Rachel, Phoebe, Joey and Ross sat back down on the comfortable chairs in the private waiting room after Monica left. Ross looked to his left and saw that Phoebe and Rachel were still crying silently. But Joey was staring straight ahead with an emotion void expression on his face. He actually looked as numb as Ross felt.
Ross wanted to close his eyes and escape reality for a while when a nurse entered the room.
"Excuse me please, are you here for Chandler Bing?" she asked. Ross nodded when none of the others answered. The woman came over to him and handed him a big paper bag. On the questioning look Ross gave her she explained that the bag contained the things Chandler had on him when he was brought in. After finishing her task she gave Ross a last sympathetic smile and left.
Ross felt three curious pairs of eyes on him so he looked at every one of his friends before opening the large bag. With a puzzled look on his face he pulled out a pair of shoes he had never seen Chandler wearing.
A scream he knew came from Monica let him and the others jump up before he could pull out Chandler's briefcase.
Monica couldn't hold her view on the extremely damaged body lying before her. She didn't know if she could muster up enough courage again to look at Chandler. But before she would know she had to find the right room. She must have entered the wrong one since the person on the table wasn't Chandler.
She decided to ask someone for the right OR and stepped back into the hallway. She looked back in the direction where she came from before but didn't see anyone who worked at the hospital. She turned her head to the right just as she heard the near elevator doors open with a 'ding'.
"Monica?" a voice Monica had believed to never hear again asked.
She spun around and with a scream relieving all the anguish built up during the day she threw herself in the arms of her very much alive husband.
Monica heard footsteps shortly before she and Chandler got joined in their hug by four more people.
"Excuse me, but what's going on?" Monica heard Dr. Miller ask.
"I don't know." She answered happily, still holding on to Chandler. "But this is my husband, Chandler Bing." Monica pointed at Chandler. "I don't know the person in there." She said gesturing to the room behind them.
"But we identified him using his wallet and briefcase." The doctor said doubtful.
"Yeah, I got mugged this morning." Chandler said. "You must have accidentally confused him to be me because he had my stuff."
"But the photo on the ID card...we were sure it was the man carrying the wallet." The doctor said confused, studying Chandler more closely.
"Well, I'm not good at letting pictures taken of me." Chandler said a little embarrassed. "And the guy looked a little like me."
Monica took a step back and noticed his disarranged exterior and the bloody grazes on his face. She touched Chandler's cheek, worry already reappearing on her face.
"But you're ok, right Chandler?" She asked.
"Don't worry, Mon. Just a few scratches and two bumps on my head." He reassured Monica. "He hit me on the side of my head and pushed me into the street where I bumped my head too. Then everything went black. But thank god the cars could stop before running me over."
"Well, I guess your mugger didn't have that much luck." Phoebe said and gestured at the OR.
"Chandler…" Monica whispered. "I don't feel that good." With that she blacked out and would have fallen to the floor if Chandler hadn't caught her.
"Chandler!" Monica woke up suddenly startling Chandler who sat dozing beside her bed. She looked around and saw that she was in a hospital room.
"Easy there, Mon. You almost scared me to death." Chandler said clutching his chest.
"What happened?" Monica wanted to know lying back down in the bed.
"Hmm, let me ask you a few questions first." Chandler said. "Remember how you were often annoyed by little things lately?"
"Yeah." Monica answered carefully not really sure what Chandler was trying to say.
"And remember your weird hunger for chocolate cake sometimes during the last couple of weeks?" Chandler went on.
"Yeah, so? Then I ate a little more recently and put on a few pounds. I can't believe that bothers you. You said you would love me even if I'd balloon up. And I'm far from ballooning up, Mister!" Monica raged but got confused when she saw the silly smile on Chandler's face. "What are you grinning about?"
"I just can't believe you don't know where I'm going with this." He chuckled.
"Well, I don't!" Monica replied getting really mad. "And what has all that to do with me passing out?" she wanted to know.
"Ok, ok." Chandler relented. "I'll tell you. Well, the doctor said that all the excitement today was too much for you and the baby."
"Ba…baby?" Monica didn't know what to say.
"Yes…baby." Chandler confirmed, not being able to hold the happiness in any longer he laughed and pulled the still stunned looking Monica into his arms.
"Are we really pregnant?" Monica needed to ask again, her face pressed on Chandler's shoulder.
"We really are." Chandler verified stroking Monica's hair to calm her down.
"So now we don't need Erica's baby anymore." Chandler joked but Monica didn't see his smile. She pulled back from him with shock written over her face.
"Chandler Bing, when you even think about backing out of the adoption now I'll have to kill you." She threatened.
"Gee, Mon. I was just kidding." Chandler apologized.
"You know I don't find jokes like that funny. Especially when you make jokes about our kids." Monica admonished. But then she realized what she just said. "Oh my god, we'll have two babies, Chandler."
"I know." Chandler said. He couldn't believe he was so cool about it. But he had a little time to think things through while Monica was out cold and by the time she woke up he was actually so happy he couldn't wait for the babies to be born.
"Two babies, Chandler." Monica repeated beaming up at Chandler. "I love you." She added.
"I love you too, Mrs. Bing." Chandler smiled and with one hand resting on Monica's belly he added: "And I love you, baby Bing."
The End
AN (contains Final Episode Spoilers): Since this kinda takes place during the show's timeline Chandler and Monica will actually end up with three kids. And I would like to quote Rachel here: 'I'm just sorry I won't be around to watch you two attempt to handle this.' Who else cried out 'Me too.' at that point? What, just me? Oh and was it just me too or did Monica look pregnant during the last few episodes? ;-) hehe.
So, that's it. I'm done. I finished a story in under a year. Yay. I hope you liked reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you did like it then please tell me so in a review. Even if you just write 'I liked it.' It'd mean a lot to me.
