Author's note: One of these days I'll update when it isn't late at night but today is not that day. As always, thanks for all of the reviews, faves, and follows. I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out (even if the second part's a little shorter than I'd like), so I hope you enjoy!

"Hey Rach," Monica called absentmindedly from her bedroom as she heard the apartment door open. She was intently focused on finding a dress, preferably one Chandler hadn't seen before, which was proving surprisingly difficult. Her eyes soon caught sight of a little black dress she'd recently bought, and Monica grabbed it with a victorious smile. Within a few minutes she was ready, walking into the living room almost right into Rachel. "Sorry," she apologized.

"You look nice," Rachel observed with a knowing smirk. Monica gave her a confused look.

"I have a date," she reminded the blonde.

"Oh I know," Rachel replied, her smirk remaining. "So what's his name?" she asked casually, taking a seat on the sofa.

"John," Monica quickly answered, using the first name that popped into her head. Rachel frowned and crossed her arms.

"Really? Because I heard his name was Chandler," Rachel disagreed. Monica froze.

"What? That's ridiculous, I mean, me and Chandler? Wh-where did you hear something that crazy?" she shot back weakly.

"Monica, I work with Valerie! You know, one half of the double date you went on? She told me everything," Rachel revealed, and Monica just stared at her dumbfounded. "Why would you lie to me? Did you think I would judge you or something? I mean yeah it's Chandler but you've dated weirder men!" she asked, hurt. Monica took a deep breath.

"We just don't want anyone to make deal out of this," she calmly explained.

"It kind of is a big deal!" Rachel pointed out.

"Rach, we've been on one date," Monica argued. "And there's more," she admitted after a moment.

"Like…?"

"Well, we're both really bad at relationships. I mean, Janice is the most serious relationship Chandler's had and you just pointed out that most of the men I date are weird," she began, earning a small chuckle from Rachel. "We want a chance to see if this will work without pressure from everyone," she said. "And if it doesn't work out we don't want to end up like you and Ross. When you two split up it was like the whole group split up. Anytime you two had a fight the rest of us were caught in the middle," she admitted.

"How does keeping it a secret keep you from being like us?" Rachel asked unconvinced.

"Well if we did break up we'd have to act normal around you guys. Besides, how much of what happened in your relationship was because Ross listened to Chandler and Joey?" Monica asked knowingly.

"Point taken," Rachel begrudgingly admitted.

"So…could you please keep this a secret?" Monica pleaded, looking Rachel square in the eyes. Rachel sighed.

"All right," she reluctantly agreed, earning a smile from Monica. "But I want to know everything," she added quickly.

"Deal," Monica said with a grin.

"So is he really that good of a kisser?" Rachel probed, remembering their conversation that morning. Monica nodded, practically giddy. "Huh. Who'd've thought," she mused.

"I've got to get going," Monica said, realizing the time. She paused before walking out the door, turning back to face her roommate. "Thanks Rach," she said earnestly.

"I mean it, when you get back I want every detail," Rachel insisted with a smile as Monica shut the door behind her. She couldn't remember the last time she'd seen her roommate so excited for a date. Even her last serious boyfriend Pete didn't get her that enthusiastic, and their first date was in Rome! "Have fun Mon," she whispered to no one.

Chandler frowned as he looked as his watch as he waited in front of the restaurant. It wasn't like Monica to be late. He scanned the crowd of people on the sidewalk, breathing a sigh of relief when he saw the brunette. Chandler felt his breath catch at the sight of her. "Wow…you look beautiful," he expressed with a warm smile. Monica smiled as she felt her cheeks flush.

"Sorry I'm late," Monica apologized before giving him a quick peck on the cheek as an apology. "Rachel held me up. She…knows about us," she admitted hesitantly.

"Dan's date works with her," Chandler recalled, closing his eyes as he connected the dots. "How'd she react?" he asked nervously.

"Well she's mad that I lied to her, but she's agreed to keep us a secret," Monica said.

"You got Rachel Green to agree to that?" he asked disbelievingly. Monica nodded. "You got the queen of gossip to hide something as big as two of her friends going on a date?" he asked, shooting Monica an impressed look when she nodded again.

"Oh come on, you know I always win," she said playfully, earning a chuckle out of Chandler. "This place is nice," she observed, changing the topic.

"Ross told me about it," he said, earning a curious look from Monica. "We guys may not talk as much as you girls, but we do talk about some things…like nice places to take dates," he explained. "Just be glad I didn't use one of Joey's favorite places," he joked, earning a smirk from Monica.

"Let me guess, most of them are sandwich places," she teased.

"Actually they're 100% vegan," he quipped, this time getting a laugh. Chandler smiled at the sound, which was quickly becoming one of his favorite sounds in the world.

"You know, I'm really glad you ended up being my blind date," Monica admitted with a smile. Chandler gazed into her eyes and gently grabbed her hand with his.

"Me too," he agreed wholeheartedly.

"What, no joke?" she teased lightheartedly.

"Well if you want a joke…" he began playfully, causing Monica to giggle. After a delicious dinner filled with easy banter, the two found themselves walking up the stairs of their building.

"I had a really great time tonight," Monica said with a smile.

"Me too," Chandler agreed with a warm grin, chancing to give her one last kiss outside of their apartments. "You know…Joey's gonna be out on a date all night if you, uh, want to come in," he suggested nervously, face flushed and eyes looking to hers for an answer. Monica found it cute and grinned.

"Okay," she answered, feeling excitement rising through her. She found herself kissing him again, this time more passionately as they stumbled backwards, hands awkwardly finding the doorknob as they tumbled through the door to his apartment. Monica fumbled with the buttons on his shirt as he pulled her into his room.

"Are you sure about this?" Chandler asked between kisses, knowing that if they did this things would never be the same between the two.

"Oh yeah," Monica eagerly agreed, crashing her lips to his and Chandler wasn't one to argue with that.