'Your what!' Phoebe exclaimed.
'My brother.' Chandler said, as if he was admitting a huge secret. Well that was how Phoebe saw it.
'You said that you were an only child! You said-'
'Phoebe, you said you'd let me talk.' Chandler said, cutting her off. Phoebe sat silent and Chandler continued. 'We are bothers. He's ten months older then me, we were close growing up and people often mistake us for twins.' He told her, and sat back as if he had just explained everything.
'Uh-huh ok so why didn't you tell us about him?'
'Look, I think it would be easier if I told you all at once and you all met him together. How about you all come for dinner tonight? I can get out of the meeting.' Chandler tried to reason. Phoebe sighed and nodded.
'Fine then.' She said and stood up, preparing to leave. 'Oh one more thing, what were you saying about the books?'
'I'll tell you that tonight as well Phoebes.' And she left.
'So what did he say?' Ross asked. He, Rachel, Joey and Phoebe were all sitting in Central Perk that afternoon and Phoebe was telling them what Chandler had said.
'He's not cheating on her at least.' She said. The other three looked at her expectantly.
'So what is he doing?' Rachel snapped after a minute of silence from Phoebe.
'The guys name is Taylor, he's Chandlers' brother.' She said. The other three gasped.
'His brother! But how? He said he was an only child.' Joey said. 'How does he explain that?'
'Well come to dinner tonight and he'll tell you, he said he wanted to tell us all together.' She sat back to take a sip of coffee, before realising that maybe she had too much coffee already and set it down. The others started a conversation about why Chandler hadn't told them when Phoebe sat back up again, startling the others.
'He also said he's writing books now!' She informed before sitting back down. 'And by the way Joey, you might want to change your answering machine message.'
'Writing books?' Ross said. 'Why the hell hasn't he said any of this? What else is he keeping from us? Has he got a daughter, a mansion in another country or what?' His voice was rising with each word.
'Ross calm down!' Rachel tried to reason. 'He probably has a good explanation, why does this affect you so much?'
'Coz he shouldn't be keeping secrets! He's meant to tell us things like this!'
'He is allowed to keep secrets you know.'
'Not about things like this.'
'Why not?'
'Coz, we're his friends he's meant to tell us important things.' Ross exclaimed again. Phoebe smirked.
'So why didn't YOU tell US about what happened to you on 'Space Mountain'? We had to hear it from Chandler!' Phoebe interjected. Ross went to say something, but thought best to keep quite.
'Hey guys.' Monica said as she walked in. the other four stopped their conversation immediately. 'Hey why did you stop talking when I walked in the room?'
'Why did you walk in the room when we stopped talking?' Phoebe retaliated. Monica frowned and shrugged as she sat down, deciding not to continue with that.
'Hey Chandler rang, he said that you said we were all going out for dinner tonight?' She said. That had been news to her.
'Uh, yeah, we, um, thought it would be a good idea if all six of us got together and talked, we never do that any more.' Rachel said. Monica stared at her.
'Rachel, that's ALL we do.'
'Yeah but this timer we're having dinner.' She said lamely. Monica decided to leave it again.
'Yeah and Chandler said he had someone he wanted us to meet.' Joey added. Rachel and Phoebe shot him a glare.
'Who?'
'Someone, you know a person kinda thing.' Ross said. Monica sighed, she obviously wasn't going to get anywhere with this.
'Ok.' She said. 'Where are we eating?'
It was a fancy restaurant in the village, dim lighted with secluded booths and French food. Phoebe, Ross, Rachel and Joey were already seated and were waiting for Monica, Chandler and the guest. They were eagerly awaiting the answers to the questions that had been raised over the last few days.
Monica followed the usher to the table and thanked him when he left. 'Hey this is a good place.' She said.
'Where's Chandler?' Ross asked. He was afraid he was going to back out of this.
'Well hello to you to. He's waiting for his friend to turn up; he knows where we're sitting. What is this all about anyway?' No-one had told her anything about this and it was clear something was up.
'Chandler will say when he comes over here.' Phoebe promised. She could see where Chandler was waiting by the door and a few seconds later Taylor turned up. Chandler put his arm on his brothers' shoulder and led him over to the table.
'Hey guys.' He said to the group. 'Phoebe I believe you and Taylor already know each other but everyone else' He looked around at their curious faces. 'This is Rachel, Ross, Joey and this is my wife Monica.' The gang greeted the stranger to them. 'Guys this is Taylor. He's my brother.'
'What!' Monica yelled. Faces from the other tables in the restaurant turned to see what the commotion was. Chandler sat down next to Monica and tried to put his arm on her shoulder, but she brushed it away. Taylor sat down next to them and looked nervously at the friends staring at him.
'Look, I really need to explain all of this to you and the only way this is going to make sense is if you just let me talk.' The other faces nodded.
'Can I take your order?' The waitress asked, interrupting the conversation.
'Uh, we don't know what we want yet but we will order our drinks.' Rachel said. They ordered their drinks quickly, wanting to get back to the conversation at hand.
'Ok then, talk.' Phoebe challenged as soon as the waiter disappeared. Chandler took a deep breath.
'Taylor is my brother-' Chandler started before Phoebe cut him off.
'You told us that.'
Chandler stared at her. 'Well let me finish then.' Taylor started to laugh and everyone at the table looked at him, he shook his head as way of apology and they turned back to Chandler only to notice he was laughing too.
'What's so funny?' Monica asked. Taylor and Chandler started laughing harder as they recalled the memory.
'It's nothing.' Chandler managed to say. 'When we were kids there was this girl next door we used to have these kind of arguments with, she was funny.'
'Is she going to turn up in a minute too?' Ross said briskly. Chandler and Taylor stopped laughing and turned serious.
'Ok then, like I said, Taylor is my brother, he's ten months older then me and we were really close growing up. Because of some of the things my parents did to offend the other kids parents I didn't really have a lot of friends in school but Taylor was always there for me.'
'And vice versa.' Taylor interjected.
'Yeah, and after our parents divorced we went to live with our aunt and uncle for a little while.' Chandler paused for a moment as if considering how to word the next part.
'Our uncle Hal wasn't exactly in his 'right mind' if you know what I mean.' Taylor said for him. 'It was on a farm in the country and he had been there his entire life, home-schooled and only left it to go out on the town. He had gotten a bit isolated and crazy. His sister, our aunt, had gone out to look after him. he wasn't married and dint have any friends. There wasn't a TV or anything.'
'Being alone for so long must really do something to your mind. He was absolutely crazy.' Chandler said. 'We arrived there and mom drove off, he came out and started yelling all this stuff at us, saying we were intruding on his property, I guess he didn't recognize us. But then Aunt Lucy came out and told him who we were. He seemed to calm down after that but he was still so creepy. He kept going out to his fields and to the woods and then coming back and down to his basement and spend hours down there.'
'It was scary, we could hear strange noises and everything. And one day we were playing dares and Chandler dare me to go and see what was down in the basement.'
'We were never allowed down there see.'
'And so I went.' Taylor said. The two brothers were silent for a while, the others were looking at them, expecting an explanation, they didn't even notice when the waitress brought their drinks over.
'Well that was a nice story but what does it have to do with all of the secrecy?' Rachel asked.
'We found dead bodies down there, he had taken young girls from the woods and trapped them down there. He caught me down there looking and said he was going to get me as well.'
Well there you go, a little more told. But still more to tell! Aren't I wicked ;-) Leave a review and I'll continue soon, I know where I'm going with this now so it wont be long. Love ya all.
'My brother.' Chandler said, as if he was admitting a huge secret. Well that was how Phoebe saw it.
'You said that you were an only child! You said-'
'Phoebe, you said you'd let me talk.' Chandler said, cutting her off. Phoebe sat silent and Chandler continued. 'We are bothers. He's ten months older then me, we were close growing up and people often mistake us for twins.' He told her, and sat back as if he had just explained everything.
'Uh-huh ok so why didn't you tell us about him?'
'Look, I think it would be easier if I told you all at once and you all met him together. How about you all come for dinner tonight? I can get out of the meeting.' Chandler tried to reason. Phoebe sighed and nodded.
'Fine then.' She said and stood up, preparing to leave. 'Oh one more thing, what were you saying about the books?'
'I'll tell you that tonight as well Phoebes.' And she left.
'So what did he say?' Ross asked. He, Rachel, Joey and Phoebe were all sitting in Central Perk that afternoon and Phoebe was telling them what Chandler had said.
'He's not cheating on her at least.' She said. The other three looked at her expectantly.
'So what is he doing?' Rachel snapped after a minute of silence from Phoebe.
'The guys name is Taylor, he's Chandlers' brother.' She said. The other three gasped.
'His brother! But how? He said he was an only child.' Joey said. 'How does he explain that?'
'Well come to dinner tonight and he'll tell you, he said he wanted to tell us all together.' She sat back to take a sip of coffee, before realising that maybe she had too much coffee already and set it down. The others started a conversation about why Chandler hadn't told them when Phoebe sat back up again, startling the others.
'He also said he's writing books now!' She informed before sitting back down. 'And by the way Joey, you might want to change your answering machine message.'
'Writing books?' Ross said. 'Why the hell hasn't he said any of this? What else is he keeping from us? Has he got a daughter, a mansion in another country or what?' His voice was rising with each word.
'Ross calm down!' Rachel tried to reason. 'He probably has a good explanation, why does this affect you so much?'
'Coz he shouldn't be keeping secrets! He's meant to tell us things like this!'
'He is allowed to keep secrets you know.'
'Not about things like this.'
'Why not?'
'Coz, we're his friends he's meant to tell us important things.' Ross exclaimed again. Phoebe smirked.
'So why didn't YOU tell US about what happened to you on 'Space Mountain'? We had to hear it from Chandler!' Phoebe interjected. Ross went to say something, but thought best to keep quite.
'Hey guys.' Monica said as she walked in. the other four stopped their conversation immediately. 'Hey why did you stop talking when I walked in the room?'
'Why did you walk in the room when we stopped talking?' Phoebe retaliated. Monica frowned and shrugged as she sat down, deciding not to continue with that.
'Hey Chandler rang, he said that you said we were all going out for dinner tonight?' She said. That had been news to her.
'Uh, yeah, we, um, thought it would be a good idea if all six of us got together and talked, we never do that any more.' Rachel said. Monica stared at her.
'Rachel, that's ALL we do.'
'Yeah but this timer we're having dinner.' She said lamely. Monica decided to leave it again.
'Yeah and Chandler said he had someone he wanted us to meet.' Joey added. Rachel and Phoebe shot him a glare.
'Who?'
'Someone, you know a person kinda thing.' Ross said. Monica sighed, she obviously wasn't going to get anywhere with this.
'Ok.' She said. 'Where are we eating?'
It was a fancy restaurant in the village, dim lighted with secluded booths and French food. Phoebe, Ross, Rachel and Joey were already seated and were waiting for Monica, Chandler and the guest. They were eagerly awaiting the answers to the questions that had been raised over the last few days.
Monica followed the usher to the table and thanked him when he left. 'Hey this is a good place.' She said.
'Where's Chandler?' Ross asked. He was afraid he was going to back out of this.
'Well hello to you to. He's waiting for his friend to turn up; he knows where we're sitting. What is this all about anyway?' No-one had told her anything about this and it was clear something was up.
'Chandler will say when he comes over here.' Phoebe promised. She could see where Chandler was waiting by the door and a few seconds later Taylor turned up. Chandler put his arm on his brothers' shoulder and led him over to the table.
'Hey guys.' He said to the group. 'Phoebe I believe you and Taylor already know each other but everyone else' He looked around at their curious faces. 'This is Rachel, Ross, Joey and this is my wife Monica.' The gang greeted the stranger to them. 'Guys this is Taylor. He's my brother.'
'What!' Monica yelled. Faces from the other tables in the restaurant turned to see what the commotion was. Chandler sat down next to Monica and tried to put his arm on her shoulder, but she brushed it away. Taylor sat down next to them and looked nervously at the friends staring at him.
'Look, I really need to explain all of this to you and the only way this is going to make sense is if you just let me talk.' The other faces nodded.
'Can I take your order?' The waitress asked, interrupting the conversation.
'Uh, we don't know what we want yet but we will order our drinks.' Rachel said. They ordered their drinks quickly, wanting to get back to the conversation at hand.
'Ok then, talk.' Phoebe challenged as soon as the waiter disappeared. Chandler took a deep breath.
'Taylor is my brother-' Chandler started before Phoebe cut him off.
'You told us that.'
Chandler stared at her. 'Well let me finish then.' Taylor started to laugh and everyone at the table looked at him, he shook his head as way of apology and they turned back to Chandler only to notice he was laughing too.
'What's so funny?' Monica asked. Taylor and Chandler started laughing harder as they recalled the memory.
'It's nothing.' Chandler managed to say. 'When we were kids there was this girl next door we used to have these kind of arguments with, she was funny.'
'Is she going to turn up in a minute too?' Ross said briskly. Chandler and Taylor stopped laughing and turned serious.
'Ok then, like I said, Taylor is my brother, he's ten months older then me and we were really close growing up. Because of some of the things my parents did to offend the other kids parents I didn't really have a lot of friends in school but Taylor was always there for me.'
'And vice versa.' Taylor interjected.
'Yeah, and after our parents divorced we went to live with our aunt and uncle for a little while.' Chandler paused for a moment as if considering how to word the next part.
'Our uncle Hal wasn't exactly in his 'right mind' if you know what I mean.' Taylor said for him. 'It was on a farm in the country and he had been there his entire life, home-schooled and only left it to go out on the town. He had gotten a bit isolated and crazy. His sister, our aunt, had gone out to look after him. he wasn't married and dint have any friends. There wasn't a TV or anything.'
'Being alone for so long must really do something to your mind. He was absolutely crazy.' Chandler said. 'We arrived there and mom drove off, he came out and started yelling all this stuff at us, saying we were intruding on his property, I guess he didn't recognize us. But then Aunt Lucy came out and told him who we were. He seemed to calm down after that but he was still so creepy. He kept going out to his fields and to the woods and then coming back and down to his basement and spend hours down there.'
'It was scary, we could hear strange noises and everything. And one day we were playing dares and Chandler dare me to go and see what was down in the basement.'
'We were never allowed down there see.'
'And so I went.' Taylor said. The two brothers were silent for a while, the others were looking at them, expecting an explanation, they didn't even notice when the waitress brought their drinks over.
'Well that was a nice story but what does it have to do with all of the secrecy?' Rachel asked.
'We found dead bodies down there, he had taken young girls from the woods and trapped them down there. He caught me down there looking and said he was going to get me as well.'
Well there you go, a little more told. But still more to tell! Aren't I wicked ;-) Leave a review and I'll continue soon, I know where I'm going with this now so it wont be long. Love ya all.