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The Bings and The Doorbell
Chandler glanced around the room, he was squashed on the couch between Rachel, who was talking to Ross on the phone while reading her latest fashion magazine, nudging him every time she turned a page and Joey who was eating the biggest sandwich ever, spilling the filling everywhere as he laughed at the children's show that the twins and Emma were watching, all of them moaning whenever Monica would block their view when she tried to clean. He sighed and looked up towards the ceiling, the sound of Ben's music blaring out of his new stereo system.
Monica looked over at him expectantly when the doorbell rang. "Chandler!"
"I'm watching the kids…" He mumbled in excuse but quickly tried to get up when he caught sight of her glare. "Yeah, okay…"
Rachel made a noise of complete and Joey whined when he knocked his sandwich out of his hands as he shrugged to his feet.
"Well, if you wouldn't take up the whole of my couch!" He defended himself, leaving the room.
"The noise is to loud!" Was the first thing he heard as he pulled open the door.
"Good Morning to you too, Mr Henson…" Chandler said, nicely. "What can I do for you?"
"Music! It's too loud!" He stated again. Mr Henson was their elderly neighbour, who complained about everything.
"Okay, I'll get him to turn it down…" He promised, causing the older man to turn and walk away mumbling something about teenagers.
He didn't like Ben, not just because of his loud music but every Sunday his Granddaughter would visit and every time Ben would hit on her.
"Man, even Janice would have been better then that guy!" He said to himself as he closed the door. He looked around quickly, surprised by what he just said. "Who said that!"
"Honey, you talking to yourself again?" Monica asked, as she walked past.
"Only decent conversation I can have in his mad house…" He replied.
"Love you too, dear…" She called back.
Chandler grinned and headed back into the living room, conveniently forgetting to tell Ben to turn off his music.
5 minutes later the doorbell rang again, he groaned and stormed back towards the hallway.
"Yes?" He pulled the door open again.
"He's still has it on!"
"No he hasn't…" Chandler protested.
"Yes, he has…I can hear it!"
"Maybe you just got good hearing…" He suggested.
"Listen, I have rights!" He insisted. "You get him to turn it down right now!"
"Fine…" He sighed.
"If you don't, I will be back!" He informed him before once again turning to leave.
Chandler raised his hand to do a mockingly salute when Henson turned around to look at him. He laughed lightly and quickly hid his hands behind his back.
"Ben!" He shouted up the stairs.
"What?"
"Turn that noise down!"
"It's not noise its music!"
"If you say so…" He replied.
A few hours had past and Chandler was happy again. Monica and Rachel had gone shopping and took the twins with them. Joey had a date and Ben was upstairs doing homework. He was stretched across the couch; quite happily prepare to take an afternoon nap. He was just dropping off when the doorbell rung, he sighed and got up, rubbing his eyes.
"Mr Henson? There's no music on!" Chandler insisted, seeing his neighbour stood there and beginning to wonder if he was reincarnation of Mr Heckles.
"Yes, I realise that!" He answered. "I'm just reminding you it's Sunday tomorrow…"
"Oh really, well thank you…." Chandler turned to go back inside.
"And that my granddaughter is coming to visit…" He added quickly, stopping Chandler.
"Yes, I managed to work that out for myself…"
"I want that boy kept away from her!"
"Oh come on, he likes her… and from what I've seen she likes him…" Chandler protested. "Can't you remember your first crush…"
"Yes but this days things are different…" He stated. "I know what those horny little…."
"Okay, Mr Henson…" He interrupted quickly. "I'll tell Ben to stay away."
"Thank you!"
Chandler watched him as he entered his own house, deciding that God had been listening when he made a comment about how the other couple had to be the 'Hitlers' to get the house instead of Janice. He turned to go back inside, stopping when he got an idea. He grinned and went into the garage, looking through Monica's toolbox; he pulled a pair of wire cutters. When he reached the front door again, he cut the doorbell wire.
"Ow!" He complained when he got a static shock, he pressed the button and grinned when it made no sound. "Haha!"
"What ya doing!"
"Bah!" The voice from behind startled him. He turned around to see Ben grinning at him. "Nothing…"
"If you say so…" Ben shrugged and moved to go back upstairs.
"Hey Ben, you like me right?"
"Uh, sure…"
"Then will you please leave the girl next door alone!"
"Aww, but she's cute!" He whined.
"Please! Just this week…let me have some peace from the Hitler wannabe…"
"Why…. Wait…Hitler wannabe?" Ben questioned, to which Chandler shrugged with a small smirk on his face. "Huh, I didn't know he was German…"
Chandler stared after him as he walked back up the stairs and into his room.
"He's been hanging out with Joey way to much…" He muttered to himself as he headed into his living room and dropping onto the couch. He groaned loudly and buried his head under a cushion when music started to play again.
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"Not those, Jack!" Emma scolded, when she saw her cousin looking at a pair of Spiderman sneakers.
"But they're superhero's shoes!" He grinned widely.
"But they're not designer!" Emma crossed her arms.
"I'm six!" Jack reminded her. "I don't care!"
"Aww isn't she cute!" Rachel commented to Monica, proudly.
"Uh, yeah, sure…" Monica replied, watching as Emma pointed out different sneakers to a confused Jack.
"Oh, you're so lucky…"
"I am?"
"Yeah, you get to dress him up…" Rachel stated.
"He's not a doll!"
"What? Oh no, I just meant you can buy him little cute outfits…"
"You do realise you can do that with Emma too…" Monica looked at her sister in law.
"Nah, not so much…" She sighed. "How she's older, she won't let me…she wants to pick out her own clothes and stuff…."
"Rachel, she's seven not seventeen!"
"Hey, seven is a difficult age!" She defended herself.
"If you say so…" Monica rolled her eyes.
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"Dad!" Jack ran and jumped on his father, as soon as they entered from shopping.
"Hey buddy, you guys have a good time?" He questioned.
"Yeah! It was great…we got some great stuff…" Rachel informed him, before looking at Emma and Erica. "Come on, girls why don't you go and put your stuff on to show him…"
"Okay!" Emma exclaimed, jumping up and pulling Erica along with her.
"Aww…." Rachel cooed again and followed them.
"Girls are stupid!" Jack stated, folding his arms.
"Why, what's up?" Chandler tried not to laugh at the look on his face.
"They made me try clothes on!"
"Well, that's what people normally do when they go clothes shopping…"
"Nu-huh, when I go with you and Uncle Joey, we pick something out straight away and then leave…"
"Well, that's because we're men!"
"I'm never going shopping with them again!" He promised. "I don't understand why girls…they're weird…."
"Welcome to my world…" He grinned, handing him the TV remote so could watch what he wanted. "Where's your Mom, anyway?"
"She's outside talking Mr Henson…" Jack answered, his eyes glued to the cartoon.
"Uh-oh…."
"Chandler!" He heard her exclaimed as she walked through the front door.
"Hey, honey…" He sat up to flash her his most innocent smile. "Did you have a good day?"
"Why haven't you been answering the door!" She ignored her questioned.
"Because I didn't know anyone was there…" He replied.
"Mr Henson said he's been ringing the doorbell for over an hour because Ben's music has been to loud…."
"It's not too loud…He just doesn't like Ben…" He rolled his eyes. "Anyway, I was able to take a nap earlier, how would I if he's music was loud!"
"Well, whatever… know he's annoyed because you didn't answer the door…"
"I never answered because the doorbell never rang!" He insisted, knowing he wasn't actually lying.
"How would you know if you were napping!"
"Because I disconnected it…" He admitted before he chance to stop himself. "Uh…umm…I uh…I meant…"
"You disconnected it!"
"Yes, but he's was annoying me!" He sighed in defeat.
"You broke my doorbell!" She exclaimed again.
"It's not broke…" He started. "Wait? Your doorbell?"
"Fix it, now!" She ordered before storming off.
Chandler watched her go, wondering what happened to make her so mad.
"Dad?" Jack looked over at him.
"Yeah?"
"Does the guy always have to do what the girl tells him?"
"Well…" Chandler started, his shoulders sagging when he had no defence. "Yeah, pretty much…"
"Aw man…" Jack whined before turning back to the TV.
Chandler stood at the door, staring at the doorbell.
"I disconnected it…I can re-connect it…" He said to himself, before reaching out and touching the wires, receiving another static shock. "Ow! I got to stop doing that!"
7 hours later Chandler was still trying to get the doorbell to work.
"And, I just connect this wire to that and…. Done…" He stepped back proudly and pressed the button, his face falling when it made no sound. He scratched the back of his head and stared at the doorbell confused. He simply, reached out and pressed it again but still there was nothing, so he did it again… and again.
"Work!" He kept his finger on the bell.
"Chandler?" He turned and saw Monica stood at the bottom of the stairs. "What you doing? It's late, come to bed…"
"You told me to fix it!" He stated.
"Well, I didn't know it would take this long…" She replied. "Are you done now?"
He hung is head. "No…"
She rolled her eyes and took his hand, pulling him into the house and closing the door.
"I'll call someone to fix tomorrow…" She told him.
"What? No! I can fix it…" He insisted as he followed her up the stairs to their room.
"Honey, you've been at it for hours…"
"I know, its war!" He declared.
"It's a doorbell!" She reminded him.
"An evil doorbell!"
"Uh-huh, if you say so…" She rolled her eyes and climbed into bed.
"So…you okay?" He asked, changing his clothes.
"Sure, why wouldn't I be?"
"I don't know…you've been acting weird all night…"
"Says the guy who is having a disagreement with a doorbell…"
He chose to ignore her comment as he sat down beside her. "Come on, honey…what is it?"
"It's Rachel…" She sighed.
"What about her?"
"She's taking over…"
Chandler frowned. "She is?"
"Yes! She keeps dressing Jack and Erica up in all these little outfits!"
He shrugged. "Its Rachel…she's always done that, it's never bothered you before…"
"I know but it does now…" She crossed her arms and sat back against the headboard.
"Why?"
"It just does…" She answered; sighing in defeat when she saw the look he was giving her. "I don't want them to like her better then me…"
"What? That's crazy, you're their Mother, and they love you…" He told her softly.
"But she's 'fun Aunt Rachel'…"
"Yeah but you get to be the one they come to when they're hurt or upset…. You get to praise or punish them…" He added. "You're such an amazing Mom that they could not like someone better then you…"
She couldn't help but smile at the unexpected words. "Really?"
"Really?" He turned to smile. "Well, until they're teenager…then they pretty much hate everyone…."
She rolled his eyes at him. "You had to ruin the moment, did you?"
"That's why you love me…" He grinned. "You feeling better now?"
"Yeah, I guess…" She answered, cuddling up to him. "But I was a bit mean to Rachel earlier…"
"Well, just explain, she'll understand…" He shrugged.
"What and let her think I'm some crazy obsessed mother?" She stared at him.
"Uh… don't talk to her then…" He said slowly.
"But then I'll be lying to the person who been my best friend since I was 4! No, it's best that I talk to her, sort it out…" She replied, kissing him on the cheek. "Thanks, honey…. you've been a real help…."
"Uh, you're welcome…" He said slightly confused.
"When did you learn how to say the right things?" She asked, a few moments later.
He shrugged. "Dunno, I guess I just matured."
"I guess so…" She agreed. "Does this mean, you're going to let me call someone about the doorbell?"
"Oh, no…I didn't grow up that much.." He laughed lightly.
"Thought so…" She replied, reaching over and turning off the light. "Goodnight…love you…"
"Love you too…" He replied, pulling her into his arms.
TBC
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