" Okay, I’m officially freaked out! He should be here by now." Monica says to Phoebe while making pancakes for breakfast.

" He probably had to go to work. Watch, he’ll call you when he gets there." She replies. Just then Joey and Ross walk in.

" Joey! He hasn’t comeback yet."

" He hasn’t?" He replies with a questioning look.

" Well do you see him here!" Monica answers sarcastically.

" He normally would have come back by now." He says while taking a seat at the table nearby.

" I know!" She replies in a classic Monica style. "And his cell is turned off."

" I just told Monica he probably had to go to work and will call her later." She says rolling her eyes.

Ross finally chimes in " Umm… some one wanna tell me what the hell you’re talking about?"

" Monica and Chandler had a fight last night and he walked out." Phoebe replies.

" Oh, well I agree with Phoebe. He probably thinks you’re still mad at him. You know how Chandler is, always over reacting."

" Maybe you guys are right. Okay, I’m just going to calm down and wait for him to come to me."

" Good thinking." Phoebe says while pouring orange juice.

"Hey, where’s Rach?"

" She had a date last night. I guess it went well since she didn’t come home." Joey answers with a huge grin. He then gets up to grab a pancake.

" Don’t you have that audition this morning?" Ross asks while doing the same as Joey.

" Oh crap!" He suddenly stops. "I’m gonna be late!" He takes a few pancakes sits down quickly, practically dumps syrup on them. He then inhales them.

" Geez, Joey. Slow down." Monica laughs.

" I can’t. See you guys later." He answers with a mouth full of pancake. They all laugh when he runs out.

" That would make a great first impression"

" Well that’s Joey for you."

" Yup."

" So anyway, My class at NYU is doing really well. They’re thinking about letting me teach another one."

" Wow. That’s great."

" So those kids are actually listening to you when you talk?" Phoebe asks looking surprised.

"Well I hate to eat and run." He says ignoring Phoebe’s last comment. " I have to go and teach one of my really cool classes now." He says glaring at Phoebe.

"Bye" Monica and Phoebe say in unison as he leaves.

" Well I guess I should head off too. I’m going to get my palms read again. Maybe this time I’ll get a good reading. Wish me luck."

" Good luck." With that, she leaves with Monica left alone with her thoughts.

******

" Ugh! My head is killing me." Chandler says while sitting up.

" I know it’s like someone hit me on the head with a bat." Rachel says also getting up.

A second passes by and at the same time they turn slowly to face each other and then whip their heads back front. "Ahhh!"

" What the hell happened?!" Chandler screams.

" Okay first of all, stop screaming! Second of all, I don’t know." Rachel replies holding her head. " Are you naked?"

" Umm…yea. Are you?"

" Yup." She pulls the sheets closer to her. They look around and realize that they’re in some sleazy motel with their clothes scattered around the place.

" Oh no, no, no! This can’t be happening!" He shakes his head wildly.

" Yea, keep doing that. That will turn back time." She quips.

" What the hell is wrong with you? Don’t you realize what we just did? We supposedly had… sex. I just cheated on my girl friend and you just slept with your best friend’s boyfriend! And you don’t even care?" Her eyes suddenly widen.

" Oh no! How could we do that? Shit, Shit, Shit!" She says hitting her head. "Okay, umm we have to think logically. First lets get our clothes on."

" Okay cover your eyes, no peeking."

" I don’t want too."

" I’ll get my clothes and change in the bathroom and wait for you to finish."

" Okay." He gets up and grabs his clothes and runs to the bathroom.

" Okay. You can look now." She does so and puts her stuff on while Chandler does the same in the bathroom. Minutes later he yells from inside the bathroom. " You done?"

" Yes." He emerges from the bathroom to see a dressed and waiting Rachel.

" Lets get some breakfast." They check out of the room and go to a nearby diner. After they order, there is an uncomfortable silence.

" What can you remember about last night?" Rachel asks, breaking the ice.

" Well," He rubs his head. " I definitely remember a lot of drinks. I remember that we were talking about your date and about Monica and I. Then I remember we kissed…. And that’s it. I don’t remember anything about a motel or having sex with you." Rachel puts her head down then lifts it back up.

" We can’t tell Monica."

" What?"

" We don’t even know what really happened. She will hate me forever. I know because if I were in her shoes, I would do the same. She would never forgive you either. The rest of them will all agree with her and hate us."

" I don’t want to lose her."

" Then lets keep to ourselves. She is my best friend and I don’t want to lose her as that because of one stupid mistake we made. Okay?" He doesn’t answer. " Okay?" He reluctantly nods.

" It’s like I’m lying to her if I go and act like everything is alright. Shouldn’t I tell her everything and she’ll be happy I was honest with her?"

" In another situation I would say definitely. But in this predicament I would say no. We have to much to lose. What do you think is going to happen if you tell her?" He shrugs his shoulders. " She’ll leave you or if she is really generous and just make you earn her trust again. It’s not like you just slept with some stranger. I mean its us." She says pointing form her to him.

" I know your right. It’s just…hard."

" I know. Believe me I do. I feel just as bad but this is the only way she won’t get hurt. I don’t want that to happen. Do you?"

" No."

" I didn’t think so. We’re just gonna have to be strong and get over this." Rachel says being interrupted by the waitress delivering their food. They began to eat.

" Did we use a condom?" Rachel stops eating and looks up.

" I think so. I saw just a wrapper somewhere but not the condom." They continue their meal in silence. After paying the bill, they hail a cab to head home.

" What are you going to tell Monica?" Rachel asks.

" What do you mean?"

" She’s gonna ask where you were. What are you going to tell her?"

Chandler sighs. " That I got a little too drunk and instead of coming home like that, I crashed at a motel. It’s not a lie just not the whole truth. What are you going to say to everyone?"

" That I ended up sleeping with the guy I met last night but I don’t think there will be a second date." The cab pulls up to the apartment building. They get out and walk up to the apartment.

" Good luck." Rachel says before walking into her and Joey’s apartment.

" You too." Chandler replies. He opens the apartment door to find it empty. " Monica?" She emerges from her room.

" Chandler! Thank god you’re alright." She runs up and hugs him. With every second she holds him the guiltier he feels.

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