Ok, so I'm back. I know it's been forever and a day, but I have no excuses. But muchos gracias to all those who reviewed!!! Alright let's just get right down to it…

Oh, and if anyone has any ideas for a title let me know. Ok I'm really starting now…

"So," said Monica.

"Yeah…so. I guess you probably need to get back to your place, you know call the movie people or whatever."

"Joey, are you sure you're okay with this? Because if you aren't I totally understand. I don't have to do this movie." Silently she was praying Joey could just be happy for her, and not be jealous. She didn't know if she could handle it if she had to turn down the movie.

"Yes you do, Monica. I know you've been waiting for a movie like this. I think you like all this even more than I do, even if you won't admit it."

He knew he was lying, and so did Monica. Nobody enjoyed the good life more than Joey. Monica decided to ignore the little voice inside that was telling her to challenge Joey's thoughts of her and fame. She decided to ignore the fact that Joey has really heartbroken over not having anything big going for him, and that Monica wouldn't even be around for 6 months.

"You're right," sighed Monica. "I probably should go and...and make some calls. But come over anytime ok?"

"Alright."

"I'll see ya later Joey." She walked over to the door. She was walking out the door when Joey called out to her.

"Listen Mon, have a really good time."

"Thanks Joe." She gave him a hug and walked out the door. She made her decision, she was going to go.

But first she was going to New York.

Monica got out of the limo and walked in the door to Central Perk. She was exhausted, and needed some coffee before going up to say high to Rachel, Ross and Phoebe. (With Joey and Monica gone, Phoebe had moved in with Rachel and Ross lived by himself across the hall, although he spent most of his time in the girl's apartment.)

After she ordered, she sat down on the couch. While was she waiting for her latte she heard the coffeehouse door open. She turned and saw her 3 old friends walking towards her.

"Monica!" all three of them exclaimed before coming over to hug her.

"What are you doing here?" asked Rachel.

"Aren't you supposed to be in L.A. or Australia or something?" said Ross with what Monica interpreted as a bit of jealousy. He always hated when his sister was more successful than he was.

"I wanted to come visit you guys before the movie. I've really, really missed you guys. Joey has too."

"Yeah, well at least he came to see us. Three times, ya know." Phoebe said, more harshly than she had intended. Monica looked down.

"I know, I know. I've just been so busy and with Richard…but you're right, I should have come earlier."

"It's okay, Monica. We forgive you." Rachel whispered as she shot Phoebe a look.

"So you-you're doing a big movie?" Ross asked her, filling the uncomfortable silence.

"Yeah. Hey, you guys wanna go up to the apartment and talk? I can tell you all about it. Or not." She said looking at their faces. "How 'bout you tell me all about what's going on with you?" She saw the look the three gave each other and felt heartbroken. She was an outsider now, looking into their lives instead being a part of it.

"Sure sounds great. Let's go." said Rachel, putting on a false cheeriness, and they headed up to the apartment.

An exhausted Chandler pulled himself out of bed as the alarm went off. 5:20, the clock read. He had to be in the studio at 5:30. He got dressed quickly and grabbed a donut as he walked out the door of his trailer. He was immediately attacked by an avid fan wanting an autograph.

"I can't believe it, I'm actually meeting Chandler Bing, the Chandler Bing!" the young girl said.

"Aren't you the lucky one?" said Chandler sarcastically, signing her picture of him but wondering how she got into the studios.

"Oh but I am," answered the girl, not picking up on the sarcasm. "You know, I've had dreams of you, Chandler."

"That's…erm…great. Well, uh, I'm gonna go. Nice talking to you though." He practically ran into the studio.

'Is this really worth the long hours and the crazy fans?' he asked himself.

When he got his paycheck later that day, he decided it was…for now.

"Well, David came back from Minsk. So that's fun," Phoebe said.

Monica smiled. She was genuinely happy for her friend, who had had what many would consider a rather troubling past. "That's great Pheebs." She turned towards Rachel, "It seems to be going pretty well between you and Ross."

"Yeah, it is," Rachel said, a little dreamily. She grinned when Ross came back from getting their dinner, Chinese takeout. She got up to help get plates out.

"They're lobsters you know," Phoebe whispered to Monica.

"What do you mean?" Monica gave her a questioning look.

"I heard that Phoebe!" called Ross. "And I don't like being called a sea animal. I don't care what it's supposed to mean."

"Well, what does it mean?" Monica pressed, her obsessive side taking over.

"You don't wanna know," Rachel told her.

'Well maybe I do,' thought Monica. One of the reasons she had come was to make sure she really wanted to leave her former life behind before she became a full time actress. As much as she liked the glitz and glamour, it's panged her to see how much she was missing out on her friend's lives. She also realized why she hadn't come back to New York yet: it just hurt too damn much.

"Well Bing, looks like the Geller girl is going to do it. She'll be here tomorrow, so be sure to look at Scene 6 tonight. We want to start shooting with her as soon as possible."

"Alrighty, I'll get right on that." He knew they wouldn't really start shooting for another 5 days or so.

"Knew you would," said his manager. "See ya later, Bing."

'Does anyone get sarcasm these days? Because it sure doesn't seem that way.' Chandler sighed.

Chandler had mixed emotions about Monica coming to do the movie. His impression of her was that she was a little odd. Nice, but slightly over-enthusiastic. And, she had cut off his pinky toe. Granted, it was only part of it, but it was the part with the nail, and everyone knows that's the best part. However, she was well…hot. And the other stuff was a long time ago, 10 years almost. (A/N: I'm not really paying attention to the timing and all that. So, just go with it if it's messed up.) 'Maybe she's grown up a bit.' Then he scoffed at himself. 'You're one to talk, Bing.'

As Monica's plane took off she closed her eyes and did some thinking. Saying good-bye was hard. She promised to come see them soon, but she could tell they didn't believe her. She felt torn between her new and old lives, and she knew that after this movie she had some serious decisions to make. Her mind wandered to the movie then. She wondered if she and Chandler would act like old friends, or if their relationship would be a formal professional to professional thing. She knew he never knew she knew about him calling her fat. So as long as she could forget that and move on, maybe he would move on about the toe incident. Her last thoughts before she fell asleep were that at least if Chandler was cold towards her, Richard would be there.

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