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"Well, if … if she thought they were on a break…"

Chandler looks at Ross, not believing what he has just said.

Rachel catches her breath, too. "What? Ross? Are you kidding me?"

"What? I think it's possible that she thought they actually were on a break," Ross explains and Chandler buries his face in his hands.

"I don't believe it, Ross! How can you be that stupid?" Rachel shakes her head and storms out of the apartment.

"What?" Ross looks at his friends, not knowing what is going on. "We were on a break!" He shouts. Then he leaves, too.

Chandler shakes his head. How come that every problem anyone of them ever has changes to a fight between Ross and Rachel? They were just talking about him and Kathy, but in between seconds it changed to the never ending drama that is Ross and Rachel.

Joey puts a hand down on Chandler's shoulder. "You're alright?" He asks his friend.

Chandler shrugs. "Yeah."

"Do you need anything?"

"No, thanks you two." He looks at Phoebe and Joey, who both have a worried look on their face. "I just need some time alone to think about how I ruined a perfect relationship."

"Alright. We are going down to the coffee house, you can join us later if you want," Phoebe says.

"Hey, where's Mon?" Chandler asks just as they're almost out of the door.

Phoebe turns around and points to the couch. "She was very exhausted from turning the apartment into a livable one."

"Oh," Chandler hasn't seen her yet. She is obviously sleeping. "Thanks, Pheebs."

"So much for 'I just need some time alone'", Joey mumbles before he closes the door.

Chandler chuckles lightly. He really doesn't want his friends around him right now. He has a lot of thinking to do. How he ruined the relationship with Kathy and why he isn't able to keep a woman? If he ever finds a girlfriend again? And what the hell is wrong with him? But as much as he needs time alone he also needs someone to help him figure out these things. And there is no one who's as good at it as Monica. In fact, he doesn't ever want to talk about stuff like that to anyone else than her.

He approaches her quietly. She has her eyes still closed and looks so peaceful in her sleep. Chandler lifts up her legs carefully, sits down next to her and puts her legs down on his lap.

"Mon?" He asks softly and strokes her legs.

She doesn't move. For the first time since he came home tonight he takes a look at the apartment. The ugly carpet is gone and the parquet floor looks like it's completely new. The whole apartment looks nothing like it looked when he and Joey lived here. He didn't know that this apartment is even able to look that nice. Monica must have worked for two days straight. That means she totally deserves to sleep now.

He looks at her in her sleep. She is definitely the most incredible woman he has ever known. He's so unbelievably lucky to have her in his life. Maybe that's the reason why it never works out with the woman he's going out with. Because he already has the very best of a woman as a friend. That brings him back to thinking about Kathy. Chandler moans and closes his eyes.

How stupid was he to accuse Kathy of cheating on him. He should have trusted her. But every time he saw Kathy and Nick together he thought about how he and Kathy started. She cheated on Joey with him, so it seemed natural that she would cheat on him with Nick. It just isn't fair. He had finally found a girl he actually enjoyed spending time with and then he just went and ruined it. He's the worst guy in the whole wide world! "Oh god," he shouts desperately.

Suddenly Monica moves and as Chandler looks at her, she is already looking at him. He hadn't realized that he'd hit her leg in his desperation.

"Oh, Mon, sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up!"

"Then why are you sitting in my apartment, next to me on the couch and hit my leg?"

"Sorry, I … I just needed some time to myself and …"

"And then you decided to hit me?" Monica chuckles.

"No, I wanted to talk to you, but then I saw you sleeping and I didn't want to wake you up."

"Thank God you didn't", Monica says and chuckles again. Then she takes a look on Chandler's sad face. "Oh, Chandler, what happened?"

"Kathy was cheating on me with Nick."

"Oh, no, honey, I'm so sorry." She sits up and wraps her arms around him and Chandler suddenly knows again why he wanted to talk to her and no one else so badly. He lets himself fall into her embrace and buries his head in her neck.

"I was always afraid she would do that", Monica mumbles and Chandler pulls back a little bit to look into her eyes.

"Why?"

"Well, the minute I first saw you together, I knew how much she means to you. I've never seen you like this before and … all I could think about was how I would kill her if she's ever gonna hurt you. And now she has…"

"Actually, it wasn't her fault. I gave her the tip to try it with Nick."

"What?"

"Well, she wasn't doing anything with him when I accused her of cheating on me. But, after I told her how she's doing it with Nick, she must have thought 'Hey, that's a good idea' and tried it."

"It's not your fault, Chandler."

"It is."

"No, maybe you gave her the idea, but if she would have loved you, she wouldn't have done it. That's for sure."

"I can't hate her."

"I do. Because she hurt you and I don't ever want you to get hurt again."

"Don't say that, 'cause I'm pretty sure there are thousands of women who are gonna hurt me in the future."

"And I'm gonna hate each of them. But one day you will finally find one who doesn't hurt you. And then you should hold on to that one."

"Mon, did I tell you that you are the most incredible woman I've ever known?"

Monica blushes. "No, you didn't."

"You definitely are. Just look at this apartment. I didn't know it can look like this! And I don't think it would if it wasn't for you!"

"Well, I just tried to make it look nice." Monica shrugs.

They lapse into silence for a few minutes. Chandler is thinking about what Monica has told him. How he would find the right woman. Right now he isn't sure at all that he will. But it's nice to believe in it. To believe that one day there's gonna be a person, who is able to put up with him. Who knows his flaws, understands his sarcasm and shares his humor. A woman who takes him the way he is. Who gets him, calms him down and always has advice. Chandler is turning his head and looks at the woman next to him. Then he realizes something.

"Mon?" He suddenly says.

"Yes?"

"I hope she's like you!"

"Who?"

"My one."

Monica smiles at him softly. "Oh, honey, I think I'm unique!"

"That's true. It's a pity you are just my friend."

"Hey!"

Chandler smiles and kisses her temple. "Just kidding, Mon. You being my friend is actually the greatest thing in my whole life."