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Without him- Rachel Green
Chandler looked around the white room, the only thing in there were two chairs and a large screen TV.
"Okay, what are we doing here?" He questioned as they both took a seat.
"We're going to watch something…"
"Die Hard?" Chandler asked, hopefully.
"No! Something much better…" Tony told him, smiling slightly, pointing the remote and turning the TV on.
"Oh, there's Rachel and her friends…" Chandler said, once the screen filled with the scene of the Central Perk when it was still a bar.
"Lets go listen to what she has to say…" Tony raised the volume of the TV
"We can't listen to her conversation!!" Chandler tried to stop him.
"Oh, please, you did the first time!" Tony rolled his eyes.
Chandler opened his mouth to defend himself but found he had nothing to say.
"You know about that?"
"I know everything…" Tony told him.
"Wow, you may look like Joey but you're certainly nothing like him…" Chandler state as they turned back to the TV.
"Well, I would like to propose a toast to the woman, who in one year from today, become Mrs. Dr. Barry Farber DDS…" Rachel's friend said, grinning.
"Ummm, I think it's time to see the ring again…" Rachel exclaimed, excitedly as she held out her left hand causing the other two the scream.
"Oh, isn't it exciting, I mean it's like having a boyfriend for life."
"Yeah, I know…" Rachel replied, this time with less enthusiasm.
"What?" Her friend asked curiously
"Oh, I don't know. Well maybe it's just the idea of Barry for the rest of my life. I don't know I think I feel like I need to have one last fling, y'know, just to sorta get it out of my system…."
"Rachel stop!"
"You're so bad!"
"I'm serious, I really, I think I need just to have some...meaningless, sex y'know, with the next guy that I see…" She told them, taking a quick glance around the room but noticing there wasn't anyone bothered about her, she sighed disappointed.
"Is that what you really want?"
"What? Oh no…no… I was only joking…" She let out a fake laugh, the other two joined in and Rachel took one last look around but saw no one.
"Well, that was fun…" Chandler looked at Tony sarcastically. "Now tell me, why are we here?"
"Watch!"
"You don't reveal a lot do you?" Chandler started as they walked out the bar and along the road.
"A mysterious man turns up in the middle of the night and takes you to watch something that happened three years ago if you had not been there and you really expected me to let you in on everything?"
"Yeah, well that would be good…" Chandler nodded.
"I was being sarcastic."
"Yeah, I noticed."
"Oh yeah, Mr King of Sarcasm.." Tony muttered, just as the scene changed into the inside of a luxurious house.
"Where's that?" Chandler asked.
"Shh, just watch…"
Chandler rolled his eyes before looking at the TV to see Rachel appear again.
Rachel sighed as she flicked through a magazine, bored. She hated her life; she thought that this was what she wanted. A husband who was a doctor, a nice house, everything she wanted…but now all she wanted was to be normal. Have a normal husband who loved her and who she loved back. A normal job….well actually she would just love to have a job.
Most of all, she wanted friends. Sure there were people who said they were her friends, but she hated most of them, they were so stuck up…something she thought was…but she wasn't.
She missed her high school days, when she was the most popular girl in the school. Even then she didn't have any real friends, just more people pretending to be… accept one…Monica Geller.
Their parents where good friends and Rachel and Monica use to play together when they were younger. However, they grew up wanting different things, Rachel wanted a husband and a life of luxury while Monica didn't. So they grew apart, at first Rachel didn't care, she had new friends, people like her. Now she wished she done more to keep in touch with Monica.
"Rachel? You here?" Barry called out as he walked through the front door.
"Yes, I'm in here bored!"
"Bored? Why?" He asked, coming in and opposite her.
"I don't know!" She moaned, "Hey, lets do something…something different! Lets go Roller skating!"
"Roller skating?" Barry laughed.
"Yeah, come on, it'll be fun!" She jumped up excited, "I haven't done it since I was a kid!"
"Maybe because it is for kids!" Barry pointed out, "if you're that bored, why don't you plan a party for tomorrow…"
"We always have parties!" Rachel collapsed back down, disappointed.
"I know and you always enjoy them…"
Oh yeah, another night to wear a fake smile all night and pretend to like people! Great!!
"Okay…" She sighed loudly, "Oh! I could invite Monica…maybe her brother too!"
"Who?" Barry turned on the TV.
"Y'know, Monica and Ross Geller…" Rachel told him, glad about having normal people at a party for once. "I went to school with them…"
"Geller?" Barry repeated, staring at the TV, not really interested. "Why would you want them there?"
"Because they're my friends!"
"You haven't seen them in years!" Barry pointed out. "Beside they won't fit in with us because they're too…."
"Normal?" She cut him off before he had chance to say anything else.
"Hey! We're normal…we're just better!"
"Barry!!!"
"What?" He glanced up for the first time, "Oh come on, Rach…what will everyone think!! You don't need them there, you've got plenty of friends!"
"Have I though?" She asked him, sadly but he wasn't paying attention again.
"Umm…" Was his reply."Barry!"
"Uh-huh…that sounds great!"
Rachel groaned in frustration and then stormed out the room, yet again Barry didn't notice.
As she slammed the door behind her, she wondered how she managed to end up like this.
"I can't believe she let Barry talk about Monica and Ross like that!!" Chandler exclaimed, as the screen faded to black.
"Yes, well…she's not the Rachel, you knew…"
"But how did my not being there, change the fact that she never got married and moved in with Monica?"
"Because you weren't at the bar to give her doubts…" Tony explained.
"She did have doubts!" Chandler pointed out. "Remember she still said she wanted one more fling!"
"Did you know, she thought you and Monica was a couple back when you were in the bar?"
"What?!" Chandler's mouth dropped open. "That's ridicules!"
"Is it?" Tony questioned.
"Yeah, course it is!" Chandler told him, "I mean, she's my best friend and Ross' little sister!"
"Do I have to show you the clip?" Tony asked, as if he was talking to a child.
"What clip?!" Chandler questioned, as Tony flicked the TV back on. Chandler looked and saw himself, Monica and Rachel.
"So, I'll get-get back to my friend…." Monica said.
"Oh, yeah, sure, sure, sure, sure…." Rachel nodded, pointing at Chandler, who held up the cue ball and laughing awkwardly. "Listen, can we please have lunch the next time I'm in the city?"
"Oh, that'd be great…."
"Okay…bye…."
"Bye!" As soon as Rachel sat back down with her friends, Monica turned to Chandler. "Ten bucks says, I never see that woman again in my life…."
Chandler laughed lightly and placed the cue ball on the table, "Come on then, Geller… you can break…"
"Erm, okay…" Monica nodded slowly, taking a cue stick.
Chandler laughed loudly when she went the white ball flying off the table.
"Shut up!" She smacked him, "It's not funny!!"
"Oh but it is…" He grinned at her, before putting on a mocking voice. "I thought you was going to whip my butt!!"
"Alright, fine! I'm not good at Pool!" She admitted, "happy now?!""How come I never knew that?" He frowned. "We've been best friends for like….years!"
"Maybe you're not as clever as everyone thinks…"
"I'm serious! How come you never told me?" He asked, he thought she told him everything.
"I dunno…." She shrugged, "I'm Monica, I'm meant to be good at everything!"
"Aww, come on…no you don't…" He told her, "so, you're not good at pool…who cares!?"
"I care!"
"Okay then…you want me to teach you?" He sighed; knowing there was no way to convince her it wouldn't matter.
"Really? You?" She teased.
"Oh, I could get Ross or Phoebe…. Ah but then they would find out…" Chandler replied, heading for the exit.
"No, wait! I was joking…" She grabbed hold of his arm and pulled him. "Please teach me…"
Chandler smiled at her and bent down the pick the white ball up. "Okay then."
"Just don't tell anyone…" She warned as he took the cue stick off her.
"Fine…" He nodded and then posed with the cue, as it he was about to take a shot. "Now, you hold it like this…you try.."
"Okay, I can do that…" Monica replied confidently, taking hold of the cue and did the same as him.
"Right, that's great…" Chandler told her. "Now, when you got it lined up with the ball, slowly bring the stick back and then just hit it…"
Monica nodded before doing what she was told. Chandler bit back his laughter as she missed the ball completely.
"Don't laugh!" She glared at him,
"Okay, okay…sorry…here, let me help you…" He stepped forward, placing his hands over the top of hers and leaning over her. They smiled at each other as he put his face next to hers; he slowly brought back the cue and whispered in her ear. "Now, you hit it…"
Monica grinned as she watched the ball move along the table and hit the other ball. "Oh great!! Now what?"
"Now, you gotta try and pot one of the balls…" Chandler explained and pointed to one and moved away from her. "Try that one…"
"Okay…" She bent over the table again but before she took the shot she looked over at him. "This doesn't feel right, can you help me again?"
"Yeah, sure!" Chandler grinned and showed her like before.
Monica smiled shyly as she leant against Chandler. She looked back at the table as she felt Chandler take the shot and saw one of the fly into the pocket.
"Yeah! We did it!" Monica exclaimed, jumping up and down and hugging Chandler.
Rachel had been watching the whole time, as her friends chatted about her up and coming wedding.
'I thought she said she wasn't seeing anyone…maybe she lied…maybe they're not together…they should be, they look in love.
How come Barry and me aren't like that? We're engaged, we should be like that! We should be better then that!! Am I making a mistake?? No! Don't be stupid… I'm marring a doctor…I'm happy…I think…
"Rachel? You coming?!" Her friends asked, standing up.
"Umm, yeah, yeah…lets go…" Rachel followed them out, still watching Monica and Chandler.
Chandler sat quietly as the screen faded again, he didn't know what to say. He remembered that night as if it was yesterday; it was the best night of his life.
"She thought we were a couple from seeing that…" Chandler let out a fake laugh.
"Well wouldn't you, if it wasn't you?""Yeah, I guess…" Chandler muttered.
"What's wrong?" Tony frowned.
"Nothing…" Chandler looked up and forced a smile. "So what now?"
"We see more of your friends…" Tony told him, pointing the remote again, "Who do you wanna see now…?"
TBC
Who will be next? How did Chandler die? Please review and let me know what you think to find out!!