A/N: OKAY! Here's chapter 4 of Contagious :) Yeah baby, the wedding is about to start! :D I hope you like the twists that I made, review if you can PLEASE! :)
When Chandler walked inside the church with Rachel by his side he somehow knew that this day would be remembered for generations to come. The wedding itself was normal, because it was a man and a woman getting married, nothing out of the ordinary there. But the "Rachel factor" could have huge consequences. He wished he knew what his friend was thinking, he wished he could walk around in Rachel's head and tell the little Rachel that was inside of it "Hey what you're trying to do? It's insane!".
But since that was out of the question he thought that keeping her close and watching her reactions to all of that would be the best choice for now.
And the first thing they saw when they entered the church was Ross giving Emily a little kiss, and then looking at her tenderly as she left to re-do her make up. At that sight Rachel came closer to Chandler and tugged at his arm firmly.
When Chandler turn to say a simple "Ow", the word couldn't come out and the only thing he could do was stare, with his mouth slighty open, at Rachel's face who starting to well up with tears. He felt his own heart break a little bit but couldn't help but think that she looked beautiful even like that.
He only stopped staring at her when he heard Ross' confused voice "Rachel?". Ross made his way towards them and wrapped Rachel in a big hug. Chandler slid to the side to give them the moment. But for some reason he couldn't move his feet any longer, he felt that somehow he needed to hear everything that Rachel was gonna say.
When Ross released her, Chandler saw that her eyes were still full of tears but he also saw that she was smiling. She was fake-smiling of course, but it was still a smile. Ross took that as a good sign and asked with a smile of his own "What are you doing here? I tought you would not come!"
Chandler noticed that Rachel was having a hard time forming the words that she wanted to say so he thought it was good time for him to help her. Of course, being Chandler, that help would come in the form of a joke.
"Well, I found her lost around the hotel and I thought "Well since she's here, might as well drag her to the wedding" and... here she is!"
Ross and Rachel both looked at him with puzzlement and laughed a little. When Ross turned again to look at Rachel she was still looking at Chandler with a smile on her face. When she found Ross' gaze on her she turned and looked him straight in the eyes. The words that came out of her surprised her " I-I-I'm here because... because I thought about it well and I couldn't miss one of best friends' wedding" after a short pause she continued "I'm sorry that I couldn't be here all along but... I'm here now and I'll always be here for anything you need Ross".
While Ross' face was covered with a big smile, Chandler's face was of pure confusion and somehow relieve. Confusion because of the fact that he taught that Rachel was gonna stick to her plan. And relieve because she didn't. And when he looked at her he could tell that a little bit of relieve was on her face too. Ross gave her another hug, thanking her for that and saying that it wouldn't be the same without her there.
Right after that Ross left to prepare his "I do" and Chandler stayed with Rachel, who know had a blank expression on her face. He stood in front of her and said "You didn't do it". He looked at him and was able to crack a little smile " I couldn't. I kept thinking about what you said to me at the bar and when I saw him I knew that I couldn't. You were right. I was too afraid to lose him that I confused that with feelings."
Chandler quickly replied "But you know that you're never gonna lose him right?"
"I know now" was Rachel's response. Chandler then gave her a quick hug that he felt she needed. When he released her he said " All right, I gotta go pick up Monica to enter with her. You just seat wherever you want okay?" Rachel nodded her head. Chandler was leaving but came back to give her a friendly peck on the cheek which made Rachel giggle a little bit.
When Chandler caught up with Monica he sensed that she was worried with something. As the good friend he was he asked "Mon, are you okay?" She looked up at him with wide eyes and answered nervously "Of course I'm okay, why wouldn't I be okay? I'm fine!"
Chandler naworred his eyes at her but decided not to push it because a angry Monica was always a dangerous Monica.
Chandler offered his arm and Monica took it quickly but a little too firm. Chandler still wasn't saying anything but Monica's behavior was starting to worry him.
As they were walking down the aisle and he saw Rachel sitting on the third row on the right side, Chandler noticed that he wasn't seeing Joey anywhere. So he asked Monica in a whisper "Mon, have you seen Joey?" She answered almost immediatly "No I haven't seen Joey! Why would care where Joey is? I don't!"
Chandler looked at her with a look that said "What the hell is going on?" but the only word that came out of his mouth was "O-Okay".
Each one went to their respective side, but Chandler still kept an eye on Monica to see if he could find out something. Then he saw Joey coming down the aisle with Emily's stepmother, but surprisingly he was talking on the phone with someone. And the only person he could think about that would actually call at a time like that would be Phoebe.
He smiled at that thought while looking at the crowd below them. Then his eyes found the eyes of also smiling Rachel. Seeing her smiling at him was so heart-warming that he couldn't contain himself, so he gave her a little wave which she reciprocated.
He then looked at Monica who was watching Joey with a strange look that he never saw on her before. It was like... desire.
Joey on his part was still talking to Phoebe and at one part of the conversation he heard Phoebe asking to hear the ceremony.
Joey took the phone from his ear and said to Ross in a whisper but excitedly "It's Phoebe!" Ross gave Joey a death glare but Chandler noticed that he also put his mouth close to the phone and said in a low voice " Hi Phoebe".
Chandler was still focused on what was going on with Monica and trying to formulate theories in head, and also he constantly took a double-look at Rachel to see how she was doing. He was glad to see that there was no sadness in her eyes. Chandler returned his attention to the wedding when Ross was starting to say his vows.
What followed shocked everybody in the room and one person back in the US. Ross was repeating the words the preacher was saying to him " I Ross" "I Ross", "Take thee Emily" "Take thee Phoebe". Everyone gasped for a second and then the whole room went silence.
Phoebe back home dropped the phone. It was a struggle to get it back at the exact time when was Ross was saying in a nervous voice "Emily". A nervous laugh and "Emily" again were the words that came out of his mouth. The british girl didn't know where to look. Phoebe back home didn't know what to think, her mind was in full blank mode. And altough they never said a word to each other, Joey,Monica,Chandler and Rachel were saying the same thing in their heads " Oh crap"
A/N: There it is! Chapter 4 :D I hope you like it and review it please :)
I'll try to update chapter 5 this weekend :)