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Chapter 4
Absent
Monica wiped her tears with a tissue as she left the funeral of Phoebe Buffay. Chandler wrapped his arms around Monica and she accepted. Chandler always knew the right way to make her feel comfortable. Monica saw that Ross was going to give Joey a lift to his apartment. She and Chandler would take their own taxi. They were going to grab a bite at Central Perk anyways. Monica noticed that Rachel had not gone to the funeral. Perhaps it was because she had not come to her apartment last evening. Monica was indeed worried about Rachel. She felt that it was Rachel who had suffered the most. Maybe it was because she was the one who had answered the phone. But it was just a phone call. Could that really have made an impact on her?
"Please eat it, sweetie," insisted Rachel holding a spoon with mushed corn pointed towards Emma.
Emma closed her mouth tightly because she hated that stuff. Rachel sighed and gave up putting the spoon down and going to the refrigerator to pick out Emma's favorite; applesauce. She unscrewed the lid and fed it to her. Emma ate it all up in less than 10 minutes. Rachel stood there and wondered when Phoebe's funeral would be. She missed going to Monica's so she didn't know when it was. She went into the living room and dialed her apartment. Nothing. Maybe she was out. Rachel hung up the phone and went to Emma.
Ross dropped off Joey and he sped off to his apartment. He would be watching Ben this weekend and he need to get there fast. Before he sped off Joey thanked him and left. Ross arrived at his apartment and quickly went to his apartment.
Joey ran upstairs to his apartment. He knew Ross was in a hurry and so was he. He was meeting a girl tonight at Central Perk. Her name was Linnie, short for Linncrysa. He was excited his first date since...He paused. He shook it off and went to go get ready for his date.
Chandler and Monica's dinner had gone great. It had made them forget about everything. The only thing on their mind was their love. Chandler walked out of Central Perk the happiest man alive. Monica and his relationship had never been better. He wrapped his arms around Monica and kissed her. He could have sworn for a minute there that he saw Joey zoom by them, but he didn't really mind because he was with Monica. They both went home very happy.
"Hi, Zoey. I'm Lyncyza. Pleaz, I aplogize vor my azzent. I hope you can underztand me. No?"
Joey smiled. Linncrysa was foreign, he knew, but he didn't know that she was so beautiful. He greeted her and gave her a huge hug. She was tall with long black hair. Her eyes were dark blue and her figure was that of perfection. She was wearing a pink sweater and some blue jeans. She was indeed from France.
"Let's go eat, shall we?" said Joey taking her hand.
"Yez, I am, vut very hunvry. You are such a nice perzon."
They both, too enjoyed their dinner. It seems that almost everybody's lives were beginning to adapt. Adapt to Phoebe's tragic accident. They kept less in less in touch with each other as time grew.