Hey guys!! What's up! This time I aint blabbing.......so here is chapter 9!
~Where the Heart Is~
It was a Friday afternoon, after the first full month Rachel had been in New York. She had been doing well in school, and she had a few more friends. The only person who wasn't talking to her was Ross, and well Chandler. Nobody knew about her friendship with Monica yet, except for Ross, and maybe Phoebe. Rachel hated it how Monica kept 'hiding' it like that, but she knew she would have to respect it. Phoebe had started talking to Rachel again, but only if she really had to. That day, Rachel was at her locker taking some stuff out when Phoebe walked over and opened her own locker.
(after finishing taking out things, she shut her locker)
Phoebe: Rachel?
Rachel: Yeah?
Phoebe: Just wanted to say 'bye'.
Rachel: I'll see you on Monday........
Phoebe: Nope.
Rachel: What? Why?
Phoebe: I'm leaving? I can't take it anymore.
Rachel: (looks scared) Wait-Phoebe, what do you mean??
Phoebe: Why are you always so scared? (pause) Okay, okay. I'm going on a road trip. I cant STAND life anymore!
Rachel: What about school?
Phoebe: I'll lie. I have good reasons. Bye Rach! (begins to walk and Rachel shuts her locker and follows her out the front doors)
Rachel: Phoebe! Why re you doing this?!
Phoebe: Dont WORRY! I'll be back!
Rachel: but still.
Phoebe: Okay, do you want to come with me?
Rachel: What?! That's crazy!
Phoebe: Do you?
Rachel: I-uh.......
Phoebe: Just think about it. I'm leaving early tomorrow morning. I'll be here at the school at 6. If you change your mind............join me.
~~
(later on that day, in Monica's room. We see Chandler and Monica in the room, and they're actually studying. [heehee, nerds! Jk] then Monica's door opens and Rachel pops her head in. Chandler and Monica both look up and Monica smiles)
Monica: Hey Rach.
Rachel: Hey Monica. Sorry to interupt.....uuhh, I'll judst call you.
Monica: (shoots her a weird look) We're just studying.........come in!
(Rachel glances at Chandler and Monica just shakes her head giving her a 'dont worry' look)
(when Chandler thinks Rachel isn't looking, he shoots Monica this 'look' saying 'what the hell?!' Monica just ignores him and turns to Rachel)
Monica: So, what's up?
Rachel: I came to ask you a question.........
Monica: What? Ask away!
(Rachel glances at Chandler)
Monica: Aah. (turns to Chandler) Sweeettiiee......why dont you go see what- uh, Ross is doing?
Chandler: Right. (gets up and shoots a look at Rachel and then walks out)
Rachel: See! Never did like me!
Monica: Oh come on Rach. (pause) Anyway, what did ya wanna ask?
Rachel: (without thinking) Why do you always ignore me in school?
Monica: I----what?
Rachel: In school.........you never say 'hi' or anything.......but then when no one else but Ross is around, you're nice to me.
Monica: Well.......I-
Rachel: You know what.........never mind. I know I'm not as popular as you, and I know your friends dont like me.........that was a stupid question.
Monica: No Rachel, it wasn't. I'm the stupid one here. Rachel, you're like the best friend I've had........and I've only known you for less than a month. I've been really stupid.........and if my friends dont like you or what, then FINE. That's their problem.
(silence follows and stays for a while)
Rachel: (whispers) Thanks Mon.
Monica: (nods) Anyway......thats not what you came for, is it?
Rachel: not exactly. Uuumm..........remember your dream? And our Promise?
(Monica nods)
Rachel: Wanna do it?
Monica: What?! When?
Rachel We leave tomorrow. Phoebe came up to me today and she told me that she had had enough and that she was going on a road trip..........then when I tried to tell her not to, since school was still in session, she asked if I wanted to come. (looks at Monica) Okay, I KNOW you dont like Phoebe and all, but-
Monica: NO. It's fine. I'll go.
Rachel: Are you..........are you serious?
(Monica nods)
Monica: (whispers) It's what I've always wanted.
~~
(the next day)
(Rachel got up silently from bed and got dressed. After she picked up a small duffel bag from the floor and a note from her desk. She slowly tip- toed out of her room and into another one down the hall. We see it's her parents room. She puts the note on one of the side tables and looks at them for a while. Then she leaves and we fade to Monica's room. Monica is throwing clothes into a bag and is doing it frantically. Suddenly the door opens and Ross walks in)
Ross: (whispers) Monica, what the hell are you doing?
Monica: (also whispers*) Why'd you get up?
(*they'll be whispering through this whole scene since their parents are still asleep)
Ross: I was in the bathroom and I heard a noise coming from in here. (pause) What are you doing?
Monica: What does it look like? I'm leaving.
Ross: What?! Why?
Monica: I'll be back.
(begins to walk to the door but Ross stops her)
Ross: No way!
Monica: Move!
Ross: Who are you going with?
Monica: None of your business! Just leave me alone Ross! You dont understand me. (looks at her watch) I gotta get to the school.......goodbye Ross.
(she pushes through him and walks out the door and down the stairs)
(Ross sorta panics but then his eyes go wide and he runs into his own room, waking up somebody sleeping on the floor)
Ross: Chandler! Get up!
Chandler: Huuhhh....wha? Wha time is it?
Ross: Monica's gone!
Chandler: (sits up) What?!
Ross: She's going on some stupid road trip.......... we have to go with her!!
(Chandler gets up while Ross starts throwing things in a bag. Chandler picks up his. When they get downstairs, they run into the kitchen and Ross scribbles something on a piece of paper and puts in on a magnet on the fridge. Then the run out the front door.)
~~
As Rachel walked out of her house she couldn't stop feeling both nervous and excited. She didn't know where they were going, but she was happy to be going on this little 'adventure'.
She was finally free.
TO BE CONTINUED..................
There you go! Chapter 9! I hope you liked it! Please review!! [Please be patient for the R&R parts......they're coming, I promise. Oh, and I'll try adding C&M......not sure yet!]
~Where the Heart Is~
It was a Friday afternoon, after the first full month Rachel had been in New York. She had been doing well in school, and she had a few more friends. The only person who wasn't talking to her was Ross, and well Chandler. Nobody knew about her friendship with Monica yet, except for Ross, and maybe Phoebe. Rachel hated it how Monica kept 'hiding' it like that, but she knew she would have to respect it. Phoebe had started talking to Rachel again, but only if she really had to. That day, Rachel was at her locker taking some stuff out when Phoebe walked over and opened her own locker.
(after finishing taking out things, she shut her locker)
Phoebe: Rachel?
Rachel: Yeah?
Phoebe: Just wanted to say 'bye'.
Rachel: I'll see you on Monday........
Phoebe: Nope.
Rachel: What? Why?
Phoebe: I'm leaving? I can't take it anymore.
Rachel: (looks scared) Wait-Phoebe, what do you mean??
Phoebe: Why are you always so scared? (pause) Okay, okay. I'm going on a road trip. I cant STAND life anymore!
Rachel: What about school?
Phoebe: I'll lie. I have good reasons. Bye Rach! (begins to walk and Rachel shuts her locker and follows her out the front doors)
Rachel: Phoebe! Why re you doing this?!
Phoebe: Dont WORRY! I'll be back!
Rachel: but still.
Phoebe: Okay, do you want to come with me?
Rachel: What?! That's crazy!
Phoebe: Do you?
Rachel: I-uh.......
Phoebe: Just think about it. I'm leaving early tomorrow morning. I'll be here at the school at 6. If you change your mind............join me.
~~
(later on that day, in Monica's room. We see Chandler and Monica in the room, and they're actually studying. [heehee, nerds! Jk] then Monica's door opens and Rachel pops her head in. Chandler and Monica both look up and Monica smiles)
Monica: Hey Rach.
Rachel: Hey Monica. Sorry to interupt.....uuhh, I'll judst call you.
Monica: (shoots her a weird look) We're just studying.........come in!
(Rachel glances at Chandler and Monica just shakes her head giving her a 'dont worry' look)
(when Chandler thinks Rachel isn't looking, he shoots Monica this 'look' saying 'what the hell?!' Monica just ignores him and turns to Rachel)
Monica: So, what's up?
Rachel: I came to ask you a question.........
Monica: What? Ask away!
(Rachel glances at Chandler)
Monica: Aah. (turns to Chandler) Sweeettiiee......why dont you go see what- uh, Ross is doing?
Chandler: Right. (gets up and shoots a look at Rachel and then walks out)
Rachel: See! Never did like me!
Monica: Oh come on Rach. (pause) Anyway, what did ya wanna ask?
Rachel: (without thinking) Why do you always ignore me in school?
Monica: I----what?
Rachel: In school.........you never say 'hi' or anything.......but then when no one else but Ross is around, you're nice to me.
Monica: Well.......I-
Rachel: You know what.........never mind. I know I'm not as popular as you, and I know your friends dont like me.........that was a stupid question.
Monica: No Rachel, it wasn't. I'm the stupid one here. Rachel, you're like the best friend I've had........and I've only known you for less than a month. I've been really stupid.........and if my friends dont like you or what, then FINE. That's their problem.
(silence follows and stays for a while)
Rachel: (whispers) Thanks Mon.
Monica: (nods) Anyway......thats not what you came for, is it?
Rachel: not exactly. Uuumm..........remember your dream? And our Promise?
(Monica nods)
Rachel: Wanna do it?
Monica: What?! When?
Rachel We leave tomorrow. Phoebe came up to me today and she told me that she had had enough and that she was going on a road trip..........then when I tried to tell her not to, since school was still in session, she asked if I wanted to come. (looks at Monica) Okay, I KNOW you dont like Phoebe and all, but-
Monica: NO. It's fine. I'll go.
Rachel: Are you..........are you serious?
(Monica nods)
Monica: (whispers) It's what I've always wanted.
~~
(the next day)
(Rachel got up silently from bed and got dressed. After she picked up a small duffel bag from the floor and a note from her desk. She slowly tip- toed out of her room and into another one down the hall. We see it's her parents room. She puts the note on one of the side tables and looks at them for a while. Then she leaves and we fade to Monica's room. Monica is throwing clothes into a bag and is doing it frantically. Suddenly the door opens and Ross walks in)
Ross: (whispers) Monica, what the hell are you doing?
Monica: (also whispers*) Why'd you get up?
(*they'll be whispering through this whole scene since their parents are still asleep)
Ross: I was in the bathroom and I heard a noise coming from in here. (pause) What are you doing?
Monica: What does it look like? I'm leaving.
Ross: What?! Why?
Monica: I'll be back.
(begins to walk to the door but Ross stops her)
Ross: No way!
Monica: Move!
Ross: Who are you going with?
Monica: None of your business! Just leave me alone Ross! You dont understand me. (looks at her watch) I gotta get to the school.......goodbye Ross.
(she pushes through him and walks out the door and down the stairs)
(Ross sorta panics but then his eyes go wide and he runs into his own room, waking up somebody sleeping on the floor)
Ross: Chandler! Get up!
Chandler: Huuhhh....wha? Wha time is it?
Ross: Monica's gone!
Chandler: (sits up) What?!
Ross: She's going on some stupid road trip.......... we have to go with her!!
(Chandler gets up while Ross starts throwing things in a bag. Chandler picks up his. When they get downstairs, they run into the kitchen and Ross scribbles something on a piece of paper and puts in on a magnet on the fridge. Then the run out the front door.)
~~
As Rachel walked out of her house she couldn't stop feeling both nervous and excited. She didn't know where they were going, but she was happy to be going on this little 'adventure'.
She was finally free.
TO BE CONTINUED..................
There you go! Chapter 9! I hope you liked it! Please review!! [Please be patient for the R&R parts......they're coming, I promise. Oh, and I'll try adding C&M......not sure yet!]