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PREVIOUSLY ON FRIENDS:
Monica couldn't believe it. She let the tears fall and dropped her hands. She nodded her head "Yes, yes yes yes." She smiled and reached out her hand for him.
Chandler smiled and slipped on her ring. He stood up and wiped her tears away with his thumb. He kissed her.
Once the kiss broke apart he looked her in the eyes "This is just the start...of something incredible." He smiled kissing her again.
That night Chandler was right, about it being just the start, because a couple months after the wedding Monica was in the bathroom looking at her future that she held in her hands.
She took a deep breath before throwing it in the trash and walking out.
Chandler walked in the house and called out "Hello? Anyone home?" He sat his keys down and walked in the kitchen hoping to find either Noah or Monica. But no one was in there.
He walked upstairs and peeked in Noah's room, no one. He then walked to his room where he found his new wife, lying back on the bed with her feet dangling off the side, and her hands covering her face.
He went over to her side "Hey honey, what's wrong?" He asked rubbing her thigh.
Monica removed her hands and looked up at her husband not knowing what to say. They never talked about kids, not yet. She wanted kids desperately, but she wasn't sure if he wanted another one.
Monica sat up and looked at him "Do you ever think about having more kids?...With me?" She asked
He smiled "All the time..." Monica smiled. A weight lifted off her shoulders "...But right now? I'm not sure, why don't we wait a while." He kissed her forehead.
Monica's smile faded, she could feel herself about to cry, a lump formed in her throat "I-I have to go..." She got up and rushed out of the room starting to cry once she reached the door.
Chandler got up and rushed after her. He followed her out of the house and to her car.
Monica ran to her car and got in. Chandler came to her window "Monica, what's going on?" He asked
"Nothing..." She brushed away a few tears "I'm going to Rachel's for awhile. I need to think some things through." She said and drove away.
Chandler watched her go. He was confused. "What did I say?" He asked himself.
He was lying on the couch late that night. Monica still hasn't come back yet.
Noah walked through the door and found his dad on the couch, he looked like he had a lot on his mind. He went over to him "Where's Monica?" He asked
Chandler shrugged "She's out." He said not really wanting to get into it right now.
"For how long?" He asked knowing she didn't just leave.
He looked at his watch "It's been about four-five hours." He said staring back at the blank T.V. in front of him that he's been staring at for half the time Monica has been gone.
Noah sat down next to him "What'd you say?" He asked completely oblivious to the look Chandler gave him next.
"What do you mean what did I say?" He asked a little hurt. Noah raised his eyebrows. Chandler sighed "I'm not even sure." He shrugged
"Okay, what was the last thing you said before she left?" He then asked
Chandler thought for a moment "What's going on...She said nothing." He answered
Noah sighed "When a girl says nothing, something big happened. Before she ran off, what were you talking about?" He then asked
Chandler thought some more "Well I came in and saw her just lying on the bed, defeated, like there was something wrong. Then I asked her and she just answered with a baby question, I don't know." He shrugged again
"What do you mean by a baby question?" He asked
"She asked if I ever wanted another baby. I said yeah, but not right now. Then she took off." He said
Noah couldn't believe it, he knew what was wrong. He remembered coming home from Holly's and hearing someone upstairs. He went to go check it out. He could hear someone getting sick then the toilet flushing a minute later. That had to be it.
Noah got up off the couch and went upstairs.
Chandler sighed "What'd I say?" He said to himself.
Noah went in the bathroom and got what he expected to be there. He rushed back downstairs to his dad and showed it to him.
Chandler took it and looked at it for awhile. "Oh my God..." He took a deep breath "Oh my God." He looked at Noah "I can't believe it...I have to talk to Monica about this." He said getting up and leaving.
Chandler ran up the stairs to Rachel's apartment. He quickly knocked on her door. A couple seconds later Rachel answered. She moved aside and let him in.
Chandler walked over to the couch where he found a sleeping Monica with dry tears on her cheeks.
"I can see you found out." Rachel said quietly looking at the pregnancy test still in Chandler's hand.
He nodded looking back down at his wife, his pregnant wife. He stroked her cheek.
Chandler then looked back up at Rachel "Thanks for..." He paused, sighing, and looked back down at Monica "I had no idea." He whispered "I should have known."
"But you didn't. And she knows that." Rachel said "I'll give you a minute." She left the room.
Chandler hesitated before waking her up. 'Is it okay to wake a pregnant women?' He thought to himself. He gently kissed her on the forehead. "I'm so sorry." He whispered
Monica felt someone kiss her. She slowly opened her eyes to see Chandler kneeling before her. She just looked at him.
"Hey beautiful." He said softly. "...I know about the baby...and I am so happy." He smiled "I want to be with you and this baby so much." He gently touched her stomach "I want to feel it's first kick, hear it's first cry when it's born. I want to watch it make a mess when it eats, I want to play with the baby on the floor of our living room, watch it grow up and have it kick my butt at basketball." He paused "And most of all, I want to be standing next to you the whole time." He said
Monica sat up. She smiled and leaned forward to kiss him "I want you to be there too."
"Change the diapers?" She tried after pulling away from the kiss.
"That you can do." He smiled and kissed her again.
A month later was the sonogram. Both of them were in the room when the nurse put gel on Monica's still flat stomach. Chandler was holding her hand when she read the monitor.
"Yep, you're definitely pregnant." She smiled at both of them. "That's your baby right there." The nurse pointed it out for them on the screen. "I'll give you two a minute." She took off her gloves and left the room.
Chandler was still looking at the screen "Wow."
Monica smiled and nodded "That's our baby." She said hearing the heart beat from the monitor through the silent room.
That night Chandler and Monica were both in bed talking about their past together.
Monica was laughing "And do you remember at the resturant? On our first date?"
Chandler nodded smiling "I was so nervous and you were so gorgeous."
"Yeah but what, what was it you tried doing that night?" She asked
He smiled remembering that night like it was yesterday "I tried ordering your food for you. Guessing what you were going to get."
"And did you get it right?"
"No..."
"No." Monica started laughing harder "You thought I was a vegetarian so you ordered me a salad. Because all vegetarians eat salads. Then you got me squid and tofu." Monica smiled at her husband next to her.
"I'm sorry if I read the signs wrong. But what about you? You for our first month anniversary. What, did I do something wrong to piss you off like that?"
"What are you talking about?" Monica never remembered her ever getting real mad at Chandler before.
"When we went to the beach and you wouldn't get in the water until I tested it out first or something." He tried remembering
Monica nodded remembering. Then she stopped and looked at him "You don't know what you did next?" She asked. He shook his head, no. "You picked me up and carried me to the water." She said
He nodded "Yeah, well I didn't throw you in like I was gonna." He said
"No Chandler you didn't...what was it you did again?" She said now remembering why she got mad.
"...I tripped." He said
"You did not trip! You dropped me!" She said smiling.
"See! I told you we would look back on this and laugh." He said pointing to her face.
Monica grabbed the pillow from behind her and hit him with it. Chandler grabbed the pillow from her grip. Monica fell on him. She turned around, now using his chest as her pillow sense he took her's.
Chandler kissed the top of her head and continued "You remember the night I proposed to you?"
"How can I not. It was the best night...out of all the rest of those dates you took me on." She smiled
"And how you were running late from getting home from work." He said softly smiling.
"That night was, the best sex we've ever had." She smiled looking up at him.
He started stroking her hair "What about when we concieved this one?" He asked resting his hand on her stomach.
Monica rested her hand on top of his. "That was great too." She paused "Do you remember at the wedding how..."
"Oh I remember." He said not to happy about that memory.
"You couldn't believe he did that." She smiled
"Well he is a teenage boy and you know how teenage boys get. I was a teenager once myself."
"So you did it in the coat closet!" Monica asked shocked
"No, in the janitor's...you know what that's not important. What about our first dance together?" He said trying to change the subject.
Monica smiled "And how your shoes kept slipping, so I told you to take them off. But you didn't want to be the only one...so I took off mine too." She smiled up at him.
He smiled "I love you." He leaned down to kiss her.
"I love you too." She said yawning.
"You tired?" He asked
"A little." She yawned again.
"You should get some sleep." He said
She nodded. Chandler turned off the bedside lamp.
"Can I have my pillow back?"
"No." He smiled closing his eyes and holding the pillow.
"Having your pregnant wife sleep without a pillow..."
"It's too soon to pull that card. You'll be fine." He said stroking her hair again.
Monica closed her eyes and got comfortable on Chandler's chest. "You might as well make me sleep out in the cold." She said
"I love you. I would never make you sleep out there." He said "Let alone without your pillow." He took her pillow from his side and put it where it was originally at.
Monica smiled. "Thanks babe, but I'm kind of comfy right here." She said turning to face him and closing her eyes again.
"Yeah, as much as I would love for you to stay there all night. Your elbow is jamed into my ribs." He said
"Oh my God I'm so sorry." She said sitting up quick.
Chandler smiled and brought her down to his lips "I love you." He kissed her.
She smiled "That was so mean..." She lied back down on her side of the bed not facing him "And to your pregnant wife..."
Six months went by and Monica was getting big. Being eight months pregnant.
Chandler did everything around the house while Monica was on bed rest.
He was in the nursery making sure everything was all ready for the new baby to come when he heard Monica calling for him "Chandler!"
He rushed to their room and saw her holding her stomach. "It hurts." She said in the bed.
"Okay, okay...um-good.."
"Good!" She yelled "How is this good?"
"Okay, honey just breathe." He said helping her stand.
"Don't you honey me!" She got to her feet and sat back down "I can't. It hurts."
"Yes you can, come on..." Chandler help her back up. "We will get you to the hospital and I'll call everyone there."
Seven hours later they had a new baby boy added to the family. Landon Cole Bing.
Monica held him in her arms and looked up at Chandler "Thank you." She smiled
Chandler smiled down at his new son "No, thank you." He kissed her on her sweaty forehead.
A few days later they got to go home.
Chandler carried him in the house while Monica got the diaper bag.
Monica put the diaper bag down by the door and went over to Chandler's side who was holding Landon. "Welcome home." He said looking down at the baby in his arms.
That night they invited everyone over to see the baby again. Rachel was holding him and gushing while making funny faces. "Mon, he is so cute." She smiled
"Aunt Monica can I hold him?" Ben asked
Monica looked down at him by her side "Yeah, why don't you sit right here." She said getting up off the couch, he sat down and she put a pillow under his elbow for support. Monica sat next to him in case. Rachel handed him the baby.
"He's sleeping." Ben said quietly looking up at Monica.
Monica smiled "Yeah." She brushed his hair back. After a couple minutes Monica spoke again "I'm going to go feed him before he's completely out." She got up and gently took Landon from Ben. She walked upstairs so she can just put him down when she was done. Chandler scooted closer to Ben.
"So how long are you guys gonna take off work?" Phoebe asked who was sitting by her now two month boyfriend, Joey.
"A couple weeks." Chandler said "Then Monica said she's allowed five months."
"That's so unfair." Phoebe said looking at Joey "Let's have a baby."
He smiled "Yeah baby..."
"Alright we better take off." Ross said getting up with Ben "Got to get him back to his moms." He said and left.
"We better go too. Big day at work tomorrow." Joey said and got up with Phoebe.
"Mind if I catch a ride with you guys?" Rachel asked
"Sure." They said goodbye to Chandler and left.
Holly was leaving too and Noah was saying goodbye at the door "I'll see you tomorrow." He said and kissed her goodnight before she left.
"Kay well, I'm going to bed." Noah said heading upstairs.
Chandler soon went up too after he strightened up the living room. He walked in to say goodnight to Landon before going to bed. He found Monica just finishing up and lying him down. Chandler went up behind her and hugged her. "I can't believe a year ago we just got married. Now we have a baby." She smiled
"I know." He said
They kissed him goodnight before heading off to bed.
One year later Landon was already walking and started talking a little too. Chandler stayed home from work most days to watch him while Monica went to work and Noah went to school.
Chandler was putting up the gate to the stairs so he doesn't go up without him watching. He heard Landon crying. He walked in the kitchen where he left him with some cheerios after his nap at four. "Hey buddy what's wrong?" He asked picking him up out of the high-chair.
He didn't stop crying.
Chandler knew it was because he was teething. He already had a few teeth in which is why they started giving him solid foods. Chandler went to the freezer to get the teething ring for him. Once he got it out he heard Monica and Noah walk through the door; being winter it took them longer to get home because of the snow storm that they were in the middle of getting.
Chandler walked out of the kitchen and stood there with Landon in his arms.
Monica and Noah were in the middle of an arguement when they walked in "When you drive in the snow, you have to go slow. I'm never driving with you again. For now on your dad's doing it." Monica said
"Relax, you're here aren't you." Noah said hanging up his coat.
"Yeah, barely..." She said reaching out for the keys, Noah gave them to her.
Landon's crying made them all turn to look. Chandler bent down to get the ring that he dropped.
"I'm gonna go over to Holly's to work on our Physics project." Noah said turning to leave.
"Okay, drive carefully." Monica smiled.
"Haha, funny. I'll be back for dinner." Noah said and left.
"That bad?" Chandler asked
Monica turned and went over to him. "We hit black ice four times and almost ran two red lights." She said hugging him.
He kissed her head "He's a junior, it's what they do."
Monica looked up at him "What? Trying to give their step mom a heart attack?"
Landon giggled. Monica smiled and took him from Chandler. "At least you won't try to kill me."
"He missed you today." Chandler said "Crying everytime I left the room."
Monica gasped "You being bad for daddy?" She said in her baby voice walking away and laying him down on the play mat. She sat down next to him leaning up against the couch.
Chandler got a diaper and wipes and went over to them sitting down on the couch with Monica in between his legs. Once Monica was done changing him Landon got up on his feet and walked over to his blocks then back to Monica. Monica caught him before he fell.
"Look at you. Getting so big." Monca smiled picking him up. "Tomorrow's a big day."
"Check out what I thought him today. Landon look at daddy..." Chandler said "You're gonna be one year old, one year."
"Wos." Landon tried saying.
"That's right. That's how old you'll be." Chandler and Monica smiled
"Oh my God." Monica's smile got bigger.
The next day the party was going great. They watched as Landon shoved his face full with cake and made a huge mess which Monica was not too thrilled about.
Monica cleaned up his hands then took off his shirt that he got cake all over. She got him out of his chair and let him run around.
Landon ran right to Noah who was sitting in the living room with everyone else on the floor. Holly was next to him and everyone was watching the basketball game that was on T.V.
"Okay, I have a question." Phoebe started, getting everyones attention "Who would win in a game, Ross or Noah?" She asked
"Me." Noah and Ross said at the same time.
"I don't think so Noah, I mean you're good but need to work on some things." Ross said
"You're not so hot yourself, just cause you're a coach doesn't mean you're good." He said
"Really?" Noah nodded "You wanna settle this?" He said his competitive side kicking in "We have a one on one game, first one to five wins." He said
"By one or two?"
"Street ball, by one." Ross shrugged
"Okay." Noah said getting up.
Monica came out of the kitchen after cleaning up. She saw everyone looking at Noah and Ross "What's going on?" She asked
"They're gonna play a game." Joey told her.
"A game?...A basketball game? Guys there's snow on the ground."
"So." They both said.
"No, you're going to get sick." They weren't listening "Chandler!" Monica said looking at him for help to tell them this was a bad idea.
"Noah, Monica says no. So no."
He sighed "Come on. It'll only be like ten minutes. I just need to beat Ross then we'll be back in." He said staring at his component.
Monica sighed "Fine, just dress warm and if you can't feel your fingers take a break and come back inside!" Monica told them as they hurried outside. She looked at her husband "Thanks."
That night Monica put Landon down then went to say goodnight to Noah. She peeked in his room "Night Noah." She said turning to leave.
"Monica..." Monica came back to his door.
"Yeah?"
"Can I, can I talk to you?" He asked hesitantly
"You can always talk to me." She said walking over to his bedside.
"Umm...today, when you told me what to do...I just." He paused "It reminded me of my mom and how she told me...I just wanted to say it kind of felt nice having a mom around again. Telling me yes from no." He paused. Monica could feel tears forming. He smiled "You probably think this is stupid."
Monica sat down on his bed "No I don't, it was nice." She smiled
"I guess what I am trying to say is, you are the closest thing I have to a mom, and I would like to call you...my mom." He said quietly. "If that's okay. If you're comfortable with that?"
Monica smiled "I would love it, if you called me mom." She said
He smiled. He was glad he could call Monica his mom now. He loved her like a mom "I mean and it would be good for Landon, you don't want him to start calling you Monica because of me." He smiled "Goodnight...mom."
"Goodnight." She smiled and left. She shut his door behind her and saw Chandler out in the hall waiting for her. She quickly wiped away her tears of joy. She smiled at him.
Chandler hugged her. After awhile, they were still just hugging in the hall until Chandler pulled away "Let's go to bed." He smiled.
They both walked hand in hand to their bedroom.
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