Hey, I've started a new series, so let me know what you think of this.

It's set about 10 months after the final.

Things Change

Chandler sighed and put the phone down after waiting 2 minute for someone to pick up. He stared at it for a few seconds, wondering if they would ring back but there was silence. He shook his head slightly and turned to head up stairs.

He glanced quickly into the twins' room, a small smile formed on his lips when he saw them both fast asleep. He walked over quietly and stood in the doorway to his and Monica's room.

"There was no answer…" He told her, as he leant against the wall, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

"Oh, well you can try again later…" She replied, looking up at him as she was folding some of his clothes up and putting them into a bag.

"Yeah…" Chandler said quietly. There was silence as he just watched what she was doing. "Are you sure about this?"

"I thought we both agreed?" She stopped what she was doing but never looked at him.

"Yeah…but I just wanted to check…"

"Oh."

"Do you need any help?" Chandler offered a few more seconds of silence.

"Umm, why don't you go sort the twins?" Monica said.

"Yeah, okay…" Chandler nodded, giving her a small smile before leaving.

He quietly became to pull out some of the twins clothes and nearly putting them into a bag. He reached across the dresser to grab some of their stuff animal when his hand brushed against a picture frame. He picked it up and stared at it. It was taken the day the twins were born, Jack in Monica's arms and Erica in Chandler's both of them grinning happily at their newborn babies.

He traced his thumb long the glass as he look down at his family.

"Da!" Chandler turned around to see Erica staring at him.

"Hey, baby girl…" He smiled at her, walking over to her crib. "You should be sleeping."

"Da!" She said again, grinning up at him whilst holding her arms out.

Chandler laughed slightly as he bent down and picked her up, holding her close to him. He quickly looked at his son, to see him still asleep; he reached down with one hand to brush his cheek slightly. He sighed when he felt Erica grab hold of the gold chain that was hanging around his neck. He started walking around, bouncing up and down slightly, trying to get her to go back to sleep.

"Come on, baby…" He whispered. "You need to sleep…"

"Da!" Was her only response

"You really need to learn some more words, sweetie…" Chandler smiled down at her. She had said her first word 'Da' two weeks ago but it was the only thing she would say. Jack first word was a couple of days later and for some reason it was 'cook' which Monica translated into cookie once she found out Chandler was giving him tiny bits off his.

Chandler kissed the top his daughter's head and gently put her back in her crib when he saw she was sleep again. He watched his children for a while before going back to what he was doing before. He zipped up the bag once he was finished just as a single tear slowly rolled down his face.

XxXxX

"Feet!" Joey whacked Michael's legs with the vacuum.

"Why are you so stressed?" Michael asked his uncle as he lifted up his feet.

"My friends are coming from New York!"

"I thought that wasn't for another two days…." Gina stated.

"I know but I need to get everything clean."

"It is clean." Michael told him.

"Yeah but it's not Monica clean!" Joey moaned.

"Joey, you're friends aren't going to care how clean your house is!"

"Huh! You don't know Monica!"

"Look, its late, why don't I stay here tonight and then tomorrow we can get started really early." Gina suggested.

Joey was silent for a minute as he thought it over. Ignoring Michael waving his arms behind her fervently. "Yeah, okay…"

"Alright, then…" Gina grinned at him and turned then turned to Michael. "This is going to be so much fun!"

"Yes! Fun!" Her son replied, glaring at his uncle slightly.

XxXxX

"Mom, it's 6:30!" Michael moaned as Gina dragged him out of his room.

"I know but we promised we'd help Joey with the cleaning."

"So why isn't he up?"

"Oh, he'll only slow us down by trying to chase the vacuum while you're using it." Gina told them. "Now, come on…you got 15 minute to have some breakfast."

Michael opened his mouth to protest but knew there would be no point, so instead grabbed a bowl and filled it with cereal.

They glanced at each other when they heard a knock on the door, wondering who would call around this early. Michael pulled the door open, with his bowl of cereals still in his hand.

"Oh, hey…you must be Michael…" The guy on the other side of the door said once he saw him.

"Yeah…" Michael nodded, looking curiously at the guy who looked vaguely familiar.

"Oh my god!" Gina ran to the door. "Chandler! What you doing here?!"

"I'd thought I'd drop by a little early." Chandler grinned at his best friend's sister.

"Oh well, come in." She told him. "Is Monica with you? Oh, Joey is going to kill you for not letting him clean the place in time!"

Chandler laughed lightly. "Nah, just me and these guys."

"Oh, they're so cute!" Gina stated, as she looked down at the two children sleeping peacefully.

"Yeah, I know…" He grinned and made his way into the house. "Wow, nice place…bigger then the apartment."

"Yeah, I know… I thought you guys should have moved down here along time ago…"

"Oh, don't start with all the gay stuff…" Chandler winced as he thought back to the days when he living with Joey and Gina use to tease them.

Gina giggled and gave him a small hug. "Its good to see you again."

"Yeah, you too…" He smiled at her and then turned to look at Michael. "Wow, I haven't seen you in like 12 years…"

"Is this the part where you say 'may haven't you grown?"

"I'm not 40 you know." Chandler replied. "So, Joey tells me you're a genius. How does that work?"

"Isn't it great!" Gina grinned proudly. "So, you want a coffee?"

"Yeah, that would be great…" Chandler nodded, sitting down.

After about half an hour of them chatting about the twins, Gina's business, Joey's new TV show and Michael's college work; Joey made an appearance.

"I'll have some breakfast then we'll get to work!" He told them, heading straight to the fridge, walking right past Chandler and patting him on the shoulder. "Morning, buddy."

The three of them stared at him as he searched the fridge for food.

"Wait a minute…" Joey mumbled, looking back up. He pointed to Michael, Gina and himself, counting each other them. He then counted 4 when he pointed to Chandler. The confused look on his face slowly became a surprised when as his eyes widened.

"There it is!" Chandler stated as Joey pulled him into a hug.

"Dude! What you doing here?!" Joey jumped up and down, excited.

"We thought we'd come a few days early to surprise you…" Chandler grinned at him.

"This is so cool!" Joey exclaimed and looked around. "Where's Mon?"

"Oh, umm…she's coming up in a few days…"

"What?" Joey frowned.

"Well, she has this import chef thingy and instead of me and the twins beginning at home alone, we'd thought we'd come here to see you…" Chandler explained.

"But she's is coming right?" Joey asked, wondering if something was wrong with the couple.

"Yeah, oh course…she'll be here the day after tomorrow." Chandler assured.

"Oh, okay good!" Joey started jumping up down and again. "I can't believe you're here!"

"Shh…" Chandler put his finger to his lips and then pointed to the sleeping babies but it was to late, Jack was woken up and started to cry.

"Oh! I'm sorry…"

Chandler gave him a small smile and picked up his son, rocking him from side to side gently. "Hey Jacky…it's okay…its was just Uncle Joey."

"Aww…he's so cute!" Joey looked at the baby as he cried started to die down. "I can I hold him?"

"Sure…" Chandler smiled at him and carefully placed Jack in his arms. Jack stared up at him, confused at the strange guy hold him. He looked back at his Dad and his bottom lip started to wobble. Chandler saw this and held his finger out for his son to grab, knowing any second Jack would start wailing.

They all smiled when Jack giggled and held his Daddy's finger tightly.

"Dude, you're a Dad!" Joey stated, looking from Jack to Chandler.

"You're just working that out?" Chandler raised an eyebrow.

"Well, no…I mean I've never really seen you with them before…." Joey explained.

Chandler nodded slightly, getting what his best friend meant. There were times when he couldn't believe it himself, expecting to wake up and found he was living with Joey and the birds not Monica and his children.

Chandler moved back slightly when Jack let go of him and grabbed onto Joey's shirt collar.

"Cook!" He grinned at Joey and turned to look at Chandler. "Cook!"

"Yeah…cook…" Chandler smiled back at him.

"Umm what?" Joey asked, confused.

"It's the only thing he can say…" Chandler explained. "We think he means, Cookie."

"Hey, that's my boy!" Joey said to Jack.

"Cook!" Jack repeated when he saw the reaction he got from Joey.

"Okay, coming up Buddy!" Joey walked into the kitchen.

"Joey!" Chandler snatched the cookie off him just as Jack was about to take it.

"What?"

"He can't eat cookies!" Chandler told him. "He's only 10 months old!"

"Oh."

"Cook!" Jack stated stubbornly, trying to reach it out of his Dad's hand.

"Not today, buddy…." Chandler told him.

"Cook!"

"Oh, now look what you've started…" Gina rolled her eyes.

"Here you go, Jacky…" Chandler handed him a stuffed dinosaur that Ross had given to him, he was glad when Jack seemed to accept it.

"Wow, you're good at this parenting thing…" Joey commented.

"Thanks, Joe."

"Bet Monica's surprised…" Joey joked.

Chandler's smiled fluttered slightly when he mentioned her name but he quickly forced it back, hoping Joey wouldn't notice. "Yeah…yeah…she is."

"Dude? Is everything okay?" Joey asked seriously.

"Yeah, its fine…why wouldn't it be?"

"I dunno….you just seem upset about something…"

"I'm just tired Joe, been a long night…"

"You sure?"

"Positive…" Chandler lied.

"Well, okay then." Joey sighed, although he wasn't sure whether he believed Chandler or not.

"So, you don't mind us coming early then?"

"Course not!" Joey told him. "I can't wait until everyone else gets here to! It's going to be great!!"

"Yeah…great…." Chandler repeated, mumbling slightly.

TBC

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