Beyond Friends Episode Thirty Five "Hold On My Heart"
Guest Stars -
Matt LeBlanc as Joey
David Schwimmer as Ross
"Second Chance"
"Rachel, I know." Ross had said.
Rachel stood there not knowing what to say or what to think. She knew what he was talking about but couldn’t comprehend it at the same time.
"Know about what honey?" Rachel said feigning ignorance. At that time that seemed to be the best action. If she acted like she knew what he was talking about and if it was something completely different from what it looked like then she would be in trouble.
"About you and Chandler." Ross said. "I know for exactly a month you were sleeping with Chandler as well as me."
"How did you find out?" Rachel asked simply.
"aaah!" Ross let out a shout. "Youre confirming it???" Ross said. "I was so hoping you would out and out deny this so we can get on with our lives. Say something that would insure my faith in you, in Chandler and in human nature. You know what? I was always hoping that we would get another chance at us, actually getting married, but no!" Rachel moved to speak. "No! that can't happen no. Not now...that you confirmed that you did this to me!!"
"Ross I'm sorry!" Rachel burst into tears.
"You're sorry!" Ross said seeming to get angrier by the second. "Youre sorry??? Were you sorry when you were with him, in bed making love to him, that kind of love that is only supposed to be for me? Tell me that, I wanna know what you were thinking when you did this to me, to us."
"What about you? This is what happened between you and Chloe. And I didn’t get half as angry as your are with me."
"Do NOT throw Chloe back in this." Ross said pointing. "That was an accident. What you did was intentional, thought about and planned over. Chloe was a drunk one night stand that happened on what we did eventually realize was a break, but you still shunned me and we didn’t get along very well for months afterward." Ross said taking a breath. "You want to know how I found out?"
"Was it Monica?" Rachel asked.
"Monica knew?" Ross replied.
"Uh, you saw us somewhere?"
"No!" Ross said. "You don't think I don’t listen to the radio don't you? I heard Chandler confess his love to the metropolitan region when I was driving out of the area that night. I was hoping that Chandler would not act on it, and I was so much more hoping that you would not act on it as well." Ross looked down. "God Rachel, you once said we were about trust, but now thats not possible." Ross turned and headed for the parking lot.
"Ross, where are you going?" Rachel chased after him.
"I don't know, home maybe." Ross said unlocking his door. "Chandler will give you a ride home. I also over heard you at the wedding. I just had to ask if it was true or something you said because I was standing right there." Ross was now slowly coming down from his peak of anger. He now fought back tears. "I can't believe you knew how to cheat on me, Rachel."
"I had a great teacher." Rachel said flatly.
Ross looked at her, tears burning in his eyes. "You better go back to the cafe." He said. "Chandler will be wanting you back any second now."
Ross shut the door and back up. Rachel watched him drive away. She was not as successful at holding back her tears as he was. She crumbled to her knees on the pavement and hugged herself.
A few minutes later
Rachel was amazed at how long stories about flatulence and Baywatch could keep two men occupied. Joey and Chandler were laughing at their table, playing with the cafes meatloaf. They hadn’t even noticed she was gone for fifteen minutes.
"Chandler?" Rachel said. She had gone to the bathroom washed her face and did her best to hide what were obviously blood shot eyes. She cried a lot when Ross left her in the parking lot. She eventually had to move and brood somewhere else when some cars started to come and park near her.
"Yeah?" Chandler said turning.
"Rachel, what’s wrong?" Joey asked looking at her expression. Evidentially tap water couldn’t wash away her dark mood.
"Chandler can you take me home please?" Rachel asked. "I gotta talk to you."
"Okay Rachel." Chandler said getting up. "Joey do you have a ride home?"
"No, you go ahead." Joey said. "This looks important."
"OK." Chandler grabbed his keys. "Let's go."
Rachel was silent all the way home. Each second she didn’t talk made Chandler think there was something very very wrong with her. The closer they got to home Chandler also thought it had to do with Ross since he did not return to eat the rest of his brick like meatloaf. She didn’t talk till they reached the apartment and the door was safely shut behind them.
"Chandler." Rachel said. “Ross knows.”
“Ross knows what?” Chandler asked getting something to drink. He grabbed a glass out of the cupboard.
“About us Chandler. Ross knows we were together.” Rachel said.
Chandler dropped the glass onto the ground and it shattered into a thousand pieces. He looked down at it and got a broom. As he swept it up Rachel looked at him
“We talked about it in the parking lot today.” Rachel said after Chandler finished his little chore. “I think we are over.”
“Ross wouldn’t out and out dump you.” Chandler said. He dumped the glass into the trash bucket.
“Well I think he did today.” Rachel said. “We are over Chandler and we are over for good this time.” Rachel started to cry again. Chandler came over and hugged her.
“Are you gonna be allright?” Chandler asked as he held her.
“I don’t know.” Rachel looked up at Chandler. “I can’t live without him, Chandler. I never realized that till I lost him.”
“What we did we did together.” Chandler said. “In more ways than one.” Chandler thought for a minute. “How did he know?”B
“Who knows, but he said he heard it on the radio and I knew he heard something at the wedding.”
“I had a feeling he was there longer than he said he was.” Chandler said. He brushed her hair out of her face and wiped away her tears with the back of his hand. “Ross doesn’t give up that easily. He’s wanted you all his life, hes gonna fight for you even if he seems like hes giving up all hope on you.” Chandler smiled. “It’ll be all right. He will come around after a while. What I’m more worried about is how he will treat me when he sees me.”
“I doubt he will treat you any different though.” Rachel smiled at Chandler. “Thanks for cheering me up.”
“Your welcome.” Chandler kissed her on the forehead.
Rachel decided to respond with a friendly kiss to the cheek She never made it to the cheek. Chandler and Rachels lips found each other they kissed. Chandler put his hands on Rachels back and pulled her gently toward him, and she didn’t resist. For a minute they forgot this is what got them into trouble in the first place. Rachel pulled away as she realized the kiss was getting more passionate than she intended it to be.
“Oh my god!” Rachel said putting her hands to her mouth. “What are we doing?”
Chandler caught his breath.
“I don’t know. But I liked it. I liked it a lot and I am not afraid to admit that to you.” Chandler said brushing some hair out of his face.
“Well we cant like it!” Rachel said looking at Chandler. “Is this some kind of vicious cycle thing, cause we need to put the brakes on this puppy right now!”
“Rachel I...”
“Don’t say that! Don’t say I love you.” Rachel said. “You’ve had all the time in the world to say that you loved me.”
“No there wasn’t.” Chandler said. “There was Barry, then Paolo, then Ross, then it was Joshua then Ross, then Anthony, then Ross.” Chandler said.
“I know.” Rachel said.
“But now Ross is gone.” Chandler said.
“No he’s not, he just went home.” Rachel said.
There was a knock at the door. Chandler went over to the sink and washed his face off while Rachel went for the door.
“Chandler, why did you do that?” She whispered. “I’m not wearing lipstick.”
“Just in case.” Chandler said.
Rachel smiled and opened the door and gasped.
“Ross!”
“Rachel, hi.” Ross said with some flowers in hand. “I was wondering if we could talk?” Ross said spotting Chandler inching toward the door. “I wanna talk to you too Chandler.” Ross said while handing Rachel the flowers.
“Why are you giving me flowers?” Rachel asked putting them in some water.
“I wanted to apologize for earlier.” Ross said. “I tend to fly off the handle a little bit.”
“A little?” Rachel said. “Some passerby’s thought we were rehearsing a soap scene.”
“Anyway, I thought about what you said. It’s not fair for me to treat you any worse than you treated me for sleeping with Chloe.” Ross said. “I want us to work on this Rachel.”
“What about Chandler.” Rachel asked.
“Chandler I forgive.” Ross said. “It’s too short of a life to go around having a grudge with the ones you love. So thats why I’m here.” Ross said clapping his hands together. “I’m giving us a 32nd chance at us. I also have no good reason not to believe that your tryst with Chandler was a one time thing.”
“Oh thats for sure,” Rachel said. “Chandler will move on and find someone but we will always love each other.”
“Anyway I gotta go. I got a double shift this week.” Ross said touching Rachels hand. “We’ll get together sometime when I can.”
“Together?” Rachel asked.
“To talk.” Ross said on his way out.
“To talk.” Rachel said after Ross left. “Is that a good thing?”
“It looks like it babe, it looks like it.” Chandler smiled.
