𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐲, chanoey. [ᵈⁱˢᶜᵒⁿᵗⁱⁿᵘᵉᵈ]

iii. the one with the new love interest

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"you're what?!" evelyn asked chandler blinking rapidly, stunned at the words that had just left his lips.
"yeah, uh, i'm in love..." chandler awkwardly repeated himself.
"with who? do i know her? oh, my, god, is it monica?!" evelyn excitedly and naively asked.
"sure, make sure you don't tell her," chandler nervously giggled as he tried to lie.
"oh of course don't worry about it. this is so exciting!" evelyn jumped up and down.
"we should probably get back inside, isnt phoebe performing?" chandler tried to get out of the situation as quickly as he could.
"oh of course yeah! let's go!" evelyn tucked her hair behind her ears and started heading off into central perk, chandler following shortly behind her.
the pair walked back into the cafe trying to keep poker faces. evelyn sat next to joey and laid her head in his neck, resting her hand on his chest with her legs curled up off the ground.
"so, you guys just not gonna talk about what just happened out there?" monica blurted out, breaking the silence that laid on the group for a few seconds.
"nope," evelyn and chandler answered in unison.
"everybody? shh, shhh. uh, central perk is proud to present the music of miss phoebe buffay," rachel interrupted the awkwardness, introducing phoebe to the cafe.
"hi. um, i want to start with a song that's about that moment when you suddenly realize what life is all about. ok, here we go."
as phoebe played her first chord, the lights in the cafe had gone completely out.
"ok, thank you very much."

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"wow, this is so cool, you guys. the entire city is blacked out!" rachel pointed, while looking out the window in amazement. everyone else was trying to find and light as many candles they could around the apartment. evelyn made sure to light at least a few candles in the girls' rooms.
"mom says it's all of manhattan, parts of brooklyn and queens, and they have no idea when it's coming back on," monica told the group that was sitting in the living room.
"wow, you guys, this is big."
"pants and a sweater? why, mom? who am i gonna meet in a blackout? power company guys? eligible looters? could we talk about this later? ok," monica frustratedly hung up on her mom.
"can i borrow the phone? i want to call my apartment and check on my grandma. what's my number?" phoebe asked, resulting in everyone turning their heads and staring at her.
"well, i never call me."
"hi everyone," joey greeted, walking into the apartment with a menorah in his hand.
"and officiating at tonight's blackout is rabbi tribbiani," ross sarcastically announced to the room.
"well, chandler's old roommate was jewish, and these are the only candles we have, so, happy chanukah, everyone," joey explained as he he walked into the living room and set the menorah down.

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"alright, somebody," rachel said while sitting in the living room with ross, monica, evelyn, joey, phoebe, and chandler around her.
"ok, i'll go. ok senior year of college, on a pool table," monica took her turn, smiling as she looked back on the time.
"that's my sister!"
"ok, my weirdest place would have to be, the women's room on the second floor of the new york city public library," joey took his turn, readjusting evelyn's legs that laid over his lap as she sat on the seat cushion next to him.
"oh, i remember that," evelyn added on as she reminisced on the time.
"uh, for me it would have to be in a closet at the american museum of natural history," evelyn smirked thinking about when it happened.
"oh i remember that too," joey laughed, evelyn just responded with a huge  smile on her face.
"pheebs, what about you?"
"oh, milwaukee," phoebe answered, causing everyone to look at her funny.
"um, ross?"
"disneyland, 1989, 'it's a small world after all'. the ride broke down. so, carol and i went behind a couple of those mechanical dutch children, then they fixed the ride, and we were asked never to return to the magic kingdom." ross answered, coughing after letting out the last detail.
"so when you guys did it, did it seem like carol was enjoying it or did she just lay there?" evelyn joked, causing everyone to laugh.
"she didn't know she was a lesbian, how would i have known?!" ross yelled at her, but all evelyn could do was laugh with her other friends.
"chandler?"
"well uh, not to sound boring but the shower," chandler admitted scratching the back of his neck.
evelyn shot a wink at chandler knowing that the time he was talking about was with her.
"oh, rachel!"
"oh come on, i already went," rachel lied, trying to find someone that hadn't gone, but soon bit her tongue realizing she was the last to go.
"come on!"
"oh, alright. the weirdest place would have to be–oh, the foot of the bed," rachel admitted, embarrassed after hearing all the wild stories her friends had.
"step back!"
"we have a winner!"
"okay now let's name the best we've ever had. and let's use names!" phoebe suggested excitedly, everyone but evelyn nodding to the idea.
"okay, honestly fun bobby would be the winner for me," monica admitted with the biggest grin on her face.
"for me, it would have to be some kid that i used to baby sit's dad," rachel admitted with a hint of regret in her eyes.
"joey?"
"oh. uhm. it'd have to be uh, evelyn," joey stammered, coughing to even get her name out.
"you're just saying that because i'm in the room," evelyn slapped his shoulder, giving him a sarcastic smile.
"well, if we're on the topic evelyn would be my pick too," chandler blurted out just to get his answer out of the way.
"wait you've slept with joey and chandler? who else have you slept with?" monica asked basically yelling because of how shocked she was. everyone else's jaws were dropped, including joey's.
"when were you gonna tell me?" joey asked, pushing evelyn's legs off his lap, leaving her faced forward in her seat.
"can we not fight about this in front of everyone?" evelyn pleaded joey looking embarrassed and running her hand through her hair.
"yeah–let's fight about it in your room," joey demanded, grabbing evelyn by the wrist, leading her to her own room.
"what's your problem?" evelyn asked closing the door behind her, as joey started pacing in her room.
"my problem is that you slept with chandler! i thought that was our thing!" joey argued, with hurt in his voice.
"joey, we aren't even in a relationship, i didn't think it would matter," evelyn argued back, but now with anger in her voice.
silence settled into the room.
"why'd you do it?" joey asked, with a break in his voice.
evelyn grabbed joey to stop him from pacing around her room, and led him to sit on the bed with her.
"i did it because i was sad."
"then why didn't you come to me?"
"because you were why i was sad," evelyn almost whispered, as she looked up at joey, joey's eyes full of sorrow.
"what-wh–" joey stammered trying to get a sentence out.
"it was one night that i came into your apartment to see you and i heard you doing it with some girl in your room. chandler was there for me and it just kinda happened," evelyn cut him off, now trying to avoid eye-contact with him.
"i didn't think it would matter that much, we're not even together–actually why does it matter so much to you?" evelyn angrily continued.
"it doesnt matter to me. i was just shocked that you had slept with chandler," he lied, accidentally offending his friend while trying to cover up his true feelings.
evelyn took in a deep breath, as she had been so worked up over the whole topic.
"so if it doesn't matter, are we okay?" evelyn tried to settle the fight, her eyes telling him that she was disappointed in how he reacted.
joey nodded his head with barely a smile on his face.
he then abruptly went in for a hug, which evelyn was not prepared for.
"i love you," he whispered in her ear.
"i love you too."
joey pulled away from the hug first. evelyn began to leave her room, joey right behind.
as soon as evelyn opened the door, monica shouted,
"you slept with ross the same day you slept with joey?!"
evelyn rolled her eyes pushing joey back in the room to explain that other situation.