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Stuff Like This Happens All The Time

Ross, Rachel and Phoebe quietly walked into Chandler's room that next morning to see to Monica's fast asleep in the chair next to Chandler's bed, with a hospital blanket covering her.

"Hey guys…" Chandler whispered, not wanting to wake her up.

"Hey, how you feeling?" Rachel asked, giving him a small hug.

"Well, the food here sucks…" Chandler stated, staring at his breakfast in front of him. "But other then that, I'm okay."

"Well, good!" Ross added before glancing at his sister. "You'll never guess what.."

"What?" Chandler asked, half-heartily poking at his food.

"These two think that there's something going on with you and Monica…." Ross said chuckling slightly at the idea.

Rachel glared at him and Phoebe slapped his arm, while Chandler's head snapped up suddenly.

"Well, erm…I…" He stuttered, causing Ross to stare at him shocked.

"Oh my god! It's true?!"

"What's true?" Monica asked, sleepily.

"You and Chandler?!" Rachel asked excitedly.

"How did you find out?!" Monica said standing up. "Did Joey tell you?"

"Joey knows?!" The three gasped.

"How can you tell Joey and not us?" Phoebe asked, staring accusingly at her two best friends.

"We never told Joey, he worked it out…" Chandler sighed. "Look, we're sorry…"

"Wait! How did Joey work it out?" Rachel queried.

Chandler smiled but ignored her comment and continued with what he was saying. "…We didn't want everyone to make it out to be a big deal before we figured it all out ourselves…"

"And…is it a big deal?" Ross asked slowly.

"I love her."

Monica smiled and moved closer to Chandler. "I love him too."

"Oh my god!" Rachel exclaimed. "This is so great!"

"Yeah! Congratulations!" Phoebe added, jumping up and down excited.

"Thanks, guys.." Chandler said, his smiled faded slightly when he saw Ross staring at him. "Ross, you okay with this?"

"What? Me? Oh yeah, I'm fine…" He stuttered in fake cheerfulness. "I mean, my little sister and my best friend! Together! YAY!"

"Ross…" Monica started, stepping towards him. "Please be happy for us."

Ross looked at her for a moment, before sighing. "It's weird."

"Look, man I'm not going to do anything to hurt her anything…" Chandler told him. "You gotta believe me…"

"Chandler…" Ross held up a hand to stop him from continuing. "I said it was weird, I never said I had a problem with it."

"Really?"

"Yeah…it's going to take sometime getting use to it…but you're my best friend, I know what a great guy you are."

"Thanks, that means a lot to me." Chandler nodded, smiling slightly.

"Okay, right now all the sappy rubbish is over, I want details!" Rachel said leaning forward eagerly. "When did it happen? How did it happen? Who started it…"

"Rachel, slow down!" Monica laughed; she glanced over at Chandler, frowning at the look on his face. "What's wrong?"

"Where's Joey?" Chandler asked Ross.

"We don't know…" Ross said quietly. "He never came home last night."

Chandler closed his eyes and leant his head back against the pillows.

"He'll be alright, though." Rachel reassured him. "He probably just needs sometime on his own."

"Yeah, I guess…" Chandler said slowly, there was silence in the room for a minute. "London."

"What?" Rachel frowned.

"It happened in London…" Chandler told her. "Me and Mon…"

"London?" Ross repeated. "At my wedding!"

"Well, yeah…"

"Is that why you two were acting so weird?" Rachel questioned.

"Erm, I guess…"

"Wait! You were in my honeymoon suite…" Ross stared at them both. "You were going to do it in MY HONEYMOON SUITE?!"

"Well, you weren't going to use it…" Chandler said, nervously.

"Yeah! And the room expects it…it would have been disappointed and the others would think was a loser!" Monica repeated what Chandler had said to her that night.

"What?" Ross, Rachel and Phoebe looked at them strangely as they laughed.

"Nothing…" They both said, trying to keep a straight face.

Before anyone could say anymore, there was a small knock on the door and Joey walked in.

"Hey! Where the hell have you been!?" Phoebe demanded.

"Out." Joey replied, not even looking at her, keeping his eyes on Chandler. "How you feeling?"

"You know…" Chandler said, shrugging. Normally he would have made a joke but he didn't want Joey storming off again like he did the night before.

"Not really…I would have done if you wouldn't have took that bullet for me." Joey stared at his shoes.

"Joe, will you just forget about it…" Chandler sighed, he didn't want to think about, he just wanted everything back to normal.

"How can you forget something like this!?" Joey asked, annoyed.

"Because!"

"Oh great answer!" Joey replied sarcastically.

"Look, I think we should all calm down…" Monica said calmly.

"Yes, I'll have to ask you to leave if my patient continues to get worked up…" A doctor appeared at the door.

Joey held up his hand, signalling he would back off walking over to the other side of the room to lean against the wall.

"Mr Bing, how you feeling today?" The doctor asked, looking down at the file in his hands.

"Okay, I guess…"

"Well, you'll be glad to hear, the operation went well." The Doctor gave him a small smile.

"Great! So, when can I go home?"

"Well, I would like you see a psychotherapist first… there may have been some nerve damage…"

"That's bad isn't it?" Ross cut him off.

"In some cases, yes…but fortunately after a few sessions of psycho the should heal completely…"

"Should?"

"Well, nothing's 100…" He smiled reassuringly.

"But there's a high chance everything will be okay?" Monica asked, squeezing Chandler's hand.

"Yeps.." He nodded confidently. "You have an appointment with a Dr Hardy tomorrow and if all goes well, you'll be able to go home the day after that."

"Wow, that soon?" Rachel queried.

"Yes, Chandler was very lucky."

"Oh yeah, lucky!" Joey mumbled, causing everyone to look at him.

"Well, anyway…I'll come back and see you tomorrow." The Doctor said, walking towards the door.

"Thank you…" Chandler smiled at him.

"No problem."

Silence settled over the room, Chandler looked from one of his friends to another. When he looked at Rachel, see caught his eye.

"So, Chandler Bing in love, huh?" She said, hoping to get a conversation going.

"Yep, who would have thought it!" Chandler grinned.

"What's the big deal?" Joey asked. "Not as if he's never been in love before!"

"Well, this is um…different.." Rachel stuttered, looking at the others, wondering what had gotten into Joey.

"Yeah, at least this time it wasn't my girlfriend!" Joey laughed.

"Hey! That's unfair!" Chandler stated.

"What?! Can't I make a joke?" Joey moved towards them.

"Yeah, well that wasn't really funny…" Ross muttered.

"So, when Chandler jokes about him being killed its hilarious!"

"Why don't we go get a coffee or something?" Phoebe tried to guide Joey out the room.

"NO!" He shrugged her off. "Why aren't you bothered by all this?!"

"I am bothered!" Chandler said calmly. "But this is life…stuff like this happen all the time."

"Yeah, well it shouldn't!"

"I know but it does! You just gotta move on!" Chandler told him.

"Move on!? I nearly lost one of the most important people in my life and you want me to forget about it and move on?… I can't… I don't know how…" Joey's voice got louder and louder.

"Look, Joey…let's just calm down." Ross said.

"You don't understand!"

"Of course I understand…" Ross started but was stunned silent when Joey lost his cool and knocked the tray with Chandler's breakfast on the floor. All the angry and frustration that had been building up since last night, trying to find a release.

No one spoke; they all stared in shock at him except Chandler, whose eyes were on the mess on the floor. He slowly looked up to Joey.

"I wanted going to eat that…"

"What?"

"That was my breakfast…I haven't eaten since lunch yesterday.." Chandler told him, seriously. "I was kinda hungry."

"You're doing it again!" Joey moaned.

"What? Starving? Cos that was kinda your fault…" Chandler replied, pointing to his breakfast.

"NO! Making jokes!"

"So?!"

"You're acting as if this isn't a big deal!" Joey exclaimed. "You nearly died!"

"I KNOW!" Chandler snapped, he took a deep breath before continuing. "I know…and you don't know how much it scared to know that someone could take my life away and that I can nothing about…that I wouldn't be able to see any of my friends or family again."

"Then why did you jump in front of the bullet!?"

"Because you're my best friend!" Chandler shot back.

"Yeah, well…this shouldn't have happened!" Joey stated. "I'm going to make sure it's not going to happen again!"

"Why? What you going to do?" Chandler asked.

"I'll see you later…" He headed for the door.

"JOEY!" Chandler called after him.

"I'll go.." Phoebe said, following Joey. "Joey wait!"

"What?" He asked annoyed.

"Where you going?" She asked.

"I just need some space!" He told her.

"Joey, just talk to us!"

"I can't…"

"Why not?!"

"Because stuff like this happens all the time…" Joey said before walking over, leaving her standing, staring after him.

TBC

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