This part of the story takes place after TOW the Two Parts which featured by the way George Clooney and Noah Wyle as the doctors.

In a New York minute. . . everything can change…

As Marcel slept soundly , Ross stroked his tiny hand. He couldn't believe that this tiny creature had grown so much to depend on him. Is this the way it would be when he was a father? Father ? Him? Chandler came in the door. "Hey, you want to go grab a beer. Joey had a date tonight, so naturally I 'm alone." Ross slowly moved away from Marcel.

"I don't know if I should leave him." He whispered. "Look at him , he looks so peaceful." He glanced over at the sleeping monkey. Chandler was now disturbed , he was a little too attatched to this monkey. "Dude, it's a monkey." He said drolly. "But he depends on me and I take care of him. It is kind of a dress rehearsal for the real thing." Ross reminded him. Chandler knew what he was talking about. Ross was soon going to be a father. It happened quite unexpectedly, Ross' ex wife Carol had gotten pregnant before she left him. Now Carol was having a baby boy and Ross was forced to raise a child that he would only see once a week.

"Getting excited?" Chandler asked. "I mean about the baby?" Ross began to get a little smile. "Of course , I am. I go over to Carol's and talk to the baby and tell him stories. I mean I put my hand on her stomach and think, wow this little person in her I created. This baby is going to be part me." Chandler laughed. "That is a real scary thought. "

"I'm serious " he pouted. " I know I admire you man. There is no way I could do what you are doing. I am still a baby myself. But aren't you scared of how this kid is going to turn out. I mean this isn't the most ideal of circumstances. He is going to be raised by two lesbians. You are the lone heterosexual in his life. His impression of what a man is will come from you. He could end up like my dad." Chandler said thoughtfully.

"I will be the best dad that I can. I had a great teacher. I will show him from the beginning that he is loved and that he can love. " Ross said sincerely. "And if he wants to be a scientist, then I won't throw a fit." He shrugged.

"I can't believe you ended up with Janice." Ross laughed. "I mean what is this the third time now? That woman has some serious problems. " Chandler went to the fridge and grabbed two beers . He now realized they weren't going anywhere. "Well I have never been one to be a ladies man. " "How are things going with you? I have seen you out with a few hot babes." Chandler was curious. Ross had been on a few dates , but there was always one woman in the back of his mind. They saw each other all the time, but every time he tried to get near her, someone or something got in the way. The latest obstacle was an Italian mountain named Paolo. Rachel had met him a blackout right before Ross was going to tell Rachel his feelings.

"Well I have had some dates, but I go out with these girls and there is no magic . Nothing happens and then I just go home depressed again." Ross was looking for something. He didn't know quite what it was. Well he kind of knew what it was, it was a certain girl who worked at a coffee shop.

"Do you think I will make a good dad?" asked Chandler. Ross put his arm around his friend. "I think once you find the right girl, you are going to make an awesome father." Chandler smiled. Maybe the right girl wasn't as far off as he thought.

Several months went on, life continued for the two friends. Ross had to get rid of Marcel, because NY was no place for a maturing monkey. It broke his heart when he put him on that plane. Now Ross had to deal with his feelings and the upcoming event in his life.

Chandler couldn't find the right girl. He kept ending up with women who he didn't like. There was always one girl he could always count on, Monica. She was his best friend and his pal. He would be the only one who could put up with her obsession and cleaning frenzies. Monica was still trying to find her soulmate and her prince. She wasn't having any better luck than him. She even dated a young guy Ethan , who was still in high school.

What a time for Carol to have a baby?thought Ross. He was just getting ready to give Rachel her first kiss when the pager went off and off they flew to the hospital. Ross couldn't believe it . He was going to be a father. Rachel ran to her bedroom and put on a sexy dress, after all she was going to be in a place where doctors were.

"Just think, in a little while I am going to be a father. I always pictured it happening a little differently than this though. I mean I wanted to be the one holding my wife's hand and telling her to push. Not be sharing the spotlight with her lesbian lover." Mourned Ross.

"You know what, someday you are going to the only person by her side. It will be a baby that you will have with someone you truly love. " assured Chandler.

"Right now , I can't even picture that." He sighed. Chandler saw Rachel on the other side of the room looking through a magazine. Maybe his best friend couldn't , but he certainly could.

"No fair, they get two and I don't even have one." Cried Monica. Chandler saw what this baby had done to her. There was only one thing that Monica wanted in this life. She wanted to be married and have a family. He came over and put his arm around her. "Tell you what, if you and I aren't married by the time you're forty, then we'll have a baby together." He smiled. Monica didn't appreciate the connotation that she wouldn't be married by then. Chandler put his head in his hands. He was only trying to be a good friend. "Women!" he thought.

Before too long, Ross emerged from the delivery room , "I have a son." He said proudly. Chandler smiled. His best friend was a father .