This story takes place in the beginning of season 9. Chandler and Monica have been married for little over a year. Chandler is working in Tulsa and they've just started trying to have a baby. Rachel is still living with Joey but she is dating Ross. Emma is a few months old. Joey and Phoebe are single.

Disclaimer: All Friends characters belong to Bright, Kaufman and Crane.

Title: You Are Not Alone

Summery: Monica's life is changed in a matter of minutes.

Rated PG-13 for violence and mild cursing.

Chapter 2: Its My Fault

Rachel groaned as she got out of bed to answer the door. When she opened it she gasped when she saw her bestfriend standing there. Her face was bruised, her lip was bleeding, her hair was matted and her clothes were torn. "Oh my God Mon" she whispered. "Get in here" she said ushering her inside. "Joey!" she screamed as she led her over to the bright yellow sofa.

Joey came out of his room. He turned to gently shove the duck who was trying to sneak out back in. "What is it Rach" he whined. "I was playing with the duck and the" he stopped when he saw Monica sitting on his sofa looking as if she'd been beaten. He knelt down in front of her. "Mon, what...what happened" he asked as he set his hand on hers. She whimpered and pulled her hand away. Rachel grew more concerned when she saw the terrified look on Monica's face when Joey touched her.

"Mon, hun please tell us what happened" she pleaded. Monica looked at her bestfriend. "It...it was a pretty night so I decided to walk home tonight and...and this guy he...he came out of nowhere" she whispered. "He grabbed me and he...he took me to an alley" she whimpered. "He...he hit me when I tried to fight" she said. "He... he tore my clothes then he...he...he...raped me" She broke down in sobs. "I tried to fight Rach I really did" she cried. "It was my fault I should have fought harder" she sobbed.

Joey was furious. He didn't know how some one could do this to Monica, to one of his bestfriends. "Tell me what he looks like Mon so I can find him and kick his ass!" he snapped. His yelling caused Monica to jump. "Joey! Stop it" Rachel said as she wrapped her arms around her. "Shh its okay Mon you're safe here" she said. Monica nodded a little against her shoulder as she continued to cry. "But Rach I wanna help Monica please let me go kick his ass" he whined. "Look Joe you wanna help her then go call Chandler" Rachel answered.

Monica pulled away from her. "No!" she screamed. "Honey he's your husband and he loves you he should be here with you" Rachel said softly. "No!" she cried. "I...I can't tell Chandler" she whimpered. "Why" Rachel asked with concern. "I let another man touch me Rachel, I let him have sex with me if I tell Chandler he'll hate me I...I'll lose him" she cried.

"Mon what happened wasn't your fault some asshole hurt you, he forced you, you didn't let him do anything" Rachel whispered. "Chandler loves you so much Mon he'll probably wanna kick the guy's ass more than I do" Joey added. "You need Chandler here honey please let Joey call him" Rachel pleaded. Monica slowly nodded.

Joey grabbed the phone and went into his room. He dialed the number to Chandler's hotel room. After three rings Chandler's sleepy voice answered. "Bing" he whispered groggily. "Chandler its Joey you...you need to come home man" he whispered his voice shaky. "Joe stop fooling around I know you miss me but its like two in the morning go to sleep" Chandler said. He was about to hang up when Joey said. "Chandler please its...its Monica"

As soon as he heard her name he sat up. "Monica? Joe what's going on" he asked. "Monica was...she was" Joey found it hard to tell his bestfriend that the woman he loves was violated, raped. Chandler was beginning to worry. "What Joey, she was what" he asked. "She...she was raped" he whispered.

Chandler felt tears filling his eyes. "W...what ,W...when" he stuttered. "Just come home she needs you" Joey answered.

"Okay I'm getting the next flight to New York" he said. "Take care of her for me Joe and...and tell her I love her" Joey agreed and hung up. Chandler knewhe should call his boss but hed didn't care about his job. He did't care about his clothes either he threw them in to his suitcase and raced out the door. He had to get home. He had to get to Monica she was al lthat mattered.

Joey went back out to the living room to find Monica sitting alone. "Where's Rachel" he asked softly. "Emma was crying" she whispered. She knew Joey was her friend. He was like a brother to her and she knew he loved her and would never do anything to hurt her but she was uncomfortable and frightened being alone in the room with him. She began to cry again when she saw him looking at her. "Oh Mon don't cry if I'm scaring you I can go back to my room" he said softly. "No I...I think I'll be okay" she whimpered. "I...I'm sorry Joey" she cried.

Rachel walked out of her room with Emma cradled in her arms. "Is Chandler coming" she asked looking at Joey. He nodded. "Yeah he's getting the first flight to New York" he answered. "Okay I'm gonna take Emma over to Ross's" she said grabbing her coat. Joey stopped her. "Here I'll take her you're not going out there alone" he said taking the baby from her. Joey left leaving the two women alone.

"Rach why is Joey taking Emma to Ross's" Monica asked. "So Joey and I can take you to the hospital Phoebe is meeting us there" she answered. "You told Phoebe" she asked. Rachel nodded "Yeah and Ross he's pretty upset he wanted to hunt down the beast who hurt his little sister but I calmed him down " she said. "Great now all my friends know I'm a whore who cheated on her husband" Monica cried. "Honey nobody thinks you're a whore and you didn't cheat on Chandler you...you were raped" Rachel said hugging her.

A little later Monica was sitting in an exam room with Joey, Rachel, and Phoebe. A female doctor walked in. Her long blonde hair was pulled back. Joey grinned. "How you doin" he asked. Rachel looked at him. "Joe cut it out now's not the time" she rolled her eyes.

The doctor smiled a little. "I'm Dr. Lewis" she inroduced herself. She looked at the shaking woman in a hospital gown with cuts and bruises all over her beautiful face. She hated these types of cases. She sat down "You must be Monica" Monica nodded. "Yes" she said in a low whisper. "These are my friends Rachel, Joey, and Phoebe" she whispered. The doctor smiled at her friends. "Okay one of them can stay with you if you want" she said.

Monica nodded and looked at Rachel. "Rach will...will you stay" she whispered as she reached for her bestfriend's hand. "Of course I will hun" Rachel replied softly. Joey and Phoebe told her they'd be right outside if she needed them as they left the room. Monica was terrified. She couldn't stop trembling. Rachel gave her hand a gentle squeeze "Its okay Mon you're safe" she said softly trying to comfort her.

Dr.Lewis knew this young woman was terrified. "Monica try to relax everything is going to be okay we're just going to start with a few questions" Monica nodded. "Okay" she said nervously. "I need your full name" the doctor started. "Its Monica Geller Bing" she whispered. "I take it you're married" the doctor said. Monica nodded. "Yes for a little over a year now" she said. The doctor wrote on the chart in her hand. "Okay age" she asked. "I'm 33" Monica answered. "Okay the next couple of questions may be hard" the doctor told her. "Did penetration accrue and if so did ejaculation accrue" she asked gently

Monica began to cry as she slowly nodded. Dr. Lewis wrote on the chart and looked at Monica "Okay the last question" she said. "Have you had sexual intercourse with your husband in the last 72 hours and if so was a condom used" she asked. "W...what...Why" she whimpered. "Well we just need to make sure the evidence collected isn't from your husband" she answered. "We...we had sex last night and we didn't use a condom we're...we're trying to have a baby" she cried. "Oh God they're gonna think it was Chandler" she cried "Please don't let them blame him it wasn't him" she sobbed.

Rachel gave Monica's hand a gentle squeeze. "Don't worry hun nobody is gonna think it was Chandler" she said softly. "Your friend is right" the doctor added. "Your husband will not be blamed for anything" Monica didn't feel any better she was sure Chandler would some how get blamed for her attack.

Dr. Lewis went on to clean up all the cuts and bruises on Monica's face, drew some blood and did a pelvic exam collecting the evidence needed to bring her attacker to justice. "Well you're all done but I would like you to stick around until your test results are back" the doctor said. Monica nodded as she laid back on the bed pulling the blanket at the end of the bed tightly around her body.

Monica yawned as tiredness swept over her. She fought it. Rachel saw this. "Honey why don't you try to get some rest I promise I'll sit right here with you" she said. Monica yawned a little. "Okay maybe a small nap" she whispered. "Thank you Rach...for everything" she said as she drifted off to sleep.

Chapter 3: Safe In Your Arms... Chandler comes home to Monica what will his reaction be?...Coming Soon!