Chapter 2: Phoebe
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Monica walked to the couch and sat down, her head spinning.
"This can't be happening." she thought to herself. "I can't be pregnant…can I?"
Even though Monica had always wanted to have children, seeing this pregnancy test instilled fear in her. After all, she already had two children. How was she supposed to go through a pregnancy and care for a newborn, all while taking care of her twins? It was already a tag-team effort with Chandler and her friends to take care of the twins: would they be able to add a third child to the mix?
"Chandler…" Monica muttered to herself as she wondered how he would take the news. Although he was a fantastic father, he had freaked out at first when they had realized they would be adopting twins instead of just one baby. He hadn't regretted it, but how would he feel about a third baby? But before she could finishing gathering her thoughts, Phoebe walked it.
"Hey Monica." Phoebe said as she carried the twins in. "I brought your children back just like you wanted."
"Thanks Pheebs." Monica replied hastily as she shoved the pregnancy test in her pocket. "How were they today?"
"They were great!" Phoebe answered with a huge smile. "And it's so great seeing Mike spend time with them. Today he was making little sock puppets to entertain them with. Of course, he had no idea how to make a creative sock puppet, so I set him straight. Anyway, it was so cute."
"Awww." Monica said with a smile. "He's going to make a great dad someday. Are you two still trying to get pregnant?"
"Yeah." Phoebe said with a big grin as she sat down. "The more I see Mike with Jack and Erica, the more I realize how right this is for us. Plus, he was a great dad when we had the rat babies. How much different can it be?"
Monica smiled to herself, fully aware of how different rat babies were from human babies. Still, she didn't want to burst Phoebe's bubble, so she just replied "very true."
"Mon, is everything ok?" Phoebe asked. "You looked upset when I came in."
"No, everything's fine." Monica answered hastily.
"Really?" Phoebe asked inquisitively.
"Yeah."
"Reeeaaallly?"
"Ok, no." Monica replied in a freaked out voice as she pulled the pregnancy test out of her pocket and handed it to Phoebe.
"Oh my gosh, Rachel's pregnant!" Phoebe exclaimed as soon as she saw the pregnancy test.
"What?" Monica said, clearly confused. "Where did you get that idea?"
"Well, the last time there was a pregnancy test in your house, we all thought it was yours, but it turned out to be Rachel's. So naturally, I'm not going to be fooled this time."
"No Phoebe, I'm pregnant." Monica answered.
"Really?" She said with a huge smile as she started jumping up and down and gave Monica a big hug. "That's great!" she said with a laugh. "So what's the problem? Is Chandler not the father?"
"Of course Chandler's the father!" Monica answered, exasperated by Phoebe's suggestion. "The problem is that this wasn't something we were trying for.
"You mean you had no idea you were pregnant?"
"None." Monica answered. "I mean, I've been really tired. But I figured that was because I've been working so hard taking care of Jack and Erica. And I guess I've put on a few pounds, but I figured that was because I haven't really been taking care of myself since we've had the babies."
"You haven't felt sick at all?" Phoebe asked, remembering the morning sickness she had had when she was a surrogate for brother and his wife's triplets.
"Yeah, I guess." Monica answered. "But since I've been so busy with the babies, Chandler's been doing most of the cooking. He's not a great cook, so I just figured it was that."
"Oh true." Phoebe replied. "But wait a minute. I thought you weren't able to get pregnant."
"Yeah, that's what I thought too. I mean, I guess that the doctor had said we most likely wouldn't get pregnant, but still…this is a pretty big shock. I'm worried about how Chandler is going to react when I tell him."
"Just think…." Phoebe said, clearly distracted, "If you didn't know you were pregnant, then maybe I could be pregnant right now…how awesome would that be? Oh, wait, focus on Monica's problem, Phoebe, focus woman!" she said as she smacked her forehead. "You mean Chandler doesn't know yet."
"No, I had just seen the results when you walked in." Monica answered as she got up and started to pace. "I don't know how he's going to react. I mean, he freaked out when he found out it was going to be twins. Can he really handle three babies? Forget him, can I even handle three babies?" As she said this, she started to get tears in her eyes.
"C'mon Monica, you can do it." Phoebe answered. "And Chandler is going to be thrilled. You've been telling me all about how much he loves being a dad. Just tell him the more kids you have, the more of a dad he is. And you guys can definitely handle it. Remember, Frank and Alice did it. I mean, it wasn't easy, but they did it."
"True" Monica said slowly, "but we're not Frank and Alice."
"But you guys are much better parents then they are." Phoebe answered bluntly. "Plus, if you guys decide you can't handle three, you could always give one to Mike and me. It would save me nine months of problems."
Monica laughed.
"Yeah, you think I'm kidding…" Phoebe muttered to herself.
"Thanks, Phoebe." Monica said as she wiped away her tears and gave her friend a hug.
"No problem. Do you want me to take the babies so that you can be alone when you talk to Chandler?"
"After you casually mentioned taking one for you and Mike? I'm good, thanks." Monica replied with a grin. "I'll just put them to bed."
"Ok, suit yourself." Phoebe said as she got up from the couch and headed to the door. "Good luck with Chandler. But seriously, I'm sure everything will be fine. Oooh, I should write a song about this. I can call it 'Surprise, I'm Pregnant'"
"Yeah, you might freak Mike out a bit when you start practicing that song at home." Monica told her.
"Oh true…" Phoebe said as she thought about the song. "Well, we'll see. Anyway, bye."
"Bye Phoebe…" Monica said as she shut the door. Still trembling from the shock, Monica fed the babies and put them to bed. She then sat on the couch and turned on the tv, trying to distract herself.
All she could do now was wait for Chandler.
