Chapter 22
Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with friends and I am in no way affiliated with Bright, Kauffman, Crane Productions.
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Phoebe felt sickness rise in her, as she realised that Joey had mistaken her for her estranged sister. Why would he make such a mistake?
She felt her body edge back towards the stairs and her legs begin to pick up speed.
"Ursula, wait! Please we need to talk!" Joey screamed in desperation, but "Ursula" ignored him. Joey didn't have the energy to chase her; he had now resigned himself to the fact it was over between them. That was the final straw.
Within seconds Phoebe was back at the car. She practically threw herself inside much to the shock of Rachel.
"Take me to Ursula's. NOW!"
Rachel didn't question her; she just drove.
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The minute Rachel halted the car outside of Ursula's apartment Phoebe sprinted outside.
"Phoebe wait up!" Rachel screamed from the car, desperately trying to unbuckle her seatbelt to catch up with her frantic friend.
Phoebe wasn't supposed to be running in her condition, but she darted up the stairs like a mad woman, desperate to confront her twin. She wasted no time in battering the door. She didn't let up the continual banging until it was answered.
"Oh, the wanderer returns I see," Ursula mocked her sister cruelly.
Phoebe barged past her, and let herself into the apartment and a breathless Rachel wasn't far behind her.
"What exactly do you want? I have nothing to say to you!" Ursula sounded spiteful.
"What the hell where you playing at dating Joey? You didn't want him the first time you dated, so what changed? Can't you just leave people to be happy?"
"Happy? You think Joey was happy? Phoebe your dearest Joey tried to fling himself off his buildings roof because he missed you so much! Him and me dating was just a bit of fun, well on my part at least! Don't you think I know he only wanted me because im the mirror image of you?"
What Ursula had just said was too much for Phoebe and Rachel to take in, but both focused on different sentences.
"Joey tried to kill himself?" Rachel gasped.
"Apparently, but he didn't. Maybe he realised Phoebe wasn't worth dying over! Chandler stopped him just in time, lucky for you Pheebs!" Ursula kept up her evil tone, bringing Phoebe to floods of tears.
"What if he had died, Rachel, it would have been all my fault." Her tears grew into painful wails. Her shoulders heaving up and down in rhythmic motion to her sobs.
"I miss him so much. I feel like im dying inside without him!" Rachel ran to her friend and grasped her tightly in her arms, rocking her back and forth.
"We will sort it out don't you worry. Shh.. It's going to be ok." Rachel tried her best to comfort Phoebe but her heart wrenching howling was unrelenting.
Phoebe's tears stopped abruptly as she let out a blood-curdling scream.
Rachel pulled away from her and looked down to see Phoebe collapse in a pool of her own blood.
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Joey entered Monica's apartment 20 minutes late to 3 scowls from his friends.
"I broke up with Gemma," Joey sighed causing the group to lose their scornful expressions and turn it into one of pity.
"Oh man im sorry," all three echoed.
"No, its ok. I have been thinking about it all day and I realised I was in the relationship for all the wrong reasons. I never really loved her, I just wanted one thing from her."
Everyone instinctively thought he meant all he wanted was sex, but Joey knew differently.
After 2 months of therapy Joey had realised he had to move on. His pining for Phoebe was ruining him, and he wanted to get himself better in case she ever returned. He didn't want to be half dead inside.
On his last day of counselling he had gone to visit Ursula to get the story of Phoebes past straight in his head, just as his shrink had advised him to do. She had mentioned something about closure, but then she didn't know it was her twin!
Ursula welcomed him into her home with open arms, and was just as welcoming in the bedroom.
As they both had sex that night, Joey stared straight into her eyes, never once looking away, imaging it were Phoebe he was making love to, holding, caressing. Her gentle touch on his skin. But it wasn't, it was just a lame substitute. He wanted to break away, leave, but the temptation was just too great. It was just like having Phoebe back in his arms. And so the obsession started. He started to become terrified of letting Ursula out of his sight; scared she would be taken away from him, just like Phoebe. He knew she wasn't in the least bit interested in him, but he needed her, she was the answer to all his problems. That was until this week when she had finally broken it off. He called and called but she never answered, and now she had ran away from him like Phoebe. Now was the time he had to restart his life. Get a clean slate. No more Ursula, no more bad dates. Just himself and his friends.
Joey snapped out of his thoughts, looking over at his concerned friends, knowing what they were thinking.
"I'm really ok. I know im content in my mind now. No more depression or sadness I promise" Joey said the words and believed them, but his promise was short lived as there was a chap at the door.
"Ah, that will be the pizza delivery guy." Ross stood up and searched for his wallet as he walked to the door.
He opened the door but didn't immediately look up, still searching for his wallet in his trouser pocket.
"How much do I owe you?" He said before his eyes met the person standing at his sister's door.
The shock caused him to drop his wallet onto the polished wooden floor.
"Rachel!" Ross' mouth stayed open in awe, trying to understand why she was there.
"What are you doing here? Are you back for good?" Ross didn't know quite what to say but thought those questions would be a good start.
"Ross there's no time for questions, its Phoebe,"
By now Monica, Chandler and Joey had joined Ross and Rachel at the door.
"Phoebe? Oh my God what about her?" Joey looked panic stricken.
"You all need to come quick, she's in hospital and its serious."
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with friends and I am in no way affiliated with Bright, Kauffman, Crane Productions.
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Phoebe felt sickness rise in her, as she realised that Joey had mistaken her for her estranged sister. Why would he make such a mistake?
She felt her body edge back towards the stairs and her legs begin to pick up speed.
"Ursula, wait! Please we need to talk!" Joey screamed in desperation, but "Ursula" ignored him. Joey didn't have the energy to chase her; he had now resigned himself to the fact it was over between them. That was the final straw.
Within seconds Phoebe was back at the car. She practically threw herself inside much to the shock of Rachel.
"Take me to Ursula's. NOW!"
Rachel didn't question her; she just drove.
~*~
The minute Rachel halted the car outside of Ursula's apartment Phoebe sprinted outside.
"Phoebe wait up!" Rachel screamed from the car, desperately trying to unbuckle her seatbelt to catch up with her frantic friend.
Phoebe wasn't supposed to be running in her condition, but she darted up the stairs like a mad woman, desperate to confront her twin. She wasted no time in battering the door. She didn't let up the continual banging until it was answered.
"Oh, the wanderer returns I see," Ursula mocked her sister cruelly.
Phoebe barged past her, and let herself into the apartment and a breathless Rachel wasn't far behind her.
"What exactly do you want? I have nothing to say to you!" Ursula sounded spiteful.
"What the hell where you playing at dating Joey? You didn't want him the first time you dated, so what changed? Can't you just leave people to be happy?"
"Happy? You think Joey was happy? Phoebe your dearest Joey tried to fling himself off his buildings roof because he missed you so much! Him and me dating was just a bit of fun, well on my part at least! Don't you think I know he only wanted me because im the mirror image of you?"
What Ursula had just said was too much for Phoebe and Rachel to take in, but both focused on different sentences.
"Joey tried to kill himself?" Rachel gasped.
"Apparently, but he didn't. Maybe he realised Phoebe wasn't worth dying over! Chandler stopped him just in time, lucky for you Pheebs!" Ursula kept up her evil tone, bringing Phoebe to floods of tears.
"What if he had died, Rachel, it would have been all my fault." Her tears grew into painful wails. Her shoulders heaving up and down in rhythmic motion to her sobs.
"I miss him so much. I feel like im dying inside without him!" Rachel ran to her friend and grasped her tightly in her arms, rocking her back and forth.
"We will sort it out don't you worry. Shh.. It's going to be ok." Rachel tried her best to comfort Phoebe but her heart wrenching howling was unrelenting.
Phoebe's tears stopped abruptly as she let out a blood-curdling scream.
Rachel pulled away from her and looked down to see Phoebe collapse in a pool of her own blood.
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Joey entered Monica's apartment 20 minutes late to 3 scowls from his friends.
"I broke up with Gemma," Joey sighed causing the group to lose their scornful expressions and turn it into one of pity.
"Oh man im sorry," all three echoed.
"No, its ok. I have been thinking about it all day and I realised I was in the relationship for all the wrong reasons. I never really loved her, I just wanted one thing from her."
Everyone instinctively thought he meant all he wanted was sex, but Joey knew differently.
After 2 months of therapy Joey had realised he had to move on. His pining for Phoebe was ruining him, and he wanted to get himself better in case she ever returned. He didn't want to be half dead inside.
On his last day of counselling he had gone to visit Ursula to get the story of Phoebes past straight in his head, just as his shrink had advised him to do. She had mentioned something about closure, but then she didn't know it was her twin!
Ursula welcomed him into her home with open arms, and was just as welcoming in the bedroom.
As they both had sex that night, Joey stared straight into her eyes, never once looking away, imaging it were Phoebe he was making love to, holding, caressing. Her gentle touch on his skin. But it wasn't, it was just a lame substitute. He wanted to break away, leave, but the temptation was just too great. It was just like having Phoebe back in his arms. And so the obsession started. He started to become terrified of letting Ursula out of his sight; scared she would be taken away from him, just like Phoebe. He knew she wasn't in the least bit interested in him, but he needed her, she was the answer to all his problems. That was until this week when she had finally broken it off. He called and called but she never answered, and now she had ran away from him like Phoebe. Now was the time he had to restart his life. Get a clean slate. No more Ursula, no more bad dates. Just himself and his friends.
Joey snapped out of his thoughts, looking over at his concerned friends, knowing what they were thinking.
"I'm really ok. I know im content in my mind now. No more depression or sadness I promise" Joey said the words and believed them, but his promise was short lived as there was a chap at the door.
"Ah, that will be the pizza delivery guy." Ross stood up and searched for his wallet as he walked to the door.
He opened the door but didn't immediately look up, still searching for his wallet in his trouser pocket.
"How much do I owe you?" He said before his eyes met the person standing at his sister's door.
The shock caused him to drop his wallet onto the polished wooden floor.
"Rachel!" Ross' mouth stayed open in awe, trying to understand why she was there.
"What are you doing here? Are you back for good?" Ross didn't know quite what to say but thought those questions would be a good start.
"Ross there's no time for questions, its Phoebe,"
By now Monica, Chandler and Joey had joined Ross and Rachel at the door.
"Phoebe? Oh my God what about her?" Joey looked panic stricken.
"You all need to come quick, she's in hospital and its serious."
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