I know that maybe adoption agencies don’t work this way, but let’s just say that they agree with Monica and Chandler’s situation.

You’ve always been my baby

Chapter 2

It has been almost 3 months since Monica and Chandler made the bet. Chandler had been in touch with the adoption agency and his request was heeded. The adoption agency was not fully satisfied with Chandler’s profile and the lack of recommendations he handed to them, but they still gave him a chance and said that he could be the temporary parent of a child who will be undergoing heart surgery.

“So they’re really giving you a baby?” Joey asked while seeing his friends almost panicking because of his excitement.

“Yup, they said that it was unlikely someone like me, who’s neither divorced or gay, to adopt a child. But they reconsidered me since there’s this baby who’d be undergoing heart surgery which was sponsored by the adoption agency. The baby needs a place to stay and so they called me up and said that if I was still interested. I said yes, and so, yeah, I’m gonna be a dad!” Chandler’s suddenly sparkled with the thought of being a dad to this poor baby even if it’s just temporary. Since the deal between Monica and Chandler, Chandler had shared to his friends how much he longed to be a father; hence, his reaction to the adoption agency’s reconsideration was expected of him.

“Wait, so this whole adoption thing is this to fill the void that Janice had left or to prove to me that you’re really father material?” Monica challenged Chandler once more. Since the moment Chandler decided that he wanted to adopt, Janice broke up with him saying that their relationship might be moving a little too fast.

“Ha ha, Monica, very funny, you know what, I know that after this whole adopting thing, you’d be the one chasing me asking me to father your baby.” Chandler quipped.

“Don’t think so, wouldn’t want my baby to be left in the bus by himself.” Monica rebutted.

“Hey… I um… I… I don’t know why you still remember that!” Chandler ran out of words to challenge Monica.

“How long will the baby stay with you?” Joey suddenly asked.

“Two weeks I think?”

“That long? Okay, good luck Chandler. I bet you wouldn’t stand two weeks with a baby.” Monica said.

“Wait, I’m confused with what we’re doing?” Chandler told Monica sarcastically.

“So when are you going to get the baby?” Joey asked once more ignoring the tension between Monica and Chandler.

“Tonight, I’m gonna fetch him at the airport.”

“Have you bought everything that the baby needs?” Monica gave up annoying Chandler and thought that it was insensitive of her to be making fun of him. Chandler’s eyes suddenly widened after realizing that he didn’t buy anything that the baby would need. After Monica gave him a look, he rushed out of the apartment and went straight to Bloomingdales.

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“Nervous?” Monica patted Chandler’s back while waiting for the plane to land. She decided to come with Chandler to fetch the baby because she thought that Chandler might become… Chandler again.

“No I’m not. Just feeling weird, weird that maybe this is the last time that I’d have peace in two weeks or egoistic since I now have to concentrate on the baby. The baby all the time, baby all year long. I mean two weeks long, but I’d be better if it were a year right? Oh my, what if I leave the baby in the taxi while ridding the cab home? What if…” Chandler was cut in by Monica when she saw him babbling.

“Chandler, shut up.”

“You know, I tend to talk and talk until someone tells me to stop.”

“Stop!” Monica shouted making every head in two meter radius turn. “Sorry.” Monica said in a whisper.

Chandler was just about to make another sarcastic remark when he suddenly saw the woman from the adoption agency holding a baby and was walking towards them. “Mon, I think he’s here.”

The woman from the adoption agency then greeted Chandler. “Mr. Bing, this is little Tyler. He’d be staying with you for two weeks, after which, he’d be brought to Seattle Grace Hospital to undergo heart surgery.” The woman further explained and then handed little Tyler to him and then the woman left.

“Hey little Tyler, how cute are you?” Chandler was talking to him with in his small voice, trying to sound like a baby. Tyler’s about a year and a half month old. Even if Tyler has this grave condition, blithe could still be seen on his face.

“Isn’t that weird, your maiden name is Tyler, just like his name.” Monica pointed out matter-of-factly.

“Yeah, I’ve noticed that too.” Chandler then switched focus to Tyler. “Aren’t we meant together, you cute little chubby- wubby baby.” Chandler was once again using his small voice. Monica suddenly saw Chandler in a different light. He was suddenly the mature father-material guy, far from her carefree, smart ass, sarcastic, immature Chandler. She felt weird about him. It’s as if he’s someone she never knew.

“I agree, you both look really cute.” Monica found herself soften for some reason.

“You see, I told you, this ain’t that hard. I mean you just cuddle him and kiss him and…” Chandler wasn’t able to finish what he was saying because Tyler suddenly vomited.

“Easy? I can see that.” Monica at this moment started their virtual competition. Monica Geller -1, Chandler Bing -0. “This is going to be easy.” Monica said under her breath knowing that Chandler would soon give up with this whole fatherly thing and would stop bugging him about fathering her child.

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Monica went into the boy’s apartment; she was looking for the cooking pan that Joey borrowed the other day.

“Joey, are you home?” Monica shouted, but no one answered so she shouted once more. “Joey, where is my cooking pan?”

Chandler suddenly came out from his room with his hair all messed up. “Why are you making such noise?” Chandler asked Monica irritably.

“What? I was just looking for my cooking pan that Joey borrowed.” Monica replied in a high pitch and was still very loud.

“Shh… Can you calm down a little, woman?!” Chandler whispered to her.

“Why? What the hell is your problem?” Monica stubbornly talked even louder confused why Chandler was making her quiet down. She then realized why Chandler was asking her to quiet down when she heard loud cries coming from Chandler’s room. “Oh… sorry about that.” Monica apologized sheepishly.

“Here we go again! I’ve just put him to bed. He hasn’t stopped crying since this morning. “ Chandler complained. “The cooking pan you’re looking for is in the third cabinet from the left. I’ll just attend to my ‘son’ before he loses the will to live.” Chandler said while retreating to his bedroom.

Monica got the cooking pan she needed and once again updated her tally sheet. Monica Geller- 2, Chandler Bing -0. “Wow, this is great, only 3 days and I’ve earned 2 cool points!”

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