Fandom: Friends (Mondler)
“Screw this,” Chandler sighed, wiping his forehead. “I’m never gonna sell this…”
Chandler’s head shot up when he heard the noise from where his kids were supposed to take a nap – they rarely slept in the afternoon. He was supposed to find a catchy ad for a new razor, but nothing came to his mind. At least he was at home with his children.
“What did you say?!” he said – more like half screamed – to Erica who was smiling. Had she just said her first word?!
Chandler took his camera in a second and started to record his kids.
“Come on, talk for Daddy!”
Never would he have thought he would be so amazed at another human. He felt stupidly happy sometimes.
“Scroo…” Jack said, next to his sister.
“That’s it! Who’s gonna say the first word?!” Maye he sounded like Monica, but they weren’t married for nothing. They’d take their mother’s competitiveness anyway, he could very well prepare them for it.
“You,” Erica followed suit.
Chandler was torn between shock and amazement. For a moment, he filmed in silence, then he stopped the recording quickly and hurried to his children.
“Nononono! You can’t say that! Say daddy…”
“Oh sh–oot. What have I done?! Jack, say Mommy… please?”
“Screw!” He looked more and more happy as his father panicked.
Monica was going to kill Chandler, he was sure. Maybe he could pretend nothing had happen and cough if Jack tried to speak. Yeah, that could work. Was he that vulgar? Why were their first words this? He was cursed.
He heard Monica coming back and jumped on his camera, deleting the recording quickly and pretending to work right when she opened the door.
Jack almost talked, but he just made noises instead. Erica said “you” and pointed to her mother so Monica was too busy being amazed at her to notice Chandler’s anxious eyes. It didn’t last long as he was back at admiring his small kids shortly after, hoping very hard that Jack had suddenly become mute, or would repeat what her sister was saying. He didn’t speak until a couple more days when Erica hit him and he called for his mommy. Chandler would have been extremely jealous before, but he just felt relieved that his first (almost) word had been Mommy in front of Monica.