The Introduction of a stranger
This is continuing from the first part, after ready the review by Exintaris I decided to expand a little, and go in to why Monica likes Phoebe and also say what could of happened next when they got back.
Disclaimer- I don't own friends, or anything associated with it. I wish I did, but I don't so please don't sue.
I was in mid-thought as I was walking down the street towards my apartment building, I used to walk alone but now I was walking with a new friend, one who I'd met about an hour before and was now my roommate. I know that I should have got to know her first, but I felt as if I already did, talking to her was so much easier than most people the first time I meet them. She seemed to be like me in a way, sort of lost, lonely and yet high-spirited and that she had so much more inside than you could ever imagine. I know I was never on the streets as a child, but my mother never was to fond of me, which caused me to be depressed. I used to sit in my room hour on end eating away my sorrow, which caused me to get fat causing most people at school avoiding me and making fun of cos of this. Now even with that as a past I remained high-spirited, knowing that one-day it'd be over and my life would be so much better. I guess I felt that we kinda connected in that way, but there was one more reason I asked her. It may sound silly but it felt like it was supposed to happen- a gut feeling, and if I didn't ask he I knew I'd regret it forever. I just wanted to have a friend and a roommate, and this looked like it was going to cover the best of both worlds. We arrived at the apartment block a few moments later, and walked up the stairs.
"Here it is." I said standing in front of the door to the apartment, I slowly opened the door and let her in first, then followed waiting for her reaction.
"Wow, this place is massive! Wow, and the walls are purple, which is like the BEST color!" She cooed as she looked around the apartment.
I was relieved "I'm so glad you like it." I told her.
"Like it? I love it!" She stated happily. Just then we heard a banging coming from the floor. "Ooops, was I too loud? Sorry!" She apologised.
I laughed "Don't worry about that, its just Mr Heckles, the crazy man from down stairs. Don't listen to him, he's always telling us to shut up." I informed her, she looked relived. "Oh and your room is there." I said pointing to a door.
"I get a room?" She asked, I nodded at her and she grinned and opened the door, "Wow, its MASIVE, and its pink, which is the best color!"
"I thought you said purple was the best color?" I said jokingly.
"Oh, well they both are. I like bright colours, they make people feel better." She said, I have to admit it, she's right.
"So do you wanna order a pizza?" I asked her, hoping she'd say yes because I was starving.
"Oh yeah, but I only each cheese and tomato ones cos I'm a vegetarian." She replied.
"Yeah, can I have a pepperoni one?" Said a voice coming from the door.
"Hey, you could at least knock first!" I said to the man standing by the door. "God your almost as bad as Ross."
"Hey, now that's just offensive!" he said laughing. "So Mon, who's your friend?"
"Oh right, Chandler this is Phoebe, Phoebe this is Chandler." I said as they exchanged hellos. "Phoebe is my new roommate." I stated matter of factly.
"Oh, where did you meet her?" He questioned.
"Oh, at that 70's café I went to. Why do you ask?" I pondered.
"Hey I was just wondering." He paused as if to think, then his eyes opened wide, "That 70's place you were going to today? You met someone, today and asked them to move in with you before getting to know them! Monica, don't you think that…"
"…That was stupid? No I don't Chandler, I like Phoebe okay." I interrupted, I knew Chandler like a book, and I knew what he was about to say.
"Yes but…" He again started.
"No, don't you but me, you went down to the bar downstairs, and met that kip guy and asked him to move in with you after five minutes. This is now different over than the fact I wasn't drunk!" I shouted. I again heard Mr Heckles banging on his ceiling but ignored him.
He sighed, "Fine I guess it's the same thing, but Monica your so much younger."
"No I'm not. I'm like two years younger." I reminded him with a much softer tone, "I mean your not my big brother, and I'm not a little kid I can take care of myself."
"I know, I guess I just worry, that's all." he said.
"Aw, are you gonna get all soft on me? I'm glad you care, just don't be too over protective, I mean Geez I've already got Ross for that." I quipped, even though that was his job. "Now, I'll get the phone and get us all a pizza, kay?"
"Sure." Chandler said smiling.
It was then that Phoebe who'd been quiet through the whole of that spoke up, "Are you guys the cutest couple or what?"
"Or what!" Chandler stated. "Were not a couple, I'm her big brothers friend and the guy who lives across the hall."
"And the guy who is far too over protective of me." I called from by the fridge as I hung up the phone from ordering the pizza.
"Thank you, for that." Chandler said in a false bitter voice.
"So anyway Phoebe what do you wanna do tonight?" I enquired.
"I dunno, what is there to do?" She pondered.
"Well we could play a board game, or watch TV?" Chandler informed her.
"A board game?" she asked "Like monopoly?"
"Yeah, Monica's cupboard is full of them." Chandler admitted.
"Weren't you going out tonight with Kip?" I asked.
"He has a date!" I nodded understanding, "So anyway the basic board games we got are twister, Monopoly, Pictionary, cards and we have a few like happy families, but if you choose that I'm outta here." He remarked.
"What about twister? That sounds interesting." She said.
"Yeah okay, I'm in, Chandler?" I queried.
"Yeah, I'll play." He said, trying to hide the fact he liked that game. Just then the pizzas came, which I quickly paid for before going to my bedroom to get twister.
When I returned Chandler, as most guys do was stuffing his face with pizza, while Phoebe took her time with hers, glancing around the room between bites. I then began mine when she suddenly made a disgusted noise. "Eww, there's a naked guy in the apartment opposite us!" She screeched causing Chandler and I to burst out laughing and taking our pizza boxes went to the big window.
"Yeah that's Cute Naked Guy." I stated still giggling as Chandler made a face. " Well okay. Oh yummy, Cute Naked Guy's lifting weights." She said. "He has soooo been working out!"
"Ahhhh if only it were a sexy naked girl, then I'd be happy." Chandler said to himself, not meaning to say it out loud. Phoebe and I both stared at him oddly. "I said that out loud didn't I?" We nodded at him as he slunk away from the window and sunk into the sofa as if trying to pretend it'd never happened. Just at that moment my brother Ross came it, I guess it was better I got it over with now anyway. "Hey Ross, what you doin here?" Chandler asked, happy Phoebe and Monica would have to forget what he just said for now.
"Oh hey man, Carol had to go to a parents evening at the school tonight, and so she'll be working late." Ross replied, he then scanned the room noticing Phoebe for the first time. "Oh, so Monica who's your friend?" He enquired, in a kind interested manner, her being my new roommate not even crossing his mind.
I decided to be deceitful, being as forward as possible as if there was nothing wrong with what I had done. "Oh, Ross this is Phoebe, Phoebe this is my brother Ross." I proclaimed, introducing the two and they exchanged greetings. "Phoebe is my new roommate, I met her in the 70's café earlier." There, what was done was done. He face turned pale, yet showed no indications that he was mad, or freaked out or anything.
"That's nice." He stated flatly, in a kind of part nervous voice whilst he tried to keep his temper. "Will you excuse me one moment?" He stated before exiting the room slowly. There was a slight bang we could hear on the other side of the wall.
"Well Monica, I 'think' he's really glad about the roommate situation." Chandler said sarcastically, to which I punched him lightly on the arm. Phoebe excused herself and went in to the bathroom, quite oblivious to what was going on around her just as Ross re-entered the apartment.
"So Monica, you meet some one, and that same day ask them to move in with you, isn't that just a tad, um STUPID?" he said, his voice going off the rector scale as he over-pronounced the last word.
I was going to stand up for myself when Chandler interjected, "Ross, I've met Phoebe and talked to her and she seems like a really nice girl."
"But…" Ross started before being interrupted by Chandler.
"Ross, I know what your going to say, snap judgements and all, and I do agree that it was very sudden but now I've met her maybe by some luck Monica's instinct was right, and before you say anything else against her at least get to know her for who she is, Okay?" Chandler said, putting Ross in his place for once, the way my parents never would had.
Ross was taken back, but agreed to Chandlers 'terms', "Well, uh, fine. Man I should of known you'd stand up for her, you always do!" he said "Oh and by the way its whom not who." He started cause the both of us to groan.
"Do you want to join us for twister?" I enquired just as Phoebe got out the bathroom.
"Yeah okay." He said.
"Oh cool more people, this is going to be fun!" Phoebe intervened, causing the three of us to laugh; maybe Ross would learn to like her too!
It was a few hours later, and after having been in the most obscure positions, we had again fallen in a large heap for like the millionth time, even Chandler who was the spinner for this round was on the floor in fits of laughter! "So are we going to play again?" Chandler managed to say once he'd stopped laughing.
"Well…" I started planning to say okay, but checking the clock on the wall I changed my mind, "WOW, is that the time? Its gone 10 O'clock!" I exclaimed.
"So, its only 10, or do you need your 'beauty sleep?'" Chandler teased.
"No, its just don't wanna be late for work!" I informed him, punching him on the arm.
"Yes cos your really going to need to sleep for the next 48 hours!" Ross quipped.
"What?" I asked.
"Tomorrow's Saturday Mon." Ross stated.
"Oh well im sorry, I guess sarcasm doesn't suit you as well as it suits Chandler." I taunted.
"Hey!" Chandler said defensively.
"So now you sticking up for me man?" Ross enquired.
"No, its just she was offending me by comparing me too you!" he retorted.
"So what do you do for a job, um…" she started then looked at a smudgy inky word on her hand, "…Russ, " I coughed to hint she'd got the name wrong, she got the hint and swiftly corrected herself, "Ross?"
Ross stifled a laugh, "Oh I'm a dinosaur expert at the Museum near here, I work from the dinosaur age, to the early man exhibits."
"Oh cool!" She said enthusiastically, not yet having got the boredom we had for this particular interest Ross had.
"Well its getting pretty late, Kip will probably be home soon anyway so I better go." Chandler said, trying to excuse himself encase Ross continued his 'dinosaur story', if it wasn't Ross he was trying to fool he'd have failed, but this was Ross so his lame excuse worked like a charm.
"Oh now I come to think of it Carol will be wondering where I've been all night, I better get going." Ross said looking at the time.
"Oh that's a shame, you guys are so fun ya know." Phoebe said like a kid who'd been told it was time for bed, as Ross waved and left the apartment.
"Don't worry Phoebe, we can do something like this again some other time." I reassured her, "hey Chandler you wanna see a movie with me and Pheebs tomorrow night?"
"Yeah okay, that sounds fun." He said. "Well I better go, nice meeting ya Phoebe, later Mon." He said as he left the apartment.
I smiled to myself, "Do you wanna watch some TV Phoebe?" I asked yawning.
"Nah, I think I'm gonna go to bed. I'm kinda tired, but I gotta say this has been the best day of my life. Thank you Monica!" She said smiling.
"Your welcome, and thank you." I returned he compliment.
She stopped abruptly in her tracks, that she was heading towards her room and spun round, "Why are you thanking me?"
I smiled at her, "Cos your such a great friend, and for me this has been the best day too. Cos I met you, my life seems great, and I really can't wait to get to know you better! Night Pheebs."
"Night Mon." She said as she turned and went in to her bedroom.
My life was off to a new start, the next journey in a way. I smiled, that's all I'd been doing recently, got a glass of water from the fridge and walked over to my room. I walked in to my room, turning off the light cascading the apartment into total darkness as I went in to my room. Life was very good.
AN- Should I end it? Continue it? What should one of my chapters be about? - Any ideas? If you liked pleeze review! - *Vic* (
This is continuing from the first part, after ready the review by Exintaris I decided to expand a little, and go in to why Monica likes Phoebe and also say what could of happened next when they got back.
Disclaimer- I don't own friends, or anything associated with it. I wish I did, but I don't so please don't sue.
I was in mid-thought as I was walking down the street towards my apartment building, I used to walk alone but now I was walking with a new friend, one who I'd met about an hour before and was now my roommate. I know that I should have got to know her first, but I felt as if I already did, talking to her was so much easier than most people the first time I meet them. She seemed to be like me in a way, sort of lost, lonely and yet high-spirited and that she had so much more inside than you could ever imagine. I know I was never on the streets as a child, but my mother never was to fond of me, which caused me to be depressed. I used to sit in my room hour on end eating away my sorrow, which caused me to get fat causing most people at school avoiding me and making fun of cos of this. Now even with that as a past I remained high-spirited, knowing that one-day it'd be over and my life would be so much better. I guess I felt that we kinda connected in that way, but there was one more reason I asked her. It may sound silly but it felt like it was supposed to happen- a gut feeling, and if I didn't ask he I knew I'd regret it forever. I just wanted to have a friend and a roommate, and this looked like it was going to cover the best of both worlds. We arrived at the apartment block a few moments later, and walked up the stairs.
"Here it is." I said standing in front of the door to the apartment, I slowly opened the door and let her in first, then followed waiting for her reaction.
"Wow, this place is massive! Wow, and the walls are purple, which is like the BEST color!" She cooed as she looked around the apartment.
I was relieved "I'm so glad you like it." I told her.
"Like it? I love it!" She stated happily. Just then we heard a banging coming from the floor. "Ooops, was I too loud? Sorry!" She apologised.
I laughed "Don't worry about that, its just Mr Heckles, the crazy man from down stairs. Don't listen to him, he's always telling us to shut up." I informed her, she looked relived. "Oh and your room is there." I said pointing to a door.
"I get a room?" She asked, I nodded at her and she grinned and opened the door, "Wow, its MASIVE, and its pink, which is the best color!"
"I thought you said purple was the best color?" I said jokingly.
"Oh, well they both are. I like bright colours, they make people feel better." She said, I have to admit it, she's right.
"So do you wanna order a pizza?" I asked her, hoping she'd say yes because I was starving.
"Oh yeah, but I only each cheese and tomato ones cos I'm a vegetarian." She replied.
"Yeah, can I have a pepperoni one?" Said a voice coming from the door.
"Hey, you could at least knock first!" I said to the man standing by the door. "God your almost as bad as Ross."
"Hey, now that's just offensive!" he said laughing. "So Mon, who's your friend?"
"Oh right, Chandler this is Phoebe, Phoebe this is Chandler." I said as they exchanged hellos. "Phoebe is my new roommate." I stated matter of factly.
"Oh, where did you meet her?" He questioned.
"Oh, at that 70's café I went to. Why do you ask?" I pondered.
"Hey I was just wondering." He paused as if to think, then his eyes opened wide, "That 70's place you were going to today? You met someone, today and asked them to move in with you before getting to know them! Monica, don't you think that…"
"…That was stupid? No I don't Chandler, I like Phoebe okay." I interrupted, I knew Chandler like a book, and I knew what he was about to say.
"Yes but…" He again started.
"No, don't you but me, you went down to the bar downstairs, and met that kip guy and asked him to move in with you after five minutes. This is now different over than the fact I wasn't drunk!" I shouted. I again heard Mr Heckles banging on his ceiling but ignored him.
He sighed, "Fine I guess it's the same thing, but Monica your so much younger."
"No I'm not. I'm like two years younger." I reminded him with a much softer tone, "I mean your not my big brother, and I'm not a little kid I can take care of myself."
"I know, I guess I just worry, that's all." he said.
"Aw, are you gonna get all soft on me? I'm glad you care, just don't be too over protective, I mean Geez I've already got Ross for that." I quipped, even though that was his job. "Now, I'll get the phone and get us all a pizza, kay?"
"Sure." Chandler said smiling.
It was then that Phoebe who'd been quiet through the whole of that spoke up, "Are you guys the cutest couple or what?"
"Or what!" Chandler stated. "Were not a couple, I'm her big brothers friend and the guy who lives across the hall."
"And the guy who is far too over protective of me." I called from by the fridge as I hung up the phone from ordering the pizza.
"Thank you, for that." Chandler said in a false bitter voice.
"So anyway Phoebe what do you wanna do tonight?" I enquired.
"I dunno, what is there to do?" She pondered.
"Well we could play a board game, or watch TV?" Chandler informed her.
"A board game?" she asked "Like monopoly?"
"Yeah, Monica's cupboard is full of them." Chandler admitted.
"Weren't you going out tonight with Kip?" I asked.
"He has a date!" I nodded understanding, "So anyway the basic board games we got are twister, Monopoly, Pictionary, cards and we have a few like happy families, but if you choose that I'm outta here." He remarked.
"What about twister? That sounds interesting." She said.
"Yeah okay, I'm in, Chandler?" I queried.
"Yeah, I'll play." He said, trying to hide the fact he liked that game. Just then the pizzas came, which I quickly paid for before going to my bedroom to get twister.
When I returned Chandler, as most guys do was stuffing his face with pizza, while Phoebe took her time with hers, glancing around the room between bites. I then began mine when she suddenly made a disgusted noise. "Eww, there's a naked guy in the apartment opposite us!" She screeched causing Chandler and I to burst out laughing and taking our pizza boxes went to the big window.
"Yeah that's Cute Naked Guy." I stated still giggling as Chandler made a face. " Well okay. Oh yummy, Cute Naked Guy's lifting weights." She said. "He has soooo been working out!"
"Ahhhh if only it were a sexy naked girl, then I'd be happy." Chandler said to himself, not meaning to say it out loud. Phoebe and I both stared at him oddly. "I said that out loud didn't I?" We nodded at him as he slunk away from the window and sunk into the sofa as if trying to pretend it'd never happened. Just at that moment my brother Ross came it, I guess it was better I got it over with now anyway. "Hey Ross, what you doin here?" Chandler asked, happy Phoebe and Monica would have to forget what he just said for now.
"Oh hey man, Carol had to go to a parents evening at the school tonight, and so she'll be working late." Ross replied, he then scanned the room noticing Phoebe for the first time. "Oh, so Monica who's your friend?" He enquired, in a kind interested manner, her being my new roommate not even crossing his mind.
I decided to be deceitful, being as forward as possible as if there was nothing wrong with what I had done. "Oh, Ross this is Phoebe, Phoebe this is my brother Ross." I proclaimed, introducing the two and they exchanged greetings. "Phoebe is my new roommate, I met her in the 70's café earlier." There, what was done was done. He face turned pale, yet showed no indications that he was mad, or freaked out or anything.
"That's nice." He stated flatly, in a kind of part nervous voice whilst he tried to keep his temper. "Will you excuse me one moment?" He stated before exiting the room slowly. There was a slight bang we could hear on the other side of the wall.
"Well Monica, I 'think' he's really glad about the roommate situation." Chandler said sarcastically, to which I punched him lightly on the arm. Phoebe excused herself and went in to the bathroom, quite oblivious to what was going on around her just as Ross re-entered the apartment.
"So Monica, you meet some one, and that same day ask them to move in with you, isn't that just a tad, um STUPID?" he said, his voice going off the rector scale as he over-pronounced the last word.
I was going to stand up for myself when Chandler interjected, "Ross, I've met Phoebe and talked to her and she seems like a really nice girl."
"But…" Ross started before being interrupted by Chandler.
"Ross, I know what your going to say, snap judgements and all, and I do agree that it was very sudden but now I've met her maybe by some luck Monica's instinct was right, and before you say anything else against her at least get to know her for who she is, Okay?" Chandler said, putting Ross in his place for once, the way my parents never would had.
Ross was taken back, but agreed to Chandlers 'terms', "Well, uh, fine. Man I should of known you'd stand up for her, you always do!" he said "Oh and by the way its whom not who." He started cause the both of us to groan.
"Do you want to join us for twister?" I enquired just as Phoebe got out the bathroom.
"Yeah okay." He said.
"Oh cool more people, this is going to be fun!" Phoebe intervened, causing the three of us to laugh; maybe Ross would learn to like her too!
It was a few hours later, and after having been in the most obscure positions, we had again fallen in a large heap for like the millionth time, even Chandler who was the spinner for this round was on the floor in fits of laughter! "So are we going to play again?" Chandler managed to say once he'd stopped laughing.
"Well…" I started planning to say okay, but checking the clock on the wall I changed my mind, "WOW, is that the time? Its gone 10 O'clock!" I exclaimed.
"So, its only 10, or do you need your 'beauty sleep?'" Chandler teased.
"No, its just don't wanna be late for work!" I informed him, punching him on the arm.
"Yes cos your really going to need to sleep for the next 48 hours!" Ross quipped.
"What?" I asked.
"Tomorrow's Saturday Mon." Ross stated.
"Oh well im sorry, I guess sarcasm doesn't suit you as well as it suits Chandler." I taunted.
"Hey!" Chandler said defensively.
"So now you sticking up for me man?" Ross enquired.
"No, its just she was offending me by comparing me too you!" he retorted.
"So what do you do for a job, um…" she started then looked at a smudgy inky word on her hand, "…Russ, " I coughed to hint she'd got the name wrong, she got the hint and swiftly corrected herself, "Ross?"
Ross stifled a laugh, "Oh I'm a dinosaur expert at the Museum near here, I work from the dinosaur age, to the early man exhibits."
"Oh cool!" She said enthusiastically, not yet having got the boredom we had for this particular interest Ross had.
"Well its getting pretty late, Kip will probably be home soon anyway so I better go." Chandler said, trying to excuse himself encase Ross continued his 'dinosaur story', if it wasn't Ross he was trying to fool he'd have failed, but this was Ross so his lame excuse worked like a charm.
"Oh now I come to think of it Carol will be wondering where I've been all night, I better get going." Ross said looking at the time.
"Oh that's a shame, you guys are so fun ya know." Phoebe said like a kid who'd been told it was time for bed, as Ross waved and left the apartment.
"Don't worry Phoebe, we can do something like this again some other time." I reassured her, "hey Chandler you wanna see a movie with me and Pheebs tomorrow night?"
"Yeah okay, that sounds fun." He said. "Well I better go, nice meeting ya Phoebe, later Mon." He said as he left the apartment.
I smiled to myself, "Do you wanna watch some TV Phoebe?" I asked yawning.
"Nah, I think I'm gonna go to bed. I'm kinda tired, but I gotta say this has been the best day of my life. Thank you Monica!" She said smiling.
"Your welcome, and thank you." I returned he compliment.
She stopped abruptly in her tracks, that she was heading towards her room and spun round, "Why are you thanking me?"
I smiled at her, "Cos your such a great friend, and for me this has been the best day too. Cos I met you, my life seems great, and I really can't wait to get to know you better! Night Pheebs."
"Night Mon." She said as she turned and went in to her bedroom.
My life was off to a new start, the next journey in a way. I smiled, that's all I'd been doing recently, got a glass of water from the fridge and walked over to my room. I walked in to my room, turning off the light cascading the apartment into total darkness as I went in to my room. Life was very good.
AN- Should I end it? Continue it? What should one of my chapters be about? - Any ideas? If you liked pleeze review! - *Vic* (