Chapter six:
Are you happy now?
Two weeks after Phoebe and Mike's wedding:
It was typical New York summer day: unbearably hot; and the day was followed by the typical New York summer night: delightedly warm.
Monica decided to invite her closest friends for dinner. Partly, she organized that dinner because she was feeling very lonely without Chandler, besides, now that Rachel was living with Dennis and Phoebe was married to Mike; Monica did not longer feel like a part of a close group of friends that spend most of their free time together. She felt alone and not loved by anyone.
So, in a desperate intend of getting her friends back, she organized that diner which was suppose to be a celebration of Mike and Phoebe's coming back from the honeymoon.
Joey was the first one to arrive to his apartment. He went straight to the refrigerator and grabbed a beer. Monica noticed he looked a bit cross.
Monica- are you ok?
Joey- I just don't believe this!
Monica- what happened honey?
Joey- Estelle did it again!
Monica- did what?
Joey- she forgot to tell about an audition…. Frankly I'm getting fed up of her! She is a terrible agent… I'm telling you, one fine day I'm going to fire her…
Monica- at least you have "Days of our lives"…
Joey- yes, I know…
At that moment, Rachel entered at the apartment with Emma who was in the stroller. Monica greeted her friend and lifted little Emma. Rachel folded the stroller and Joey gave her a curious look noticing something….
Joey- Rachel… why the hell are you wearing a sweater in a hot night like this?
Rachel- I'm cold… ok?
Joey- how can you be cold? This is the hottest day ever! It must be like 80 degrees out there…
Monica- he is right… today is even hotter than that Christmas when we had that problem with the radiator…
Rachel- I just need to keep my sweater on… ok?
Monica- are you ill or something?
Rachel- no, I'm not… just leave me alone…
Monica and Joey looked at each other in confusion. What was wrong with Rachel? Before they could get an answer to that Phoebe and Mike arrived to the apartment. Phoebe was about to greet everybody happily, but her glad expression suddenly changed when she saw Rachel.
Phoebe- what's wrong with you? Why are you wearing a sweater in a day like this?…
Rachel collapsed in the couch feeling very frustrated.
Rachel- ok… you guys win… the sweater is off…Saying that, she took off her sweater and we all noticed, in shock, a horrible big bruise in her right arm.
Monica- oh my god! What happened to you?
Rachel- I just fell… is nothing… it looks worse than it is… please… can we change the subject?
Joey- ok… where is Dennis?
Rachel- he had things to do…
Without giving any further explanation, Rachel simply started drinking some beer and Phoebe started talking about her honeymoon and became the center of the conversation.
After a while, Ross entered in the apartment. Now everybody was there and they could start having dinner. Dinner went on very well, but after they finished eating, everybody noticed that Rachel was very drunk… and she had no intentions to stop drinking.
Rachel- oh… is really hot in here…. I'm going out drink the last beer in the balcony…
She started walking towards the balcony but she could barely walk… they were afraid that if she went out the balcony she might fall…
Monica- we can't let her go out there like that…
Joey- but she could use the fresh air…
Monica and Phoebe looked at each other knowing that there was only one thing to do… they had to go to the balcony with Rachel…
A few minutes later the three girls were at the balcony and Rachel looked in ecstasy….
Rachel- I can't believe I finally have it all! I have a baby… a great job… a great apartment, a great man… I have it all! (Screaming to the streets) DO YOU SEE ME MANHATTAN? I HAVE IT ALL
A drunk homeless girl who was walking down the streets heard that and screamed back at her.
Homeless girl- FUCK YOU!
Rachel- you wish! But my boyfriend is going to fuck me!
Homeless girl- I ALREADY FUCKED YOUR BOYFRIEND!
Rachel was about to scream back something, but before things got any worse, Monica and Phoebe dragged Rachel out of the balcony.
Monica- God! I love this city!
Ross decided to take Rachel and Emma to their apartment. Monica looked at her brother amazed… he and Rachel have been separated for six years… and he still care enough about her to take her to the apartment she shared with another man because she was too drunk to go by her self.
Monica couldn't help but wonder… Will the same thing happen to her? Will she stay hung up to Chandler forever? That thought scared the hell out of her…. She desperately needed some kind of closure if she wanted to get over her gay ex husband.
A week after that…Monica finally took the courage and legally asked for the divorce. That was not what she wanted, but it was pointless to stay marry to a man who was no longer in love with her anymore… to a guy who probably never really love her.
She was cleaning her apartment when someone knocked the door and it was Chandler. She let him in… Chandler looked disappointed, and even hurt, because of Monica's decision.
Chandler- Monica... I came here because today I got a call from your lawyer… are you really asking me the divorce?
Monica- yes... is a good thing you came…. You have to take away all the stuff you still have here… and we have to split our things and decide who gets what.
Chandler- ok... but, Mon... We don't have to do this right now… we can wait…
Monica- Forget it! I want to get over all this as soon as I possible…
Chandler- I understand… but there is no rush…
Monica- it's called closure Chandler… I need that… I want to move on…
Chandler- (hesitating) I guess you are right...
Monica- what is wrong with you? This is what YOU wanted!
Chandler- ok… whatever…
By the end of the afternoon they had that issue solved….
Chandler- ok... so… I get the stereo, the pac-man machine, de bed of the guests room and one of the night tables…. I'll send someone to pick that stuff later… You can have the rest of the stuff…
Monica- ok... but… you still have some clothes here, your towels, your CD's, your videos, and some of your books…
Chandler- ok… I will take that now, but I will need a suitcase then…
Monica- you can take the set of suitcases we got for out honeymoon… I will keep the set of suitcases I used during our trip to London, they have sentimental value for me…. And you always said they were too girly… although… I guess you don't have problems with that anymore…
Chandler teased her answering to that doing a woman's voice.
Chandler- of course I don't have a problem with that… those girly suitcases mach my pink dress and my high heels…
Monica's face got very sad… she wasn't ready for the gay jokes yet.
Monica- Chandler… please
Chandler- what? you started it… with your "girly suit cases" comment… you implied that now all my stuff are pink…
Monica- I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that...
Monica didn't understand why, but Chandler was getting very annoyed.
Chandler- I know exactly what you meant! You think that because I live with a man and I'm gay I'm going to become a drag queen…. I might like another guy but I'm not my father! I'm not having a boob job or anything like that…
Monica- I'm sorry... Wait a minute! Are you living with HIM now? I thought you were just staying in a hotel!
Chandler- I'm not, I moved in with him... I'm sorry Mon… I think I'm falling in love with him…
Monica tried very hard not to cry… she knew deep down that Chandler was in love whit AJ… but hearing that from Chandler him self made impossible for Monica to stay in denial but she wanted all not to be true so much. She was trying hard not to cry….
Monica- You can't be in love with him! You can't be gay! You were with me for five years! For Gods sake! Did you ever really love me? And if you did love me… how can you love a man now? That's just can't be… is too weird….
Monica started getting closer and closer to Chandler, which made him feel uncomfortable.
Chandler- What are you doing, Mon?
Monica- sweetheart… can we work this out?
Suddenly she kissed him, and he kissed her back during a couple of minutes…. They laid kissing on the couch… but then Chandler pulled her away…
Chandler- no... we can't... I'm sorry... I'm with Andrew now… you have to accept that…Monica- you can't ask me that! I will never accept that all what happened in my life since London was a complete lie… Chandler… the last five years were the best years of my life… I will never accept that the best years of my life weren't real… you couldn't have been faking all that…
Chandler- I wasn't faking! I swear that all our years together were real… but now I'm with AJ
Monica turned a round and used a tissue to dry her tears… She didn't believe a word… Nobody can became gay out of the blue and totally out of nowhere… To Monica's mind there where two options: either Chandler wasn't really gay or he had been deceiving her and him self all those years… and even though she hoped the first thing was the true, everything indicated that the second hypothesis was what really happened.
Monica- Well… I hope you are happy now… I'm leaving so you can pack you stuff by your self…
Monica walked out the apartment as soon as she could. But Chandler chased her. In the hall way he grabbed her arm and force her to listen to him.
Chandler- I really did love you... you have to believe that... and I hope some day you wont hate me anymore so we can be friends again…
Monica- I hope that too.
Saying that, she walked away from Chandler and went to the Central Perk. No one was there… Phoebe was with her husband, Rachel with her boyfriend and her baby girl, Ross was busy working and Joey was probably on the set of "Days of our life".
Monica saw Gunter and she ordered what she wanted.
Monica- hi… Can I have a coffee and a piece of chocolate cake? Please…
Gunter- ok… Do you prefer to have your order when the rest of the group is here?
To Gunter, the answer was obvious. In ten years, he had never seen a member of that gang having coffee alone, so he thought that Monica was waiting for someone.
Monica- well... actually, my friends are not coming…
Gunter- oh... that's ok...
Monica- that's the way it is Gunter! We can't be together all the time anymore… You know? We all have our own lives…
Gunter- I never thought otherwise… anyway… I will give you your order in a minute…
Monica- thanks... eh... I will have and Irish coffee instead…
Monica took a sit alone in the orange couch while she was thinking: " Why do they have to live their lives when I am loosing mine?" Rachel might have it all… but now Monica was left with absolutely nothing.
To be continued...
Well… I hope there are still people reading this… I promise that it will have a very good ending (but I can't tell you how this will end). Do you have a clue of what is happening to Rachel now? In this chapter a gave you the second hint for that…
Anyway… of course I'm very disappointed because this is chapter six and so far I only have 8 reviews… I'm sad because I really love this story and I was expecting a little more responses… however I can't stop updating for three reasons: 1- for the few people who did reviewed… I respect then, so I will finish this story… (Please, if you don't care about this you can always send me another review telling me nor to write anymore) 2- I've already written 17 chapters of this story… so it would be a pity not to update them (yes, this story will be long) 3- I hate unfinished fanfics, so I will not do the same)
To Seminoles 1: Thank you for reviewing! Yes, you are right… this story is developing slowly…well, I have my reasons for doing that: I hated stories who are too rushed up because I found then unrealistic… and since I wanted this fanfic to be very long (it will probably have 20 chapters) I needed the story not to go very fast… I hope that you find this story interesting anyway… and don't worry… all the characters will have an strong part in this fanfic… but I can't make each chapter longer now since I have already written most of them… but is ok… in another chapters you will see a lot of the other characters… (don't forget that this story is about Rachel too).
Anyway… thank you again for reviewing… you can do it again any time!