AN: Here's another chapter for you guys. I wanted to get this done before Halloween and I did! Tell me what you think of this. Please R&R.

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Chapter 7: Sophie's First Halloween

The next month seemed to go by fast for Chandler. And before he knew it, Sophie was seven-months-old and it was her first Halloween. Nora had sent Chandler a few costumes for him to choose from and he finally decided to just let her go as a pumpkin. He had gotten the night off from work and his friends were going to go with him when he took her trick-or-treating.

Chandler usually got together with Ross and Carol in the college atrium for lunch when he was at school. And he hung out with Phoebe at Central Perk on the nights when she performed there. And Joey joined them when he was able to come into town to see them. And Monica joined them as well when she managed to escape her parents for a weekend.

Chandler went to open the door as he heard a soft knock. He opened it up and saw Ross and Carol standing before him.

"Come on in," he told them. "Monica got here a couple hours ago."

"I know. She left a message at the dorm." They followed him up and saw that Joey and Phoebe were there as well.

Phoebe had Sophie on her lap as they all sat on the floor trying to get her to play with some plastic blocks that Chandler had bought her a couple days ago.

"I'm going to start her bath water," Chandler told them. "I need to start getting her ready."

"Trick-or-treating starts in two hours," Ross looked at his watch.

"You have no idea how long it takes me to give her a bath." He went into the bathroom and put the baby bath in the tub as he started running the water.

Chandler came out and picked up Sophie and took her into the bathroom. He got her out of her clothes and sat her in the tub. Sophie immediately started kicking her feet in the water and splashed Chandler all over his shirt.

"Every time," he sighed and smiled as she started laughing as she continued to splash him.

Everyone was listening to the small radio that Chandler had on his end table in the living area. They heard the bathroom door open and Chandler walked out with Sophie in his arms as she was bundled in a towel. Chandler was soaked from head to toe with water.

"I guess she likes her baths." Carol told him.

"Yeah. And she just loves splashing me, too." He took Sophie into her room and got her into a diaper.

He put her down and let her play with her stuffed animals as he went to change his clothes and got out her costume. He put on the long sleeved black shirt and black fleece pants. He fitted the pumpkin costume over her head and smiled at her.

"She's ready," Chandler went out to the others and they all looked up and smiled at Sophie.

"She's so adorable." Phoebe told Chandler.

"Is it time to go then?" Joey asked.

"Yeah. I just need to find her candy bucket." Chandler saw the pumpkin-shaped bucket on the table and grabbed it as everyone followed him outside.

Chandler opened up the back of his car and got out the small wagon that his mom had sent him. He buckled Sophie into it and started to pull it down the sidewalk as everyone followed.

"We won't be out long," Chandler told them all. "Maybe an hour. I just wanted to make a big deal out of her first Halloween."

"Do you hear any of us complaining?" Monica asked.

"I'd rather be here than taking all of my sisters trick-or-treating." Joey told him.

"Sophie looks like she's having fun at least." Carol said as they reached the first house that had a porch light on and Chandler picked her up out of the wagon and took her up the steps.

For the next hour, everyone took turns taking Sophie up to different houses to collect her candy. When Sophie started fussing, Chandler took her from Carol and they started walking back to his apartment as Phoebe pulled the wagon.

When they turned the corner on Chandler's block, they saw a car parked right behind his and someone was sitting on the steps waiting for him.

"Chandler," they stood up and went to him. "I was hoping to see you today."

"Dad," he said coldly.

"Uh-oh." Monica mumbled as they all stopped behind Chandler.

"Can I come in?" Charles asked him.

"No." he turned around and gave Sophie to Monica and gave her his house keys. "Take Sophie inside and call the police. Tell them we have an unwanted visitor that won't leave."

"Ok." She went with Carol and Phoebe into the house as Ross and Joey stayed behind him.

"You guys can go inside." Chandler looked at them.

"We'll be right by the door just in case." Joey told him as they followed the girls inside.

"I'd really like to talk to you, son."

"We have nothing to say to each other." Chandler glared at his father. "I'm still raising my daughter and you still don't agree with me."

Joey and Ross went into the apartment and saw Phoebe and Carol watching out the window. Monica still had Sophie in her arms as she hung up the phone and joined them at the window.

"The police are on the way," she told them. "What's going on?"

"They're just talking." Carol told them. "No yelling yet."

"And no one's thrown any punches yet." Phoebe said.

"The cops are here." Monica saw a squad car pull up and Chandler started talking to him.

Fifteen minutes later, Chandler came inside and sighed as everyone looked at him. He went to Monica and took Sophie from her.

"Is everything ok now?" Ross asked.

"For now." He sighed. "I don't want to talk about it."

"Fair enough," they watched Chandler take Sophie into her bedroom to get her out of her costume.

A little while later, Chandler came out with Sophie who he had changed into a two-piece pajama set. He put her in her walker and placed a few cheerios on the tray for her snack. He took the candy to the table and started going through it.

"I want the snickers bar." Joey came up to him.

"You all can have one piece, but that's it." Chandler told them. "There are some things in here that she can eat."

"Cool," they all came over to take their pick of the candy as Chandler went to go fill a bottle for Sophie.

"I cannot believe that Thanksgiving is next week." Monica sighed. "What are everyone's plans?"

"My grandmother wants us to have dinner with my sister Ursula." Phoebe told her. "Not that I want to."

"I didn't know you had a sister." Chandler came in with the bottle and picked Sophie up out of the walker and sat on the couch with her.

"Twin sister. We don't talk anymore."

"What about everyone else?"

"I have to have dinner with my family." Joey told them. "All of my sisters are coming this year."

"I'm going to Florida for Thanksgiving." Carol said. "My parents say that they really want to see me. They miss me."

"What about you, Chandler?" Ross looked at him. "Anything special planned? Is your mom coming into town?"

"She was supposed to. She really wanted to. But her publicist made other plans for her. I'm not that mad about it, though. I don't celebrate Thanksgiving anymore. Not since my parents got divorced."

"Maybe you can come over to our house." Ross told him. "I'm sure mom and dad won't mind."

"I don't eat Thanksgiving food."

"We can make you some other kind of food." Monica told him.

"Do your parents know-" he glanced down at Sophie who had finished her bottle and was just looking up at him.

"No, they don't know that you have a daughter. But we'll tell them."

"It's ok if you don't. I'll understand."

"Hey. We should get back to the dorm." Carol said suddenly as she glanced at her watch. "We have ten minutes before they lock the doors."

"Yeah. Let's go." Ross stood up.

"We should get back to my grandma's." Phoebe looked at Joey.

Chandler followed them as they walked out the door and locked up behind them. He took Sophie into her room and lay her down in the crib. Her turned on the night light and the mobile above the crib and walked out of her room. He made sure everything was turned off and shut off all the lights before he went to his bedroom.

Even though he had an unwanted visit from his dad that night, he felt that Sophie's first Halloween went pretty well. He immediately fell asleep as soon as he climbed into bed, a content look on his face as he thought about the great day that he and Sophie had.

AN: So what did you all think? The next couple chapters may be about Sophie's first Thanksgiving and Christmas. Please R&R.