Author's note: Hey guys! Guest reviewer that talked about the fertility's problem: Well, I don't know anything about medicine, but from I gathered from the show (hahah), I guess the problem was the combination of his and her problem. I googled it and found this: "If a man's sperm is unable to swim effectively, it makes natural conception much more difficult." so I guess it isn't just about getting to her uterus, but just being able to properly swim. Maybe it wasn't something easily fixable when the show aired? I have no idea, but I stick to the plot from the show anyway even though I'm also a little bit confused HAHA

Valerie: yeah, I completely agree with you. I guess because of her background she looks at her friends and can't quite take their problems seriously sometimes, as much as she tries to, and Joey's the carefree one, the lighthearted man, so she just adores him haha what bothers me is how supportive she is of Ross and Rachel when they were the ones destroying their relationship for no reason, but maybe I'm just some bitter mondler fan HAHAHA

Anyway, this is the last chapter, and there is a little epilogue after this, including the six of them. :3 Thank you so much for reading this, it means a lot to me. :)

Chapter 8: Rachel

Monica & the Adoption

"Anyway, this leads me to the big news" Monica looked at her friends expectantly "We're going to adopt!"

Choruses of oh my god and this is so great came out of Rachel and Phoebe at the same time, both touched and excited about the idea, moving forward to give Monica a hug. She looked so happy it was heartwarming. Phoebe looked somewhat pensive though, but Rachel didn't shy away from asking more questions.

"So when is it going to happen?"

"Well, we've been trying to have a baby for a year, so we'll take a break now, relax a little. I guess we need that, but we'll be contacting agencies soon." Monica answered with a soft smile.

The trio small talked about some things, but Phoebe still looked distracted, so when she abruptly decided to leave, nobody tried to stop her. Rachel would normally take that as an opportunity to leave too, but she lived just across the hall and she still wanted to talk to Monica about some things.

Noticing Rachel's expression, Monica was a bit confused.

"Is there anything you want to talk about?"

"Actually, yeah…" Rachel looked uncertain, and Monica couldn't figure out why. "Listen, Mon. I think it's wonderful that you guys are going to adopt, and I'm really glad for you two, but… are you sure you don't want to take that opportunity with the sperm donor?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I mean…" Rachel cleared her throat, looking as if she was weighting her own words before allowing them to leave her mouth "You've always dreamed about getting pregnant, and Chandler was the one showing up with a potential sperm donor. You could at least have one baby this way and adopt others after that."

Monica not saying anything made Rachel feel a little scared of crossing a line, so she continued.

"I'm sorry, Mon, if you think this is none of my business. Well, maybe it is none of my business. I'm just worried about you, you know."

"Rach." Monica had a surprisingly soft smile "Chandler is my husband for a reason. If I'm going to have a family, I want him to be equally part of the process."

"I know, and that's great! I'm just afraid that you'll be giving up your biggest dream and regret later."

"I'm not going to regret later."

"How can you know that?"

"Because. I don't know what is it with you guys, you must think I'm some crazy woman with baby fever who just wants children no matter what." Monica's tone sounded a little more irritated than before.

"We don't think that!"

"Of course you do! And I don't really blame you, I mean… I guess I came off that way before, but things have changed, and I want different things now."

"Honey, you don't want different things."

"Yes, I do. I don't just want babies right now."

"Of course you do, that's always—"

"Rachel, please, let me finish."

She took a deep breath and decided to keep silent for a moment and wait for whatever it was her best friend was about to say.

"I don't just want babies. I want to have a family with him. Chandler is my husband for a reason. It would be great if we could conceive naturally, I'd do anything to have that, and I still believe that one day it might happen to us, but since it's not likely going to happen any time soon, I'm totally fine with adoption."

Monica ran her fingers through Rachel's hair, smiling at the concerned expression on her friend's face.

"I know you're worried about me, but it's okay, really. It would be really weird for me having a baby growing inside me knowing that it wasn't half his." She laughed a little. "If I can't get pregnant by Chandler, I don't want to get pregnant by anybody else. But, more importantly, I want to have kids with my husband, I want a family. That's what's going to happen. I'll have what I've always wanted. I'm not giving up anything, so you really don't need to worry, okay?"

Rachel was very touched again, tears in her eyes and everything. "Okay. I'm sorry if I said anything mean, I was just really worried about you."

"I know." Monica smiled softly again, reaching for her friend's arms to give her a hug.

Wiping her eyes, Rachel heavily sighed. "I guess I'm going to go, Emma's probably going to need me soon." And she stood up to leave the apartment, "see you tomorrow, Mon."

"See you tomorrow, Rach."

When Rachel got to her and Joey's apartment, she saw Chandler just sitting there, visibly tired but looking as if he was waiting for something, while Joey obliviously ate some pizza.

"Hey, Chandler, are you okay?"

He looked a little hesitant. "Yeah, I'm fine. You?"

"I'm okay, sweetie."

"Okay then, I'm going home, see you guys tomorrow."

"See you." She thought that behavior was weird, so she turned to Joey with a confused expression.

"Oh!" He stopped eating. "Well, he arrived some time ago and was about to enter their apartment, but he heard some muffled conversation from inside and assumed you and Monica were having an argument or something. So he came here to hang out for a while until you left."

Joey noticed Rachel's watery, red eyes and got a little worried too. "Are you okay? Did you fight with Monica?"

"No! Everything's fine, really. Well, I'm gonna go check on Emma."

Rachel had been in Monica's life since they were kids, and since very early years Monica would be the one calling her little dolls daughters all the time. Since the very beginning of their friendship as tiny children, Monica had dreams about getting pregnant and having a baby. Thinking about the current situation and everything Monica had just told her, Rachel could only think wow we've come a long way. Monica did change. It would be so easy fulfilling personal wishes when she had Chandler backing her up, willing to do anything to make that happen. The thing is, it wasn't about her dreams and wishes anymore. It was all about their dreams and wishes. Her plans and desires would always equally consider the feelings of two people, because plans and desires and wishes and dreams were no longer about Monica's life only; they were about Monica and Chandler's life. That was amazing. They are that kind of couple, huh? Rachel amusedly thought. She looked at Emma, adoration for her baby in her eyes, and she was sure that it didn't matter where their future babies would come from, Monica and Chandler would eventually be able to look at their own children with the same amount of love.