Hey, I've started a new fic! I'm not to sure about the history with Kip and the gang so sorry if this is wrong or anything. Set sometime during season 2/3. Monica with Richard and Ross and Rachel are together but the others are single.

Please review and let me know what you think!

Remembrance

"Hey…how long till dinner?" Joey asked straight away as he walked into the girls' apartment.

"Not long…" Monica told stirring her sauce. They were all there to have dinner together that night because they had been so busy that it seemed like ages they spent time all together.

"Is Richard coming too?" Rachel asked, helping Phoebe set the table.

"Yep, he'll be here soon." Monica said, slapping Joey's hand away before he had chance to steal some bread. "Where's Chandler?"

"He'll be over in a bit…" Joey rubbed his hand. "He's having a deep and meanful conversation with someone on the phone."

"What?" Ross asked.

Joey shrugged, "He looked annoyed…"

"Annoyed?"

"Yeah or upset…"

"Probably his Mom then." Ross predicted.

The 5 chatted about their day while they waited for the other 2 to join them before they started eating.

"Hey, everything okay?" Monica asked when Chandler walked in.

"Yeah, who was on the phone?" Joey questioned.

Chandler leant back against the door; he slowly looked up at them.

"What's going on?" Rachel frowned in concern.

"It…it was Sarah Hunter…" Chandler told them, looking way.

"Who?" Joey asked.

"Hunter?" Ross repeated. "As in Kip's wife."

"Yeah…" Chandler nodded.

"What did she want?" Phoebe crossed her arms. She never really got along with Kip; she only hung out with him because he was Chandler's roommate and best friend and then later Monica's boyfriend.

"Oh don't tell me…" Ross cut in before he had chance to reply. "They're getting a divorce and she's warning you that he's on his way here…"

He didn't like Kip either, not just because of the way he treated his sister but also because he was jealous of his and Chandler's friendship. They grew up together and then went off to different colleges but then when they finished they decided to share an apartment.

Monica looked down at floor while they tried to guess what the phone call was about. Kip was her first proper relationship and no matter how long ago it was it still hurt her.

"Or he cheated on her and she wants to get back at him by sleeping with you…." Phoebe speculated, as Ross, Joey and Rachel all laughed lightly.

Chandler leant his head back against the door and closed his eyes, as a lump raised his throat and the phone conversation repeating over and over in his mind.

Rachel stopped laughing when she noticed Chandler's expression. "Chandler, are you okay?"

"He's dead…" He whispered, not daring to open his eyes.

Monica's head snapped up, "What?!"

"He's was killed yesterday…" He repeated a little louder when he got no response he looked around at them. Monica sat staring at him, a tear in her eye. Both Ross and Phoebe just stood shocked, trying to take in what they were just told.

"Oh god, I'm so sorry, you guys…" Rachel said breaking the silence.

Ross nodded slightly before looking over at Chandler, "How did it happen?"

"He was hit by a car…" Chandler told them. "Died late last night…."

Once again the room was silent. Joey and Rachel didn't know what to do, they didn't know the guy and only heard stories from Ross and Phoebe. Both Monica and Chandler didn't like to talk about it because Monica had got hurt by him and he use to be one of Chandler's best friends.

Ross and Phoebe both busied themselves with making sure everything was set out rightly at the table. The news not really affecting them that bad, sure they were sad that he was dead and all but they never really liked him in the first place.

Monica wasn't sure how she should feel, there was a time that she loved him and then there was a time that she hated him for breaking her heart but now she didn't have a clue how she felt.

Rachel finally moved forward and hugged Chandler once she realised that none of the others were going to. She knew that Ross and Phoebe would be okay and she wasn't sure about Monica but Chandler was close to Kip and looked on the verge of tears.

Chandler was quite surprised it was Rachel hugging him and not Ross, Phoebe or Monica. He looked over at them, frowning when he noticed none of them seemed that bothered.

"You okay?" Rachel asked, as he pulled away and moved to sit down at the table.

"Yeah, I guess so…" He said quietly.

Before anyone could say or do anything the door swung open and Richard walked in.

"Sorry, I'm late…." He stopped in mid sentence when he saw their faces. "Wow, who died?"

"I think I'm going to go to bed…" Chandler said standing up.

"I thought we were going to have dinner together?" Monica looked over at him.

"I'm not that hungry…" He replied, he smiled sadly, "Sorry, Mon…"

"Was it something I said?" Richard asked once Chandler had left.

"No, honey…" Monica sighed, "it's just an old friend just died…"

"Oh god…"

"Maybe someone should go talk to him…" Rachel suggested.

"Yeah, I'll go.." Joey volunteered walking out the apartment.

"So, who was it?" Richard asked, hugging Monica.

"His name was Kip… him and Chandler went to high school together…" Monica explained, "he lived in the apartment before Joey."

"Is that the one who you dated?" He question.

"Umm…" She mumbled.

"Oh, I'm sorry Sweetie…" He said, kissing the top of her head.

"What's with you two?" Rachel looked at Ross and Phoebe.

"What do you mean?"

"You didn't seem to care that one of your friends had just died."

"We wasn't that close to him!" Ross defended them. "Plus we haven't seen him in years!"

"Yeah, well you could have pretended for Chandler's sake…"

"You think he'll be okay?" Phoebe asked, biting her lip lightly.

"Course he will!" Ross stated, "it's Chandler!"

Just then Joey walked back in.

"Hey, that was quick…" Rachel said to him.

"Yeah, he wasn't there…" Joey shrugged, "probably gone for a walk."

"Think we should look for him?" Monica asked, already beginning to feel guilty for not comforting him, he was her best friend and he was always there for her.

"Maybe we should just give him some time to think…" Richard said.

"Yeah, okay…" Everyone slowly agreed.

XxXxX

Chandler pulled his jacket tighter around him as the cold wind blow around him. He was sat alone in Central Park, it was dark and no one was about. He closed his eyes and thought about everything that happened. He was confused by the others' reactions, he knew Ross and Phoebe never really liked him and there was all the history with Monica but he thought would at least be a bit upset.

Kip had been his best friend since he was 2 years old, he lived over the road from him and when his parents started to argue, he spent most of his time at his house.

They always planned on living together when they were High school and Chandler was really excited about it after he left college, he couldn't wait for Kip to meet his other best friend, Ross. They never hit it off and Chandler found himself suck in between them, he either had to do something with Ross or with Kip, he could never do anything with both of them together or there would be a massive fight.

Things got a bit better when Ross and Carol got married because of Ross wanting to spend more time with her but then it got worse again when he started dating Monica.

Kip and Monica didn't really meet until about 7 months of Monica living opposite them and in those months Chandler and her had become best friends, partly because neither had Ross to hang out with and Kip was busy with one of his many girlfriends. That all changed when they met and Chandler was pushed out. Then when they broke up, he was expected to pick sides, he hated it and tried to stay out of it as much as he could. He was grateful when Kip announced he was leaving but was gutted that he wasn't going to be living with his best friend anymore.

He knew Kip never meant to hurt Monica and that's why he decided it would be fair if he moved on but what the others didn't know what that they kept in touch. He didn't like keeping it to himself that he still talked to Kip and knew the others probably would understand as they did grow up together but he couldn't go through being in the middle again. Now Kip was dead and he didn't know who to turn to. Joey and Rachel didn't know him. He couldn't talk to Monica, it wouldn't be fair on her to bring back all those bad memoirs and Ross and Phoebe were acting as if he never met him.

He sighed, as he felt a few drops of rain land on his head, a perfect way to end a perfect day….

TBC

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