Hey guys! I know I just started a fic, but this was something I came up with today, and thought I'd give it a shot. This takes place in Season 5 (I know, I know, all my stories are in season 5), and Joey knows about Monica and Chandler but no one else does.
Enjoy and please let me know what you think!
CHAPTER ONE
"Hey guys, what's going on?" Phoebe said as she entered Central Perk. Her five friends turned and looked at her.
"Rachel was just inviting us to her dad's beach house this weekend," Chandler said.
Rachel nodded, and said, "So, we're going?"
"Yeah," Joey said and the others nodded in agreement.
"When are we leaving?" Phoebe wondered.
"Um…Friday, which is tomorrow. That okay?"
"Sure," Ross said.
"I'm going to go pack," Monica said abruptly. She gave Chandler a meaningful look, and he shot out of his chair.
"Yeah, me too," He said before running out.
He saw her waiting outside for him, and he grabbed her hand and let her lead him to her apartment. Once they were there, she pushed him up against the door and he captured her lips in a passionate kiss.
Chandler stopped the kiss after a few moments, his arms still wrapped tightly around her, his breath hot against her cheek. "This is going to be so hard," He whispered.
"What?"
"Us. Hiding…," He trailed off. She put a finger to his lips.
"I know. It's not fair,"
"I actually miss you when you're right in front of me," He said, sending a shiver up her spine. He tightened his grip on her, almost as if he was afraid she was going to disappear.
"You know, we could always give Joey money to cover for us," She said after a moment.
"Or we could bribe him with food," Chandler offered.
"The does seem to always work," She said, smiling. She pressed her mouth against his.
As the kiss deepened he said mischievously, "We're not actually going to pack right now, are we?"
The next day…
"Phoebe, for the last time, will you please stop singing!" Rachel exclaimed. It was going to be a long day. The six friends had already been in the car for two hours, and it took four to get there.
Everyone was pretty cranky, as they had gotten up early to avoid traffic.
Rachel and Ross were in the front; Rachel was driving, while at the same time, trying to ignore Ross, who was talking about something from the prehistoric age.
Joey and Phoebe sat in the middle; they had played annoyingly loud car games for most of the trip, now Joey was sleeping while Phoebe was coming up with some new songs.
As for Chandler and Monica; they were in the backseat, strangely quiet and unconsciously holding hands. Monica noticed this, and squeezed Chandler's hand. He looked at her and smiled.
She noticed he must have been thinking about something. "Penny for your thoughts," She whispered. He just smiled again. "Is something wrong?"
"No, nothing's wrong," He whispered back.
"What, then?"
"Well…,"
"What?"
"I love you," He whispered.
"What are you two whispering about back there?" Phoebe questioned.
"Oh! Um…," Chandler began.
"I was just telling Chandler I was going to take a nap, and was wondering if he wouldn't mind if I put my feet up," Monica said.
"Oh, okay,"
Monica smiled and lay down, still holding Chandler's hand. "I love you too," She whispered quietly.
He smiled again, his eyes shining, and squeezed her hand once more.
"Thank God, we're finally here," Ross said a bit too loudly, waking up Monica and Joey in the process.
Monica sat up slowly, surprised to find that she was still holding Chandler's hand. She turned to look at him, and he was still smiling at her.
"What are you two staring at?" Joey asked through gritted teeth.
"What? Um…nothing," Chandler mumbled.
Later that night…
"I still can't believe it's raining!" Rachel exclaimed. "This weekend is ruined!"
It had all started once they arrived at the beach house. Rachel's dad had called and said he wasn't going to be able to make it. Everyone decided to stay anyway, and just hang out. But now there was a thunderstorm, and they were stuck inside the house.
"Hey, Rach, it's not ruined. We'll have fun inside, that's all," Ross said. "Hey! I can tell you more about that one dinosaur….,"
"God no," Joey exclaimed. "I can't take that again! Chandler, knock some sense into him!"
"W-what?" Chandler asked. He had been looking at Monica, and she at him for a few minutes now.
"Ah, never mind,"
"So what are we going to do?" Rachel asked. Just then the lights flickered off. "Ugh…perfect!"
"Hey! Hey I know what we can do!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"What?" Joey asked.
"Well everyone, sit in a circle," They arranged themselves on the floor. "Okay, now everyone has to tell a secret about the person on your left,"
There was silence for a minute. Chandler looked at Monica, who was on his left, and he squeezed her hand.
"Umm….okay," Joey said after a second. "Can I go first?"
"Joey!" Rachel, who was on his left, exclaimed.
"Fine, fine, We'll flip a coin," Everyone looked at him.
"How is that going to work?" Chandler asked.
It took Joey a second. "Okay, we'll roll a dice,"
It turned out that Monica had to go first. She turned to Ross, who was on her left.
"Ross had a make-up kit when we were younger,"
"It was a clown kit, Monica! A clown kit!"
"Whatever, Ross,"
He scoffed at her, and then turned towards the others. "My turn?" He asked excitedly. "Joey has a bedtime penguin pal named Hugsy,"
"I trusted you, man!" Joey exclaimed but he didn't seem too upset. "Rachel has ten different kinds of underwear," They all looked at him in disgust. "I've counted!"
"Can we please pretend we didn't hear that?" Rachel asked. "Okay…um…Phoebe has a roommate named Denise,"
Phoebe gasped. "How did you know?"
"That's all you could come up with?" Monica asked. Rachel shrugged.
"Oooh, goody, my turn," Phoebe exclaimed. She was thoughtful for a moment.
"I seriously don't know what she's going to say. You guys know all of my secrets," Chandler said.
"Monica, Chandler's had a crush on you for the past three years,"
Monica looked at Chandler in shock.
And that's Chapter One. If you could just leave a review, I'd really appreciateit. I hope this story makes sense and is not too confusing.
Thanks for reading, and please review:)