Hi everyone, it's been a good few years since I wrote anything. My life has been a crazy rollercoaster ride of emotions. I lost my step dad to ammonia and also my grandad recently to same illness. On a much, much cheerier note though (similar to Chandler and Monica), the man who has been my best friend and lover for the past 10 years, we finally got married 2 years ago now and we are expecting our first child! Within the next three weeks we will meet our son and we can't wait! So now I am on maternity leave and playing the waiting game I have been watching a lot of 'Friends' episodes and got inspired again to write. Hope you enjoy the story; I will try and update more chapters when I can xx
Right There
Chapter 1 - Daydreaming
Monica was sitting by herself in the armchair of Central Perk coffee shop and she had just finished reading a romantic novel. She started to daydream about the loves and losses of her past as well as her friends Joey, Rachel, Phoebe, Ross and Chandler and wondered where their lives would take them next. She started to concentrate her thoughts more on Chandler and smiled to herself as she remembered a conversation they had a few years ago.
Before she could continue to think about it more Joey walked into Central Perk and shouted "Hey Mon!" "Oh hey Joey" she replied in a startled way as she was interrupted from her thoughts. Joey asked "are you ok?" Monica replied with a smile on her face "Yeah I'm fine Joe, just thinking". It was not that often that she daydreamed, but when you finish reading something great it just gets your mind and takes you to another place for a while. As a half hour passed it wasn't before long when Chandler came into the Central Perk. He smiled at Monica briefly which caused Monica to have butterflies in her stomach. It felt amazing to her that only he could make her feel that way and yet they were only friends. Chandler called a "Hey" to Joey before ordering a coffee at the counter. Once he sat down Joey asked them if they were up for going away for the weekend or just have a random party with rest of their other friends. "Yes, that's a great idea Joe! What do you think Chandler?" Monica said excitedly. "Sounds good" Chandler replied.
Monica, Joey and Chandler left Central Perk and went upstairs to Monica and Rachel's apartment. When they entered, Rachel was there with Phoebe. Joey told them about his plan and while doing so Monica called Ross and told him to come over. Once everyone was present they all agreed that going away to Atlantic City for the weekend was a great plan. Monica told everyone to meet back at her apartment in an hour. Everyone was excited and left to go and pack their stuff except for Chandler. He walked over and knocked on Monica's bedroom door and said "hey Mon, it's Chandler. Can I come in for a sec?" "Sure" Monica replied. When Chandler entered he gave her a warm smile and saw that she had organised all of her clothes in neat piles around her suitcase. Chandler closed the door behind him and walked over to Monica and stood beside her. Before Chandler could speak Monica turned to Chandler and asked a question "Chandler, I'm glad you're here I wanted to ask you something?" "Shoot" replied Chandler. "Okay, I don't know which dress to wear when we go out to a club tonight. Which one do you think?" Chandler was taken back a bit and answered "are you sure you want my opinion?" "Yeah of course, I want a guy's point of view so which one?" Monica asked. She held up a strap, short knee length red dress which would stretch perfectly to her figure and the same styled dress in her other hand but in black. Chandler looked at both dresses and just simply replied "Mon, you would look beautiful in either dress" Monica sighed and rolled her eyes and said "that's not very helpful!" "Okay, Okay, if I was some random guy in a club and I saw you I would say the red one would defiantly grab my attention." "Great, Thank you!" Monica replied and smiled sweetly at him. "What did you want to talk to me about?" "Oh, you know what it doesn't matter I'll see you later" Chandler said as he smiled and winked at her and then left the room.
