This is Mine, You Can't Take It

[Okay, so I'm really excited about this series! It shouldn't be *too* long, because I want to get it done over winter break. It's genre is but it's mostly gonna be romance, very little drama. I hope you enjoy it! This takes place, in, I guess, early Season 10. There may be spoilers for anything that has already aired in the US, but I dunno. I got the title from the song For Once In My Life by Stevie Wonder, I think. It's a line from the song. Anyways, read and enjoy!!]

Disclaimer: Not not mine, not not mine.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Monica sighed and rolled over to face the alarm clock, then hit snooze with a thud. How was it morning already? It couldn't be. It seemed like she had *just* fallen asleep. She felt Chandler stir next to her. He mumbled something, and then gathered Monica into his arms.

Doesn't that mean you're supposed to get up? he questioned, wrapping his arms around her.

They put the snooze button there for a reason, she said, smiling as he wrapped his arms around her, and closed her eyes.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Monica sighed and turned to shut the clock off again. She knew she really had to get up this time, but made no move to do so.

Getting up this time? Chandler mumbled into her shoulder.

Uhhh, yeah, I guess I have to, she said with a sigh. I don't want to, though, it's freezing and it's so warm under the covers...and next to you...

Then don't, he said simply.

I have to, she said.

Fine, do it the hard way, then, he said. He released his grip on her so she could get up. She turned to look at him and smiled.

Maybe I'll stay here five more minutes, she decided, running her hand across his chest.

Fine with me, he mumbled. Suddenly he woke up a little more. Make it 15, and I'll make it worth your while, he said, raising his eyebrows suggestively.

she pretended to ponder with a smile on her face. Get up and freeze, or stay in bed and play with Chandler? she paused for effect. Hey, you know the first option is looking better and better.

You're lucky I love you, he muttered as he started kissing her neck. Now quit wasting time, we now only have fourteen minutes.

she said, not paying attention to anything except for what he was doing to her neck.


*~*~*~*

Chandler Bing, Chandler answered the phone at work.

Monica's voice came through the line. Chandler couldn't help but smile.

he said.

So I was on my lunch break, and I just thought I'd call to, you know, thank you for making me late to work today.

Nice try, Missy, but I heard no complaints from you at the time.

She laughed. I guess you caught me. In that case, then thanks for this morning.

Mon, you are more than welcome, he said with a laugh. Anytime. Maybe right now? I can be over in, like, three minutes.

First of all, no you can't, and second of all, I think I'll wait until tonight. What'd you say tonight we take our time and do it right? No fifteen minute time limit.

You're on, he said.

Then I'll see you tonight, she said. I better get back to work. I love you.

I love you, too, he said.





*~*~*~*

Oh my God! Ross said, running down the hallway of the hospital towards Chandler. Where is she? Is she okay? What happened?

She's in there, Chandler pointed to the door in front of them. And I don't know, and I don't know.

Have you talked to the doctor? he asked.

No! They keep telling me he'll be with me shortly, and he hasn't.

You have any idea what happened?

Car accident, Chandler said, his voice cracking.

She's gonna be fine, okay? Ross assured him. You know how strong she is. She'll be fine.

I hope you're right, he said. Where is everyone else?

They're on their way. Rachel had to get someone to watch Emma before she could come, and Joey and Phoebe were out somewhere.

I can't believe this, Chandler muttered.

For all you know, maybe she just hit her head and, you know, broke an arm.

Why do I have the feeling that they wouldn't have called me and told me to come down here right away if that was the case? Chandler asked.

Don't panic yet, Chandler. You don't know anything.

You guys! Phoebe's voice rang out down the hallway. You guys, is she okay? What happened? Rachel and Joey were following behind her.

We don't know, Ross answered, looking at Chandler and realizing he wasn't going to answer Phoebe. We just know she was in a car accident.

Oh my God! Joey said.

She'll be okay, Phoebe said. I can feel it! If she wasn't gonna be okay, I'd have a bad feeling, and I don't.

Yeah, but what if she's not? Chandler asked them. I can't lose her. I can't.

You're not gonna lose her, Rachel tried to assure him.

You don't know that, he said. This is some kind of nightmare. You know, you think it will never happen to you...then SURPRISE, it does!

Chandler, you don't know anything, Rachel said.

Don't you think the fact that the doctor hasn't come to talk to me yet is a bad sign?

Not necessarily, Rachel replied. I mean, actually, that's good! Because she's fine and so he wasn't worried about coming to find you.

Yeah, she has a point, Phoebe agreed.

I guess, maybe you're right, Chandler said.

I'll go see if I can find out anything, Ross said, heading over to the nurses' station.

God, if anything happens to her... Chandler said, it's all my fault.

How would it be your fault? None of this was your fault, Joey said.

No, this will be my fault, Chandler said. This morning she didn't want to get up and go to work. And we were joking around about just blowing off work. Then she let it go and so did I. But it would have been easy enough to talk her into ditching work and staying in bed. I've done it before. She's done it to ME before. If I had just...talked her into it. Then we'd be at home right now, and NONE of this would be HAPPENING.

Chandler, you can't blame yourself for this! Rachel said.

Phoebe agreed. How could you have known this would happen?

I couldn't have...but I was THIS close to preventing it, he said.

The doctor will be with us shortly, Ross said sarcastically, coming back to the group.

Yeah, I figured, Chandler said. They don't know anything over there, I think that's just their answer for everything.

Are you all here for Monica Bing? a doctor asked as he approached them. No one had noticed him coming towards them.

everyone said at once.

Is her, uh, husband here? the doctor asked. I'd like to talk to him first.

Yeah, that's me, Chandler said, jumping up from his seat and h heading towards the doctor.

Mr. Bing, the doctor said. I'm so sorry...

[AN: Don't lose faith in me and click that x yet! ;) Keep going!]

*~*~*~*
LATER....

Chandler walked outside the hospital alone. He was numb. He couldn't feel anything. He couldn't cry, he couldn't be mad, he had nothing. He noted mentally that there was probably something wrong with that, but what the hell, he didn't care right now.

Stepping out into the cool night air, he figured that the doctor had told Ross, Rachel, Phoebe and Joey after he had walked off without a word. Actually, they probably knew as soon as he walked off without a word.

Things like this weren't supposed to happen. He'd had a bad enough childhood, the rest of his life was supposed to go well. He'd had a fear of commitment, and when he finally got over that, he was supposed to live happily ever after.

But no, apparently.

He looked down at the ground. He couldn't look anywhere else. Looking up he'd see the sky, then wonder about heaven and if she was up there looking down at him right then. If he looked straight ahead, he'd see the fountain in front of the hospital that was too cheery for his tastes.

While staring at the ground, he noticed a penny, heads up, lying near his feet. He shrugged and picked it up. Turning it over in his hand, he noticed that it was from 1998. Shrugging, he turned to the fountain and tossed it in. Remembering the tradition to make a wish on a penny when throwing it in a fountain, he closed his eyes. I wish I could do something to bring Monica back to me.'

He opened his eyes, and noticed that everything was blurry. Great, now I'm going to start crying, he realized. Turning to head towards a cab, to go home to...THEIR apartment, he bumped into a young man.

Oh, sorry, he said.

I can do it, the man told him.

Uhhhh, what?

Your wish. I can make it come true.

Chandler rolled his eyes. Yeah, uh, sure you can, buddy.

You don't want me to, or what?

Look, I wished for something rather...serious. And I'm really not in the mood to play mind games with some crazy person who hangs out in front of the hospital.

Chandler, I can grant your wish, the man said again, using his name this time.

How did you know my name? Chandler asked. You did just say my name, didn't you? Have you been following me around or something? You really ARE crazy!

Chandler, if you just listen to me, I can make her come back.

How did you know that's what I wished for?



No, never mind. You've been following me all night, learned my name, and learned that MY WIFE DIED, and are now playing some lame trick, that really, I must say, is--

Let me start over, the man interrupted. I'm not crazy. I've been sent here to grant you your wish. My name is Lou, and this is what I do. Lou paused, then laughed, realizing that what he had said rhymed. Chandler shot him a glare. Lou apologized. Anyway, I get sent to grant wishes to certain individuals. Now, you just picked up a penny that was dated the year you and your wife got together, threw it in the fountain, and wished something ABOUT your wife. Those kinds of correlations make it possible for me to grant you your wish.

[AN: For everyone who doesn't know, there is a superstition that if you find a penny (a US form of currency) it's lucky. Also, that superstition has been extended to finding one HEADS UP (there is a head, a face of a president, on one side) is lucky. Also, you throw pennies or other change into a fountain, then you make a wish. Just to clear that up if it was confusing at all...]

How did you know what year the penny was? Chandler wondered. And how did you know that that was the year my wife and I got together?

Because I'm not some crazy old man. I'm Lou. I know everything, and I can grant this wish.

I must really be losing it, Chandler mumbled. I've lost it. I lost my mind.

This is real, Chandler, Lou said.

Oh my God, maybe this is all a dream? This WHOLE THING was a dream, accident and all!

This is no dream.

It has to be! Pinch me! he held his arm out to the man, who pinched it.

See, not a dream.

What do you mean, NOT a dream? This has to be! Things like this don't happen in real life.

Yes they do. However, most people don't get to experience luck like this. Now do you want Monica back or not?

Yes! Yes! Of COURSE I do! he said, looking at the man, unsure if this was for real, or if he had totally lost his mind.

Then you'll get her.

Just like that?

Well, kind of. There is ONE condition...


To be continued!
Kinda short...sorry about that!
The next part should be up soon! (I'm hoping!!)