Friends Imagines

Personal Imagine: Chandler Bing & Araceli

Personal Imagine
-Chandler Bing & Araceli-
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"When are you going to tell him how you feel?" Rachel asked for what felt like the billionth time that evening.
"It's putting a weight on your shoulders that you don't need, you should just tell him," Monica added.
You were currently having a girls night with Monica, Phoebe and Rachel and for the past two hours all they had done was pester you about your crush on Chandler. "Guys please just drop it, there's no point in telling him, it's just a silly little crush, I'll get over it," you responded.
"It's not just a crush Araceli, you're completely head over heels for him," Phoebe chimed in.
As much as you didn't want to admit, Phoebe was right. You're feelings for Chandler were overpowering and stronger than you ever thought they'd be. You knew you'd struggle to get over the feelings but you were too scared to tell Chandler about how you felt because you didn't want to be rejected and loose a great friendship. "I've got an idea, how about we flip a coin, heads you tell him how you feel, tails you don't," Rachel suggested.
"Ooo, I like that idea!" Phoebe grinned.
"I'll get the coin," Monica said, rushing over to her purse without even waiting to see if you agreed to the idea. 
"Hang on a second, I haven't agreed to this," you stated.
"You don't have a choice in the matter," Rachel chuckled," Monica flip the coin."
The coin flew up in the air and you felt like time slowed down as it began to fall back down into Monica's hand. You desperately prayed that it would land on tails so you didn't have to suffer the embarrassment of telling him. "Heads!" Monica announced, causing the other two girls to cheer.
You felt your stomach drop at the thought of telling Chandler how you felt. Before you could say anything, the three boys walked into the apartment, pizza in hand. "Can we crash girls night? We've got pizza?" Ross asked.
"The more the merrier," Phoebe replied.
The girls kept gesturing for you to talk to Chandler and you kept shaking your head and avoiding eye contact with them. "Chandler, Araceli wants to talk to you outside," Rachel announced.
You glared at your friend who just smiled innocently. "Okay..." Chandler responded, clearly confused.
You got up off of the sofa and made your way outside. Chandler followed behind you and you stood outside in silence for what felt like forever. "So what's up?" Chandler asked, breaking the awkward silence.
"I'm not entirely sure how to tell you this..." you replied.
"You can tell me anything you know that," Chandler said.
You took a deep breath and look directly into Chandler's eyes. "I like you Chandler, I have these feelings for you that I couldn't explain at first but all I know is that I have really strong feelings for you," you explained.
Chandler looked at you completely shocked. He stared at you for a good few minutes without actually saying anything which made you extremely anxious. "Please say something," you mumbled, feeling pretty embarrassed.
"Look Araceli, you're a great girl and some guy will be lucky to have you as his girlfriend but I'm really sorry, I don't see you that way," he replied.
His words made you feel sick. You felt so humiliated. You couldn't believe that the girls had forced you to talk to him. "It's fine, I'm just gonna go," you muttered.
"Araceli wait!"
You climbed back through the window and made you way to the door with tears threatening to fall. "Araceli, what happened?" Joey asked, clueless to what had just gone down.
You ignored the group and left the apartment. When you made it into the hallway you burst into tears and hurried home. You had never felt more embarrassed and hurt in your whole life.

||three weeks later||

You hadn't seen the group since that incredibly awkward night on the terrace with Chandler. They had all attempted to contact you but you didn't want to call them back. You felt utterly humiliated and didn't want to face any of them. This evening, you were going on a date with a guy from your work and you hoped that it would take your mind off of what happened with Chandler. You had arranged to meet him at the coffee shop and you hoped that the group was there so they could see that you were no longer interested in Chandler, even though you were. You strolled into the coffee shop at around 7ish and you instantly spotted the group. You ordered a coffee and sat down at the window table. Moments later your date joined you and he greeted you with a kiss on your cheek. You quickly glanced at the group who were all staring at you with complete confusion. After you'd finished your coffee, yourself and your date headed out to the restaurant you were going to. The guy placed his hand on your lower back and you knew that would have caught he attention of your friends. You really did enjoy your date with the guy but Chandler still lingered in the back of your mind. You scheduled to go out for a drink with your date the next day at a bar you knew the group liked to have a drink at every occasional Saturday. You dressed up in your best dress and put a lot of effort into your makeup, hoping that it would not only impress your date, but Chandler too. Your date picked you up from your apartment and you both shared a taxi to the bar. When you got there, you saw the group sat in a booth with a round of drinks.  You instantly caught their attention but when you looked at Chandler, he seemed to be a little bit upset. You spent your evening laughing and chatting with you date, who you couldn't deny that you were very attracted to. When he left to go to the bathroom, Monica took the opportunity to come over and talk to you. "Hey, how've you been?" She asked.
"I've been good," you replied shortly, still not having forgive her for making you tell Chandler how you felt.
"I'm sorry for forcing you to talk to Chandler, it wasn't fair, I guess we all thought he felt the same, please come back to the group, we all miss you," Monica apologised.
"It's too awkward to come back to you guys, I just need space," you replied.
"Have you started seeing someone?" Monica asked.
"Yes, he's a guy from my work, he's great and it's going well with us," you responded.
Just as you said this your date appeared back beside you. "I'll see you around Araceli," Monica said before going back to the group.
After a few more drinks and more sad looks from Chandler, you decided to call it a night and got a taxi back to your apartment. Just as you were about to get into bed, someone knocked on your door. You groaned and dragged yourself over to the door, unhappy that you couldn't get straight into bed. You flung open the door and was surprised by the sight of Chandler in front of you. "Break up with him," he said.
"Excuse me?"
"Break up with him."
"And why should I do that?" You asked, crossing your arms across your chest.
"Because you should be with me."
You were taken back by his response, unsure of what to say. Did he really just tell you that you should be with him? "You rejected me Chandler, what's changed your mind?" You questioned.
"When I first saw you with him, I felt jealous and I couldn't understand why until tonight when I realised I do have feelings for you but I was just too scared to admit it. I'm sorry I hurt you but I love you Araceli, I just didn't realise it until now," he confessed.
Your heart melted at his words and you struggled to reply. You couldn't believe that he actually said he loved you. You moved closer to him and placed you hand on the side of his face. You lent up and softly pressed your lips to his. He immediately kissed you back, wrapping his arms around your waist. He walked you backwards and kicked the door closed behind him. He lifted you up onto your kitchen counter and you instinctively wrapped your legs around his waist, tugging him closer. You ran your fingers through his hair, whilst his had a tight grip on your hip. After a while, you both pulled away, gasping for air. "I want to be with you, I don't want to have to watch you with other guys," Chandler admitted.
"You are the only guy I want to be with."