Another Day In Life: Chapter 6: Moving On
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Jeff walked out the back doors and saw that Chandler was lying on the beach.
He walked down to where he was and sat next to him, laying back to look at the stars.
"You have to get over her Chandler. You need to move on. Let her go." Jeff said matter-of-factly.
"I know Jeff. I just miss her so much." He replied quietly.
"It's been three years Chandler, and now you have Nikki to take care of."
"She wanted me to be happy. That's the last thing I heard her say." Chandler said, starting to get choked up.
"So, are you?" Jeff asked.
Chandler paused before speaking. "I don't know man, I just don't know."
Sitting up he brushed the sand from his pants and stood, helping Jeff up.
"You know, ever since the crash, you haven't been the same." Jeff said.
"You look different, you act different, you're just not the same, I like the old Chandler. The big beefy one." Jeff laughed.
"Oh really?" Chandler smiled.
"Yea, you were more fun then, you actually did have more energy than now."
"Well, Nikki said I'm getting too skinny, I suppose I could build myself up again. But either way, I can still kick your ass." Chandler laughed.
"Bring it on big boy!" Jeff smiled, holding his arms out.
Chandler put his feet on top of Jeff's and pushed him backwards, making him fall down.
He laughed and took off towards the house, the sand making it hard to run away.
He reached the doors just as Jeff came running up, slaming him against the glass with a thud, startling Joey, Ross, Phoebe, Monica, and Rachel who were all sitting just inside.
Jeff backed away, opening the door as the both stumbled inside, laughing.
"Oh hey guys, I'm sorry. I just get really weird whenever I see her." Chandler apologized.
"Only when you see her?" Jeff joked, going to the fridge for two bottles of water, throwing one at Chandler, who caught it just before it hit him in the face.
"Ok, I'm gonna go take a shower and get to bed, I'll see you all in the morning." Chandler said, heading upstairs.
"What about Nikki?" Jeff asked.
"What about her?" Chandler asked, turning around on the stairs.
"Isn't she coming back over?"
"Oh yea! Just tell her to come upstairs when she gets here."
"Alright man. Night."
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Chandler slowly opened his eyes and looked down at Nikki, who was asleep in his arms.
He kissed her lightly on the top of her head and got out of bed, slipping his robe on.
Quietly, he shut the door and walked downstairs to make some coffee.
Joey was already sitting at the counter reading a cereal box.
"Morning Joe. Sleep well?"
"Yea, your guest rooms are amazing." He said, sipping his coffee.
"Well, I didn't design them. So you have, nobody present, to thank." Chandler said, looking around.
"Everybody else still asleep?" He asked, filling a cup with coffee.
"No, they went to the grocery store for some food." Joey replied.
"Fine with me. I hate shopping, whenever I go out I always have somebody following me to find out what I bought anyway." Chandler laughed and Joey smiled up at him.
"So, do you have anything lined up?" Joey asked.
"No, I want to take some time off, spend some time with Nikki, maybe start writing again."
"Say, how's it going with you guys?"
"Pretty good, I really like her, I'm thinking of asking her to move in with me. What do you think?" Chandler asked.
"I think it would be great, give you some company around here when we go back to New York."
"Oh yea, that's right, you guys have to go back in like, a week. I forgot about that." Chandler said dissapointedly.
"Hey, we'll be back someday. I go back and forth a lot." Joey said, standing up.
"Still, it's not the same. I miss living across the hall. I miss the chick and the duck."
"Hey, I didn't chose this life for you, you did!" Joey laughed.
"Wow, you really know how to cheer a guy up." Chandler said sarcastically.
"Ok, well I'm gonna go take a shower, I'll see you later." Joey said and headed off for the guest bathroom and Chandler headed upstairs to see if Nikki was awake yet.
He slowly inched the door open and poked his head inside.
The sun bounced off of her, giving her an angel-like look.
He smiled and walked into the room, shutting the door behind him.
He dropped his robe on the floor by the bed and slid onto the bed, his face meeting hers with a kiss on the forehead.
Her eyes fluttered open and she looked up at him with dark blue eyes.
"Morning beautiful." Chandler smiled, which also made Nikki smile.
She reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him another light kiss on the lips.
"Morning stinky." Nikki laughed, which Chandler countered with a hurt look, that only made Nikki laugh harder.
"Well, I'll have you know, you stink worse than I do. You just woke up, where as I have been awake for a full 15 minutes, my morning breath is gone, you on the otherhand, could use a breathmint or something!"
Chandler sat up and stared out the window.
"Well, you could have woken up five hours ago and you would still look just as cute as you do now." Nikki replied, also sitting up and leaning against Chandler.
"So, do we have anything planned for today?" She asked.
"Not really, I kinda want to spend some time with my friends though, since they have to go back to New York in a week, and convieniently, I have stuff to do all week." He said, his sarcastic side showing.
"Oh, that's too bad." Nikki said.
"Eh, I have you." Chandler smiled and kissed her head.
"That's right, you do. And I have you."
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-Later that day, everybody is out in west hollywood, enjoying some coffee in the sun-
"I like it here in California, nice and warm." Rachel said.
"Yea, I could definately get used to this." Monica agreed, both women looking up towards the sky, letting the sun soak through them.
Chandler smiled at his friends, when his cell phone began to ring.
He pulled it out of his pocket, looking at the number of the caller.
"Uh, it's my agent, I have to take this. I'll be right back." He said as he flicked it open and walked towards a small foutain that was placed in a sea of high tables with matching stools.
"Hello?" He said irritated.
"Hey Chandler. It's Kasey."
"No, you don't say. What do you want?" He rushed.
"Well, you know that three picture deal you have with paramount, well you have one picture left to do, and they want you to get on with it, ASAP. They need you Chandler."
"Well why do I have to do it now?" He asked.
"Because they think that they have a great screenplay and they want to get going on this right away."
"And how does that involve me?"
"They think you would be great for the part, and they are thinking of asking your friend Joey Tribbiani to co-star in it with you." Kasey piped up.
"Oh really?" Chandler asked amuzed.
"Yes oh yes my friend. What do you think?"
"Well I'm not gonna say anything without reading it first. I'll come by later today and pick it up. I gotta go." Chandler said and hung up without giving her a chance to say anything.
Calmly he walked back over to where everbody else was standing around a high table, just like the others.
"What'd she want?" Joey asked, taking a sip of his coffee.
Chandler smiled and looked down at the ground, laughing to himself. "Paramount wants me to get going on my last picture in the deal. Which means that I don't get to take anytime off like I had planned." He said, looking back up at them.
"Do they have a movie in mind?" Phoebe asked, setting her coffee back down.
"Yea, actually they do, and they are thinking of asking Joey here, to co-star in it with me." He replied, motioning towards Joey who was on the other side of the table.
"Hey, that'd be fun." Monica said as she wipped her mouth.
"No, not for me. I don't like doing movies with my friends. I mean, sometimes, it can be really fun, but it distracts me."
"Yea, same with me." Joey said. "But I'd still like to do it. I mean, it's me and you, we always have fun together."
"I don't know, well, I told her I'd pick up the script later today so we have to swing by there sometime before we go home." Chandler said as he walked over to a garbage can to throw his empty cup away.
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Ok, for some very odd reason, this chapter was very hard to write. So if you want me to continue with this fic, you have to review, I have a very interesting twist I want to throw in and you have no idea what it is, so you won't know if you don't review! I'll get the last chapter of Line of Duty up sometime within the next few days! *Pudge*
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Jeff walked out the back doors and saw that Chandler was lying on the beach.
He walked down to where he was and sat next to him, laying back to look at the stars.
"You have to get over her Chandler. You need to move on. Let her go." Jeff said matter-of-factly.
"I know Jeff. I just miss her so much." He replied quietly.
"It's been three years Chandler, and now you have Nikki to take care of."
"She wanted me to be happy. That's the last thing I heard her say." Chandler said, starting to get choked up.
"So, are you?" Jeff asked.
Chandler paused before speaking. "I don't know man, I just don't know."
Sitting up he brushed the sand from his pants and stood, helping Jeff up.
"You know, ever since the crash, you haven't been the same." Jeff said.
"You look different, you act different, you're just not the same, I like the old Chandler. The big beefy one." Jeff laughed.
"Oh really?" Chandler smiled.
"Yea, you were more fun then, you actually did have more energy than now."
"Well, Nikki said I'm getting too skinny, I suppose I could build myself up again. But either way, I can still kick your ass." Chandler laughed.
"Bring it on big boy!" Jeff smiled, holding his arms out.
Chandler put his feet on top of Jeff's and pushed him backwards, making him fall down.
He laughed and took off towards the house, the sand making it hard to run away.
He reached the doors just as Jeff came running up, slaming him against the glass with a thud, startling Joey, Ross, Phoebe, Monica, and Rachel who were all sitting just inside.
Jeff backed away, opening the door as the both stumbled inside, laughing.
"Oh hey guys, I'm sorry. I just get really weird whenever I see her." Chandler apologized.
"Only when you see her?" Jeff joked, going to the fridge for two bottles of water, throwing one at Chandler, who caught it just before it hit him in the face.
"Ok, I'm gonna go take a shower and get to bed, I'll see you all in the morning." Chandler said, heading upstairs.
"What about Nikki?" Jeff asked.
"What about her?" Chandler asked, turning around on the stairs.
"Isn't she coming back over?"
"Oh yea! Just tell her to come upstairs when she gets here."
"Alright man. Night."
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Chandler slowly opened his eyes and looked down at Nikki, who was asleep in his arms.
He kissed her lightly on the top of her head and got out of bed, slipping his robe on.
Quietly, he shut the door and walked downstairs to make some coffee.
Joey was already sitting at the counter reading a cereal box.
"Morning Joe. Sleep well?"
"Yea, your guest rooms are amazing." He said, sipping his coffee.
"Well, I didn't design them. So you have, nobody present, to thank." Chandler said, looking around.
"Everybody else still asleep?" He asked, filling a cup with coffee.
"No, they went to the grocery store for some food." Joey replied.
"Fine with me. I hate shopping, whenever I go out I always have somebody following me to find out what I bought anyway." Chandler laughed and Joey smiled up at him.
"So, do you have anything lined up?" Joey asked.
"No, I want to take some time off, spend some time with Nikki, maybe start writing again."
"Say, how's it going with you guys?"
"Pretty good, I really like her, I'm thinking of asking her to move in with me. What do you think?" Chandler asked.
"I think it would be great, give you some company around here when we go back to New York."
"Oh yea, that's right, you guys have to go back in like, a week. I forgot about that." Chandler said dissapointedly.
"Hey, we'll be back someday. I go back and forth a lot." Joey said, standing up.
"Still, it's not the same. I miss living across the hall. I miss the chick and the duck."
"Hey, I didn't chose this life for you, you did!" Joey laughed.
"Wow, you really know how to cheer a guy up." Chandler said sarcastically.
"Ok, well I'm gonna go take a shower, I'll see you later." Joey said and headed off for the guest bathroom and Chandler headed upstairs to see if Nikki was awake yet.
He slowly inched the door open and poked his head inside.
The sun bounced off of her, giving her an angel-like look.
He smiled and walked into the room, shutting the door behind him.
He dropped his robe on the floor by the bed and slid onto the bed, his face meeting hers with a kiss on the forehead.
Her eyes fluttered open and she looked up at him with dark blue eyes.
"Morning beautiful." Chandler smiled, which also made Nikki smile.
She reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him another light kiss on the lips.
"Morning stinky." Nikki laughed, which Chandler countered with a hurt look, that only made Nikki laugh harder.
"Well, I'll have you know, you stink worse than I do. You just woke up, where as I have been awake for a full 15 minutes, my morning breath is gone, you on the otherhand, could use a breathmint or something!"
Chandler sat up and stared out the window.
"Well, you could have woken up five hours ago and you would still look just as cute as you do now." Nikki replied, also sitting up and leaning against Chandler.
"So, do we have anything planned for today?" She asked.
"Not really, I kinda want to spend some time with my friends though, since they have to go back to New York in a week, and convieniently, I have stuff to do all week." He said, his sarcastic side showing.
"Oh, that's too bad." Nikki said.
"Eh, I have you." Chandler smiled and kissed her head.
"That's right, you do. And I have you."
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-Later that day, everybody is out in west hollywood, enjoying some coffee in the sun-
"I like it here in California, nice and warm." Rachel said.
"Yea, I could definately get used to this." Monica agreed, both women looking up towards the sky, letting the sun soak through them.
Chandler smiled at his friends, when his cell phone began to ring.
He pulled it out of his pocket, looking at the number of the caller.
"Uh, it's my agent, I have to take this. I'll be right back." He said as he flicked it open and walked towards a small foutain that was placed in a sea of high tables with matching stools.
"Hello?" He said irritated.
"Hey Chandler. It's Kasey."
"No, you don't say. What do you want?" He rushed.
"Well, you know that three picture deal you have with paramount, well you have one picture left to do, and they want you to get on with it, ASAP. They need you Chandler."
"Well why do I have to do it now?" He asked.
"Because they think that they have a great screenplay and they want to get going on this right away."
"And how does that involve me?"
"They think you would be great for the part, and they are thinking of asking your friend Joey Tribbiani to co-star in it with you." Kasey piped up.
"Oh really?" Chandler asked amuzed.
"Yes oh yes my friend. What do you think?"
"Well I'm not gonna say anything without reading it first. I'll come by later today and pick it up. I gotta go." Chandler said and hung up without giving her a chance to say anything.
Calmly he walked back over to where everbody else was standing around a high table, just like the others.
"What'd she want?" Joey asked, taking a sip of his coffee.
Chandler smiled and looked down at the ground, laughing to himself. "Paramount wants me to get going on my last picture in the deal. Which means that I don't get to take anytime off like I had planned." He said, looking back up at them.
"Do they have a movie in mind?" Phoebe asked, setting her coffee back down.
"Yea, actually they do, and they are thinking of asking Joey here, to co-star in it with me." He replied, motioning towards Joey who was on the other side of the table.
"Hey, that'd be fun." Monica said as she wipped her mouth.
"No, not for me. I don't like doing movies with my friends. I mean, sometimes, it can be really fun, but it distracts me."
"Yea, same with me." Joey said. "But I'd still like to do it. I mean, it's me and you, we always have fun together."
"I don't know, well, I told her I'd pick up the script later today so we have to swing by there sometime before we go home." Chandler said as he walked over to a garbage can to throw his empty cup away.
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Ok, for some very odd reason, this chapter was very hard to write. So if you want me to continue with this fic, you have to review, I have a very interesting twist I want to throw in and you have no idea what it is, so you won't know if you don't review! I'll get the last chapter of Line of Duty up sometime within the next few days! *Pudge*
