AN: Ok, I have nothing to say so on with the chapter.

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Chandler couldn't believe it, his five original friends, including Rachel, stood before him.

"Hey.guys.what are you doing here?" Chandler said, clearly shocked.

"Well, your birthday is coming up so we thought we'd pay you a little visit!" Monica said from her place at the front of the group.

"Wow, well it's great to see you guys! I haven't seen you in quite a few months, and Rachel, it's been what? Five years?"

".Yea, I've just been so busy since you left and I thought that it has been long enough." She replied.

"Well come in you guys!" Chandler said as he moved aside to let them in.

"Wow, you have a really nice place here Chandler" Rachel said as she looked around. "Do you live here all by yourself?"

"Yea, but I'm thinking of asking Nicky, my girlfriend, to move in with me." He replied with a smile on his face. "Oh crap! My girlfriend, I totally forgot! We were going out tonight and I was supposed to be there ten minutes ago! Could you hold on, I have to call and cancel."

"Oh no, we didn't know you had plans, we can always come back tomorrow." Ross said.

"No, no, no. I don't want you guys to leave. You've come all the way down here, I don't want to just shove you out the door. Oh! How about I go pick Nicky up, bring her back here and we can all just eat here or go out together. It'll be fun!"

"Yea, that sounds fun!" Joey said from the place he had taken on the couch.

"Great, well I have to go and pick her up, I'll be back in about 15 to 20 minutes, make yourselves at home!" He yelled as he ran out the door, flicking his cell phone open to call Nicky and inform her of the change in plans.

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2 hours later, a resturaunt

Nicky finished telling the group an embaracing story about Chandler and they all erupted in laughter, all but Chandler, who just looked on, unamused.

"Ha, ha, very funny. I've done worse things that you don't know about and hey, I always have lots of stories about you!" He said to Nicky.

"Oh but you wouldn't do that would you hun?" She replied as she leaned into him and kissed him.

"Nah, your too nice babe." He said as he kissed her on the nose. "Well, I don't know about you guys but I'm stuffed!"

"Yea, me too, I could not eat another bite if I wanted to." Ross said, leaning back in his chair.

"Who wants to get out of here? Cause I deffinately do!" Nicky said as she placed her napkin on the table.

"I'm with you, this place is too quiet." Phoebe said as she looked around.

"Ok, where's the bill?" Chandler said, searching the table.

"Um.here it is!" Monica said, holding the little black check holder in the air triumphantly.

"How much is it?" Chandler asked as he took out his wallet.

"Ah, $256.73, wow, we really know how to spend money!" Monica said as she read the bill.

"Yea, at expensive places." Joey said.

Chandler took three 100-dollar bills out of his wallet and placed them on the table. Ross looked at them with amazement.

"Wow, you carry that much cash around?" He asked.

"Yea, I don't like writing out checks. Too much work." Chandler said as he got up and walked behind Nicky's chair and pulled it out for her. Once she was up, he helped her put on her thin summer coat. "Everybody ready?" He asked once he was all settled to go.

"Yep, let's get out of here." Rachel said as she followed behind Chandler and Nicky.

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Chandler's House, everybody is just entering.

"So, what do you guys want to do now?" Chandler asked once everybody was inside.

"I don't know, I don't really feel like doing anything too strenuous. I'm tired from the flight and everything." Ross said as he sat down on the couch. Rachel plopped down next to him and Ross put his arm around her, pulling her close.

"Well, I've got lots of movies." Chandler said, sitting down in a big overstuffed chair, just like the one Monica had back in New York, as Nicky sat down on his lap, cuddling close to him.

"That sounds good, nice and relaxing." Monica said.

"Ok, who wants to pick one out?" Chandler asked.

"Oh! I want to!" Phoebe said as she jumped up from another chair she was sitting in with Joey.

"Ok, they're on the shelf next to the TV." He replied.

Phoebe looked around but found no TV. "What TV?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot, I meant in the mini theater."

".you have a mini theater? That is so AWESOME!" Joey said jumping up next to Phoebe. "Where is it?"

"Down the hall, second room on the right." He said, pointing behind him with his thumb. Joey and Phoebe immediately took off down the hallway like two seven year olds. "Well, I guess we should get down there too, although it might take them a while to pick a movie so there's no rush."

They all slowly took their time getting up and one by one, walked down the hallway to the theater until it was just Rachel and Chandler.

"Hey Chandler?" Rachel said.

"Yea?" He said, looking over in her direction.

"Can we talk.about New York?"

"Sure, what about New York?" He said, sitting forward in his chair.

"I mean, New York.five years ago." She said slowly.

"Well, sure." Chandler said, unsure if he really wanted to dig up the horrible past and bring it into the perfect world he had worked so hard on creating for himself.

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Once again, I'm too tired to go on, I was gonna write more but my body is disagreeing with me. PLEASE REVIEW PEOPLE! And have a Happy New Year!