Upside Down and Inside Out
Just to clarify, this fic is centred around Chandler's lack of self-esteem. At the time, in season 3, I believed that Chandler was really in love with Janice.
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Joey heard the noises coming from Chandler's room; he stood up from his barcalounger and walked over to Chandler's door.
"Buddy you ok in there?"
Silence.
Joey knocked again, getting more concerned.
"Chandler if you don't answer me I'm coming in." He tried the door but it wouldn't budge, there was something in front of it.
"Chandler stop being stubborn and open the damn door!" Joey said loudly.
Still silence.
"Chan please!" He begged, "if you don't open the door I'm going to break it down!" He was getting really worried.
Meanwhile Chandler sat on the floor in his room, he had demolished everything, and he was shaking and crying. His hands were bleeding from using them to rip apart his furniture. He didn't want anyone to see him like this, he was embarrassed, he had just lost it!
Realising that he had no choice he slowing stood up and pushed his dresser away from the door.
Outside Joey heard movement, which was a relief; he was beginning to think Chandler had done something stupid. Suddenly the door slowly opened and Joey's worry came flooding back.
He looked terrible.
He had dark shadows circling his eyes, like he hasn't slept in days, he had a stubble around his chin where he hadn't shaved, and he had lost weight. But what concerned Joey was the dull lifeless look in his normally bright blue eyes.
"Oh Chan." Joey said as he pulled him in a hug.
"I feel so lost." Chandler mumbled in Joey's shoulders.
Joey pulled back and looked in straight in the eyes, "you will get through this, I promise." Chandler nodded, finally realising that he needed help through this.
Joey smiled slightly but his smile dropped when he saw Chandler's bloody hands.
"Oh my god!" He said grabbing Chandler's wrist. "What did you do?"
Chandler, feeling embarrassed, pulled his hand back.
"Nothing, just kinda got in an argument with my room."
"What?" Joey said confused, he looked past Chandler into his room and he finally understood.
It was demolished, not just furniture pushed over, Chandler, obviously very upset at the time, had actually pulled some of his furniture apart.
Joey sighed. "Come on buddy; let's get Mon to have a look at it ok?"
Chandler nodded slightly and with his head down he shuffled behind Joey and walked the short distance to the girls' apartment across the hall.
When they arrived the girls' and Ross were there.
"Man, are you ok?" Ross said concerned, "we haven't seen you for a few days."
Chandler just shrugged and dropped to the couch, hiding his hands in his sleeves.
"Mon do you have anything to fix Chandler's hands with?" Joey asked.
"Huh? What's wrong with his hands?"
"I lost my temper." Chandler said quietly, finally revealing his hands to the group.
"Oh my god Chandler!" Monica said, rushing to the bathroom to get supplies.
Joey sat down next the Chandler and put his arm around his shoulder and Monica dropped loads of supplies on the coffee table.
"Give me your hands sweetie." Monica said gently, she sighed, the cuts weren't deep, there were just loads of them.
Monica inwardly sighed, how did she let him do this to himself again; she knew she should have kept an eye on him after he broke up with Janice.
The memories of 4 years ago came flooding back…
TO BE CONTINUED DEPENDING ON INTEREST…
AN: dum dum DUM! Well I decided I needed a twist somewhere, Chandler getting depressed over Janice will only last so long, I mean it's JANICE! Soooo I got a bit of a idea now, so lets see where it goes!