Monica went home after an hour of waiting for him to show. She really thought he was different. Something about him seemed different from the other guys she has met. If it wasn't for tonight she would be lying if she said apart of her wasn't falling for him.

Monica climbed into bed not bothering to change. She didn't have the energy to go online to see if he might of had the decency to write to her.

Chandler went home and hung up his jacket. The same question rang in his ears "Why didn't I tell her the truth? Why did I have to be so lame?" He sighed and jumped in the shower to wash all his worries away.

"So how did the big date go?" Joey asked the next morning "Love her yet?" He joked

Chandler shook his head "She seems different. She was so sweet and kind online then every time I run into her she is this cruel, rude young lady who hates everything about me."

"That's called love Chandler." Joey said

"No, that is called hatred. Love is far from what happened last night."

"Are you sure she wasn't flirting with you?"

"I'm positive."

Joey and Chandler walked into work "Okay so let me get this straight. She does not know it's you that she has been writing with the past month? But you sat there and basically went on the date?" He asked

Chandler nodded trying to catch what he just said "Yes."

"Are you going to tell her?"

Chandler thought about it "Well I can't just stop talking to her. I'll message her tonight and explain where I was."

"But you were with her."

"Exactly."

Monica walked into work and went straight to the kitchen. "How was the date Mon?" Rachel asked

"Horrible. He never even showed up." Monica told her "Is there something wrong with me? Am I that bad of a person?"

"No honey." Rachel went over to her.

"Do you think he saw me through the window and left?" She asked

"No no no. Why would someone even do that. And if he did, maybe he was never the guy for you."

Monica nodded sadly "Yeah maybe you're right."

"Or maybe something came up and he couldn't make it."

Monica brightened up "Yeah. Probably." She smiled turning to her stove to start her day.

Chandler went home and turned on his computer. He had no new mail from chefgirl and that made him a little sad. So he started typing.

"I'm sorry I couldn't be there last night. I was caught up at work. We had a meeting and they wouldn't let me go. I feel bad about telling you now but hopefully you will understand. I don't expect you to forgive me and that's alright, I wouldn't forgive me either. When they let me go I tried to get there as fast as I could. It wasn't fast enough because you were already gone. I hope we could still be friends. NYman"

Chandler signed it then sent it out for the world to see.

Monica arrived back at her apartment and saw that Pete was there. "Hey, so I was thinking about Bing's Steakhouse. And what if we poison their food?" He suggested. "Then business will come back to us."

Monica wasn't paying attention. She just went straight over to her computer and logged in. "You've got mail." Rang through the apartment and a smile suppressed on her face.

She read the letter and her smile just got bigger. Rachel was right, something did come up and he couldn't make it.

"I forgive you for not showing up. At least you were honest and didn't show me up on purpose. I really hope we could try meeting up again. Someday." Monica sighed and continued to write "When you didn't show my enemy from the restaurant showed up. And I did what you said. I said what I felt the moment I felt it. And once it was all out...I felt sad, I didn't think I would fell that bad about something that I have been wanting to say for so long but I did. I was cruel and I'm never cruel. No matter what he's done to me there was no excuse for my behavior. When I looked into his eyes after what I saw there wasn't mean and hatred in them like I normally see, but caring and wonder. It almost felt like," Monica paused "It almost felt like he was there with me because he wanted to be with me. After that night I was kind of glad to have his company as I sat there and waited."

Chandler read this and he felt something that he hasn't felt in a long time. Something warm and nice.

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