Chapter 2: The One where Phoebe moves in
There was a knock at the door.
Phoebe looked up, she had been looking through a box full of pictures, of her time with her 6 closest friends, with her husband, with her grandmother, and her brother. She cleared up, and hid the box under the couch. She opened the door and had the shock of her life.
"Joey" Phoebe screamed, throwing herself onto him in a tight embrace.
"Hey Pheebs" he smiled gladly, beginning to get the energy back that he used to have.
"Your back for good, yes?" Phoebe said smiling
"Yer, im back for good"
"Good, otherwise id curse you" she smiled
"Sure" Joey laughed as he walked into the apartment, he saw a letter on the table "Pheebs, whats this about?" Joey said holding the letter up
"Oh" Phoebe said
"Your behind on your payments" Joey said looking over
"Fine, yer I am, with Mike dying, all my massage clients have dried up, and no moneys coming in" Phoebe said, bursting into tears. Joey tried to comfort her as she sobbed into his shoulder, as they sit there, he looked at the letter for a bit longer and realised the last sentence
If this amount is not paid in full by 6pm on the deadline date, you will be evicted instantly
"Oh my god, Phoebe, your going to get kicked out!" Joey said
"Yes, I know, I don't have anywhere to go"
"Right then" Joey said "you can come and live with me"
"Really" Phoebe said, as she dried her tears
"Sure" Joey said smiling widely
An hour later they had packed Phoebe's stuff, the bigger stuff was the apartments, so she couldn't take it. Joey grabbed two of the suitcases, and phoebe picked up her box and another suitcase.
"Right, lets go" Joey said
"Yay" Phoebe said, the happiest she had been in a long time. She dropped her key next to the sofa, and followed Joey.
They walked down the street, and got to Joeys apartment building, he put his key card in and directed Phoebe up the escalators. He gave her the extra key so she could open the door. She walked into the apartment, and looked in awe, she walked over to the top room, Chandler/Rachels old room. Joey followed and deposited her bags.
"Thank you so much Joey, you're a real friend y'know" Phoebe said smiling with glee "but wheres all your stuff"
"It should be arriving in the next few minutes" Joey said
Joey gave Phoebe a smile, and walked over the hall to tell Rachel and Ross of this new development
Phoebe heard Rachel scream in delight and ran over the hall straight into Phoebes open arms.
"PHOEBE" Ross yelled as he followed Rachel.
After a few minutes of hugging, the buzzer went on the door.
"Ill get it" Joey said, he walked over to the wall and pressed a button "Hello?"
A voice screeched over "Joey, your furniture's here"
"Thanks Janice" Joey grimaced at the sound of her manic laughter again
"I gotta go sign the delivery form, Phoebe, if u wanna hang out at Ross and Rachels while the removal men move me in" Joey said looking at Phoebe, he hadn't realised how hot she was.
"Sure" Phoebe said
Ross, Rachel and Phoebe walked into the apartment over the hall while Joey went downstairs.
"So, Pheebs, how are you? We haven't heard from you since…" Rachel stopped mid-sentence realising what she was about to say.
"Since Mike's funeral, that was the last time I saw most people, its been going downhill since then, but that's nothing compared to Monica and Chandler, where are they?" Phoebe asked
"We don't know, we lost them a few years back, they moved and haven't been seen since" Rachel explained
"Your own sister?" Phoebe asked, looking at Ross
"Yer, I checked with our parents, she hasn't heard from them either" Ross said
"For how long?"
"Three years" Ross said "apparently they moved countries, but it all went wrong and no-body knows what happened after that, we asked the Police, but there was a mix up with the records and the immigration papers were destroyed, so we dunno even what country they're in."
"Even Erica came to us, y'know the pregnant girl that gave them the twins, she wanted to know why she stopped getting letters and photos from the kids"
"Wow, well, has anyone tried searching for them?" Phoebe said as Joey entered
"The movers are going to put everything in for me, so im gonna stick around here for a bit" Joey said lusting after the food.
"Ross went around Europe, Ross's parents went to New Zealand and Australia, and Ive been all over America spreading the word, but literally no-one has seen them." Rachel explained
"Its really that bad?" Joey asked, looking shocked
"Right, with us, all back together properly, I propose we begin looking for them, clues and all that, there must be something"
"Sure, but --" Ross began to say
"ha…hahahahaha" came the manic laughter from the hall
"Oh god, cover Emma's ears" Rachel said to Ross as the door began to open
"Hey Ross, Rachel, Phoebe….Hey Joey" Janice said with a wink at Joey
"He..ey Janice" Joey said with a grimace "Janice, have you heard from Chandler or anyone?"
"No, I only came back to New York a few months back to take this job, my husband went insane, so I had to sell up" Janice said with a smile
"I wonder why he went insane" Joey said while smiling to Ross
"Well, anyway, I just came to say im locking up for the night, theres no-one on the service desk tonight, so don't go too far" Janice said
"Thanks Janice, see ya tomorrow" Rachel said
Janice went out, and they heard her laughing with the removal men on the way out.
"Wow, she hasn't changed much" Joey laughed
"Nope" Ross laughed as he served five plates of lasagne
"Who's the fifth person?" Joey said looking confused
"Emma" Ross laughed "Emma dinners ready"
"Comin dad" a girls voice came from the room that used to be Rachel's all those years ago.
Soon after a young girl walked out of the room, she looked like Rachel, and had a hint of Ross in her face.
"Emma, this is Joey, you haven't seen him since u were about two years old, and you know Phoebe obviously" Rachel said as Emma sat down at the table.
Some time passed as everyone ate, soon after there was a knock at the door, the removal men had finished.
Joey and Phoebe thanked Ross and Rachel for their hospitality and left to go to bed.
"So, Pheebs, ill see you in the morning, oh, are you serious about this finding Chandler and Monica thing?" Joey asked
"Joey, ten years ago we had a group of 6 friends, we trusted each other with our lives, and the lord god Thor would have to strike me down to stop me finding them" Phoebe said with a laugh
"Right, then we'll start in the morning" Joey said hugging Phoebe and going into his own room.
Joey layed down, suddenly it all felt like it was meant to be, him back in his own room, his friend around him, his life back on track, if only he knew what happened to Monica and Chandler. That night Joey had a disturbed sleep full of dreams, dreams of years ago, memories, dreams of the places that his old friends could be.
"Monica, Chandler" Joey screamed in his sleep
Groggily Joey came around, but he wasn't waking up properly, his dream of alarms was still there, hold on, no the alarms really were going off.
Disclaimer: So, What do you think? I would like to ensure I do not own any of the characters, but love the show, and thought id have a stab at doing it.