This fic begins with Monica moving into apartment 20. At the time she's 21 and Chandler and Ross are both 23. I don't know for how long I will keep this going. All of the main 6 will later be introduced. Rn I don't know how much of the original story I'm gonna change but my guess is that a lot will be familiar but a lot will have to be changed for this all to make sense :). This fic will mainly be about mondler and their relationship. Also I was rewatching friends and in this "universe" Amanda never existed.

Disclaimer: All characters belong to wbs. I might include characters from other stories (you know for fun) but that does not mean that that share universe just that I felt like it.

Summary: Monica and Chandler meet for the first time at age 21/23. Monica is just moving in and Chandler hits on the beautiful young woman. They decide to go on a date. Will things work out?

Name: complicated circumstances

Chapter two: the one with the pizza party

Monica and Chandler had been staring into each other's eyes for over 45 seconds and no one had said a word. Ross having witnessed the scene got a little uncomfortable and decided to break the ice, "So, um, we have to take up these boxes now" he said lifting his box a little as he spoke. "Yeah and I have to take out the trash" Chandler said lifting up the trash bag a bit as he spoke.

"We have to catch up sometime" Monica said as she continued up the stairs. "Yeah absolutely" Chandler responded. "Ross and I was gonna have dinner in my apartment tonight. If you'd like you're than welcome to join" she said smiling at Chandler. "That'd be great. Can I come by around 7?" Chandler siad smiling back at Monica. "7 is great. I'll see you then"

Four hours later Monica hears a knock on the door. When she opens it she finds her brother. "Did you bring the food?" Monica asked. "Yup. 2 pizzas one pepperoni and one margarita." Ross said and handed her the pizzas. "Thank you" Monica said taking them and putting them on the table. "Wow the place looks great, Mon" "Thank you. Considering the fact that it was already furnished it wasn't that hard to just put my stuff up in shelves and drawers. I do need to do some serious shopping tho. I mean I barely have any food or anything to cook with or eat with except a few glasses i had and a few plates I got and not to forget the frying pan and the spatula I've had since I was 15." Monica said pointing to the very empty shelf. "That's alright I'll help you out tomorrow" "No you've already helped me out so much. You need to spend some time with Carol too you know" "Okay then I won't help you but don't hesitate to call if you need anything" "Thanks Ross it means a lot" Monica said and hugged her older brother. all of a sudden there's a knock on the door.

Monica let go of Ross and went over to open the door. "Chandler!" she exclaimed with her voice sounding surprised. "Surprised to see me?" Chandler asked still standing in the doorway. "No I just didn't expect to see you yet" Monica explained as she gestured him to come in. "Didn't you tell me to come over at 7?" "Yes I did" "Then why didn't you expect me yet it's 7:01" "Really?. I'm sorry I lost my watch in the move"

Twenty minutes later

"Monica was telling me about how she needed to do some shopping and I offered to help her but she said I needed to spend time with Carol" Chandler cut him off "Who's Carol?" "My girlfriend. Remember" "You guys are still together? You're really serious then?" Chandler asked "Yes we are. As a matter of fact I'm planning on proposing to her soon" Ross said proudly. "Congratulations man" Chandler said as he gave him a friendly pat on the back. "Anyway before you cut me of i was telling you about how Monica needs to go shopping" "Right" "So I was thinking since I can't help her maybe you could. Unless you have something else to do of course" Ross asked hoping he would agree since Monica didn't have any other friends in the city and even though he knew Monica was more than capable of going shopping by herself, he knew she'd have fun with Chandler. The two of them seemed to be getting along really well and he hoped his best friend and his sister would be able to become friends.

"Of course I can help you shop. If you'd like me to go with you of course." Chandler said hoping she would want him there. He liked Monica so much and he figured if they'd spend enough time together maybe she'd feel the same way. "I'd love it if you would go shopping with me. You will be a great help. I don't know where any stores are" Monica was really happy that he wanted to go with her. She had such a crush on him and she was hoping that if they got to spend some time together, alone, then maybe he'd start to feel the same way.

Aouthors note: I know these chapters are really short but my main prioroty is to keep the story moving and updating as often as humanly possible :). I know that a lot hasn't happened yet and I apologise for that. I really hope you're enjoying the story so far and please let me know if you thinl I've made any mistakes because i want to improve