Authors Note - I hope you enjoyed the last chapter. This takes place about
7 years after the last, and Monica is still in a wheelchair but only for
some of the day. She can walk just not very far. Ross/Rachel still NOT
together, sorry. Erm..Joey is single, but Phoebe is engaged to Mike (whose
the 3rd guy in the gang, taking Chandler's place for the last 7 years) and
I think that's it!!!
Monica looked at her daughter talking on the phone and wondered how they had managed to survive. Ella was almost 14 now and could barely remember the fire. This also meant she could barely remember her sister or her father. In the seven years that had passed Monica had moved out of Joey's and into a small apartment. Joey had insisted he move with her, since Chandler left he had become her protector, and Monica always felt safe when Joey was around. She could now also walk with a cane. She could only manage a few steps and not very fast but to Monica, completing those few small steps was like completing a marathon.
"Hey mom" Ella asked after completing her phone call, "can I go round to Stacey's?"
"Sure baby but be back by 10 ok? Can Stacey's mum."
"Drop me off" Ella finished for her mother, "yeah sure" Everyone was used to the fact that Monica couldn't drive now, and that if Ella was to have any hint of a normal life her friends and their parents had to do more than their fair share.
"Have fun!" Monica called as Ella practically ran out of the door. It always amazed Monica that her little girl had been through so much and yet she still had so much spirit. She stared at the door and hoped her daughter would be ok.
Just as she turned and slowly began the walk back to her wheelchair the door banged open.
"Did you forget something?"
"No I've only just got here" came Phoebe's confused reply.
Monica smiled at her friend, and plopped herself into her wheelchair "I thought you were Ella, she's just left"
"I know I passed her on the stairs. But that's not why I'm here. What I really wanted to know is if you wanna come for a meal with me and the guys?"
Monica nodded and thought to herself how much things had changed. Five years ago she never would have thought there would ever be a gang again, or that they would ever go anywhere with her again. But Monica didn't like to dwell on the past. What was done was done and she couldn't change that.
"OK!" said Phoebe excitedly. "I'll meet you here at 6"
"Yeah, fine" Monica replied, "Oh! Wait! You got any plans now?"
"Yep" Phoebe nodded smugly. "Me, Mike and an apartment"
"I hate you sometimes" Monica said a smile playing around her lips. Phoebe just stuck her tongue out until Monica waved her hand towards the door, "Go!"
After Phoebe had left Monica was faced with a dilemma. She didn't feel like spending the afternoon alone, and she couldn't go anywhere without someone to help her. Eventually she decided to call Joey. He was always there when she needed him.
She picked up the phone and began dialling his number. After a few rings he picked up.
"Joey Tribianni. How you doin'?"
Monica smiled, "Hey it's Monica. I just wondered where you were, I was getting lonely"
"Don't worry. I'm just on my way home. And anyway where's Ella?"
"Stacey's"
"Jesus. The amount of time she spends there she might as well live there!"
"You sound just like her father!" Monica said jokingly. But as soon as the words were out of her mouth she regretted them.
"Yeah, well I kinda have to be, the bastard whose names on her birth certificate abandoned her, something I could never do to an innocent child"
Monica hesitated. She knew how much Joey hated Chandler now. Joey was Ella and Georgia's Godfather and had always treated them as his own. Monica didn't think he could ever forgive Chandler for abandoning his favourite girls.
"I know Joey. I didn't think. I'm sorry"
"It's not your fault you married a bastard. Look I gotta go. I'll see you in a few minutes OK?"
"Sure, can't wait" and with that she hung up.
Now she had ten minutes to wait. She just felt like a chat at the moment. She ran threw a mental checklist. Phoebe was with Mike, so that was two no's. Ross was at some conference, another no. She thought to Rachel, but it was Emma's target setting day today so she was out until at least 5. There was always Katie and Jamie, from her support group. But she had never liked them. All they did was talk about their disabilities. As if that was all they were. Monica hated her wheelchair but she was stuck with it so she figured she should just get on with her life.
She looked at the TV, but after 7 years of not working she had seen enough TV shows to put her off for life! She figured she might as well make a start on tidying Ella's room. Cleanliness was not something Monica had passed on to her daughter. Just as she reached Ella's room she heard a knock on the door. My god! When was Joey ever going to remember his keys?! She hated answering the door in her wheelchair so she eased herself up and reached for her crutches. Wondering how Joey ever remembered where he lived, she slowly walked over to the door.
"That was quick!!" she said as she opened it. Just then she froze.
"Can I come in?" Chandler asked
Authors Note - Ooooo what's gonna happen?!?!?!? You'll just have to wait and see! Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, and it's good to know there are so many more ER fans! I hardly know anyone in England who watches it! I just need to ask all my faithful (?) fans one question. I need there to be romance in this and I was originally gonna have Monica dating Joey, but in my last series (In the Summertime) people didn't seem to like the M/J angle. So do you think it should be Monica and Joey or should Monica forgive Chandler and get back with him? I'd really appreciate your ideas. Thanks!!!!
~Friends Babe~
Monica looked at her daughter talking on the phone and wondered how they had managed to survive. Ella was almost 14 now and could barely remember the fire. This also meant she could barely remember her sister or her father. In the seven years that had passed Monica had moved out of Joey's and into a small apartment. Joey had insisted he move with her, since Chandler left he had become her protector, and Monica always felt safe when Joey was around. She could now also walk with a cane. She could only manage a few steps and not very fast but to Monica, completing those few small steps was like completing a marathon.
"Hey mom" Ella asked after completing her phone call, "can I go round to Stacey's?"
"Sure baby but be back by 10 ok? Can Stacey's mum."
"Drop me off" Ella finished for her mother, "yeah sure" Everyone was used to the fact that Monica couldn't drive now, and that if Ella was to have any hint of a normal life her friends and their parents had to do more than their fair share.
"Have fun!" Monica called as Ella practically ran out of the door. It always amazed Monica that her little girl had been through so much and yet she still had so much spirit. She stared at the door and hoped her daughter would be ok.
Just as she turned and slowly began the walk back to her wheelchair the door banged open.
"Did you forget something?"
"No I've only just got here" came Phoebe's confused reply.
Monica smiled at her friend, and plopped herself into her wheelchair "I thought you were Ella, she's just left"
"I know I passed her on the stairs. But that's not why I'm here. What I really wanted to know is if you wanna come for a meal with me and the guys?"
Monica nodded and thought to herself how much things had changed. Five years ago she never would have thought there would ever be a gang again, or that they would ever go anywhere with her again. But Monica didn't like to dwell on the past. What was done was done and she couldn't change that.
"OK!" said Phoebe excitedly. "I'll meet you here at 6"
"Yeah, fine" Monica replied, "Oh! Wait! You got any plans now?"
"Yep" Phoebe nodded smugly. "Me, Mike and an apartment"
"I hate you sometimes" Monica said a smile playing around her lips. Phoebe just stuck her tongue out until Monica waved her hand towards the door, "Go!"
After Phoebe had left Monica was faced with a dilemma. She didn't feel like spending the afternoon alone, and she couldn't go anywhere without someone to help her. Eventually she decided to call Joey. He was always there when she needed him.
She picked up the phone and began dialling his number. After a few rings he picked up.
"Joey Tribianni. How you doin'?"
Monica smiled, "Hey it's Monica. I just wondered where you were, I was getting lonely"
"Don't worry. I'm just on my way home. And anyway where's Ella?"
"Stacey's"
"Jesus. The amount of time she spends there she might as well live there!"
"You sound just like her father!" Monica said jokingly. But as soon as the words were out of her mouth she regretted them.
"Yeah, well I kinda have to be, the bastard whose names on her birth certificate abandoned her, something I could never do to an innocent child"
Monica hesitated. She knew how much Joey hated Chandler now. Joey was Ella and Georgia's Godfather and had always treated them as his own. Monica didn't think he could ever forgive Chandler for abandoning his favourite girls.
"I know Joey. I didn't think. I'm sorry"
"It's not your fault you married a bastard. Look I gotta go. I'll see you in a few minutes OK?"
"Sure, can't wait" and with that she hung up.
Now she had ten minutes to wait. She just felt like a chat at the moment. She ran threw a mental checklist. Phoebe was with Mike, so that was two no's. Ross was at some conference, another no. She thought to Rachel, but it was Emma's target setting day today so she was out until at least 5. There was always Katie and Jamie, from her support group. But she had never liked them. All they did was talk about their disabilities. As if that was all they were. Monica hated her wheelchair but she was stuck with it so she figured she should just get on with her life.
She looked at the TV, but after 7 years of not working she had seen enough TV shows to put her off for life! She figured she might as well make a start on tidying Ella's room. Cleanliness was not something Monica had passed on to her daughter. Just as she reached Ella's room she heard a knock on the door. My god! When was Joey ever going to remember his keys?! She hated answering the door in her wheelchair so she eased herself up and reached for her crutches. Wondering how Joey ever remembered where he lived, she slowly walked over to the door.
"That was quick!!" she said as she opened it. Just then she froze.
"Can I come in?" Chandler asked
Authors Note - Ooooo what's gonna happen?!?!?!? You'll just have to wait and see! Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, and it's good to know there are so many more ER fans! I hardly know anyone in England who watches it! I just need to ask all my faithful (?) fans one question. I need there to be romance in this and I was originally gonna have Monica dating Joey, but in my last series (In the Summertime) people didn't seem to like the M/J angle. So do you think it should be Monica and Joey or should Monica forgive Chandler and get back with him? I'd really appreciate your ideas. Thanks!!!!
~Friends Babe~