What if Monica had chosen Richard instead of Chandler? Basically what it says in the synopsis. This is a little different from my other fics. Suicidal themes. Please read and review.
She was there. Standing there. On a cliff by the sea. Ready to jump, to go. Ready until she saw him. Him. The man who had hurt her. The man who had said he loved her but had left her. Why? He stood there. Stood there laughing at a long lost memory, from happier times. The days when they were truly happy. Those happy days had been lost when she had become Monica Burke. He came home late. Beat her when dinner was late. Told her to keep away from her friends. He hurt her, got drunk, slept with other women. He had hurt her like no-one ever had. He was a bastard, and yet somehow. Just somehow. She still loved him. Deep inside. The pain was too much; she had to jump before it was too late. She braced herself and closed her eyes. Whispering one last silent prayer she jumped..
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He missed her. Why had she chosen him? That man who had hurt her had stolen her away again. Never again would she be his. They had been so close. Their life had been perfect, so uncomplicated. He laughed at the simplicity of their relationship. How they had never thought their future could be so hard. How were they so naive? Even their names sounded better together. Monica and Chandler. Chandler and Monica. Not Richard and Monica. Or Monica and Richard. Monica Bing. They could have had such an amazing life. And yet it was all lost. Lost in the blink of an eye. He could see it now. Monica had never truly trusted him. Always. Always was there a soft spot for him. Richard. That big old tree. He had never gotten an invitation to their wedding. All he knew was that Monica had gone and was no longer Monica Geller, but Monica Burke.
Chandler hated how he had been so stupid. Why hadn't he gone after her? Why had he let her go? Now, because of him he had lost the greatest thing that had ever happened to him. Where was she? He needed to see her. He took one last look at the faded old picture of the two of them together and kissed her blurred face. He shook his head and swallowed the last pill, passing out almost instantly..
Tell me what you think! Too sad? Should I stop or continue?
