Chapter 11:
Girls night out…
Three months after Rachel lost custody of Emma…Monica was laying on the couch very tired… her babies, Elizabeth Marie Gueller and Joseph James Gueller, were finally sleep and she could have some rest. But suddenly Phoebe walked in the apartment… she was looking very pretty with her six months pregnant bally and she was wearing her best maternity clothes.
Phoebe- ok Mon… get up that couch… we have to do something….
Monica- what?
Phoebe- we have to go out!
Monica- why?
Phoebe- because I was just looking at the last picture we had of Rachel, you and me together… and on that picture you still had short hair…
Monica- so?
Phoebe- it means that the three of us hadn't go out on a girl's night out for too long!
Monica- maybe we did… but nobody took a picture of it…
Phoebe- ok… forget the picture… the point is that we need a girl's night out…
Monica- (confused) we need it?
Phoebe- yes! Because we are loosing each other… we are all so busy with our own lives that it doesn't seem like we are friends anymore…
Phoebe was right… and Monica knew it…
Monica- I want to go out… but I have babies…
Phoebe- Joey can take care of them just for one night…
Monica- maybe… but what would I wear? All mi clothes have baby puck
Suddenly Monica had a great idea… she went to her closet and she looked for them… there they were… her "tiny jeans"… a pair of jeans that were too small for her but that she had saved for years just in case she ever lost weight and became as thin as the year she bought those jeans … She tried then on… they fit perfectly…
Phoebe- wow!
Monica- I know!
Phoebe- but those are your "tiny jeans"!
Monica- I know! I was only able to wear then in 1989… and that was because I got mononucleosis
Phoebe- wow… and how come you are so thin now?
Monica- well… I became a single working mother with no time to eat…
Phoebe- that is a diet I am NOT going to try…
They both laughed… then Monica finished getting ready to go out. Joey agreed to take care of the twins since he hadn't any date… so Monica and Phoebe went to get Rachel…
After they convinced Rachel to go out with them, the three girls went to a bar. Rachel and Phoebe sited on a table while Monica went to get the drinks…
When Monica was ordering the drinks she saw them… Chandler and Andrew… she had never seen Andrew before and she hadn't seen Chandler in months… Luckily they didn't see her, she just took the drinks she and the girls were having and walked to the table. But before doing that, she could overhear a little of the conversation.
Andrew- honey… I think I'm going to order a "dirty martini"
After saying that Andrew kissed Chandler's lips and Monica felt like throwing the three drinks she was carrying on his face. "Of course you are having a dirty martini… You are a Dirty bastard!" she thought to her self. When she got to the table she looked pretty disturbed.
Rachel- what's wrong, honey?
Monica- I saw Chandler… with him
Phoebe- Chandler and Andy are here?
Phoebe was the only member of the gang who were still friends with Chandler. And even though she loved Monica like a sister, she thought that what happened wasn't Chandler's fault… because nobody can choose who to love. So, she was still friend with Chandler, and she became friends with Chandler's boyfriend: Andrew.
Rachel- Are you ok after seeing them Mon?
Monica- of course… I had often fantasized about running into my ex and his boyfriend…. But in those fantasies, I was running over them with a truck…. OH my God! And I saw them kissing… KISSING! It was so disgusting
Rachel- I'm sorry…
Monica felt really close to tears… it still hurt so much.
Monica- I feel sick…
At that moment, she saw them again… Andrew and Chandler had seen then and were walking towards them to say hi to Phoebe, who looked nervously at Monica.
Phoebe- What do I do?
Monica- just say hi and tell then to leave us alone
Phoebe- what? Do you have a problem with gay people?
Rachel and Monica looked at them astonished. Did she really think that the problem was about homophobia?
Monica- no! I don't have a problem with gay people… if they don't put their tongues inside my husband's mouth.
At that moment they had to stop talking because Chandler and Andrew were right next to them. Monica didn't even look at them, instead, she touched her engagement and her wedding ring that were under her shirt hanging on a chain around her neck.
Phoebe greeted them very politely and explained to Chandler why they couldn't stay with them. Chandler felt very disappointed to hear that Monica still couldn't even talk to him.
The rest of the night went very normally… the girls could talk alone and Chandler and her boyfriend went to another part of the bar and Monica couldn't see them. But when the night was over, Monica went to the bathroom and ran into Chandler again. But this time he was VERY DRUNK…
Chandler- I have a secret to tell you…
Monica didn't have the strength to deal with that… who knows what Chandler might say being drunk?
Monica- just get a coffee Chandler…
But Chandler got closer to her and simply whispered into her ear.
Chandler- it's not working with Andrew… we are breaking up… do you know anyone who might be interested in that?
Monica couldn't believe what he was hearing… what the hell was Chandler trying to do to her? Why did he torture her like that? She simply replied, trying to sound very cold:
Monica- you better keep that secret to your self… I don't care about that information…
Like and hour later, she was back to her apartment, and he saw Joey who was watching TV. She couldn't help smile.
Monica- this is classic… the nanny watching TV
Joey smiled back at her.
Joey- hey! The babies are sleeping in their bedroom… what else could I do?
Monica- is ok...
Joey- so… how was your night?
Monica- eventful
Joey looked at her very confused and surprised.
Joey- what do you mean?
She summarized what happened and Joey couldn't believe that Chandler had been such a jerk.
Monica- and I told him that I didn't care about that information… but the truth is…
Joey- that you do care…
Monica- yes… I don't know what to do… don't know how to get over him… all I know is that there is one thing I have to do…
She took the chain around her neck, the one that had her wedding ring and her engagement ring. She gave those rings to Joey, who looked at him astonished.
Joey- what are you doing?
Monica- I'm paying you back… you can sell these rings and get back the money you lend me when I went to Ohio…
Joey- Mon… I never asked you to give me that money back...
Monica- but I want to give that money back to you… please…
Joey- I can't take these rings… you should be the one selling them…
Monica- I can't… I can't do it my self… please… we all win this way… you get your money back and I get rid of the rings…
Joey- but Mon… honey…
Monica looked at him with begging eyes… with begging eyes covered in tears.
Monica- Joey… Please… Would you take these rings?
Then Joey understood what Monica was really saying… She wasn't just asking him to take the rings… she was begging him to help her get over Chandler. Joey decided to take the rings and get rid of then as Monica asked him.
A week later…
The worse thing that can happen to a single working mother with twins was loosing the thing that helps her the most…
Monica went to drop off the twins to the day care center she sent them (it was the safest and the cleanest day care in town), she found out that it was going to be closed for a week because they were going to paint the whole place.
She decided to ask Ross for help, but he showed up to her apartment with Ben and with and needing help him self.
Ross- hi Mon.
Ben- hi Aunt Monica!
Monica- hi Benny! You are huge!
She gave her nephew a hug.
Ross- eh… "aunt Mon"... Benny and I have a little problem. Ben's mommies are taking a cruise because is their anniversary… and I was taking care of Ben, but now, out of nowhere, they called me and told me that I have to go to a conference in Harvard.
Monica- Harvard? But that's in Boston!
Ross- thank you for the geography lesson… but I don't need it… I need you too take care of Ben for a week
Monica- FOR ONE WEEK!
Ross- please
She suddenly noticed that Ben was looking at her…
Monica- Ben… I would love to take care of you for a week, but I don't have room for you… I live with your cousins… plus… I have a very hard week… some critics are coming for dinner… and some people who might invest in the restaurant are coming as well… besides… I need help my self… my kid's day care center will be closed this week…
Ben- then I can stay with uncle Joey!
Ross- are you crazy! You would be safer with a telletubbie taking care of you!
Ben- but uncle Joey lets me watch TV as long as I want and we eat a lot of pizza… besides he always explains me what I have to do if I see a hot girl of my age…
Ross- (sarcastically) oh... well… in that case…
Monica- Why don't we ask mum and dad to take care the kids?
Ross- they have a very bad flu...
Monica- oh… well… Where is Emma staying?
Ross- Phoebe and Mike will take care of her…
Monica- well… what are we going to do with the other kids?
Ben- I told you I want to go with Uncle Joey!
Both adults ignored him.
Monica- ok… Ben can stay with me for this week… I can hire a babysitter to help me…
Ross- ok... thank you so much... I have the telephone of a very relievable nanny who can help you… but not tomorrow because her mother is having an operation… My plane leaves today at 8 pm… I'll call you when I get there…
At 9 pm Monica got a call from Phoebe. Rachel was in the hospital… it turned out that Dennis didn't like that she went out without him and hi hit her very bad… apparently she suffered a miscarriage… and she didn't even know she was pregnant.
Monica left the kids with Joey and rushed to the hospital… She entered at Rachel's hospital room and she was with Phoebe and Emma.
Monica- hi... How are you feeling?
Rachel- How do you think I'm feeling?
Monica- I'm sorry… I know it was a stupid question…
Rachel burst in tears.
Rachel- I was pregnant! And they said I lost the baby… I lost it… just like that… like the baby was my wallet…
Phoebe- we are really sorry Rach..
Rachel- I feel like an idiot! Ross warned me about Dennis… but I didn't listened to him… I kept on forgetting Dennis… even when I lost Emma because of that… well… that ends right now… I'm leaving Dennis for good… do you think I can live with Joey after I leave the hospital?
Monica- sure..
Phoebe- and I will take care of Emma until you leave this hospital…
Rachel- thank you girls… and I'm so sorry for everything…
To be continued...
Well… finally Rachel is dumping Dennis… (lobster's fans must be very happy)… I now she was very stupid in this story but I've always saw her that way… I think she's very in character because she is VERY stupid on the show…
I guess what Chandler said might come as a shock…. I hope you all liked that surprise… and don't get to disappointed because of what Monica did after that… there are 9 chapters to go… ANYTHING might happen…
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