Betrayal
Part 4~ Wouldn't Want to be Me
SNOW DAYYYYY!!!! A WOO-HOO!!! Only good thing about the cold :-) So I laughed at one of my friends cuz she named her car, but she explained to me that every car needs a name, so we were going through like, every guy's name in the world (she said my car was definitely a guy, lol), and they dubbed my car Chandler. Cuz on Friends last week (this isn't a spoiler, don't run and hide…) he said something to the extent of "Yeah, I tend to keep talking till someone stops me" and they said that's definitely me. Because, if you haven't been able to tell from my AN's, I start talking and don't shut up till A) someone says "Shut up, Jamie" or B) I look around and notice the blank stares that everyone is giving me. Like now. I should probably shut up. But I'm not done yet, so I keep going. Thanks so much for the reviews, this fic isn't going quite the way I wanted it to at first, but I think I like where it's going now. I think. But newayz, this is dedicated to my Katie- Alone we get lost, together we…well, we still get lost, but we will eventually get there! LOL…
"I'm a horrible, horrible person," Chandler sighed. "And incredibly weak. I'm an incredibly weak, horrible, horrible person."
"No, you're not," Jessi brushed her hand across his cheek.
"Yes, I am," he sighed again, sitting up.
"No, you're not," she paused. "You are predictable, though. You're about to say that you'd better get going."
Chandler gave her a slight smile. "So I'm a predictable, incredibly weak, horrible, horrible person," he paused. "And, yeah, I'd better get going."
"See you tomorrow, then?"
Chandler closed his eyes, praying to god that he could be a stronger person and would be able to say no. "Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow," he answered quietly.
Too bad his prayers had yet to be answered,
~*~
"You wanna leave? Fine, leave!" Monica yelled, following him down the stairs and into the kitchen, wiping the tears from her cheeks. "If I'm so damn hard to put up with then don't! Just leave!"
Chandler turned to face her, wiping his own tears. "Ya know what, maybe I will!"
Monica looked him in the eye. "Fine, you want to leave, then go. But you walk out that door," she paused, pulling her wedding ring off," you take our marriage with you." She took a step closer, dropping her ring into his jacket pocket before turning away.
Chandler took a deep, shaky breath, looking around before walking out, letting the door slam shut behind him.
Monica collapsed to the floor in disbelief, letting herself cry. She hadn't actually believed that he would really leave. She finally pulled herself together, realizing that she didn't want to have to explain if either of the kids came down. As she stood up, she stared at disbelief at what was on the counter.
Both of their wedding rings.
She almost smiled, sliding her ring back onto her finger. He'd be back before morning, they both just needed to cool off before either one said anything else that they'd regret.
~*~
"Wow, almost in time for dinner. That's twice in one week," Monica took a drink from her glass as Chandler walked in.
"Hi to you, too," he smiled, looking at Megan and Monica who were sitting at the table, eating. "Where's Josh?"
"Why don't you go ask your son that?"
"Uh-oh, my son, what'd he do?"
"Go ask him," Monica repeated.
"Okay," Chandler finally agreed, not sure what Josh could've done that was so bad. "Josh?" he knocked on his bedroom door, and when he didn't hear a response, walked in. "Hey, what happened?"
"Nothing," he mumbled, sitting down on his bed.
"Nothing?" Chandler sat down next to him.
"Well, I guess I kinda got suspended…"
"Suspended?" he looked at Josh, who took an immediate interest in the ball in his hands. "What for?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing," Chandler repeated.
"Yeah, they just decided to randomly start suspending people," he shrugged, standing up. "No biggie."
"No biggie?" he looked at him. "Joshua…"
Josh sighed. "I kinda got in a fight…"
"You got in a fight?"
"And I hit this kid…"
"You hit a kid?"
"Wow, this new echo thing is really cool," Josh said sarcastically, turning back to face his father.
"Josh, why did you get in a fight?"
"What, do you and Mom do enough fighting for our entire family?"
Chandler stood up. "Josh," he warned.
"What? And does it really matter what reason I give you? What excuse I give you?" he paused. "Are adults the only ones allowed to fight and to make up excuses?" he was now yelling.
Chandler sighed, running his hand through his hair. "My god, I've created a clone of myself."
Josh looked at his father, pausing to look him in the eye. "I sure hope not," he said, only regretting it when he saw the look in Chandler's eyes after he'd said it. "Wait, Dad, I-"
"It's okay," Chandler said quietly, interrupting Josh as he turned to leave the room. "I wouldn't want to be like me either."
To
Be
Continued…
I almost died today. Maybe not really, but my car hit some ice and I completely lost control and did a 180 spin and my heart was beating so fast and I was shaking so bad…but there were no cars around which is weird cuz I was on a usually busy street. And I was all alone and only like half a block from where I was meeting my friends…it was so scary. But there I go with the rambling again, so I'll shut up. Please review : )