DO YOU BELIVE IN LOVE AFTER LOVE
Part 1

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Hi, this is my first time writing a Chandler and Monica fanfic, actually the first time writing a fanfic.
This is purely about Chandler and Monica, so if you are looking for JOEY & PHOEBE, or ROSS & RACHEL... this is the wrong place.
Monica and Chandler never met, Chandler knew Ross from collage, but imagine that they never get to be that close so they lost contact after a year, they were never roommates, therefore Monica never met Chandler. Monica knows Rachel and Ross, and Chandler knows Joey, I'll try to put Phoebe someday, I hope you like it, please review and be nice!! ?
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Chandler was walking in a typical street from New York, he had just got out of work, he thought the day couldn't get any worse, but he was wrong, suddenly he spotted his ex girlfriend across the street, she was with his new boyfriend.

He couldn't believe that she had cheated on him, actually he did, he had a very low opinion of himself, he was afraid of commitment and he wasn't able to make a relationship last more than 3 months.

He knew that Caitlin would actually cheat on him sometime and she did, after 2 months and a half of going out she finally cheated on him. When he found out about this he was destroyed. Since then he hadn't date anyone, they broke up 2 months ago and he hadn't talked to her.

Now he didn't trust in any woman, once he tried to go out with one girl, but it didn't work because they were at a restaurant and in the minute that she looked over another guy he ran away. He couldn't help it, he hadn't meet anyone that could bring trust in him again.

He was so deep in thought that he didn't notice a girl running towards him, suddenly the next thing he saw was a person on top of him, both lying in the street. He helped her to get back on her feet, he looked up and saw a beautiful woman standing next to him, smiling.

"Oh, I'm sorry" the woman said.

"Its Ok" Chandler said.

Without listening him, she kept talking "I'm really sorry, I should have seen were I was going, I'm really sorry"

"Don't worry, it's ok" Chandler repeated.
She smiled again at him. Her smile was so sweet. Chandler had never seen something more beautiful than that smile and that look. Both look down and saw her purse on the floor. Both were about to get down and pick it up when Chandler said: "Let me get it for you". He lifted the purse and handed it to her.

"Thanks" she said. Before he could answer she was gone, suddenly he saw a black thing on the floor, he pick it up and saw it was her wallet, he called her but it was helpless, she was already gone.

He opened it and saw that inside there was her ID card and through papers and cards he found her phone number "I'll call her later and tell her that I have her wallet, so she won't worry" he thought, remembering her smile brought a smile to himself.

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It was 8pm and Monica was in her apartment, searching around her apartment like crazy.

"Rachel, have you seen my wallet, I know I had it this afternoon" She asked her roommate.

"No, I haven't. If it isn't in your purse or in your room next to the lamp, then you lost it, you have never put it in another place" Rachel respond.

"But, I saw it in my purse this afternoon after I paid for my lunch"

"Well, what did you do after that??" Rachel asked trying to help her friend.

"Hmmm... let me think" Monica said trying to remember "I was running in the street because I was late for my appointment, then I ran into this cute guy" At this point she smiled, she remember the guy who she had run in this afternoon, she thought that he was nice.

"Ok, you are missing your point, Mon" Rachel said, laughing.

"Anyway, when I said that I ran into him, I really did, we felt on the floor, then he handed me the purse and I ran away"

"You ran away from a cute guy?? Please explain me that" Rachel said

"Because I was late for my appointment" Monica said angry.

"Oh, right, I'm sorry" Rachel said.

"Oh men, probably it felt of my purse and I lost it" Monica said worried.

"Probably, in that case you have to call the police, who knows who has your wallet"

"You are right, I'm going to call them right now" Monica said entering her bedroom.

Monica sat in her bed with a very worried look on her face, she remembered the last time someone had stole her wallet, that person had use all of her money to do stuff like tap classes, or things like that. When she was about to pick up the phone to call the police, the phone rang.

"Hello" She said.

"Hi, is there a Monica Geller" A male voice said.

"Yes, this is her, who am I talking to?" She asked a little scared.

"Oh, right, sorry, my name is Chandler Bing, we met... well actually we stepped into each other on the street today and I gave you your purse but your wallet felt and I have it. I was just calling you to tell you that you don't have to worry. I have it and whenever you want you can come and pick it up or if you want I can go to your home and leave it there or we can meet in any place or..."

Chandler was cut off when Monica said "I think we should meet tomorrow at a coffee house called Central Perk, what about at 2pm?" She said smiling, she was happy that she was going to be able to see him again.

"Sure" Chandler said a little surprise because he didn't thought he was going to see ever her again.

"Ok, well if anything changes you have my number" Monica said laughing.

"Yeah, so tomorrow at 2 at Central Perk"

"Yep, and don't forget the wallet" she said.

"I'll try" Chandler said laughing at her joke.

"Ok, bye" She said.

"Good bye" Chandler said.

When he hang up he start smiling, he couldn't believe that he was going to see her again. He got up of his bed and went to the fridge, he took out a soda and sat down in his recliner. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Monica got out of her room. Rachel was there with Ross, who was Monica's brother. They were kissing. Rachel, noticing that Monica was there, stopped kissing Ross and got up.

"So what did the police said?" Rachel asked.

"The police, why? What happened?" Ross asked worried.

"Nothing happened Ross and I didn't call the police"

"Why not" Rachel asked.

"Because remember that I told you that I ran into this cute guy?" Monica said.

"Yeah, but I'm not following you..." Rachel asked confused.

"Let me finished, he called just before I could call the police and he told me that he has my wallet and I'm meeting him tomorrow at Central Perk" Monica said going to the kitchen and grabbing something to eat.

"And you are going? Are you crazy? Monica, you don't even know this guy and you are going to meet him again...alone" Ross asked.

"Ross, relax, he seems like a nice guy" Monica said.

"You can't be sure about that" Ross said.

"He is right, Mon" Rachel said.

"Oh, you are just saying that because Ross is your boyfriend and because you don't know Chandler" Monica said getting angry.

"Who's Chandler?" Ross asked.

"The guy that has my wallet, duh!" Monica said as it was obvious. "Plus, you cant do anything about it because I want to, look don't worry ok, if I'm not back in an hour you call me to my cell and you can see if I'm alright or not" Monica added.

"Well, alright" Ross said. "There is nothing I can do about it, I can't stop you"

"You are right, you can't" with that Monica entered her room and closed the door.

Ross and Rachel looked at each other, both worried and happy, since Monica broke up with Pete she hadn't even notice a guy, but now she wanted to see this Chandler person again, so that must have been a good sign.

"You know what..."Ross said.

"What honey?"

"That name sounds familiar to me, you know, I think I've heard that name before." Ross said, trying to remember where he had heard that name.

"That can be possible, I mean he can't be the only Chandler in the world" Rachel joked.

"Ha ha ha, very funny, Rach"

"I'm sorry, Ross" Rachel said, sitting down on the couch "It's just it sound ridiculous"

"You are not helping" Ross said.

"I'm sorry... again, lets go to my bedroom instead of fighting, I think we could do something more interesting, don't you?" Rachel said.

"You have a point there" Ross said smiling, he grabbed Rachel's hand and he took her to her bedroom.

It was the next day, the sun light entered to Monica's room form a little space between the two curtains. She opened one eye and looked around, she spotted the clock, it was 12:45. "It's pretty late" she thought.

She couldn't sleep very well, she thought about what Ross and Rachel had told her, maybe Chandler wasn't as nice as she thought. When she reminded of the little conversation they had over the phone, she smiled. Then she got up and went to the kitchen.

She noticed that Rachel was gone, she went over the refrigerator and saw a note on the fridge, it said:

ROSS AND I WENT TO THE PARK FOR A ROMATIC LUNCH, WE WILL BE BACK AT HOME AT 2:30pm, BYE!
RACHEL.

She prepared her breakfast and after she finished eating it and washing the dishes she went to her room to get dress.

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Chandler looked at the clock from the kitchen, it was 12:30pm, he was still in his pajamas, he went to the bathroom to take a shower.
15 minutes later he was out, he saw that Joey was already back from his date.

"Hey man, what are you doing?" Joey said.

"What does it look like, I'm taking a shower"

"So late?"

"What do you mean? Its 12:30" he said looking at the kitchens clock, suddenly he realized something... "No, no, no, no, Joe, what time is it" Chandler asked worried.

"1:45pm, why are you so worried"

"Can't explain it now Joe, I have to get dressed, I'll talk to you later"
And with that Chandler entered running into his room, 10 minutes later he was ready to go.

He ran into Central Perk, he saw his watch, 2:03pm, "Great, just 3 minutes late" he thought.

He entered to the coffeehouse, it was almost full. He saw a blond girl playing the guitar, he started looking around for Monica, suddenly from he felt that someone was touching his back, he turned around and saw Monica smiling.

"I'm sorry I'm late, my clock stopped running and I thought it was 12:30 when it was 1:45..." Chandler said.

"It's ok, don't worry about it, I just arrived"
Monica felt this relived when she saw Chandler, now she was sure that she wasn't a killer or something.

"You didn't forget my wallet, right?"

"What?"

"I'm asking if you didn't forget my wallet"

"I cant hear you" Chandler said, he took her hand, but when Monica jumped at his touch he took it away.

"Let's go outside" Chandler said shouting.

Monica and Chandler walked outside. When they closed the door, the noise calmed down.

"Here is much better" Chandler commented.

"Yeah, what I asked you inside was if you had brought the wallet"

"Oh, yeah, wait a minute"
Chandler starts searching on his jackets, pants, etc...

"Oh-oh"

"What is it?" Monica asked.

"You are going to kill me"

"What, what is it?"

"I forgot it"

"Oh, so you really meant when you said you will try?" Monica said laughing.
Chandler felt really ashamed; he was in so much rush that he had totally forgotten the fact why they were supposed to meet.

"I'll go and look for it, I know where it is I just will go to my apartment and bring it back, I live just a couple of blocks away"

"Really? But don't worry, I'll go with you, I'm kind of in a hurry" Monica said.

"Ok, sure no problem, lets go" Chandler said starting to walk.

"Hey wait for me, I don't know were you live, its kind of difficult to get there
if I don't know where it is" Monica said running towards him.

"You are right, sorry, it's that building" Chandler said pointing to a big building.

They kept walking, Chandler casually gazing at her "She is so beautiful" he thought, she looked so normal, not caring about every little detail, like a broke nail or anything that his ex girlfriends would think about. He wanted to ask her out, but he had given up with woman, he thought that maybe she was different, but he wasn't sure, he needed to know that this wouldn't be a disaster or at least have a hint that it wouldn't.

They entered his apartment, he started looking around while she looked every step he made. Suddenly Chandler realized that Monica was still standing there.

"Oh, I'm sorry, please take a seat..." Chandler said pointing the couch.

"Thanks" Monica smiled at him and sat at the couch.

"Here it is" He said lifting it up, he handed it to her and smiled. That smiled make her melt, even though she didn't know him for more than 20 minutes she could tell that he was different. She felt like she had known him for a long time.

"I have to go now, I'm late for work, thanks for keeping the wallet" Monica said standing up.

"Your welcome"

When she was about to leave, she had the courage to say: "I would like you to give me a call, if you want of course, so we can meet again" She said before leaving.

"I'd like that" Chandler said smiling.

She turned around after smiling back and then she leaves the building, Chandler sat on the couch, staring into space, he hadn't felt like these in his entire life. He felt like he had known her for years, he really wanted to call her again so he could get to know her better.

Even though he didn't know about her, he could tell just by looking at her eyes, that she was different and maybe he would change because of her.

TO BE CONTINUE....

WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT, WILL CHANDLER ASK MONICA OUT OR HE WILL WAIT UNTIL HE FEELS HE IS READY??

YOU WILL FIND OUT IN THE NEXT EPISODE, WHICH I WILL TRY TO HAVE IT FOR THE WEEKEND, I'll DO MY BEST!
PLEASE REVIEW, THANKS! :) :) :)