Joey was homesick. He missed New York so much... He was telling the truth when he told Chandler he couldn't remember how Phoebe looked like! He missed her a lot actually, he was disappointed that she wasn't able to be there in London, he was pretty sure if Phoebe was there he wouldn't be feeling so nostalgic.
If it wasn't for Felicity, one of Emily's bridemaids he would be watching movies in his room all the time. Not that he wasn't able to get a girl, but his thoughts were busy with NY, the duck and the chick and Phoebe... Oh and the triplets!
He heard the phone ringing as he entered his and Chandler's room.
"Hello" He said as he picked up.
"Hey, Where the hell have you been?!" He heard Phoebe exclaim. She sounded upset, but Joey ignored it. Hormones, he thought.
"Hey, I spent the night out, I met this cute bridesmaid, she is so..." Joey began with a smile but Phoebe cut him off.
"I-I don't wanna hear about her!" She yelled. Joey smiled, he thought Phoebe's reaction was cute, she didn't need to worry about other girls.
"Ooh, Pheebs you know you're still my number one girl" It wasn't a lie, there was no woman more important in his life than Phoebe.
"No, No, we have an emergency! Okay? Rachel is coming to London" She said impatiently.
"Oh great!!" Joey said with a grin. It was nice that Rachel was coming to London, he saw how upset Ross was since she wasn't coming.
"No! it's not great! No, she is coming to tell Ross that she loves him" She said. Joey thought about it for a second. Something didn't add up.
"But he loves Emily" He said puzzled.
"I know that!!!" She shouted. "You have to stop her, she is going to ruin the wedding!"
It was much information to Joey to take in 40 seconds. "Okay" he said blankly.
"Okay, so I've done my part, okay? Is your responsability now, the burden is off me, right?" She asked demanding an answer.
"Right!" He assured her. She didn't need to feel guilty about anything, much less in her state.
"So tell me about this girl" She asked, Joey knew he could hear her smile. That was so great about Phoebe, she cared for him so much. He felt much better now. Phoebe made him feel home.
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Joey just hang up on Phoebe he wondered where Chandler was. Last night he was pretty confused when he entered the room searching for condoms, he kind of felt bad for Chandler being all alone, but he decided against sending a hooker to the room.
Finally Chandler came out from the bathroom in a robe.
"Hey, have you seen Monica?" Joey asked, he needed to tell all his friends about Rachel's plan.
"I'm not seeing Monica!" He said all defensive. His eyes wide with horror? Joey was confused but decided to ignore it.
"What?" He asked completely puzzled, Chandler seemed out of his mind right now, like paranoic.
"What?" Chandler answered still looking pretty horrified.
"Look we gotta find her, Phoebe just called, Rachel is coming to tell Ross she loves him!" Joey explained ignoring Chandler's weird behavior.
"Oh my god" Chandler said now sounding more normal.
"I know that's why we gotta find Monica, do you know where she is?" Joey asked quickly.
"No! what's with the third degree? why don't you just shine a light in my eyes!" He shouted throwing his arms in every direction, he looked insane! What happened yesterday?
"Dude, what the hell is wrong with you?" Joey asked. "You need to get laid more"
Chandler blushed a little. "Look forget about it! We need to find Monica! Rachel cannot ruin this for Ross!" Joey said.
"Okay, let me get dressed first!"
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Everyone was ready to stop if Rachel appeared. Monica acted the same way as Chandler when Joey told them about Rachel coming, but Joey didn't give it much thought, both of them haven't been with nobody in a long time, besides he knew how upset Monica was because of her mother's comments, so maybe that's why they have been actung so weird.
Joey was glad when Rachel only came to hug Ross and congratulate him. He knew Phoebe would be relieved, He wondered what she was doing, what if she needed anything? He got a little nervous, his stomach flipped, he started to feel the need to eat meat again. He ate when he got nervous.
Joey walked next to Emily's step mom down the aisle, she said some girl was calling him, he smiled! He loved those calls!!
"Hello" He said with a giddy voice.
"Joey, it's Phoebe, did you stop Rachel?" She asked kind of worried.
"No, but it's okay, she just came and gave him a hug, that's it!" Joey said knowing it would relieve Phoebe.
"So nothing got ruined?" She asked hopefully.
"No" Joey said with a smile.
"Oh that's so great!!" She said with a sigh of relieve. "So what's going on now?" She asked blissfully. Joey knew she wanted to be there with all her friends, so he decided to tell her what was going on.
"Um... I'm walking down the aisle" Joey said. There was a pause. "Still walking" Another pause, he had reached Ross by now. "Now, I'm at the front with Ross" He said looking at his friend.
"It's Phoebe" He said with a smile putting the phone close to Ross's face. His face fell seeing the mad look Ross gave him. "He looks pretty mad" He told Phoebe. "Uh... I better go" He said to avoid any problem, the truth is that he didn't want Phoebe to miss the wedding.
"No, wait, wait, wait! Hold it up so I can listen" She said in a hurry. Joey put the phone close to Ross again avoiding eye contact.
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Phoebe was laying down in the couch listening carefully at what was happening. Joey was so sweet by letting her hear everything through the call. It felt like being there, tho she couldn't see or say anything but still.
"I, Ross..."
She was expectant, glad that Ross seemed happy, and relieved that Rachel didn't ruin anything.
"Take thee, Rachel"
WHAAAAT???
Phoebe's eyes widened and she was in total shock, so Rachel didn't ruin anything. Ross ruined his own wedding, damn he had bad luck at romance.
"Emily"
He tried to correct, but Phoebe knew that it was the end of everything.
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Joey got away feeling actually embarrassed by Ross mistake. He didn't realize that Phoebe was still on the phone.
"Hello?" He heard her voice very softly.
"Oh god, sorry Pheebs, I forgot you were still there" Joey apologized.
"Don't worry about it! Oh gosh, please tell me I heard wrong" Phoebe said surprised waiting for Joey to tell her that the 'Rachel' incident didn't happen.
"I wish I could say that Pheebs, I think he got confused when he saw Rach, It seems that Emily didn't take it so well, I think she was acting like she was fine" Joey said as he walked.
"Of course she didn't take it well! Ross said another woman's name! Now I feel bad for the British chippy!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"What?" Joey asked confused.
"Nothing Joey, please tell me what happens later, all this drama and the babies made me want to pee really bad!" She said.
"Okay, talk to you later, take care" Joey answered.
"You too, and come back home soon! I really miss you, you know?" Phoebe said impatient.
"Awww Pheebs! I really miss you too! When I get there what if you and I order the Joey special?" He asked with a smile.
"Absolutely! Now I'm really peeing myself! Bye!!" Phoebe said before hanging up.
Joey sighed as he got back to reality. It was too much drama for him, at least he could busy his thoughts with Felicity... But for now he could only think about Phoebe.
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Joey needed the meat right now. He was going crazy! He felt kind of guilty about his promise to Phoebe but he thought that the beef was actually of English animals so it didn't count! At least he told himself that. He said the same thing to Monica and Chandler and they easily agreed. So he felt a little better. He promised that he wouldn't eat meat when he got back to NY.
.:ooOOoo:.
Joey spent his last day with Felicity watching the movie 'My Giant' Tho he couldn't wait to be home. He enjoyed his time there in London, but it wasn't the same. "At least tomorrow I will be on NY again with my normal food, the coffee shop, the duck and the chick and of course Phoebe!" As he watched the movie he got a little depressed about his career as an actor... Was he really wasting his life with his acting career? Besides the Giant was way taller than he was! He couldn't die as an unsuccessful regular sized man!
Finally the day arrived! He was on the plane. He saw Monica and Chandler sitting together neither of them making eye contact. They were looking blankly at nothing... Something really was wrong with those two! He saw Monica going to the bathroom and saw his opportunity to talk to Chandler about what was tormenting him. He didn't even notice Chandler's little excitement and short answers about his troubles.
When they got to the apartment Phoebe was there eating cereal from a bowl that she placed on the top of her belly. As the three friends entered Phoebe received them with a happy smile and a big hug! She really had missed them! Although something was not right.
"You ate meat!" She told Joey in disbelief. Joey wasn't able to say anything before Phoebe spoke again.
"You had sex!" She shouted in Monica's direction. Both Chandler and Monica were with their mouths open.
"No, we didn't" Chandler answered. Phoebe rolled her eyes. "I know you didn't. I was talking about Monica" She said. As if Chandler would get sex in London.
"Phoebe I did not have sex" She answered with a forced smile.
"Oh, this pregnancy is throwing me all off" She said disappointed.
"I'm gonna say hi to the chick and the duck" Joey said with a smile, he had missed them.
"Oh, me too!" Phoebe said excited. Joey frowned.
"Why would you need to say hi to them? You've been feeding them for four days" Joey said confused.
Phoebe chuckled nervously. "Oh, right. Maybe I'll just go home" She said uneasy. Damn she totally forgot about Joey's pets! She was such a bad friend!! Damn Ross and Rachel drama volume four!
She quickly grabbed her purse and left. Joey did the same towards the apartment leaving Monica and Chandler alone.
Joey quickly entered finding the duck and the chick there, they looked fine so he sighed relieved. He felt someone enter he thought it was Chandler but it was Phoebe.
"Sorry Joey, I totally forgot about the duck and the chick... I was kind of worried with all the Ross Rachel thing, but still I'm really sorry" Phoebe said glancing down.
Joey couldn't really be mad at her. "Don't worry Pheebs... I'm sorry I ate meat... They were English animals tho so it doesn't count... Still I'm really sorry too, but I promise that now I won't eat beef until you have the babies..." He said apologetically too. Phoebe was kind of upset about the meat thing but she almost starved his pets to death so she called it even.
"We are good Joey" She said with a smile turning around to leave, but she hesitated.
"I really missed you... I'm glad you are back" She said walking in his direction to hug him. He smiled at her and opened his arms welcomly.
"I missed you too, I'm also glad I'm finally back. You know I kind of forgot how you looked like, but I've gotta admit you look way beautiful since I left" Joey said truthfully. Phoebe blushed and smiled happily hugging him tight. Although it was hard because of her belly.
Joey hugged her back smelling her hair. Something felt different, he didn't know what but it felt nice, he finally was home.
