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Nightmare

Chandler looked down at Monica, as she slept in his arms, his heart filling with love. He glanced at the clock that stood on the bedside table and saw it was 1:30, they had gone to bed nearly 3 hours ago and he was still wide awake, just thinking about his life.

He sighed and slowly moved from under Monica; he looked back at her before quietly walking out their bedroom.

He walked down the hall, glancing into the guestroom, checking that his Mom was asleep before heading into Robbie's room.

He covered his son up and sat down on the side of his bed, watching him sleep.

He had done the same thing every night for the past 3 weeks. He'd go to bed, like normal with Monica and then after a couple of hours, when he was sure she was asleep he would slip out the room.

It had been a month since his father's death and for the week after his funeral Chandler had similar nightmare he had on that night. Most of the time it was the same one, him finding himself in their old house and his father blaming him for his death, sometimes his Mom would be there and he would have to watch his Dad punch, slapping, kicking her and he couldn't do anything to stop him. The one that scared him the most was instead of him and his Mom it was Robbie and Monica and instead of his Dad dealing out the beatings, it was him.

After a week of the nightmares, he decided he couldn't take it any more and just stopped sleeping…he couldn't have them if he didn't sleep, he told himself.

Robbie mumbling something in his sleep, startled him, bring him back to reality. He leaned down kissed his son's forehead lightly before exiting the room.

He rubbed his eyes as he made his way downstairs and into the kitchen to make himself a strong cup of coffee.

He drunk a lot lately to keep him alert, he knew it wasn't good for him not to be sleeping and sometimes dozed in a light slumber but he wouldn't allow himself to dream. He was exhausted, not only was he not sleeping but also he spent any of his spare time playing with Robbie or helping Monica out because he didn't want her to do much being pregnant. He knew it drove her mad for him to treat her like a baby but he with everything he had been through in the last month, he was terrified of something going wrong, he didn't think he could cope if it did.

He knew Ross had noticed he was doing to much work and warned him to slow down before he got ill but he assured him, he was fine and carried on.

As he poured his drink out, he thought about his plans for the next day. It was Saturday so he didn't have to work, he was going to start work on the nursery with Joey but he had auditions all day so Chandler decided to start by himself.

He also decided to go shopping with Monica and Rachel to help pick out some new baby clothes. Normally he wouldn't even think about going, not with Rachel anyway, she could shop for world but it was something to keep him busy, stopping his mind wondering off to think about the nightmares and what they meant.

He hated thinking about the, that's why he didn't accept time off work once they heard about his Dad. Before he would sit in his office playing games or looking on the internet but now he worked hard, refusing to think of anything other then work. His bosses were so pleased at how much work he had got down; they gave him a rise, which was needed with the baby coming soon.

He smiled formed on his lips as he thought about it; in 1 month he was going to be a father again. He couldn't wait, he had already planned how he was going to decorate the nursery and Monica was worried that it wouldn't be done in time but he was glad that they left it so late, giving him an extra excuse to work harder on it.

He sighed and downed the rest of his coffee before filling his cup again and then he pulled out his laptop.

He clicked onto the Internet and started search for houses in near by for his Mom. Since his Dad's death, she decided she wanted to closer to Chandler and the family. While she was looking for the right house, she stayed with them. Chandler loved her living with them, he didn't think he would but after everything he wanted to have a closer relationship to his Mom. Even though he was more then willing to let her stay with them, he knew she wanted her own place. She loved them all very much but with a four year old, it wasn't quiet enough for her to write her books plus she didn't want to be in the way when the baby arrived.

Chandler had offered to help her look for a place, telling her he did it while he was at work but it was a task set aside for night.

He found a few suitable places, reading over the details to make sure they were right for her, before printing them out. He put them away in a tidy, organized that even Monica would be proud of.

Once he done that he looked at the clock to see it was nearly 4am. He poured himself yet another coffee, knowing it was the only way to stay awake. He sat at the kitchen table, sipping his drink while letting his mind wondered about various different things, Monica, the Baby, Robbie, his friends, his Mom, His Dad…

As soon as he thought about Charles, he stood up quickly and poured his drank down the sink before washing up the cup so that Monica didn't get suspicious when she got up.

He silently head back to their bedroom and carefully got back into bed. Moments after lying down, Monica rolled over, cuddling up to him. He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer. He just lied there watching her sleep, determined not to hurt her or Robbie the way he was.

At 6:30, the alarm came on and once Chandler heard the annoying beep, he closed his eyes just like he did most morning to make Monica think he was still asleep.

He continued 'sleep' while she reached over him to turn it off. He felt her hand on his cheek and he slowly fluttered his eyes open as she began to caress his face.

"Morning," She smiled at him, giving him a small kiss.

"Hey…" He smiled back before pulling her back down into his arms.

"I need I get up…" she sighed, softly.

"Okay…" He complied but didn't move or loosen his hold on her.

She didn't either for a few minutes, she just lay with him realising the feeling of being in his arms. She had been worried about him after his Dad's death, he would wake up screaming out but he wouldn't tell her what the nightmares were about but after a few days they seemed to stop and he was back to acting normal. She, like Ross had noticed he was working harder at work and spent most of his spare time doing something not really resting but she figured he would settle down a bit once she had the baby, knowing how excited he was about it.

"Okay, I really need to get up now." She told him, moving away from him.

She noticed him getting up to, she smiled before he would stay in bed until the last minute and then would slowly make his way to work, not worried about being late. Now he got up at the same time as her, help get Robbie ready for school while made breakfast.

As he walked towards the bathroom door, she stopped him and kissed him slowly.

"What was that for?" He asked, once they broke apart.

"For being you…" She replied before racing towards the bathroom herself, "Plus I wanted a shower first."

He watched close the door behind her and laughed quietly. I'm so lucky he told himself as he went to wake Robbie up.

XxXxX

"Hey guys…" Ross said as he and Rachel walked in to see everyone else already there. They had moved into together a few weeks ago and were so happy with being with each other.

The other all replied various greeting except Chandler who was slumped in his chair, slowly pushing his food around his plate.

"You alright, Man?" He frowned in concern.

"Huh?" Chandler looked up; he hadn't been paying attention to what had been going around him.

He felt ill; lack of sleep and rest was really putting a strain on him. It didn't help that he had to chase Robbie around this morning either.

"What's up?" Joey asked him, as they turned their attention to him.

"Oh, nothing I'm fine.." He forced a smile.

"You sure?"

"I'm fine…" He insisted, sipping his 2nd coffee since he had got back up.

"Okay…" Monica said, a bit unsure but shrugged it off before turning to Rachel, "Well, something must be wrong cos he's offered to come shopping with us."

"What?" She asked, eyeing him, "but he's a Boy."

Chandler rolled his eyes, "Its for my baby you know!"

"But you're a boy!" She repeated.

"So?!"

"Alright, alright…calm down!" She held her hands up in defence.

3 hours later, Chandler entered walked back into the house. Monica had sent him home when he noticed that he was having trouble keeping up with them. She told him he looked exhausted and to go and get some rest.

He collapsed onto the couch and turned on the TV. Before he knew it, he was in a light slumber slipping into a deeper sleep but once he realised he was dreaming to forced himself awake.

He stood up and paced the leaving, raking his fingers through his hair. He hated this, he felt so ill and all he wanted to do was sleep but he wouldn't allow himself to.

He decided he needed to do something to take his mind off it when he thought about the baby's nursery. He could start that! He grinned to himself and headed up stairs.

They had already brought all the paint and stuff so he was able to start work straight away. He shivered as he started to paint the wall a pale yellow; he glanced at the open window next to him and pulled it shut. He knew he should keep it open to help with all the paint fumes but he was freezing and already had a thick jumper on.

He continued to paint, ignoring his pounded headache, effects from both exhaustion and the fumes.

He reached up to brush the sweat off his forehead; even though he was sweating he was still cold. His stomach turned and he thought he was going to be sick, he ignored the temperature and moved to open the window again to let in some much needed fresh air.

Just as he reached for the lock, his legs buckled from under him and he gripped onto the windowsill to stop from falling as the room spun, suddenly everything went back and his body collapsed to the floor.

TBC

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