"I hate driving" Monica thinks, "The pure thought of driving from New York City to Las Vegas makes me nauseous and it was all Chandler's idea. Why do we have to drive such a long distance, why didn't we fly like, Joey, phoebe, Ross and Rachel and all the kids? I can't believe Joey drove all the way from new York city to Vegas a few years back, its so boring and the roads are horrible and suck, I hate chandler right now"
"Remind me to ground you when we get to Vegas." Monica says to Chandler, being totally serious but my voice is full of love too.
" Oooh, Daddy is going to get grounded." Says Jack.
Monica remembered a few years back when Rachel's sister Amy came for thanksgiving and Monica and chandler were talking about parenthood and kids and Monica argued "could you image me saying go to room your grounded" and chandler said "you said that to me last week" and Monica yelled "how hard is it no shoes on the furniture" and of course Chandler told Jack, their little boy the whole story.
Monica looks at my children with great pride. Erica, blonde with fly away curls and an open toothed smile; although she is only seven she is brilliant; I can see my daughter coming up with a cure for the common cold; or maybe AIDS. Her son Jack has brown hair and his sister's blue eyes; he is the one she sees writing the great American Novel, or a great symphony, or maybe being a famous piano player.
"Oh, Monica, isn't this gorgeous?" chandler commented
"It's a lot more beautiful if you haven't been driving for two days."
While chandler was enjoying the scenery by looking out the faintly tinted windows, Monica was stuck driving their Porsche, Monica was tired, stressed and annoyed, soon chandler would have to drive so Monica could get some rest.
"Oh, Mon, cute guy alert."
"Chandler." she scoffs.
Monica's hands were now raw from holding on to the steering wheel for so many hours, when suddenly her cell phone rings, chandler takes the steering wheel while Monica digs her phone out of her purse and talks, it was her mom and she did not sound happy.
"Hey, Monica…" she says.
"Hey, Mom."
"So who's your current boyfriend?"
Monica mother was not involved in much of her life, she didn't even really care about her and forgot about her and her relationships, especially the one she had been in for almost 12 years, Monica had to remind her mother constantly about chandler the love of her life.
"Actually, Mom I'm married to Chandler."
"Oh yeah, that's right."
"Do you have something specific to say?"
Monica was very tired and was kind of uncomfortable with chandler driving the from the passengers seat, reaching over to the steeling wheel while Monica was talking on a cell phone, so Monica actually wanted to ask if her mother called to say anything worth while, that was not just to make her feel insulted or low.
"Yeah, I saw Phoebe."
"Oh."
Now Monica was interested, what about phoebe? Why would phoebe talk to her mom? She wanted to know, all Monica knew was she was doing a demo for Smelly Catand that's it, she waited for her moms response.
"She's sick, AIDS, or cancer."
"Sick? She said she was doing a demo for Smelly Cat. That's why she is not coming "
"Well, she and Mike split up; and she looks really bad; she said whatever treatments she was required to take stopped her from playing the guitar."
"What do you mean, Mom?"
"Her fingers just don't move the way they used to."
And it is there that my cell phone runs out of batteries;
"And I thought the worst thing in life was a messy kitchen." I say.
Monica was now very worried, her cell had run out of batteries, phoebe was sick with a horrible disease -according to her mom, she wouldn't see phoebe in Vegas, phoebe can't play guitar and that is all Monica knew, she had to get in touch with someone, but who? Luckily chandler had his cell phone with him, so she could call Rachel and Ross and the kids.
"What's wrong Mon?" Chandler asks.
"Are you ever afraid if you let someone out of your sight for one second, you'll lose them forever?"
"No."
"Well, I think we're going to lose Phoebe.
"Oh my god. How?"
Chandler was now not paying attention on the road, because he was confused, worried and pretty much out of his soul, what was wrong with phoebe again? Did he hear clearly? Did Monica's mom have all the true information, Monica and chandler rammed into the side ditch and pretty much ruined their vehicle, they were busted.
"BLASTED CHANDLER! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST DO!"
"I kind of drove into a ditch." he says.
"I can see that."
"Oooh, Mommy's mad." says Erica.
"Reow!" says Jack.
Now that Monica and Chandler and the children, for that matter were in the side of a country road, and they finished their conversation before they did anything, Monica spoke even thought she and chandler were both out of breathe
"My mom said she's really sick."
"With what?"
"My mom said AIDS or cancer, or something"
Chandler is silent chandler was now worried, even though out of the whole group Chandler was least close with Phoebe, Phoebe was part of the group and a BEST friend, what were they going to do?
"I think I'm going to call Rachel and Ross now"
"Good idea. And we always thought Phoebe would be the first to leave the group." He says
"I want her to stay. I want her to come to Vegas."
"I know, Mon. I know."
Monica rings up phoebe, using chandler's cell phone cause his has fully charged batteries, Ross answers the phone
"Hello"
"Hey Ross, its Monica, have you heard about Phoebe?"
"Not much"
"Well mom called and she is sick, so we all have to go back to NYC and plus Monica and I crashed and are going to call a tow truck and a cab"
"Oh my god! Okay we'll be at Phoebe's, soon, bye Mon
"Bye"
Monica hung up, this was definitely a road trip and it was a MIS adventure, they called a cab and a tow truck and would be in NYC in 5 days, cause of slow, expensive cabs, plus Ross and Rachel would be at phoebes in a day, because of the plane, chandler spoke and was kind of firm and upset, because they gang hadn't been together in years, phoebe was ruining it.
"She's ashamed of what ever is wrong with her. That's why she is not coming."
"I say everything is going to be okay; until I start to believe it."
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