Chandler went all over the dark sidewalks as he looked for Monica. He so wanted to explain , how he wanted her and it was his friendship that stopped him. Suddenly he heard sobbing, and then he turned to see Monica with her mascara running down her face. She looked like the little waif now."Monica." he whispered. "Ccchandler?" she said through her tears. He gave her his hand and then he pulled her to her feet. "Monica, I have to explain something to you. I stopped kissing you because of my loyalty to your brother, not because I thought you were ugly or because you were fat,that's all. " Monica started to slowly smile. "I mean you are so beautiful and hot. Well that dress shows how hot you are." Chandler sweetly said.
"You rrreally think so ?" Monica asked , sure now she wanted to hear the answer. "You bet I do."he grinned. "But I also wanted to tell you that a record producer just signed our band. We are going on tour." Monica couldn't believe her ears and then threw herself onto him and began to kiss him. "Mon, mon. hey we are gonna work this out, okay, but for now , let's just cool it." He said as he carefully removed her from him. "Let's go join the guys." He said as he took her hand and they walked back towards the bar.
"To Way/ No Way ." yelled Gandalf as the three guys lifted their shot glasses and drank them down. "Bing, get your faggot ass over here." Kip screamed. "Another shot for our lead singer." He proclaimed as the sexy blonde girl poured a shot and then he handed it to Chandler."Now as I was saying , to Way / No Way , the sweet life boys, it 's gonna be sweet from now on." Chandler drank his shot. Then he looked over at Monica.
"I think this is totally great guys, but Ross, Mom and Dad are gonna go ballistic on you when they find out that you are leaving school." Monica gently said. Ross was his own little world as he now had Rachel perched on his lap . Her arm wrapped around his neck and she held another drink in her hand. She kept laying little baby kisses on his neck as she giggled.
"Rachel how would you like to be my girlfriend?" Ross asked as she continued to kiss him. Her answer was a squeal as she began to make out with him. He was now in his own version of heaven , a rock star and in his arms the woman he spent many a night dreaming about.
"Rachel , what about Chip?" Monica asked . Rachel turned her head and then simply answered. "We're through. He cheated on me last week and I just didn't say anything , that's all." It was simple and over and done with. Rachel was through with boys, she was with a guy in college and with a band. A band that was going to be famous. She was going to be like all those girls like Valerie Bertinelli and Christie Brinkley, living the wild life. Ross was just savoring the moment with his lips.
" Have you lost your mind?" screamed Judy as Ross sat on the couch. "You are giving up everything you have worked for to go on the road and tour with your college garage band." " Jack pulled his son aside "You 're doing this for girls right?" he whispered to Ross. "Jack" Judy gave him a dirty look.
"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity ." Ross knew he would have this battle. Monica was upstairs with Rachel, she wanted to be out of the line of fire , while the battle raged on downstairs. Monica glowed. She had to tell someone. Rachel was her best friend after all. "And then he took me aside and started to kiss me." She said filled with all the love a young girl feels with her first love. Rachel took her friend's hand , "I am so happy for you. Now you have a boyfriend too." She squealed with joy. Monica looked at her. "You mean?" she asked surprised."Ross and I are dating." She yelled as she fell back on the bed. "I am dating a rock star. This is even better than Shaun Cassidy."
"We have spent our lives scrimping and saving so you could go on and get your degree and then go to grad school. Now you tell us that you want to give that all up on some sort of prepubescent fantasy?" Judy just kept shaking her head. Ross did too, he couldn't believe this, he was in college and not even at home anymore. Yet his mother was chastising him for having this fool notion about performing in a rock band.
"I am twenty one years old. My whole life has been planned for me from the first day you found out Mom was pregnant. Now I get this chance that people only dream about , and you want me to throw it away. What you fail to realize is that it isn't just me, there are three other people that are involved in this. We have worked hard and I will be damned if I am going to let you ruin this for me." Ross was out of breath, but he had said his piece.
Judy finally calmed down. "Alright." She softly said. "If this is what you really want , I won't stand in your way. But it is summer, and that means school is out. I am going to send your sister with you so you will stay out of trouble. I know what those groupies can be like. Don Johnson's wife used to be one." Jack smiled as he could imagine girls further than the eye could see. He at that moment envied his son .
"What?" Ross exclaimed. "Monica is coming with me?" Judy was firm. "That is the only way that I will allow you to do this." Ross gave her a look with his eyes. "You got a deal." He took his hand and brushed it through his spiked dark hair. He lifted himself from the couch and then started up the stairs to tell the news to his sister. "Mon, I got something to tell you. Mom said that you are going with me and the band on the road." Ross was not happy with this decision , but nothing could have made Monica happier. She would get to be with her Chandler and maybe they could be closer now. "Oh brother, I could just kiss you." She said as she leaped into his arms and hugged him.
"But Monica, that 's my job." Rachel said sexily as she wrapped herself around her boyfriend. Then she got an idea."Hey Mon, maybe if you get to go , my daddy will let me come with you." Rachel suggested "Yeah maybe we could find a job for you or something. Hey didn't you want to be a designer or something?" Ross asked.
"Yeah," Rachel was unsure where this was going. "Well maybe you can be our costume designer or something like that." Ross suggested. He would find any way he could for her to come with him. "I'll talk to Mike about it." He turned and then walked to the door. "I gotta get Chandler, he's breaking the news to his mother. Mon, you should start packing and honey, you should too." He gave her a kiss on the lips and then started down the stairs.
"I'll pack all right. Some naughty little things he is gonna like." She cooed evilly. Monica shuddered. This was Rachel, but she didn't like to hear how she was going to seduce her brother. Then Monica decided to get some goodies of her own for Chandler. After all, they would be sharing the same hotel rooms on the road…
:I am proud of you." Nora cooed as she took her only son's chin in her hands. If he wasn't her son, she would just be doing what she was known for , seducing young boys and writing romance novels.Chandler rolled his eyes and backed away. She wasn't exactly the most maternal person in the world. That's why he liked the Gellers, they were normal parents, not the freak show ones he got stuck with. "You will love it. Every night a different city, new and exciting people, parties, the fans, the media, hotel food. It is just the best." She went on.
"Hey man, have you got your stuff?" Ross said as he walked into the main entryway. Nora's focus got a little sharper as she spied the young man with the dark hair. She slinked over wearing a chiffon teddy and a pair of mules with fur on her feet. Her robe was see through and thrown around her . "And who is your friend Chandler, dear?" she said as she got right into Ross face.
"Mom, you remember my roommate Ross?" Chandler said as he introduced him. Nora had a certain look in her eyes. Almost like a hungry great white as a bloody fish sinks to the bottom of the sea.
"Hello Ross dear," she cooed. "Chandler tells me you guys are going to be touring." Ross was very uneasy around this woman. Now in high school , he did learn to make out from his school librarian when he worked in the library. But this was a very desirable and sexual woman, not looking her age at all. Her red manicured nails crept up his skin , causing him to cringe and also to feel something deep in himself , a certain hard quality.
"Yes and we are very excited." He said as his voice went up like a little thirteen year old instead of a grown man. Then he got a glimpse through the silk teddy . There was no underwear. Suddenly the sweat began to pour off his forehead. She rubbed her silk nightie against his body and he began to pack up. Nora looked at him with her deadly made up eyes and started to wrap her blonde hair around one of the manicured fingers. She smacked her lips and then put one very shapely leg over Ross'. "Mother!" Chandler exclaimed. As he separated the two. "That is just wrong. And Mom he has a girlfriend okay?" Nora took the belt from her robe and covered herself up."I'll be ready in a minute." He said as he went up the massive staircase and went to grab his suitcases. He peeked around the corner and saw a young boy about his own age laying in the bed. It was obvious that he was keeping his mother from something or someone.
"Sorry to have disturbed you mom, I am leaving now and you can get back to the young stud in your bed." Chandler said with disgust as him and Ross left. "Young boys in bed. I don't know who is worse, my mother or my father?" he said as Ross pulled away in his car.
"Hey I am finally going to be able to get a new car." Ross exclaimed happily. "What'll it be? Jag ? Lamboghini?" Chandler smiled. "Something the girls will love." Ross shook his head. "Not for me man, I am going to be a one woman man." Chandler laughed at that statement. "Are you meaning to say that of all the girls who are going to want to have cheap and easy sex with you, you are going to turn down because you have Rachel?" Chandler shook his head in disbelief. "They are going to call you whipped."
"I have been in love with her since I was fifteen. That is seven years. I have had to watch her be with that neantherdral missing link Chip Matthews. I have had to hold my tongue and say nothing . I am not going to throw that away. Who knows? I think this just might be the one." Ross smiled at that thought then he turned on the radio.
Chandler did not know how to approach the topic. He wanted to start a conversation about Monica. If he could let Ross know he had feelings for Monica, then he and Monica could be together. All he needed was his buddy's blessing. If he had that, then the way would be cleared.
"Hey uh Ross?" he asked nervously. "How old is Monica now?"
"About seventeen and a half, she will be eighteen in a few months." Ross continued to drive along. "Oh that 's what I wanted to tell you. My parents said that they would let me leave school for the tour if I took her along. It 'll be kind of fun, especially if Rach comes along. Chandler looked over at him. "Do you intend to start your own little harem or something?" he laughed. "No, it's just that I want Rachel to be able to share in all this. I mean she has been around money her whole life. And now if I want her to take me seriously, I can shower her with stuff and give her whatever she wants.Plus she will look sweet on my arm at those award shows." He started to imagine them walking the red carpet , her in a long gown and him in a tux at the Grammys, or the MTV awards.
"Well has Monica ever had a boyfriend?" Chandler asked curiously. "Are you kidding , Monicow? She went to dances , but never had a real boyfriend. Why you want to be hers or something?" Ross chuckled. He looked over and Chandler had a deadly serious look on his face. "Have you flipped? There is no fucking way I am going to let you near my teen age baby sister." Ross said angrily. "I have seen you operate man and I think she deserves better than you."
"Oh I see, it is perfectly alright for you to have a little teen girl. But not me. May I remind you that Rachel is the same age, if not even a little younger than Monica, and I am sure you are not planning on having her in her own room on the road." Chandler was determined to prove his point.
"You get in a relationship , then you bolt, after you have had sex with her that is." Ross reminded him. "My sister is a virgin and she is a sweet kid. I don't know what she would be like after she was with you."
"Real nice to know how you feel about your best friend." Chandler said sarcastically. "I am just trying to take my responsibilities as the big brother seriously. That is going to be part of my job when we are on the road." Ross said as he noticed the turnoff to the NYU campus.
"And I hope it doesn't interfere with your other jobs like keeping the band together and Rachel happy in bed." Chandler snapped. Ross wanted to punch him at that point. "It's not like that man. It's not like that at all." He said as he parked the car in the deck. "Now we are going to clean out our dorm room, hand in our keys, get our deposit back and then dude , we are free." Chandler looked up into the sun and shielded his eyes. Then he took his Ray Bans out of his shirt pocket and put them on.
"Your future so bright, you gotta wear shades." Ross laughed.
"Just practicing my friend, just practicing, no autographs please." He mockingly said as his friend put his arm around his shoulder and they headed toward the dorm entrance. The two young men were still laughing when they arrived at their room. Ross tore down the posters and periodic chart on the wall, while Chandler emptied the fridge and then put some extra things in boxes. The music of Richard Marx was on the radio…
welcome to the big time
you're bound to be a star
but even if you don't go all the way
I know that you'll go far
This race is for rats
It can turn you upside down
There is no one you can count on in this sleazy little town
Oh no , lots of promises in the dark
Don't you open your heart
Cause it don't mean nothing
The words that they say
No it don't mean nothing
These games that people play
No it don't mean nothing
No victim or crime
No it don't mean nothing till you sign it on the dotted line…
From it don't mean nothing by Richard marx …a song that is my mantra right now…
After they had turned in their keys. The boys drove off , heading back to Long Island. They had a long road ahead of them, full of heart ache , headaches , and confusion, but you know what they felt they were the luckiest guys alive.