Sweet Nothing In My Ear

The Date

Friday night rolled around and Rachel and Phoebe helped Monica pick out the perfect dress for tonight. "Isn't it weird that you and Chandler are going out? I mean you only known each other for like a week." Phoebe said

Monica and Rachel looked at each other "Phoebe there's something I need to tell you..."

"OH MY GOD!" Phoebe said shocked walking out of Monica's room with them following.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, it's just I didn't think he would come back and when he did I didn't know how to tell anyone..."

"Woh! No one else knows besides Rachel and I?" Phoebe asked turning around.

Monica nodded "And please don't tell anyone. I wanted to wait until I told Chandler first." She said

"I understand. Your secret's safe with me." She smiled and hugged her.

After the hug Monica looked at her "What was that for?" She asked

"I just felt like you needed a hug before you get beat up by your brother once he figures out you told us before him." Phoebe said walking away.

Monica glared at her.

Chandler went by the flower store before picking up Monica for their date. He walked in and saw like fifty different flowers.

He was looking around the store not sure which ones to buy. "Can I help you with anything?" Chandler turned around.

"Yeah, actually what flowers are good for a first date?"

"Well, roses are nice to give a special someone. Did you two just meet?" The clerk asked Chandler walking over to the section of roses.

"No, we've known each other before this. But lost contact then a couple weeks later we saw each other again." Chandler explained.

He nodded "These roses are good for first dates, or these..." He pointed them out.

"Does each color have a special meaning to it?" Chandler asked

"Yes they do..." He started telling Chandler all the different meanings of each color.

Monica put the finishing touchs on then went over to the couch where Rachel, Phoebe and Alex were watching T.V. "I still can't believe you and Chandler..."

"Phoebe, let it go." Monica said afraid Chandler might be on the other end and hear what they were talking about.

Monica turned to Alex and got his attention "Anut Phoebe and Aunt Rachel are going to watch you tonight, okay?" She said.

"Where you going?" He signed

"I'm going to go out to dinner with Chandler." She told him "Remember, you like Chandler." He nodded and smiled.

"He's coming to play too." He signed and went to go get his toys that they could play with.

Monica looked at Rachel and Phoebe who were starring back at her. She got up and followed him to his room.

Chandler walked up the stairs to Monica's apartment nervous than ever. "It's just a date." Chandler said to himself taking a deep breath before knocking on the door.

They heard someone knocking on the door. Rachel started to get up to answer the door but Phoebe was faster, wanting to see if she can really tell that Aex and Chandler looked a like.

Phoebe hurried and went to the door. She opened it to reveal Chandler on the other side. "Hey Chandler." She said moving a side and letting him in. Yep, she could see Alex in him...now that she knew. "She'll be right out...Alex." She explained.

"Something wrong?" He asked worried.

"No." She assured him.

Monica went over to Alex and watched him get all his toys out of the boxes Monica just put away a couple hours before. "Honey...Chandler's not coming over to play with you." She told him.

He stopped and looked at her, sad.

"He can play with you some other day, okay?" She said. He bowed his head and nodded. She lifted his head so she can still talk to him "How about tomorrow? He can come over all day tomorrow and play with you." She signed

His frown slowly turned into a smile. He hugged his mother.

Rachel went over to Alex's room "Mon, Chandler's here." She told him.

She looked over at her "Okay, thanks." She got up and walked out the door.

Once Chandler saw Monica appear his jaw dropped. She was gorgeous, no words to describe. She was wearing a kneel length black dress, with spaghtti straps. She was also wearing matching black high heels that were open toed. Her hair was down and slightly curled.

Monica walked over to Chandler and smiled "Hey."

"Hey." He handed her the flowers in his hand "I got these for you." He smiled "I didn't know which ones to get so I got one of each." He told her "Yeah, the pink means happiness, yellow means caring, and red means beauty and love." He smiled shyly

She smiled and took them from him "Thank you, their beautiful."

"Like you." He smiled

"Awww!" They both looked over and saw Rachel and Phoebe standing there.

They smiled "I'll just put these in water, then we can go." She told him.

He smiled.

Chandler looked at Phoebe and Rachel who were looking at him funny "What?" He asked

"Nothing." They shrugged still starring at him.

Chandler shook it off.

Alex ran out of his room after picking back up his toys. He ran straight to Chandler and hugged his legs.

Chandler smiled and bent down. "Hey."

"You're coming tomorrow." He smiled "Mommy said you can come over and play with me all day." He signed excited.

Chandler looked over at Monica "Sorry, I should have checked with you first." She said.

"No, it's fine." He looked back at Alex "Can't wait."

Monica and Chandler were seated at the restuarant waiting for their food. "So how did you find out Alex was deaf?" Chandler asked

"Well, he was just 18 months and I was on the floor playing with him." She said "Well there was this loud bang. So loud that I even had to cover my ears...but he didn't flinch." She explained.

"What was the loud bang?" He asked

"I never really found out. I think it was coming from outside. On the street or something."

"That's so sad. I'm sorry." He said

"Thanks, well I brought him to the Doctor's to check him out later that week. They called me a couple days later and told me. They then fixed him for hearing aids. But we never got them." She said

"Why not?" He asked

"To much money." She explained "Can't afford it." Monica took another drink of her wine. She really didn't want to talk about it.

Chandler could sense Monica getting uncomfortable with the subject. "You look really nice tonight." He said

She smiled looking at him again "Thanks. You look pretty good yourself."

He smiled "I hope you don't mind me asking, where's Alex's father?"

Monica looked him in the eyes. "Well, actually...remember when I told you that night we had together was amazing?" He nodded "Well, it was so amazing because, that night, I got Alex." She told him softly.

"What do you mean?" He asked

"Chandler...you're Alex's father."

Finally! There you guys go :)...But wait, what does Chandler think about that? What's his reaction...REVIEW and I will post!