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Chapter 8- Expect the Unexpected

It's been 3 months. Chandler and I are together for three months now. Last month, I started calling him my boyfriend.

A month ago…

"Chandler, Seriously, what are we doing?" I asked Chandler while we were in his car. He was driving. I was just sitting there listening to music. My question came out of nowhere.

"Um, I'm driving, and we're listening to music, and we are being quiet. Oh and we're going to get something to eat"

"Not literally, Chandler. I mean, in our relationship. Where are we? Are we still fooling around? Are up to another level?" I asked.

"You answer your question. I'm just waiting, Monica. It's your call. I'm ready whenever you're ready. If you want to call it a relationship, fine. If you still want this to be 'friends with benefits', fine, I'll wait."

"Okay, then" I answered.

"What?" He asked me, looking at me confusedly.

"What?" I looked at him teasingly.

"What? You're just going to sit there? You're just going to leave me hanging in here?"

"Maybe, maybe not." I said

"Moniiicccaaaa!" Chandler whined.

"Okay, hmmm, last night, I was thinking…maybe we should... well, maybe I should start introducing you as my boyfriend?"

"Is that a question?"

"Well…no"

"You sound unsure with your answer"

"Okay fine. You are now officially my boyfriend!" I said. He parked the car as we reached our destination.

"Well, if that's the case, come here and give your boyfriend a little sugar" Chandler said. I leaned in and kissed him.

So, that was like a month ago. And well, I like every moment of it. But last week, he said something that made me really uncomfortable.

Last week…

Chandler and I were sitting on a bench in the park. We were just sitting there, not talking to each other, holding hands, with my head on his shoulder. It was so comforting.

"Monica?" Chandler said breaking the silence.

"Yeah?"

"Nothing. Never mind"

"Chandler!"

"Do you love me?" he asked me. I suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Do I love him? Do I? How the would I know? Maybe I do…

"Why?" I asked

"Well, I was just wondering."

"Why were you wondering?" A stupid question, I know.

He shrugged.

"Do you love me?" I asked him.

"Yes. Yes, I do" he said

I was stunned

"I love you, Monica"

I didn't say anything, I was just staring at him, and tears filled my eyes.

"You don't have to say you love me, Mon"

I nodded

He leaned in and kissed me.

From then on, I still haven't told him that I love him. But I really think I do. Maybe I should tell him.

Tell him now.

I went to my closet and pulled some jeans and a tank top, I looked for my flip flops, and then my keys. I went to my car, and drove off to Chandler's.

I rang the doorbell, and their maid answered the door.

"Hi Kate, is Chandler home?" I asked. Well, Kate has been their maid since I can remember. She's really nice.

"Hey Monica, yeah, he's in his room"

"Okay, thanks"

I went up to his room and found Chandler sitting there, watching TV.

"Hey Babe" he greeted me as he felt my presence in his room

"Hey" I said and kissed him

"What are you doing here? I thought I'll pick you up at 2? It's only 10, Mon"

"Yeah, I know. Uh, Chandler, we need to talk"

"Okay" Chandler said as we both sat on his couch.

"Chandler, when you said that you love me, did you mean it?"

"Yes, I do love you….. Wait, Monica, are you breaking up with me?" Chandler said.

"No, it's just that, I was thinking, and then I just didn't want to admit it. But then I have to. Chandler, I love you too"

"You do?"

I nodded. He leaned in and kissed me.

"So want to have lunch now?" he asked me

"Yeah, where?"

"Your pick"

I think I made the right decision of telling him that I love him. I do love him, ever since I met him, I guess.

We reached a burger place where we compromised to eat. Well, we saw Ross and Rachel there, so we just decided to join them.

"Hey guys!" Ross greeted us

"Hey!" Chandler and I said in unison

"What are you guys up to?" Rachel asked

"Uh, lunch!" Chandler answered sarcastically

"Rachel, I'm going to the bathroom, come with me" I said.

"Why do girls have to go to the bathroom in herds?" Chandler said

"Herds! What do you think are we? Cows?" I said

"No, but whatever. Why do you have to go in groups?"

"We just have to" Rachel said and we headed to the bathroom

"What's up Mon?" Rachel asked. She knew that if we have to excuse ourselves, I needed to tell her something.

"I told Chandler that I love him"

"You did! Oh my God! That is so great!" Rachel said and hugged me tightly

"Thanks!"

"You two are like the most perfect couple in the world. Well, of course next to me and Ross! But hey, let's just say that you're more perfect than Tom and Katie or Kevin and Britney!"

"Rachel, what are you talking about?" I said laughing at my best friend

"Sorry, I just went online today, and I read about a bunch of gossips about those people"

"Uh-huh" I said and we both giggled.

"Or Ben and Jen or Nick and Jessica or Demi and Ashton or Justin and Cameron or Paris and Paris"

"Rachel, you're such a gossip queen. Hey, I thought Ben and Jen broke up like forever ago, and she's married to that one dude?"

"Monica, darling, you need to watch some entertainment news… Ben and Jen part 2"

"Oh yeah, I think I heard about that"

"Of course you did. You just didn't care"

"Why would I care?" Yeah, why would I care?

"I don't know" Rachel said. I started laughing. Rachel cracks me up sometimes. She knows almost everything about the world of entertainment.

"We better go back, I'm starving" I said to Rachel

"Yeah, me too"

After Lunch

"So, what do you guys want to do now?" Ross asked

"Why don't we watch a movie?" Rachel suggested

"What Movie?" I asked

"How about Mr. and Mrs. Smith" Chandler suggested

"Yeah, let's watch that! Man, Angelina Jolie is hot!" Ross said

"Uh, I don't think so…" Rachel said glaring at Ross "And besides, I don't want to watch that"

"Oh come on, Rachel! Brad Pitt?" I said. Rachel used to have a big crush on Brad Pitt.

"Okay, fine! Whatever!" Rachel said finally giving up. Then we went to see the movie.

FOUR MONTHS LATER

We're at a party at Stacey's house. Stacey, the cheerleader, the homecoming royalty, the guy magnet, one of the smartest people in our class, someone who you wouldn't think exists.

There were a lot of people, some of them I don't even recognize, they're probably from another school.

Well, the party is also known as the "Party of the Year"

Rachel, Phoebe, and I were chatting and drinking and stuff when Ross asked Rachel to dance, and Mike asked Phoebe. I was left alone there, wondering where Chandler was.

I started looking around for him. I shove passed all the party people, dancing, doing stupid stuff, talking, drinking, and all those kind of stuff.

Then I saw him, there, talking to Elisa. It didn't bother me at first. I just looked at them. Then suddenly, Chandler leaned in and kissed her. Chandler kissed her. I can't believe it. I thought I drank too much, I hoped I was just hallucinating. But I wasn't.

I found my way out to get some air. I sat on the sidewalk in front of Stacey's house. It was so quiet, except for the faint sound coming from the party.

Tears just keep on flowing down my face. Why would he do this to me?

HOW could he do this to me?

All this time I thought he loved me. I thought he has happy with me.

He wasn't contented on me.

Since I Chandler and I became friends, he wiped me tears, made me feel better. It never occurred to me that he will be the one to bring tears to my eyes one day.

I heard footsteps coming towards me. I looked up, it was Rachel.

"Honey, what's wrong? Oh and Chandler was looking for you" Rachel said and sat next to me.

"Huh, like he would care where I was" I said, staring at the pavement again.

"What happened?"

"Well, I just witnessed my boyfriend, well I don't know if I still want to call him that, anyway, I witnessed my boyfriend shoving his tongue to his ex's throat"

"He did that?"

I nodded "I saw it with my two eyes"

"Aww, Mon, come here" Rachel said and let me cry on her shoulders. "I'll take you home"

"It's all right, Rachel, I'll just walk home"

"No Mon! I'll take you home, right now, and I'll let Ross stick for awhile, so he won't know what happened to you"

"Thanks, Rach, I don't really want Ross to know as of now"

"No problem. Wait for me here, I'll be right back"

I waited for awhile, and then I saw Rachel coming back.

"Ross is getting a ride with Mike and Phoebe, well, we used my car, I told him I needed to get home right now, and I told him I never saw you and I have no clue where you were"

"Thanks"

"Let's go"

"Where? I don't want to be alone right now"

"I can stay with you at your place" Rachel offered

"Thanks, but then you'll going to have to leave early before Ross comes back, because he'll find out you lied to him"

"Yeah, you're right, how about let's go to my house, I'll change, then we'll ask my dad's driver to take us to your place, then I'll stay at your place."

"Okay, but how about Ross?"

"He won't even see me there. We'll never leave your room"

"Okay, then"

Then we made our way to her house and Rachel changed in to sweats and a tank top, she put on a sweatshirt and packed a little of her clothes and told her parents she'll stay at my house.

Her father's driver dropped us at my house. We headed up to my room and we lay on the bed, and I started crying again, until I fell asleep.

I woke up the next morning and found Rachel still sleeping next to me. I looked at the time 12:04 pm. It was noon already. I checked my cell phone, 5 new voicemails. My phone has 2 new messages. I played the messages. It was all from Chandler, asking where I am.

Rachel stirred next to me.

"Morning" she said with a smile on her face "you feeling better?"

I shrugged.

"I wonder why my family's not looking for me!" I suddenly said.

"They were. Your mom knocked last night, I told her I'm going to stay here with you and not to tell Ross I'm here and you're here. Then I told Ross you're at my place"

"Oh okay, thanks. Did I wake up?"

"Nope, I was about to get up anyways, and I heard Chandler's voice on the machine"

"Screw that son of a bitch"

"Mon, let him explain first. Hear his side of the story. Chandler's not the type of guy who does that. Just hear him out first" Rachel said

"You're right, Rach"

"Monica, you're both my best friends. And it hurts to hear what happened, I would like for you two to work out. So please, just talk to him first"

"You're right, but I don't think I can talk to him just yet"

"Take your time, Mon. I'll always be here for you"

"Thanks, Rachel, so much, for every single thing"

"That's what friends are for" Rachel said

She hugged me and we spent the day watching movies and eating ice cream.

Monday

It's Monday, start of another school week. It sucks. Chandler and I still haven't talked to each other after the "incident" 2 days ago.

I went to my locker holding my book and my stuff for cheer practice. I saw Rachel standing there waiting for me.

"Hey Rach" I said and put my stuff in my locker

"Hey, how are you, Mon?"

"I've been better, thanks" I said

Then we started talking and waited for the others.

"Monica, are you avoiding me?" Chandler said as he came and put his stuff in his locker

"I am. Do you have a problem with that?" I shot back

"And why are you doing this?"

"Think about it. When did I start avoiding you? What did you do that day?" I snapped at him, I pulled Rachel arm and we walked off, away from him. We didn't even bother about the others.

"Monica!" I heard him call me "Monica! Monica!"

His voice faded through the hall of noisy students talking about their weekend and other stuff.

Crap. I didn't even realize he sits next to me during first period.

The bell rang. Shit. I don't know how to face him.

I went in and made my way to my sit. People filled in with students who are obviously unwilling to learn that morning. Then, there came Chandler. He sat next to me.

"Monica, we have to talk"

"Yeah, we do." I said, still not looking at him.

"Whatever I did that day, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry"

"Whatever you did that day Chandler is insulting to me, well, it's wrong. I didn't know how to handle it. I love you, I hope you know that, then after that, I don't think I still do."

"Monica, whatever that is I don't remember it" He said. He was obviously lying.

"Monica, Chandler, can you please pay attention" The teacher said

"Sorry" Chandler and I mumbled

"Okay, here's your worksheet, and work with your assigned partners" The teacher said. The teacher assigned Chandler as my partner at the start of the school year, so I don't have a choice.

"You're such a liar, Chandler. Yes you remember it. And to save you from explaining yourself, I don't think we should see each other anymore. You can go back to Elisa, Chandler. Go to her, I can move on. Just forget what we had, forget the friendship, and just throw that all away Chandler!"

"I'm Sorry about that night, Mon"

"Damn right you are, Chandler! How could you do this to me? I thought I was being taken care of that's why I agreed to go out with you. You ruined it. You ruined my trust.

All this time, Chandler, I have never felt happier in my life, but now, its back where I started, even worse. You know what I've gone through, Chandler, and I never expected you to do that to me"

"You weren't meant to see that" Chandler said. Can he even hear what he's saying?

"What! Are you kidding me? So you'd rather do it behind my back? Forget it, Chandler, I'm done talking to you" I said. I wanted to yell at him so bad, but not in front of the class.

I raised my hand to get the teacher's attention.

"Yes, Monica, you need help?" The teacher asked

"No, uh, can I work alone or get another partner? I just can't concentrate working with Chandler"

"Just work by yourself, Monica. How about you Chandler, can you work by yourself?"

Chandler nodded.

I've never spoken to Chandler since then.

That routine continued. Chandler never hanged out with us again. Joey would either hang out with Chandler or with us. Until one day Joey found out about what happened to Chandler and I, and he hated Chandler for that. Chandler hanged out with his other friends. They still talk to Chandler once in awhile, except for me and Joey.

It was hard to throw a friendship in a snap. It was hard to forget someone right away.

And for a best friend and a boyfriend, I thought I would never recover.

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