AN: I know that I probably shouldn't be starting another story when I already have so many going, but I want to see what you all think of this. PLZ R&R!

Disclaimer: I own no one. They all belong to Bright/Kauffman/Crane.

Chapter 1

Chandler walked away from Joey in the dimly-lit bar and approached the row of barstools by the counter. Joey was trying to pull off his signature pick-up line to a girl that was standing near the jukebox. He ordered another beer as someone sat down next to him. He glanced over at them and saw that it was a girl. She was kind of pretty with her dirty blond hair put up in a half ponytail. She was wearing some makeup, but not too much as if she was trying too hard. She glanced over at him and he looked away.

"Is this a meeting of the Lonely Hearts Club?" she asked him.

"Sorry. You're at the wrong meeting. This is for Pathetic Losers only." He told her.

"I'm a member of that one, too." She smiled. "Let me guess. Your friend drag you here?"

"Yeah. He's the one hitting on the girl over near the corner. He claimed that I need to get laid."

"My friend is the one your friend is hitting on."

"Lovely," Chandler mumbled as he ordered another drink. "Do you want another one, too?"

"Sure." She took it as she turned around and scanned the bar. "I think our friends just ditched us."

"Nice friends." Chandler looked at her. "Would you like to get out of here as well?"

"I don't even know your name."

"It's Chandler."

"I'm Sarah." She smiled. "Now let's get out of here."


"You got laid!" Joey announced when Chandler tried to sneak into the apartment the next day.

"Joe, not now." Chandler moaned.

"But you got laid!"

"Did you really?" Phoebe came into the apartment after hearing all the commotion.

"I don't have to tell either of you anything." Chandler told them.

"Why not?" Joey demanded.

"Mainly because you abandoned me in the bar last night to hook up with some girl."

"Joey!" Phoebe turned on him. "You just left him alone in the bar?"

"He wasn't alone." Joey defended. "I saw him talking to some girl before I left."

"Really?" Phoebe turned to Chandler. "What's her name?"

"I'm not telling either of you anything. But she is the friend of the girl that's still in your bedroom right now, Joe. Good luck with that one, by the way."

"What do you mean by 'good luck'?"

"Nothing. Just good luck." Chandler went to his room, closing the door behind him as he dug out a piece of paper from his pocket.

He took the phone from his bedside table and punched in the numbers on the piece of paper. He waited for someone on the other end to pick up, hoping that they would.

"Hello?" a tired voice answered.

"Is this Sarah?"

"Yes. Who is this?"

"It's Chandler. Sorry if I woke you. I was just making sure you gave me your actual number."

"Truthfully, I didn't expect you to call."

"Listen, I just want you to know that I don't do that. Sleep with a girl that I hardly know. That was a first for me."

"It was for me, too."

"So this might sound a little strange. But would you like to meet for lunch today? Maybe around one?"

"Sure. Where do you want to meet?"

"There's a deli across from my work-" he gave her the address and they both hung up.

Chandler started to get ready to go to work, not really wanting to go in. But he wanted to see Sarah again. So he put on a suit and walked out of his bedroom, to be met by the other three as well as Joey and Phoebe.

"Oh, god. You guys told everyone?" he looked at Joey and Phoebe.

"Rachel saw you from the coffee house this morning. Coming home in a cab in last night's clothes." Joey told him.

"So she rushed up here to tell Monica, and Ross was there as well. So she told them both and they all rushed over here to find out what was going on." Phoebe added.

"I'm going to be late for work." Chandler headed for the door.

"You're not going to tell us anything?" Rachel asked.

"That's right." He told them as he closed the door behind him.


At his lunch break, Chandler rushed across the street to the deli and scanned the place for the girl from the night before. He smiled when he saw her waving him over to a table in the back. He quickly ordered a turkey wrap and went over to her.

"So you're Mister Corporate?" she asked him, gesturing to the building across the street. "You're a Data Processor?"

"It started as a temp job after I got out of college. I got promoted to Processing Supervisor after six years. I left for a couple days, but the money was just too good."

"I'm a secretary for a high-maintenance lawyer. So I'm constantly doing pointless errands for him."

"It sounds like a good job, though."

"It is." She agreed. "So did you see my friend this morning? She never came home last night."

"I didn't see her, but I knew she was there. I'm kind of playing mind games on my roommate. I made it sound like your friend was crazy."

"She's not crazy. Just a little loose."

"They're meant for each other." He told her. "So after I get dressed for work this morning, I walk out of my room and all my friends are there ready to grill me about who I was with last night. I told them nothing."

Chandler ended up calling off work the rest of the day and just spent it with Sarah. They just walked all around the city until she told him that she wanted to see where he lived since he knew where she lived. So he took her to the coffee house first where Monica already was so he introduced them.

"So you're the chef." Sarah said as they all sat down on the couch with their coffees. "And you do catering on the side."

"You actually listened to me." Chandler looked at her.

"Of course I did." She told him.

"It's nice to meet you," Monica told her.

"You, too." Sarah smiled.

"Not to pry or anything but are you two dating now?"

"We're trying." Chandler told her. "We'll see where it goes."

They all started talking more and before they knew it, they were still talking two hours later when everyone else showed up. Chandler introduced them to Sarah and they all sat down and started to get to know her as well.

"So let's see." Sarah looked around. "You're Phoebe the masseuse, Ross is the paleontologist, Rachel used to be a waitress here until she got a job at Bloomingdale's, and Joey is the actor that ditched us last night along with my friend."

"Chandler looked like he was having a good time with you so I left because he needed to get some kind of action."

"So how's Molly?"

"Seriously, what is wrong with that girl?"

"There's nothing wrong with her, Joe." Chandler started laughing. "I was just trying to make you think she was crazy because you ditched me. But I think she's more perfect for you than you realize."

"What do you mean?"

"You'll figure it out." Sarah told him.

"Feel like getting out of here now?" Chandler looked at Sarah.

"Yeah. Let's go." They both stood up.

"I'll see you guys later." Chandler told everyone as they both walked out of the coffee house.

"I like her. She seems nice." Monica said once Chandler and Sarah had walked down the street.

"Yes, she does." Rachel agreed. "I think she'll be good for Chandler."

The next several weeks, Chandler and Sarah spent as much time together as they could. They would take turns spending the night at each others' places as they got to know each other better. She came to New York with Molly almost a year ago to get away from her high-society family. Her sister was still there and stuck in a loveless marriage to a guy that her parents had set her up with. Chandler also told her about his childhood and his crazy parents. He was surprised that she didn't run away screaming from him after he told her about his cross-dressing father and romance novelist mother. She told him that she liked him even more.

AN: So what'd you all think? Should I consider continuing this or just scrap it? Let me know please. PLZ R&R!