Set 10 years after the original friends year--
Monica and Chandler moved to the suburbs with baby Erica and Jack
Ross and Rachel married a year after and lived on with Emma
Joey moved to LA to start a bigger career
Phoebe and Mike lived happily, but never had any children
They all lost contact apart from Ross and Rachel
Chapter 1: Joey, Ross and Rachel
"Damn where'd ma phone go" Joey muttered to himself
Joey was driving along the freeway, driving back to New York.
"Ah there it is" Joey yelled with glee, he pulled his car over to the side and began dialing "Hey Rach, its Joey"
"JOEY" the voice screamed "Ross, get here, its Joey"
"What!? Put it on speaker phone" another voice said
"Hey Joey, your on speaker phone, how are you!" Rachel said
"Im good, im good, how are the Gellers?" he said with a giggle as a memory came back to him
"We're great thanks, where are you man!" Ross said
"Im coming back to New York, I got a a new job offer"
"ooo, what job?" Rachel said
"They want me to start directing the spin-off to Days of our Lives, its called Children are the Future"
"Wow" Ross said, "so where you staying when you get back?"
"My old apartment has just been vacated, so I applied for it back, and got it!" Joey said with delight
"Cool, I take it you heard about us, we moved to Monica and Chandlers old apartment" Rachel said
"Ahh, so we'll be neighbours! Cool" Joey said "You guys heard from Monica and Chandler?"
"Not since a few years back, they moved again, and lost contact, we've tried to find them, but can't!"
"Damn, same as me then, look I gotta go, ill be back in New York in about an hour, ill come to your apartment"
"Can't wait, cya Joey" Rachel said
Joey hung up the phone and threw it back onto the passenger seat. He turned the radio and on and carried on driving, laughing at all the memories of 10 years ago.
"Finally, New York" Joey sighed as he saw a sign to his old street.
Joey got out of his car outside his old building, what a site it was, updated beyond its time. Dialled the front service desk, how things had changed
"Hello" a voice came over the comms
"Hey, im Joey Tribbiani, I just rent--"
"Joey" the voice screeched "Its me, Janice"
"Oh…" Joey contemplated running away but he was too tired
"Hey Janice" he said slowly "Im here to collect the keys to my apartment"
"No problem, come on in" she said
The door beeped, and Joey pushed it, dragging his one lone suitcase behind him.
"Joey, over here" Janice screamed when she saw him "Ive got your key with me, ill take you up"
"I know where it is y'know" Joey said "I lived here for 10 years"
"Things have changed sweety, the building had a huge renovation" she explained "the escalators over here"
"Escalators huh" he said "wow"
He was here, the place he'd lived in for so long, yet it looked so different, he recognised most bits, the apartment where Treeger used to live, then the escalator ended and he stepped off, it may have been renovated white, but the corridor was still the same, Joeys apartment on the right, Ross and Rachels on the left. The door on the left opened and a teenage boy walked out, he looked up at him, and smiled, but carried on walking past him to the escalator.
"Here it is Joey, your new, or should I say old ha…hahahaha apartment" she said with her manic laughter
"Thanks Janice" he said with a grimace
He put the key into the lock and watched Janice disappear down the escalator. Once he was alone, he took a deep breathe and unlocked the door, he walked inside and flicked the light on.
There it was, his old apartment, barely change, two doors opposite the front, leading to the two bedrooms, a kitchen immediately on the right, with the bathroom behind it. The only real changes were a different floor colour, different coloured walls, and an updated kitchen. He walked round the living-room, looking into the different rooms.
"Its good to be home" he muttered to himself
He looked at his watch, it was 4 in the afternoon, his furniture wouldn't be arriving for another few hours. He took one last breathe and marched over to the apartment opposite, he knocked loudly
"Come in" Rachel yelled sounding stressed
He nervously pushed the door open, and looked into the apartment, it too had received an update, a new white coloured paint job with a new set of occupants.
"Hey guys" Joey said happily as he saw his old friends.
Rachel was in the living room, sorting out a child, that Joey assumed was Emma, Ross was in the kitchen cooking dinner, the smell of Lasagne overcome him, and he felt like a younger man again.
"Joey" Ross yelled, dropping his plate and running over and hugging him, Rachel soon followed.
"So, who was that kid that just left" Joey asked
"Ben" Ross said "he comes over to see us occasionally"
"Ohh, cool, so, wheres Phoebe and Mike?"
"Oh, hun, didn't you hear?" Rachel said
"Hear what" Joey said panicking
"Mike died three months ago" Rachel explained
"Oh God" Joey said, sighing, a mixture of relief at hearing his friend, Phoebe was OK, but also hearing that her love, Mike, had died washed over him
"How did it happen" Joey asked
"Car Crash" Ross said as he got up to finish his lasagne
"SO, where's Phoebe?" Joey asked
"She lives alone, in her old apartment" Ross said as Rachel took Emma to bed
"Well, my stuff doesn't arrive for another hour and a half, ill go and see her" Joey said as he shook Ross's hand, and hugged Rachel goodbye "Ill see ya later"
Joey walked down the street, he looked at all his old haunts, the adult store, Central Perk, the dry cleaners and the pizza place, home away from home. He walked for another ten minutes, and came to the front of Phoebes old apartment block, he was about to beep the buzzer, but a man came out and let Joey in.
"Thanks" Joey muttered
He walked up the flights of stairs, looked like this block hadn't been updated like his, he came to the door, he knew this was it. He knocked.
Disclaimer: So, What do you think? I would like to ensure I do not own any of the characters, but love the show, and thought id have a stab at doing it.
