Here's the next chapter guys! Thanks for the reviews :D I know nothing has happened so far but hopefully you'll find this chapter a bit more exciting!
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own any of the characters.
Chapter 2: Unexpected
"Mon, it's gonna be okay, I promise. We're all here for you." She pulled Monica up off the floor and wrapped her up in a hug.
"You don't know that Rach. It's not gonna be okay. Chandler's gone." She pushed Rachel away and ran into her bedroom, slamming the door behind her. Phoebe and Joey had walked into the apartment just in time to see the door bang shut. They looked over at Rachel and Ross. A tear ran down Rachel's cheek as she started to walk in the direction of Monica's bedroom.
"Leave her." Ross whispered as he gently put his hand on Rachel's arm to stop her.
Chandler sat on the park bench with his head in his hands. What had he done? He had just run away from the one person who made his life worth living. The only woman he had ever really loved. He had thrown everything away. But then he remembered why, and he knew he had made the right decision. But he couldn't deny that fact that every time he thought of Monica he felt an ache where his heart used to be an it took all the strength he had in him not to go home and to do what he was about to do.
He got into the cab and fought back the urge to go home to Monica, to hold her in his arms again, to look into her sparkling eyes and hear her whisper 'I love you' then kiss him softly. But he couldn't.
"Airport please." He fought back tears as he choked these two words out.
Monica lay in bed that night playing with the engagement ring on her finger. She should have a wedding ring now as well. But she didn't. She didn't even really have a fiancée or a boyfriend anymore. Because he'd run away. She suddenly felt so angry at him, but then she remembered how much she missed him and loved him. Even after one day she missed him. She missed him so much. If she closed her eyes tightly and blocked everything out she could almost pretend that everything was normal, that Chandler hadn't left her. That she hadn't just lost the most important thing in her life. But then she opened her eyes and saw the empty space in the bed next to her. She felt the dull ache in her stomach and she could taste the salty tears that were running into her mouth. This was supposed to have been the best and happiest day of her life, but instead it had turned out to be the worst. Her prince, her soul mate, her best friend, her Chandler was gone.
She hadn't spoken to anyone all day, she couldn't face any of them, she just lay in bed crying. It was a wonder she even had any tears left. Her friends had thought she was asleep and had been talking about her and Chandler. Ross had taken care of cancelling the wedding, and Monica had felt like her heart was being ripped out when she heard him saying this to every one. Up until then she had been able to kid herself that Chandler would come back in time for the wedding, she had been able to make herself think that maybe, just maybe he would walk into the apartment and everything would be back to normal. But when she heard Ross say that he was going to have to cancel the wedding she felt like a part of her was dying.
Throughout the day she heard Phoebe and Rachel discussing her, how sad she must be feeling, how distraught and upset she must be. Monica hated hearing them talk about her like that. She was supposed to be strong. But she couldn't be strong. Not now. She felt like a part of her was missing. She wanted so much to be in Chandler's arms right now, she felt safe in his arms, like nothing could hurt her. She got out of bed and got one of Chandler's jumpers out of the wardrobe, putting it on instead of her own pyjamas. If he couldn't hold her then this was the next best thing. So she got back into bed and cried herself to sleep, burying her face in his jumper.
Rachel walked into the apartment the next morning, silently praying that Monica would finally be up and about. She had been in bed for almost three days solid, only getting up to go to the bathroom and to eat, which was not a lot. She hadn't said a word to anyone since Chandler had gone, and if anyone tried to speak to her about it she would burst into tears and run back into her room. They were all starting to get really worried about her. Rachel was sitting just staring at the door to Monica's bedroom when Ross walked into the apartment and came to sit down next to her.
"She still not talking to anyone?" Ross anxiously glanced at the bedroom door before looking back to Rachel.
"No, and I'm really worried about her Ross." Rachel ran her hands through her hair as she turned to look at him.
"Me too Rach." Ross whispered back, "But there's nothing we can do, she just needs time. She'll be okay."
"Ross, you keep saying that! But what if she's never okay? You've seen the way that she looks at Chandler, the look in her eyes when she smiles at him. She loves him so much. I just … I just don't think she'll ever be 'okay' without him." She sighed and looked at Ross expectantly but he just nodded sadly and looked down at the floor.
Monica slowly got out of bed, but had to sit back down again because she was overcome with nausea and dizziness. She'd been feeling like this for the past couple of days but just put it down to the lack of food. As she sat down on the bed she noticed the picture of her and Chandler that she had on her bedside table. She was sitting on his lap in Central Perk and was looking up at him, laughing at some joke she had just told. They both looked so happy. She reached up to wipe a tear that was rolling down her cheek. She needed to talk to someone about all this. She hadn't talked to anyone in three days, and she felt like she was losing them. She had already lost the love of her life and she didn't want to lose her best friends as well.
Rachel looked up when she heard Monica's bedroom door click open. She had to stop herself from gasping when she looked at Monica. Her skin white and she had dark circles under her eyes. She was still wearing Chandler's jumper and from what Rachel could tell, she hadn't taken it off since he left.
"I need to talk." Monica's voice was barely above a whisper and Rachel had to strain to hear her.
"Sure sweetie." Rachel walked over and put an arm around Monica, leading her over to sit on the sofa. They both sat in silence until Monica turned to look at Rachel a few minutes later.
"Why did he leave me?" It took all the strength that Rachel had in her to stop herself from crying. There was so much hurt in her best friends voice, and so much pain in her eyes. In that moment she hated Chandler for doing this to her.
"Honey, you have to believe me when I say this. He didn't leave because of you. He loved you so much. But he's Chandler, he'll just have got freaked out about the wedding, but I know he'll come back." Rachel squeezed her hand comfortingly.
"You've said that before Rach, but how do you know? What if he never comes back? I can't live without him." Her voice was a whisper by now and tears were falling freely down my cheeks. Rachel couldn't think of anything to say to comfort her so she simply hugged her tightly, rubbing her back.
"I just miss him so much." Monica spoke quietly into her friend's ear.
"I know Mon, I know." Rachel pulled away so that she was looking Monica in the eyes. She knew there was something else she wanted to say. Monica had been her best friend since high school and she knew her almost better than she knew herself.
"Mon, there's something else bothering you."
"No there's not." Monica looked away, embarrassed.
"Honey, you're my best friend, and I know when something's wrong." She squeezed Monica's knee reassuringly and lifted her chin up so that she was looking at Rachel again.
"Rach ..." she whispered as she lifted a hand to wipe away the fresh tears that were leaking out of her eyes once again. She knew she had to tell Rachel, she needed to tell her what had been making her so scared, so terrified. "I think … I think I might be pregnant."
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