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Chandler entered the room he and Ross were staying in and fell to his knees crying, "Yes, we're finally here. To the land of sunshine and eternal bliss. To warm beaches and cool waves. To hot pool parties and even hotter girls."
"Hey now. You're with my sister. None a that." Ross glared at his friend accusingly.
"Come on Ross. I can't cheat on Monica once?" Chandler continued to toy with Ross.
"You're not going to get a rise out of me. I'm here to have fun and that's exactly what I plan on doing." Ross said matter-of-factly.
"Yea whatever. You know I'd never cheat on such a wonderful woman. One so beautiful and intelligent and sweet..." Ross put his hand on Chandler's mouth quickly.
"Chandler, I get the point. You're madly in love with my sister. Now get on your trucks and lets hit the waves. I wanna surf." Ross said clapping his hands in delight. "This is going to be an awesome two weeks."
When Ross and Chandler arrived at the beach it looked to be desolate. Nobody was in site except for a lightly tanned, blonde woman.
"Holy cow," was all Ross could utter. The woman before his eyes was beautiful.
"Yea, damn. She is fine." Chandler agreed with Ross.
Ross gave Chandler a stare.
"Ross, please. I can't look. Give me a freaking break!" Chandler's eyes switched from the woman to Ross' glooming stare.
"You're right. I guess I am being a little too critical."
"A little?" Chandler pushed the suggestion of letting him look at other women without Ross going nuts.
"Okay, okay. Maybe, maybe a lot. You happy?" Ross had caved in rather quickly. He wasn't in the mood to try and win this argument. And he knew he probably wouldn't anyway.
"Ross you have got to get it through your head that I would never, ever, do anything to hurt Monica. I love her more than anything." Chandler said sincerely.
"Anything." Ross pressed the issue a little farther.
"Anything, anyone. No matter what." Chandler said very clearly and even more sincerely.
"Good. That's all I needed. Now lets go surf."
As Ross was speeding down to the crystal clear ocean, Chandler stood there trying to figure out Ross' thought process. But quickly shook it off and hurried after him.
"Hey. Are you our instructor." Ross asked once reaching the area where the woman was standing with a surfboard.
"Well that depends. Are you Ross and Chandler?" She said cheerfully.
"Correct-a-moondoe" What the hell was that?
The woman looked at Ross oddly and continued talking. "Well if you are then lets get started. First I want you to lie down on the boards..."
The woman taught Ross and Chandler all through the day about getting on the board right and stance. Once they were ready they headed out to the waves.
The day went by quickly, with all three people having a lot of fun. Ross and Chandler actually did really well for their first times.
"You guys are naturals at this." The woman said honestly.
"Yeah right Lisa. You probably say that to everyone, right?" Ross thought the comment was to nice to be true.
"No I mean it. Granted I never tell anyone they're bad. But if they're not naturals I just keep helping them and tell them to keep up the steady progress or something like that." She said looking straight into Ross' eyes. It was like she was somehow drawn to them.
Ross tried to look away, but also found himself getting deeper and deeper into her eyes. He was feeling something here. Something sweet. It was almost like he was compelled to her charisma and fragrance.
Suddenly the thought of Rachel's sweet face entered his mind. It was like an automatic mechanism in his brain that told him not to go any further. And he unlocked his eyes from her gaze, shifting his body towards the wave.
"Um, I am gonna try to catch another wave."
"Oh yea, okay. Um, remember to paddle fast." Lisa tried to turn the conversation somewhere other than where she wanted it to go as to not get embarrassed.
A few hours later when the sun had set and the skies blazed colors of pink and orange, the three surfers decided to call it quits.
"Thanks Lisa. That was great. I learned a lot." Chandler said scooping the sand out of his shorts.
"Yea it really was great. I had a blast." Ross said trying to act casual, feeling very content.
"Good, I am glad you guys had a good time. Um, Ross if you want another lesson, I'm free tomorrow." Lisa said giving Ross the best sign that she liked him without letting the whole world know.
"No thanks. Chandler and I have a lot of other things we want to do. Sorry. Maybe we'll see you around sometime." Ross was cautious with his words.
"Okay," Lisa swallowed her pride hard. "Sure. See you around," she said, noticeably disappointed.
"Alright. Bye."
"Bye." Ross and Chandler said in unison.
Once Ross and Chandler had reached the top of the beach Chandler slapped Ross in the back of the head. "You moron. What are you thinking?"
"What the hell Chandler. What was that for?" Ross' annoyance level increasing.
"A beautiful, athletic, intelligent, funny woman pretty much asks you out and you don't even so much as bat an eye. What's a matter with you?"
"Oh." Ross put his head down in shame. "I don't know. I feel like I'd somehow be cheating on Rachel. We've gotten really close."
Chandler stopped walking and looked at Ross. "Ross, you said it yourself-Rachel's getting back with Chip. You're just a friend. That's all. You have to get back into the swing of things."
Ross contemplated this and for the first time realized they were just friends. Nothing more. He needed to do something for himself. And this was his opportunity to seize the day.
"Chandler you can go back to the room. There's something I have to do."
"Thata boy. Go get her."
"Lisa! Lisa!" Ross called out, finally reaching her, trying unsuccessfully to control his breathing.
"Lisa, I...I just wanted..." His heart rate was increasing rapidly and he could feel his throat starting to get dry. Come on you dork, get confident.
"Ross, is this what I think it is. Because if it is then yes." Lisa was as excited as a kid in a candy store (I don't know if I've used that one yet.)
"Yea it is, but why? Why do you like me? I usually don't get this kind of attention from girls."
"I think you're sweet and you make me feel good. You seem like a positive person and also very intelligent. Intelligence is a weakness of mine." She said flirting with him.
"Wow, most people don't appreciate intelligence."
"I definitely do." Ross looked at her sweetly. She was so beautiful.
They walked on the beach that night and talked about everything. Ross told her about everything that was going on in his life. And she told him everything. They just listened to each other.
Chandler was right. This was something not to be passed.
It felt good to be with someone and have no obligations. Ross and Lisa knew what this was. This was a connection.
To Be Continued...
I'll leave it there. A little cliffhanger for you. Hope you're enjoying the story. Please read and review. Oh and I know I've said many times I would get more Ross and Rachel interaction. But this just came to me. And you all know that Ross and Rachel need some obstacles before they get together.
