More than Just Friends

Chapter Five

Ross fixed his collar and combed his hair as he glanced at himself through the mirror. He smiled, looking himself up and down before grabbing the bottle of cologne and spraying a little bit of the fragrance on his inner wrists and neck.

Tonight marks exactly one month since he and Rachel began their 'friends with benefits' relationship and they had decided to make their one-month anniversary a special night. He and Rachel were to dress up nicely, mostly to try to woe the other, and when they were sure the others were off doing their own thing he would sneak over to her apartment. It was going to be a night of incredible, passionate sex and he couldn't wait.

As he continued to polish himself up his mind slowly drifted off to how far they've gone with this strange relationship. Truthfully, he couldn't believe they had gone a month without anyone finding out about them, though that's not to say there haven't been any close calls. There was the time they were making out on her couch when Joey came home, or when they had been doing it in the bathroom and Phoebe had begun knocking on the door. All in all, they were lucky to come out unscathed but they also had to admit that the excitement in hiding it from their friends made the sex all the more enjoyable.

Tonight was to celebrate exactly that, and with Phoebe's house a week away from being refurbished, it was also to celebrate the future and whatever it may hold for them.

Ross was busy fixing up his sleeves when he heard a knock on his front door and he walked out of his bathroom confused. Phoebe wasn't home tonight as she was out doing whatever she normally does and he wasn't expecting any visitors. He carefully unlocked the door and opened it, and without any warning Chandler walked right in.

"Woah, hello," he said, caught a little off guard.

"Ross I need your help," Chandler said, turning to him with a worried look.

"Um, sure, what do you need?" he asked, sensing his tone.

"Ok, so I just got a call from my boss asking me to have dinner with this lady who's interested in investing in the company. He wants me to meet her at the plaza tonight to talk up the company but I was planning on taking Monica up to Vermont for the weekend to celebrate our anniversary."

"Anniversary?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "I thought that was in May."

"No, the other anniversary..."

Ross thought for a moment. "The other anniversary...? Oh... EWW, Chandler that's my sister! I don't want to know about that!"

"Hey, you're the one who asked," he shrugged. "But that anniversary might not even happen if you don't help me out here Ross."

"Hold on, you want me to go to this dinner for you?" Ross asked, a little surprised by what he was being asked of.

"Yes, please Ross I'm desperate here," Chandler begged.

Ross rubbed his forehead as he thought about his options. If he agrees to the dinner then he'll have to cancel his anniversary with Rachel. At the same time however, if he doesn't accept the favour then Chandler and Monica would miss their anniversary and knowing his sister it would be a long weekend.

"Can't you get Phoebe to do this instead of me?"

"You think I trust Phoebe to meet with an investor?" Chandler replied, and he couldn't really argue. "Ross, all you have to do is represent me and my company. You don't have to know anything, you just need to be nice and have proper manners. Look, you're already dressed up and everything."

Ross looked down at his clothes and cursed himself silently. "Ughh... Chandler..."

"Please Ross, what do you want me to do? You want me to beg? I'll beg you if I have to!" Chandler pleaded, going down on his knees. "Look! I'm on my knees right now! Please Ross-"