TOW Misunderstandings Suck - 2

Well guys, here's my next chapter. I had a fun time reading the reviews you guys left from my first chapter (I always love them!), and liked who you thought the people were. Some were right, others were not. :) Sorry for keeping you in suspense. Also, I just want to mention that was harder to name this series than it was to name any of my other stories. In this series I will have some flashbacks from 2003. In all of the flashbacks that I'm putting in from 2003, you can just assume Monica is pregnant, about 5 months, even though that won't be mentioned (I don't think so anyway). But for now, we'll be picking up where we left off...

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The three of them stood there, unsure of what to do now and afraid of what another would say. "I think you know her too," Chandler said, turning back to his wife.

She pulled away from Chandler and turned to the woman from the plane. "What are you doing here?"

The woman smirked. "Gee Monica, it's nice to see you too. I see you're still as tactful as ever." (Ha ha! How many of you out there thought that Monica was the woman on the plane? :) Keep reading and I may reveal who the other woman is in this fic.)

Monica got angry fast. "Hey, just what..."

"Honey, honey, listen," Chandler said, stopping her before she said more. When she gave him a puzzled look he motioned to an airport worker that was addressing the large group of people that was standing around.

"Folks, I'm sorry to report this, but Chicago is having a bit of a blizzard right now. All scheduled flights out of here for today and some of tomorrow have been cancelled. I can pretty much guarantee that you won't be able to find a cab to take you anywhere to stay for the night. So unless you live here or know somebody who's willing to take you to stay with them for the night, I'm afraid you'll have to stay here."

The loud groan from the crowd muffled out whatever she said next, and the group of people clearly was in two distinct categories. The ones who could go home looked worried about driving in that weather and the ones who had to stay looked both sad and mad. Monica turned to Chandler. "Chandler, we should get home. I just left the kids with Alexis, and she's probably had enough by now with those four of her own with them. Plus, you know how Ellie gets with storms of any kind." She turned back to the woman, and didn't even try to hide her sarcastic tone from being heard. "It's been wonderful seeing you."

"Oh, the pleasure was all mine," the woman replied, clearly not meaning it either.

"Must've been, for it wasn't mine," Chandler mumbled to Monica as they walked off. She laughed and turned to him, giving him a kiss on the lips.

"I missed you while you were gone."

"I know, I missed you too. But you had it better. You didn't get stuck on a plane ride that seemed to take hours longer than it should've," Chandler replied as they made their way to the baggage claim.

"Well, you were flying in circles for half an hour longer because your caption couldn't land because of the storm." She turned back to him. "But I know what you mean."

He paused as they watched the luggage carousel spin around. "Mon, do you think we're wrong?"

She was confused. "What? You mean with that old issue? Of course not. Hon..."

"No, that's not what I meant." He pointed behind them back to where they'd come from. The woman was still standing there, looking like she was a lost child who didn't know where to go. "I know neither of us want to do it, and it's highly doubtful that she'll even accept, but do you think that we should just leave her stranded here at O'Hare all night?"

Monica laughed. "Actually, I was having doubts about even returning home ourselves. Just imagine how funny it would be to stay here for the night and watch her stay here alone by herself at the same time."

Chandler laughed too. "That would be interesting," he said, looking at her.

"Well," Monica said, "if we did that, we wouldn't have to worry about doing our good deed of the week." She picked up his bag from the carousel and the two of them just stood there debating it.

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"Uh," the woman sighed, finally giving in. "All right, I'll go with you."

"Fine," Chandler said, and turned away from her. "Now go get your luggage so we can get out of here."

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As Chandler drove into their driveway an hour later, everyone in the car took a deep breath. Monica turned to him. "Sorry," she whispered, "but I've gotta go next door and get the kids. You'll be okay here?"

"Of course," he replied, and leaned in to kiss her. "Just not for too long."

Monica grinned, and once the car had stopped, she practically jumped out and almost ran over to the house next door. She was covered in snow by the time she had reached the porch, and she lightly knocked on the door before she stuck her head in. "Alexis?"

"Yeah." A woman appeared from around the corner and looked surprised at the sight. "My gosh, Mon, awful weather, huh?"

Monica smirked as she pushed the door closed behind her. "That's not even the least of it." At her friend's confused expression she continued. "Look, I came over for the kids of course, but also to tell you something. You know how you always wanted to meet the reason that Chandler and I moved here in the first place?"

Alexis' face turned from confusion to surprise. "Are you saying that she's here? I'm finally going to meet the infamous Rachel Green! (Ha ha...decided to reveal who she is in this fic after all!)

Monica sighed. "I guess, even though that's not her last name anymore. She's at our house right now."

"What?! I thought you vowed never to see each other again."

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2003...

Rachel and Monica stood facing off in the hallway, with Ross and Chandler facing off next to them. "So that's it?" Monica asked, not believing what she was hearing. A family bond and years of friendships were on the line here but they wouldn't listen or let anything get explained.

"Yes, it is. We've made each other long enough, so now if you leave our lives we won't have to worry about it any longer," Rachel replied, her eyes looking wet.

"So this is what you really want?" Chandler asked, not really believing it either. Although they were taking it pretty far if they weren't serious. "You want us to never see you again? You too, Ross?"

Ross was staring at Monica now, looking more mad than they'd ever remembered seeing him. "Yes. If it's possible, I want that more than Rachel does. I don't think...I just can't believe...I'm so mad!"

Monica looked at the ground to try and regain her composure. Looking back up at her two angry friends that now seemed like strangers to her, she managed to talk. "Fine. You wish is our command." She took Chandler's hand and they walked off.

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2011...

Monica realized Alexis was waiting for her to say something. "I guess right now for Rachel we're the lesser of two evils."

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End Part Two...

LOL, don't hate where I'm going with this, I promise it will all eventually be explained. :) Although I'll keep you waiting for it again, haha!