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As a special thanks for all of the reviews (which i appreciate so, so, so much - i really, really do!) I've got two chapters to upload for you today!
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Monica sat brooding in Central Perk. She was fuming, she'd literally never been so angry in all of her life. She was vibrating with hate. How could Chandler just turn up like that and expect them to be happy about it?
The hate gradually turned to tears. She'd pretended she didn't care but of course she was happy.
God she'd missed Chandler so much, all she'd wanted to do was hug him when she'd seen him standing there but that didn't stop her from being pissed with him. She wiped away the tears from her face and took a deep breath. She'd hated Chandler for leaving, never telling them why. Maybe now they'd get the answers that they'd been wanting for so long. She'd loved him and never had the chance to tell him. It hurt more to know he'd loved her too and they'd never had a chance to be together. To them it was as if he had died. It was going to take a long time for them to forgive him.
'Hey.' A familiar voice said soothingly. Monica looked up and was greeted by those blue eyes and that wicked smile. Tears rolled down her face and she turned away, he couldn't see her like that. 'Mon please, I never meant to hurt you.' Chandler said sitting down next to her.
'Hurt me.' Monica said her voice cracking. 'You didn't hurt me... you destroyed me. God Chandler you have no idea how much you...' She cut off unable to speak. Tears rolled down her face and Chandler tried to hug her. 'No Chandler.' She said resisting. 'I don't need you.' Chandler would not relent and she eventually collapsed into his arms. He stroked her hair soothingly.
'It's ok Mon, I hate myself for what I did – none of you deserved that. I'm sorry, I understand why you're so mad and why you hate me but I can't stand to see you like this. Please don't cry. You know I'm not good in these kind of situations.'
'Yeah well you deserve to be made to feel uncomfortable – jerk!' Monica joked. She wiped away her tears and sat up. She sighed. 'I don't hate you Chandler. God, when I saw you all I wanted to do was throw my arms around you and never let go, but I was pissed at you – I still am! For never giving us any warning and especially for never saying goodbye. We never understood how you could do that to us. What did you think that we wouldn't understand? Did we really mean that little to you?'
'No! I loved you. I still loved you.' Chandler added as an afterthought. 'You mean the world to me, you all do. I was just... stupid... I didn't think... I was a coward... I was a selfish bastard.' Chandler said grinning.
Monica laughed. 'Still the joker I see.'
'I never changed.' Chandler answered.
'Yeah well we have – you forced us all to grow up. You have no idea how different things are now.'
'No I don't, but I want to. I want to make things up to you. You've just got to let me. Can we be friends again?'
'I don't know Chandler, I can't let you hurt me like that again – I can't go through that again.'
'I promise I won't ever hurt you again. I want you to trust me; I want us to be friends. Please. A promise from the Chan Chan man means a promise.' Chandler joked.
Monica sighed. 'I guess I can accept that. It's going to take a while for me to trust you again, but of course we can try and be friends.' She smiled and hugged him.
'Thanks.' Chandler whispered.
'But if you ever...' Monica warned.
'I won't!' Chandler stated emphatically. 'Now all I need is for you to get Joey to speak to me...'
One friend down four more to go...