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The Trial Of Chandler Bing

Trapped:

"Hey, Rach…you busy?" Chandler asked, walking into her office at work.

"Uh, well kind of…" She frowned looking up at him. "Why what's up?"

"Nothing really, I just wanted to ask you a favour."

"Oh right, okay…" She nodded, after casting a look around the office to make sure Joanna hadn't returned from her lunch. "Go ahead."

"Well, tomorrow is Valentines Day…"

"Yeah, I remember…" Rachel sighed, it had been 3 weeks since the beach incident and Ross was trying everything in his power to get Rachel to forgive him but she didn't know if she could. "What you got planned?"

"Well…" Chandler paused; wondering if asking for Rachel's advice was a good idea, considering what she was going through with Ross. "Maybe this was a bad idea."

"Oh come on….you can't do that to me!" Rachel stated, knowing why he backed off. "You got me curious now!"

"Well, I was wondering if you could help me pick a gift out for, Mon?"

"Oh, okay, sure…" She smiled at him. "My lunch break is soon, we can do it then if you like…"

"Okay, that'll be great!" He grinned. "And maybe you could give me some tips on what we could actually do…"

"Well, if you don't know that already…." Rachel joked.

"I didn't mean that!" He scrawled slightly. "God, you're worse then Joey!"

"Okay, sorry…" She laughed, just then Joanna appeared. "Oh, hey, I'm going to take my break now."

"Okay…" Her bossed nodded, looking at Chandler. "Hello, Chandler."

"Uh…hi…" He shot Rachel a look.

"How have you been?"

"Um, pretty good…yourself?" He replied nervously, edging towards the door.

"Me too…" She grinned. "Maybe we could get together sometime."

"Well, I would love to but I'm kind of seeing someone at the moment…" He explained, glad to have an excuse.

"Oh really?" She said disapprovingly. "Well, okay…"

"That wasn't awkward at all…" Chandler muttered once she was disappeared into her office.

"Come on, lets get out of here…" Rachel rolled her eyes and pushed him towards the door.

Joanna walked back out of her office and started to look around on Rachel's desk for a file, when he found a photo. Rachel was sat in the middle of an orange couch, in between a guy with dark hair and a blonde woman. Standing behind the couch was Chandler, with his arms wrapped around a woman with black hair, both of them laughing. While a man, she recognised as Rachel's ex-boyfriend, stood next to them, half glaring at the happy couple, half looking longingly at Rachel.

Joanna sighed and put the picture back, when she noticed the file she needed when her boss' secretary walked in.

"Hi, just to let you know that meeting has been cancelled tomorrow…" She told her.

"Okay, thanks, Nina…" Joanna nodded and went to go into her office again.

"Oh, by the way….the guy I just saw with Rachel…" She started. "Who was that Chandler Bing."

"Yeah," Joanna turned to look at her. "You know him."

"Know him…I used to work for him…" Nina laughed bitterly. "That was until he was meant to fire me but he decided to date me and tell everyone else I was crazy!"

"He really did that?"

"Yeah…"

"How that man ever got a girlfriend is beyond me…" She gestured to the picture on the desk.

Nina picked it up and looked at it. "Someone should warn her about who she's dating!"

"And maybe we're just the women to do it…" Joanna grinned.

"What do you mean?"

"Why don't you come into my office and we'll talk…" She suggested.

XxXxX

"So, what kind of thing do you want to get?" Rachel asked him as they walked around some shops.

"I don't know, that's why I asked for your help."

Rachel rolled her eyes. "Okay, jewellery, clothes, chocolate, flowers…."

"What is the most special?" Chandler questioned.

"Well, jew…" She started but stopped and smiled at him. "Aw, you want to make it special."

"Yeah, I know we've only been together for like 3 weeks but it's been the best 3 weeks ever…" He looked down at the ground, embarrassed.

"Aw that's so sweet!"

"Thanks," he smiled slightly.

"Alright, come on…" She grabbed his arm and dragged him into a shop. "We've got some shopping to do."

XxXxX

Later that day, Chandler walked into Central Perk to find all his friends already there. He sat down on the arm of the couch next to Monica, kissing the top of her head.

"Hey…" She looked up and smiled at him. "Did you have a good day?"

"Eh…its work…" He shrugged.

"I called you office earlier…" She told him. "But they said you were out on your lunch."

"Oh yeah…I had something important to do…" He grinned at her.

"Oh really?" She asked curiously, guessing he had something to do with Valentines day.

"Yep and don't even try and get anything out of me…" He warned her, teasingly.

"Alright, I won't…" She promised. "I might try Rachel though."

"What? How did you…" He frowned looking from her to Rachel.

"Hey, don't look at me!" Rachel stated. "I haven't said a word."

"Oh come on, sweetie…you really expect me to believe you'd something by yourself?" Monica giggled. "I mean, you wouldn't know where to start."

"Y'know I would be really offended if you wasn't so right…" He replied, with a sigh.

As Phoebe started to tell story about something that happened at work, the 6 friends failed to notice two women watching them closely through the window.

XxXxX

"So…." Ross started as he stood in the guy's apartment the next night with Joey. "You got a date tonight?"

"Nah, Valentines Day is for suckers and away from restaurants and everyone to make quick money…" Joey replied, handing him a bottle of beer.

"Yeah, so true!" Ross agreed, opening it.

"Couldn't get a date either then?" Joey asked.

"Nope!" Ross sighed. "I was kind of hoping Rachel would change her mind but…"

"How's it going with you two now?" Joey questioned.

"I don't know anymore…" Ross sat down just as Chandler walked out of his room, in a suit ready for his date with Monica.

"Whoohoo, if it isn't Mr Valentines, himself…" Joey teased.

"Looking sharp, man…" Ross whistled.

"Yeah, yeah…" Chandler rolled his eyes, opening the fridge to get out the chocolates in a heart shape box out. He frowned and shook the box, when he took of the lid he saw it was empty. "JOEY!"

"What?"

"You ate Monica's chocolate!"

"Oh, you brought those for Monica?"

"The heart shape box didn't give it away!" He asked sarcastically but only got a shrug as a reply.

He sighed and throw the empty box away, glancing at his watch seeing he had half an hour to go before he had to pick her open. He went back into his room and got the gift Rachel had helped him pick out and the dozen red roses.

"Wow, chocolate and roses?" Ross looked up at him when he walked back out. "You're going all out."

"Yeah, I want to make tonight special." Chandler smiled.

"What's this? Could Chandler Bing be in love?" Ross teased.

"What? Love! I uh…I oh…"

"Chandler, calm down!" Ross laughed. "I was joking."

"Haha, very funny!"

"I thought it was…" Joey stated, laughing too. "But seriously, you think chocolates and roses are the way to go?"

"Why not?" Chandler frowned; worried he had made a mistake.

"Nothing…you should just give her money instead."

"Money!" Both Chandler and Ross looked at him weird.

"Yeah, they'd appreciate the extra cash plus you never know, they might buy you something nice with it."

"Okay, don't listen to him!" Ross claimed, turning away from him.

"Oh and you're better Mr 'we were on a break'…" Joey shot back.

"Hey, we were!" Ross insisted. "We were on a break!"

"Guys, guys…" Chandler shouted over their voices. "Both of you calm down!"

"Sorry…" They looked at their feet guilty.

Before anyone could say or do anything, there was a single knock at the door. Ross moved to open but found no one there, when he look at the floor, he saw a single rose. He picked it up and read the card.

'Chandler, meet me at the old warehouse down by the docks…M.'

"Well, I guess I'd better get going…" Chandler grinned.

"I can't believe you're going on a date on Valentines Day!" Joey said.

"I know, I normally think of an accuse to get out of it but this is one date that I want to keep." He told them, putting on his jacket and opening the door. "I'll see you later….don't wait up!"

Ross and Joey exchanged looks when the door closed behind him.

"Next year, dates?" Ross asked.

"Oh yeah differently…" Joey nodded and they both took their seats again.

XxXxX

Chandler pushed open the door to the old warehouse, looking around wondering why it was dark in there.

"Mon?" He called out, putting the flowers down on an old table. "Monica, you here?"

He got no reply, he sighed and moved to further in side. "Women! Can't even be on time for their own romantic rendezvous…."

"Men! Don't know a trap set up by their Exs…" Joanna walked out from her hiding place.

Chandler jumped back, startled. "Joanna, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, we need to talk to you!"

"We?" He repeated.

"Hey, Chandler!" Nina appeared behind him, pushing him back to the wall. Clipping handcuffs around his wrist that were already hooked around a metal pole on the wall.

"Nina…what the hell is going on!" Chandler demanded, shrugging as she cuffed his other hand.

"Like I said, I we need to talk." Joanna repeated.

"Listen, I need to get out of here!" Chandler pulled at the cuff but they failed to break.

"No, you're going to listen…" Joanna stated and as she did someone else appeared.

"Julie Grath!" Chandler stared at the girl he used to date when he was teenager in shock.

"Chandler, nice to see you again!" She said sarcastically, moving towards him and covering his mouth with tape.

Chandler stared in horror at the three women, as they stood back and looked at him with smirks on their faces. If he didn't get out of there fast then Monica would think he stood her up and then the best thing that happened to him in his life might be ruined.

"Okay, let the trial of Chandler Bing start…" Joanna declared….

TBC

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