Beyond Friends Episode Seven. "Things make you go hmm."

Guest Star
Courteney Cox As Monica Geller
Maggie Wheeler As Janice

"Think of tomorrow"


Chandler and Rachel sat at Janices table. In the light of Chandlers new relationship, Monica decided to give Rachel an hour off for lunch. After that, Monica said, Rachel could go home for the the day. Rachel thanked her as she punched out for the day.
"Our new couple needs time to themselves." Monica said looking at Janice. Rachel gave her a cross look.

"So Chandler how long have you and Rachel been together?" Janice said sitting next to her husband.The husband seemed to be preoccupied with the waitress that was serving them. "Who knew that Rachel and Chandler would find their way to each other.I wonder how long that took."
"Not long. I assure you." Chandler said.
"Yeah, who knows. We might just be a flash in the pan." Rachel said kicking Chandler.
"Or who knows. The next time you see us we might be Mr and Mrs. Chandler Bing, right dear?" Chandler said kissing her on the cheek.
"I need to powder my nose." Rachel rose up.
"We'll I'll come with you." Janice volunteered.
"Nope, just one stall." Rachel said heading for the ladies room. "And theres no tp."
"Okay then." Janice said smiling and sat back down. Chandler chuckled uneasily.

Rachel looked into the mirror of the ladies room. She washed her face off with a little water. She flashed back on the dream again.
"He had his arms around me." She said out loud. "And the kiss so was powerful how could it not be real."

Chandler checked his watch. "I'll go see whats taking her so long." He got up and moved toward the bathroom.

Rachel sat on the lid of the toliet. "Okay so I dreamed about him cause I knew that deep in my mind that something involving him and the restaurant was gonna happen today."

Chandler pause outside the door. "Rachel is talking to herself." Chandler thinks.
"So thats why I dreamed that Chandler came into the room and kissed me." He heard her say.
"Oh my god." Chandler said. "So thats what she was distracted with this morning." He lightly pushed on the door and it flew open.
Rachel looked up. He came into the room.
"Did you really ahve a dream about me this morning?" Chandler asked.
"Yes, I did."
"So thats why you were uneasy around me this morning."
"Yeah." Rachel looked up and saw Janice and her hubby preparing to leave. "Janice alert. Right behind you."
Chandler went to Rachel and grabbed her hand. "We hopefully won't see them again so why tell them we're not together now?"
"Yeah. Then at least she won't think we're pathetic for being single and living together." Rachel said.
"I'm only hoping we act as good as Joey does." Chandler said.
"Then we're in trouble." Rachel said as Chandler put his arm around her.
"Oh, you two, sneaking off together." Janice said looking at Chandler and Rachel. "You two must really be in love."
"Oh yes we are." Rachel said.
"Yeah, nothing like this girl." Chandler said and pulled her close. He kissed her. Rachel felt a chill run up and down her spine. That was the exact same kiss that was in the dream.
"Well, we gotta go." Janice said. "But we want to invite you two loveydoveys to go golfing with us."
"Golfing?" Chandler said. "But its the middle of the winter."
"We belong to an indoor country club. All the atmosphere of a real trip to the country club but without the bad conditions."Janice explained.
"Oh." Chandler said.
"Well, see you there on Sunday? Our tee time is noon so dont be late!" Janice said as she left.
"Monica said I can go home after lunch." Rachel said as she untied her apron.
"Okay." Chandler said.
"Chandler wait." Rachel said. Chandler turned and looked at him. "That kiss just now. Was that acting or was that something more. Something maybe we should talk about?"
Chandler thought for a minute. "Of course it was acting. I only see you as a friend Rachel. No matter what that dream said."
"Really?" Rachel said, a small tear coming out of her eyes. It went down her cheek and Chandler wiped it away. She smiled. "You're right, we are great friends."
"The best friends on the island." Chandler said and hugged Rachel. "You're right too. We should tell Janice the truth."
"Okay. But maybe we can use it to psyche them out on golf?"
"Thats right. We have to get ready for that." Chandler said grabbing Rachels hand.
"What are we doing?" Rachel asked, as she tried to keep up.
"We're gonna learn how to play golf and be as good as Tiger Woods by sunday or we'll die trying."


Later in Chandler/Rachels place

"Okay,what do you wear to this type of thing anyway?" Rachel said combing through her closet.
"I guess country club wear. El snobbo." Chandler said. He came in with khaki slacks and a sweater. He saw her staring. "Joey gave it to me once. That'll teach him to shop drunk."
"Excuse me? I gave that to you. You said you liked it!" Rachel said dejected just a bit.
"Oh, well I stil do. I was..." He thought for a sec. "..just testing you."
"Sure, and is that why I saw the green sandles i gave you for your birthday in the trash two days later?"
"Hey you should talk!" Chandler said pointing out
"Okay, so I did throw out the bookends you gave me but they were from Baywatch!" Rachel said shaking her head. "Can we move on?"
"Good idea."
"Let's learn how to play golf." Rachel said looking around. "You don't have regulation golf stuff here."
"Well, no one else knows we're doing this, lets improvise a little."
Chandler grabs a tennis ball from the closet and a hockey stick from further in.
"What are you doing?"
Chandler came over with the stick. He grabbed a empty trash barrel and laid it on its side. "Thats the hole"
"If they are this big, I would be a golf champ." Rachel quipped.
Chandler put the ball on the floor. He handed her the stick."All you gotta do is hit it in the basket. Show me your stuff."
"Why me? We're going together." Rachel glared at Chandler."Are you gonna fake mono on me again?"
"No. I will be there." Chandler said. "And I only faked that once when Joanna called me."
"All right." Rachel said. She got into a position to hit the ball.
"No, no, No!" Chandler said. "Here let me help you." He stood behind her. For a second Rachel felt weird, but let Chandler help her anyway. "You stand like this, with your feet here." Chandler couldn't help smelling her hair. Baby shampoo, figures.
"Did you just...." Rachel said turning to Chandler just as the phone rang.
The answering machine picked up. "This is Chandler and Rachels pad, if you got a message please leave it at the sound of the beep." They waited for a sec. "Hi Chan and Rach?" Janice said. "We have to cancel our golf date, my husband sprained his back when we left the restaurant. The doctor is prescribing bed rest so we have to sit out on the golf thing. Maybe next time? Ciao."
The answering machine stopped. Chandler erased the tape.
"Oh well, at least we dont have to go now." He said.
"But she thinks we're still going together."
"Youre right, I should call her back..." The phone rang again. The answering machine did its whole thing then it stopped. "Hey its Janice again, I just wanted to let you know that Monica told us the truth about you and Rachel not dating. It was funny, wasnt it?" Janice babbled on a couple more seconds then hung up. Chandler once again erased the message.
"Wow, we have nothing left to do now." Chandler said.
"Yeah." Rachel yawned."I'm gonna go to bed, waitressing is harder than I remember."
"Okay, night." Chandler said. Rachel waved and closed the door. Did she know I smelled her hair? I guess I'll never know. Chandler sighed and went into his room.
Rachel put on her nightgown and looked in the mirror.
"Chandler smelled my hair. What does that mean?" She asked herself. She shook her head and went to bed. "Maybe it was my imagination." She said as she clicked the light out.