AN: Hello everyone. I know it's been awhile since I posted on this story, but there has been a lot going on. This chapter was slow coming and my laptop won't let me access my wi-fi at the moment. So I can only update when I'm either at my sister's house or can find the time to make it up to the library. So I'm sorry about all the long waiting you all have had to go through. I'm working on getting my laptop fixed and hopefully will be able to find a solution without it costing me any money. Thank you for being so patient. Anyway, PLZ R&R!

Disclaimer: See first chapter.

ON WITH THE STORY...


Chapter 9

Monica let herself into Chandler's house and greeted Terry as he worked in the kitchen before going upstairs and into Phoebe's room. She saw Carol sitting on the bed reading a magazine as Phoebe sat at the desk browsing the internet.

"Hey," she greeted them and they turned around abruptly. "Ross just went over to your house."

"He just texted me," Carol put the magazine away. "He's on his way over here. Terry said that we're all welcome to have supper here."

"Good," Monica collapsed onto the bed as Phoebe shut down the computer and joined them on the bed.

"What happened?" Phoebe asked her as she noticed just how upset she was. "How bad was it?"

Monica started to tell them what had happened when her and Ross had arrived home as she got more upset.

"Sounds intense," Carol commented as she noticed that Monica was close to tears. "I've never really liked your parents."

"I have a feeling that this is only the beginning," Monica sighed. "I just wish that they could accept Chandler and his dads."

"I don't think that will ever happen." Phoebe told her. "No offense, but they're super close-minded."

"Yes they are," Monica sighed. "This is going to be a very long year."

Chandler arrived home just as Ross pulled up his driveway. Chandler slowly climbed out of his car with his sports bag as they started into the house.

"You look like you're in pain." Ross commented as he watched him slowly walk down the hallway.

"First practice is always a little rough," Chandler put his bag down near the door and grabbed some ice from the freezer before going into the den and lying down on the couch. "So I got your guys' texts. What exactly happened?"

"They basically denied everything," Ross told him what happened as Joey came in.

"No offense," Joey looked at Ross. "But your parents are really a piece of work."

"It's a safe assumption that we'll be spending a lot of time over here," Ross told them as the door opened and Charles came in, arriving home from work.

"That's fine with us," Charles told him. "The more, the merrier."

"Someone needs to set the table!" Terry called. "Supper's almost ready!"

"It's Phoebe's turn!" Chandler called.

"I'll go get the girls," Joey started up the stairs as Chandler slowly attempted to sit up.

"Hey," Chandler smiled as he saw Monica coming downstairs.

"Are you ok?" she saw him holding ice on his shoulder.

"First practice was brutal," he slowly started to stand. "I should start running in the mornings to stay in shape."

"Come and get it!" Terry called.

Everyone went to the table and sat down as Terry brought out two casseroles; a big dish of chicken casserole, and a smaller veggie casserole for Phoebe.

Conversations started around the table as they talked about how the first day of school went. After they were all done eating, Monica helped Chandler clear off the table and load up the dishwasher as Joey packed up the leftovers.

"So I take it that your stomach isn't so jumpy anymore?" Chandler looked at Monica as they joined everyone in the den.

"I guess it was just nerves." She told him as they all lounged around the TV as a boring show played on the screen.

Neither one of them noticed the secret looks that Phoebe, Carol, and Joey were sharing among the three of them.


Monica and Ross drove home separately and silently walked into the house. Jack and Judy were sitting in the living room waiting for them and stood up to greet them when they walked in.

"There you are. We were getting worried." Jack told them.

"We're not late for curfew." Ross stated.

"We expected you home for supper." Judy told them.

"I'll be eating all my meals at Chandler's." Monica informed them. "It's better than being here with you."

"I feel the same way," Ross told them.

"Look we owe you two an apology-" Jack stated.

"I don't trust your apologies anymore," Monica told them. "They're just empty words right now."

"The people you should be apologizing to are Chandler's dads." Ross told them. "But I don't see that happening anytime soon."

"I'm going to my room," Monica started upstairs.

"Some things arrived for you in the mail," Jack told her and she scanned the table and grabbed the envelopes. "Why are you getting things from the courthouse?"

"You'll find out when I feel like telling you," she started back upstairs and went to her room and slammed the door behind her.


Joey, Phoebe, and Carol arrived at school earlier than they wanted to the next morning. Chandler wanted to get in some training in the weight room, Monica had a meeting for Theatre club, and Ross had a meeting for the Science club. The other three just decided to come with them and were talking about Monica as the minutes slowly ticked away.

"So do you really think she could be pregnant?" Joey looked at the two girls as they talked about the situation.

"Are you saying that you haven't noticed the signs?" Phoebe looked at him. "She's constantly falling asleep whenever she's over, sometimes in the middle of the day."

"Not to mention," Carol spoke up. "She's been really irritable and emotional lately."

"All that can be attributed to her working long hours and all the drama going on with her parents."

"Men," Phoebe started to turn away as a group of popular kids came down the hall towards them. "Oh look, it's the Bitch Squad."

"I don't get how Monica was ever friends with her." Joey raised his voice as Rachel Green walked by with Chip Matthews.

"Did you say something?" Chip stopped to look at them.

"I believe you heard them," Carol spoke up. "So are the rumors true?"

"What rumors?" Rachel spoke.

"The ones about your boyfriend failing summer school, which means that he doesn't qualify to play this season."

"That's not true," Chip seethed.

"Yes it is," Monica appeared behind them. "A couple of your buddies are in Theatre club with me. They were going on and on about how much you screwed them over this season."

"Hey Monica," Rachel looked at her. "I didn't see you at school yesterday."

"I was there," she told her. "I just won't be in any of your classes since my class load qualifies me to move onto my senior year."

"What?"

"That's right," she smiled smugly. "After this year I'm done with this place and superficial fake people like all of you."

"What's going on?" Chandler came up to them followed by Ross. "Oh hey, Matthews. Sorry to hear about you getting cut from the football team. It's such a shame."

"Let's go," Chip huffed and the group of football players and cheerleaders walked down the hall away from them.

"What a bunch of-" Joey trailed off.

"Come on," Chandler told them. "They have breakfast in the cafeteria."

"Actually I need to talk to Phoebe and Carol privately." Monica told him.

"Ok. We'll meet up in first period." He smiled at her as he followed Joey and Ross down the hall.

"What's going on?" Phoebe asked as the three of them entered the girls' restroom and Monica checked under the stalls to see if anyone else was in there.

"I need to do something," she put her purse down on the ledge above the row of sinks and rooted through it.

"What do you need to do?" Carol asked her as she pulled out a rectangle box and showed them.

"Oh my god,"


Chandler, Ross, and Joey each grabbed a donut from the counter and sat at a table together.

"What was up with Monica?" Joey asked.

"What else?" Chandler looked at him. "It was obviously her parents."

"Did she get into it with them again when you guys got home last night?" Joey looked at Ross.

"They always get into it," Ross shrugged. "They tried to apologize to us, but we wouldn't have it."

"Something else must've happened."

"She got some things in the mail," Ross told him. "My dad said that one of them was from the courthouse."

"Courthouse?"

"That's what he said."

"Monica has legal trouble?" Joey questioned.

"No way." Chandler stated. "There has to be another explanation."

"I'd like to know what that explanation is."

"I'm not going to pry into her personal affairs," Chandler looked at them. "She'll tell me what's going on when she feels ready."


"A pregnancy test?" Phoebe and Carol looked back at Monica in shock. So they weren't the only ones who noticed the signs.

"Like you guys haven't been talking about this amongst yourselves." She looked at them. "I just hope that you haven't said anything in front of Ross or Chandler."

"We haven't, but we were talking to Joey about it this morning."

"But no one else, right?"

"Right." They agreed.

"I've just felt weird since about a week ago," Monica sighed. "And I'm late."

"How late are you?" Carol asked.

"More than two weeks late. I'm never late."

"Did you guys use protection?"

"Yes. I've been on the pill for over a year now, and we used a condom that night as well. But-"

"But what?"

"A couple weeks before our trip, remember I got that infection?"

"Yeah,"

"They put me on antibiotics. I think they may have messed with my birth control."

"You need to just take that test." Phoebe told her. "It's the only way you'll know for sure."

"Ok, here goes." Monica took the test with her into one of the stalls and they tried to wait patiently for her to emerge.


AN: So what'd you all think? I haven't made a final decision about whether or not to make Monica and Chandler teen parents, but I have a feeling that no matter what I decide there will be a few of you that will be upset anyway. But this is my story and it will come out how I decide, but I hope that you all will continue to be fans and followers of this story.

What do you think Monica received in the mail? Why is she being so secretive? Leave me your guesses in your reviews and I will continue to work on this story and try to post the next chapter as soon as I can. PLZ R&R!