The rehearsal dinner was quite boring according to Sarah. All she could think about Chandler and what had happened in her hotel room.
He was jealous, and he kissed her. It was confusing, exciting, and then strange.
She was in love with Chandler…wasn't she? Surely nothing had changed after being away for a few months…right?
Sarah sighed before walking out onto the balcony. It was getting annoying in there anyways. The only people to talk to were her father, who complained about his homesickness, and John, who was being very quiet anyways.
Everyone else was busy. Chandler and Monica were talking, Ross was running around trying to fix things up between his parents and his future in-laws, and Phoebe and Rachel were sitting back at the apartment in New York. It wasn't fair.
Sarah looked up at the stars and sighed again. She shouldn't have come back so quickly.
"What ya doing out here all alone?"
Sarah turned and smiled at John. He smiled back. "You okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just bored out of my mind and thinking that this whole marriage thing between Ross and Emily is happening too fast."
John laughed. Sarah looked over at him. Despite the fact that she was in love with Chandler, she couldn't help admiring how nice John looked in his suit. It made him look much more mature and sophisticated.
"So, tell me. How did you meet all these people?"
Sarah laughed and proceeded to tell him the story about how she met everyone and how her father was friends with all of them.
"I like Chandler the best. He's my father's roommate. He is very funny and always makes me laugh. Phoebe, who couldn't be here because she's pregnant with her brother's triplets…"
Sarah laughed at John's face. He looked surprised and disgusted.
"I don't mean to laugh, it's just your face is so funny."
"You said…her brother's triplets?"
"Yeah," Sarah said smiling. She patted John on the back. "She's a surrogate mother for her brother and his wife."
John let out a loud sigh of relief. "Oh man, I was starting to think…Nevermind."
Sarah laughed again while John smiled at her.
From the doorway, Chandler watched the exchange between the two teens. He smiled slightly before turning back to the room.
"It's better for her," he thought as he grabbed another glass of champagne. "She needs someone her own age, and so do I."
Later that night Sarah and John arrived back at the hotel. They had left in a taxi right behind the others, but somehow it took them longer to get back to the hotel. Their driver didn't understand English very well and they ended up at three other hotels before they arrived at the correct one.
"I was starting to think we would have to sleep in the cab," Sarah said with a smile. John smiled back at her.
"I know it was crazy."
When they arrived at their floor they started talking about what kind of movies they liked.
"No way, you like Sleepless in Seattle? Are you gay?"
John laughed. "No I'm not gay. I just like Tom Hanks. He is a great actor, at least in my opinion."
"I love Tom Hanks. He was great in Big."
Sarah and John laughed a bit as they turned the corner to head towards their rooms. Suddenly they both stopped and hid behind the corner.
Monica was standing at Chandler and Joey's door looking a little confused. Suddenly she raised her hand and knocked. The door opened and Monica said, "Hi Chandler, do you know where Joey is?" before walking into the room. The door closed and both teens came around the corner and looked at each other confused.
"What do you think that was about?"
Sarah shrugged. "Haven't the foggiest idea. Come on, let's go to bed."
John raised both eyebrows at her and Sarah slapped his arm playfully. "That wasn't what I meant Mr. Dirty Mind."
"Sorry," John said with a smile. "I'm just a guy you know and can easily take almost anything and turn it into something dirty."
Sarah opened her door with a laugh. "Goodnight John," she said before closing her door, changing into her nightclothes, and slipping into bed.
"Goodnight Sarah," John said to the closed door before retiring to his own room across the hall.