AN: Here's a new chapter for you guys. Hope you enjoy it. I'll be working on the latest chapter of My Life the next few days to try to get it up before the weekend is over. Anyway, please R&R!

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Chapter 3

Monica was dozing in her seat on the airplane that was taking them to Texas. Cassidy was secured in the seat beside her and was dozing in the car seat. Joey was on the other side of Cassidy also sleeping. Rachel, Phoebe, and Emma were in the seats behind them. But Ross was on the other side of the plane. He had decided to go with them, but no one wanted him to. So he got a seat far away from everyone. They all slowly awoke and sat up as the flight attendant announced that they would be landing soon.

Monica gathered Cassidy's diaper bag as everyone prepared for the landing. They all walked down the terminal and grabbed their luggage at baggage claim and went to hail a couple cabs. Monica immediately wanted to go to the hospital to see Chandler, so they took all their luggage with them. Monica went to the floor that the nurse told her on the phone and she approached the nurse's station.

"My name is Monica Bing. My husband-"

"Chandler Bing," she smiled at her. "We weren't sure if we'd be able to keep him calm when he woke up again."

"What do you mean?"

"We should talk privately." She led them all into a private room and they all sat down in the chairs as the nurse opened up a chart.

"What's going on?" Monica asked. "Is my husband ok?"

"When he first woke up, I told him he'd only been out for a few weeks. I didn't want him to know too much too soon. So we kept anything that could tell him the date away from him."

"That was probably a good idea."

"But last night around suppertime, he was able to convince one of the nurses to give him a newspaper. She had just gotten on duty so we didn't have time to tell her what was going on."

"And how did he react when he found out the actual date?" Joey asked.

"He started panicking," she told them. "To the point that we had to give him a sedative."

"And what about his injuries?" Monica asked. "How bad was he hurt? And how did the accident happen?"

"I made a copy of his file for you." She handed her a thick folder. "It'll tell you everything. I'll leave you alone so you can read it. I'm going to go see his doctor to see if it's ok for you to go in yet."

"Thank you," Monica told her as she walked away from them and she opened up the folder. "Oh my god."

"What? How did the accident occur?" Rachel looked at the file with her.

"It was a multi-car pileup. The driver of an eighteen-wheeler lost control and took out four other cars including the airport shuttle that Chandler was in. He was the last victim to be found. He was pinned underneath the shuttle for hours."

"How bad were his injuries when he was brought in?" Phoebe asked.

"They thought he would be paralyzed, but he wasn't. But he had a severe head trauma which is why he was in a coma for so long." She scanned the rest of the information. "They did tests on him when he woke up and everything is fine. He still has to go through rehab, but it shouldn't be for very long."

"That's good," they turned around at the sound of Ross' voice and glared at him.

"You're not going in to see him," Monica stated. "Not until I have the chance to tell him how you reacted when he was gone."

"I understand," he said softly.

"Mrs. Bing," a doctor approached their group. "I'm Dr. Harris. Your husband's doctor."

"I've seen his file. I know what's going on. Can I just see him? It's been six very long months."

"Of course. I'll take you to his room."

"We'll stay with Cassidy." Rachel told her.

Monica slowly followed behind the doctor as he led her into a small room. She approached the bed and smiled at the familiar face she had yearned to see the last several months.

"How long until he wakes up again?" Monica looked at the doctor.

"The sedative should be wearing off soon." He told her before he walked out of the room.

She slowly took his hand in hers and ran her hands through his hair. She felt him squeeze her hand back and she looked at his face as his eyes slowly opened.

"Chandler?" she asked softly as he slowly turned his head to look over at her.

"Monica?" he asked softly. "It's really you, right?"

"I think I should be asking you that, but yes it's really me." She leaned down to plant a kiss on his forehead. "I love you so much."

"Have I really been gone for six months?" he looked at her.

"Yes." She told him. "But I want you to know that I never thought for one minute that you abandoned us. I knew there was a reason why you didn't come back."

"Really?"

"Really." She assured him.

"What about the others? They didn't-"

"Joey never believed that you would leave us. And you know Phoebe; she said she could feel you trying to come back to us."

"And Ross and Rachel?"

"Rachel was a little conflicted, but she knew something must've happened when we discovered the trust fund you set up."

"You found that out, did you?" he gave her a small smile. "What about Ross?"

"Ross thought you had abandoned me." She said bitterly. "We don't let him in our apartments."

"Ross actually thought I would abandon you?" Chandler sat up on the bed a little. "Why would he think that?"

"He brought up when you took off at our wedding."

"But you knew that I wouldn't-"

"I never thought you would leave us."

"Mon, what'd you have?"

"What?"

"Did we have a son or a daughter?"

"I gave birth to our daughter three months ago." She reached into her purse and pulled out a tiny photo album. "Her name is Cassidy."

"Were you alone in the delivery room?"

"Rachel and Phoebe coached me." She assured him.

"Is she here? Can I see her?"

"She's out with everyone else." She stood up. "I'll go change her and bring her in. But I'll send everyone else in so they can see you."

"Hurry back." He told her as she walked out of the room and went to get the others.

Joey immediately stood up once he saw Monica coming back down the hall towards them. Rachel and Phoebe did the same as she reached them.

"He's awake." She told them.

"How is he?" Phoebe asked.

"He wants to see Cassidy." She took her out of the carrier. "I'm going to change her before I take her to see him. You guys go ahead and see him."

"Let's go." Joey started down the hall and the other three followed him.

They peered through the window before they walked into the room. He was lying back on the bed with his head turned towards the window. Joey knocked softly on the door before they walked in and Chandler turned his head and smiled at them as they all entered.

"Hey, guys." He greeted them.

"It's really you," Joe went to him and hugged him tightly.

"Joe, I'm happy to see you too," Chandler said. "But I'm still really sore."

"Right." He pulled back and let Phoebe and Rachel give him hugs as well.

"We missed you," Rachel whispered.

"I'm so happy to see you guys." His smile disappeared when the door opened and Ross came in. "What are you doing here?"

"I-" Ross started.

"I can't believe you would think for even a minute that I would abandon Monica and our unborn child?" he narrowed his eyes. "I may have had a minor freak-out moment when we were getting married, but I am definitely over it now."

"Chandler-"

"Especially when after you and Phoebe found me, when we thought it was Monica that was pregnant then instead of Rachel, that I got that baby onesie in the gift shop-"

"I know. I was an idiot to think-"

"I don't want to hear it, Ross. Just get out of here."

"But-"

"He said get out." Monica came in carrying the baby seat. "Leave now or I will go get security."

"Fine." He left the room and Monica set the carrier on one of the chairs and lifted the baby out of it and took her to the bed.

"Chandler, this is Cassidy Michelle." She laid her in his anxiously awaiting arms and climbed onto the bed beside them. "Cassidy, this is your daddy."

"She's really here." He smiled down at Cassidy as she looked at him with wide eyes. "She looks just like you."

"Not completely." She smiled at him. "She has your eyes, and she looks just like you when she smiles."

Joey, Phoebe, and Rachel silently slipped out of the room to give the reunited family a little privacy. Chandler continued to gaze down at his daughter as she started to squirm and cry.

"She's probably hungry. She started getting fussy as I was changing her." Monica went to the diaper bag and got out a freshly-made bottle and brought it back to Chandler. "I think it's time you fed her for the first time."

Chandler willingly accepted the bottle and adjusted Cassidy in his arms so she was more upright. He stuck the bottle nipple in her mouth and she greedily started drinking as Monica watched them.

"You're a natural," Monica told him as he started to burp her.

"Do you think she's knows I'm her dad?" Chandler asked.

"I think so." She sat beside him on the bed again as he got Cassidy nestled in between them. "I think she can sense it."

Chandler continued to watch his daughter in awe as her eyes slowly closed and she fell asleep. He looked at Monica and she was looking at him as she smiled at him.

"I wish I was there from the beginning." He whispered. "I've missed so much."

"You have so much more to look forward to." She assured him. "And I am not leaving until you can come back home with us."

"I love you." He smiled at her.

"I love you, too." She kissed his cheek and she lay down beside him and Cassidy.

Joey, Phoebe, and Rachel returned to the room a little while later and smiled at the sight they saw. All three of them were sound asleep with Monica and Chandler's heads resting against the others' and baby Cassidy nestled in between them on a flat pillow. They all silently walked back out of the room to give them some time to rest.

AN: So what'd you all think? Please R&R! Now it's time to work on my other stories for you guys.