Thanks for all the reviews. I appreciate them a lot. Here's the last part.
And if you like, I can probably do an epilogue. The song is I Wanna Be
There by Blessed Union of Souls. This is a month later and Molly is turning
a year old.
Disclaimer: I don't own them and I don't own the song either.
"Happy Birthday Molly!" everyone yelled as Chandler walked in with Molly on his shoulders. Monica had planned a huge surprise birthday party for Molly and Chandler volunteered to take her to the park for the morning so everyone else could help set up. After everyone yelled Molly yelled and squirmed to get down from Chandler. He put her down on the ground and she ran over to Monica.
"Come here baby. Give mommy a kiss." She threw her arms around Monica's neck and Monica lifted her up for a big kiss. She put her down and the next stop Molly made was the presents. She started picking them up and shaking them. Rachel and Phoebe kept her from opening them up. Monica and Chandler joined together in a kiss and moved into the apartment.
"I love you," Chandler said.
"I love you too. And thanks for bringing her out," Monica replied.
Ten minutes later the gang and Monica's parents gathered at the table w/ Molly to eat a pizza lunch. They were all laughing and joking around with each other and the birthday girl. When it was time for cake, Molly blew the candle out with help from Joey. Once the burnt candle was removed she stuck her hand right in the cake. This didn't quite go well with Monica but she didn't care.
"Hey, it's her cake," Monica responded to everyone's looks at her.
After presents with everyone's help at opening them, Judy, Joey and Molly played on the floor with her new toys and Ross helped Monica clean the kitchen. Phoebe, Rachel and Jack were engaged in conversation for about an hour. When it got late, and the kitchen was clean everyone sat in the living room to talk. Molly soon got tired and went over to the big chair where Monica was sitting in Chandler's lap. Monica picked her up and soon she was asleep clutching a new blanket from Chandler and a teddy bear from her mom.
"Hey guys. I think it's getting late. We should be going." Ross suggested when he saw Molly asleep and Monica drifting off in Chandler's arms.
"Yeah that's a good idea. We have to drive back to Long Island. Night Chandler. Night Mon." Jack said as him and Judy got their coats and left. Within the next five minutes, everyone else had left and Chandler got Monica up and both put Molly in her crib. The room was dark except for a small nightlight as Monica and Chandler stared at the sleeping baby girl.
"She is so cute," Monica stated in a small whisper.
"Just like her mother."
"That's so sweet." She turned and gave him a passionate kiss. "I love you Chandler."
"I love you too Monica."
Five months later passed and it was already Monica and Chandler's six-month anniversary. They got Joey and Phoebe to watch Molly for the night; both because neither Monica nor Chandler trusted just one of them with their daughter.
"Are you sure you'll be all right?" Monica asked the agitated Phoebe for the billionth time that night.
"Yes Monica, but you won't be in a minute if you don't leave because I will have shot you dead.
"Ok, ok. We're going. Bye Molly. I love you."
"Bye mama. Bye dada." Chandler gave her a kiss, handed Monica her coat and were out the door.
At the restaurant they had a very good time talking about their jobs, their friends, Molly and more Molly. After their last conversation ended there was silence. Finally, Chandler spoke in an uneasy voice.
"Mon, I've been thinking about us a lot lately and I love you with all my heart. And after every thought I always came to a similar conclusion; that I want to live closer to you and Molly. So, I guess what I'm saying is that I want us to live together. What do you think?"
"Oh Chandler, of course I'll move in with you. Or you can move in with me. I mean how many times do you actually go home?"
"I know. I love you." He kissed Monica and then pulled back slowly.
"I love you too. Let's get out of here and go get our daughter." They got home and Molly was just about to go to bed. Phoebe and Joey left after hearing their news and saw that the couple wanted to be alone with Molly.
Monica and Chandler both got into their pajamas and placed Molly on the bed between them. She still slept every night since her birthday with her blanky and her bear. Chandler turned in the bed to face Monica and Molly and couldn't notice how similar they looked when they slept. Chandler hugged them close and started to drift off. Almost every Saturday night they had Molly sleep with them so the three of them in bed was very comfortable for all of them.
Molly woke at the early hours of the morning feeling a little cold. She had felt Chandler hug her last night and now he was on his back. She looked at her mother on the other side and smiled with a big grin. She crawled back over to Chandler and hugged him tight as he slept. As she snuggled against his warm body, she drifted back off into sleep before anyone else awoke.
The next to wake was Monica. The minute she opened her eyes, she saw her daughter and boyfriend snuggling together in a deep sleep. When she saw both of them her mind brought her back to the time when she first found out she was pregnant. She had been so worried that her child would never have a father and that she would be a horrible mother. But meeting Chandler had Changed that all. She saw Chandler's eyes flutter open and smiled at him.
"Morning beautiful," he said.
"Morning. I guess you're preferred over me," she stated hinting at Molly in his arms.
"No I'm not. She loves us both. And do you know who I love."
"No who?" She replied playing along with his game.
"You."
"Me?"
"Yes you. I love you so much it hurts. And I love Molly so much that it hurts. I don't know what I would do if I lost either of you. I never want to lose you or her."
"I promise that you will never be heartbroken."
"Ditto."
"Santa, mommy. Santa here." Molly yelled as she jumped onto Monica at the early Christmas morning hours. Molly had just gotten her big-girl bed and was able to get into their room at any hour of the night. Chandler grumbled next to Monica. He had moved in to the apartment in late August and they all acted like a small little family.
"Molly sweetie, you need to go back to bed. It's too early. Come in bed with us." Monica said trying to reason with her daughter.
"No. Daddy, wakey. Santa here."
"Molly do what you're mother said."
"No." That was the last straw. Knowing he wasn't going to hurt her, Chandler sat up, grabbed her and pulled her under the blankets. She had screamed but then started laughing when Chandler started to tickle her. Monica joined in and then was also being tickled by Chandler.
"Fine. Fine." She screamed once she had enough tickling.
After a minute of laughing, Monica knew that she wasn't going back to sleep. "Ok time to get up," she yelled.
"Yay!" Molly yelled. She jumped off the bed and ran out of the room.
"Man she's a handful." Monica said, smiling after Molly disappeared from the doorway.
"Yeah, but she's our handful." Chandler replied to Monica's comment while wrapping his hands around her waist.
"I know." They both got their robes on and headed to the living room to see Molly sitting like a good girl in front of the presents. The tree had been less than perfectly decorated since Molly hung most of the ornaments with Chandler's help one afternoon two weeks earlier. The presents were overflowing from behind Molly and Monica couldn't help but smile.
"Molly we have to wait for Uncle Ross, Joey, Rachel and Phoebe before we can open the presents."
"No." She whined.
"But we can call to wake them up." Chandler said, picking up the phone to dial Ross and Rachel's apartment. Monica moved to the kitchen with Molly and started to make a pancake breakfast.
Less than an hour later everyone had finished breakfast and were about to open the presents.
"Who wants to open a gift first?" Phoebe asked heading towards the tree to get the presents for everyone.
"Me, Me." Molly screamed. Phoebe handed a gift to her and then divided the other gifts for everyone else.
An hour later Monica threw away the last of the wrapping paper, and said to Molly, "OK all done." The rest of the day was spent in the apartment and Molly spent most her time playing with her new toys. Her favorite gifts were her Barbies and each adult played once with her with them.
By Molly's bedtime, everyone was exhausted and left the apartment at an early time. Ross and Rachel left to have a romantic evening together and Joey and Phoebe took Molly back to Phoebe's apartment leaving Monica and Chandler to a night alone.
"Night MolDoll. I love you."
"I love you too mommy."
"Night Molly."
"Night dada." Once Phoebe and Joey had left the apartment, Monica collapsed on the couch.
"Care to dance?" Chandler asked holding a red rose in his hand.
"Of course." He found the CD he wanted, played the song and pulled Monica close to him.
Won't you let me catch your fall
Won't you let me lend me a hand
Those lonely eyes have seen it all
But love's too blind to understand Cause you don't know what you have Til your everything is gone You need someone to show you how to live again
I wanna be there when you're feeling high I wanna be there when you wanna die I'm gonna light your fire Gonna feel your flame I wanna when you go insane I wanna be there when you're feelin' down And I'll be there when your head is spinnin' round Gonna be your lover Gonna be your friend I wanna be there till the end
You wouldn't know that I was there Cause I have been there all the time And if I had my way I'd hold you in my arms And leave this madness all behind Cause you got so much to give But you throw it all away And all you got to show for who you are is pain And I've got so much to give If you'd only let me in I'm gonna take the time to show you I'm a friend You'll believe in love again
I wanna be there in the pouring rain I wanna be there when you call my name I'm gonna light your fire Gonna feel your flame I wanna be there when you go insane I wanna be there when I'm outta town And when your whole damn world is crashing down I'm gonna be your lover Gonna be your friend I wanna be there til the (very) end
Cause you don't know what you have Til your everything is gone You need someone to show you how to live again And I've got so much to give If you'd only let me in I'm gonna take this time to show you I'm a friend You'll believe again.
I wanna be there when your baby cries I wanna be there when they tell you lies I'm gonna light your fire Gonna feel your flame I wanna be there when you go insane I wanna be there when your nights are long And when you feel like you don't belong Gonna be your lover Gonna be your friend Gonna be their til the end I'm gonna be there in the morning I'm gonna be there in the night
Gonna be your lover Gonna be your friend Gonna be there til the end As the song came to an end Chandler slowly pulled out a velvet rectangular box and handed it to Monica.
"One last gift." He whispered as he placed it in her hands.
"Chandler, you've given me enough." He placed a finger on her lips and opened the box for her. Inside was a gold locket in the shape of a heart. She read the front which said 'I Love You' and was about to open it when but Chandler stopped her.
"Monica, when I met you on that train, March 1st, I met to most incredible woman. I thought she was taken, but she wasn't and now her heart belongs to me. I love you so much. And I love Molly just as much. She already calls me daddy but I want to make her mine legally. I want to adopt her yes, but I also don't just want to be her father by legal documents. I want to be her mommy's husband. I can't believe that after all this time I've finally found my soulmate. Now you can open it."
She opened the locket and inside on the left was a picture of her, Molly and Chandler taken by Rachel on Molly's birthday. On the right was in the inscription 'Will You Marry Me?' She looked up and Chandler was in front of her on one knee with a ring in his hand.
"Monica, Will you marry me?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes. I love you Chandler and I want to spend the rest of my life you. I'm gonna be your lover, gonna be your friend, gonna be their til the end."
"Oh Mon." He slid the ring onto her finger, stood up and swept her into his arms, kissing her with as much passion as he could. "I guess you liked the song."
"I loved the song."
After a few more songs they moved their evening and engagement night into the bedroom.
For breakfast the next morning, everybody gathered around the apartment. After everyone had eaten, Monica stood up alongside Chandler.
"Ok. We have some news."
"You're pregnant?" Phoebe guessed.
"No. But Chandler and I are; you tell."
"We're getting married," he yelled. After processing what he had said they all jumped up into a group hug. Molly, confused about what was going on tugged at Monica's skirt.
"Mama."
"Hey pretty girl. Do you know what's happening?" Monica asked as she picked her up form the ground. The little girl shook her head. "Dada and I are getting married." She looked even more confused. "Nevermind. I'll tell you when you're older."
"Wat this?" She asked playing with Monica's locket.
"It's a locket. You open it and there are pictures inside."
"Open." Monica opened it up and she showed Molly the picture of the three of them. It was her absolute favorite.
"Perty."
"Yes it is." Chandler said walking over to them. Rachel took out her camera and told them to smile. She snapped a shot and knew that they would all last forever as a perfect family.
For the rest of the morning they did their usual routine of sitting in the living room chatting away. Molly requested a juice and Monica got up to get it. On her way back she stopped in the kitchen and stared at the scene in front of her. Molly was playing with Chandler, showing him a new toy. He looked up in the middle of the game and saw Monica looking at them. He gave a warm smile that showed all of his love, but then turned his attention back to his daughter. She had been with Chandler less than a year, but she couldn't have been happier. She knew that she had found her soulmate and best friends and that everything would turn out for the better and last forever.
Disclaimer: I don't own them and I don't own the song either.
"Happy Birthday Molly!" everyone yelled as Chandler walked in with Molly on his shoulders. Monica had planned a huge surprise birthday party for Molly and Chandler volunteered to take her to the park for the morning so everyone else could help set up. After everyone yelled Molly yelled and squirmed to get down from Chandler. He put her down on the ground and she ran over to Monica.
"Come here baby. Give mommy a kiss." She threw her arms around Monica's neck and Monica lifted her up for a big kiss. She put her down and the next stop Molly made was the presents. She started picking them up and shaking them. Rachel and Phoebe kept her from opening them up. Monica and Chandler joined together in a kiss and moved into the apartment.
"I love you," Chandler said.
"I love you too. And thanks for bringing her out," Monica replied.
Ten minutes later the gang and Monica's parents gathered at the table w/ Molly to eat a pizza lunch. They were all laughing and joking around with each other and the birthday girl. When it was time for cake, Molly blew the candle out with help from Joey. Once the burnt candle was removed she stuck her hand right in the cake. This didn't quite go well with Monica but she didn't care.
"Hey, it's her cake," Monica responded to everyone's looks at her.
After presents with everyone's help at opening them, Judy, Joey and Molly played on the floor with her new toys and Ross helped Monica clean the kitchen. Phoebe, Rachel and Jack were engaged in conversation for about an hour. When it got late, and the kitchen was clean everyone sat in the living room to talk. Molly soon got tired and went over to the big chair where Monica was sitting in Chandler's lap. Monica picked her up and soon she was asleep clutching a new blanket from Chandler and a teddy bear from her mom.
"Hey guys. I think it's getting late. We should be going." Ross suggested when he saw Molly asleep and Monica drifting off in Chandler's arms.
"Yeah that's a good idea. We have to drive back to Long Island. Night Chandler. Night Mon." Jack said as him and Judy got their coats and left. Within the next five minutes, everyone else had left and Chandler got Monica up and both put Molly in her crib. The room was dark except for a small nightlight as Monica and Chandler stared at the sleeping baby girl.
"She is so cute," Monica stated in a small whisper.
"Just like her mother."
"That's so sweet." She turned and gave him a passionate kiss. "I love you Chandler."
"I love you too Monica."
Five months later passed and it was already Monica and Chandler's six-month anniversary. They got Joey and Phoebe to watch Molly for the night; both because neither Monica nor Chandler trusted just one of them with their daughter.
"Are you sure you'll be all right?" Monica asked the agitated Phoebe for the billionth time that night.
"Yes Monica, but you won't be in a minute if you don't leave because I will have shot you dead.
"Ok, ok. We're going. Bye Molly. I love you."
"Bye mama. Bye dada." Chandler gave her a kiss, handed Monica her coat and were out the door.
At the restaurant they had a very good time talking about their jobs, their friends, Molly and more Molly. After their last conversation ended there was silence. Finally, Chandler spoke in an uneasy voice.
"Mon, I've been thinking about us a lot lately and I love you with all my heart. And after every thought I always came to a similar conclusion; that I want to live closer to you and Molly. So, I guess what I'm saying is that I want us to live together. What do you think?"
"Oh Chandler, of course I'll move in with you. Or you can move in with me. I mean how many times do you actually go home?"
"I know. I love you." He kissed Monica and then pulled back slowly.
"I love you too. Let's get out of here and go get our daughter." They got home and Molly was just about to go to bed. Phoebe and Joey left after hearing their news and saw that the couple wanted to be alone with Molly.
Monica and Chandler both got into their pajamas and placed Molly on the bed between them. She still slept every night since her birthday with her blanky and her bear. Chandler turned in the bed to face Monica and Molly and couldn't notice how similar they looked when they slept. Chandler hugged them close and started to drift off. Almost every Saturday night they had Molly sleep with them so the three of them in bed was very comfortable for all of them.
Molly woke at the early hours of the morning feeling a little cold. She had felt Chandler hug her last night and now he was on his back. She looked at her mother on the other side and smiled with a big grin. She crawled back over to Chandler and hugged him tight as he slept. As she snuggled against his warm body, she drifted back off into sleep before anyone else awoke.
The next to wake was Monica. The minute she opened her eyes, she saw her daughter and boyfriend snuggling together in a deep sleep. When she saw both of them her mind brought her back to the time when she first found out she was pregnant. She had been so worried that her child would never have a father and that she would be a horrible mother. But meeting Chandler had Changed that all. She saw Chandler's eyes flutter open and smiled at him.
"Morning beautiful," he said.
"Morning. I guess you're preferred over me," she stated hinting at Molly in his arms.
"No I'm not. She loves us both. And do you know who I love."
"No who?" She replied playing along with his game.
"You."
"Me?"
"Yes you. I love you so much it hurts. And I love Molly so much that it hurts. I don't know what I would do if I lost either of you. I never want to lose you or her."
"I promise that you will never be heartbroken."
"Ditto."
"Santa, mommy. Santa here." Molly yelled as she jumped onto Monica at the early Christmas morning hours. Molly had just gotten her big-girl bed and was able to get into their room at any hour of the night. Chandler grumbled next to Monica. He had moved in to the apartment in late August and they all acted like a small little family.
"Molly sweetie, you need to go back to bed. It's too early. Come in bed with us." Monica said trying to reason with her daughter.
"No. Daddy, wakey. Santa here."
"Molly do what you're mother said."
"No." That was the last straw. Knowing he wasn't going to hurt her, Chandler sat up, grabbed her and pulled her under the blankets. She had screamed but then started laughing when Chandler started to tickle her. Monica joined in and then was also being tickled by Chandler.
"Fine. Fine." She screamed once she had enough tickling.
After a minute of laughing, Monica knew that she wasn't going back to sleep. "Ok time to get up," she yelled.
"Yay!" Molly yelled. She jumped off the bed and ran out of the room.
"Man she's a handful." Monica said, smiling after Molly disappeared from the doorway.
"Yeah, but she's our handful." Chandler replied to Monica's comment while wrapping his hands around her waist.
"I know." They both got their robes on and headed to the living room to see Molly sitting like a good girl in front of the presents. The tree had been less than perfectly decorated since Molly hung most of the ornaments with Chandler's help one afternoon two weeks earlier. The presents were overflowing from behind Molly and Monica couldn't help but smile.
"Molly we have to wait for Uncle Ross, Joey, Rachel and Phoebe before we can open the presents."
"No." She whined.
"But we can call to wake them up." Chandler said, picking up the phone to dial Ross and Rachel's apartment. Monica moved to the kitchen with Molly and started to make a pancake breakfast.
Less than an hour later everyone had finished breakfast and were about to open the presents.
"Who wants to open a gift first?" Phoebe asked heading towards the tree to get the presents for everyone.
"Me, Me." Molly screamed. Phoebe handed a gift to her and then divided the other gifts for everyone else.
An hour later Monica threw away the last of the wrapping paper, and said to Molly, "OK all done." The rest of the day was spent in the apartment and Molly spent most her time playing with her new toys. Her favorite gifts were her Barbies and each adult played once with her with them.
By Molly's bedtime, everyone was exhausted and left the apartment at an early time. Ross and Rachel left to have a romantic evening together and Joey and Phoebe took Molly back to Phoebe's apartment leaving Monica and Chandler to a night alone.
"Night MolDoll. I love you."
"I love you too mommy."
"Night Molly."
"Night dada." Once Phoebe and Joey had left the apartment, Monica collapsed on the couch.
"Care to dance?" Chandler asked holding a red rose in his hand.
"Of course." He found the CD he wanted, played the song and pulled Monica close to him.
Won't you let me catch your fall
Won't you let me lend me a hand
Those lonely eyes have seen it all
But love's too blind to understand Cause you don't know what you have Til your everything is gone You need someone to show you how to live again
I wanna be there when you're feeling high I wanna be there when you wanna die I'm gonna light your fire Gonna feel your flame I wanna when you go insane I wanna be there when you're feelin' down And I'll be there when your head is spinnin' round Gonna be your lover Gonna be your friend I wanna be there till the end
You wouldn't know that I was there Cause I have been there all the time And if I had my way I'd hold you in my arms And leave this madness all behind Cause you got so much to give But you throw it all away And all you got to show for who you are is pain And I've got so much to give If you'd only let me in I'm gonna take the time to show you I'm a friend You'll believe in love again
I wanna be there in the pouring rain I wanna be there when you call my name I'm gonna light your fire Gonna feel your flame I wanna be there when you go insane I wanna be there when I'm outta town And when your whole damn world is crashing down I'm gonna be your lover Gonna be your friend I wanna be there til the (very) end
Cause you don't know what you have Til your everything is gone You need someone to show you how to live again And I've got so much to give If you'd only let me in I'm gonna take this time to show you I'm a friend You'll believe again.
I wanna be there when your baby cries I wanna be there when they tell you lies I'm gonna light your fire Gonna feel your flame I wanna be there when you go insane I wanna be there when your nights are long And when you feel like you don't belong Gonna be your lover Gonna be your friend Gonna be their til the end I'm gonna be there in the morning I'm gonna be there in the night
Gonna be your lover Gonna be your friend Gonna be there til the end As the song came to an end Chandler slowly pulled out a velvet rectangular box and handed it to Monica.
"One last gift." He whispered as he placed it in her hands.
"Chandler, you've given me enough." He placed a finger on her lips and opened the box for her. Inside was a gold locket in the shape of a heart. She read the front which said 'I Love You' and was about to open it when but Chandler stopped her.
"Monica, when I met you on that train, March 1st, I met to most incredible woman. I thought she was taken, but she wasn't and now her heart belongs to me. I love you so much. And I love Molly just as much. She already calls me daddy but I want to make her mine legally. I want to adopt her yes, but I also don't just want to be her father by legal documents. I want to be her mommy's husband. I can't believe that after all this time I've finally found my soulmate. Now you can open it."
She opened the locket and inside on the left was a picture of her, Molly and Chandler taken by Rachel on Molly's birthday. On the right was in the inscription 'Will You Marry Me?' She looked up and Chandler was in front of her on one knee with a ring in his hand.
"Monica, Will you marry me?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes. I love you Chandler and I want to spend the rest of my life you. I'm gonna be your lover, gonna be your friend, gonna be their til the end."
"Oh Mon." He slid the ring onto her finger, stood up and swept her into his arms, kissing her with as much passion as he could. "I guess you liked the song."
"I loved the song."
After a few more songs they moved their evening and engagement night into the bedroom.
For breakfast the next morning, everybody gathered around the apartment. After everyone had eaten, Monica stood up alongside Chandler.
"Ok. We have some news."
"You're pregnant?" Phoebe guessed.
"No. But Chandler and I are; you tell."
"We're getting married," he yelled. After processing what he had said they all jumped up into a group hug. Molly, confused about what was going on tugged at Monica's skirt.
"Mama."
"Hey pretty girl. Do you know what's happening?" Monica asked as she picked her up form the ground. The little girl shook her head. "Dada and I are getting married." She looked even more confused. "Nevermind. I'll tell you when you're older."
"Wat this?" She asked playing with Monica's locket.
"It's a locket. You open it and there are pictures inside."
"Open." Monica opened it up and she showed Molly the picture of the three of them. It was her absolute favorite.
"Perty."
"Yes it is." Chandler said walking over to them. Rachel took out her camera and told them to smile. She snapped a shot and knew that they would all last forever as a perfect family.
For the rest of the morning they did their usual routine of sitting in the living room chatting away. Molly requested a juice and Monica got up to get it. On her way back she stopped in the kitchen and stared at the scene in front of her. Molly was playing with Chandler, showing him a new toy. He looked up in the middle of the game and saw Monica looking at them. He gave a warm smile that showed all of his love, but then turned his attention back to his daughter. She had been with Chandler less than a year, but she couldn't have been happier. She knew that she had found her soulmate and best friends and that everything would turn out for the better and last forever.