Wrong Side of the Tracks

"Joey?" Phoebe asked again. Joey looked at her sadly.

"Yea, it's me. May I come in. I want to explain."

"No, I think you can explain right here." Phoebe said bluntly. Although she liked him, she knew better than to let someone she hardly knew into her home, plus, she was still mad at him for standing her up. Joey sighed.

"I know me not showing up looked bad, but I want you to know I was called away to the set. I had to leave, I didn't want to." Joey tried. Phoebe looked at him, wanting to give in but know she shouldn't.

"But what about what Gunther said? He said you told him, 'I don't want a rain check, its you." Phoebe said mockingly. Joey thought about it, and he never remembered saying that.

"Okay, I don't know where Gunther got that out of 'I will take a rain check, it ISN'T you." He said surely. Phoebe wanted so badly to let him inside now. But what else after that? He would expect more. Just like in her daughter's book, 'If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll want a glass of milk.' She finally gave in and let him in, but she told herself only for a moment. Joey walked in.

"Anyways, I'm really sorry for not being there today. I want to make it up to you...." He paused when he saw a little girl, about the age of 4. She came up behind Phoebe with a teddy bear clutched in hand as she rubbed her red eyes.

"Mommy, I can't sleep." She said with a lisp. Joey looked at her, noting that she looked exactly like Phoebe, and actually took a small step away from the door, Phoebe didn't notice this though.

"Amelia, you need to sleep, it's ten." Phoebe said in a motherly tone. Joey gulped, then kneeled down next to Amelia.

"Amelia? Wow. That's a pretty name. Did you know you have very pretty eyes?" Joey asked. Amelia nodded. Joey laughed a bit about the girl's sureness. "I think I know where you got to be so pretty." Joey said nodding. The little girl quickly became enchanted with the man kneeling beside her.

"Where?" She squealed. Joey looked up at Phoebe, and then back at Amelia.

"Your mommy." Joey said smiling. Amelia looked at her mom, then back at Joey.

"You think so?" She asked as if Joey wasn't sure about that. He smiled.

"Yea. I'm positive."

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"...And I want the lilies on the END of the aisle, not the beginning. Chandler, are you even listening?" Erica asked, her voice dripping with honey. Chandler turned around to Erica.

"Yea, sorry. I like this church." Chandler stated.

"Well of course you do!" Erica smiled. "I picked it out! Great minds think a like." She nodded. Chandler half smiled and continued to space. Suddenly the front doors to the church opened.

"We're here!" Ross sang, Rachel followed closely behind him.

"Well, Hello you guys!" Erica smiled. Ross and Rachel fake smiled.

"Hi." They both said in unison, brushing her off. Both turned opposite direction, facing Chandler.

"So, tomorrow's the big day!" Rachel chirped. Chandler nodded.

"Yup, I'm chaining myself down. I've found someone who could tame me." Chandler said happily. It was a forced happy. Rachel and Ross both knew this. They didn't know what to say though; it was Chandler's decision. "But how is it going with you two?" Chandler asked, changing to subject. Ross and Rachel both looked at one another and smiled, before answering.

"We're engaged!" Rachel finally shrieked. Chandler's eyes widened.

"Wow, that's uh, freakishly fast." He said laughing a bit. "But congratulations guys. I'm happy for you. But what made you guys get engaged within two days of being a couple, that's a little ridiculous, don't you think?" Chandlers asked. Erica came up behind him and smiled.

"Well I think it's incredibly romantic." She said smiling.

"Yea?" Rachel asked, a little happy to see someone agreed with her.

"Oh, absolutely!" She smiled.

"Well thank you." Rachel said smiling.

"So.....let's get planning! Rome wasn't built in a day..." Erica smiled as she walked off. Chandler looked at her funny.

"Okay, what website does she get those stupid phrases from?" He asked cynically. Ross and Rachel both looked at him weird because of his sudden mood swing.

"So I, uh, I take it you're not quite over the pregnancy thing?" Ross asked. Chandler nodded.

"I don't know why it's getting to me, I'm being a baby." Chandler reasoned.

"No you're not! Chandler, she is pregnant with someone else's baby, of course you aren't going to just get over it like that. Stuff like this takes time." Rachel said reasonably.

"Yea, I know." Chandler said sighing and taking a seat next to them.

"Honey, It's going to be hard, but if you love her..." She paused. "You do love her right?" She asked discreetly. Chandler looked at her, then at his hands. "Chandler, do you love her?" She asked again. Chandler stood.

"Yes! I love her okay." He began to walk off.

"Monica loves you too!" Ross hollered. Chandler stopped dead in his tracks and faced them.

"Monica has nothing to do with this." He said pointing to them. Ross and Rachel collapsed on the pew as Chandler left.

"Well? What do you want to do now?" Rachel asked.

"Want to have sex?" Ross asked straightforwardly.

"I was just thinking the same thing." She said as she stood and grabbed her coat. Both ran out of the church.

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Joey sat alone in the Central perk that morning. He looked at his watch, then at the door. Finally, Phoebe walked in.

"Thank you for agreeing to see me here." Joey said thankfully. Phoebe shrugged and sat down.

"Well, seeing how you treated Amelia last night really made me change my mind about you." She said smiling.

"Yea, Amelia's a cute kid." He said looking at her. Finally he asked her. "Can I ask what happened to her dad?"

"He uh, he went to prison." Phoebe said shrugging off the conversation.

"Oh, I'm sorry. That must have been hard. Does she ask about him?" Joey asked.

"No." Phoebe said simply. "What's new with you?" She asked.

"Well, I met the gorgeous woman named Phoebe, I mean, she's really hot and all. But for the first time in my life, I am petrified to make a move. I'm scared to say the wrong thing. I'm afraid of her hating my guts. What do I do?" He asked. Phoebe leaned in and kissed his lips, lightly, then backed away. "But what's new with you?" He asked giddily.

"Well, I met this guy named Joey, and he's very handsome, not so charming, but handsome. He made a good first impression, a bad second impression, but still never seizes to amaze me." She said smiling at him. Joey now, leaned in and kissed her. A longer kiss at that, and full of a lot more passion. When they pulled away, both were smiling. "And he's an AMAZING kisser."

XOXOElizabethXOXO

Sorry it's so short, more to come!