Authors Note: I need some help in making some words italic because I type
up all of my stories on word and it never really seems to show up when I
post it here. Anyway, this story is going to differ from the history on
the show, obviously. Hope that you enjoy this chapter. Oh and please
review! I'd appreciate any comments that you may have! Thanks
Chapter 1
The air smelled of chlorine mixed with urine, but Chandler did not mind. The bathroom of the hospital was a refuge from the chaotic world around him. Everything that had happened to him in the past six months have seemed so unreal, but today was the day that reality was going to hit him, hard. Senior year of high school was supposed to be about hanging out with friends, searching for college, getting your driver license, and anxiously anticipate turning eighteen. However, the day that his mother made the decision for him changed the whole course of his life.
Chandler looked at himself in the mirror. He was just putting the blame on someone else; it was not his mother's fault why he was in this mess. Sure, he could have taken the easy way out and have let Kristen get an abortion, but he knew that probably in the long run, he would have greatly regretted that decision. What caused him to tremble with fear was the idea that he would be raising this baby alone. The only way that Kristen agreed to have the baby was if she was able to sign over all parental custody. Which meant, no support from her or her family: emotionally or financially. Chandler took one last look at himself in the mirror before entering back into reality.
"There you are!" Nora shrieked grabbing hold of Chandler's arm and pulling him down the long white corridor, "She's almost about to deliver! You're going to be a dad soon! This is so exciting." Nora gushed. Chandler's face turned ghost white and he could feel the sweat beads form on his head and his hands felt slimy. "Don't worry Chandler, I'm going to be here to help you." Nora reassured him.
"I know." Chandler meekly replied. His heart almost stopped when he reached the door to Kristen's room. He stood there for a minute not able to walk in. They had not talked very much since she had told him about the pregnancy, except when he accompanied her to doctor, and he had just felt weird. Something between them had changed during that time and that hurt him because she was his first love. Taking a deep breath Chandler allowed his hand to touch the cool door and he pushed his way inside.
Kristen glared up at him, speaking hatred with her eyes. Chandler gulped, "Hey how are you doing?" He asked taking the chair next to her bed, wishing that his mother had accompanied him into the room.
"How do you think I'm doing?" Kristen asked bitterly. She turned her head away from him but he could see the tear roll down her cheek.
"I'm sorry it ended up like this." Chandler apologetically whispered. He hated this. A baby should bring people together, not tear them even further apart. Not knowing what came over him, Chandler reached out to hold Kristen's hand.
"Whose fault is that?" She replied as she wrenched her hand away from Chandlers. Although Chandler expected that, he would be lying if he said that it did not hurt. Even though Chandler wanted to leave to the room, he stayed in there with Kristen because neither of her parents were there and he just felt like it was the least that he could do.
For the seven hours that Kristen was in labor both she and Chandler stood in total silence with the exception of when the doctors came in to check on her and when Kristen was screaming out in pain. Once in a while Nora would pop her head in to check up on everything, but when the obstetrician said that the baby's head was crowning, she stood in the room for good.
"It's a baby girl! Congratulations." The doctor's voice boomed in the tiny room. Nora looked at Chandler who surprisingly had tears in his eyes. When Kristen was asked if she wanted to hold the baby she vehemently refused.
Chandler looked at his little girl and he did not know what it was, but a sensation was building up inside of him. Maybe it was fear mixed with love, he could not fully explain it, but what he did know that it felt strangely good. Everything happened for a reason, right? There had to be some reason why this baby girl was brought into the world. His baby girl. "Oh my God, I'm a father..." Chandler blankly stated. Nora tenderly gave her son a hug as if to say that everything was going to be ok. This was merely just a bump in the road... a very beautiful bump.
Chapter 1
The air smelled of chlorine mixed with urine, but Chandler did not mind. The bathroom of the hospital was a refuge from the chaotic world around him. Everything that had happened to him in the past six months have seemed so unreal, but today was the day that reality was going to hit him, hard. Senior year of high school was supposed to be about hanging out with friends, searching for college, getting your driver license, and anxiously anticipate turning eighteen. However, the day that his mother made the decision for him changed the whole course of his life.
Chandler looked at himself in the mirror. He was just putting the blame on someone else; it was not his mother's fault why he was in this mess. Sure, he could have taken the easy way out and have let Kristen get an abortion, but he knew that probably in the long run, he would have greatly regretted that decision. What caused him to tremble with fear was the idea that he would be raising this baby alone. The only way that Kristen agreed to have the baby was if she was able to sign over all parental custody. Which meant, no support from her or her family: emotionally or financially. Chandler took one last look at himself in the mirror before entering back into reality.
"There you are!" Nora shrieked grabbing hold of Chandler's arm and pulling him down the long white corridor, "She's almost about to deliver! You're going to be a dad soon! This is so exciting." Nora gushed. Chandler's face turned ghost white and he could feel the sweat beads form on his head and his hands felt slimy. "Don't worry Chandler, I'm going to be here to help you." Nora reassured him.
"I know." Chandler meekly replied. His heart almost stopped when he reached the door to Kristen's room. He stood there for a minute not able to walk in. They had not talked very much since she had told him about the pregnancy, except when he accompanied her to doctor, and he had just felt weird. Something between them had changed during that time and that hurt him because she was his first love. Taking a deep breath Chandler allowed his hand to touch the cool door and he pushed his way inside.
Kristen glared up at him, speaking hatred with her eyes. Chandler gulped, "Hey how are you doing?" He asked taking the chair next to her bed, wishing that his mother had accompanied him into the room.
"How do you think I'm doing?" Kristen asked bitterly. She turned her head away from him but he could see the tear roll down her cheek.
"I'm sorry it ended up like this." Chandler apologetically whispered. He hated this. A baby should bring people together, not tear them even further apart. Not knowing what came over him, Chandler reached out to hold Kristen's hand.
"Whose fault is that?" She replied as she wrenched her hand away from Chandlers. Although Chandler expected that, he would be lying if he said that it did not hurt. Even though Chandler wanted to leave to the room, he stayed in there with Kristen because neither of her parents were there and he just felt like it was the least that he could do.
For the seven hours that Kristen was in labor both she and Chandler stood in total silence with the exception of when the doctors came in to check on her and when Kristen was screaming out in pain. Once in a while Nora would pop her head in to check up on everything, but when the obstetrician said that the baby's head was crowning, she stood in the room for good.
"It's a baby girl! Congratulations." The doctor's voice boomed in the tiny room. Nora looked at Chandler who surprisingly had tears in his eyes. When Kristen was asked if she wanted to hold the baby she vehemently refused.
Chandler looked at his little girl and he did not know what it was, but a sensation was building up inside of him. Maybe it was fear mixed with love, he could not fully explain it, but what he did know that it felt strangely good. Everything happened for a reason, right? There had to be some reason why this baby girl was brought into the world. His baby girl. "Oh my God, I'm a father..." Chandler blankly stated. Nora tenderly gave her son a hug as if to say that everything was going to be ok. This was merely just a bump in the road... a very beautiful bump.