Chandler watched as Monica entered her apartment building. He couldn't believe his day. It had started out as the most awkward thing in the world, but it quickly became comfortable and fun, and they ended up going to the carnival. He had so much fun, at a carnival of all places. The best part of the day was.. the kiss. Even though he shouldn't have enjoyed it, it was amazing. He missed Monica's incredible kisses.

"She's cute."

Chandler looked up at the taxi driver and smiled. "Yea she is."

"How long have you been dating her?"

"Oh we're not dating.."

"Oh."

"We used to be married in college, but we got an annulment."

"Isn't that like divorce?"

"Sort of.."

"You still love her?"

"I can't. I'm engaged."

"Do you love her?"

Chandler didn't answer. Why was he opening up to a stranger? A complete stranger.

"What happened?"

"It was sort of complicated."

"Tell me about it."

"I think this is getting a little too..."

"I won't judge."

It had been about 2 weeks since Monica had told Chandler, and he had been avoiding her. Every time they were alone together he would quickly leave the apartment. Chandler was sitting in a restaurant with his friends, and he had his arm around his friend Amanda.

"Chandler was so drunk last night!" Amanda laughed.

"I was not." He laughed.

"You had drunk written all over you." Kristy smiled.

"I had 2 beers."

"You drank more alcohol than all of us combined."Greg laughed. "And I was wasted."

"Yea I was a little drunk." Chandler smiled. "Tonight at Charlie's I'm gonna drink even more."

Ross shook his head. "You're lucky we're your friends because if we weren't your friends you'd probably be in some random state."

"What's gotten into you?" Amanda asked.

"What are you talking about?"

"You've gone to every single party in the past 2 weeks. I mean I thought you stopped your partying days." Amanda took his hand and held it. "You're acting different.."

"I'm not acting different. I just have more time and I want to have fun. I mean come on I'm young,I'm supposed to have fun."

"Hey Ross."

Chandler looked up and saw Monica standing in front of him.

"Hey Mon, what are you doing here?"

"Getting food. I just wanted you to tell mom and dad that I can't make it to home tomorrow. I have a lot studying to do."

"Ok."

"Thanks Ross." Monica smiled and looked at Chandler. He knew she was looking at Amanda, but he couldn't bring himself to move away from her. "I'll see you later." Monica slowly turned around and walked away.

"Hey Chandler you want to come to my parent's house tomorrow?"

"Sure." Chandler nodded. He really wanted to go since it was the one place Monica wouldn't be. "Sounds good. I gotta go pick up some cigarettes for Kandis and Jon. I'll see you guys tonight."

Chandler walked into the apartment and saw Monica cooking in the kitchen."Hey." He said walking to the bedroom.

"Hi." Monica smiled.

A couple minutes later Chandler came out of the room with a duffle bag.

"What's that for?" Monica gave him a curious look.

"I'm going with Ross to your parents'."

"What?Why?"

"Because Ross invited me."

"But I thought we could stay home this weekend. Talk about things.. I mean we haven't really talked at all for a while. That's why I wanted to stay home, to spend time with you. I even made dinner."

"You said you had a lot of studying to do."

"I lied.Well,I do have some studying to do but not that much."

"Well, I told Ross I would go."

"Why didn't you tell me you were going?"

"I was going to tell you."

"When? You were about to leave."

"I was going to tell you at the door."

"Thanks. I'm glad you care that much." She said giving him a look. "Can't you cancel?"

"No. I said I would go. And I want to go."

"Why? My parents scare you."

"I'm just going to spend some time with a friend."

"Why are you acting so weird?"

"I'm not acting weird."

"Ever since I told you I was pregnant you've been acting weird. You never talk to me. You avoid me as much as possible. You're out getting drunk every night and coming home around 3 in the morning. You're with all these girls and you keep smoking, and being mean to me. Who was that girl?" Monica began to cry."Why are you doing this?"

"My life doesn't need to revolve around you. For the past year my life has been all about you. I like to get drunk and go to parties. I love to party and smoke. I have friends who are girls. I like to hang out with them. I just want to be me. I haven't been me in a year because I changed for you."

"How did you change for me?"

"I stopped smoking, I stopped drinking and going to parties. I stopped talking to my friends who were girls."

"I never made you do any of that! It was your choice to stop doing all of that, and you do still talk to your friends who are girls! It doesn't bother me."

"You made me stop smoking."

"Well I'm sorry that I care about your health. I'll try to stop."

"Well you should. Because it's my life! Why do you even care about my health?"

"Because I'm your wife."

"Why do you use that excuse for everything? I don't need you in my life Monica. I can be a happy, healthy person without you. You know that? I don't even know why we got married. I mean we're in college. Who gets married in college? Oh wait.. stupid people do! I wish I wasn't attached to you in anyway. I wish that I could show you how happy my life would be without you." He watched as tears filled her eyes. He knew what he said was harsh, and he sort of wish he didn't say it.

"You better get going.. my parents don't like it when people are late for dinner." She said trying not to cry.

"Have a good weekend." He looked into her eyes, knowing how much he had just hurt her. He didn't want to go, but he couldn't stop himself from walking out the door. It was strange that he couldn't stop himself from doing a lot of things.

Chandler quietly ate his dinner thinking about what he had said to Monica.

"Chandler are you alright dear?" Judy asked giving him a concerned look.

He looked up at her and politely smiled. "Yes. This dinner is really good Mrs. Gellar."

"Thank you dear." She smiled and looked at Ross. "So darling how's school?"

"Fantastic." Ross smiled and started talking about school. Chandler never thought he'd ever be friends with anybody like Ross. He wasn't exactly the coolest guy. He loved dinosaurs and was very into school and Chandler was in a way the opposite of that. He liked to learn but he didn't care too much about studying. He enjoyed being social and being with friends, he especially enjoyed being with Monica.

"If Monica were as smart as you she would not need to do all that studying. She could enjoy life more."

Chandler looked up at Judy. "Actually Monica's really smart."

"I know she's smart. She's just not as smart as Ross."

"She's younger than Ross. Ross has 1 more year of knowledge. She's incredibly intelligent."

"It doesn't matter if Ross is older she can be just as smart."

Chandler looked at his watch and then back up."I actually have to go. Thanks for dinner." He smiled and stood up.

"What are you doing? I thought you were staying all weekend."

"I forgot about this one thing I was supposed to do, and I just don't think it's fair for you, Mrs. Gellar, to be talking about your daughter like that." He smiled. Chandler grabbed his duffle bag and left. He had decided where to go on his way back to the city. He knocked loudly on a door and waited for an answer. "Hey." He smiled.

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