Desperate Times and Desperate Measures
Hey, I owe you all a big, fat apology to everyone. : ( I'm so so sorry that I haven't been up and runnning for a while. I've been so busy! UGH! Not to mention, I've been really pissy and I might have screwed up one of my stories. But hey, I'm back! So sit back and enjoy!
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"Is there a problem?" The waiter asked, bending towards Judy.
"Ah yes. My son ordered a steak well done, and not rare, which this is." Judy began, shoving the plate to the waiter. "And Chad here ordered mashed potatoes, which this is not." She finished, disgusted as she stared at Chandler's plate.
"Oh, no, I'm-I'm fine." Chandler said honestly.
"Nonsense!" Judy said shaking her head.
"He said he's fine, Ma." Monica snapped. Judy shot Monica a quick look, before looking back at the waiter.
"Well? The steak? Let's get going." Judy said huffily. Monica sighed.Chandler did as well. Judy's lack of table manners always irked Monica.
"Uh, Rachel. What flowers did you decide on for the wedding?" Monica asked.
"Oh, Tulips." Rachel smiled.
"Rchel, that's going to look so lovely!" Judy insisted. "In fact, I know a little shop that has just the prettiest tulips you'll ever see!" She added.
"Oh, thank you Judy. But I have them all planned out." Rachel said nodding. Judy turned to Monica.
"Monica?" Judy asked. "Aren't you going to comment on Rachel's choice of flowers?" She asked between her teeth. Moncia was used to Judy's constant nagging, but Chandler wasn't, and his jaw dropped after witnessing Judy's bombarding behavior.
"Tulips, huh? That's going to look so pretty." Monica began. "But you know, I always thought that lillies would be so perfect for a wedding." Monica added, smiling a bit.
"Lillies?" Judy groaned, disaproving.
"What? You don't like lillies?" Monica asked flatly.
"Yes I do. Lillies are wonderful..........for a funeral." Judy said nodding. Monica threw her napkin on the table.
"Excuse me." She said quietly before standing and making her way towards the bathroom.
"Chad, will you please go find out what her problem is?" Judy said annoyed. All Chandler could do was nod.
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"What a horrible night!" Monica complained in the safety of hers and Chandler's room. Chandler shrugged.
"It wasn't that bad." He insisted. Monica stared at him, her mouth agape.
"NOT that BAD?" She asked. "Chandler, every one of our stories clashed!" She added, running an impatient hand through her hair.
"What are we going to do?" He asked. Monica sighed.
"We've got a lot of homework to do. We need to make up our story."
"Like the laundry one?" He asked, smiling mischievously. Monica nodded.
"That was quick thinking." She said approvingly. "By the way, how did you come up with that?" Chandler blushed.
"It was actually a dream I had when I first met you. It was strange. I don't know, it just came out." Chandler smiled. Monica was mesmerized by his smile just then. She couldn't pull herself away from it. Finally, she jerked herself out of his gaze and nodded.
"Well, it was good." She said. "Now we just need to think up some more stuff. We met on-"
"April 2nd, 2002." Chandler said quickly. "Our first real date was at-"
"Alessandros." Monica replied.
"Our song? What's our song?" Chandler asked.
"The way you look tonight." Monica said without hesitation. Chandler nodded.
"I like that. Wow, we're doing good." He laughed. Suddenly, a knock came on the door. Both looked at it.
"Come in." Monica said. Soon, Rachel emerged, all smiles.
"Sorry if I'm interrupting anything-" She began giddily. "But Mon, don't forget that tomorrow you've got to get up early to make it to the dress shop for your dress. And you get to see mine!" She smiled. Monica laughed.
"Alright. I won't forget. I'll be up at 6:00." Monica assured her.
"Great! Thanks! I got to get to bed now, but I'll see you two lovebirds in the morning." Rachel said before exiting. Monica sighed a sigh of relief.
"Well, I guess we'd better get to bed. We'll talk more about this tomorrow."
"Bed. Ah. How's that going to work out again?" Chandler asked pointing to the full. Monica laughed.
"Didn't we already cover that?" She asked. Chandler laughed this time.
"Oh, I just enjoy hearing you say we're sleeping together." He joked. Monica put her hands on her hips.
"You touch me, and you're dead." She said strictly.
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Monica and Rachel had been at the dress shop for almost an hour. Strangely enough, Monica was relaxed and calm, rather than her usual impatient self. Someone about weddings always seemed to bring out the very best in Monica, and she found herself having a pretty good time.
Monica stood on the platform as a little, pudgy woman began to hem the end of the dress. Soon, Rachel entered excitedly in her wedding gown. It was beautiful. It was simple, yet elegant. It was a princess cut dress that seemed to flow off of Rachel's hips. Monica smiled.
"It's beautiful!" Monica gushed.
"Isn't it?" Rachel said happily. Rachel looked at the woman hemming the dress. "Celia?" She asked. The woman's round face peered back.
"Yes Miss Green?" She asked.
"Could you give Monica and me a moment please?" She asked. As soon as the woman was out of the room, Rachel ran over to her coat and pulled out a small, velvet box. She ran over to Monica who waited patiently.
"I know you like me Rach, but you're marrying my brother..."Monica joked. Rachel tilted her head and stared disapprovingly.
"That's not what this is." She said in her ditzy voice. Rachel opened it and revealed a necklace. "I want you to wear this in my wedding. I want you to be the maid of honor." Rachel blushed. Monica smiled and fingered the heart necklace. "You're my best friend, Mon." Rachel added.
"I'd love to!" Monica said pulling Rachel in for a tight hug.
"Really?" Rachel squealed. Suddenly, both felt 14 again.
"No, I'm lying." Monica joked. "Of course I'm serious!"
"Okay!" Rachel smiled. "Oh, but I hope you know this means I get to be the maid of honor in yours and Chad's wedding." Rachel mocked teasingly. Monica coughed.
"Uh-huh." She said breathlessly. "Okay, you go get dressed. As soon as Celia's done with my dress, we've got a bachelorett party to get to!" Monica said happily. Rachel began jumping up and down and clapping her hands together.
"I'm getting married in two days! TWO days!" She sang as she bounced out of the room. Monica sighed, wiping away the small amount of sweath that had formed on her forehead.
XOXOELIZABETHXOXO
I shall be updating this story more, now that I have down time. Sorry it was short! I love you all! I'm just so, uh! I'm trying to keep up my social life and my personal life with the writing on top of that. It is still the most important thing to me, and I'm sorry it's been a while! I'm back, though!
Hey, I owe you all a big, fat apology to everyone. : ( I'm so so sorry that I haven't been up and runnning for a while. I've been so busy! UGH! Not to mention, I've been really pissy and I might have screwed up one of my stories. But hey, I'm back! So sit back and enjoy!
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"Is there a problem?" The waiter asked, bending towards Judy.
"Ah yes. My son ordered a steak well done, and not rare, which this is." Judy began, shoving the plate to the waiter. "And Chad here ordered mashed potatoes, which this is not." She finished, disgusted as she stared at Chandler's plate.
"Oh, no, I'm-I'm fine." Chandler said honestly.
"Nonsense!" Judy said shaking her head.
"He said he's fine, Ma." Monica snapped. Judy shot Monica a quick look, before looking back at the waiter.
"Well? The steak? Let's get going." Judy said huffily. Monica sighed.Chandler did as well. Judy's lack of table manners always irked Monica.
"Uh, Rachel. What flowers did you decide on for the wedding?" Monica asked.
"Oh, Tulips." Rachel smiled.
"Rchel, that's going to look so lovely!" Judy insisted. "In fact, I know a little shop that has just the prettiest tulips you'll ever see!" She added.
"Oh, thank you Judy. But I have them all planned out." Rachel said nodding. Judy turned to Monica.
"Monica?" Judy asked. "Aren't you going to comment on Rachel's choice of flowers?" She asked between her teeth. Moncia was used to Judy's constant nagging, but Chandler wasn't, and his jaw dropped after witnessing Judy's bombarding behavior.
"Tulips, huh? That's going to look so pretty." Monica began. "But you know, I always thought that lillies would be so perfect for a wedding." Monica added, smiling a bit.
"Lillies?" Judy groaned, disaproving.
"What? You don't like lillies?" Monica asked flatly.
"Yes I do. Lillies are wonderful..........for a funeral." Judy said nodding. Monica threw her napkin on the table.
"Excuse me." She said quietly before standing and making her way towards the bathroom.
"Chad, will you please go find out what her problem is?" Judy said annoyed. All Chandler could do was nod.
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"What a horrible night!" Monica complained in the safety of hers and Chandler's room. Chandler shrugged.
"It wasn't that bad." He insisted. Monica stared at him, her mouth agape.
"NOT that BAD?" She asked. "Chandler, every one of our stories clashed!" She added, running an impatient hand through her hair.
"What are we going to do?" He asked. Monica sighed.
"We've got a lot of homework to do. We need to make up our story."
"Like the laundry one?" He asked, smiling mischievously. Monica nodded.
"That was quick thinking." She said approvingly. "By the way, how did you come up with that?" Chandler blushed.
"It was actually a dream I had when I first met you. It was strange. I don't know, it just came out." Chandler smiled. Monica was mesmerized by his smile just then. She couldn't pull herself away from it. Finally, she jerked herself out of his gaze and nodded.
"Well, it was good." She said. "Now we just need to think up some more stuff. We met on-"
"April 2nd, 2002." Chandler said quickly. "Our first real date was at-"
"Alessandros." Monica replied.
"Our song? What's our song?" Chandler asked.
"The way you look tonight." Monica said without hesitation. Chandler nodded.
"I like that. Wow, we're doing good." He laughed. Suddenly, a knock came on the door. Both looked at it.
"Come in." Monica said. Soon, Rachel emerged, all smiles.
"Sorry if I'm interrupting anything-" She began giddily. "But Mon, don't forget that tomorrow you've got to get up early to make it to the dress shop for your dress. And you get to see mine!" She smiled. Monica laughed.
"Alright. I won't forget. I'll be up at 6:00." Monica assured her.
"Great! Thanks! I got to get to bed now, but I'll see you two lovebirds in the morning." Rachel said before exiting. Monica sighed a sigh of relief.
"Well, I guess we'd better get to bed. We'll talk more about this tomorrow."
"Bed. Ah. How's that going to work out again?" Chandler asked pointing to the full. Monica laughed.
"Didn't we already cover that?" She asked. Chandler laughed this time.
"Oh, I just enjoy hearing you say we're sleeping together." He joked. Monica put her hands on her hips.
"You touch me, and you're dead." She said strictly.
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Monica and Rachel had been at the dress shop for almost an hour. Strangely enough, Monica was relaxed and calm, rather than her usual impatient self. Someone about weddings always seemed to bring out the very best in Monica, and she found herself having a pretty good time.
Monica stood on the platform as a little, pudgy woman began to hem the end of the dress. Soon, Rachel entered excitedly in her wedding gown. It was beautiful. It was simple, yet elegant. It was a princess cut dress that seemed to flow off of Rachel's hips. Monica smiled.
"It's beautiful!" Monica gushed.
"Isn't it?" Rachel said happily. Rachel looked at the woman hemming the dress. "Celia?" She asked. The woman's round face peered back.
"Yes Miss Green?" She asked.
"Could you give Monica and me a moment please?" She asked. As soon as the woman was out of the room, Rachel ran over to her coat and pulled out a small, velvet box. She ran over to Monica who waited patiently.
"I know you like me Rach, but you're marrying my brother..."Monica joked. Rachel tilted her head and stared disapprovingly.
"That's not what this is." She said in her ditzy voice. Rachel opened it and revealed a necklace. "I want you to wear this in my wedding. I want you to be the maid of honor." Rachel blushed. Monica smiled and fingered the heart necklace. "You're my best friend, Mon." Rachel added.
"I'd love to!" Monica said pulling Rachel in for a tight hug.
"Really?" Rachel squealed. Suddenly, both felt 14 again.
"No, I'm lying." Monica joked. "Of course I'm serious!"
"Okay!" Rachel smiled. "Oh, but I hope you know this means I get to be the maid of honor in yours and Chad's wedding." Rachel mocked teasingly. Monica coughed.
"Uh-huh." She said breathlessly. "Okay, you go get dressed. As soon as Celia's done with my dress, we've got a bachelorett party to get to!" Monica said happily. Rachel began jumping up and down and clapping her hands together.
"I'm getting married in two days! TWO days!" She sang as she bounced out of the room. Monica sighed, wiping away the small amount of sweath that had formed on her forehead.
XOXOELIZABETHXOXO
I shall be updating this story more, now that I have down time. Sorry it was short! I love you all! I'm just so, uh! I'm trying to keep up my social life and my personal life with the writing on top of that. It is still the most important thing to me, and I'm sorry it's been a while! I'm back, though!