A/N Sorry it took me a while to get this chapter up! Hope it's ok :)

Chandler sat on chair in the waiting room, plastic cup of coffee in his hand, trying to get comfortable. He felt awful. If only he'd invited Monica back to his apartment after their date. Sure it would've been harder to hide from Joey and Ross but he'd rather them be found out than this.

Anything was better than this.

Was it his fault somehow?

"Friends and family of Monica Geller?" A middle aged lady dressed in blue scrubs walked over to them.

"That's right" Ross answered "How is she?"

"Well there are no physical injuries apart from a few scrapes but we're going to keep her in overnight just in case."

"Thank god" Chandler said "So she's ok?"

"Yes, there is one thing though." The doctor said sitting down "Has she been eating properly?"

Chandler and Rachel exchanged a look.

"She looks rather pale and thin, and some of the test results were a little...I mean that may not be the cause…"

"I…I don't know" Chandler said "I mean, we're not with her all the time. She works strange hours but I have noticed she's been a bit…weird with food recently"

Joey and Rachel nodded in agreement.

"Ok thank you. We'll talk to her and see what we can find out" The doctor said, standing up to leave.

"Can we see her?" Rachel asked

"Soon, I'll have someone come and get you"

"Thank you"

"She's not eating?" Ross asked

"Well…I don't know. Something's going on" Rachel said

"I guess we'll find out soon enough" Chandler sighed.

"Maybe that's why she passed out" Joey offered.

"Yeah, I thought I heard her throwing up too" Rachel said

"Not again!" Ross said

"Again?" Chandler asked

Ross sighed "When we were younger she used to make herself throw up sometimes. Remember when she lost all that weight?"

"I knew she couldn't have lost it all with diet and exercise" Rachel said

"Yeah, anyway eventually I made her tell mom and dad and she had a therapist for a bit and she stopped. I can't believe I didn't notice she had started again"

"Yeah she was acting weird on our date…Oh crap" Chandler braced himself for the oncoming storm.

"Date?"

"What the…date?"

"How long have you been…?"

"Ok ok" Chandler said "Yes, me and Monica are dating. We were probably going to tell you all soon. We've been dating for about 6 months now."

"Wow and we had no idea" Rachel said

"Well, I did" Joey smiled

"This is amazing, I'm so happy for you" Rachel said

"Ross? Are you alright?" Chandler asked, looking at Ross who was currently sitting with his head in his hands.

"I'm fine, I'm fine. It's just…a bit of a shock. With Monica and now this…but yeah I'm happy for you. Just, look after her yeah? And if you hurt her…"

"I know I know, you've got nothing to worry about. Now we can focus on Mon?"

"I can't believe none of us noticed" Rachel said.

All of them felt guilty for not noticing something was going on.

"I know" Chandler said "But now the important thing is we help her."

Soon, the same doctor as before approached them, she looked cheerful, even at this ridiculous time.

"You can see your friend now" She said "Only two at a time and keep the noise down. Oh and be quick, she should be sleeping. Room 206 just along there"

They thanked her and headed in the direction she pointed them in.

Chandler was nervous to go in. For one thing, he'd accidently told them that they were dating and going in meant admitting Monica had a problem and she was sick.

He didn't know whether he could do that.

"Chandler, maybe you should go in first" Rachel suggested "She'll probably want to see you"

"Yeah ok" Chandler said "I don't want to go in alone"

"I'll go" Ross said

"Thanks"

They walked into the room quietly, neither of them knowing what to expect.

Monica was sitting up in bed, reading a book one of the nurses had given her. She was feeling better now and wanted to sleep but the doctor had said her friends wanted to see her. She was worried, what if they expected something?

Should've been more careful

The door opened and Chandler and Ross were in the doorway.

"Hey" Monica said, grateful to see someone other than the countless medical professionals who had passed through her room earlier.

"Can we come in?"

"Sure" Monica said "God it's good to see you."

"It's good to see you too" Chandler walked over to the bed, hugging her then kissing her mouth softly.

Monica pulled away, all too aware Ross was in the room.

"Oh yeah, about that" Chandler said, "They all kind of know about us. Well except Phoebe but that's because she's not here"

"What? How do they know?"

"I may have accidently told them"

"And no one freaked out?"

"Nope"

"Good."

"How are you feeling?" Ross asked "What have the doctor's said?"

"I'm fine. They're keeping me in overnight but I can go tomorrow. I hit my head but it didn't do any damage"

"Good, that's…good" Chandler said.

There was something she was not telling them.

"Did they say why?"

"I told you, I tripped"

Ross didn't want to push the matter while she was in hospital. He only hoped a doctor or nurse would notice something.

"It's getting late. You guys should be getting back" Monica said, the air was tense in the room now.

"Yeah, we should. Will you be ok?" Chandler asked "I could stay"

"I'll be fine. You have to work tomorrow. Oh, can you phone my boss?"

"Sure"

"Thanks. Tell the guys I said hi and thanks for coming"

"Ok, night Mon. I love you" Chandler said.

They both hugged her quickly and walked out.

"I think I'm going to talk to the doctor" Ross said "That way they can check if she's eating"

"Yeah I think you should" Chandler agreed, "That's her doctor right?" He pointed to a doctor walking into a patient's room just down the corridor.

"Yeah that's her. I'll go wait for her and you go tell the others we're going"

"Ok, we'll meet you in the foyer"

Chandler watched Ross walk off. So much had happened today and all he wanted to do was crawl into bed

With Monica

But she was here. It was for the best he knew, especially if they could sort out her problems with food.

You should have noticed.

He walked off to find the other two, they'd be back tomorrow no doubt.

She's your girlfriend for god's sake!

Yes, everything would seem better tomorrow.