Chapter four
Monica, Chandler, and the kids left later that night sometime around eight thirty. They found that Ross was not the only one mad at them. Once the news sunk in, that they were back, Joey and Phoebe were pretty mad too.
They questioned them the whole night. By the end of the night after hearing Monica and Chandler's excuses and reasons why they moved away and why they never wrote, Joey was almost as mad as Ross was.
Ross had not returned by the time Monica and Chandler left. Rachel, Phoebe, Joey, Mike, and Jennifer sat down in the living room to talk about what had just happened.
"I can't believe they're back." Phoebe said.
"I can't believe they had the nerve to come back." Joey said. As much as he missed his best friends, he just couldn't forget how much they had hurt him by not being there for him through the past eight years. They missed his and Phoebe's wedding. They missed all the kids being born.
"Well I've missed them both and I'm glad they're back." Rachel put in. It seemed like she was the only one that was happy to have her best friends back. She had missed Monica and Chandler so much and now they were back. Hopefully for good.
The phone rang, interrupting their conversation. Rachel reached over and grabbed it. "Hello?"
"Rach, it's me. Are they gone yet?" Ross asked. He didn't sound as angry as he had before, but Rachel knew he was still fuming on the inside.
"Yeah, are you coming home now?"
"Yeah, I'll be there soon."
Rachel hung up the phone. "Guys, It's getting late. Maybe we can talk about this tomorrow?" Rachel suggested.
Everyone nodded their heads and went to get their kids.
Rachel went upstairs to put Emma, Ryan, and Colin to bed. When she went back downstairs. Ross was sitting on the couch.
"Hey, sweetie." She said sitting next to her husband.
"Hey." He said back not even looking at Rachel. There was something about his voice.
Rachel turned her head to look him in the eye and noticed that he was crying. Tears were sliding down his flushed cheeks.
"Honey, what's wrong?" She asked wrapping her arms around Ross.
"I. I just missed them so much. They left. They never called or anything. When they left it was like a part of me went with them. I mean Monica was my sister and Chandler was my best friend. Then they just show up one day at our doorstep and I find out that they're married with three kids! I have two nieces and a nephew! I just don't know if I can trust them anymore. They left once, how do we know they won't leave again?" Ross finished whipping the last of his tears away.
Rachel finally saw why he was so angry. "I don't know." She answered simply, not knowing what else to say.
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"Phoebe, what are you doing up?" Mike asked walking into the living room of his and Phoebe's house.
"I couldn't sleep." She answered. He saw that she was holding something on her lap. He came around the couch and sat down next to her. She had one lamp on, so he could make out that it was a photo album.
"What are you looking at?" Mike asked.
"Just some old pictures. You know when all of the gang were together." She said sadly. Mike knew Phoebe had missed her friends more than she let on. She tried to be the strong one when Monica and Chandler left.
Everyone else was falling apart so she had to hold the group together. He knew she hardly ever expressed her feelings when they left.
Phoebe pointed to a picture. "This was a couple days before Mon and Chandler left." The picture was of the gang in Central Perk. They were all squished on their favorite couch, a big ugly orange one. "I used to look at this all the time after they left. We got Gunther to take it for us."
Phoebe pointed to Chandler and Monica in the picture. "I know they were together when this picture was taken because of the way they weren't looking at the camera. They're looking at each other and smiling. And look, Chandler's arm is around her. I never thought anything of it until we got that note, because Chandler always had his arm around Mon. They were really close." Phoebe finished.
"I missed them so much." She said as Mike wrapped his arms around her hoping to make all the hurt go away.
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Joey woke up abruptly that night sometime between three and four in the morning. He had had a nightmare where all his friends had left him stranded on an island alone with no food or water or anything.
He used to get that dream a lot right after Monica and Chandler had left.
When Joey sat up suddenly, He accidentally woke up Jennifer.
"What's wrong, sweetie?" She asked sleepily rubbing her eyes.
"Nothing, just had a nightmare." He said kissing her forehead.
"What about?" She asked becoming more awake and sitting up next to Joey.
"It was stupid." Joey replied embarrassed. He never told any one about his nightmares. He didn't want Ross, Rachel, or Phoebe to make fun of him.
"Come on, tell me. I want to know." She insisted. Joey didn't argue. Jennifer always got her way. Joey didn't mind much anyway. He knew she wouldn't laugh at him.
"Rachel, Ross, Phoebe, Chandler, Monica, and I were all on a deserted island. A helicopter landed, but I looking for food in the forest, so they left with out me. I came running onto the beach and they were just staring at me as they got farther and farther away." Joey explained. "I used to have that dream a lot after Monica and Chandler left."
"I know you're mad at them, and you have a right to be, I just think you should give them another chance. I know they mean a lot to you and I know they hurt you a lot. I just think you should forgive and forget. Well maybe not forget, but you should try to forgive them. They seem really nice. It just sounded like when they ran away, they were confused. They didn't know what to do." Jen said.
"Thanks, Jen. I'll try to forgive them. I really want to. I want to be friends with them. I'm just still mad. I'm mad that they left. I missed them so much. I wonder if they even missed us. I wonder if they even thought about us."
"I'm sure they did." Jen said hugging Joey. "Come on, let's go back to sleep. We can talk about this tomorrow." She gave Joey a quick kiss before snuggling up to him and falling asleep. Joey followed suit a few minutes later.
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Monica, Chandler, and the kids left later that night sometime around eight thirty. They found that Ross was not the only one mad at them. Once the news sunk in, that they were back, Joey and Phoebe were pretty mad too.
They questioned them the whole night. By the end of the night after hearing Monica and Chandler's excuses and reasons why they moved away and why they never wrote, Joey was almost as mad as Ross was.
Ross had not returned by the time Monica and Chandler left. Rachel, Phoebe, Joey, Mike, and Jennifer sat down in the living room to talk about what had just happened.
"I can't believe they're back." Phoebe said.
"I can't believe they had the nerve to come back." Joey said. As much as he missed his best friends, he just couldn't forget how much they had hurt him by not being there for him through the past eight years. They missed his and Phoebe's wedding. They missed all the kids being born.
"Well I've missed them both and I'm glad they're back." Rachel put in. It seemed like she was the only one that was happy to have her best friends back. She had missed Monica and Chandler so much and now they were back. Hopefully for good.
The phone rang, interrupting their conversation. Rachel reached over and grabbed it. "Hello?"
"Rach, it's me. Are they gone yet?" Ross asked. He didn't sound as angry as he had before, but Rachel knew he was still fuming on the inside.
"Yeah, are you coming home now?"
"Yeah, I'll be there soon."
Rachel hung up the phone. "Guys, It's getting late. Maybe we can talk about this tomorrow?" Rachel suggested.
Everyone nodded their heads and went to get their kids.
Rachel went upstairs to put Emma, Ryan, and Colin to bed. When she went back downstairs. Ross was sitting on the couch.
"Hey, sweetie." She said sitting next to her husband.
"Hey." He said back not even looking at Rachel. There was something about his voice.
Rachel turned her head to look him in the eye and noticed that he was crying. Tears were sliding down his flushed cheeks.
"Honey, what's wrong?" She asked wrapping her arms around Ross.
"I. I just missed them so much. They left. They never called or anything. When they left it was like a part of me went with them. I mean Monica was my sister and Chandler was my best friend. Then they just show up one day at our doorstep and I find out that they're married with three kids! I have two nieces and a nephew! I just don't know if I can trust them anymore. They left once, how do we know they won't leave again?" Ross finished whipping the last of his tears away.
Rachel finally saw why he was so angry. "I don't know." She answered simply, not knowing what else to say.
* * * *
"Phoebe, what are you doing up?" Mike asked walking into the living room of his and Phoebe's house.
"I couldn't sleep." She answered. He saw that she was holding something on her lap. He came around the couch and sat down next to her. She had one lamp on, so he could make out that it was a photo album.
"What are you looking at?" Mike asked.
"Just some old pictures. You know when all of the gang were together." She said sadly. Mike knew Phoebe had missed her friends more than she let on. She tried to be the strong one when Monica and Chandler left.
Everyone else was falling apart so she had to hold the group together. He knew she hardly ever expressed her feelings when they left.
Phoebe pointed to a picture. "This was a couple days before Mon and Chandler left." The picture was of the gang in Central Perk. They were all squished on their favorite couch, a big ugly orange one. "I used to look at this all the time after they left. We got Gunther to take it for us."
Phoebe pointed to Chandler and Monica in the picture. "I know they were together when this picture was taken because of the way they weren't looking at the camera. They're looking at each other and smiling. And look, Chandler's arm is around her. I never thought anything of it until we got that note, because Chandler always had his arm around Mon. They were really close." Phoebe finished.
"I missed them so much." She said as Mike wrapped his arms around her hoping to make all the hurt go away.
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Joey woke up abruptly that night sometime between three and four in the morning. He had had a nightmare where all his friends had left him stranded on an island alone with no food or water or anything.
He used to get that dream a lot right after Monica and Chandler had left.
When Joey sat up suddenly, He accidentally woke up Jennifer.
"What's wrong, sweetie?" She asked sleepily rubbing her eyes.
"Nothing, just had a nightmare." He said kissing her forehead.
"What about?" She asked becoming more awake and sitting up next to Joey.
"It was stupid." Joey replied embarrassed. He never told any one about his nightmares. He didn't want Ross, Rachel, or Phoebe to make fun of him.
"Come on, tell me. I want to know." She insisted. Joey didn't argue. Jennifer always got her way. Joey didn't mind much anyway. He knew she wouldn't laugh at him.
"Rachel, Ross, Phoebe, Chandler, Monica, and I were all on a deserted island. A helicopter landed, but I looking for food in the forest, so they left with out me. I came running onto the beach and they were just staring at me as they got farther and farther away." Joey explained. "I used to have that dream a lot after Monica and Chandler left."
"I know you're mad at them, and you have a right to be, I just think you should give them another chance. I know they mean a lot to you and I know they hurt you a lot. I just think you should forgive and forget. Well maybe not forget, but you should try to forgive them. They seem really nice. It just sounded like when they ran away, they were confused. They didn't know what to do." Jen said.
"Thanks, Jen. I'll try to forgive them. I really want to. I want to be friends with them. I'm just still mad. I'm mad that they left. I missed them so much. I wonder if they even missed us. I wonder if they even thought about us."
"I'm sure they did." Jen said hugging Joey. "Come on, let's go back to sleep. We can talk about this tomorrow." She gave Joey a quick kiss before snuggling up to him and falling asleep. Joey followed suit a few minutes later.
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