Hi everyone! This is part two of three part series. Basically Rachel is the new girl in high school and its around homecoming time in her sophomore year. Monica Gellar is also a popular sophomore and Ross, Chandler, Phoebe, and Joey are seniors. Richard Burke is also a senior who Monica has a huge crush on. Hope you like this. Own the story not the characters. Feedback is welcome :)
Later in the afternoon, the final bell rang and Ross caught a glimpse of Rachel in the crowded hallway, He quickly redirected himself in her direction. "Hey" he said, catching up with her.
Rachel gave him a cute little smile, then proceeded to open her locker. "So how was your first day?" Ross asked.
"Some parts were better than others and I miss some of my old friends but I think there are some good reasons to stay," Rachel winked at Ross.
"So I guess your going to cheer practice with Monica?"
"I don't know. I cheered at my old school. I'm kind of hoping to ...I don't know"
"I get it," Ross nodded vigorously. "You want to reinvent yourself."
'Well maybe a little." Rachel admitted.
"Hey! My friends all hang out at Central Perk want to come there for awhile?"
Before Rachel could respond, Elizabeth walked over to Ross wearing a snug fuschia top and jean skirt and her blond hair braided in pigtails down her back..
"Rossy!" she squealed. Elizabeth was a freshman Ross knew from student government who had an undeniable crush on Ross.
"Come on we have a last minute government meeting after school today...unless your busy" her eyes narrowing on Rachel.
Rachel shrugged "I have cheer practice."
"What I thought we were checking out Central Perk. I don't even know of a meeting," Ross glanced between the girls.
Rachel hesitated "Well I promised Monica. See you around Ross." Rachel slammed her locker and started down the hall.
Elizabeth brushed a blond silky pigtail victoriously over her shoulder. "Come on Rossy we have some business.."she bounced at his side gripping his arm. Ross felt his heart ache watching Rachel leave and most likely getting the wrong impression about his relationship with Elizabeth. "I heard you and Mona broke up," Elizabeth blathered on. "What a shame!"
Meanwhile Joey is hanging out with some girl whose name he cant quite remember -Anna, Amber, Amy- drinking an icee at central perk.
"Don't you wish she'd take an intermission already?" The girl said indicating Phoebe's loud guitar playing.
"Why? She sounds good," Joey stated matter-of-factually.
"Are you just saying that because your sleeping with her?" she asked saucily.
"No I'm saying it because it's what I think." Joey shrugged. "You gonna finish that?" he asked staring at her blueberry muffin with only a bite missing.
The girl shoved it toward him, "Help yourself," she smirked.
"Thanks," he said wolfing it down.
"You can help yourself to other things later too," she winked.
"Right," Joey laughed finishing the muffin.
"Hey wanna go makeout in my dad's car?" The girl asked.
Joey shrugged grabbing her hand, they nearly knocked Ross over on their way out.
"Watch it!" Ross all but shrieked.
"What is your problem?" Chandler asked Ross "why are you so uptight?"
"I'm not" Ross yelled. "let's just find a table and get this physics worksheet done. Elizabeth really delayed me with her phony meeting that was just an excuse to get me to do her class treasurer job."
"And did you?" Chandler asked.
"Shut up!" Ross snapped. "Look I'm getting a pepsi. Why don't you get started so I don't have to do all your physics too."
"Hey that's not fair! I'm in a fragile state right now after being shamed by Janice."
"Oh yeah I heard she got back with her ex-boyfriend when he gave her his class ring and invited her to homecoming."
"I believe her exact words were – OH MY GAWDDD!" Chandler intoned.
"Hey you do a great Janice impression," Ross said sarcastically.
Just then Monica and her cheerleader followers, including Rachel, strolled in.
"Special request!" Phoebe called into her microphone. Phoebe took requests from other students to help pay for her guitar and music stuff. Usually her requests pulled in a good crowd if only because they tended to include a lot of hot gossip. "Special request!" Phoebe's voice sang out attracting a small crowd. "This one goes out from Monica Gellar."
Ross rolled his eyes as Monica gave a smug smirk to her peers, loving the spotlight tremendously.
Phoebe began strumming on her guitar.
Richard Burke your so tall
you called Monica out in the hall
Richard asked Monica for a date
Monica said that would be so great
and best of all Richard and Monica
are a couple for the homecoming ball!
Monica's smiled grew even wider, if that was possible, as everyone surrounding her cheered and awed in congratulations.
Ross couldn't help but notice the way Chandler's face blanched.
"You okay dude?" Ross asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah so great!" he answered mimicking Monica's response to Richard in the song.
"You don't have to lie, Janice really got to you this time," Ross said sympathetically.
"Yeah she really did," Chandler agreed, only not really meaning Janice. He remembered back before high school when he used to hang out with Ross and Monica all the time. Sure, back then, she was less weight conscious, maybe even a little chubby, but still he always thought she was the prettiest girl in the room when she smiled. But then Ross and Chandler had started freshman year while Monica was still a seventh grader. Chandler met Janice and the rest is history.
Across the room, Ross stared on just as miserably as Rachel got hit on by a bunch of jerks as she sat with Monica and a few others girls on the couch. Apparently everyone couldn't help being intrigued by the new girl.
Eventually, Rachel broke away and walked over to play pool with this foreign exchange student, Paulo, Ross found exceptionally irritating and dull. Try telling that to most girls who though he was a dream.
"What are you looking at?" Chandler asked, morosely punching numbers into his calculator.
"Oh nothing," Ross said as Paulo pulled Rachel's hand guiding her to where the pool tables were.
Chandler snorted, "Okaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy."
"Fine," Ross snapped. "Like does he have to help her hold the pool cue every time? Really? The way he's leaning on top of .sooo...sooo."
"Seems like she's having a good time," Chandler said. Staring as Paulo brushed some of Rachel's golden hair behind her ear to whisper something.
"Probably telling her some dirty joke in his language."
"The language of looovvvve" Chandler drawled.
"You know what I'm going to " Ross started feeling like he wanted to go poke Paulo right in the face with his cue stick.
"What?" Chandler asked.
Ross felt defeated before he even finished his thought. "Nothing. Never mind, lets just go do this homework at my house."
"Good idea," Chandler agreed, watching Richard arrive and go scoop Monica up in front of the whole world. The only physics he cared about was finding some black hole to get lost in.
Thanks for reading! One more chapter to go..this one will be the homecoming dance.