Summer at Seaside

by cherokee10

A/N: this is a young Mondler/Rosschel story. It takes place in summer '86. Mr. and Mrs. Geller are renting a beach house all summer, Monica invites Rachel, Ross invites Carol and Chandler. Ross is still in love with Rachel and denying it, due to the fact that he's with Carol. Chandler doesn't find out that Monica is skinny now until the beginning. It's the summer after the first

4. Chapter 4

Chandler woke up in a dark room with moonlight streaming in through the window. If not for the warm body wrapped in his arms he would not have known where he was. Monica looked so peaceful, lying beside him, all her soft features bathed in moonlight. He glanced around the room and saw both their clothes balled up and thrown in the corner. He smiled thinking of last night, and turned back to Monica. He just sat there for a while, taking her in, her nose, her lips, her lashes.

He took his finger and traced the curve of her nose and her lush lips, waking her up. She rolled over to smile at him, "Thank you," She whispered. He kissed the tip of her nose "Go back to sleep," he said. And she did.

When the clock on her nightstand told him it was 3:23 AM, he slid out of bed, pulled on his trousers, and buttoned his shirt halfway up. He rolled Monica over as gently as he could and kissed her forehead. "Sweet dreams," he whispered, as he pulled the door shut silently behind him, only to hear a familiar voice. "Chandler! What the hell are you doing in Monica's room?!"

He slowly turned around, finding himself face to face with none other then Rachel, Monica's best friend ever. "Um…umm, Monica, she was… she was having a bad dream, yeah, a bad dream, and I could hear her, and I-I couldn't sleep. So I came in and told her stories 'till she drifted off. So… so don't go in there now or you'll, you'll wake her up. Again." He stammered, praying she didn't notice the

nervous sweat beads gathering on his forehead in the dim light. "Okaaaay," she said, suspiciously eyeing his halfway unbuttoned shirt, "well… go to bed! It's almost 3:30!" and with that, she turned back into her room and he let out a sigh of relief.

The next morning they both slept in way too late but Rachel told everyone what she had seen and been told the night before, so they left a note. Telling the two of them that everyone had gone down to the beach early, and to meet up with them as soon as they could.

Chandler woke up first and failed miserably at an attempt to make breakfast for two. Monica came down second and made them a delicious yogurt/fruit salad, while they discussed how and when to tell everyone. They decided to keep it a secret for now. After all, they did have all summer together.