I Met A Girl Ross

For several weeks, he kept excusing himself . He always said he had to do laundry. Ross noticed the change in his friend. Well , he had been down since his wedding to Emily. Suddenly out of the blue , he got a phone call from his "so called ." wife. She told him to leave her family alone , and he said that he wanted to give it another chance. Emily relented and then said "Yes, I will move to New York." Ross was so happy until he found out that Emily would only come if he promised to never see Rachel again.

On the other hand, Chandler was on cloud nine. He had been since London. Something wonderful happened one night. A friendship became something more. Monica was depressed and drunk because she thought she would never find someone. Chandler tried to comfort her , but then in the throngs of passion, the two of them ended up having sex together. At first, they were scared of this relationship , seeing how their two best friends tried to make a relationship work and then almost ending up bitter enemies. But as time progressed, the two of them grew more and more comfortable with each other and almost thought of their little game of keeping the relationship a secret fun. There was one main reason though, Chandler did not know how his best friend from college could handle him having sex with his sister.

"What am I supposed to do?" Ross said as he sat on the couch with his head in his hands. He reached over for another swig of Pepto Bismol. He was swilling it like water these days. When he had to make the decision between Rachel and Julie or Rachel and Bonnie… it was so clear. But this was a woman he made a legal commitment to. A woman who was humiliated in front of her friends and family. He had to make it work.

"I can't believe that Emily told you never to see Rachel again." Chandler said. "Does she realize that she is only one of your best friends and you see her everyday?"

" She doesn't care and the fact that I was going to Greece on our honeymoon with her didn't help. Chandler, I 'm in hell." Ross moaned.

"You have got to make her understand that Rachel is only a friend and that saying her name meant nothing . " Chandler said , knowing full well that wasn't the case. "Unless it did."

"Rachel and I closed the book a long time ago. She moved on and so have I . Besides I still don't think she ever got over the whole Chloe mess. "

"Did you ever wonder what she was doing in London?" Chandler asked pointedly.

"She came to wish me well." Ross said simply. "A friend."

"And how many friends will tell you they can't come because of work, and then show up minutes before the ceremony.?" Chandler was trying to make a point. "Pretty expensive wish, don't you think?"

Ross stood and looked him for a moment. "You think she came over to stop the wedding?"

"It's a possibility. The whole thought just floored him. "Wait a minute , before Phoebe went to the hospital , she said something about still being in love with me ,and then she wrote it off, as a joke or something like that. But hey this is my problem." Ross tried to lend a little levity to the situation. "You my friend are different , you seem to be a little more happier than usual. Tell me , are you seeing someone?" Ross did notice that Chandler wasn't so down all the time and actually seemed cheerful.

"Well as a matter of fact, I am." Chandler was very careful to not say any names. He didn't want Ross to want to beat him up or anything like that. He remembered that right before the end of Carol and his marriage , he had taken up karate and the martial arts as something to do when he waited for Carol to come home. He had an odd way of pronouncing it too… not karatee but karatay… Good old weirdo Ross.

"Well , spill it , tell your buddy what's she like?" Ross was quite anxious to here all about this mystery woman.

"Well she is beautiful , not my usual type. And classy, she comes from a very good family. She makes me feel special and she is the first girl I have ever been with , who makes me feel like I am a king. " Chandler knew he was telling him just enough to let him know. "And she is from work." He added to take suspicion away.

"So why haven't you brought her around?" Ross asked as he took another drink from the medicine bottle.

"Just not ready , I guess." Chandler answered.

Ross just couldn't phase her out. Emily told him that she couldn't trust him and before he knew it , he was staring at the divorce papers of his second divorce. Everything was bleak and dark for Chandler's friend. Emily and him were going to move into her cousin's apartment and Ross had no where to live. He had gotten rid of all his furniture and to make things worse, he had a breakdown and the museum put him on sabbatical until he was ready to return.

Chandler held open the door and made sure that no one was home. Joey was apparently on a date , so that was no problem. Then he heard snoring on the couch, it was Ross. He must have taken one of his nerve medicines and fell asleep. Monica looked down as Chandler took her hand and they walked over. "Shit ." she muttered. "At that point, Ross turned over and pulled the blanket over and mumbled something about 'we were on a break and then went back to sleep. She could hear the rumble of the air purifier.

"I forgot about that awful thing. Rach said she just got used to it and it actually lulled her to sleep when he had on at night." Monica said.

"What are we going to do? We can't go to your place because of Rachel and we can't stay out here because of him." Chandler said exasperated. "Wanna go to a hotel?" he asked quietly.

"No I am tired." Whined Monica. "I just want to go to sleep."

"You want to go to sleep. If you just wanted to go to sleep , we could have stayed at your place." Moaned Chandler.

"No we can have sex and then go to sleep." Smiled Monica. "I just didn't want to have to leave in the middle of the night." Chandler pulled her hand and then she quietly tip toed into his room and then he pulled the door. Morning came , and then Chandler checked to see if the coast was clear. Joey was still in bed, obviously coming in late from his date and Ross was still asleep.

"All clear ." Chandler said as he opened the door and Monica held her shoes in her hand. She was wearing his NYU sweatshirt and a pair of sweats as she blew him a kiss. "See you in an hour Chandler." She said as she hurried out the door, making sure that no one saw her. At that moment, there was a stirring on the couch. Ross stretched his arms and then rubbed his eyes. "Morning roomie. " he smiled. "Boy this is just like back in college huh?"

"Yeah except this time , we have Joey." Chandler said. "Hey Monica said something last night about making some breakfast. Let's go before Joey wakes up and eats her out of house and home." Laughed Chandler. He himself was anxious to see the woman that he was slowly falling in love with again.

As you can see , I am following the storylines of the show… this is the friendship of Ross and Chandler… we have went from NYU to Carol and Ross' marriage.. and divorce and the start of friends .. R and R and now yes, Mondler fans, we are at the start of mondler… thanks to all you wonderful people who are reading this story… and to my dear friend Jen … this chapter is for you as well as marian .. thanks for the nice comments… sorry I mostly write lobster and I try to put mondler in as well …there is only one couple I wont ever and that is Joey and Rachel… that is just wrong.. joey has alex and Rachel has well you know.

Next chapter he finds out and boy is he mad….. might seem a little au but I am sorry , there has to be a little au and I can just imagine what it would have been like for Ross to go off on Chandler. .. it'll be funny..