Chapter 14:
Underneath Your Clothes
Inside the White House.
Chandler finished his speech and, as he had promised, he answered all the questions the reporters had for him. Once he was done, he left the press briefing room feeling satisfied with the results of the un-planned press conference. Ross, Joey and Phoebe were following him.
Joey- you don't see that every day!
Ross- thanks God!
Phoebe smiled, feeling very impressed….
Phoebe- He's got the whole White House Press Corps asking each other how to spell "erudite."
Joey suddenly stopped, realizing something.
Joey- What are we going to do with the "big opening"?
President Bing was going to start, officially, his campaign for the reelection that same afternoon and there was going to be a "Campaign opening"… now that he gave that un-planned speech they didn't know what to do.
Ross- Call the printer…
Joey- I know. I gotta rewrite the speech we had planned!
Ross- Every word, Joey. It's a whole new ball game. And you've got 30 minutes.
Joey- good! I thought I was gonna be rushed.
Joey and Phoebe went off in one direction while Ross headed towards the Oval Office. When he got inside the Oval Office he saw the president who was speaking on the phone….
Chandler- no… I don't want the limo. I don't want an escort… I just want a simple, ordinary, non bullet-proof car. Come on! Someone around here must have a Volvo I can borrow…. Well, find one and meet me outside the West Wing entrance in five minutes.
Ross looked at him in confusion.
Ross- Where are you going, sir?
Chandler- I'm going to Monica's house. I'm gonna stand at her front door till she lets me in. And I'm not leaving till I get her back.
Ross- How are you going to do that?
Chandler- I haven't worked that out yet. But I'm sure groveling and begging will be involved.
Ross- and you'll just drive over?
Chandler- Ross… I'm the Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful army in the world. You don't think I can drive ten blocks?
Before Ross could reply, they both heard a very familiar voice.
Monica- Just stay away from DuPont Circle. I heard it's a hell at this time of the day.
Chandler didn't need to turn around to know who was standing in the doorway, but, of course he did it anyway and saw Monica, who had her face red and was a bit agitated because she had practically run from the White House's front door to the Oval office.
Monica- Hi...
Chandler- hi…
Chandler and Monica looked at each other without speaking for a few seconds and Ross knew perfectly well that he had to leave them alone, so he said…
Ross- It's nice to see you, little sis… If anybody needs me, I'll be in the Roosevelt Room, trying to resuscitate Joey…
Ross left and Monica walked towards Chandler and he explained…
Monica- I heard your speech while I was in my car… and it practically drove it self over here.
Monica was very overwhelmed by her emotions… she was trying to held back her tears as she saw Chandler smiling very happy to see her again.
Chandler- I'm glad…. But Mon… I meant every word of that speech… I didn't just say all those things to get you back.
Monica- And I didn't come back because you said all those things…
Tears now came out of Monica's eyes…. They can't resist it anymore and they hug very tightly… after that they shared a very passionate kiss… Of course, that kiss doesn't last too long because Joey entered to the office.
Joey- Mr. President, I thought you might want to look at this. I moved the part about Social
Security right to the beginning of the speech... oh! Hello, Monica.
Right after that Phoebe entered.
Phoebe- Mr. President, the Speaker of The House wants two minutes to talk to you before the big opening… Hi, Mon.
Then Ross made an appearance.
Ross- Mr. President, the Vice President is on his way over.
Chandler sighed… then he looked at Monica… the two of them hadn't broken the embrace yet.
Chandler- well… I've got some things to do.
Monica smiled at him directly into his eyes.
Monica- Yes, you do.
A couple of hours later… THE WHITE HOUSE… Inside a VIP room.
Chandler is about to officially announce to the word that he is running for president against the republican candidate: Richard Burke. The president of the United States and leader of the democrat party is getting ready to start his campaign with a big opening that had several guests. Of course, the big opening would begin with a big speech.
At that moment, Chandler and the people closers to him were getting ready for the event in one of the White House's VIP rooms. Phoebe and Joey (holding hands) walked towards Chandler while Elizabeth was fixing her daddy's tie…
Phoebe- Mr. President… they are waiting for you.
Elizabeth- the tie is done…
Chandler smiled at his daughter…
Chandler- thank you, Lizy… and… Joey… May I have a word with you?
Joey- sure, sir…
They walk away to speak alone…Chandler- Things have been a little rough between us lately.
Joey- I know, sir… and I'm very sorry.
Chandler- Don't be! Joey… you are a great advisor and a great friend… Don't stop what you're doing.
Joey- That's kind of you, sir, but I realize I was a little insensitive about some personal...
Chandler interrupted him…
Chandler- No, you were right. Two hundred and sixty-four million people don't give a damn about my life.
Joey- but you should know that I've never been one of them, Mr. President.
Phoebe speaks up announcing that is time to go to the room when the opening will take place…
Phoebe- This way, people! Let's go.
The people in the room started to gather their things and exited. Only Phoebe, Ross, Joey and Elizabeth are left there…. Chandler looked at his oldest friend, Ross, who extended his hand for a deeply-felt handshake… but, instead, Chandler pulled him into a strong embrace. And then, Ross whispered so only Chandler could here…
Ross- Knock them dead, Chandler.
Chandler smiled and then he looked at them all and said…
Chandler- I'll see you afterwards. I want a critique.
The four of them left and now the room is cleared out... except for Monica, who is still there looking beautiful and very proud of Chandler… They kissed softly on the lips…
Monica- so… Do I go and wait for you with them?
Chandler- no… you come with me…
Chandler extended his arm to a very shocked Monica…. They were going to walk in together to the opening and Monica would stand right next to him during the speech… like a First Lady would do. Monica was genuinely touched.
Monica- Chandler… I love you…
Chandler- I love you too…
You're a song written by the hands of god
Don't get me wrong cause this might sound to you a bit odd
But you own the place where all my thoughts go hiding
And right under your clothes is where I find them
Underneath Your Clothes there's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
And all the things I deserve, for being such a good girl honey
Because of you I forgot the smart ways to lie
Because of you I'm running out of reasons to cry
When the friends are gone, When the party's over
We will still belong to each other
Underneath Your Clothes there's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
And all the things I deserve for being such a good girl honey
I love you more than all that's on the planet
Movin' talkin' walkin' breathing
You know it's true
Oh baby it's so funny
You almost don't believe it
As every voice is hanging from the silence, Lamps are hanging from the ceiling
Like a lady tied to her manners... I'm tied up to this feeling
Underneath Your Clothes there's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
And all the things I deserve for being such a good girl honey
That same night…. Several hours later. Chandler's room.
The big opening was over… now Monica and Chandler were in bed after making love passionately. Monica was resting her head in Chandler's chest.
Monica- so…. today was… incredibly eventful…
Chandler- mmmm… really? Lets see… I told the truth about my father, opened my campaign and got back together with you…. It seems like a normal boring day to me…
Monica playfully punched his chest and pretended to be offended…
Monica- you are mean, Mr. President…Chandler smiled… then he said something pretending that it had just hit him.
Chandler- oh! I know why this day was sooo boring… I forgot to give you your present!
Monica got very exited.
Monica- oh… you have a present for me! What's the occasion?
Chandler- it's the National Day of "The president's Friday Night girl"
Monica laughed and played along with Chandler…
Monica- oh… really?
Chandler- yes… I just gave an executive order…
He got up and went to look for the present… a few seconds later he came back and Monica opened the present with a mixture of curiosity and surprise: It was Rachel's sweater.
Monica- this is the sweater I was looking for the day we…
But Monica couldn't finish the sentence because immediately a very small and shining object fell from inside the sweater… it was a gorgeous (and very expensive) diamond ring.
Chandler- oh… Look at that!
Monica picked up the ring and looked at it astonished and then she looked at Chandler….
Monica- oh my God…
Chandler- Monica… I know that my life is very complicated and crazy, and our relationship was never exactly "normal"… and I'm completely clueless about what's gonna happen after the elections but I know one thing for certain: whatever happens I need you by me side… I love you and I always will so Mon… Would you do me the honor of being my First Lady?
With happy tears in her eyes Monica nodded very enthusiastically and hugged Chandler very tight….
Monica- YES! yes! yes! yes! yes!… I love you!
Overjoyed, Chandler putted the ring in Monica's finger and they kissed passionately. What surprises would the future bring? Only Phoebe knows… (Well, so she says). But whatever surprises the future might bring that'll be ok because Monica and Chandler will always have each other.
THE ENDSo…. What do you think about the ending! I liked this story so much and I'll really miss writing it.
I know you must be disappointed because I didn't developed the story lines about Ross/Rachel and Joey/Phoebe… That's because, from the beginning, my intention was to make this fic mostly Mondler… so I just dropped some hints about the other couples and I left the rest to your imagination. Just to clear things up… Joey ended up with Phoebe (they were holding hands) and Ross would have ended up with Rachel if I had decided to develop their story line.
Anyway…. Thank you so much for the wonderful reviews and even for those reviews about my mistakes… I loved receiving them all and I tried to do my best to correct my mistakes. Thank you for your patience while reading this.
Special THANKS to sexiikaytee-ox who has some of my stories in her favs's list! Thank you! It means a lot to me.
If some one cares… I'll now focus in my other story "The age of un-innocence" and I'll write a "Commander in Chief" fanfic.
Bye… love you all
Lara