Hello people! This fic is very different than the "Friends" show. It's a modern murder mystery where the victim is not a known character of the show, but the people involved in the case of her murder are the "Friends" characters: Monica and Chandler are the cops involved in the case. Phoebe and Rachel are the victim's best friends. Joey's

her ex-boyfriend. And Ross... well, you'll see in the upcoming chapters. Anyway, hope you enjoy this. Please review! Don't give advice if you don't wanna

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Friday, August 17th, 2002

This night of August was the kind where you leave all your windows open, catching every single bit of fresh air you could. That was exactly what Kelly Labelle, the brilliant Manhattan wedding planner, had done. She had felt rather sick earlier in the evening, which explained why she had stayed home all alone, half-listening to the noise coming from the television set. Anyway, she knew she would'nt have gone out with her friends (and coworkers) Phoebe and Rachel even if she had not been sick; she did'nt want to do anything since she had left her boyfriend. It hurt her to leave him, but his agressive temper had caused him to become physically abusive. She forgave him the first times, but the beatings were becoming worse every time. And she knew that he had cheated on her many times... She just could'nt stand being in an abusive relationship anymore.

Pushing those painful memories aside, she considered going to bed. After playing with the idea, she declared herself too tired and lazy and decided to let herself doze off, lying on the living room couch.

After 30 minutes or so, she finally surrendered to a deep, deserved sleep. But it was only a matter of minutes before she had horrible flashbacks... She could still feel the haunting pain his beatings gave her. She could still see his look of fury, his hands grabbing the first thing they touched, his satisfactory smile when he found the "weapon", but strangely, she saw him grabbing a knife... He had never used a knife... This could'nt be a flashback... Quickly, he plunged it into her chest. But strangely, she felt a real pain in her chest. She rapidly woke up, and saw a covered face, retracting a knife from her. At first, she refused to believe it. She tried to look at her chest, but the dark prevented her from seeing... Horrified, she saw the figure raise his arms again... She tried to scream, but no sound came from her mouth. To her despair, she saw the figure plunge the knife in her stomach, which caused her face to twitch from the pain. Satisfied, the figure slowly walked towards the door, leaving her to die, painfully, by herself.

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So, do you like it? I hope you do, cause I'm really excited about this story... But I'm very willing to improve my writing skills, so if there's anything you don't like, don't hesitate to express it on the review that I pray you will leave on the way out of this site... lol.