Hey! I'm back with another chapter. Sorry if I kept anyone waiting but I had a bit of writer's block. Oh, if anyone likes feel free to send me an email with your opinions and such, angeleyes887@hotmail.com. I welcome anything. Let's see . . . is there anything else? I don't think so . . . well enjoy the chapter!!

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Just Friends?



Chapter 5: The One Where Monica is a Witness



'Alcohol is bad,' thought a very groggy Chandler as he came to from his sleepy state. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and noticed Rachel, sleeping next to him. 'Why is she sleeping in here next to me?' he thought as he looked at Rachel, his eyes half closing again. She looked very serene while she slept there. 'Oh! I never did give her the letter I wrote. Oh, well, maybe its all for the best,' he thought, looking at where he had left the roses.



Only they were no longer on the counter, they had somehow 'moved' to a vase and the letter. 'Oh my god, the letter. Did she? Could she have?' Chandler thought frantically, looking around for the letter. Much to his embarrassment and horror he found the letter, opened and sitting on the coffee table. 'Oh. Crap.'



Rachel stirred and opened her eyes to find Chandler awake. She smiled and nudged him to show that she was awake. "Oh, Rachel. Uh, good morning," said Chandler, trying to be nonchalant about the fact that he was freaking out. "Good morning handsome,' she said leaning up to kiss him on the nose.



Instead of being ecstatic about the fact that Rachel had just kissed him, Chandler treated it like she had just given him an electric shock. "Uh, what are you doing?" he asked, getting up, fast which only led to Rachel falling on the ground. "I kissed you," she said, pulling herself up looking a little put off. Chandler looked at her again. "What?"



"You kissed me? Uh, why?" he asked, carefully. Rachel smiled and picked up the letter. "Because of this Mr. Bing. No one's ever written anything so beautiful as this. Not even Ross." Chandler flinched at the name. Sure, he could take Ross in a physical fight of some sort but he wasn't sure he could beat Ross in the task that was winning Rachel over. He did get 2 women to marry him. No wait, 1 woman. He had forgot that he had said Rachel's name in the wedding ceremony. "You read my letter?" he asked, tentatively. Rachel smiled even wider and put her arms around his neck. "Yes and I would love to go to dinner with you. Just under one condition, I want to take it slow because I couldn't bear it if something happened and I lost you as a friends." she whispered, looking into his eyes. Chandler pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head. "You could never get rid of me Rach. Never," he whispered.



The two stood there in silence for a long time before Chandler broke away and glanced at the clock. "You know what? I'm going to take the day off and you should too," he said, with his classic smile that could make anyone melt. This time it was Rachel who melted.



"Ok, they won't miss me at all. I really don't feel like going to work anyways," said Rachel, grinning happily. They looked at each other in silence before Rachel heard the click of the door behind her. She quickly broke away from Chandler, who was now looking at her strangely. She motioned at the door, which now opened to reveal Joey waltzing into his old apartment.

"Uh, hi Joe. What are you doing here? Buddy ole pal?" said Chandler, nervously (Think Dr. Evil when he was talking to Scott in Austin Powers!! () Rachel only mirrored Chandler's comment or in other words she was just as guilty.

'Wait a second? Why do I feel guilty?' thought Rachel, curiously. She immediately knew the answer to that. 'Well duh. It's because of Monica.' Rachel looked down at the ground while Chandler and Joey talked. Monica had always had a crush on Chandler and she still had a thing for him, this so many years later. She wasn't exactly sure why but something had happened between them.

"Rachel? Rach?" called Joey, waving his hand in front of Rachel's blank face. She was spacing out but she came to quickly. "What? What is it Joey?" Chandler chuckled. She was wonderful, in every aspect. Then of course Joey and Rachel started chatting with Joey, every once and awhile throwing a smile at Chandler. 'I am so lucky,' he thought.



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Central Perk



"Ross, are you sure?" asked Monica, taking a sip of her mocha latte. Ross nodded and grabbed his coffee as well. "It had to be and if she's not then at least I know she's single." Monica sighed. Ross had come to talk to her about Rachel. Apparently he had felt a 'spark' between them two at Chandler's party and was going to try for the . . . one, two, oh forget it, if they had a record of how many times those two had gotten together than it would be the size of War and Peace. "Did you call to tell her that you were not leaving?" she said. Ross grinned, goofily and shook his head; "I thought I would surprise her with dinner as well." Monica stared at Ross with disbelief. "What?" he asked.



"Ross, what are you doing? Rachel is not going to come back to you every time you want her to. She's not attached to you whatsoever. She had a mind of her own," exclaimed Monica, throwing her hand in the air. Ross stared at Monica. Monica's eyes softened. "Ross, I'm sorry but I think it's over. For good. Move on," said Monica, holding his hand.



"Maybe your right Mon, but there will always be something between us and I'm not going to forget it. If she's interested in someone else then I'll win her over." Monica sighed once more and stood up to get more coffee when she saw something that made her heart stop. Rachel with another guy, kissing another guy.



SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE



"Chandler? Where are you?" called Rachel, playfully. Her and Chandler were going to have a cup of coffee before they head out on the town. But obviously Chandler wanted to play a little game before that happened.

'Ha! You can't see me!' thought Chandler, as he was crouching behind a mailbox outside Central Perk. He wanted to play hide and seek. He smiled, mischievously as he crept up behind Rachel who was looking in a bush. He slipped his arms around her waist and whispered in her ear, "Well, here I am Miss. Green. Whatever will you do to me?" Rachel turned around and smiled. Little did she know she was in plain view from where Monica and Ross were sitting, but to her it didn't matter. "Well, I thought I might teach a little lesson of my own," she whispered as she leaned in to give him a kiss. He melted into her and held her tight as she ran her fingers through his hair. Monica stared at Rachel, wondering who the mystery man was and why did he look so familiar?

"Chandler?"



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Sry, if that was crap, I needed to speed things up a little bit. But I hope you liked it since we're getting everyone involved.



Ross has now shown his true feelings, will he fight for Rachel even if it is his best friends. Monica has just witnessed what she thinks is Chandler. What will be her reaction? And where is Phoebe? Or do Rachel and Chandler even care? Wait and I'll try to please you with the answers. Again, feel free to email me at angeleyes887@hotmail.com Don't worry, I'll credit you if you give me an idea or two!

~Ally~