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The Trial Of Chandler Bing

The Date

Chandler walked into the apartment causing Rachel, Phoebe and Joey to turn and look at him with huge smiles on their faces just as Monica came out her room.

"Okay, so they know…" Chandler stated.

"Yeah, sorry about that…"

"No problem." He gave he a small smile. "You ready?"

"Yep, let me just grabbed my jacket." She told him picking it up but he took it off her and helped her put it on.

"Aww…" Their friends' cooed making the couple look up.

"What?" Chandler asked.

"You guys are so cute!" Rachel told him.

"Right…okay…" Chandler looked at them unsure.

"Just ignore them…" Monica rolled her eyes.

"Why? What did we do!" Joey whined.

"This isn't a big deal!" She told them.

"You're going on a date with Chandler!" Phoebe exclaimed and then turned to Chandler. "And you're going out with Monica! Of course it's a big deal!"

"We're not going to live this down, are we?" Monica sighed and looked at Chandler.

"Nope!" He told her.

"I should have never told them!"

"Nope…"

"It should have been our secret!"

"Yep!" He grinned. "But it doesn't matter now, we'd better get going."

"Okay…" She nodded and followed him out the apartment.

"Hey! Like you'd be able to keep a secret like that from us anyway!" Rachel called after them but only got the door closing as a reply.

XxXxX

"So…." Monica started as Chandler pulled out her chair for her. "Did you like the movie?"

"Eh…" He replied, shrugging as he sat down opposite her. "It was a chick flick."

"You choose it!" She laughed slightly.

"What? You think I'd take you to see a movies filled with violence and nudity…" He asked. "Yeah, I'm sure that would have impressed you."

"You were trying to impress me?"

"Yeah…" He told her. "Did it work?"

She couldn't help but smile. "Yeah, it did…I was also impressed by that tear in your eye at the end…"

"What? There was no tear!"

"Oh come on, Chandler admit it…" She grinned at him, teasingly. "You enjoyed the chick flick and it made you cry!"

"I was not crying!" He insisted.

"Oh really?"

"Yeah, I went to throw some popcorn in my mouth…but I missed and it went in my eye."

"Okay, whatever you say…." She laughed and picked up her menu.

Chandler continued to look at her. She could feel him watching her and when she looked up, he flashed her a smile, which she returned.

"Y'know, I'm having a really great time tonight…" She told, placing her menu back down.

"You don't have to sound so surprised!"

"No, its not that…it just…" She stuttered before smiling slightly. "Doesn't matter."

"No, come on…what?"

"Its nothing…its just I thought it would be weird."

"Weird?" Chandler repeated.

"Well, yeah….I mean we're best friends…." She tried to explain before sighing in defeat. "Ah, forget it."

"I understand."

"You do?"

"Yeah, of course!" He told her. "I was either expecting this to be just like any other time when we hang out with the others or there would be an awkward silence."

"So, which one was it?"

She saw a smile creep across his face. "Neither…"

"Oh…. Well what was it then?"

"It was a great night with someone I really care about and something we'd hopefully be able to do again, sometime soon…" He told her, placing his hand on top of hers.

"I'd like that…" She grinned, squeezing his hand as the waiter came over to take their order….

XxXxX

"So, I guess I'll see you tomorrow…" Chandler said later that night as they stood in the hall between their apartments.

"Yeps…" She nodded. "It was really a great night!"

"Good, we'll do it again sometime!"

"Does that actually mean your going to be avoiding me from now on…" She teased.

Chandler didn't reply, instead he leaned forwards and gently brushing his lips against hers. Her eyes fluttered open then he pulled back, his lips only millimetres away from hers.

"What do you think that means?" He whispered, a small smile playing on his lips.

She smiled back and before he had chance to say or do anything her lips met his again. This time they kissed for longer, Monica put her arms loosely around his neck while he wrapped his around her waist, pulling her closer to him.

Chandler was the one to break the kiss again but neither of them removed their arms from around each other. They just stared at each other, smile on both of their faces.

"I guess I'll see in the morning then…" Chandler broke the silence, reluctantly stepping back away from her but his eyes still never left hers.

"Yeah, you will…" She nodded, giving him one last smile before turning to un-lock the door. She looked back at him. "Thanks, again for tonight."

"You're welcome, thanks too…" He stepped forward, kissing her cheek softly. "Goodnight."

"Night…" She grinned again before disappearing into the apartment.

Chandler waited for a minute before going into his own apartment; once he had closed the door behind him he did his happy dance before going into his bedroom….

XxXxX

Monica stood at the stove, cooking breakfast and couldn't stop smiling thinking about the night before. Rachel and Phoebe had interrogated her about it but she refused to go into any detail; just telling them it was a good night. When Ross arrived, he asked if she had a good time and once she had answered yes, he left it at that. She couldn't help but notice the looks he was sending Rachel all morning, normally he would have been acting like a protective big brother but he had other things on his mind.

Rachel and Phoebe's conversation stopped, Joey stopped eating and Ross looked up from his newspaper when Chandler entered the apartment.

"What?" He asked when he saw his 4 friends staring at him.

"Nothing…" They all said and returned to what they were doing while Chandler moved to stand next to Monica.

"Hey…"

"Hey…" She smiled at him. "You want some breakfast."

"Sorry, I haven't got time…. Got a big meeting this morning…" He told her. "But I just wanted to come and say hi…. So Hi."

Her smiled widen. "That's so sweet!"

"Oh, also…" He start but his voice trailed off as he noticed the others staring at them.

"You were saying…" Rachel gestured for him to continue.

Chandler rolled his eyes at them and was about to something to them when he noticed the time. "Damn, I'm going to be late!"

"Okay, well…we'll see you later then…" Monica said, following him to the door.

"Yeah… How about we have lunch?" He asked, stopping to face her once they were in the doorway.

"Sounds good…" She nodded. "I'll see you later."

"Okay, great…bye!" He grinned, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek before running off to work.

"So, a one time thing then?" Rachel teased, as Monica turned around to see them all stood behind her.

"Whatever…." Monica replied before heading into bathroom, ignoring the questioned fired at her by her friends.

An hour later, Rachel rushed out of her bedroom on her way to work and found only Ross sat there.

"Oh, hey…" She said uncomfortably.

"Hi…" He looked up at her. "Rach, can we talk?"

"Ross, I'm kind of late for work here…" She stated, gathering her things.

"Please, it won't take a minute."

"Alright, fine but hurry up!"

"Okay, about everything that has happened I'm sorry…." He said quickly.

"You lied to me twice, Ross!"

"I kno…twice?"

"First about Chloe and then about reading the letter!" She told him. "I though I'd be able to trust you again but you lied again!"

"I know I'm sorry…"

"I mean, you should have just told me that you didn't finish!" She continued. "I wouldn't have minded… it was the middle of the night! People need sleep…"

"You're right…" he insisted. "So can we please talk?"

"What do you think we're doing?"

"About us getting back together…"

"Ross…" She sighed.

"Please, Rach…" Ross begged.

"What's changed, Ross?" She asked curiously. "The other day you were shouting that you was right and nothing was going to change that!"

"Well, things have happened…"

"What things?"

"Just seeing Monica and Chandler together…"

"Monica and Chandler?" Rachel repeated. "They went on one date and he after her to go to lunch with him…"

"But I've seen the way they look at each other…for the last couple of years I've seen her always going to him when she needed a shoulder to cry on and somehow he always made her seem better…."

"What's that got to do with us?"

"Look, I've loved you since the 9th grade but I was to scared to tell you…now I want to make it up with you…I don't want to go without you for that amount a time again…" Ross told her. "I look at Monica and Chandler and think if they would have realised their feelings all those years ago, then they wouldn't have been hurt all those times…."

"Ross, they are totally different to us…"

"I love you Rachel, I did all those years ago and I still do now…" Ross informed her. "Please give me another chance."

"I can't do this now…"

"Okay, just think about it…" He said. "Take as long as you like."

"I don't know if it'll do any good…" She told him. "You hurt me bad."

"I know and I'm sorry."

"I've gotta work…" She whispered, heading out the door.

"I love you…" He called after her again, as she closed the door. He sighed, as he was left alone in the apartment, wondering if it had made a difference.

TBC

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