Several weeks have went by since the day in the coffee house and everything was pretty much back to normal. Monica had finally gotten over Richard for the most part. Every now and then just was still think of him a little bit, but it was nothing like it was before. Monica was in her apartment cooking dinner for later when the door opened and Chandler walked in.
"Hey Mon, whatcha over there cooking?" He said walking up behind her and peering over her shoulder.
"Lasagna, Joey's been all over me about cooking it for the past week so I figured I'd cook it tonight." She replied.
"Oh I see, well it smells great, and hope it's good." He said.
"You're talking to a professional chef here; of course it's going to be good." She said defensively.
Chandler laughed "Geez, Mon I was just joking, every thing you cook is always delicious anyway so I'm sure we have nothing to worry about"
"Yeah, good save there Bing" She said, looking over her shoulder and smiling at him.
He smiled back then got up to go sit on the couch and watch TV. He was happy she was finally back to her old self. He hated having to watch her mope around, sad and depressed. He knew one day she'd get everything that she had always dreamed of, because in his mind she deserved it and all he wanted was to see her happy. His thoughts were interrupted when Monica came over and joined him on the couch. She sat down pretty close to him on the couch and laid her head back on his arm that he had, had rested across the back of the sofa. He looked over at her to see her looking back at him. They smiled at each other before Monica spoke.
"Thank you Chandler" she said.
"For what?" He replied back.
"I don't know, just for always being there for me, I might still be sitting around in sweats if you hadn't have come over that day and forced me to go the coffee house. I guess I just wanna say thank you for that. You're one of my best friends, and I'd be lost with out, you know." She said.
"Aw well your welcome Mon. You know I'll always be here for you no matter what. You mean a lot to me, and you know that. You've helped me out through a lot of my shit, so of course if you need me, you know I'm there for you." He said smiling. He leaned over and kissed her hair. "I love you, you know that"
"Yeah I know, I love you too" She responded.
A little while later the gang had all come over for dinner, but most of them had left leaving just Chandler, Monica, and Rachel still there.
"Hey you guys want to watch a movie I went by and rented one earlier today." Monica said.
"Well I would, but I gotta get up really, early in the morning we have a meeting and I want to be rested up for it." Rachel said.
Monica looked towards Chandler "You gonna leave to, or you wanna stay and watch it with me?"
"Well ok, but, only if it's not a chick flick." He said jokingly
Monica got up and went and put the movie in and then went and sat back on the couch next to Chandler. She sat pretty close to him just like she usually did, and grabbed a blanket and put it over both of them and they started the movie. By the end of it Chandlers arm was wrapped around her waist and she was snuggled up next to him with her head laid on his shoulder.
"Well even though you tricked me and that was a chick flick, it wasn't that bad." Chandler said.
Monica laughed and looked up at him "Yeah I knew you'd like it anyway." She said pushing him a little bit jokingly.
"Yeah, yeah you got me just this once" He said, he also didn't fail to notice that she just flirted with him. 'That's interesting' he thought. They had always been close with each other, but he couldn't ever remember a time when Monica flirted with him. Usually it was the other way around, he was flirting with her and she would just disregard it. Monica got up to take the movie out and Chandler stood up from the couch.
"Well it's getting pretty late so I think I'm gonna go ahead and go" He said.
"Alright then. "She said walking him towards the door. They hugged each other and said their goodbyes and Monica walked to her bedroom to go to bed.
The next day Joey and Monica we're at the coffee house hanging out when Chandler walked in.
"Hey man what's up?" Joey said.
"Not much, what are you guys doing?" Chandler replied sitting on the couch next to Monica.
"We were just talking about the audition I got today. I hope I get the part it's been awhile since I've had a job." Joey Said.
"I'm sure you'll do fine Joe. What's the part?" Chandler said.
"Well it's just a small role on 'Days of Our Lives,' but still that's something ya know." Joey replied.
"Yeah, that's true. I'm sure you'll get it." Chandler said.
"Thanks man. I think I'm gonna go upstairs and look over my lines. I'll see you guys later." Joey said getting up from the chair.
"Alright see ya later" Chandler and Monica both said.
"Bye" He said walking out
"So what are you up to beautiful?" Chandler said smiling at Monica. He decided if she wanted to flirt with him he would flirt right back.
"Nothing, I had a horrible day at work, and now I'm just trying to forget about it." She said.
"Aww, I'm sorry. What happened?" He said.
"I don't really wanna talk about it. It's no big deal anyway." She said.
"Are you sure, you sound kind of upset about it." He replied.
"No, it's ok. I just don't even wanna think about work right now." She said.
"Well, how about you and I go out to dinner tonight. I'll promise to keep your mind off of work, and I promise that you'll have a good time." He said smiling.
"Ok, but I better have a good time. You promised." She said smiling back.
"Ok, you got it. How about I come by and get you around 7. Is that ok?" He said.
"Yeah that's fine. I'm excited already." She said.
"Well good you better be." He said "I'm gonna go now so I'll see ya at 7." He said getting up to leave.
"Alright I'll see ya then." She said. "Bye."
"Bye." He said before turning and walking out of the coffee house.