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It's the late 1800's. Monica stood in the middle of a great hall, with friends all around her. She was the latest gossip. Dr. Richard Burke, a well know friend of her father's, and her latest suitor, had asked her to marry him. He had recently divorced from his wife and quickly took a liking to Monica. Of course Jack wasn't thrilled with the idea of his best friend courting his baby girl, but soon got used to it. Judy, Jack's wife was so happy that her daughter was going to marry. Their eldest son, Ross, had been married, but divorced after eight years of marriage, luckily he managed to give them a grandchild, he was being raised by Ross's ex-wife and her 'life partner.'
Monica's suitors had died down with the announcement of her engagement. Her friends Rachel and Phoebe where so jealous of their friend. Rachel was dying to get married, but knowing the out come of Ross's marriage, that is who she's dating now, that wasn't going to happen any time soon. Phoebe knew her time would come, she had only one suitor, but she thought of him more as a friend than anything else. Joseph Tribianni was known around their town as a womanizer, but she didn't care as much, she enjoyed his friendship and his company. One person she couldn't stand was Monica's brother, they would always fight, Phoebe believed that things happened for a reason, like it was fate, but Ross, believed that things happened because you weren't careful. Once they started fighting it was always Monica and Chandler, who was a friend of Ross's when they went to the local university together, who would break up the fight. Phoebe often noticed how much time Monica and Chandler spent together, she once thought that he was courting her, but quickly dismissed the idea after knowing about his relationship with Janice.
Monica stood in the middle of the crowd of women, all starring at her engagement ring. Ross and Joey stood at the bar sipping their drinks. Chandler wasn't there, he had not received an invitation, Richard had been jealous of Monica and his friendship, when Monica wasn't with him or Rachel she was almost all was with Chandler. Their walks in the park and their private conversations scared Richard, he hated Chandler.
The next day, after Richard had left and Ross and Rachel left for their daily stroll, Chandler came over.
'Hey there beautiful.' Chandler greeted Monica.
'Where were you last night, I didn't see you at my engagement party.'
'I didn't get an invitation, and after hearing about it I didn't want to upset any body by coming with out an invitation, so…'
'You didn't get an invitation? How I wrote you one.' Monica replied confused.
'Any way, you wanna walk?' Chandler asked offering his arm. Monica took it and they walked out side, talking about her party and any other little bits of conversation. Back at the house Ross and Rachel had returned and joined Judy in the living room for a cup of tea. After a half-hour of talking and chitchat, Judy looked out side to the pouring rain and asked,
'Have you seen your sister dear?' Ross looked out side and replied,
'No I haven't seen her since breakfast.'
'Well isn't she with Richard?' Rachel asked.
'No he's at the office, God where is she?' Ross asked concerned for his little sister.
In the garden Chandler and Monica came running up to a small corner, covered by a canopy of flora. A few raindrops escaped the tightly weaved top, both Chandler and Monica were breathing heavily after their sprint for cover. They were soaking wet.
'Maybe we should wait for this to pass.' Chandler proposed as he watched Monica ring out her hair. She nodded her head, a sudden chill came over her, and she shuddered. Chandler walked up to her and hugged her, he rubbed her shoulders and arms and her back in an attempt to warm her up. A sharp flash of light hit the ground about 20 feet away from them, he continued to rub her back, she rested her head against his chest, she could hear his heartbeat at a constant soothing rhythm. The rain died down, they quickly ran for the nearest door in to the house. They made their way up stairs, she peeled of into her room and he made his way towards the bathroom. Monica had gotten her damp dress off, noticing she didn't have a towel, she pocked her head out into the hall, all clear. Chandler must be down stairs by now, Monica thought. She cautiously made her way to the bathroom. She reached in and grabbed a towel.
'I don't think I've ever seen this side of you before.' Chandler joked. Monica jumped, startled that he was there.
'I thought you'd be down stairs by now.' Monica cried as she wrapped the towel around her body. Chandler smiled and made his way over to her. He stood only inches away from her, she as starring into his eyes as he reached around her. She felt a piece of clothe drape cover her shoulders. He lifted her hair and placed it on the towel that rested on her.
'Thanks.' Monica whispered, still looking into his eyes. He gave a small smile then escorted her to her room. She suddenly knew how reveling she looked. She blushed as she felt his hand on the small of her back, the other hand opened her door. She turned nervous then asked,
'Could you wait here? I'll need help getting dresses.' She was looking down she didn't even she him nod with a smile curving his lips. The only thing that gave her any sign was the noise he made in his mouth. 'Uh ha.'
She closed the door and quickly dried off, and slipped into the dress, then opening the door, she saw his leaning up against the opposite wall. She motioned for him to enter. He closed the door behind him. She knew this was a major sin, but she didn't want any one to know that she as out in the rain, so she had to dress quickly, and he was there to help her. She turned around with her back to him, offering the buttons. She felt him move her hair over her shoulders, out of the way of the buttons. She could feel his hands, still cold from the weather out side, fumble with the buttons, then she heard him mumble something.
'What?' Monica asked.
'Hu? Oh, I said I hate these things.' Chandler said still fighting one of the buttons.
'Oh.' She replied smiling. Once he finished he placed his hands onto her waist. She liked it, but when Richard did it, she felt nervous and would tense up. When Chandler did it, it made her relax, maybe because he would gently place them there, or it was that he did it so many times in the past that it didn't bother her as much. Chandler was feeling a mixture of emotions, first seeing her in her under garment, in the bathroom, and now was helping her dress, if word got out people would think that he was taking advantage of her, but that wasn't the case. He didn't draw back his hands, that were now resting on her waist, after his little thought, instead he ran them up her rib cage, over her shoulder then down her arms, weaving his fingers through hers. She didn't move instead she squeezed his hands in a reassuring manner. She turned around still holding one of his hands, his other quickly found her waist again. They were looking into each other's eyes. Out of the corner of his, he could see her chest moving up and down, in rhythm with her breathing. Her cleavage was pouring over her dark blue dress that hugged her body tightly. He withdrew his hand from her waist then pulled her toward the door. They were walking down the stairs and into the living room, Monica sat down in a near by chair as Chandler stood, not wanting to leave a watermark on a seat.
'Where were you?' Ross cried as he walked into the living room, noticing Monica and Chandler, 'What happened?' noticing that Chandler was still wet from the rain.
'We got stuck in the rain, and well, got wet.' Monica added. There was a brief pause then Chandler piped up.
'I better be going, I've got things to do.' He turned to leave, just as Richard entered the house.
'Dr. Burke.' Chandler greeted Monica fiancée as he left the house. Richard shot him an evil glance, but Chandler was already gone, not able to catch it. He walked towards Monica who still sat in the living room.
'Are you okay, your not sick are you?' Richard asked very worried for her health.
'I'm fine. Chandler was with me so nothing too serious happened.' When Monica said that Richard tensed up, HE was with her. Richard suddenly hugged her wanting her to feel safe. Monica tensed up; his hugs were a little forceful.
'Hey why don't you two come over to Joey's tonight for dinner? It'll be fun!' Both Monica and Richard agreed.