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This is for Emily who convinced me to update. Enjoy!
Dreams Coming True
Ross, Rachel and Phoebe were woken up by shouts and cries coming from Chandler's room. They all exchanged worried looked and jumped up, walking towards the room just as Dr O'Connor did too. When they entered they saw Monica hugging Chandler tightly while Joey stood by her side, both had tears rolling down their faces. All their eyes turned to Chandler, expecting to see him lying motionlessly like before but they never, his eyes were half open, looking around confused.
"Oh my god!" Rachel screeched running to the other side of the bed. "Oh, I'm so glad you're awake!"
"Mr Bing? How you feeling?" The doctor asked.
"Like I've been hit with a car…" Chandler mumbled weakly.
"Can you remember what happened?"
"I was the phone…" He said, slowly. "There was a noise and then I saw the car…that's all.."
"Well, you've been very lucky…We had to operated to reduce the swelling on your brain…"
Chandler closed his eyes again, he felt exhausted, he managed to re-open them and he tried to concentrate on what the doctor was saying.
"I think it might be best if you get some more rest, you'll be able to talk to you in the morning…" Dr O'Connor told him.
"Yeah, you just get better, okay…" Monica whispered, taking his hand.
He smiled weakly and gave her hand a gentle squeeze.
"We'll let you sleep…" Ross said, "we'll be right outside…"
"Yeah." Rachel nodded, leaning down and hugging lightly. "I'm so glad you're okay."
"Me too! You scared us!" Phoebe added.
"Sorry…" Chandler mumbled, managing another small smile.
"See you in a bit, dude…" Joey grinned happily at him as he followed Rachel, Ross and Phoebe out. "I need food!"
Chandler shook his head slightly as they left and then looked back at his wife.
"Why don't you go get something to eat…" He said quietly.
"I wanna stay with you…"
"I'll be fine…"
"I am a bit hungry…" She said slowly, suddenly remembering about the baby.
"Okay then…I'll be okay…I'm not going anywhere…" Chandler reassured her.
"I'll hold you to that, Bing…" She grinned at him, giving him a light kiss on the lips. "I'll be straight back…"
"I know…" He nodded. "I love you…"
"I love you to…" She gave him another quick kiss before leaving the room.
"Okay, then Chandler…I'll leave you to get some rest…" Dr O'Connor smiled at him. "If you need anything, just press that button…"
"Actually there is something…" Chandler stopped him and pointed down to his plastered leg. "About my leg…"
"Ah right, well your left leg took most of the impacted of the car…. It's a pretty nasty break and we may need to operate later…"
"What about my right leg?" Chandler asked.
The doctor frowned slightly before moving to the side of the bed. He placed his hand on the top of his right leg and squeezed it gently.
"Can you feel that?"
"No…"
"What about this?" O'Connor moved his hand further down his leg. He repeated the same thing, each time Chandler shook his head. "Okay, right…we need to do a scan…to see what's going on.."
"What do you think it is?" Chandler asked, suspecting the worst.
"I can't say at this stage…I'm sorry…" He smiled sympathetically.
XxXxX
"So, did you tell?" Rachel whispered to Monica as they all walked back from the canteen towards Chandler's room.
"Rach, he just woke up… he didn't really seem awake…" Monica rolled her eyes.
"When you going to tell him?" She asked excitedly. It had only really hit her that Monica and Chandler were going to have a baby. Before she was worried about Chandler but now he was awake, she couldn't help but get excited about the news."I dunno…later…"
"What's later?" Ross came up behind them.
"Nothing…" Monica told him, walking into Chandler's room to see it was empty. "Where's he gone?"
"Maybe they've moved him?" Phoebe said, as they all tried not to panic.
"Excuse me?" Ross stopped a nurse, who was walking past. "Do you know what's happened to Chandler Bing?"
"Oh, he's been taken up for some tests…"
"What sort of tests?" Monica questioned.
"I don't know, sorry…. he'll be back in a minute."
"Mon, don't worry…I'm sorry everything is okay…" Ross reassured her.
"Yeah, its just some tests!" Rachel added.
"Yeah, I guess…" She forced a smile, sitting down to wait for Chandler's return.
They all sat in silence for over 15 minutes until Chandler was pushed back into the room.
"Hey…I thought you said you wasn't going anywhere…" Monica laughed slightly, trying to hide the concern in her voice.
"Yeah, sorry…" He replied, tiredly.
"Well, that doesn't matter…you just get some sleep…" She told him. "Do you need anything?"
"No…just…can you just sit with me?" He asked, fear creping in his voice.
"Yeah, of course…" Monica sat down, taking his hand, watching as Chandler slowly close his eyes; drifting off to sleep.
"We'll be outside…" Ross said quietly as the 4 of the left.
Monica watched as Chandler slept, she had been so scared that he wasn't going to make it. She didn't know what she would do without him; he was her soul mate, her best friend, her life….
Tears fell down her face just thinking about how close she came to losing him.
XxXxX
"Morning!" Rachel said cheerfully as she walked into the room the next day after Ross and her had returned from seeing Emma and getting some clothes and stuff for the others.
"How you feeling?" Ross asked Chandler.
"Tired…" Chandler shrugged, not really paying attention.
"Oh right…" Ross glanced at the others quickly. "Oh hey, guess what Emma did yesterday?"
"What?"
"She kept saying your name!" Ross grinned, hoping it would cheer Chandler up.
"Yeah? Cool…" He replied, distantly.
Rachel moved towards Monica. "Have you told him yet?"
"No, I haven't had chance…" She said quietly, so no one could hear. "He seems distracted this morning…"
"Oh, well I just he was freaking out because of the baby…" Rachel frowned.
"You think he's going to freak out?" Monica panicked.
"No, no..I'm sure he'll be thrilled about it!" Rachel said quickly. "You said yourself this is what you both wanted…"
"Yeah, yeah…You're right.." Monica nodded.
No one spoke; they all looked around each other, wondering what to say while Chandler lied still staring up at the ceiling. All their eyes turned to look at Dr O'Connor as he walked through the door.
"Good morning…" He said to them all. "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to ask you to leave…"
"Is everything alright?" Joey asked in concern.
"Sorry, I can't tell you that…if Mr and Mrs Bing decided to discuss this with you later then that's their choice…but I can't…sorry.."
"It's alright, Joe…I'll talk to later…" Chandler said, nearly choking on his words. He hadn't told anyone that he couldn't feel anything bellow his waist. He didn't want to worry and now it was time find out what was wrong and he was terrified.
The 4 looked questionable at each other, before leaving silently wondering what was going on.
"Okay, so what's wrong?" Monica asked, concerned.
"Last night, we did some tests…" The doctor started to explain. "We've gotten the results back."
"What sort of tests?" She glanced over at Chandler; his eyes were still fixed on the ceiling. He reached for his hands, noticing he was shaking with nerves.
"It seems that Chandler's spinal cord has been damaged…."
"Well, what does that mean?"
"He'll need surgery again, hopefully we'll be able to repair it…."
"Am…am…am I going to be able to walk again?" Chandler stuttered, tears pooling in his eyes.
"We went know until after the operation…if all goes well, then yes but it will take some time and you'll need a lot of psycho…"
"What's the chance of that?" Monica asked, sitting staring shocked at the doctor.
"I'm sorry, I don't know how much damage has been done until after surgery…"
"So, I may there walk again?" Chandler choked, finally letting the tears fall from his eyes.
"I'm sorry."
Monica's arms admittedly went around Chandler, hugging him closing while trying to assure him that everything will be okay.
TBC
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