Epilogue

'Epilogue'

What if Monica had made up her mind after Richard had proposed? Her conversation with Chandler at the pizza place influenced her, but Joey never told her about Chandler's plan.

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Monica had made up her mind. Chandler was totally against marriage and Richard finally proposed. Okay, Richard is the one, Monica said to herself. She was sitting on the sofa waiting for Chandler to come home so she could drop this 'bomb' on him.

The front door opened and Chandler walked through the door, smiling once he saw Monica. He made his way over to the couch, sitting next to her. He was going to do it. Monica felt horrible, he was so happy, how on earth am I going to do this?, she asked herself.

"Sweety, I have to tell you something."

"I have to ask you something too."

"Okay, but I have to go first." Monica quickly said once his sentence finished. Still smiling, Chandler nodded, and she continued. "Okay, um," she swallowed hard. "Richard asked me to marry him and, I'm going to say yes." She watched as his face melted into sad eyes and a look of hurt and heartbreak. "I'm so sorry, but I want to get married, and well, he asked, and I know you don't want to so…" She paused a moment watching his face fall even more. " What was it you were going to ask me?" She asked whispering. Chandler felt his heart twist in all directions, he wanted to propose, but Richard had gotten there first, no he couldn't with out her thinking he's doing it to keep her his.

"Nothing… it wasn't that important." He quietly told her. "I'm gonna…I'm gonna…go, yeah…I'm gonna, go" he stuttered his words while making hand gestures towards the door. He picked his coat from the coat hanger then left, softly shutting the door behind him.

Chandler stood in the hall, his back to his, now her and Richard's apartment. His eyes watered heavily, he plunged his hands into his pockets, then his right retreated, with a white ring box in his palm. He turned around, facing his ex-girlfriends door, Chandler took on last look at the ring then placed it in front of her door, on the floor, then walked down the stairs for the last time. Never planning on returning, because she to had managed to break his heart. So there he was, girlfriends-less, homeless, and now broken hearted.