Elizabeth Hornswaggle

Seeing Ross standing in her living room holding his leather pants in his arms and God knew what all over his legs made her wonder just who she had invited into her apartment after all.

"Oh my God," she said.

"I had a problem," he replied.

"Wh-what problem?" she asked, stammering. Ross sighed heavily and looked at the floor.

"I was trying to follow my new resolution I gave myself for New Year's. Every day I wanted to do something I hadn't ever done before."

"I think you can use this for today," Elizabeth said, trying not to laugh. "I think you should go."

"Yea, okay," Ross said, nodding. Once he was gone, she burst out laughing. Who the hell wore leather pants anyway?! She couldn't keep this one to herself, so she called her sister.

"He what?!" her sister shrieked, laughing.

"He tried to get his pants back on with stuff from my bathroom," Elizabeth repeated, snorting so hard with laughter she could barely breathe.

"What a freak!" her sister crowed.

"I feel a little bad for him, but at the same time, who wears leather pants on a first date?!"

After a little more mocking, Elizabeth hung up the phone and gave one last chuckle before continuing her movie. She wondered how Ross made out going home in his knickers, but she soon stopped thinking about him. He was just another blip on her dating radar. Someone else would come along, and hopefully things would go much better than tonight did.

Janice

"Two outta three, eh Joey?" she said, smirking. Joey looked as though he was going to have a stroke, which made her laugh as she exited the cafe. She started to laugh a little at herself for the fact that she had been with Ross and thought that would even work. Ross! The man just wouldn't stop whining about every little damn thing! She had a small idea as to why things didn't work between him and Rachel aside from the cheating (yes, she had heard all about that story). He just had no positive outlook on anything. It was depressing. He wasn't Chandler either, which Janice knew would have been a big negative factor in their relationship, but Chandler was in Yemen, and she didn't know if he'd ever come back. Being with Ross had made her feel a little closer to Chandler in a very weird way. She shuddered suddenly. What was wrong with her? Maybe she was obsessing too much about Chandler. Perhaps it was time to move on.

Katie

She stormed out of Central Perk fuming. How dare Joey's friend kick her like that?! And how dare he not intervene?! She blindly got into a cab and went to where her brother, Harry, was working.

"Hey, Katie Girl," he said, seeing her. "What's wrong?"

"I just got dumped," she cried.

"Aw, really?" he said, surprised. "I'm sorry."

"He's a jerk. He let his friend kick me!"

"Did you throw the first punch?" he asked.

"N-no."

"Katie, you don't realize your own strength," Harry tutted.

"I didn't punch her!" Katie exclaimed. "I just did this." She demonstrated for him.

"That's a little hard, Katie Girl," Harry laughed, rubbing his arm. "I think you should go back to anger management. I don't think the lessons stuck."

"My anger is under control," Katie muttered.

"Not if you're getting in altercations with people," Harry pointed out.

"It wasn't an altercation! I was being playful," Katie pouted. Harry crossed his arms, looking at her with a brow raised.

"You promised Mom," he said. "We don't want another incident with a cop, do we? I don't think Gary quite forgave you for punching his face in group."

"Ugh, fine! I'll go back to anger management," she groaned. "And Gary is one to talk. He's there cos he uses his gun when he isn't supposed to. I can't help it he didn't see it coming."

"And start using your punching bag again," he suggested. "And try not to punch anymore people."

"Okay!" Katie cried, annoyed. Her brother was such a know-it-all.

Gary

He knew he shouldn't have shot the damn bird. It was too soon in their relationship. It also meant a setback in his anger management. Yes, he had done well to stop expressing it in unhealthy ways, but every now and then it came out.

"You shot a bird?" the instructor asked, stunned. Everyone was staring at him.

"It wouldn't stop singing," he tried.

"Oh my God, man," Katie smirked. Gary shot her a look. She annoyed him the most. He still had some breathing issues from her punch weeks earlier.

"Gary, you just got your gun privileges back at work. Why would you do that? You know I have to write you up," the instructor said. "You'll have to undergo some counselling again."

"Aw come on," Gary whined. "It was just a bird! People go hunting all the time!"

"Not from their bedroom window!" the instructor exclaimed.

"You haven't met my family then," Gary muttered.

"Okay, look, what's done is done, but you have to keep working on this."

"I know. I'm really upset that I lost Phoebe, though. She was the best thing that ever happened to me," Gary lamented.

"Well, you need to keep this in mind the next time you lose your cool," the instructor said. "Anger hurts people."

"I wasn't really angry, though, just annoyed," Gary corrected.

"It's all in the same ball park, Gary."

"Can we stop talking about me now? Katie, punched anyone lately?" Gary asked. Katie gave him the finger in return.

"Stop it, you two," the instructor ordered.

"I have your picture on my punching bag," Katie taunted Gary.

"Oh you wish."

"I don't have to wish. It's there," she said.

"That's sick," Gary snarled.

"You're sick!" she cried.

"You're a bitch!" Gary countered.

"Stop!" the instructor shouted, standing up now. "Get out."

"What?" Gary asked.
"Get out. Right now."

"But...you can't kick me out of group..." Gary started.

"For tonight I can. Come back next time with a better attitude."

"Ha ha," Katie smirked.

"You too," the instructor said, pointing at her.

"What?!"

"Ha hahaha ha," Gary taunted, grabbing his coat and leaving. Katie stalked out behind him.

"You suck," she said.

"You suck even more," he shot back.

"See you next week?" she asked, opening her car door.

"Yup," he nodded. He got into his cruiser and started the engine. Katie annoyed the shit out of him, but she also understood him because she had the same issues he did with anger. He missed Phoebe. He made a promise to himself to try harder and maybe he'd get another chance with someone in the future again.

I know it's a bit shorter, but I wanted to start a new chapter at the beginning of Season 6. Until next time!