The Bings New House

It was very late when Monica pulled the car up to the house. Jack and Erica were fast asleep and she looked over as her husband was as well.

She looked through the windshield at the two story house and smiled. All her dreams were coming true. As a little girl , she and Rachel would talk and plan when they had their own house and children. She saw the slightest bit of drool on Chandler's face and knew that he was indeed asleep. Lightly she kissed his cheek and whispered, "We're here."

Chandler let his blue eyes flutter open. He stretched and got out of the car. For one moment, they let their infants sleep. With his arm around Monica, he walked onto the porch of their new house.

"Well here it is. Our new home." he announced with pride.

They peeked into the large picture window and saw their furniture. The furniture that was in the apartment and a ton of boxes stacked on top of each other was piled in the corner. The barca lounger was pushed against a wall and proudly stood the big white dog.

"Damn they didn't break it." swore Monica.

Looking in the back seat, Jack and Erica began to stir again. On the ready, Mom and Dad ran to hold their tiny babies.

"Look guys, it's your new home." Chandler said as he held up Erica. Jack cooed and grabbed his Mommy's hair. Together they walked back up the stairs and in the front door.

Monica noticed a dining room set. They hadn't bought one of those yet , so she wondered where it came from. On it sat a rather elaborate note,

Couldn't let my son and his family not have a table to eat their meals off of in their new house. Just a little housewarming gift…love nora.

"My mother, " laughed Chandler. "Maybe my father sent us a vanity set." he joked.

"I think it is sweet." Monica said as they climbed the stairs to the second floor. There was a special surprise , the walls in the nursery had one wall painted a shade of purple similar to the one in the old apartment. Chandler had this done as a surprise.

"Oh how sweet, I love you." Monica said as she kissed him. The nursery had already been set up so the babies could be settled right in. There was a lot of work to be done and Jack and Erica should be occupied right away.

Monica laid Erica in her crib with a special mobile that played music and had little animals on it. Monica winded it up and she laughed as it went around. The mobile was a gift from her Aunt Phoebe and Uncle Mike. The blanket was made of the softest cashmere and Erica clutched it around her little body. Erica couldn't gotten a better gift from her Aunt Rachel.

Jack was surrounded by stuffed animals as he wore a tiny Knicks shirt from his Uncle Joey. He seemed to want to clutch a stuffed red dinosaur and then wrap himself in his own blanket. Uncle Joey got him his own stuffed penguin as well. He was taking no chances, this nephew wasn't going to steal his beloved Hugsy.

A rocking chair sat in the corner, a gift from Carol and Susan. Monica still had such fondness for her former sister in law. After all, she gave her a wonderful nephew, Ben. The changing table was a gift from the Tribbianis for the babies. All of the sisters chipped in and bought them two tables and a supply of diapers. After changing them and feeding them, the two babies laid down and napped again. The parents were glad of this respite from their newborn babies.

"We have got to get started ." Monica said in her no nonsense Monica way. She put her hands together and took out a clipboard. She went down stairs and saw something on the living room wall that made her weep. Chandler had taken one of the last pictures taken of the group and had it put in a nice frame and had it hung over the mantlepiece.

Their family..they were all sitting on the couch at Central Perk. Joey sat with a muffin in his hand. Phoebe draped her arm over Joey. Monica sat on Chandler's lap and even though they were days away from reconciling there was a look in their eyes as Ross draped his arm around his friend Rachel and their daughter, Emma.

Monica started to sort through the boxes. On the side of one of them was the word CRAP. She shook her head, had to be Joey. At that point, she heard noise coming from a specially constructed box. Unmistakably it sounded like a little bird going peep and a ducking's quack.

"Ah you guys, we're here. " Chandler said as he picked up the bird and started to strike its feathers with his finger.

"Get those things out of my house. You are damn lucky that I let you keep them." Monica said as she ran over with a towel to clean the spot where the birds pooped.

"They were a gift, I couldn't get rid of them." Chandler said as he packed the birds and headed for the garage.

Monica decided that the first order of business was to unpack the bedroom so they could sleep tonight. She unpacked a new package of yellow sheets and made up their bed. Lovingly she tucked the creases under the mattress for correct hospital corners. Sometimes she was so compulsive it even scared her. Her penchant for neatness and then the Geller trait of competitiveness made her the neurotic Monica that everyone loved. She couldn't wait to play hostess for the first time., especially to her mother. She would show Judy that she was just as good as her precious Ross.

Chandler came back in the house and he had a surprise in his hand. A pizza and a bottle of wine and two glasses. Monica pulled out the candlesticks she wrestled away from Rachel. She lit the candles and they both kept a watch for any activity from the nursery.

"To our new home and family, the Bings." he raised a glass and clinked it with Monica's.

Next Ross and Rachel have the talk and Emma comes home.