Hello again, children! I told you that I would update soon, so here I am! I'm a little happier today 'cause I finally saw "Fools Rush In" on TV, and I loved it. It's really sweet…Matthew is so cute…anyway, let's work! I would like to say that I'm sorry about the mistake with that "Uncle Rachel" thing. I was with my mind somewhere else when I wrote that. And thanks for the corrections and the reviews; I'll do my best to avoid errors. In this chapter we'll have a little more about Ross reactions, I think, and a few explanations. So I hope you like it and, please, review when you finish reading this.

Disclaimer: Well, do I really have to write that I don't own them every time? Anyway, I don't own them.

"I just feel like someone reached down my throat, grabbed my small intestine pulled it out of my mouth and tied it around my neck…"

"Cookie?"

Chapter 2: The Flashback

"I saw Chandler yesterday." Rachel said while putting a mug in front of Monica. They were at Rachel and Ross' house.

"Yeah…" Monica nodded.

"He was a little sad, don't you think?"

"Probably."

"Aw, c'mon, Monica, it was two years ago! He's getting depressed… Ross don't talk to him anymore and you ignore him almost all the time."

"I just can't, Rach, it's so difficult to me… I don't trust Chandler anymore."

"He is sorry, Mon, I know this. Look at his face…" Rachel said in a low voice "He's not the same Chandler. He doesn't make jokes anymore!"

"He deserves what he's got, Rachel. I trusted him and then he cheated on me! I never thought he could do something like that, but he did… and it still hurts."

"Maybe it hurts him too."

"He must be with another girl anyway."

"You know he's not, Monica, he never dated after you guys broke up."

Monica took a sip of her coffee and sighed, thinking about what Rachel had said. Yeah, Chandler was pretty different, and everybody noted that.

"I invited him and Joey for the cookout." Monica said without looking for her friend.

"Serious!" Rachel looked at her with surprise and smiled.

"Yes. He said that he would go… But I'm afraid of what can happen, you know, Ross will be there and…"

"I'll talk to Ross. Oh, Mon, that's so great! Maybe you guys could talk a little bit, who knows?…"

"I didn't invite Chandler 'cause I wanted to talk to him, Rachel. I just thought it could be good. Jack and Erica would be thrilled…"

Rachel rubbed her friend's arm and smiled searching for her eyes. Then she asked:

"Do you still love him?"

Monica didn't know what to answer. She lowered her gaze and sighed, asking herself the same question.

"I don't know, Rach. I really don't know."

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"Oh, ok, Chandler, we could invite some hot girls to go with us on Saturday." Joey suggested his friend, hoping he would say yes.

They were having lunch near Chandler's work, and chatting a little bit. Joey was eating a huge hamburger and Chandler was watching amazed, while eating a sandwich.

"No, Joey, I can't. It would be so…Weird, I don't know…

"Don't say that! We could have fun! And Monica would see that you are moving on."

"Joey, Monica doesn't need to see that I'm moving on, because I'm not moving on. Got it?"

"But you should be doing this, you know? There's that girl who works with you, the one who is always trying to ask you out."

"Good luck for her."

"Don't be silly." Joey bit his hamburger and cleaned his hand "Are you going to eat that sandwich?"

"No, you can have it. I'm not hungry…"

Chandler got up and opened his wallet, putting a ten-dollar bill on the table:

"I'll pay."

"You have to go?" Joey asked a little disappointed.

"Someone has to work."

Joey gave him a look.

"I was kidding, Joe… Anyway, will you crash at mine today?"

"I think so. But, Chandler, just look at that girl at your office. Maybe you'll change your mind."

"I won't. But I'll look at her anyway."

Joey waved goodbye to his friend and went back to his hamburger, happy. What? Food could be as good as women for him.

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Ross looked at his wife with an almost angry look and rubbed his temples, trying to get what she had said a few moments ago. Was Chandler going to the cookout? God, that couldn't be any good.

"Why did she invite him anyway?" He asked, sitting on the couch.

"She can invite anyone she wants, Ross."

"But…He can't go, Rach!"

"And why not, Ross! You're being such a baby!" She looked at him, angry. "He's her ex-husband, and their children will be there. You liking it or not, I think she did the right thing."

"Well, he can go, but I won't talk to him."

He crossed his arms, acting like a child. He couldn't see Chandler the same way as before: he was not one of them anymore after all that crap involving his secretary. Chandler hadn't cheated only on Monica, but on every one of them, and Ross could not forgive him even after those two years.

"You should at least say a hello…"

"But I won't! I won't say anything to him!"

"He sent a hello to you yesterday when he came to bring Emma."

"I don't care, ok? Chandler is not my best friend anymore, you should know that! And Monica should stay away from him too."

"I don't know how you can be so childish, Ross… He wants to be friend with you again."

"Well, I don't want. He has Joey, that's enough."

"Joey will be there too."

Ross stared at her in disbelief and threw the paper he was reading on the ground.

"It'll be better if I don't go."

"No way, Ross, you'll be there and you will be good for Joey and Chandler 'cause they are our friends."

"I-I can talk to Joey, but Chandler no! I won't talk to him."

"I hope you won't make a scene, Ross. Please."

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Flashback

Monica had been waiting for him for over three hours he didn't arrived yet. Chandler should be home at five thirty, but for two weeks now he always delayed. He gave a lot of excuses: the traffic, a meeting, problems…and she started to think it could be something more, something she didn't want to find out. But, that evening, she did find out.

"Hey, Mon, I'm home!"

She sighed and suppressed a tear of falling, while looking at the wall. Chandler stopped and looked at her with a small smile and something in his hands.

"I found you." He approached her. "Look, I bought these for you…"

She looked to the flowers and back to him, staring at his blue eyes. How could he be so false and selfish?

"I don't want it." She snapped back, angrily

"Didn't you like it?"

"Don't play dumb, Chandler, I know."

"You-you know what?"

"Who is this girl, Emily?"

"She's my…my secretary, why?"

"Why!" She stood and started to scream, "You've been sleeping with her!"

"Mon, please, who told you this thing?"

"Ross! Ross saw you two kissing in your car after work today."

Chandler fell on the chair, looking down with tears in his eyes. He knew it was the end, and it was totally his fault.

"I want to hear it from you." She said. "Is it true, Chandler?"

"Yeah, Mon…it's true."

She started sobbing, and sat back on the chair. So, he confessed.

"For how long?"

"I don't know… Maybe for two or three weeks. But, Mon, please, I love you…"

"No, Chandler, you don't love me. If you loved me you would never do something like that! God, I can't even look at you!"

"I'm sorry, Monica! I didn't want to do this…I'm an idiot."

"Yes, you are! We have a family, Chandler, you forgot this?"

"Would you please forgive me?"

He fixed his gaze in her blue eyes, pleading for a yes.

"No."

"I'll do anything, Mon, just give me another chance."

"I want you out of here, Chandler."

"Mon…Don't do this…"

"Get out of here, Chandler, now! I don't want to live with you anymore."

"Please, Mon, I love you…I'm so sorry."

It was over. And it was only his fault.

End of Flashback

Every time he remembered that night, he cried. He regretted so much, but he didn't know what to do to make she love him again. In his way back home from work, Chandler realized that his life would never be the same again if Monica didn't love him anymore.

A/N: Ok, nothing important happened in this chapter, but I think it was much better than the first one. I hope you guys liked it, and I hope you review too! By the way, anyone remember of which Friends episode came that line after the disclaimer? C'mon, it's easy! And you remember the two characters that said them? So, thanks again for the reviews, and I see you soon, kids! Have a great week.