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Disclaimer: I don't own friends or anything to do with them nor the backstreet boys song I used in the last chapter… (knew I forgot something!)

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Chapter 9

One year later…

Chandler sat in his office, staring at the piece of paper in front of him. The words of his boss repeated in his head. 'Your next assignment will be in New York, you leave in two days'.

Chandler sighed as he chewed the end of his pen. New York, so many memories lay there. Part of him was actually excited about going back, he missed New York, he missed his friends. He wasn't sure weather he could face them again, not after what he had done. 'No, this will be a strictly business trip only' Chandler thought to himself.

'No use digging up the past, they probably don't even live there anymore' Chandler told himself. He started gathering the papers that were spread out over his desk. His new job was a lot like his old one, working with figures, only with this one he got to travel almost all the time. He liked that, he was always so busy with work that the memories of his past were slowly slipping away. It wasn't until he was assigned to the New York job that he began to think about it.

He hadn't spoken to any of his friend since the day he left. I wonder what they are doing? Chandler wondered. He suddenly thought about Monica. He felt his heart twinge at the name but her pushed the thought straight back out of his head. "Business only" He muttered, packing his briefcase.

New York….

Joey flicked the TV off and slowly dragged himself off on the couch. He walked over to the kitchen and opened the fridge.

"Hmm…same as last time" He muttered and shut it again.

He pulled a bag of chips out of the cupboard and went into his room. He flopped down onto his bed and stared up at the ceiling. 'Why do I feel so miserable today?' Joey wondered to himself. It was his day off, he could spend all day just lounging around, which he usually loved.

He glanced over to the clock on his bedside table which read 2:10. Suddenly he realized why he felt so down. He picked up the framed photo of him and Chandler that sat next to the clock. I was exactly one year ago today. Joey ran his fingers over the picture before putting it back and sighing. 'God I miss him' Joey thought to himself. Things hadn't been the same ever since he left. For Joey it was the saddest day of his life. His best friend just up and left him, all alone.

He never got another room mate after Chandler; Joey figured that no one could replace him. Even Chandler's room was still there. Phoebe had helped Joey pack up most of his things is boxes, but they all still remained in the room. Joey had cried so much that day, going through Chandler's things and remembering all the good times. He was glad Phoebe had been there.

A loud knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. Joey threw the bag of chips aside and climbed off of the bed. As he entered the lounge room and second knock sounded.

"Yeah, yeah keep your panties on" Joey called. He stopped and grinned at the thought of a hot chick standing on the other side. He opened the door and gasped.

"C…Chandler?" Joey asked in shock. Chandler smiled warmly at him.

"Hey buddy, long time no see"

"W…What, How?" Joey stuttered, shaking his head. Chandler sighed and let himself in.

"I umm…I'm in town for business. Thought I'd drop by you know see if you were still here" Chandler explained.

"Y…You left" Joey stated sadly.

"I know Joe and I'm really sorry for that. I thought things would be better if I wasn't here, for all of us" Chandler explained.

Joey stared at him for a while longer in disbelief before grabbing him and pulling him into a tight hug.

"I missed you so much" Joey said, almost in tears.

"I missed you to buddy" Chandler replied. They pulled away from each other and sat down on the couch.

"So how is everyone?" Chandler asked excitedly.

Joey shrugged. "I don't know"

Chandler frowned. "What do you mean you don't know?"

"You leaving didn't make things better Chan, everything got worse…we drifted apart" Joey told him sadly.

"I'm sorry Joey" Chandler muttered, running a hand through his hair.

Joey stared at Chandler again, he couldn't believe he was really back.

"Where the hell were you?" he asked softly. Chandler smiled slightly at him.

"Everywhere, I got a job that required me to travel a lot so that's what I've been doing. Right now I'm in London. One of the places I had to come was here, I wasn't going to come around but I thought I saw you yesterday at burger king so I had to come see you" Chandler started to laugh.

"What's so funny?" Joey asked.

"The guy I saw worked at burger king and I thought it was you" He said grinning.

Joey paused for a moment.

"That was me" He replied. Chandler stared at him in shock.

"What do you mean you? What happened to acting?" Chandler asked.

"Auditions were slow, I wasn't making enough money so I had to get another job" Joey replied with a shrug.

"What about the money I left you?" Chandler asked, frowning.

"It's all still there, every cent" Joey told him. Chandler sighed.

"I gave that to you Joey, God you're so stubborn" he groaned. Chandler knew that working in a fast food joint was the last place Joey wanted to end up.

"I didn't need your charity, plus I knew you might need it again someday" Joey said, trailing off.

"But I never said I was coming back, how did you know I might need it?" Chandler asked in confusion.

Joey shrugged. "I guess I just always hoped you would" He muttered.

Chandler's face fell. This wasn't meant to happen. Things were suppose to be better, not like this. He should never have come to Joey's, he would still have pictured in his mind all of them, sitting in central perk, laughing and talking as they all use to.

"What you thinking of?" Joey asked curiously watching Chandler.

"About how I screwed up" He muttered sadly.

"You didn't screw up Chan, you did what you thought was best" Joey said, shaking his head.

"Do you think you ever forgive me for leaving?" Chandler asked.

Joey smiled and patted Chandler on the back.

"I already have buddy"

The two had spent the rest of the afternoon just sitting around and talking. Neither had expected to be doing a year worth of talking in one afternoon. Chandler was surprised at how quickly Joey had forgiven him. He was acting like everything was back to normal now, like he had only been on a holiday or something.

Chandler was also surprised to find his room was still left in tact. Joey had decided to live on his own after Chandler left, saying that he didn't want another roommate. It was like Joey knew all along that Chandler would come back, like he never lost hope. Chandler admired him for that, but the thought of it also made him sad. The last thing he wanted was for his friends to go through the pain he did, they didn't deserve it.

You didn't really think I could ditch Chandler did you? haha. Hopefully I'll update soon, please review!