"Hi honey." Monica smiled and bent down to Jack's size. He had grown so much since she left.
"MOMMY!" He screamed. "I missded you so much!"
Tears began to fall as she pulled Jack into a hug. "Happy birthday." What was he doing answering the door? She could've been a complete stranger. Why was he answering the door? She pulled away and looked at him. "Your daddy said you have a broken arm." She smiled. "Was he lying?"
"No." Jack shook his head and pulled up his sleeve revealing his cast.
Monica's eyes popped open. "Oh my god. My baby." She walked into the house and closed the door examining his arm. "Does it hurt?"
"No." He shook his head. "So you're not sick no more mommy?"
"That's right." She smiled as she sat down on the couch. "I missed you so much honey."
Jack kissed her cheek. "Don't ever be sick anymore mommy. I love you."
"I love you too. You've grown so much." She kissed his cheek again and hugged him.
"You look very pretty mommy." Jack smiled.
Monica was wearing the red dress. It fit perfectly. "Why thank you sweetie." She was happy that she was finally able to fit into clothes again and feel good. "Where's Erica?"
"In the kitchen. I'll get her, but I have to get my sling first cause then daddy's going to yell. Don't go anywhere. Stay here."
"Ok." She nodded with a smile.
"Promise you won't go?"
"Don't worry honey I'll be here." She smiled and watched him run up the stairs. She was still wondering what the hell he was doing answering the door. Chandler knew she would never allow him to do so. She heard voices coming from the kitchen and stood near the door way.
"But daddy! I don't like mommy! Mommy hates us and is never gonna see us ever again! Mommy hates us daddy!"
"Erica your mother loves you and your brother more then.."
"I HATE MOMMY!" Erica screamed.
"Erica. Stop that."
Erica continued her screaming.
"Erica!"
Jack saw Monica looking into the kitchen with tears streaming down her cheeks. "Mommy.. What's wrong?" He walked over to Monica and looked up at her. There were tears rapidly falling down her cheeks. "Mommy.."
Monica wiped the tears away and looked down at Jack. "Yes sweetie?" She said forcing a smile.
"Why are you crying?"
Monica knelt down and smiled. "I'm so happy to see you."
Jack smiled and hugged her. "Erica's in there." He said pointing to the kitchen.
"Look at your sling." Monica said touching it. She pecked him on the forehead as she stood up.
"Who's that lady?" Erica asked still mad as she looked over at Jack.
Monica turned around and forced a smile.
Chandler's eyes widened. "Oh my god! Monica what are you doing here?"
"I'm back." She smiled taking Jack's hand.
"You're back?"
"Yea. I'm better." She walked into the kitchen and looked at Erica who was shocked to see Monica.
Chandler smiled and ran over to hug Monica. "Oh my god." He hugged her tight. "We missed you so much." He pulled away and looked at her. "You look..." He shook his head. "Amazing." He smiled. "You are just.. beautiful."
"Thank you." She said quietly. She looked over at Erica who was still sitting in the chair. "Hi honey..." She hated thinking that Erica hated her. She hated the thought of it.
"Mommy?"
"Yes?"
Erica ran over to Monica crying. "I misted you mommy!"
Monica could feel her tears running down her shoulder. "Oh missed you too angel." Monica whispered and kissed her forehead.
"Please don't be sick no more mommy." Erica hugged Monica even tighter.
"I'll try honey."
"I'm sorry I said I hated you mommy.. I love you."
"It's ok sweetie. I love you too. Why are you crying?"
"I misted you so much! Anthony said that you lefted us forever like Joseph's daddy. And you don't love us."
"I would never leave you.. I love you two more than anything in this world. So how about smiling princess?" Monica smiled and put a finger under Erica's chin.
"I can't."
"Of course you can. You're Erica Bing.. my little giggler. Come on give me that gorgeous smile."
A huge smile spread across Erica's face.
"There it is." Monica laughed and hugged Erica again. She looked over at Jack and smiled at him.
Jack ran over to Monica and hugged her again. "Thank you for coming home for our birthday mommy."
"I wouldn't miss my babies birthday."
Chandler smiled. "Why don't you guys go in the living room and catch up.. I'm going to go change."
"Mommy you promise you are going to be here when we wake up?" Jack asked looking up at Monica.
"I promise." She smiled and kissed him on the cheek. "Good night."
"I love you."
"I love you." She kissed him one more time and stood up. "I'll be downstairs."
"Ok." He smiled and turned over.
Monica stood by the door for a while watching him sleep. He was so cute. She missed the twins so much. It was unbelievable. She had a lot of fun that night. She got to see all her friends and she got to spend time with Jack and Erica. They didn't leave her side the whole night. It was the first time she had eaten cake. It had been so long since she had eaten a slice of cake. She felt something on her arm and turned around. It was Chandler. "Hey." She smiled.
"You wanna talk?"
"Sure." Monica smiled and walked with him into the living room and sat on the couch.
"You happy to be home?"
She nodded. "You glad I'm home?"
"Eh.. you know.. you're such an ugly sight. I'm really disappointed." He said with a smile. Hoping that she knew he was joking. He wasn't sure if it was ok to joke.
Monica laughed and playfully pushed him. "Thank you."
"Seriously? I'm so happy your home. I'm happy you're healthy."
They both sat quietly just smiling at each other. "Chandler I forgive you for sleeping with Nicole, but I want you to forgive yourself."
"What?"
"I know you're mad at yourself for sleeping with her."
Chandler looked away.
"If you don't forgive yourself it makes it much more harder for me to forgive you."
"Why do you need to forgive me?"
"Because you made a mistake and I want to forgive you."
"No. No I don't want you to forgive me." He looked into her eyes. His eyes filling up with tears. "What I did was completely unforgivable. I don't even know why I did it... I know how much it hurts to be cheated on. And it must've hurt a million times more because we were married. I'm so sorry. But I don't deserve to be forgiven."
"You do." She said taking his hand. "You made a mistake. You're an amazing person. You took care of me.. you dropped everything to watch our kids because I needed help. I don't think many people would do that."
Chandler laughed and wiped his cheeks. "I didn't do a great job. I mean.. I broke our kid's arm. Somehow Erica learned to use the word hate.."
Monica smiled and wrapped her arms around him. "You did an amazing job."
"I was an idiot. Monica I swear I only slept with her that one time. I never slept with her after that. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry that I caused you so much pain. I really am. You have no idea. I would do anything to go back in time and change that. I loved you. I want you to know that. I loved you and I'm so sorry I was an ass hole and slept with her." Tears began to run down his cheeks. They had never spoken about it before. After they got divorced the only thing they really talked about was the kids. During their divorce they never spoke of what happened. It was their first time talking about it.
"Nicole is beautiful.. and I understood why you slept with her.."
"No Monica I.."
"Let me finish." She said cutting him off. "I understood why you slept with her. She's so beautiful. Every guy in your office wanted her. They wanted her so much. But you were the only one who could get her. You're honestly the sweetest guy I know.. And no matter how much I try to hate you I can't. I thought you slept with Nicole because she's beautiful and she was so skinny and I had gained weight and I was unattractive... and for so long I was convinced that was the reason why you slept with her. I thought I needed to lose weight.. I didn't want to be that fat girl again. So I decided to stop eating so I wouldn't be that fat girl again. When we were teenagers and you called me fat I lost the weight because of you..."
Chandler shook his head. "You are much more beautiful than Nicole. I promise you that.. I don't know what I was doing sleeping with her.. I'm so so so sorry. You can never be unattractive to me.. no matter how much you weigh. I never noticed you gained weight... you were just.. Monica.. my beautiful Monica.. I was just too stupid. I love you more than anything Mon... I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for doing this to you. I'm the reason this happened."
"No.. No. I was stupid and ran away from our relationship. I was scared."
"You had a reason to leave." He kissed the top of her head.
"I love you Chandler."
Chandler moved slowly away from Monica. "No."
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