Another story begins 2 years later…
After season 11, this year, Joey is engaged to a woman named Angela Janine Voinovich. Angela is pregnant with little boy Joey Jr., and will be giving birth to him soon. Phoebe and Mike are still wondering if they should get a baby because Mike is afraid. Monica and Chandler are living the normal life at their new house, and nothing too special has happened to them yet, except for the fact that they got a cat named Jingles and a dog named Belle. After Ross and Rachel get back together, they have another baby and little girl Isabella was born a few months ago. Rachel is expecting a proposal, and Ross is planning to give one tonight.
THE ONE WITH THE EX
Joey and Monica are in Central Perk enjoying coffee and a pleasant conversation.
"So Joey, how's it going on DOOL?" Monica asked.
"It's going pretty great! Only they repeatedly tell me to show up on time. It's getting pretty annoying. It's like, 'I get it, and you just have to say it once'." Joey said.
"Maybe they say it again and again because you DON'T go on time."
"What? That's nonsense."
"What time do they start filming Joey?"
"Nine, why?"
"Well, if I were you, I would get a move on it if I don't wanna hear their nagging again because it's probably just about to end."
"What?"
"Oh for god sake, it's almost 11, Joey! Go!"
"Aw man! But I really gotta pee!"
"Why didn't you go earlier?"
"Because my beeper was going crazy and it was from Days of Our Lives, and I didn't want someone in the bathroom think that my peeing was making the noise!"
"Just Go!"
"Where?"
Monica's eyes widened as she pointed at the door.
"Oh!" Said Joey as he ran out of the coffee house.
Opening Credits
It's just a normal afternoon and Phoebe and Mike are folding their laundries. It was very awkward since neither of them had spoken in about 10 minutes.
"Do you ever wonder if we should get a pet?" Phoebe said, breaking the silence.
"Uhm… I thought we were planning to have a baby." Mike said.
"Doesn't hurt to have both."
"You're right. Maybe we could get one this week. So what do you wanna get?"
"Hmm… I've never thought about it. Give me a second to think…"
"Oh, take as long as you ne—"
"Oh! Oh! Oh! We should get a porcupine!" Or… Or, or a goose!"
"I really think we should think about it more, eh?"
"Really? 'Cuz I have more opinions than that. Maybe a—"
And her words were interrupted by the entrance of Monica and Chandler.
"Hey what's up, kids?" Chandler said.
"Kids?" Phoebe asked with one eyebrow raised.
"Hey, just because I'm a father now, doesn't mean I say less stupid things.." Chandler replied as Phoebe quietly laughed and picked up a pair of purple boxers.
"Purple boxers? Really, Mike." Phoebe asked looking at Mike weirdly.
"Yeah… those… those aren't mine…" Mike said trying to sound innocent.
Suddenly, Phoebe's phone started to ring. Monica tossed it to her, and Phoebe enthusiastically picked up.
"Hellooooo, Phoebe Buffay…… Oh my God! David? Long time… What? You're in town? Seriously? Wanna get a cup of coffee or… well, that sounds great. I'll see you then."
Phoebe hung up looking more happy than before picking up. Not bothering to tell the others about the call, she hummed a tune while folding the last pair of laundry.
"She does know we're here, right?" Chandler said to Monica.
"What? Oh, that? That was David, remember David?" Phoebe said.
"David who almost proposed to you, THAT David?" Mike said sounding uncomfortable.
"Yeah, I'm having lunch with him tomorrow." Phoebe replied.
"When you said you're having lunch with him, you didn't mean you were right?"
"I kinda meant I was."
"No. No, No, No… You're not. You've got a husband to take care of."
"C'mon. it's not a big deal…"
"Not a big deal?"
Mike sounded a little angry now. It concerned him that his wife was meeting her ex-boyfriend for "lunch" that sounded awfully like a date.
"Don't be so in to it, Mike. It's just old friends catching up." Chandler cheered.
"Yeah! I mean this brings up the fact that I met Richard the other day at the video store and we grabbed a bite. Chandler didn't freak." Monica said.
"Uh…what? Maybe because Chandler didn't know that Monica met her dashing ex-boyfriend!" Chandler started to get mad too.
"I thought it was just "old friends catching up"?" Monica said.
"I just said that so Mike would feel better! Not everything someone says is true!"
The two couples fought very loudly and soon another 10 minutes had gone by. Rachel and Ross came having their own conversations, not knowing anything.
"Come on, Ross! You HAVE to tell Ben about me and Emma!" Rachel whined.
"Yes. Hey Ben! Here's another Mommy. Three Mommies now, okay?" Ross said sarcastically.
"I'm not another mommy." Rachel said not understanding.
"Technically you are. You're a step-mommy." Ross said.
It's been almost 2 years since Rachel and Ross got back together and Ross was even thinking of proposing to her soon. However, he hasn't told Ben about neither Rachel nor Emma. Seeing Chandler, Ross continued. "Hey Chandler, you wouldn't believe who we ran into on the way here! Kathy! Remember Kathy? Like 8 years ago, she cheated on Joey…? You know? Actor, pretty, short red hair… actually grew long now."
Chandler seemed surprised. "'Course I remember Kathy… so… what'd you guys say?"
This time Rachel continued. "We didn't notice her at first. But apparently she remembered us. She asked how everyone was doing, and wanted to know if you'd like to catch a cup of coffee at Central Perk sometime. She gave us her number." She said handing Chandler the piece of paper. Chandler grinned widely.
"I'd love too. Of course… it's just old friends catching up, right?" Chandler said glaring and Monica who immediately glared back.
Joey and Angela came in with a loud entrance.
"Hey guys! 2 weeks 'til the baby's delivered. I'm so happy!" Joey said jumping up and down. Angela patted his head.
"Now, calm down dear. We have more than that to celebrate… we've got the wedding!" Angela also started jumping but stopped, realizing she was carrying a child.
Ross smiled and said, "Ah~~ so, baby first THEN wedding, huh? Interesting… Baby in 2 weeks, wedding in 2 months, VERY tight schedule, isn't it?"
Joey nodded securely, giving them a sign that told them it's all going to be okay.
Later that day, Phoebe and Mike went to go visit the triplets at Frank Jr's house and Rachel & Joey had gone off to work, so only Monica, Chandler, and Ross were in the Coffee house.
"So Ross, how are things going with Rachel?" Monica asked, putting down her cup.
"It's going absoulutely perfect. Hey… can you guys keep a secret?" Ross asked as Monica and Chandler nodded and leaned in.
"I… I was planning… propose to Rachel tonight… I'm kinda nervous…" He whispered. Just then Gunther put down Ross' coffee and gasped as he spilled half of it on Ross' pants.
"Oh… Sorry." Gunther said, not sounding like he was apologizing as he left.
"Really? That's pretty big…" Chandler said.
"Oh my god… I'm going to be Rachel's sister in law, yay!" Monica said, getting excited.
"Yeah, I know. I want everything to go perfect tonight, and I was planning to take her the planetarium, set it up with a lotta lilies, and print the words, "Will you Marry me?" with stars across the ceiling. I don't want any disturbance either, and before that, I need the dinner to go perfect as well. What do you think?"
Monica and Chandler looked at each other surprised. They seemed pretty satisfied with Ross' idea. However Monica was looking at Chandler with a why-didn't-you-do-something-like-that face and Chandler whispered, "Ours was pretty romantic too!"
"I think that's pretty great. Go for it, Ross. BUT… I think it's better to just have a little picnic AT the planetarium, that way you could save time and there won't be anything to worry about for the date disturbance thing." Monica advised as Ross nodded.
Just then, Rachel walked in and Chandler looked like he was going to cry. Rachel stared for a moment and looked at Monica.
"Monica! Did you show him Old Yeller again? That's just mean!" Rachel said then looked at Ross. "Hun, I'm gonna go get changed for our dinner. I'll meet you here in an hour."
Rachel left the coffee house, and Ross hesitated for a moment. Suddenly he started panicking.
"Okay. Okay. Okay. What do I do? She's going to get changed, you know what that means?" Ross said in a hurry.
"That… the scary dress is going to eat her?" Chandler joked as Ross glared.
"No, that means that she's expecting a big dinner. I mean, an HOUR. She must wanna look pretty fancy? She MUST be expecting something, that's why she's getting all dressy? What if this goes wrong, huh?" Ross panicked.
"Calm down, girls ALWAYS take that long to get ready for a date. Don't worry, I'm sure it'll go just as wonderful as you planned." Monica cheered as Ross nodded and took a deep breath.
As Ross left, Kathy passed him and entered the coffee house. Chandler smiled widely and Monica's just faded.
"Chandler!" Kathy shouted as she ran towards him and gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Kathy! Long time no see!" Chandler responded cheerfully as Monica tried to ignore it.
"So how've you be—" Kathy continued but was interrupted by Monica's sudden burst.
"He's married. Yeah! And guess to who? Me! That's right. Me." Monica bragged.
"Oh, really? That's great! I'm married too!" Kathy said showing her the ring with the diamond that was twice as big as Monica's. Monica snorted as she desperately looked at her watch and evilly grinned.
Just then, Richard came in and Monica jumped up and ran to him to hug him. Richard smiled.
"Thank you for going with the plan. Sorry for making you do this, but just make Chandler jealous." Monica whispered as she tugged away. Richard nodded unnoticeably.
"Hello, Monica. What a coincidence! I just came in hear to get a cup of coffee." Richard said trying not to sound fake.
"I know right? I totally didn't expect you either." Monica said stiffly.
Chandler rolled his eyes as he continued his conversation with Kathy.
"So you still in the acting business?" Chandler asked.
"Yup. Actually, I think I saw Joey the other day at an audition, but I don't think he saw me. I'm not sure if it was him but he was getting a whole lottta sandwiches." Kathy replied. Chandler thought to himself, 'That was him for sure.' As Kathy Continued, "So you're still doing the… uh… data… number stuff?"
"No, I quit. I'm doing advertising now." Chandler replied.
"Oh that's great! It's always good to try something ne—" Kathy was cut by Monica's loud disturbance.
"So, Richard? You still got that COOL mustache of yours! You know, Chandler tried growing one but it turned out looking like a porcupine." Monica said loudly.
"Yeah, well thanks. It's good to focus on one thing too though." Chandler said ignoring Monica.
"Yeah, so why didn't you?" Monica glared at Chandler. Chandler ignored her again.
"How've you been doing, Monica?" Richard asked.
"I'm doing pretty good. But it got harder to clean up. Not because of the twins… if you know what I mean. Mhmm!" Monica said pointing to Chandler as Richard nodded along.
"So Kathy, how come you're not a big nagging freak like my wife?" Chandler smiled.
"Huh?" Kathy asked, confused with the situation.
"Chandler's just weird. Starting with his name. Chandler? What is that? And BING? This is why I didn't change my last name. I mean… BURGE, is VERY nice." Monica said.
"You wouldn't think so but Monica's a real obsessive shrew." Chandler pointed out.
"Chandler's basically gay!" Monica shouted out standing up. Everyone stared.
"Monica tried to kill me! Instead she got my toe!" Chandler said, also standing up, pointing at him pinky which was cut off at a Thanksgiving dinner by Monica's accident of dropping a knife. Everyone now was staring at him.
"Hey Chandler, I think I'm gonna… take off." Kathy said getting her purse and jacket.
"No No No! We're not finished proving what a little…thing, Monica is yet!" Chandler explained as Kathy took a step out.
"I'm not so comfortable either. I'll catch you later Monica." Richard said also leaving.
Now they were the only ones left, and they slowly took a seat on couch and finished their sips of coffee. The awkward silence was not to be broken. Monica looked at Chandler who was hesitating, and turned back. Chandler looked at Monica who was trying not to look. They both crossed eyes and looked back down. Monica looked around and found a lady still staring at them.
"I did NOT try to kill him by the way. It was just a n honest mistake. But he MAY be gay." Monica whispered to the lady who nodded off.
Ross and Rachel had gone off to have a romantic picnic at a park just outside the planetarium. Ross seemed extremely anxious because of the proposal, and Rachel was now starting to get a little worried.
"Are you alright? You seem really uncomfortable with something." Rachel said.
"Oh, No. I'm fine. Really. Nothing. Nada. Look, let's just focus on the dinner, shall we? I mean I don't want anything to ruin this. I mean it's not like it's special. Well, No! What I meant was, well, it IS special. But not like super special because nothing big's gonna happen. I mean it may, but it you don't have to expect anything." Ross explained nervously.
"What's your point, Ross?" Rachel said suspiciously.
"Look, I'm fine. Don't worry about me, Rache, just enjoy dinner." Ross said.
"Okay.' Rachel replied and smiled at him as Ross smiled back.
They were done with dinner at Ross was just cleaning up the mess. Rachel had already made herself comfortable on the checkered sheets. Ross cleared his throat.
"Do you wanna go inside now? It's getting a little chilly." Ross said pointing at the planetarium as Rachel nodded and stood up.
They walked towards the planetarium, but just as Ross was about to open the door, Rachel's beeper started going crazy. It was an emergency.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, this is important I guess… That's strange, I've never seen this number before… Oh, my mom said she changed her phone recently, maybe there's something wrong with Emma or Isabella." Rachel said and Ross nodded, signing that she could get the call. Rachel picked up in a light tone.
"Hello?" She answered.
"Rachel… Rache…I mean…" A man's voice was panting.
"I'm sorry, who is this?'
"It's me, Barry."
"Oh… What is it, I'm kinda in the middle of somethi—"
"Rachel, I think I still love you! Oh my god! Did I just say that? I mean, I know it's crazy, and I'm at my 3rd wedding, but I'm panicking like you did, and I just have to see you!"
"Uhm… Wow, uh… I don't know what to do with that right now. I'm in the middle of a date, and… there's nothing I can really do, Barr."
"Oh… But… Could you just meet me once?"
"I…Yeah okay. Meet you at the coffee house in 10 minutes."
Rachel hung up. She didn't really want to meet him, but his gentle voice sounded so sad, that she just couldn't turn him down. Ross tapped her shoulders.
"Is something wrong? What do you mean "meet you at the coffee shop in 10 minutes?"
"I'm so sorry, Ross. Barry just told me that he loves me and I just couldn't turn the poor thing down. He wants to meet me, and I have to go, I'm sorry."
Rachel's eyes were here and there, and Ross just stood their stiffly as she ran away. This was not the way tonight was supposed to go.
Rachel ran rapidly into the coffee house where she saw her ex-boyfriend Barry waiting for her desperately. Rachel cried out, "Barry!" and he jumped up and ran to her. He cheerfully hugged her, a little tear coming out of his eyes. He was about to kiss her, but Rachel quickly avoided his lips. They sat down. Both of them were panting. Neither of them looked at each other. It was just too awkward.
All of a sudden, Barry got on one knee in front of Rachel. Rachel froze at the spot looking at the man who was about to do something that looked a lot like proposing.
"Rachel, I know this is really sudden, and I know it's crazy, but I just can't help it. Rachel Greene, will you marry me?" Barry said looked at Rachel's shaking eyes.
Just then, Gunther crashed a cup at his own head and fell to the floor with the shattered pieces of the cup. Ross came in and also froze.
"Uhm… Barry? No.." Rachel denied. Barry's smiled faded and he stood up. He looked like he was about to cry. Barry left without saying a word and Ross stood at the spot, still frozen. What if Rachel coldly turned his proposal down too? Was it too early? Ross thought it through. He became more worried than he was. Rachel smiled at him but he didn't smile back. He didn't even look at her.
He thought of what he was giving up. He thought of what it would be like if she would've turned him down. He would lose the will to live. He would give up life. No hope will be left for him and he will basically have no soul. He would be miserable and regretting it for the rest of his life. It would be awkward between the two of them. They wouldn't be friends anymore. Everything would be split.
However, he thought again. What if she rejected Barry for him? Was she waiting for his proposal since a long time ago? What if she accepted? He realized that he would happy for the rest of his life. Even if he gave up a lot, he would gain a lot more. So why doesn't he just do it now? It wasn't the most romantic, but it's the perfect timing! He hadn't spoken in about 7 minutes now and Rachel had a very curious expression drawn on her face. Ross had the widest smile and bent on one knee.
"Rachel Greene, will you marry me?" Ross said.
Rachel's smile widened more than ever as she screamed.
"YES!"
Rachel jumped over the sofa and on to Ross. Ross, almost falling backwards swung her all around. He let her down and placed the shiny ring on her finger as Gunther got up. As soon as Gunther saw the bright glitter on her finger, he banged his head on to the counter and shouted, "Why god, Why?!" As he started crying like a little girl.
Ending Credits
Chandler got home from work and he decided to check his messages.
"Beep… Hey, Chandler. It's Kathy. Look, I'm really sorry for just walking out on you the other day. But to be honest, I really didn't get the situation and really didn't want to. Congratulations on your marriage by the way. Anyway, what I really left this message for is because… I really wanted to know if you were gay. I know it sounds crazy 'cuz you're married to Monica who's a woman and stuff, but when we were going out, it just seemed like you were different with the other guys…give me a call, 'cuz I can set you up with a great guy I met at an audition who's perfect for you!"
Chandler froze and stared at the answer machine,. He immediately called Kathy, but got her answer machine too.
"Hey Kathy. It's me, Chandler, returning your message. Congratulations on your wedding too. But what I'm leaving this message for is to answer your questions. I'm straight, and I really want you die. If you think so too, give me a call, 'cuz I can send you a guy who killed his dad with a shovel!" He shouted and hung up. He felt proud proud of himself as he exited.
I hope you liked it! I know it's not that good, but this is my first. Please review.