Hey, thanks for all the reviews! Chandler will be starting Lincoln High soon and Phoebe and Rachel will appear in it soon, as well…That's were the main storyline is going to be, Chandler in Long Island with the gang…This was a slower start then I planned but ah well…

ImaginingMatthew- Football is sexy! (Like Chandler!) And I'm glad you like Kerry, I was hoping she would be liked!

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Best Friends

Joey sighed; they had been looking for over an hour and still hadn't found him. He was about to suggest giving up to the others when an old hut caught his eye.

"There!" He pointed it out to the others.

"What?"

"He's in there!" He told them, walking towards it.

"How do you know?" James asked as he and the girls followed him.

"When we were kids, before I moved out of the city we use to play in there…." Joey explained as they reach the hut. He pushed the door open and saw Chandler sat on the far side, leaning up against the wall.

"I wondered how long it would take for you to find me…" He mumbled glancing up at them quickly before looking away.

The four friends looked at each other, silently asking one another what to say.

"I uh, I talked to your Mom…" Joey finally said.

"I'm not leaving!"

"Well, your Mom seems pretty insistence…" He moved closer to his best friend, dropping down on the floor next to him as the others followed in suit.

"She can't just make me change school!" He claimed. "Its my last year!"

"I know man, but…but maybe it won't be that bad…"

"What?" He looked at him surprised.

"Long Island isn't a bad place to live…" He shrugged. "And at least of Lincoln High is a mixed school…. Think of all those girls…and cheerleaders!"

"Hey!" Kerry cut in causing Joey to look at her innocently. "No hermaphrodite cheerleader is going near my guy!"

All three guys liked at her, questionable.

"What? Haven't you heard the rumours?"

"Hermaphrodite…. That means having both…" Joey started quietly.

"Yes, Joe!" James said quickly before he had chance to finish.

"I don't want to go…" Chandler sighed, rubbing his eyes. "I'm finally happy with my life…why does it have to change?"

"Change is not necessarily a bad thing…" Kerry told him quietly.

"What about us?" He asked.

"I don't know…" She shrugged. "But we're at different school at the moment…"

"Yeah but your school is the girls' equivalent to our school…it's like 10 minutes down the road…we have dances together and sports events…. Lincoln High is like…. Its like our rival school!"

"What happens when I have to play them at soccer!" James asked wide-eyed, not wanting to be playing against his best friend.

Chandler groaned and put his head in his hands. "They suck at soccer! They barely have a team!"

"Maybe you could change that…" Joey said.

"Why are you so eager for me to leave?" He looked up at him.

"I'm not eager!" Joey claimed. "Its just your Mom seems set on this happening, she has sorted everything… isn't it better to accept this and to at least try and have a good time instead of going into this hating everyone and everything and end up being miserable?"

Chandler stayed silent for a moment, thinking about what he was saying.

"Look, man…you get to move in with this family who seem really nice…you finally have some sort of the family you always wanted." He continued. "Don't hate them for it… be grateful, how would you feel if you Mom went on this tour and left you alone at home?"

"It wouldn't matter!" Chandler told him. "I would be at the school I like, with my friends!"

"No you would hate her for it!" Joey said knowingly. "Just like you hate your Dad for leaving you."

"You can make friends…you're good at that!" Kerry added, knowing how Chandler normally acted when his Dad was mentioned. "And just because we all don't see each other, every single day doesn't mean we're not going to stay friends…"

"Yeah, man…" James nodded. "We've always got the weekends and holidays…. Plus when Morris High hammer Lincoln High!"

Chandler smiled slightly but still stayed silent, looking down at the floor.

"And remember I live over there!" Joey added. "We might not be at the same school but we can hang out all the time…and I don't have to drive all the way over here to do so!"

"I still not happy about leaving!"

"Nor are we…" Kerry reached over and squeezed his hand.

"It'll be okay…" Joey told him.

"If you say so…" He sighed.

"Okay, look at this…" Joey moved off the floor and walked to the other side of the hut pointing to the wall. The others walked over and smiled when they saw what was engraved on it.

'Joey and Chandler friends forever.'

"Remember when we were six…just before I moved everyone was saying that cause we didn't live near each other we would forget about one another…and we came down here and carved our names so we couldn't forget each other…"

"I remember…" He nodded.

"We're not six anymore…we're practically adults…" Joey told him. "And we don't need to rely on other people to stay friends anymore…"

"Uh, do you guys know how gay that sounds?" James cut in.

They both turned and stared at him before looking out each other, bursting out laughing.

Jen and Kerry exchanged looks. "Uh, is there anything you guys want to tell us?"

The two friends continued to laugh.

"Maybe we should give them privacy?" James suggested quietly, looking at his best friends.

"Oh shut up!" Chandler told him once he had calmed down enough to speak. "Look, guys I'm sorry I acted weird about all this."

"Hey, I'm just surprised you haven't done something drastic…" Joey said.

"Oh there's still time." He grinned.

"Uh-oh…I know that look…" James moaned.

"What you got planned?" Joey asked, although he wasn't sure he wanted to know.

"You'll just have to wait and see…" He told them before reaching into his pocket and pulled out a small penknife. "But first…"

The others stood back and watched as he began to write something, underneath his and Joey's names, once he had finished, he stepped back so they could read what it said.

'Chandler, Kerry, Joey, Jen and James, was here being best friends.'

They all grinned around at each other; Kerry reached up and kissed his cheek softly as he took her hand.

"Come on, Matt Stevens is having a party tonight, isn't he?"


"Yeah, you still want to go?" Joey looked at him.

"Yeah, I figure we all spend as much time together having fun as we can."

"Yeah, I do to!" Kerry nodded.

"I'm in!" James grinned.

"Lets do it!" Jen added.

"Okay…" Joey agreed walking over to the door and holding it open for them. "Let the fun begin!"

XxXxX

Chandler sat in his room, stretched out on his bed, staring up at the ceiling waiting for Joey and James to turn up so they could meet up with the girls and go to the party. He still wasn't talking to his Mom but he had accepted there was nothing he could about it. He saw someone walk past his bedroom door, with the slight gap where he had left it open.

"Mr Geller?" He called out, sitting up and turning down his music as Jack walked into the room.

"You don't have to call me that.." He told him. "Call me Jack."

"Uh, okay…" Chandler nodded. "I just wanted to say sorry for the way I've been behaving."

"Sorry?" Jack repeated.

"Yeah, I'm not normally like this…" He explained. "It's just I don't want to leave my friends but I know that is not your fault or anything…"

"Well, we understand that this must be hard for you."

"Yeah…" He nodded. "And I do appreciate your offer…. Giving me a home and all that, I wanted to thank you…. For that."

"Maybe you should talk to your Mom…she only wants to do what's best for you."

He scowled. "Both my parents decided to leave me…. Do you think that's what's best for me?"

"I'm sure it's not like…"

"I am…" Chandler replied.

Before either of them could anything, Joey and James walked into the room.

"Hey, man…ready to part-tey!" Joey cheered, but suddenly stopped when he saw Jack. "Oh, sorry…. Want us to give you a minute."

"No, lets get out of here…" Chandler told them, grabbing his jacket.

"Chandler," Jack stopped. "What you said before…when you said thank you…. you're welcome…okay?"

"Okay…" Chandler nodded slightly before following James and Joey out the room.

XxXxX

Nora walked into the kitchen to see all of the Geller family sat around the table, eating breakfast but Chandler was not there.

"I see Joey and James passed on the couch…" She said sitting down and pouring out some coffee. "I'm guessing Chandler's still asleep too."

"I haven't seen him, this morning…" Judy told her. "But we did hear him come in last night or this morning."

Nora sighed. "Well I waited for him to come in so we could talk but I gave up at 1 o'clock…"

"Yeah, they came in around 3am…" Jack told her.

"I would ground him but I don't think he'd listen at the moment."

"Give him time…" Jack said. "He'll come around."

"I hope so…"

Their conversation changed after that to what they wanted to do for the rest of their vacation since they hadn't had chance to do much. Around an hour later, Chandler wondered into the kitchen in just his boxer shorts, carefully opening the fridge to make as little noise as he could.

"Morning!" Nora called out to him.

He groaned and rubbed his head, his Mom looked at him curiously. "Are you hung over?"

Chandler never replied, instead grabbed a bottle of water and drank half of it down in one mouthful.

"Chandler!"

"Do you have to talk so loud!" He moaned, closing his eyes.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" She sarcastically.

"Good, glad we got that clear up…" Chandler gave her mocking smile before turning to leave.

"No, you don't!" She stopped him. "What are you doing, drinking at your age?"

"Having fun…"

"You're 16!"

"I'm 17!" He glared at her.

She looked at him for a moment before continuing. "Well, it doesn't matter, last time I checked you had to be 21 to drink!"

"Yeah, well its only 18 in the UK."

"Yes but you don't live in the UK, do you!"

"Not yet…" He mumbled.

"What was that?" Nora questioned.

"Nothing!" He said louder before leaving the room.

"Chandler!" She called after him but he didn't stop.

"Uh…" Joey sat up, wincing as he opened his eyes. "Oh my god."

Nora sighed and looked at him as fall back down on the couch, causing James to wake up.

"Move over…" He mumbled, pushing Joey making him fall off onto the floor.

"Owww…" He moaned quietly but didn't move.

James suddenly sat up, seeing Nora, Jack and Judy stood watching them.

"Uh, hi…" He said shyly. "Chandler said we could crash here…"

"Yeah, I guessed that…" Nora replied. "I'm guessing you two are feeling a bit delicate too?"

"Uh, someone must have spiked the punch last night…" He claimed weakly.

"Must have."

"Urg…" Joey moaned again, trying to sit up. "I think I'm going to be sick."

"Not on me you're not…" James jumped away from him.

Once Joey was on his feet, he stopped and looked at Nora.

"Do I smell pancakes?"

James rolled his eyes, getting up too while grabbing their jackets.

"Come on, man.." He handed Joey's his. "Lets get out of here."

"But what about pancakes?" Joey asked.

"I'll buy you some!" He told him, eager to leave.

"Chandler!" Nora shouted, causing both James and Joey to wince in pain. "Your friends are leaving!"

A second later, Chandler reappeared fully clothed and with Kerry following him closely, her head bowed down, staring at the floor, embarrassed as everyone stared at them.

"Dude!" Joey grinned, giving him the thumbs up.

"What…." Was all Nora could say and just stared at them.

"Where you two going?" Chandler asked his friends, calmly ignoring his Mother' glare.

"Uh…. We…we thought we'd go out and get some breakfast…" James told him, glancing at Nora before answering him.

"Okay, cool…" He nodded, before grabbing Kerry's hand. "We'll come with you."

"Oh, no you won't!" Nora told him. "Aren't you going to introduce us?"

"Why?"

"Chandler, what hell has gotten into you!" Nora demanded. "Staying out late, drinking, sneaking girls into your room!"

"We never sneaked, we walked…" He told her before looking at Jack and Judy. "Anyway, if they wasn't here, you'd be still in your room recovering!"

"Excuse me!"

"Uh, Mrs Bing…" Kerry started nervously. "We didn't do anything…we were just talking…"

Nora looked at her and gave her a small smile. "Its okay, dear…"

Chandler rolled his eyes. "Lets go."

"Chandler, we really need to talk."

"No we don't…"

"God, you're so stubborn!" She groaned frustratingly. "You're just like your father!"

Chandler froze and slowly turned around. "I am nothing like him!"

"Hey, man why don't we just get out of here…" Joey tried to pull him out the room.

James and Kerry glanced at each other, nervously. Neither of them really knew what happened between Chandler and his Dad, only Joey knew the details but they both knew how much Chandler hated him.

"Yeah…" He said quietly, turning again.

"Just like him, walking away…" Nora mumbled.

"Me walking away!" He exclaimed. "You're the one leaving me! Just like him!"

"Oh please…don't be so dramatic…"

"Okay, maybe you both should cool down for a bit…" Jack tried to intervene.

"You know what…. Maybe he had the right idea, leaving…" Chandler continued to stare at her. "Maybe I'm better off with out both of you!"

Nora sighed and reached her hand out to him. "Oh, honey I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you…"

"You never do.."

"What's that meant to mean!"

"Maybe we should go…" Kerry suggested looking from mother to son but they both ignored her.

"Ever since he left you changed into someone who doesn't gave a damn about anything apart from yourself…" Chandler told her.

"That's not true…"

"Yes, it is!" He interrupted. "You acted as if I was just a reminder of him…. Something that you got stuck with…."

"Oh come on…"

"But now you've found someone else to off load me to…"

"No it's not like that at all!"

"Well, it feels like it!"

"Oh, sweetie, I'm sorry…" She told him, moving closer to him. "I never knew you felt like that…."

There was silence in the apartment; Ross and Monica, stood in the kitchen door watching curiously, alone with Jack and Judy. While Joey, Kerry and James watched, worried about their friend.

"But drinking and having random girls in your room is not helping, really it is?"

"You don't get it, do you!" Chandler snapped, moving away from her. "I'm 17! Every 17-year-old goes to party and occasionally drinks…. And as for random girls….Me and Kerry have been together for nearly 5 months! She's the first ever girl that really had feeling for!"

"5 months?" Nora repeated. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"You've been to busy acting like a 17 year old, yourself!"

Nora didn't realise what she was doing until after she'd done it….She lifted her hand, bringing it hard across his face.

"Oh my god…" She cried, covering her mouth as Chandler stared stunned at her. "Oh god, Chandler…I'm sorry…honey, I'm so sorry…."

"You're just like him!" Chandler whispered, before turning and running out off the apartment.

"Chandler!" She shouted. "I'm sorry…. Please…Chandler…"

Joey quickly turned and went after him with Kerry and James following. As Judy and Jack moved to comfort Nora and Ross and Monica disappeared back into the kitchen; stunned by what they just saw.

TBC

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