Insomnia - part 1
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Introduction: It was the year 2005. Rachel lived back where she used to live in Monica and Chandler's old apartment. Monica and Chandler lived in a house on the outskirts of New York with their three year old daughter Corinne. Joey still lived in his apartment. Phoebe lived where she always lived because of her Grandmothers spirit and Ross also lived where he used to live.
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Everybody had gathered at Monica and Chandlers house for a get together. It was getting late and everybody was getting tired. Corinne (Cori) had already gone to bed.
"So who's gonna sleep on the couch, we only have 5 rooms." Monica explained.
"Only..." Joey muttered sarcastically.
"I don't mind the couch..." Rach said, seeing that nobody else was volunteering to sleep on it.
"Well I'm sure it doesn't mind you either Rach!" Chandler exclaimed mocking her.
"Oh, haha, your so funny Chandler!" Rach sarcastically replied.
"Rach, you have the room, I don't mind sleeping on the couch." Ross said.
"Ross, I really don't mind..." She explained.
"No, Rach, you're having the room." Ross concluded.
"Thanks..." She replied.
"Okay, so it's settled then, lets all go to bed!" Monica exclaimed before anyone could change their mind. "Joey you can go down the hall, Rach you can go upstairs next to Corinne's room. Pheebs, you go down that hall" (Pointed in the opposite direction to where Joey was heading.) She explained.
"Boy, you sure do have a lot of halls!" Ross commented.
"Chandler, can you get Ross some blankets?" Monica asked.
"Sure..." he replied as he went upstairs to get them.
"Night guys!" Phoebe said as she headed to her room.
"Night!" (various goodnights from everyone)
Joey headed to his room and so did Rachel and Monica. Chandler reappeared with the blankets.
"Night man!" He said.
Night!" Replied Ross.
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Ross was asleep on the couch as Rachel crept downstairs about an hour after they had all gone to bed. She walked over to the front door and checked that it was locked. It wasn't, so she looked through the keys that were hanging next to the door. She knocked a bunch off and they clonked on the hard floor. She looked over to Ross, to see if the noise had woken him up. She didn't think that it would have woken him but it actually had. Rach went back to the keys and found the right one and locked the door.
"Rach what are you doing?" Ross asked.
"What?!" She exclaimed surprised that he was awake. Once again dropping the keys on the hard floor.
"You just locked the door!" Ross stated.
"Yeah, it wasn't locked..." She replied.
"Uh, since when has that bothered you?" He commented.
"Since NOW Ross, can't we just drop this!" She argued.
"Fine! What are you doing up anyway?" Ross asked.
"I couldn't sleep..." She answered.
"What's wrong, are you nervous about something?" He asked softly.
"No... I don't know..."
"Is there anything you want to talk about?" He offered.
"No, it's okay...night Ross!" She exclaimed.
"Night..." He called as she disappeared up the stairs. He had really wanted her to tell him what was wrong but maybe it was better to just leave it.
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Rach was lying in her bed thinking. 'Am I ever going to feel safe again? How can I tell them what happened, especially Ross! I hate lying to them and they are going to hate the fact that I hadn't told them before!' She turned over restlessly and gradually drifted off to sleep.
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"Morning!" Rachel exclaimed as she came down the stairs and walked into the kitchen. There was already 5 pairs of hungry eyes watching Monica cook pancakes for breakfast. She laughed at the sight and joined them at the table.
It was Saturday morning and they all had until the Tuesday off work.
"Thanks Mommy!" Cori said as Monica put a couple of pancakes on her plate.
"How come she gets served first?!" Joey exclaimed.
"Because she's the youngest..." Monica explained.
"So what are we going to do this weekend?" Rachel asked.
"We were just saying that we should go to the beach house for a few days." Phoebe said.
"That's a great idea!" Rach exclaimed satisfied with it.
"We'll go today, of course we have gotta pack first, then go and come home on Monday." Phoebe explained.
"Alright we'll all go get out stuff after breakfast. Chandler, Cori and I will drive and pick up Joey, and Phoebe can drive the cab with Ross and Rachel!" Monica concluded taking charge.
"Yay! This is going to be so much fun!!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"I KNOW!!" (you know the one!) Monica stated.
"Wait, does that mean I have to drive?" Chandler asked.
"Honey, we can take it in turns!" Monica said.
"Yay! This is going to be so much fun!!" Phoebe reiterated.
Everybody laughs and they all go their separate ways.
To Be Continued...
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