So far…

Joey called the gang together to tell them some big news but he never showed up, Chandler went to his apartment to find him however he discovered a fire in the apartment. Chandler and Joey were trapped in the burning apartment, Chandler's quick thinking got Joey out but before Chandler could follow he was overcome with smoke and collapsed in the bathroom, hitting his head in the process.

Monica called 911 and then the rest of the gang (including Mike) rushed up to the apartment where they discovered the only way out blocked by flames. As they started backing away Joey came running out of the apartment, Chandler never followed. The fire department arrived, found and got Chandler out, however he's badly hurt and the medics are fighting to save his life.

Chandler is rushed to the hospital, the gang follow. Once at the hospital Ross goes to find out how Chandler is while Rachel goes to Monica and Phoebe and Mike go to see Joey. The doctor tells Ross he has good and bad news. The doctor explained to Ross that Chandler was in a coma and it is possible that he may never wake up. Ross breaks the news to the gang and Monica is obviously distraught and blames Joey. Monica now sits by her husband praying that he'll wake up.

Monica stays by Chandler's bedside and eventually falls asleep, Chandler visits her in her dream and tells her to forgive Joey. During the same evening Chandler also visits Joey in a dream and tells him that it's not his fault.

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The next day the Ross, Rachel and Phoebe returned back to the hospital. They first went to Joey's room to see how he was doing, they knocked and entered quietly. They found Joey standing by the window, dressed in the trousers he had on yesterday and a t-shirt from the gift shop that Phoebe had bought for him yesterday. He leant on the window sill, watching the rain hitting the glass, deep in thought. He was thinking about his dream, was it real? He knew that it couldn't be real but had Chandler's spirit visited him during the night? He was going to talk to Phoebe about it, she would know, well more than he would anyway.

"Hey Joe," Rachel said, quietly grabbing his attention. He turned around and looked into their sad faces, he suddenly felt the guilt again, he didn't just hurt Chandler, he had hurt them all. His face dropped, he couldn't make contact with their eyes, he couldn't look at the sadness in their eyes.

"How are you feeling Joey?" Ross said.

Joey didn't want their sympathy, in his eyes he didn't deserve it, so he decided to talk about the dream – he needed to know if it was true, if Chandler could have visited him.

"I had a dream about Chandler last night."

No one spoke for a couple of seconds. Finally Phoebe spoke. "What happened?"

"He told me that the fire wasn't my fault, and that Monica was just upset.

"He's right Joey, you listen to him…

"But that's not all," Joey interrupted it, it was strange, it was like that it was REALLY him, he knew that he was hurt and that Monica blames me. It was like his spirit visited me… Could that happen Pheebs?" Joey asked, his eyes pleading with her to say yes.

"It could be Joey, if ghosts can visit us then why not trapped souls?"

"Trapped souls?" Ross asked doubtingly.

"Yeah, souls those are neither living nor dead. Duh" Phoebe said as it was obvious.

Ross, just shook his head, he didn't have the energy to argue with Phoebe so he changed the subject.

"Look, lets all and go and see Chandler, plus I want to make sure Mon is ok."

Joey suddenly was very nervous but he needed to talk to Monica, and mostly importantly see Chandler. Maybe he'll wake up today and we'll all be laughing about this tomorrow in the coffee house.

Hope was all he had.

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Monica was sitting by Chandler, holding his hand, she was silent. She had talked to him, begged him, made deals with him, said she'll promised to do anything he wanted, she did everything she could to try and wake him up.

Short of jumping up and down on the bed.

Monica smiled at the thought of that!

Being with Chandler meant seeing life through his eyes, his perception, and the same was for Monica. That was why their relationship was so strong, they talked to each other, been there for each other, that bond had been there for over a decade. It wasn't built on love, it was built on friendship and that meant they knew the other side of the story.

They saw each other at their weakest and when life got one of them down the other was there to pick them up – So Monica knew that the 'jumping' comment came from him, his thoughts in her mind. And she knew that the reason behind the comment was to make her smile.

"Chandler, thank you." She said gently, stroking his face lovingly.

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Outside Chandler's room the rest of the gang have just arrived. Ross started towards the door when Joey stopped him.

"Ross, can I first? Please, I want to talk to Monica."

Ross hesitated, he didn't wasn't to upset Monica, she had enough to be worried about, he wasn't sure about letting Joey in, but something in his heart told him letting Joey talk to Monica was the right thing.

Chandler would want you to

Ross sighed; he decided to let Joey talk to Monica.

"Okay Joe."

Joey smiled gratefully and gently pushed Chandler's door open.

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Monica heard someone coming into the room; she turned her head and saw Joey standing nervously by the door. Monica immediately tensed up – was she ready to forgive Joey?

Talk to Joey

Monica turned her head to Chandler – she studied his face, no movement but she understood.

"Hey Joe," she said, trying to make things casual. "Pull up a chair; I know Chandler would want you here."

Joey was surprised, and happy. Maybe the dream was real, Chandler said Monica didn't blame him so he pulled up and chair and sat down.

"We need to talk." Monica started…

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Author Note: Ekk mind block… soz, will update another chapter soon. I think I have the ending but I don't have the "talk" sorted and I don't to wreck it by rushing – I hope this chapter doesn't seem rushed. I'm very tired at this moment so give me a thumbs up or a thumbs down… up great, next chapter tomorrow hopefully, down I'll pull it and rewrite it tomorrow.