The One With The Wrecked Christmas
--Chapter 14--
THE ONE BEFORE THE LAST ONE
Glad to begin with Chapter 14. Now I know I told you guys that Chapter 15 could be the last of The One With The Wrecked Christmas but it won't. Chapter 16 will be the last xD it will be the end, the final chapter… but Chapters 15 & 16 have the same title, split up into 2 parts so that's why THIS chap. is THE ONE BEFORE THE LAST ONE.
Thanks for ur very nice reviews!! I hope you're enjoying this as much as I am and I'm hoping to finish this before school starts (ugh, just the thought of school starting…egh!) anyway I hope, honestly, that you will review THE ONE BEFORE THE LAST ONE and thank you once again for reading!
NOTE: First, thank u soooooooooooooooooo much for the AMAZING comments (for chapter 13), omg they made me smiiiiiile. and note to CHRISTINA BUUS, yes there are like 2 or 3 jokes that ive taken from the show that just "fit" during my fanfic story. thank u so much for your amazing comments, Christina. By the way, my name is Christian--so that's coincidental :P and for the whole script-thing, yeah i LOOOOVE writing scripts and when i grow up (im still 15 lol) I am going to be a script-writer. thank u all so much again and now (finally) here's the one before the last one...
(Continues where Chapter 13 left us off...)
(Scene: Ross and Rachel's apartment. The guys are looking for Rachel's vows in the bedroom.)
Chandler: Dude, we're not finding them anywhere. That fiancé of yours is one pain-in-the-ass fiancé.
Ross: Look, Chandler, they gotta be somewhere. I know Rachel alright? She likes the bedroom, she usually keeps stuff that needed to be hidden in the bedroom.
Joey: Like you being naked?
Chandler: Man, have you tried thinking of writing your own vows?
Joey: Writing 'em? Are you crazy?!
Ross: Chandler, I've told you I've tried so hard. But it's just so difficult. I don't know what to say, how to…how to say it.
Chandler: Just say what you feel about her.
Ross: I can't, I … I know that I love her, I mean I love her to death. (Joey is looking out the window to avoid the conversation but we can still see Joey's facial expressions while Ross speaks…) I can't imagine one minute without being with her, she's just—she completes me, y'know? She's perfect, and I know that she's my soul-mate, my best friend. (Joey now squeezes his eyes shut in pain.) she's the love of my life.
(There is a silence. Joey opens his eyes and takes a deep breath. He must not let Ross know about this. His friend is getting married in ten days, how could he tell him he's in-love with Rachel? …Now?)
Joey: (turns around) You could just say all the stuff you just said, Ross.
(Another silence)
Ross: Oh my god. That's brilliant, Joe.
Chandler: (glaring at Joey, still confused) And I'm the crazy one.
Joey: Yeah…
Ross: Thanks, man. (pats Joey on the back) I'm so glad you're my best man.
Joey: (chuckles) Right back at ya.
Chandler: So anyway, you illegitimate four-times groom, the guys and I are throwing you a bachelor party Thursday, what do you say?
Ross: Oh, no, Chandler I told you Rachel and I agreed no bachelor/bachelorette parties.
Joey: There gonna be any strippers?
Chandler: Two.
Joey: I'm there!
Ross: Joey…
Joey: That's ok, Ross, we'll tell you how it goes the next day. (pats him on the back)
Ross: Fine, maybe I can talk Rachel into it. MAYBE. So there's a very big good chance there will be no party on Thursday.
(Ross and Chandler turn to see that Joey is on the phone)
Joey: (on phone) Hi, yeah, Bobbie, clear out my schedule for Thursday night—I have a bachelor party to go to! (he looks at Ross and Chandler and gives them the thumb-up)
FIVE DAYS TILL THE WEDDING.
(Scene: Central Perk. The girls are there with Monica & Chandler's kids.)
Monica: Ok, so I already spoke with the wedding-coordinator, the flower-company, and I've booked an amazing band. Also, now there were some trouble with the balloons-guys but I nailed 'em.
Phoebe: Balloons-guys? Who the hell are the balloons-guys?
Monica: You know…the guys who…do balloons and stuff.
Phoebe: What, I can do balloons and stuff. C'mon, I mean I love balloons and I'm great at "stuff"!
Monica: Phoebe, it's all taken care of.
Rachel: (bored) Yeah, you guys wanna go somewhere?
Monica: Oh, sure, let's go find a better minister, I mean do you want a minister at your wedding going "Do you uhhh uhhh Rachel uhh uhh Green take umm uhh Ross…"
Phoebe: I think we got it!
Rachel: No, I wanna go somewhere else, somewhere where I don't have to be the "bride" anymore. I'm so overwhelmed and scared of this whole thing. I've never had a wedding before… (Phoebe goes to talk but Rachel interrupts) …that I didn't leave halfway through.
Phoebe: Do you want us to throw you a bachelorette party?
Rachel: I dunno, I mean Ross did kinda talk me into letting Joey and Chandler throw him a bachelor party but I think we've just outgrown that, don't you think?
Phoebe: Yeah.
Monica: Yeah, you're probably right.
(Long Pause)
Phoebe: Ooh ooh I know! Let's go throw water-balloons at strangers we don't know on the streets!
Rachel: Yeah let's go do that!!
(The girls stand up to leave then Rachel quickly sits down again)
Monica: What's wrong?
Phoebe: Is it the "cold feet" thing again 'cause Mike and I have plenty of hot water at our place if you want.
Rachel: No, no, you guys that's my mother out there.
(We see Mrs. Green outside Central Perk, right out the door)
Phoebe: Oh.
Monica: Oh, Mrs. Green is here? Oh this is so great! I wanna go say hi! (exits happily)
Rachel: Oh no you get back over here!
Phoebe: Ugh I cannot believe her.
Rachel: I know.
Phoebe: Yeah, but if she's sucking up to your mom I wanna get in on some of that action too. (starts to exit too)
Rachel: No, no, no! Don't go out! C'mon, Pheebs, I don't wanna talk to my mother right now. She's gonna go, "Oh honey are you sure you think Ross's the one? Are you sure he's not too uptight? I think he's gay, maybe I should marry him!"
Phoebe: Ross's gay?
Rachel: Look, I just need you to stay and tell me what is going on out there. What is Monica telling my Mom?
Phoebe: Ok. Let's see.
(Phoebe goes to stand behind the orange couch, which Rachel sits nervously on, while Phoebe stares out the window to peek on Monica & Mrs. Green who we can see are talking.)
Phoebe: Ok, they're hand-shaking. Ooh, your mother just hugged her.
Rachel: (gasps) She never usually hugs me!
Phoebe: Ok, Monica's smiling now.
Rachel: Ugh, so typical.
Phoebe: They're pointing, they're pointing… Ohh, oh Monica just said a joke. Look, they're laughing! Oh! (She bursts into laughter too)
Rachel: PHOEBE!
Phoebe: Oh, you're right I'm sorry. (looking out again) Ok, they're still talking. Monica's smiling, Mrs. Green is admiring Monica's dress, which by the way is so, so hideous.
Rachel: Please don't tell me Monica's gonna tell her I'm in here.
Phoebe: Hmm. Well, your mother showing her her new liposuction surgery results which by the way are fantastic! (Beat) Ohhh ohh no! No, don't DO THAT!
Rachel: (scared) What, what, what—what happened?!
Phoebe: (pointing to outside) That guy across the street just kicked a pigeon!
Rachel: Ohh…
(Rachel sighs in frustration over this while Monica and Mrs. Green enter. Note: I'm not quite sure if it's Mrs. Green or Mrs. Greene. In my other fanfic, ALTERNATIVE SEASON 4, I wrote it Mrs. Greene with an "e" b/c in season 4's TOW THE INVITATION, that's how it was written… I dunno, I always felt it was Green.)
Monica: C'mon in.
Mrs. Green: And there she is! My dear!
Rachel: Oh, mom!
(Rachel gets up to get a hug from Mrs. Green, who instead gives her a kiss on the cheek. Rachel is dumbfounded)
Mrs. Green: Phoebe, right?
Phoebe: (sarcastically surprised) Ohh ohh, oh my god Mrs. Green! Oh this is such an unexpected surprise! Oh my GOD! (They hug and Rachel gives Phoebe a dirty "stop that" look) Oh, oh god I think I'm gonna have a heart-attack, y'know because of all the sudden surprises.
Rachel: So, mom, sit! (Mrs. Green sits down next to Rachel while Monica sits to the green chair on the right and Phoebe to the far left) What're you…what're you doing here?
Mrs. Green: Well, I came to see my sweet little daughter.
Rachel: Really?
Mrs. Green: No, I'm supposed to be in Milwaukee.
Rachel: (fake-laughs) Ohh, ha-ha. Well, great. Great to have you here with us, mom.
Monica: It really is great Mrs. Green.
Rachel: (turns to Monica) Oh, you! Stop kissing ass! (back to Mrs. Green, smiling) So, how's dad? You speaking to him?
Mrs. Green: That is, umm, that's actually why I'm here dear.
Phoebe: Hey, that rhymed! (They all look at her. She turns to face Mrs. Green) Hi, I'm pregnant and nice lipo-results!
Mrs. Green: (chuckles) Thanks.
Rachel: So, mom? The thing you wanted to tell me…?
Mrs. Greene: Umm, I don't know how to say this, dear. But umm… (clears throat) I'm afraid your father can't make it to your wedding.
Rachel: (stunned) What?
Phoebe: Oh my god he DIED?!
(They all look at her again, stunned.)
Monica: Mrs. Green, is it because it's so prompt and it was in short notice? Because someone here doesn't listen to their wedding-planner.
Mrs. Green: No, no, dear. It's not that. It's… (turns to Rachel again, takes a deep breath) He's getting married again, Rachel.
Rachel: What? (chuckles) Married again? Wha—you're not serious, are you? (Mrs. Green does not respond.) Oh my god to who?
Mrs. Green: I don't really know her, she's 38, blonde—
Rachel: (interrupting) That slut!
Mrs. Green: Honey…
Rachel: No, no, this is my wedding. It's my wedding. I don't get married once a year or once a month or once every five years.
Phoebe: Yeah, you're not Ross.
Rachel: This is once-in-a-lifetime thing. And he's supposed to be there, my father's supposed to be there. Who else is gonna walk me down the aisle? (Phoebe raises her hand.) PHOEBE PUT YOUR HAND DOWN! (Phoebe does so, saddened.) I just… (sighs) I-I can't believe this. If-if he doesn't make it to the wedding, if he doesn't come…I don't think I can talk to him again, like, ever. (she runs and exits)
(There's a moment of silence at the coffeehouse. Phoebe and Monica don't know what to say to Mrs. Green)
Phoebe So when'd you have the surgery, Mrs. Green? (They both look up at her.) Who asked that? Who--? (she looks around)
(Scene: Joey's apartment. Joey is at the counter as Rachel enters.)
Rachel: Hey, Joey.
Joey: Hey, Rach, what's wrong?
Rachel: Nothing, nothing, it's just… God, I can't believe him! I mean it's my wedding, y'know? And he's my father, he's supposed to be AT the wedding, not in another one being the groom.
Joey: Ok, I didn't get that…
Rachel: My precious daddy can't come to my wedding because he's getting married to some 30-something blonde SLUT!
Joey: Am I-am I dreaming again? (looks around)
Rachel: (sighs) God, Joey, I don't know what to do. What do I do?
Joey: Come here. Come here.
(He hugs her and he smells her hair in passion.)
FLASHBACK TO A SCENE IN CHAPTER 1: Joey's apartment (which was Joey's & Rachel's at that time). Rachel is entering wearing a nice dress for Monica & Chandler's big Christmas dinner and Joey just stares.
Joey: Wow. You look…hideous!
Rachel: Thanks, so why don't YOU?
Joey: Oh, right. Right. (He goes into his room to get dressed)
(Time Lapse to Joey grabbing Rachel and kissing her)
Rachel: Oh.
Joey: I'm so sorry…
BACK TO PRESENT TIME…
(Joey and Rachel are still hugging)
Rachel: What do you think I should do?
Joey: I think you should umm…I think you should uh… Just, just do the right thing.
Rachel: (getting out of the hug) Joe, you ok?
Joey: What? No, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
Rachel: (chuckles) Are you sure you're ok?
Joey: Yeah.
Rachel: Well, good. I'm going home. Ross was looking all over for me.
Joey: Oh, oh, okay.
Rachel: Good-night, Joe.
Joey: You too.
(Rachel goes to the door and opens it then stops when…)
Joey: No, y'know what, I'm not fine. (Rachel turns around to face him) I'm-I'm not. I'm not doing so great, with you and Ross getting married in five days and him asking me to be his best man. And knowing that just weeks ago you and I were kissing.
Rachel: Yeah, but it was a mistake. You admitted that.
Joey: Yeah, but what if it wasn't? You know? I mean, everyone keeps saying how you and Ross are just supposed to be together, how you're gonna end up with each other… Well, what about us? What about you and me, Rach? Did you forget what that was like?
Rachel: Joey, I can't… I can't do this right now…
Joey: No, I know, I know, because you have the wedding to prepare and you just found out your father's not coming so…
Rachel: Joey…
(She's now standing near the TV, he's standing to the other side—near the yellow couch)
Joey: I'm still so insanely in-love with you. (Rachel is stunned.) I know I probably shouldn't have said that right now. Especially not now. But I wanted to. God I wanted to for so long but I couldn't. Because I saw Ross and he's just… (cracking up) I've never seen him so happy before.
Rachel: I'm so sorry…
Joey: BUT WHAT ABOUT ME?! Huh? Why can't I be happy?
Rachel: Joey, this is so unlike you to say all these things…
Joey: Rach, I'm still in-love with you. Aren't you?
(Long Silence. We pan around Joey/Rachel's faces. Then we pan around the open door in which Ross is standing at)
(Ross just stands there, silent, calm, stunned.)
(He's just staring at them both: Joey and Rachel, realizing they can't see him, it's like he's staring at open space)
(He's waiting, silent, calm, stunned…waiting for Rachel to answer. What is taking her so long to answer?)
Rachel: Joey, let's not do this right now. I have a—(She turns around and sees Ross, she freezes)
Joey: Ross…
(There's another long silence. For Rachel, this is a bad dream. For Ross, this is a nightmare. For Joey… this is a bad moment, bad timing.)
Ross: (still calm) Answer his question.
(Another silence)
(Rachel is looking at Ross)
Rachel: Ross...
Ross: Answer it.
(Rachel takes a deep breath)
--FADE TO BLACK--
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To Be Continued.
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--Next Chapter, which is part one of the Finale, is titled as THE ONE WITH ROSS AND RACHEL'S WEDDING (PART I). yep, it's the end folks. In 2 chapters, this fanfic is stopping :( anyway thanks sooooo much 4 reading!! And plzz review me now. THANK U. –peace & love