Now I will start to rearrange and alter certain events in season 4, just like I made it so that Ross and Rachel are permanently back together. (See the end of chapter 2, where they agreed to rip up the letter, instead of fighting about it.)
After their one-night stand, Joey and Chandler each went back to female lovers, as if nothing had happened.
Then Joey got roped into doing an unusual favor for Mr. Treeger. To impress a woman named Marge, Treeger wanted to practice dancing for a superintendents' ball, but was too shy to practice with a girl. Rather than hating it, Joey actually enjoyed learning all the steps and getting good at them. He tried showing off his moves to Monica and Rachel, but didn't know how to lead. Still, Joey felt proud when he and Treeger got the spin right; manly or not, it was a beautiful accomplishment.
As Treeger started to leave for the ball, Joey felt a little sad that he'd have nobody to dance with anymore. Treeger offered to fix him up with Marge's friend, but Joey declined as soon as he learned that this friend was the same size as Treeger.
So Joey stayed on the roof for hours that night, dancing by himself and wishing that he knew some hot, ballroom-dancing chicks. Then again, it would probably be awkward to explain why he didn't know how to lead. Maybe if he had a guy to practice with first, a guy who would let him lead. Maybe Chandler would do it; after all, he let Joey seduce him once.
The more Joey thought about dancing with Chandler, and pretended that he was doing so, the more he realized that he didn't want to just dance. He could still remember Chandler's naked body in detail, and found himself hungering for him.
So Joey nervously returned to their apartment that night, intending to ask Chandler to dance with him, and if he seemed receptive, to sleep with him again. Unfortunately, Chandler had already gone to bed by the time that Joey arrived. Damn it! Why did he stay out so long? Now he'd have to wait until tomorrow night. Or would he?
Joey knocked on the door, then peeked inside. Chandler was still awake!
"Hey, Joe!" He sat up and chuckled. "I was beginning to think that you went out with Treeger for the night."
Joey laughed and shook his head. "Nah, I was just... thinking."
"Thinking?" Chandler looked mildly curious.
Joey came into the room and asked cautiously, "You said 'Any time,' didn't you?"
"Any time what?"
Joey gave him a look, and sat on his bed.
Now Chandler understood. "Oh."
"So, do you want to?"
Chandler bit his lip and nodded. Soon they were kissing and getting naked again.
***
From then on, they continued having sex on a semi-regular basis, and also started ballroom dancing. Of course they kept both activities secret from the rest of their friends, and invented excuses for why they now spent much more time alone, without even Ross around.
"Yeah, baby!" Joey said as they stepped gracefully around the living room. "And now I can put dancing on my resume and have it be true! 'Course, you'll have to let me lead sometime."
Chandler laughed. "Sure, after this dance!" Joey had really surprised him, allowing Chandler to often take the lead in dancing and in sex, instead of treating him like a girlie wimp all the time. It really helped him enjoy their intimacy without feeling his masculinity threatened, and they had a lot of fun.
But then Chandler got upset when Joey starred in a play where he had to simulate sex with his pretty co-star Kathy. Joey insisted that sexual chemistry onstage meant nothing offstage. "What are you getting all jealous for? We're not a couple--are we?"
Chandler was embarrassed and hurt, so he ran off from the theatre. He felt incredibly guilty afterward, so he bought all new furniture for the apartment to replace everything that had been stolen.
Joey was shocked. "You--you did all this for me?"
"Yeah, and, um, about Kathy," Chandler forced himself to say it, "if you wanna date her, date her. I'm not holding you back."
"Chandler!"
"No, listen, I'm not gonna be some crazy jealous freak like Ross was with Rachel. I mean, not that we're Ross and Rachel..."
Joey came over to him and held him close. "I think... maybe we could be."
Chandler cautiously met Joey's eyes. "You want to?"
"Yeah." He kissed Chandler, then smiled devilishly. "You wanna see some sexual chemistry?" He pulled Chandler back to his bedroom, where they made up passionately.
After their one-night stand, Joey and Chandler each went back to female lovers, as if nothing had happened.
Then Joey got roped into doing an unusual favor for Mr. Treeger. To impress a woman named Marge, Treeger wanted to practice dancing for a superintendents' ball, but was too shy to practice with a girl. Rather than hating it, Joey actually enjoyed learning all the steps and getting good at them. He tried showing off his moves to Monica and Rachel, but didn't know how to lead. Still, Joey felt proud when he and Treeger got the spin right; manly or not, it was a beautiful accomplishment.
As Treeger started to leave for the ball, Joey felt a little sad that he'd have nobody to dance with anymore. Treeger offered to fix him up with Marge's friend, but Joey declined as soon as he learned that this friend was the same size as Treeger.
So Joey stayed on the roof for hours that night, dancing by himself and wishing that he knew some hot, ballroom-dancing chicks. Then again, it would probably be awkward to explain why he didn't know how to lead. Maybe if he had a guy to practice with first, a guy who would let him lead. Maybe Chandler would do it; after all, he let Joey seduce him once.
The more Joey thought about dancing with Chandler, and pretended that he was doing so, the more he realized that he didn't want to just dance. He could still remember Chandler's naked body in detail, and found himself hungering for him.
So Joey nervously returned to their apartment that night, intending to ask Chandler to dance with him, and if he seemed receptive, to sleep with him again. Unfortunately, Chandler had already gone to bed by the time that Joey arrived. Damn it! Why did he stay out so long? Now he'd have to wait until tomorrow night. Or would he?
Joey knocked on the door, then peeked inside. Chandler was still awake!
"Hey, Joe!" He sat up and chuckled. "I was beginning to think that you went out with Treeger for the night."
Joey laughed and shook his head. "Nah, I was just... thinking."
"Thinking?" Chandler looked mildly curious.
Joey came into the room and asked cautiously, "You said 'Any time,' didn't you?"
"Any time what?"
Joey gave him a look, and sat on his bed.
Now Chandler understood. "Oh."
"So, do you want to?"
Chandler bit his lip and nodded. Soon they were kissing and getting naked again.
***
From then on, they continued having sex on a semi-regular basis, and also started ballroom dancing. Of course they kept both activities secret from the rest of their friends, and invented excuses for why they now spent much more time alone, without even Ross around.
"Yeah, baby!" Joey said as they stepped gracefully around the living room. "And now I can put dancing on my resume and have it be true! 'Course, you'll have to let me lead sometime."
Chandler laughed. "Sure, after this dance!" Joey had really surprised him, allowing Chandler to often take the lead in dancing and in sex, instead of treating him like a girlie wimp all the time. It really helped him enjoy their intimacy without feeling his masculinity threatened, and they had a lot of fun.
But then Chandler got upset when Joey starred in a play where he had to simulate sex with his pretty co-star Kathy. Joey insisted that sexual chemistry onstage meant nothing offstage. "What are you getting all jealous for? We're not a couple--are we?"
Chandler was embarrassed and hurt, so he ran off from the theatre. He felt incredibly guilty afterward, so he bought all new furniture for the apartment to replace everything that had been stolen.
Joey was shocked. "You--you did all this for me?"
"Yeah, and, um, about Kathy," Chandler forced himself to say it, "if you wanna date her, date her. I'm not holding you back."
"Chandler!"
"No, listen, I'm not gonna be some crazy jealous freak like Ross was with Rachel. I mean, not that we're Ross and Rachel..."
Joey came over to him and held him close. "I think... maybe we could be."
Chandler cautiously met Joey's eyes. "You want to?"
"Yeah." He kissed Chandler, then smiled devilishly. "You wanna see some sexual chemistry?" He pulled Chandler back to his bedroom, where they made up passionately.