Disclaimer: I do not own friends or its awesome characters. But I really wish that I did. Annnnnd. like I said on the earlier chapter, please PM me any tips for a successful fanfiction. I would like to thank my reviewer for chapter one and to say, I'm not really brave, so I'm hoping that a bunch of Mondler fans and R&R fans don't come and cuss me out for doing this. Anyways, I give you the next chapter, enjoy!
And to the guest reviewer, I knew people would fuss about what I am doing here. I may have to switch things up in chapter 1 a little bit. I didn't want the chapter to be longer than it needed to be here.
Let me just clear some things up here. Rachel and Ross are.. as Ross puts it: "On a break." And her and Chandler were both drunk. I don't think they would cheat if they were sober. But when you are drunk you do stupid things. And I couldn't write out paragraphs and paragraphs of them having remorse over their one drunken mistake, because that would have been so boring. So that's why I got them wanting to keep their affair a secret.
Rachel didn't want to follow Ross home, so sometimes it wasn't worth being his roommate. She wondered who she could stay with for awhile. Phoebe only had one room now, she couldn't stay with Monica because it might be weird being around Chandler with her there, she would just go ask Joey if she could stay with him for a while. She walked into the familiar apartment building, then walked up the steps. She paused in front of apartment 19, raising her fist up and knocking on the door. She could hear faint noises inside, so she waited patiently for the door to open.
Joey opened it a moment later. "Rach?" He asked surprised. "What are you doing here?" He asked, signaling for her to come in, then he closed the door back.
She sighed. "I'm sorry. I can't live with Ross right now because of our argument, so can I stay with you for a while?" She asked curiously.
He nodded, then pulled her into a hug. "Sure. Of course, any time."
She pulled away. "Thank you." She said then walked to the other bedroom that currently wasn't being used. She tossed her purse down, then laid on the bed, feeling suddenly tired.
It had been a few days later. Rachel was settled in her new room. She decided that she wanted to spend time with her friends now, and walked across the hall to Apartment 20. When she walked in, Monica was hovering over the stove.
"Hey, Mon." She greeted. "Where's everyone else?"
Monica didn't answer at first, she wasn't cooking like Rachel had origninally thought, she was cleaning. "Hi, Rach. Pheebs is coming over later, and the guys have a knicks game today." She answered, turned around to face her friend. "So we just thought that we would hang out."
Rachel nodded in understanding. "That sounds pretty good." She walked over to the couch as the door opened.
Phoebe walked in, then hung her jacket up. "Hey you two!" She greeted. She walked over to Rachel, then sat beside her. "So?" She whispered. "Have you told Mon?"
Rachel looked confused at first, then pulled away irritated. "Of course not! Why would I? I just slept with her boyfriend!" She said, keeping her voice low. "That would get me and Chandler both in trouble!"
Phoebe nodded in understanding. "Got it." She dug threw her purse as if she was looking for something.
Rachel leaned back against the couch to wait. She had to get over her awkwardness of being around Chandler so no one else would figure out what they had done. But first, she had to wait to they came back from the came. She tapped her foot against the floor.
Rachel had enjoyed girls' day. She glanced towards the door when it swung open. Ross was leading them, followed by Joey. She wondered where Chandler was, but she was afraid to ask, that might raise suspension. She shook her head when she saw him walk in. She stood up, then walked over to them. "Hey Joey." She greeted. "Chandler, I need to talk to you." She whispered.
Ross was glaring at her. "Hello? I'm here too!"
She smirked. "I know." She grabbed Chandler's arm, then led him across the hall, shutting the door behind them. "We should talk," she whispered. "I know its been a few days since you know, but for some reason, I just can't stop thinking about it. And then I feel all uncomfortable being around you when the others are in the room."
Chandler glanced at her in understanding. He wrapped his arms around her, then pulled her in for a hug. "I know," he whispered back. "Shh, its okay."
She pulled back. "But you have a girlfriend, just like I have.. a Ross.." She said, causing them both to chuckle.
He kissed her forehead. "I know. And they will never find out about this- about us- about what we did."
She smiled, then wrapped her arms around his neck. "Good," she smiled, then gave him one last hug, before they decided to rejoin the others before anyone asked any questions.
A few weeks had passed since they talked about what had happened. Rachel was at Monica and Chandler's, sitting in the window and glancing out. She was watching Ross's apartment, and wondered if he had calmed down enough to talk about what was going on between them. She stood up, then made her way out of the apartment. She walked across the street, then went up to Ross's floor, then paused in front of his door. She raised her fist up, then gave three soft knocks.
Ross opened it a few moments later. "Hey, Rach," he said calmly, then moved to the side to let her in.
Rachel took a seat on the couch, then waited for him to join her. "I was kind of hoping that we could talk. No arguing, just talk like adults." She said.
Ross smiled at that. "We can do that."
She took a deep breath. "Good. So, um.. listen.. this is really hard for me to say.." She started. "But maybe you were right. Maybe you had a reason to sleep with that girl at the bar, because I did suggest we take a break.. from us."
He nodded in understanding. "But that doesn't justify me sleeping with someone else so soon after. And about Mark, I trust you. If you say nothing will happen between the two of you, I believe you." He wrapped his arms around her neck, then pulled her in for a hug.
They had actually both admitted their mistakes to each other, but there was one more mistake that she could not bring herself to tell him about. Yah sure, she wasn't with Ross at the time, but Chandler was still with Monica during that time. And if she had told Ross, then he would probably tell Monica.
Author's Note: This is Chapter 2. I am trying to switch the direction this story is going. But like the 2nd reviewer said, this is making it out like Chandler is one to cheat on Monica, and I don't like that. I don't want him to be labeled as a 'cheater' because I know he wouldn't do that. He loves Monica and I am a Mondler fanatic. I should probably do a chapter in his point of view to see how he's feeling about this secret. But my intention was not to make him look like a cheater, I promise. And Ross and Rachel were not together in the first chapter, they were broken up already.
Please, please, review. I don't like flames, but constructive criticism is appreciated. Keep that in mind. Oh, and please shoot me a PM if you can think of tips of what I can work on to improve my fanfiction skills.
Tall, out!
