Author's Note: This fic is AU and takes place right after The Finale. This may deal with the eventual death of a major character (I have not decided as of yet how the entire series will play out, as I am taking everything on a chapter by chapter basis)

Six Minus One

'Well, that's the last of it', Joey triumphantly exclaimed as set down the last of Chandler and Monica's boxes in the living room at their new house in West Chester.

'Now comes the real fun', Chandler said with a roll of his eyes

'What's that', his best friend asked

'Un-packing', he sighed as he opened one of the cardboard boxes, looking inside and with a panicked look, quickly sealed it back up again.

'What's in there', Joey asked as he picked up and shook the box to hear rattling inside

'Remember at the apartment last Thanksgiving. Remember Monica's good china dishes', Chandler exclaimed, with his voice getting more shrill with every word

'Oh don't worry. We packed them and put them back in the box', Joey replied, as clueless as ever

'Are you really not making the connection', Chandler asked, his voice getting even more shrill

Chandler picks up the box and shows the words 'Monica's China Dishes', written with a marker

'Ohhhh. Those are the dishes that broke', Joey exclaimed, jumping off the sofa, as Chandler feverishly noodded.

'What the hell are we going to do, Joe', Chandler panicked

'Calm down, buddy', Joey replied as he grabbed a marker from his pocket and wrote the word 'Not', over the original writing

'There, taken care of', Joey said as he put the marker in his pocket and sat back down

Opening Credits

Author's Note: I apologize for the brevity of this chapter, but this was just to set the pace for the series and was wanting to focus my writing energy for the upcoming chapters

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