Chandler woke up to the smell of coffee and a bright beam of light. He moaned and sat up with his eyes still closed.
"Morning."
He cracked his eyes open and for a while everything was blurry until he focused on the woman standing in front of him. Kathy. He didn't remember going to Kathy's after dinner. "Morning." He mumbled.
"Want some coffee?" She asked with a friendly smile.
He groaned and nodded.
"Not a morning person I see." She laughed and handed him a mug.
"Thanks." He said taking a sip and letting the coffee wake him up. He started looking around the apartment and looked at the clock 10:43. "Wow I overslept."
"Well we did get a little drunk last night."
"We did? I only remember having 2 glasses of wine at dinner."
"Well after we walked around Central Park, we went over to your place and Joey and Emmy were there so we decided to get a drink and wait until they were finished with what they were doing at your place and then I guess we had a little too many drinks and we ended up coming over here. " She smiled and took a sip of her coffee.
Chandler squinted his eyes trying to remember the night."I'm sorry I can't... MONICA!" He screamed jumping up, spilling some coffee on the wood floor.
"Excuse me?"
"I'm so sorry." He said looking at the coffee on the floor.
Kathy got up and grabbed a towel. "Monica?"
"Yea. I.. I forgot my friend.. girlfriend.. my friend.." Chandler tried to sort it out in his head.
"You have a girlfriend?" She stopped and looked up at him.
"Kind of..." Chandler sat down on the couch and put his head in his hands.
"If you have a girlfriend why would Joey set us up on a date?"
"Because he doesn't know about her. I had a lot of fun.. well the part I can remember anyway.. was fun. But I have a girlfriend... I think. And I really like her.."
"What do you mean? You think?"
"Well we're friends who have sex.. I guess she's not my girlfriend because we never really talked about it. But.. well nobody knows about us really. We try to sneak around our friends and I was supposed to meet up with her last night. And I guess I was having a little too much fun. I'm sorry."
Kathy looked a little disappointed. "It's ok. I understand. You're a great guy Chandler. Call me when it doesn't work out." She laughed.
"I'm gonna go."
"Ok.. I'll see you around." She gave him a hug.
"We didn't.. do anything bad did we?"
She let out a loud laugh. "Bad?"
"You know.. sex?"
"No, I had to get the cab driver to carry you up here because you passed out on the drive over here."
"I'm sure I'm going to remember what happened last night.. It'll be a couple hours but I'll remember." He smiled. "Bye Kathy."
"Bye." She waved.
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Phoebe let out a huge sneeze. "I hate being sick!" She said wiping her nose with a tissue.
"We all do." Rachel said patting Phoebe's knee.
Monica sipped her cup of coffee. "Sweetie if you're sick why aren't you in bed?"
"Because I have a lot of things to do today." Phoebe let out a small cough.
"You should really be in bed honey." Rachel poured some sugar into her coffee.
"Last time I was sick I didn't stay in bed all day and I was fine by the end of the day. So that's what I plan on doing today. Not go home. Hey Joey." Phoebe said as she saw him walk into Central Perk with a huge smile on his face.
"Hey." He smiled and sat down.
"Where's Chandler?" Monica asked. He didn't show up at all the night before and she didn't see him when she went over to his place.
"He spent the night at Kathy's." Joey smiled.
"Yay! He got some!" Phoebe said excitedly.
"WHAT!" Monica screamed causing everyone to look at her.
"What's wrong with that?" Rachel asked.
Monica began to blush. "I.. um.. lost $20 to him..."
"You made a bet too?" Phoebe asked sipping her tea.
"Who'd you bet?" Joey smiled.
"Ross. I owe him $20."
"Really?" Rachel asked and took a sip of her coffee. "He owes me 20."
"Hey you guys." Chandler smiled as he walked over to the couch. "Monica.." He noticed that everyone was smiling at him except Monica. "What?"
"You dog you!" Joey smiled punching Chandler's arm.
"Ow."
"You can thank me later!" Joey stood up. "I have an audition to go to. Give me all the juicy details when I get back."
"Monica I need to talk to you." He said gently touching her arm.
"Aw that's sweet!" Phoebe smiled.
"What?" Monica gave Phoebe a weird look.
"He wants you to give him the money in private so you won't be embarrassed in front of us." She smiled and smiled at Rachel who returned a weird look.
Monica rolled her eyes and stood up.
Chandler followed Monica outside the coffee shop. "I'm sorry."
Monica crossed her arms and looked to the other side.
"Monica.."
"How could you sleep with her!" Monica screamed.
"I didn't sleep with her."
"Then where were you last night when I went over to your place?"
"Probably at her place. Look Monica nothing happened between us. We just had nice long conversations. Please don't be mad."
"Who said I was mad?"
"I don't know... your yelling?"
"I'm not yelling.. I'm just.. talking loudly."
"Well some may mistaken that or you know call that yelling."
"Well I don't."
"So you're not mad at me?"
"No.. I'm disappointed that you didn't show up. But whatever. It's not like we're a couple or anything. So you are free to see anyone you want. Besides, I was thinking about dating other people too."
Chandler raised his eyebrows. "Really?"
"Yep."
"Anyone in particular?"
"Yes." She nodded.
"Who?"
Monica thought for a while. "Men.."
"Men?"
"Yes.."
"Care to narrow that down?"
"Single... men."
"Oh so you're thinking of dating single men? Well that's a good start. Are any of these men you are plan on seeing straight?"
Monica gave him an oh haha look. "I have to go get ready for work."
"Have fun looking for a single guy who may or may not be straight." Chandler smirked.
"Oh I will! You can go have fun with Katie."
"Kathy."
"Whatever. Bye!"
"Bye!"
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"What happened to Monica?" Kathy laughed as she sipped her glass of wine.
"Well you know... " Chandler shrugged. He didn't even want to think about her.
"Wow it seemed like she was.."
"I really don't want to talk about her.. tonight's about us." What if Monica did find a single straight guy? A hot one? She certainly could have all the hott guys she wanted.
"Right.." She smiled and reached across the table to touch his hand. "So you're completely single?"
Yep he wasn't going to get any from Monica any time soon, that's for sure. He nodded and sipped his glass of wine. Why was he still thinking about her? He just said that the night was going to be about Chandler and Kathy.
"Good."
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Phoebe sneezed and wiped her nose with a tissue. "Oh my god this cold is geting even worse!" She screamed s she threw the tissue onto the coffee table.
"Honey.. I don't think it's a good idea to put your .. tissues on the coffee table where anybody can touch it." Monica smiled. "I think you should put it in the trash can."
"You want to do it for me?" Phoebe smiled grabbing her tissues and handed them to Monica.
Monica smiled. "Thanks Phoebe. Now I've got the cold."
"Quit whining!"
"Sweetie I think you should go home and rest."
"I can't!"
"Honey you just said that your cold is getting worse."
"Yea! And if I go home it's going to get even more worse! Gosh Monica! Do you want me to die or something?"
"I'm sorry Phoebe."
"If it gets any worse I'll go home. But until then I'm ok."
"Mon this new lotion smells really good." Rachel said as she walked out of the bathroom.
"I wanna smell!" Phoebe looked over at Rachel.
Rachel walked over to Phoebe and put her hand in front of her nose. "Good huh?"
"I can't smell it."
"Well it's good." Rachel held her hands up to her nose. "Where'd you get it Mon?"
"I don't know. One of my workers' sister started some company and she gave some to me for free."
Rachel grabbed some juice from the fridge and started shaking it. "Mon you missed the cutest thing!"
"What did I miss?"
"We met Kathy today! Oh my god. Chandler and Kathy are the cutest couple! They are so cute together!"
"When did you meet her?" Monica really didn't like to hear about Kathy. She hated her even though she didn't know her. Hearing her name was like nails on a chalkboard.
"Well right after you left for work Chandler called Kathy and asked if she wanted to hang out with him and she came by the coffee house. She is so sweet!" Rachel smiled and drank her juice.
"Yea! She's so perfect for Chandler." Phoebe said as she put a pill into her mouth and drank water. "I really think they're going to last a while."
"Me too."
"Really?"
"Yea. She even laughed at all his jokes!" Rachel laughed. "You don't see that too often."
"Maybe she's fake laughing."
"No she was eating a blueberry muffin and she choked on a blueberry. It's not like our fake laughs. It's real."
"Well then she's weird." Monica turned the TV on and started flipping through the channels.
"You have to meet her. She's so nice."
"I don't think I want to." Monica shook her head.
"What? Why not? She's definitely no Janice." Phoebe threw another tissue onto the table where she was already forming a pile of tissues.
"Because I think it's a waste of time to meet Chandler's girlfriends unless it's going to be serious. It's a waste of time to meet anyone's girlfriends.. or boyfriends if they aren't going to last."
"Mon did you not hear us? We think it's going to last!"
"You've been acting really weird lately." Phoebe said standing up to throw away her tissues. "It's like you have feelings for Chandler or something." She laughed.
"WHAT!" Monica shot Phoebe a look. "I do not have feelings for Chandler. I would never have feelings for Chandler." She didn't have feelings for Chandler. Why would they think that? Sure they were having sex but that's because they were both single and.. wanted to stay fit. She did have some feelings for him. But she didn't love him. Well she did love him but only because he was her best friend for many years. She wasn't in love with him.. she might've been in like with him... she really didn't know how she felt for him.
"She's right Mon. I mean ever since Joey brought up that he was going to set Chandler up you've been acting really weird."
"Well I was trying to protect Chandler."
"Monica I think you like Chandler."
"Me too!" Phoebe called from the bathroom.
"You guys are crazy! I would never like Chandler."
"You liked Chandler when you first met him!"
"That was years ago. I didn't even know him then.. and I was fat."
"What does that have anything to do with it?"
"I thought everyone was hot when I was fat because nobody liked me."
"Whatever Monica." Rachel shook her head.
"Oh my god! This lotion is amazing!" Phoebe said as she came out of the bathroom holding a pink bottle. "I can smell again! I think my cold is gone!"
"Phoebe didn't you just take medicine?"
"Yea but I think this is the reason why I can breathe again!" Phoebe let out a huge sneeze. "Aw man!"
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