TOW the Chandler´s problem
This, again, isn´t realted to any of my other fics. I got this idea while I was reading a book. So please read and review!
A lot of voices went through the room, some laughter was heard, til a man stood up and asked for silence. " We have a new member and I want you all to meet him." He winked to a man who sat nearby. The man nervously came into the light and began to speak, slowly. " My name is," he took a deep breath. " It´s ok, we all went trough it." A voice said. The man nodded and began to talk again. " My name is Chandler and I´m an alcoholic."
" Have you guys seen Chandler?" Joey asked looking at his watch, wondering where his best buddy could be. " I haven´t seen him the whole day." Monica replied. She was worried very much but not just because of today but the whole last time. He was very different. His jokes barely were funny if he told one of them. And he looked so empty. The others didn´t notice that. They just don´t know him like I do, she thought to herself. " Hey Mon, weren´t you supposed to meet with Richard?" Ross asked all of sudden, taking her out of her thoughts. " He is coming later, he has an important appointment." She said. " Ross, honey, could we go, I´m not feeling that good." Rachel said tired. " Of course, I just hope you aren´t sick." He said and they left Central Perk. " I think I know what Chandler is doing." Joey then said. Monica and Phoebe looked at him. " He hooked up!" Phoebe agreed with him but Monica wasn´t sure. At this moment Chandler entered, he looked as terribly as he did the last few weeks. " Hey buddy, hooked up?" Joey asked, smiling his dirty smile. " You could say that." Chandler lied and sat down. Joey and Phoebe believed him. " Go Chandler!" They said before they left, laughing. Monica and Chandler didn´t say anything to each other. Til Chandler noticed that Monica was staring at him. " What is?" he asked kind of softly. " Nothing, but you changed in the last few weeks." She said seriously. " I didn´t." Chandler got nervously and though he hoped Monica wouldn´t realize this, she did. " Why do you get nervous, I just noticed it, you don´t have to talk about it unless you want." She said while looking into his eyes, searching the reason for his change but his eyes didn´t give her a clue. " It´s nothing Mon, just, I´m working a bit too much, that´s all." Though Monica knew that he was lieing she dropped the subject and began to talk about their day. It went into a long talk and Monica totally forgot her date with Richard. " Oh my god, I should have met Richard an hour ago!" she screamed. " I´m sorry I told you so much." Chandler said ashamed. Monica lifted his head and looked in his eyes. " It´s not your fault." She whispered and continued looking into his eyes. The look scared her. She had never seen him so down. It bothered her not to know what his problem was. " You should go to him." Chandler then said quietly. " Yeah." She left for her apartment, when he entered she saw Richard talking with Ross and Rachel. " Sorry honey, I´m so late." Monica quickly gave him a kiss. " Oh it´s ok, I just had a fun talk with Ross and Rachel." " Great, so are we going to see the movie?" " It already began but these two rent a few movies so we can watch here." Richard offered her smiling. She lightly smiled back at him. Though the movie wasn´t that boring, Monica didn´t focus on it. All she could think of was Chandler. What was his problem? A girl, his work? These things were possible but not very believable. She decided to ask him, this time straight what his problem was. She excused herself with a lame excuse and went over to Chandlers and Joeys. The living room was dark, unusual, she thought. She went to Chandlers room and knocked. " Chandler are you there?" she didn´t get an answer. At first she thought that he wasn´t at home but then she heard something drop. She knocked again and when she again didn´t get an answer she tried to open the door just to find it locked. Now she was really worried. " Chandler, please open the door." She said almost crying. Chandler, who was drunk, crawled to the door and unlocked it then he crawled back to the corner he sat in before. Monica slowly opened the door. The room was as dark as the living room. " Chandler are you ok?" she asked scared. " No." He answered. " Why is the light off?" she whispered. " I don´t want to see anything." Chandler said slowly ´cause he didn´t want Monica to realize that he was drunk. " Can I switch on the lights?" she asked carefully. " If you really want." Monica switched the lights on and was shocked by what she saw. She looked at Chandler with tears in her eyes. " That is your little secret." she whispered and went to Chandler who sat beside a lot of bottles with wine, vodka, beer and other things. She sat down. " Why didn´t you tell me?" she asked lightly crying. " I couldn´t, I didn´t even admit to myself." He said, trying not to cry but he couldn´t stand it. Monica hugged him gently. It took a while til he stopped crying. He looked at her.
" Please, don`t tell the others, ok." He said still sobbing. " I won´t, but you should do." He looked at her, scared. " Not yet, but some day." Chandler lightly nodded. " Are you going to the anonymus alcoholics?" Chandler, again, nodded. After they had talk a bit, Monica left. She promised Chandler to help him as much as she could. When she was gone, Chandler broke out in tears again. He was very glad that Monica found out, he kinda wanted her to ´cause she was the most important thing in his life.
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Written by Anika