Chandler Bing • Friends to Lovers

Chapter 4

Chandler opens his eyes, they had fallen asleep watching the movie.
He looks down and sees Hailey cuddling with him, he can barely move, but he doesn't want to either.

He doesn't know why, but he can't stop staring at her, she looks so peaceful, even with runny mascara and messy hair.
"It's getting creepy now" he thinks to himself before looking away. His eyes wander around Hailey apartment which is still filled with half unpacked boxes.
He feels the girl moving from under his arm

"Hey" she says softly
"We fell asleep" Chandler says
"No shit, I feel like I've been hit by a truck"
"Well, it'll feel worse tomorrow morning after all that drinking you did" Chandler says with a little worry in his tone
"Fuck" she whines and buries her face on his chest. He smells nice

Chandler gets up from under her gently
"Should I go and let you sleep?"
"No,no,no... don't go. You can sleep over.. We can have a sleepover like old times"
She seems eager and anxious, sounds like she doesn't want to be alone right now
"I don't wanna be alone right now" she whispers
Chandler knows her very well
"When we were kids the sleepovers weren't that fun, your mom would always check on us to make sure we weren't making out" he smiles at the thought of that memory
"Little did she know you'd turn out to be gay" she jokes
"Ha-ha" he replies sarcastically

Hailey gets up and goes to the kitchen, Chandler follows her slowly
"I have nachos and marshmallows"
"Sounds good to me" he smiles
She puts them in a bowl and brings them to her bed. She pats the other side of the bed gesturing him to sit down next to her.

He sits and they start eating, and talking,
and drinking...
"You know, you really shouldn't drink anymore" Chandler says
"You just need to get to my level"
He takes it as a challenge, he grabs the bottle and takes a huge sip while looking her right in the eye with a grin on his face.

She grins back
"You know, I love this. This is just what we used to do back in the day. I don't mean the drinking, I mean the talking and gossiping over unhealthy food" she smiles "I missed that"
"Me too"

Minutes have passed and they're another level of drunk playing charades
"A duck?" Hailey guesses
Chandler gets on the floor
"A worm!" She screams
Chandler gestures that she's close
" A SNAKE!"
"YEAH!"
They high-five

Chandler goes back to bed next to Hailey. He stumbles a bit and ends up laying right next to her. Hailey looks at him and runs her hands through his messy hair and they both look at each other and get serious

He sits up and hovers over her changing their positions. She grabs his hands and he goes for it
They kiss, but not a passionate kiss, an eager kiss, like the world was ending. She sits up still kissing him.
He caresses her cheek and soon after she pulls away
"Well.. we didn't use to do that as kids"