Don't Leave Me; I didn't Leave
you
By: Kendra(chan4mon7@hotmail.com) and Anna(annapanna_@hotmail.com)
Recap: Chandler and Monica are Married in 2001 Chandler was sick and went to work but never came back it's now 2003 no one knows where Chandler lives. Ross and Joey live together and Rachel lives with Monica and Phoebe lives in her Grandmas house because it was finished. Ben is now 11 years old he's important in here. This is strictly Monica and Chandler there is no other couple at all. For those you want comedy it's in here but it's also Drama. And I like to thank Anna for her help. Now lets get on with the fanfic.
Chandler walked into his
apartment and sighed. He put his groceries down and started putting them away.
Chandler looked at his life. He had nothing in it. He had nobody. Chandler only
remembered walking home from work and then suddenly fell and hit his head. He
had gotten up so there was no reason to call an ambulance. As he started
walking again he realized he couldn't remember where he lived or even his name.
He decided to check his wallet but as he searched for it he didn't have it on
him. Chandler remembered his friends called him his middle name when he was in
school. They called him Zack since it sounded a lot better than his real name
that he couldn't even remember. Chandler also remember he grew up in Florida,
but he couldn't remember why he moved here, which he also didn't remember what
city or state this was. He hailed a cab and told him to go to the airport.
Chandler got a ticket to the airport putting it on his mother's tab., which he
was lucky to remember that. Chandler remembered little things but not the
important stuff, which he was a little mad about. Chandler started getting sick
again and ran to the bathroom. He was sick all day and didn't know why. He told
him self he get to the doctors when he arrived in Florida and got a job and a
place to stay.
Chandler finished putting the
groceries away and went to the bathroom to take his medicine. He had been sick
like for ever he's doctor gave him an antibiotics but it would never work.
Chandler decided not to tell his doctor about his memory loss. He didn't know
why though but he just didn't want to. After Chandler took his medicine he went
to read his mail. He had gotten a letter from someone he didn't recognize. As
he opened it he seen it was from a kid he read it.
Dear Chandler,
Hi Chandler how are you? It's me Ben Ross is son. I found you and
looked you up. It was hard though. I found out your middle name, which was Zack
and looked under that. Aunt Monica is so worried about you. Uncle Chandler why
did you run away. Well that doesn't matter we just want you to come back. I'm
turning 12 soon and I'd really like you to come to my birthday party. It just
hasn't been the same without you here. Dad and every one else miss you so much.
Dad thinks you ran away and for that Aunt Monica won't talk to him. She refuses
to believe her husband walked out on. Uncle Chandler please come back I miss
you. Aunt Mon misses you and so does Uncle Joey. We all love you. Got to go My
Mom's coming see you soon hopefully
Love, Ben
Chandler stared at the letter. He couldn't believe it he had family. He had a wife, but he wasn't sure if this was really him. The kid said his middle name was Zack and that's what a lot of people called him now. He knew that people called him that when he was little because he had a weird first name and Chandler was totally weird. Chandler than realized he didn't know where this kid lived and didn't even know his last name. He looked on the envelope. But there was no return address. What was he going to do?
**~**
Monica looked up from the
pad she was writing in. She was in the middle of planning Ben's twelfth
birthday party but right now her mind was elsewhere. Rachel had been by just a
short while earlier, trying to talk her into going on a date with Rachel's
boyfriend's brother. Monica had no interest at all in being set up on dates,
but neither Rachel nor Phoebe seemed to realize that. Monica was married, but
in the eyes of her friends she was in an open marriage. Monica hated to think
about it that way. She hated to think about it at all.
It had now been 1 years since Chandler had gone away. At first it
had been a complete shock to her, she had never expected him to do something
like that to her. Once they were relatively sure that he wasn't injured at a
hospital somewhere, her friends had started to believe that he had ran out on
her. But Monica had refused to believe it, and she was still very worried about
him. He hadn't been himself before he had gone away, he had seemed ill. She was
worried that he was seriously sick and was unable to reach her.
There was a knock on the door. Monica sighed and rose, hoping it
wouldn't be Rachel coming back to try again to convince her to go on a date.
But it was just the pizza deliverer. Monica paid the guy and then sat down by
the kitchen table to eat. She knew that her friends were right about one thing.
She didn't have much of a life these days. She hardly did anything else when go
to work and then sit around moping once she got back home. But her friends
didn't understand. They had no idea what she felt for Chandler and they
couldn't share her concern. But even though she knew they couldn't see the
situation her way, it angered her when they tried to set her up with other men.
In Monica's mind she was still married, nothing had changed in that area. She
didn't want to think about the possibility that she could be a widow, and she
refused to cheat on Chandler, or his memory, before she had it in black and
white that he was dead. And she refused to believe that she had seen him for
the last time.
**~**
After re reading the
letter a million times, Chandler decided to fly to New York. He figured that
since he was there when he lost his memory, he probably lived there. Chandler
called his work and told them he was going out of town on a family emergency.
Chandler made a plane reservation and then started packing. When Chandler was
done he picked up his bags and put them at the door, then he went to turn off
some lights and any thing else on. Chandler left his house and put the bags in
his car and drove to the airport.
Chandler arrived at the
airport an hour and a half before his plan left, so he checked in which to like
15 minutes and then went to the gate on the way he grab a bite to eat and then
saw a jelewy store. He decided that he get Monica something, his so called
wife. Chandler thought he should get he something since he hadn't been there
which wasn't his fault but he get that figured out before he went to see them.
Chandler was going to get a hotel, then get some information on Chandler Bing
since he was going by Zachary Bing. After Chandler got the jewellery he headed
toward the gate. Chandler boarded the plane and his little bags in the
compartment above. He laid back and fell asleep as the plane started to take
off
~~***~~
Monica, Ross, Rachel, Joey
and Phoebe were all sitting around planning what they were going to do for
Ben's birthday.
They figured since he was turning twelve and that he was maturing
a lot they would throw him a big party. Monica was in charge. For the first
time in two years she finally found something that would take her mind off
Chandler and when Ben came around, he talked to her about Chandler. She liked
it a lot, the others said she should get some help get on with her life but she
didn't want to talk to some stranger and Ben was there he helped her get he
feelings out. She found out that Ben really loved Chandler and misses him very
much. Monica and Ben helped each other out a lot, but the gang didn't know
that. The one thing Monica did not know is that Ben found Chandler and wrote
him.
~*~
"Okay Ben, tell me how you like this..." Monica said, and held up the
sketch she had made for his birthday cake.
"It's great, Aunt Monica..." Ben said.
Monica smiled slightly. Ben hadn't seen her smile in ages. Not
since Chandler had left, anyway. Before that had happened she had been smiling
often, Ben had often thought about her as the happiest person he knew. He
wished he could make her smile for real again.
"Auntie Monica..." he said.
"Mm-hm?"
she replied, looking through the party-plan-pad.
"Do you still think of Chandler all the time?"
Monica looked up, slightly surprised.
"Well... He's my...husband..."
"Dad says he's gone for good, you know..."
"Ben, I don't want to talk about this" Monica said and quickly
changed the subject back to the cake. "Maybe chocolate frosting isn't the best
idea after all, maybe vanilla would be better."
"Auntie Monica" Ben said. "Do you think he's gone for good?"
"No, I don't" Monica said. "What do you say, would vanilla work?"
"He can't be gone forever," Ben said. "I miss him. And I'm sure he
really misses you too, wherever he is."
"Well he better" Monica lamely joked.
Ben eyed her as she got a distant look on her face. He knew that
look real well by now. It was the look she had when she drifted off in thought.
Monica didn't even seem to notice he was there anymore. She allowed herself to
think about Chandler for a minute. For the billionth time at least, she
wondered where he could be and why he hadn't tried to contact her.
"Auntie Monica?" Ben said, trying to get her attention again. He
didn't want to make her think about that, he'd had the opposite intention in
mind. "Monica?"
"What?" Monica said, snapping out of her thoughts. "Vanilla it
is?"
"Sure,
vanilla. But about Chandler... Like I said, he can't be gone forever. I have a
feeling he will turn up soon."
"Well, if he's alive he has to show up sooner or later..." Monica
mumbled.
"Don't be so sad, Auntie Monica" Ben said. "He'll show up again..."
"I
sure hope he will..." Monica said in a distant voice. Then she shook her head
to clear her thoughts. "So did we land on vanilla?"
Ben nodded and rolled his eyes. He truly hoped Chandler would show
up. Monica was too distant and too sad. Even if Chandler had found somebody
else he needed to show up again, so that Monica could have some closure and
move on with her life. She was too emotional right now, she needed closure or
to have her life back.
~*~
Chandler looked around the park, but told himself it was
useless. He didn't know what this boy looked like anyway. He didn't remember
him, and even if he had he probably would have grown a lot by now. It was
better to let the kid find him. Luckily enough it was May and a warm day,
Chandler hated freezing.
'What am I doing here...' he asked himself.
'This has got to be a mistake.'
But before he could tell himself why it was a
mistake, a boy came hurrying over to him.
"Ben, I presume?" Chandler said, rising to his
feet. The kid nodded. "I'm Za... Chandler."
"Well duh, I know you are!" Ben said. "Although
you look a bit different than you did when I was nine. I think Aunt Monica
cooked you too much food back then, you look a lot skinnier than I remember
you."
Chandler didn't know what to say. He just
smiled an awkward smile at the boy.
"Well aren't you going to ask about her?" Ben
asked.
"Uhm... How is she?" Chandler asked, not sure
what was expected of him.