 100% sure. She hadn't lied; she was sure. Just the thought of having Stan home so early every day and then they'd play with their baby was so wonderful that she wished she could give birth right there in her kitchen. The key was safely in her pants pocket. though she didn't want to admit it, she was looking forward to the next day.
Chandler couldn't concentrate at all the next day at work. He was nervous and when he wanted to type he felt his hands trembling too much. He hardly did any work that day. Some time around 11am, Dennis walked in. "Hey Chan- man." "Hey... oh, Dennis, is it ok for me to use the apartment today?" "Of course... so you finally decided to go for it, huh? Good for ya. You know it really eases some tensions and it is better than any videos." Dennis smiled at him. Chandler hated that smile. It was just dirty but he smiled back nonetheless. Chandler walked into the apartment complex. It didn't look very nice but it wasn't like he wanted to live in it anyway. He walked to the sixth floor and followed the doors: blue one, green one, orange one, yellow one, red one. He stopped already at the yellow door, staring at the next one. Only two windows separated him from it. A square and a rectangular one. He stared at the little windows, too afraid to make another step. Eventually he did, thinking she might not even be there. Trembling, his hand went to the knob. With closed eyes he tried to open the door.
PART 3 The door opened and Chandler automatically stepped in. He was confronted with a soft raspberry scent, classical music and candlelight. "Monica?" he asked. Maybe Dennis was here after all. "I thought you wouldn't come." She answered, walking into the light. "Weird... I wondered if I should come." "But you did." "I did." Chandler stared at her. She was only in her underwear. He had hoped she'd be there but didn't really believe it. After all, she was cheating on the man she loved. Chandler didn't feel too good about it either. He actually liked Stan even though he didn't think they were a suitable couple but with this, they both betrayed him. Chandler not as much as Monica, but he felt bad nonetheless. "And you are sure?" he asked again. Chandler had closed the door behind him and they were only surrounded by the candles. It was very romantic. "Yes." She whispered and then kissed him. Chandler hesitated for a moment but then gave in. [Since NC-17 stories aren't allowed any longer we'll just skip this part.]
Ross had wanted to stay home but Rachel told him to go work since he was the only now who brought money home. He obeyed although he was a little disappointed. Usually, Rachel wouldn't have minded but she wanted to spend some time alone with Danny. All her doubts had been gone when she had seen his little red face for the first time. She didn't miss anything from her old life anymore the only thing that mattered now was little Danny. With him, they would find other things. Maybe when he was a little older they would play with him early in the morning and then be late for work because of him not because they desperately wanted to shower together. On the other hand, there was no reason why they still couldn't do those things, too. Rachel was ashamed of all these thoughts. But her baby made her forget about them. Not even his crying bothered her. Everything about him was just perfect. Rachel smiled at the realization that she'd probably be an overprotective mother. About a year ago, she hadn't even imagined herself to be a mother, now she couldn't imagine herself to be anything else.
To Monica's surprise, she had fallen asleep in Chandler's arms. When she woke up, she stared into his blue eyes. He stared at her with a look she couldn't really figure out. "Hi." He whispered. "Hi." They continued staring at each other like idiots. "Are you still 100% sure this is what you want to do?" Chandler asked. Monica smiled. "100% sure." "I am surprised you didn't run away screaming." "Why would I?" Monica was confused. "Women often do that afterwards." "You know, I already did sleep with you." "That is true." Chandler sighed. "By the way... when Danny was born you asked me if I regretted it... I don't." Chandler looked at her. His eyes looked a bit watery. "Me neither." He told her quietly. He was surprised when she leaned over and kissed him tenderly. "Would you consider me a bad person if I told you I want you again?" "Nooo."
Chandler and Monica returned home in the evening. Both wore a happy expression. In the hallway they had to say goodbye though. "Maybe Stan is home already." "I don't think so. But you know, I decided not to care anymore. Not yet anyway. He'll be home more often as soon as I'll tell him I'm pregnant." Monica smiled at the thought. "I hope it worked today." "Me too." "You would do it again, wouldn't you?" she asked hopefully. "Sure." He smiled. "Thank you." "For what?" "For doing all this." "No problem.... see you tomorrow." "Yeah.. good night, Chandler." "Good night." They both entered their apartments.
When Chandler walked in, he saw Joey and Phoebe watching some movie. "Hi... can I talk with you guys?" he wanted to know what was going on. "Sure." Phoebe switched off the movie which earned her a pretty angry glare from Joey. "So what do you want to talk with us about?" "About you two. What is it and how long is it going on already?" "We are not together, if you thought so." Phoebe informed and Joey nodded his head in agreement. "We just get together to have sex from time to time." "And since when?" Chandler was already shocked by the first revelation but he was curious. "Oh, about a year or so." Joey told him. "A year!?" "Yeah. You know sometimes when I couldn't find a suitable girlfriend, I just went to Phoebe and she did the same. We are actually closer to each other now." "But you just have sex? Never any romance?" "It is romantic." Phoebe told him. "We just don't love each other. At least not like that." Joey, again, nodded in agreement. "Sorry, guys, this is too weird for me." Chandler went into his room. "Are we weird?" Joey asked. "No, Chandler is weird himself."
Probably for the first time, Monica really didn't mind that Stan wasn't home early. Being at home made her finally realize what she had done; she had cheated. She was against adultery. But still, she had committed it. Monica felt her knees weaken, she had to sit down. She felt tears come to her eyes. "I cheated." She whispered into the dark, quiet room so it almost sounded like a scream. Slowly, she got up and walked into the shower. 'I didn't do it for nothing', she told herself. 'Stan will never find out and we'll be happy with a little baby'. Thinking about the baby, once again calmed her. She finished her shower and went to bed. "Baby, I'm home." Monica heard a voice caressing her ear. She opened her eyes. "Hi." Stan began kissing her neck. Monica didn't enjoy it. She didn't want to have sex. "Stan, no..." "Shhh. You know it is like when you are not hungry. It comes with the food." Monica believed him. But it didn't stop her thinking about Chandler when he entered her.
Ross' and Rachel's night had been short: Danny had decided to finally test his lungs. Almost the whole time he had cried and neither Ross nor Rachel knew what to do. Rachel had almost broken out in tears but Ross then eventually managed to keep him quiet. So it brought them about three hours of sleep before the little one was hungry again. "I'll stay home today." It was almost a question but Rachel just nodded. She was too tired to say no and if Ross was home she might be able to catch some sleep later. "He won't cry like this always, right?" Rachel asked while nursing him. "No. But I suppose he will do that from time to time." "I don't want to even think about his three months colic or when he'll get teeth. Maybe I'll have to kill myself then." "It's not so bad." Ross informed her smiling. "How would you know?" "I have a son, remember?" "Yeah, but I suppose Carol could tell me more about it." For the rest of the time Ross decided to just keep silent and do what Rachel told him.
Chandler's and Monica's night hadn't been exactly long either. Both thought about the other. Either of them in a different way but still. Monica could even say she missed Chandler. He had been so sweet to her afterwards, Stan seemed to want just sex. Those were dangerous thoughts. 'When the baby will be there, everything will change', she told herself. It was like a prayer now. Stan had gone to work already and Monica wasn't in the mood to be alone so she went over to Joey's and Chandler's. They were both home, eating breakfast. She was just little surprised to see Phoebe there as well. "Morning." She said, grabbing a coffee and a muffin. "You ok?" Chandler asked. He had some sort of a concerned look. Monica could only smile. Why couldn't Stan be like that? She thought. "I'm fine." 'now' she added in her mind. Joey and Phoebe left after breakfast for whatever reason. Chandler had asked but they couldn't tell him. He decided to let it go. "They're sleeping together." Chandler told Monica after they'd left. "Really?" she didn't as shocked as he had thought. "Doesn't this shock you?" "Of course." Again, it sounded only half-heartedly. "Was anything with Stan?" "You mean except for the fact that he practically forced me to have sex, no." "He did what?!" Monica had expected Chandler to say something but he was so angry, he let fall a glass. The shattering was so loud, it hurt. "He didn't exactly forced me." "But you just said so yourself!" "He would never force me... I had just woken up... I hadn't been in the mood at first... you know it is the same with hunger. It comes with the food." "Stop the crap! He wanted sex and he took it without caring for you." Monica began to sob. Something was extremely wrong. "Chandler, he didn't hurt me. Not at all." "Monica... it was some sort of rape." Chandler told her slowly, calming himself down. "No, no, it wasn't. Believe me. He was very gentle and loving an-" "Stop!" Chandler said with closed eyes. He didn't want to know what Monica felt while she was with Stan. "Sorry." Monica mumbled. "If he does that again, you'll tell me. You understand?" he stared at her so intensely that she could only nod.
Some time later, Monica, Chandler, Ross, Rachel and Danny met in Central Perk. "Danny has kept us awake the whole night." Rachel told them. The baby was asleep by then. "Get used to it." Chandler said. "Once my mother and I had my cousin over for four days. He had cried for like three days." "Thank you, Chandler." "What? It's the truth." "It can't be that bad." Monica said. "It is." Rachel informed her. 'Doesn't change my decision', Monica thought. She looked over at Chandler. His lips were formed to a very little smile. His eyes seemed to smile, too. He looked completely happy, Monica noticed. "When are you planning to introduce Danny to Ben?" Rachel asked Ross. "I don't know. Not yet." "Ross, he is his brother." "His half brother, actually." Chandler remarked. Ross shot him an angry glare. "I know and I am aware they have to meet but now?" "The sooner the better." "But Ben always wanted a little brother, why shouldn't he meet him now?" Monica wanted to know. "I think it's the age. He is a little weird lately." Ross said. "I think we should leave now. We've got to see the pediatrician." Rachel told them gathering up all their stuff. "Bye." "Bye." Monica and Chandler were once again alone. "You know it seems like we never spend much time together anymore. All six of us, I mean." Chandler stated. "I know. Ross and Rachel have Danny now, Joey and Phoebe, well I don't really want to know what they do all day long. And us." The word 'us' hurt them both. There was no 'us' if they spoke about themselves. Monica and Stan, they were the 'us', not Chandler and Monica. "You mean there is me and you and Stan." Just saying his name reminded Chandler of what he had done to Monica. He felt his fists clenching. But he had promised Monica not to do anything just like she had promised to tell him if Stan did it again. "Chandler..." "What, it's the truth. Then there'll be your baby and you and Stan won't be inseparable, too. Then it'll be just me." Chandler sounded sadder than he had intended to. "Don't say this. It is not true. I would never leave you alone. Never." They glanced at each other. That moment they both realized something had happened. Neither could say what yet. All they knew was they had to get out of there as soon as possible.
Chandler and Monica managed not to touch each other before they were in the apartment. Only then they almost jumped each other. But somehow they managed to enter Chandler's bedroom... "Now you really cheated." Chandler whispered into Monica's ear. "I know." She said in a small voice. "You regret it." It was not a question but a statement. Monica didn't answer immediately. "No... I should but I can't." "I can't regret it either but I am not sure if I can look Stan in the eye again, ever." "It's not like you see him that often. No one does, except for his work." Monica told him with and angry undertone. "He loves you." Chandler said but didn't believe it himself. "Hopefully. You know when I saw Ross and Rachel together with Danny, I wasn't so sure anymore if Stan would be the same." "Well, you'll have to wait and find out." He kissed her temple lovingly. "You know, when I told you Stan almost forced me it really wasn't meant like that. I just didn't want him and there was only one reason...I didn't want him because I wanted to feel you instead." Monica admitted. She kept her head down. She didn't want to look at Chandler when she told him things like that. He didn't reply but kissed her again.
TWO MONTHS LATER "Ross, call Ben now. I mean it's been two months." Rachel was tired of telling Ross to call his son. "Yeah, yeah. I will." He didn't move. "Now." Rachel watched Ross walking over to the phone and make the call. She couldn't hear what they were saying but it seemed to work jut fine. "Carol will bring him over in about an hour." "Was it that hard?" "No. But I don't know how he'll react." "Ross, he isn't a dog who doesn't understand when a new family member is there, he is your son and he knows very well you still love him even though you have another son to love now." "When you say it, I almost believe it myself." Ross kissed her gently.
Monica had been so busy with her affair with Chandler and her Stan problems, she didn't even realized it was time to make a pregnancy test. Chandler reminded hr one day when hey were laying in bed. "Did you make a pregnancy test already?" "No... I totally forgot that!" "We could buy one now." Chandler suggested. They got dressed and left for the supermarket. Chandler paid for it and they hurried home. "I'll wait here." Chandler told her. Monica went into the bathroom and took the test. She was in there for about five minutes without any noises and Chandler began to worry. "Mon? Could you please come out?" the door opened slowly and Monica walked out with the stick in the hand. "And?" Chandler was almost dying out of curiosity. Monica didn't answer but gave him the test. "Blue?" he was confused. "Pregnant." Chandler looked at her, his mouth agape, his eyes watery. "You are pregnant?" Finally, Monica smiled. "Yes!" they hugged and kissed.
Ross had been worried for nothing. When Ben saw his little brother, he was all gone. He played with him, talked with him, carried him around and didn't want to leave even thought it was past his bed time. "He can stay here if you don't mind." Rachel told Carol over the phone. "Oh, I don't mind." Ben was happy to stay. Ross made him a bed in Danny's room and then prepared them both for sleep. "So you like Danny?" "Sure! He is cool. When can he walk, Dad?" "That'll take a while." "Oh, I can't wait to really play with him!" Ben was all excited. "I am glad you like him. I was afraid you wouldn't." Ben looked at the ground. "Why did you say you didn't want any siblings?" Ross asked gently. "Eric from my school said brothers and sister stole things. And that parents don't love you as much anymore." Ben admitted quietly. "Don't listen to Eric. It's not true. I love you just as much as Danny." "I know, dad." Ross hugged his son. It was great to have a family.
Monica had to stay awake long that day because she had to wait for Stan. He came shortly before midnight. Monica awoke. She had fallen asleep for a moment. "Monica, why are you still awake? It's late." "I know... but I have to tell you something." "Oh." Stan was worried. This couldn't mean anything good. "I'm pregnant." Monica told him happily. But he didn't lift her up and hugged her, or kiss her, he didn't scream happily, he didn't even say anything. Just his eyes turned darker and it scared Monica. "You are what?" he asked with a dangerously quiet and calm voice. "P-pregnant?" "You bitch!" Stan yelled and paced around the apartment. Monica didn't understand what happened. "Why are you so angry? I thought you like children." She was almost crying.
"I can't have children." "Oh don't worry, you'll be a wonderful father." Monica assured him. "No, I am not able to conceive children." He told her. His voice was angry but calm. Monica was scared. She didn't know what he'd do now. "Oh." Was all she mumbled. It explained why she didn't become pregnant. "Who is it? With who did you cheat on me? Tell me!" Monica winced. His words hurt her. "Monica, tell me!" Stan must have yelled so loud that Chandler and Joey came over. "You two go home. I have to talk with Monica." Even the two men were scared at a voice like that. "No, we'll stay." Chandler told him. Stan turned to him. With his eyes so dark, he almost looked like a killer. "This is just between Monica and me." "I don't think so." Stan was an intelligent man and he could put one and one together. "You did it." His voice was full of disgust. "Just so you know, Monica wanted me to do so. She wanted to save your relationship, she wanted a baby with you. Have you thought about that?" Chandler was just as angry now. Stan turned to look at Monica. She was crying. "You f____ed with him so you could save us?!" "Do you know what it feels like to be with someone who is never there and if then they fall asleep or whish they were back at work. I thought a baby would help." Monica told him. "But instead of telling me you just went across the hall to solve our problems." Stan laughed. "No. I did tell you a thousand times and you know that. You just never believed me." "I think it'll be the best if you just leave now." Chandler said. "Yeah, probably." Stan agreed. He was too angry to talk now. "I'll get my stuff tomorrow. Be happy with your bastard." Stan left the apartment and their lives.
"Chandler." Monica cried. With two steps he was with her and hugged and comforted her. "I'll better leave you two alone." Joey said from behind. They had both forgotten he had been there. "I never thought it'd be like this." Monica cried. "It's alright." "I'll be a single mother, nothing is alright." "What? You will not be a single mother. I am here, too." Chandler reminded her. Monica looked at him. "Are you sure?" "100%." He told her smiling.
EPILOGUE "The baby is coming!" Chandler screamed through the phone. "I hear you. Calm down." Ross told him and they hung up. Ross told the others and they all went to the hospital. "In a few hours you'll have a little cousin." Rachel told Danny. The toddler stared at her. "Ben?" everything was 'Ben' for him lately. "Yes, Ben." Rachel sighed. Danny clasped his hands and said Ben over and over again. "I can't believe Chandler and Monica are having a baby." Ross said. "I can't believe they are married and about to have a baby." Rachel replied. "It seems unreal." Ross added. "Now, only Joey and Phoebe have to get together." Joey and Phoebe looked at each other. "Naaaa." They said in unison.
At 10.56pm Ryan Bing was born. And at 11.01pm Grace Bing was born. It was a shock for everybody. Especially Chandler didn't know how to cope with it and just fainted. Monica was just happy. Shocked, of course, but her babies were so wonderful she didn't care she only had one of everything. "Is he ok?" Monica asked the doctor and motioned to Chandler. "He will be. Sometimes it happens."
"Ben?" Danny asked when he saw his two little cousins. "Ross, we've got to do something about it." Rachel told him annoyed. "It's just a phase." Ross assured her. "Hey Chandler, how's your head?" "Ha ha. It hurts." "Well next time you should maybe try not to faint. Or if you faint not to hit your head on a door knob." Everybody, except for Chandler laughed. Later, Monica and Chandler were alone with their babies. "We should have called him Stan." Chandler whispered. Monica gave him and angry look. "Without Stan we wouldn't be here right now. We wouldn't we married and we wouldn't have two gorgeous babies." "I still won't give my son the name Stan." "Are you sure?" "Yes, Chandler, I am 100% sure."
END (finally!) So, I am sorry it turned out so long. It wasn't planned. Anyway, I hope you liked it. It was fun to write anyway. Please leave a review! By the way, this story is dedicated to one very special person. I know he'll never read it but whatever, it is just for him. Written by Anika