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PREVIOULY ON FRIENDS:
He sneezed "You should go, I don't want you to be late for work." He said with a stuffy nose.
"Okay, just give me a kiss goodbye..." She smiled
"No, you should go or I'm going to get you sick again." He said
"I don't care." She leaned in and kissed him.
Chandler kissed back softly.
When they broke away Monica said "Have room for one more in that bed?" Monica said seductively
Chandler smiled
A couple hours later Noah walked through the door with two bowls of Chicken Noddle Soup. He handed them both one "You guys make me sick..." He said before leaving.
A few days later everyone was healthy again and Noah was back at school.
Monica was watching Ross coach the basketball team, he was pacing back and forth getting frustrated. The team just lost the ball again and was now down by ten. He sat down on the bench for about two seconds before he got back up again "Time out!" He signaled with his clip-board in his hands.
Ross saw Monica in the stands. He rolled his eyes and shook his head. This was not working out.
After the game Monica waited for Ross by his car. "Hi..." He said coming out after another loss.
"That is not a happy hi." She said
"Look whose talking, you got the prefect boyfriend, the best job. Why would your life be bad. I just lost my best player, now we're losing games like nothing."
Monica put her hands up in defence. Ross took a deep breath "I need to talk to the boss about this...I need Noah back." He said
Monica nodded "I love you big brother, but if you don't, I'm not coming to another game...I can't afford to come see you guys lose again." She said seriously
Ross dropped the bag of balls and grabbed Monica, giving her a nuggy. Monica tried pushing away "That was mean..." He messed up her hair.
Monica pushed away "Stop! I was having a good hair day today." She said fixing it.
Ross went up to the principles office that day to dicuss Noah rejoining the team "I'm sorry Mr. Geller, that's the rules." She said
"Isn't there something else he could get punished from?" He asked
"Sorry."
Ross tried thinking of something else that could take the place of his suspension for basketball "Community Service?" He asked
She thought for a moment "That's not a bad idea." She said "He starts Monday."
Ross tried to hide his excitement "Thank you, I will let him know." He smiled and left.
He went straight to the Bing's house to tell them right away.
Noah anwsered the door "Are you warmed up?" Ross asked excited walking through the door.
Noah was confused "What are you talking about?" He asked
"I just talked to Mrs. Baker, the principle, and she said you can rejoin the team."
Noah's confused look turned into a huge grin "Are you serious?" He asked
"Yeah, she said that you just have to do one thing..."
"What? What is it? Anything?" He asked
"Community Serivce." Ross replied
"Community Service?" He asked
"Yep, and you start Monday."
Noah looked behind him and saw Chandler standing there "Community Service..." He repeated.
Chandler moved closer to them "It won't be that bad. Plus it looks good on you college application." Chandler told him resting his arm on his sons shoulder. "Thank you." He said to Ross.
"No, thank you." He looked at the time "Anyway, I have to go, I'm having dinner with my sister and dad..." He said "It's going to get interesting."
"Why's that?" Chandler asked
"Well, we do a dinner once a month as a family." Ross said "And it's always a way to break bad news to my dad, like last month Monica told him that she quiet her job and, well, he was pretty upset about that. Hasn't talked to her sense...you know what." He paused "Your Monica's boyfriend right?"
"I do believe I am." He smiled
"You should come by...it's at my dad's house, I'm sure if you come he will see that Monica has done something with her life and is successful." He said
"I don't know if I'm ready to meet the parents yet." He said
"It's just my dad." He said trying to convience him.
"Your mom's not going to be there?" He asked
There was a long pause "My mom died...when Monica was nine." He said
"Sorry...I didn't know." He said feeling bad
"It's fine, it was a long time ago." He said "Please come, I know it would relax Monica." He said
Chandler nodded slowly "Okay, I'll be there. What time again?" He asked
Monica was getting ready with Rachel sitting on the couch "Please come with me, I don't want to be there alone." She said
"Monica, you're not going to be alone. Ross will be there." She said
"Yeah but I need a friend. Come on, my dad loves you." Monica begged
Rachel sighed "Fine, but I'm going for you. You remember that." She said
"Yes! Thank you, thank you, thank you." She went over and hugged Rachel.
That night Ross was there already when Monica arrived with Rachel. He was watching the game on the T.V. with his dad. Monica and Rachel were in the kitchen "So you remember the plan. Once he starts saying anything that could lead to an argument..." Monica said
"I choke on the food that he made. Not your food, his food." She said over and over again.
"And...?"
"And I talk bad about Ross to keep your dad's mind off you..." Rachel said
"Yes, we don't want a repeat of last time..." Monica remembered
At dinner Ross kept on looking at his watch "Need to be some where Ross?" Monica asked
He looked up "Nope."
"So Ross, how's your basketball team doing?" Rachel asked. Monica tried to hide her smile
Ross looked over at Monica. He was about to anwser when the door bell rang. "Now who could that be?...I'll get it."
Monica looked at Rachel next to her "Okay, don't let him slip away from the conversation..." Monica said.
Ross answered the door and saw Chandler "So glad you're here."
"Yep ready to talk sweet about Monica." He smiled a little nervous.
"Yeah about that, change of plans...she brought Rachel."
"Wait, she doesn't know I'm coming?" Chandler asked
Ross paused "She brought Rachel and this dinner is about to get ugly. See we would always fill my dad in on each others mistakes and she brought Rachel into it. So now it's two against one..." Ross looked back at the kitchen making sure know one was listening.
"Wait, you want me to say things bad about Monica now?" He asked
"Exactly. Rachel knows more about me than you do of Monica so..."
"I don't know if I can do that to Monica." Chandler said "I should just go." He said walking back towards the door.
Ross grabbed his arm "No!" He dragged him to the kitchen where everyone else was.
Monica was still looking at Rachel not noticing Chandler "Don't start turning against me. Now he will trick you into that. Think smart." She said
Jack looked towards the door where Ross reentered with Chandler. "Well son, I didn't know you brought a friend too..." He smiled
Monica turned to see Chandler starring back at her. Her eyes got wide. She mouthed to him 'What are you doing here?" Chandler silently looked over at Ross. She nodded.
"Dad, this is Chandler..." Ross said. Monica looked at Ross, to her dad, then back to Ross. Ross looked at Monica "This is Chandler." He decided to finish not saying anymore.
"Well welcome Chandler." Jack greeted him with a hand shake.
"Thank you." Chandler went and sat down between Ross and Monica.
Rachel looked at everyone then finally at Monica "So, Ross you didn't answer my last question..." She said
Ross sat down from getting Chandler a plate "What was it again?" He asked her.
"Your basketball team, how is it going?" She asked
"Oh, well pretty good." He smiled
Chandler looked at Monica next to him. She was watching him.
Monica stood up and grabbed Chandler's sleeve "Come here..." She dragged him out of the room. Once out of the room Monica turned to Chandler "What are you doing here?" She asked
"Ross made me come. He said you would get stressed and would need your boyfriend here." He smiled closing the gap between them.
Monica wrapped her arms around his waist "Really? You would do that for me?" She asked resting her head on his chest.
He nodded and kissed her.
Monica led Chandler back into the room and sat down a couple minutes later "What was that all about?" Jack asked
"Nothing..." Monica looked at Ross.
The rest of the night was like battle of the sexes They talked about what's new and their jobs, the only thing they left out was that Chandler was not only Ross's friend, but Monica's boyfriend. They all walked out of the house as a group the only thing different was that Chandler rode home with Monica while Rachel and Ross went together.
Monica sat and waited before taking off "I bet you're wondering where my mom was?"
"I know she died." Chandler said softly, rubbing her shoulder.
Monica looked at him "I'm sorry, I was going to tell you."
"When?" He asked
Monica didn't answer.
"There's never a right time to bring up things like that. It's fine." He told her
"It's just, I wanted to be the one to tell you. Not Ross..."
"Tell me what?" He acted
Monica looked deeper in his eyes "About my mom..." She said mad that he wasn't listening the whole time to forget that soon.
"What about your mom?" He asked with a small smile.
Monica started to grin. She leaned over and kissed him "I love you so much."
"I know..."
"Sorry if my dad was a little...weird." She said turning on the car and driving away.
"Your dad's not that bad." Chandler said
"He's a nice guy when there's guest..." She glanced at Chandler "Thanks for coming." She smiled
He leaned over and gave her a peck on the forehead "No problem babe." He smiled.
Holly ran into the Bing household a couple days later. "Are you coming?" She asked
"Noah!" Chandler yelled up the stairs "We're going to be late!"
Noah ran down the stairs "Where's my lucky bracelet?" He asked
"Do you absolutely need it?" He asked
He looked around "Yeah..."
"Okay, I'll look for it, you guys go." Holly said
"Whose going to bring you?" Noah asked
"I'll call Monica." Chandler said.
They nodded, Holly went up stairs to continue looking while Chandler and Noah left for the game.
It was the end of the first quarter and Monica and Holly still haven't arrived.
Monica was now at Chandler's house helping Holly search "What does it look like again?" Monica asked
"Black, with a Nike symbol on it." She said searching through drawers.
"What if we went out and bought a new one?" She suggested
Holly stopped looking "That could work."
So they did.
Monica pulled up to the school her and Holly jumped out and rushed to the doors. "Wait!" Holly stopped. Monica stopped and looked at her "We should drop it, make it look, used..." She said dropping it on the floor and stepping on it.
"Good idea." Holly picked it up "Okay lets go." They continued running inside to the gym.
Holly ran over to Noah and gave it to him while Monica went over to Chandler "He is doing terrible. What took you guys so long?" He asked
"We couldn't find it." She explained.
Chandler looked at Noah and saw him putting on an exact replica of his bracelet "Then what's that?" He asked
"A new one..."
Chandler looked at Monica "You bought a new one? " He said
Monica nodded. Holly came over and sat down next to them. "He didn't notice." She said.
Noah cheered "Did you see that shot!" He said smiling after the game.
Chandler and Monica walked to his car, hand in hand. Smiling.
"I told you I couldn't do it without my lucky bracelet." He said
Holly and Monica looked at each other smiling "What?" Noah asked
Holly looked at him "Nothing."
Noah looked at his dad "What?" He asked
Chandler looked at the bracelet on his wrist "That's not your bracelet." He explained.
Noah looked at it "What are you talking about?"
"Noah, it's a new one." Holly said "We couldn't find your other one."
Noah didn't look happy "You bought a new one...why?" He asked
"Because we couldn't find your other one. You did good, that's all that matters." Holly said
"No, my mom got me that bracelet. It's the last thing I have of her." He paused "She came to every one of my games, and with that bracelet, it was like she was there." He said "I'm walking home." He turned and left.
"I'm sorry...I didn't know..." Monica said
Chandler looked at her "No one knew..." He told a both guilty Monica and Holly. "Let's give him some time."
Chandler looked back at Monica, she still looked really sad that she did that. He brought her closer to him "Don't worry about it. He'll get over it."
"I know, it's just...I feel so bad." She said leaning up against him.
"Wow, you guys are really close for being just friends." They all turned around to see Jack standing there.
"Dad...what are you doing here?" Monica asked braking away from Chandler's embrace.
"Well I heard you guys talking and saying how good the team was. So I thought I'd come check them out." He said walking over to them. "What's going on here?" He asked motioning between them.
Monica looked at Chandler "Dad..." She looked at him "We're dating..." She paused "Have been for over a month now." She said nervous of what her dad would think. Chandler wrapped his arm around her waist
Jack was shocked "And you're just now telling me? What about when you guys came over. You didn't say anything all night?"
Monica said nothing so he continued "You think I wouldn't be proud of you? Chandler seemed like a very nice guy, I wouldn't judge." He said "My little girl doesn't need her dad anymore..." Jack turned and walked away fake crying and pretending to be hurt.
Monica looked at Chandler then back at her dad "Dad, wait..." She went after him. When she caught up to him she said "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. It's just-we weren't going to tell anyone yet...his parents don't know either."
Jack looked at Monica and smiled "I am happy that you found love, and you guys look happy together."
Monica smiled "We are very happy. And he is a great guy. I love him." She said
"You don't have anything else your hiding from me do you?" He asked "Married? Pregnant?"
"No. Promise." Monica said
Monica walked back over to where Chandler and Holly were waiting "So?" Chandler asked as she walked up.
"He likes you." she smiled entwining his fingers with her's and leaning up against his shoulder.
They smiled, said their good nights and went their separate ways.
Chandler went home after dropping Holly off. Noah wasn't there. He knew where he was.
Noah sat on the park bench. The same park bench his mom would always bring him to to clear his mind.
Chandler walked up and sat right next to him. He wrapped his arm around Noah's shoulder "Maybe it's time to let go..." He said softly.
Noah looked up at him "I miss her so much." He said with tear stained eyes.
"...I know. Me too." Noah rested his head on his dad's shoulder.
AN: Sorry it took so long. I haven't have must time, with homework, ACT and stuff. I'll try to update sooner. Please Review, I know this chapter isn't the best and is shorter but it's something :) I'll show you what I originally had and you will know why I changed it and why it took longer...
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Phoebe and Joey were in the teachers lounge talking. "Really? That's what they're saying?" Phoebe asked
"Yeah, Ross is getting pretty mad about it." Joey replied
Rachel walked in "Hey guys have you heard?" She asked sitting down next to Joey.
"Yep..."
"Did you hear about Ross and..."
"Yep." They said cutting her off.
"Can you believe this!" Ross said walking in angrier than ever.
"Yep..." They all said.
Monica walked in the teachers lounge completely oblivious about everyone's looks. When she sat down is when she noticed everyone looking at her. "What?" She asked
"Why haven't you told us?" Joey asked
"Told you what?" She asked
"You know...?" Ross asked
"Know what?"
"You don't know?" Phoebe asked
"Know what?"
"You haven't heard?" Rachel asked
"Heard what?!" She asked getting anxious
"You mean it's not true...?" Rachel asked
"What's true?!" She sighed "Can someone just tell me what's going on?" Monica said
They all looked at each other then back at Monica. "Well what we heard was that Chandler, he cheated on you with..."
They all looked behind Monica at another teacher.
"Ms. Betty..."
"What...?" Monica asked confused why he would do something like that.
"So it's not true?" They asked
"Who told you it was?" She asked
They all looked at each other once again.
Monica couldn't believe it. It's not true...it can't be true.
She couldn't focus the rest of the day. She felt like someone just punched her in the heart.
She was lying back in her chair at her desk starring into space. Her class was talking, not given an assignment, they didn't know what to do. Noah was talking to Holly when he noticed how sad and lonely Monica seemed today. He got up and went over to her. "What are we gonna do?" He asked
"It's Friday, do what ever you feel..." She said happy, then her smile faded "I don't care." She looked away.
"What's wrong?" He asked
"Nothing..." She sat up straight and looked through some papers "Will you pass these out please."
Noah grabbed the papers from her and started passing them out. Once he was done he went back and sat down next to Holly "What's with her?" He asked looking at Monica now about to teach.
"You didn't hear?" She asked
"Hear what?" He looked at Holly.
Holly told him everything that she knew was happening. Noah didn't like what he was hearing. He looked back at Monica. Now he knew why she seemed so bummed; he thought.
Monica got up from her chair and went to her podium to teach. "Alright, so next week we will be making our own croutons for salad...yum!" She smiled, a couple students laughed. Monica glanced at Noah and part of her smile dropped, thinking of Chandler and what he did. Thinking, that is what everyone said anyway, it might just be a rumor, after the other night, how could he do this. It's a rumor...it has to be, right? Monica tried to convince herself.
Noah ran home right after that class. He needed to talk to his dad.
Running in the house he found his dad at the kitchen table on his laptop "Noah! what are you doing home so early?" He asked
Noah went over to his computer and slammed it shut. "I was working!" Chandler shouted
"How could you do that?!" He yelled almost crying.
"Do what?" He asked wondering where this conversation was going.
"I liked Monica, the one girl I like and felt comfortable around ever sense mom." He now started crying
"What happened to Monica! What are you talking about?" He asked trying to get an answer from one of his questions.
"You, you cheated on her!" He shouted through the house "And now she's hurt...I can't believe you would do that...to her, I thought-I thought you loved her..." He said more quietly.
"I did-I do...I never cheated on her, nor will I ever cheat on her." He said.
Noah's expressions changed from angry and upset to relaxed and almost glad that it wasn't true "You didn't?" He asked making sure
Chandler got up from his chair at the table "No...who told you it was?"
Noah looked him in the eyes "Holly, who heard it from Steven...and-and Danial. Some guys..." He knew it wasn't true, after hearing it from him of course it's not true. "I can't believe I even believed it for one second." He looked down then back up "You need to talk to Monica..."
Chandler rushed to Monica's apartment hoping she was home for work already. Noah decided to tag along, wanting to see how this turns out.
They ran up the stairs in front of her apartment building and pressed the buzzer up to her apartment.
Waiting...
A couple minutes later they heard a beep "Hello?" Her voice was like angles in his ears. Chandler was glad that she even gave him a chance to talk. Then he realized that she really didn't know who she was talking to.
"...Monica." He started "Can I come up?" He asked
"I don't want to talk, just-just go away." She said feeling sad once again.
"Please Mon, it's not what you think, just let me up and we can talk about this..."
"Look, I'm not going to let you up so you might as well just leave." She said
Chandler let go of the button and looked at Noah. He just shrugged. "Just give me a chance to explain..." He said hoping she would.
Chandler watched as someone came out of the building Noah grabbed the door before it closed.
"Chandler just please go, I heard what I heard..." She kept on talking..Chandler looked at Noah and the open door than back at the monitor that Monica was talking on "I just-I trusted you and you..." Chandler walked inside the building and up the stairs. "...broke my heart, I don't want to see you again."
Monica took a deep breath "Please just leave and go have fun with Ms Betty..." She stopped when she heard a knock on the door. She looked through the pep-hole and saw Chandler and Noah on the other side.
Monica turned around and leaned up against the door, eyes wide. She ran around and tried to tidy things up.
Chandler knocked again thinking she might not have heard the first time.
"Hold-hold on..." Monica said hurrying around the apartment. She took a quick look in the mirror and fixed her hair and her make-up from crying. She went over to the door and took another deep breath before opening it up. "What do you want?"
Chandler didn't answer. He moved closer pushing the door further open and out of Monica's grip. He went up to her and grabbed the back of her head aggressively, locking his lips with hers.
Monica pulled him away "What the hell Chandler!" She said angrily and slapping him across the face.
Chandler rubbed his cheek looking back at her "I never cheated..." He said softly "I could never cheat on you Monica. I love you." He said
Monica's face softened and looked at Noah. He nodded, telling her he was telling the truth. Monica went over to him and grabbed his face in her hands. Rubbing the spot she smacked him with her thumb she looked in his eyes "Really?" She asked softly.
He nodded "Rea..." He got cut of by Monica kissing him softly on the lips.
Noah who was by the door was glad they were back together but all the kissing was starting to gross him out. "Okay, well I'm gonna go now..." He said leaving, closing the door behind him.
Monica broke the kiss and looked at Chandler with a smile on her face "I love you too..." He smiled and kissed her again
AN: Now you know why I cut it out...it just wasn't them :)