The One Where Demeter Comes Over

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The Door opens into a dim hall. There are green doors on either side, and a window and a staircase on the far end.

"I'm two floors up," Chandler says, leading the way to the stairs.

It's a quick trip to Chandler's floor, and his apartment is right next to the stairs. The door is locked, but that could mean a few things. He unlocks the door, and is relieved to find that Joey is, indeed, out for his audition. Otherwise, the chain would be locked as well.

The door opens into a typical bachelor pad. Old furniture and toys are probably the first things you'd notice coming inside.

"It's not much," he says apologetically.

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"Its your home."

She grabbed him hand at some point and when they're inside gives him a hug.

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He's a bit more comfortable in the familiar place, and kisses her lightly before reaching out to secure the chain lock on the door.

"In case Joey comes home," he explains.

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She kisses him back, "A smart idea."

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"We tried putting a tie outside for about a week, but it kept getting stolen," he explains.

He doesn't realise that he's babbling again.

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"That's one I haven't heard. When I was younger, we used to always just say that this grove is ours."

As she speaks she starts working on getting his sweater off.

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Luckily, it has buttons down the front. The pull-over-your-head sort always seem to wind up in Joey's room, and he really does not want to know why.

"We did it back in college," Chandler explains between kisses. He's still not entirely sure what to do with his hands, so he settles for running them down her arms.

"My room mate was seeing a girl, and always had her over."

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"Did you ever get to use your room?"

She shifts his arms to her waist and kisses him a little harder.

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"Once or twice," he says. He hopes it sounds like a joke, despite it being true.

He nudges her backwards slightly, wanting to get out of the kitchen. There are two perfectly good sofas in the living room, and an all right bed in his bedroom, after all.

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"Then clearly you should have locked him out sometime."

She grins and lets herself be moved.

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Yeah, probably. And that's not to say he didn't try.

He pulls her down onto the sofa, his hands still on her waist. Hesitantly, he dares to move one down to her thigh, but still seems to just be waiting for some sort of rejection.

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He doesn't get one only a smile as her her hands start wandering under his shirt.

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At that, he tenses and pulls away slightly. He remembers that he'd neglected to wear an under shirt today, and to him, that's a big deal.

"Woah," he says quietly. "Uhm..."

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"What's wrong? Are you hurt?"

She moves her hands out from under his shirt but they stay on his legs.

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"No, I--I didn't really think this all the way through."

He wants to continue though, and to demonstrate this, he starts kissing her again.

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She smiles into his kiss but keeps her hands below his shirt for now.

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Chandler's lying sprawled out on his back, staring up at the ceiling. "Wow!" he says before he's able to stop himself.

He can't believe what's just happened. Part of him is thinking that this has all just been a dream. A really great dream, but still a dream. The rest of him, the part that knows it's not, is off somewhere, not quite ready to switch back on yet.

At some point, he thought he'd heard Joey try to come home, which means he's next door terrorising the girls. He feels like he should get up and unlock the door, but he'd rather just lie in bed for a while longer.

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Demeter laughs and kisses his cheek from where she's lounging beside him,

"You're welcome and thank you."

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"I don't usually make a habit of doing that," Chandler admits.

He brings his arm around her shoulders and pulls her closer.

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"That just means we need to make sure this becomes a new habit."

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"Really?"

She's just full of all sorts of surprises, isn't she?

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"I can't think of any reason why not."

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"I guess if we must," Chandler says, laying on the sarcasm.

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She laughs and starts to kiss him again, Demeter is quite happy to start right now.

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Chandler's much more at ease than he was earlier, and goes with it, kissing her back.

Forget about Joey. The girls'll take care of him for a while.

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Demeter grins and pulls him back under the covers, no one really needs them today after all.