CHAPTER SIX
"So, obviously, they're not going to just tell us," Rachel said in a hushed voice. She, Phoebe, Joey, and Ross were discussing ways they could break Monica and Chandler.
"We need a new plan," Joey agreed.
"Yeah, but what?" Ross asked.
"Ooh, I know!" Phoebe exclaimed. "We could be spies! Oh yes! We could give them alone time purposefully, and then walk in on them!"
"Oh, I would enjoy that," Rachel said.
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Monica and Chandler sat at the kitchen table, trying to have the same sort of meeting. "We can't…hang around each other too much," Monica said, obviously frustrated by this.
"I could pretend I was mad at you…," Chandler suggested. Monica gave him a look. "Or not," he said sheepishly.
"Wait, maybe that's it!" she exclaimed.
"What? What's it?"
"We could just get really mad at each other…say you were coming on to me!" she said, pointing her finger at him.
"So now I'm the bad guy!" he exclaimed.
"You're right, I'll be the bad guy," Monica muttered.
"No, Mon, it's okay," he said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Okay!" she said, her expression immediately changing.
"Was that a trick?" he inquired.
She just shrugged. "Maybe,"
Chandler sighed, trying to act as if he was mad at her, but she knew better. "Okay, so-," he began.
"Stop! That's sick!" Monica exclaimed loudly.
"Oh, we're doing this right now?" he asked quietly. She just grinned and gave him a quick kiss, before backing away so it looked like she was trying to get away from him.
Rachel, Joey, Phoebe, and Ross ran into the kitchen. "What's going on?" Rachel asked, her eyes darting around the room suspiciously.
"Chandler was hitting on me!" Monica exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger.
"Wh-what?" Ross asked. The four of them looked at each other curiously, before returning their attention back to Chandler, who was still sitting at the table, a strange look on his face.
"I…sorry?" he questioned, rather than stated.
"So you guys aren't together?" Phoebe blurted out.
"What?" Monica asked, feigning surprise. "That's gross! It's Chandler!" Their four friends turned back to Monica and Chandler gave her a look that said Thanks a lot.
"You didn't hook up in London?" Ross asked.
"No!"
Joey was shooting glances back and forth between Monica and Chandler, wondering what was going on. "But you said-,"
"What makes you think we hooked up in London?" Chandler asked. "Who could have told you that?"
"Uh…Joey," Rachel said.
"Joey, what have I told you about making up stories?" Chandler said, silently pleading with his best friend.
"Uhh...," Joey began, obviously confused.
"You've been lying to us?" Ross asked, glaring at Joey.
"Uhh…," he said again.
"Joey, I think we need to talk," Rachel said. "Out in the living room…?" Phoebe and Ross nodded.
"Okay," he agreed.
"I think we need to talk to Joey first," Monica said meaningfully.
"Sure," he said again, curious as to what this was about. Rachel and Phoebe left, deep in conversation, obviously wondering if they could've been wrong about Monica and Chandler.
"Chandler, if you ever hit on my sister again…," Ross began before he left, as he thought of something he could do that would scare Chandler. Unfortunately, he couldn't think of anything.
"Okay, Ross, don't hurt yourself," Chandler said. "I won't. Now, get outta here,"
"Yeah, yeah," he said, before following Rachel and Phoebe.
"What the hell was that about?" Joey asked after the door closed behind Ross.
"They know about us, don't they?" Monica asked in a hushed voice. "How could you tell them?"
"I don't know…I'm sorry!"
"Okay, you have to say that you were making that all up!" Chandler said in a quiet, but determined voice.
"Why can't you guys just tell them?" Joey asked. "I'm sick of this!"
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"Can you hear anything?" Phoebe asked Rachel. Both of them had their ears pressed up against the door.
"No…," Rachel said, before getting a disgusted glare from Ross, who was behind them. "What?"
"Chandler wasn't hitting on her, was he?"
"No, duh," Phoebe whispered. "They're together! Hello!"
"Yeah, I realized that. But why do they keep lying to us? They obviously know that we know,"
"I don't know, but this is getting fun," Rachel said, before putting a finger to her lips and focusing her attention back to the door.
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