Chapter 4:
awkwardness
After Joey and Monica came back from Ohio, they told the news to the rest of the gang.
Ross- so is she giving you her baby after all?
Monica- yes! thanks to Joey!
Joey- And because I helped, the baby is going to be named after me!
Monica- (confused) I never said that…
Joey- well… can you say that now?
Monica- ok… if the baby is a boy I will call him Joey
Joey felt overjoyed and he hugged Monica.
Phoebe- you are so lucky! And when is the baby due?
Monica- in five months…
Rachel and Dennis walked into the coffee house. Dennis was holding Emma, which made Ross feel very jealous. Dennis noticed that Ross was upset so he gave the baby to her father.
Ross- Hello Emma... hello gorgeous... hello beauty queen...
They all looked at Ross, feeling very touched and Ross felt very uncorfortable, so he stopped talking to the baby.
Rachel- anyway… we have a big announcement to make… there are big news!
Joey- well… you two started dating a month ago and you are still together… that sounds like a very big news to me…
Rachel- I know! But that's not it…
Dennis- we are going to live together in my apartment!
Ross- What?… and Emma is going to live whit you two?
Rachel- no... (Sarcastically) Since she is one year old she gets her own apartment… of course she is going to live with us! What is wrong with you Ross?
Dennis- is ok Ross... you are Emma's father… nothing will change that…
Monica- (confused) but… how did you decided to live together?
Dennis- well... Rachel was helping me to look for a new apartment… because I wanted to move closer to my work…
Rachel- I liked his new penthouse so much that I decided to live there!
Phoebe- wow... (sarcastically) that's a great reason to share all your life with someone…
Joey- I always loved your apartment Mon… Can I move in with you?
Monica- I don't think so Joe... I love Richard's apartment so much that I'm moving in with him…
Everybody started laughing at the jokes, everybody but Rachel.Rachel- that's really funny, guys! Obviously I'm not moving in with Dennis just because of his apartment… I love Dennis..
Dennis- And I love Rachel...
Rachel and Dennis started kissing, and Ross started to feel very sad…. He was loosing the woman of her dreams once again… and some other guy will be raising Emma…
After chatting for a while, Phoebe asked Monica to talk alone for one second…. There was something very important that Phoebe wanted to ask her.
Phoebe- Mon.… you know that my wedding will be in two weeks...
Monica- of course I know that! But everything is ok…. everything will be ready on time.
Phoebe- great… but I wanted to talk to you about the guests
Monica- Why? Everybody have been invited two months ago…
Phoebe- yes… and they are all coming… but maybe… you don't want one of the guests to come
Phoebe was really asking Monica if Chandler could still come… But Monica didn't get that.
Monica- well... I would feel safer in your wedding without your "prison body" there…
Phoebe- hey! "Lucy knife" is good people and she is coming to my wedding…
Monica- ok… is your wedding…. You can invite whomever you want. And, for the record, you asked my opinion about the guests!
Phoebe- I was talking about Chandler! Do I have to tell him that he can't come to my wedding or you will you be ok with him there?
Monica remained in silence for a second… she started to think about what Phoebe had just asked her… Will she be ok attending the same wedding that Chandler? Could she handle it? weddings are always so emotional… She told Phoebe the truth…
Monica- I don't know… I haven't seen him since he moved out…
Phoebe- oh… well Mon… he visited me the other day… and he was devastated because he can't talk to any of us any more…. I felt kind of sorry for him… he is very lonely…
Monica- (bitterly) he has AJ
Phoebe- but he doesn't have his best friends… Joey and Ross hate him… and Rachel doesn't talk to him anymore… I know that he did a terrible thing to you… but I want he to be in my wedding… I want he to be my friend again…but only if you are ok with that…
Monica- oh Pheebs... is going to be very awkward to me… but I have no right to tell what to do… besides he is one of your closest friends… he should be in your wedding. I'll be fine…
Phoebe- ok… thank you Mon! Having all of you means the world to me…
Phoebe hugged her and then Monica talked very seriously.
Monica- I really appreciate that all of you supported me… but Chandler only hurt me… so… is ok if things go back to normal between him and the rest of you…
Phoebe- What about you and him? Are you ever going to talk to him?
Monica- I guess so... some day… look Pheebs…. I want things to be like in the old times more than anyone… but Chandler will always be my ex husband… the man I loved the most… and the one who hurt me the most… nothing will ever be the same.
Phoebe- is ok… I understand…
Monica felt the urgent need to change the subject…
Monica- so…. this girl… "Lucy Knife"…
Phoebe- oh! Don't you worry about her… she is completely harmless…
Monica- ok... I'm just curios... why do they call her "Lucy Knife"?.
Phoebe- because she killed her husband whit a knife…
Phoebe and Mike's wedding day…Rachel and Monica were at Monica's apartment getting dressed. They were the maids of honors, so they had two beautiful blue dresses to wear.
Rachel complained of a very bad backache that she was feeling. Monica checked Rachel's back and she noticed a horrible bruise in there.
Monica- Rach… What happened to your back?.
Rachel- nothing... is just... well… Dennis and I were having sex… and he got too exited…
Monica looked at the bruise in Rachel's back. How could she get so hurt just having sex?
Monica- wow… how could this happen if you were just having sex?
Rachel- well... he was to rough whit me… and I fall down of bed… I never told you this, but Dennis is very rough in bed…
Monica- but Rachel... you shouldn't let him hurt you!
Rachel- he doesn't hurt me on purpose... he just likes rough sex.
Monica- was he always like that?
Rachel- is ok Mon... he is so sweet and I love him… I can handle it…
Monica- if you say so... Wait a minute! That bump on you head you had the other day…. Was because of him?
Rachel- oh no... that was my fault... we were doing it in the shower and a slipped and hit my head…
Monica- oh...
Suddenly they heard the ring bell. Rachel and Monica looked at each other in confusion.
They had to be in Phoebe's wedding in an hour… they weren't expecting anybody…
Monica- I'll go to get that… you just finish getting ready
Rachel- relax... we got almost an hour.
Monica went to open the door, and she was very shocked to see that it was Chandler there.
Chandler- hi...
Monica felt his heart stop and her knees trembling. She looked down avoiding eye contact with his beautiful blue eyes.
Monica- hi… What are you doing here?
Chandler- I need to talk to you, I am really sorry for all what happened, I don't want you to hate me
In a moment of weakness, Monica made eye contact with him… it hurt her so much to look into his eyes knowing that he lost him forever…. That suddenly… her own eyes started to fill whit tears.
Monica- look Chandler... in one hour, I have to be in Phoebe's wedding, smiling, and felling very happy for her… right know I can't even breathe... so I need you to go away from here… and I need that you don't talk to me at the wedding.
Chandler- I just wanted to talk to you about the wedding… that is why I came here, I wanted to know if you are really ok with me going to the wedding… I don't want to cause any trouble!
Monica- just go to the wedding! Phoebe deserves to have all of us there…
Chandler- ok... and congratulations on the baby you are going to adopt
Monica- thank you...
Chandler left and Monica sighted deeply. If just looking at Chandler for one second hurt her so much… what was she going to do on the wedding? She would have to stay in the same room that him for hours… but she had to do it… Phoebe deserved to be with all her friends at her wedding.
That night, at the reception, Rachel, Ross, Dennis, Monica y Joey were having dinner in the same table than Chandler. Monica was ignoring Chandler as much as she could, but the rest of the group was trying to have a nice conversation with him.
Rachel was happy crying while she looked at Mike and Phoebe dancing.
Rachel- oh... look at those two lovebirds dancing! They look so good together… she looks gorgeous
Monica- yes... is like a movie with a happy ending….
Ross- that what I thought at my first wedding, and then my wife became gay
There was a really awkward silence. And Ross realized that since his brother in law became gay and left Monica so recently… gay jokes were inappropriate and insensitive… Ross didn't know where to hide… but luckily Monica showed no emotion and changed the subject.
Monica- speaking of movies… did you buy the DVD of Jurasic Park, Ross? You told me you were going too…
Ross- yes, I have the three "Jurasic Park" in DVD
Dennis- Rachel bought Titanic and she made me see it three times.
Just the mention of "Titanic" made Joey's eyes fill whit tears.
Joey- that story is so… beautiful…
Rachel- oh... yes... and is so sad…
Chandler- the saddest part is when Rose realizes Jack is dead… that is terrible… I remember that I cry a little…
Ross- a little? Dude! Rose took Jack's death better than you!
Chandler- is just… is so sad… she really loved him and she has to throw his death body to the Ocean…. And she just watch it disappearing…. It breaks my heart… poor girl.
Suddenly Monica got very angry.
Monica- Are you kidding me!
Chandler- what?
Monica- it has to be a joke!
Chandler- I don't understand
Monica- You are so sensitive about some fat British girl's feelings…. You feel so sorry for that selfish girl who didn't even bothered in giving the man he loved a decent funeral! But you don't care when you have to break a real person's heart!
Monica stood up and went to the bathroom so nobody could see her cry.
Chandler stood up to follow her, but Joey stopped him grabbing his arm very hard.
Joey- I think you done enough! I'll go…To be continued...
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