Sweet Nothing In My Ear

There's More To It

All those feelings came flooding back from when Chandler saw Monica again, and seeing her with a kid just makes him want to get to know her better. Not like the last time, he dreaded leaving her like that. But he had to, there were too many feelings to deal with after the night they had together.

He was at work trying once again, to concentrate. Until Tom came in "Hey, what's up?" He asked sitting down in the chair in front of Chandler's desk.

"Good. Great." Chandler smiled

"Why so smily?" He asked smiling back "I haven't seen you this happy sense..." He thought "Sense that girl you saw at the restaurant a couple days ago."

Chandler's smile just got bigger. He tried covering it with the paper in front of him.

"Oh my God!" Tom said "You went back and asked her out didn't you?"

Chandler's smile faded and he put down the paper "No." He said. He wish he asked her out last night though. "Okay, so the first day I stayed with Joey. I went to go get dressed, then I heard these voices..."

"Oh the voices that tell you, why did I buy this shirt again?" Tom said. Knowing just how that feeling is.

Chandler looked at him confused "No!" He sighed "Anyway, I walked out of my room and guess whose standing in my kitchen?" He said.

"She wasn't?"

"Oh she was! She turned out to be the person living across the hall." He said smiling again at the thought of Monica.

"Wow." Tom leaned back in his chair "Didn't you get lucky. So did you ask her out?"

Chandler sighed once again "I couldn't." He said leaning back in his chair.

"Why not?"

"That girl from the restaurant, the girl in my kitchen that lives across the hall. Was the same girl that I told you about. The girl that I had that one night stand with in college."

Tom was shocked. He was trying to remember the girl Chandler told him about. They were best friends in college, they told each other everything. His eyes got wide once he figured out the name "Monica? The girl you couldn't stop thinking about for years?"

Chandler just nodded. "Yeah..."

Monica was on her way to work after dropping Alex off at school. He went to Frankton School For The Deaf. He has made a lot of friends there. Monica was glad to get him in to a school where he wasn't singled out, where he could play with other little boys just like him. But sense he is five and still young he only goes for half the day, that's when either Rachel, Ross, Joey or even Phoebe sometimes would pick him up and watch him the rest of the day until Monica got off. Being a single mother she couldn't take off as much as she would like. She needed the money.

Monica arrived at work and saw it wasn't that busy; well it was only nine in the morning. She hung up her coat and went in the kitchen.

She had a lot on her mind. Alex, Chandler...Chandler and Alex. Why, why did he come back? She finally got over him, and he reappears in her life again. Seeing him again brought back old feelings. How was she suppose to break the news to him? She couldn't just keep it from him. Not now. Expectually sense he lives across the hall from her.

She had to do it soon, the longer she waits the harder it will be to tell him.

Her bigger problem was the rest of the gang, she didn't tell any of them who Alex's father was. She couldn't, expectually to Ross. Oh God Ross...he will kill Chandler if he figured out he was the father.

They seemed to have a good time when Joey invited him over to meet Chandler the other day.

The only real person she told all this to was Rachel. She was there with her is college, until she moved. Then they found each other again when Monica moved to New York and they became roommates. Until Rachel started to get serious with Ross and they moved in together. Rachel felt bad to leave Monica alone with a four year old. But Monica said it was fine, and if she needed anything she was right across the street.

Monica sighed.

She didn't realize how loud it was until Rhonda said something "Honey is everything okay? You seem lost." She said going over to her.

Monica looked at her "It's a long story..."

"I've got time." She smiled seeing their only customer leave the building.

Monica gave her a small smile and began her long story.

...okay, Rachel and Rhonda were the only two people that knew the whole story.

Monica was walking up the stairs to her apartment after work. She got her keys out of her purse ready to open her door. She got to the top step and stopped when seeing Chandler outside his apartment just sitting on the floor.

Chandler saw Monica come up the stairs. He quickly stood up and brushed off his pants.

"What are you doing out in the hall?" She asked

He looked back to his closed door then Monica "Umm...I forgot my keys." He said

Monica nodded slowly not buying his excuss "Joey got a girl over?" She asked

He nodded shyly smiling.

Monica smiled back. She went over to her door, she hesitated before opened it. She turned back towards Chandler "You're welcome to come in if you'd like."

"That's okay, I don't want it too be weird..." He said

"Why would it be weird?" She asked

But before he could answer Alex came running to Monica. She lifted him up in her arms and hugged him tight.

Rachel came over. She stopped when she saw Chandler. She knew that Chandler. "Well I better go, leave you two alone for awhile." She looked at Alex then Chandler then back to Alex "Want to go get a muffin?" She signed and also said out loud to him. He nodded and slid down Monica's side and grabbed Rachel's hand "Bye." She smiled and looked from Monica to Chandler.

They stood there and watched the two of them walk down the stairs. They then heard Joey in his apartment. "I think I can come in for a while." Chandler said

Monica smiled and they both walked in to her apartment.

I think that's a good place to stop :) I have a big test I need to study for...U.S. History :( Well I will write more later, if not tomorrow and maybe even update by then. Please review!