Okay, sorry its been a bit slow, but I'm in the middle of doing my A Level modular exams, so I haven't had a lot of free time. Thank you everybody for your feedback and ideas, I already had an idea of how to take this forward but I might use the suggestion in the future! Please keep on reviewing my work!
"That's why he wanted to be alone with you?" Rachel finally found the ability to speak.
"Yeah, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about him since, but I think I might have put him off, because he has been acting really strangely since it happened." Monica was clearly upset.
"Monica, honey he told you he loves you, it might take a bit more than a kiss to scare him off…" she paused, Monica didn't respond "you did only kiss him didn't you."
"Well, we kissed a couple of times"
"That's not too bad" Rachel reached out to hold her hand.
"I meant couple of dozen" Monica was getting close to tears "And afterwards he just left, and when I smile at him he doesn't even acknowledge me anymore."
"Honey, sorry to mention this but is it Chandler or Richard you want?"
"I dunno" Monica appeared to be going into shock.
"Well, I'll just leave you to have a think, but please take my advice and talk to Chandler."
As Rachel left the room, she glanced back and saw Monica collapse back onto her pillow tears rolling down her cheeks.
Rachel walked straight across the hall, through Chandler and Joey's apartment and charged straight into Chandler's bedroom. He woke up instantly and sat bolt upright in bed.
"Okay Chandler, I need to ask you some questions."
"mmmsialm" he began to rub his eyes.
"Why?" Rachel folded her arms and waited for a reply.
"That's all your going to ask? Well the chicken couldn't come first because it must have hatched from an egg and…."
"Okay, okay, why did you say that you love Monica?"
"Because I do"
"She is lying in bed crying her eyes out over you."
"Woah, she's what? I thought Richard was staying the night." Chandler smile faded as he spoke that name.
"Yeah, well just go and ask her about it, let's just say you managed to ruin their night." Rachel paused and looked down at Chandler, he looked lost. "Do you really love her?"
"Yes, Rachel I do, I look at her and my knees wobble" He looked up suddenly embarrassed.
"How do you know that its love?" she asked smiling at him.
"Because…because to spend forever with her wouldn't be enough."
"Oh wow! I have never known this, especially from you! You go through there and sort this out now, she needs you."
Chandler leapt out of bed, and ran out of the room. Rachel lay down on the bed content that her matchmaking was working to plan.
Monica jumped at the sound of knocking on her door, "Rach, go away"
"Can I come in?" Chandler popped his head round the door "please?"
"Yeah, of course" Monica broke into a smile.
"This looks promising, a smile already" she giggled as he sat down on the edge of her bed "Why have you been crying?" he asked her tenderly wiping away a tear.
"No, I have a question first, how did you know I was awake?"
"Lets just say a little bird told me" he stroked her hair gently, waiting for her to tell him about Richard.
After a while Monica opened up and told Chandler everything that had happened that night, once she had finished the tale, Chandler kissed her gently on the top of her head, and then he spoke.
"Okay, I appreciate that I have put you in this mess and I am going to do the right thing and back off so that you can sort out your relationship with Richard, because I can see how happy he makes you and I don't want to ruin that."
"But Chandler…"
"No buts Mon, I mean it" he smiled at her, "unless of course you and Richard are finished…" He leaned down and kissed her passionately, Monica responded enthusiastically, and was clearly disappointed when Chandler ended it suddenly. She opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Chandler gently covered her mouth and spoke first.
"Now its time for you to get some beauty sleep, in my opinion you don't actually need it, but it cant do any harm." He pulled the duvet up around Monica and walked toward the door.
"Chandler" Monica murmured "I love you too."
Once Chandler had left the room, he danced all the way back to his bed.
I will get the next chapter up on either Friday or Saturday! Hope you like it!
