Okay, here is the third part…


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A MOMENT OF SILENCE

Scene: Monica and Rachel's: Were we last left off…

Chandler looked at the pills. He couldn't believe it! He was in total shock. Chandler felt as if someone had given him a really hard blow to the stomach. I need to sit down, Chandler thought. This isn't happening. I can't believe Monica would actually do something like this. Suddenly, he got very angry. His anger from earlier had return.


Monica lay in bed, sleeping. Her beautiful face was now caked in her salty tears from where she had cried herself to sleep. Where am I? Monica thought. She looked around her and saw that she was in an enclosed room, a room that was painted blue. The same shade as those blue eyes she had been visualizing for the past 3 weeks. She turned around and saw a gravestone, the words R.I.P engraved on it. She peered closer and saw the one person she cared too much about, the one person who she relied in, the one person who had just screamed at her hours ago. "Chandler…" she whispered.


Outside, Chandler was in total anger. He couldn't believe Monica would do something like this. How can she even think about suicide? It wasn't worth it. Chandler had always thought that out of the whole group, Monica was the strongest. She was the one that kept the group together, by always looking out for them and staying strong. But here she was, ready to take the easy way out. Chandler had always heard about people killing themselves and suicide was so common these days and he had always thought that those people were cowards. All of them. And here was Monica, ready to become one of them…


"No, no! Chandler's not dead! CHANDLER'S NOT DEAD!!!" Monica screamed. She was panic-stricken. She felt someone tap her shoulder and she saw Joey, Ross, Phoebe, and Rachel. They were all wearing black, their faces ashen. Monica could hear Ross mumbling, "But he was my best friend. I knew him since college," over and over again. Joey was nodding his head back and forth; his hands shaking so much Monica thought an earthquake was going on. Phoebe was singing "Smelly Cat" to herself and Rachel was talking to herself, murmuring something. All Monica could pick out was KNOCK! KNOCK! …WHO's THERE? Monica took a step back and realized her friends were hysterical.

1 hour later…
Outside, Chandler's eyes bulged. "Oh my god," Chandler whispered. He had just realized something. Monica was about to kill herself right before I walked through the door! The thought made him hurl and he raced into the bathroom and let it all out…


Monica woke up with a start. She was terrified. That dream had seemed so real. She reached over and grabbed the nearest pillow and hugged it tightly. By now, tears were streaking down now her face and she couldn't stop. She realized her worst fear had come true.


Chandler stepped out of Monica and Rachel's bathroom, heartsick. If I didn't come when I did, would she still be alive? Suddenly, the door to Monica's room opened and Chandler and Monica stood face to face. Monica saw a look of pure disgust in those blue eyes. All of a sudden, she had another hallucination about those blue eyes and while Chandler just starred at her, she figured out who they were.


"Chandler…." She whispered. "Monica, don't even bother with me," he said with a stern voice. "Look what I found." He held up the bottle of pills and Monica gasped. "How could you? How could you, Monica? I don't believe you. I can't even think how or why you would even consider this option?" Chandler screamed.


Monica just stared at him, tears in her eyes. He wouldn't understand, she thought. Why even bother? She pushed Chandler and ran passed him. Monica slammed the front door, which made Chandler flinch. He sat down, his hands covering his face, tears forming down his face.


Ross slowly opened the door with caution. He quietly went in, with the others behind him. They had bumped into Monica in the hall when she was heading out, and saw she was crying. Joey had asked her what was wrong and she snapped at them. They were concerned. She had pushed past them and the others were worried if something had happened with Chandler.


Rachel saw Chandler sitting on the couch, his back towards them. The others looked really worried now. Rachel then heard a strange noise and realized the noise was coming from Chandler. HE WAS CRYING. They all rushed up to him.


Monica sat alone on a bench in Central Park. She had a lot of thinking to do. Where did I hear that before? Monica thought. Ha, Ha, I remember, she laughed bitterly. Monica then starting reminiscing just what happened in those last couple of hours. He didn't even know if I was going to take the pills or not, Monica thought. He just assumed that I would. He doesn't even know me! Oh whom am I kidding? Monica sighed. Chandler knew her better than the others and even herself.


"Chandler, what's wrong?" Phoebe asked, as they crowded around him. He just looked up, and without any explanation, he tossed Ross the pills. Ross read the label and looked at Chandler in shock. "How could you, Chandler? Did you really take the pills?" Chandler yelled, "What!!!" He stood up and faced them. "Of course I didn't take them. How stupid do you think I am? Your selfish sister-

"What? What about Monica?" Rachel interrupted. "Would you let me finish Rachel?" Chandler snapped. "Your selfish sister was about to take them." He paused, trying to sink this information in. Even after all these hours, he still couldn't believe it. " Lucky for her, she didn't. Otherwise, my life would have been hell," Chandler added in a whisper.


After sitting in the same bench in Central Park for hours the sun long gone beneath the horizon, she was thinking about her dream and had finally realized her worst fear. "I can't lose him. Not now. Not when I need him the most. But I already lost him the moment he started screaming. I lost my best friend…" And with that, Monica starting sobbing uncontrollably. What she didn't know was that someone was standing behind her…



The others were shocked. None of them said a word. Chandler stood in front; watching his friends' faces change from curiousness to stun. He turned away and walked outside, toward the balcony. As soon as he was outside, he felt the cool breeze of spring that was coming. He sighed. Chandler looked his watch and saw it was late and Monica still hadn't come home. Why should I care? It's not like I am her boyfriend, Chandler noted bitterly. But he was getting worried. He wasn't going to admit this to anyone, but without Monica, he felt there was no reason to live. She helped him through the worst times, she made laugh, she made his day, and so much more. Just seeing that smile brightened his day. His mind wandered a month earlier, when it was Christmas and he had given her the bracelet. That day, her smile had reached beyond her eyes.

Ross was in complete shock. He couldn't believe his baby sister would actually commit suicide. He was so thankful to Chandler that he didn't know where to begin. But he was really upset with Monica and wandered where she went…


Rachel stared off in space, not really thinking about anything. All she had heard from Chandler's mouth was 'Monica…' 'Selfish,' and 'pills'. And she instantly thought, "Why, Monica?"


Joey was thinking, for a change. Monica sure made the best sandwiches, he thought. He remembered the day when he was moving in with Chandler and he had thought there was something was going on with Chandler and Monica. But when he figured out that they were just really, really close friends, Joey had tried to hit on Monica. Chandler was mad at him that day and after that, he saw how protective he was over Monica and he could understand how worried Chandler was right now.


Phoebe was just shaken. She didn't want to lose another person she cared about deeply but she was upset with Monica as well.


A moment of silence was passed among the 4 friends as Chandler came back in. As soon as he did, he heard the door jerk open violently and Monica stood there, crying her heart out…



WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?
FIND OUT IN THE NEXT ONE… THE FLASHBACK ATTACK