Hey guys!
Sorry it took me so long. I was pretty busy with school stuff.
In this chapter, I'll talk more about Joey and Andrea.
Tyler : I made Ben call Rachel "mom" because in TOW All the candy, Ben called Chandler "daddy". I thought it would be funny for Ben to call Rachel like that. And well... he just kept calling her like that...
And yes... I finally update some chapters... cause well... I hate typo mistakes...
Anyways.
This chapter is shorter than usual... sorry!
Enjoy!
TOW Joey and Andrea
"Hey Andrea! Call me when you hear this.", Joey said before hanging up again.
It was the fifth message he left on her voice mail. Andrea left New York for LA that morning. Joey was pretty bumped. He was on the phone, pacing around his room all morning.
"Come eat your breakfast Joey." Rachel said, poking her head in Joey's room.
"I'm not hungry. Maybe later.", he admitted.
Rachel went back into the kitchen and tells Monica to leave some of her pancakes for Joey.
"But Joey is always hungry…", Chandler observed.
"I've never seen him NOT eat.", Ross added.
Rachel sat on the couch next to the one Ben is sleeping on. She's thinking about the small conversation he had with Gunther the night before.
Gunther kept looking subtly at Rachel. She obviously noticed. It was only while Monica was cleaning the dishes. They left right after so they don't know about Joey's proposal.
They were sitting behind all the others. Rachel tapped on Gunther' s shoulder.
"Hey Gunther? Why were you staring at me the whole dinner?", she asked.
"What?! Er... I was not staring at you.", he said as his face turn slightly red.
"Oh come on Gunther!",she hesitated, "Don't tell me you still have feelings for me right?"
After a few seconds of silence and Rachel staring at Gunther. He finally decided to tell her how he felt when he saw her walked through the door.
"I know I'm married to your sister, but when I saw you walk in Central Perk yesterday... I had all those tingly feelings again..."
"Noooooo...", she interrupted.
"I know."
She was freaked out. Gunther is married to her sister and now he still has feelings for her.
First of all, Rachel never though she would ever talk to Gunther after she moves to that little home near the suburbs.
Mike and Patrick left early in the morning for Patrick's guitar class. Phoebe, on the other hand, stayed in case Joey needs someone to comfort him.
"Maybe he doesn't want pancakes?", Phoebe said.
"That guy likes to eat pretty much everything.", Ross answered.
Chandler, Ross and Phoebe looked at each other and laughed.
"Come one guys! It's a big deal. Joey really loves Andrea. Plus the last time we saw him being all depressed was because of...", Monica said, pointing at Rachel.
Suddenly, Ben's phone started to ring. Since he was still sleepy and didn't bother to pick it up, Rachel answered.
"Hello?", she said as she walks towards the window.
"Who is it mom?", Ben asked from the couch.
"It's Lucy.", she said covering the phone.
He jumped right out of the couch as he hears her name. He remembered the talk he had with his uncle Joey last nigh. Ben looks over at his dad who was now paying attention to what Rachel was saying.
"It's okay. I'm up now. Let me talk to her.", he said.
Ross looked at his son. They had those typical telepathic conversation that the gang has developed over time.
"Uh. Ben... Did you tell mom that you and Lucy broke up yet?
"No. And I know what you are thinking dad...", he said.
"If Lucy tells your mom about the break you guys had... She would flip."
They both turned their attention back to Rachel.
"Um... what's happening?", Phoebe asked.
"Feeling a bit left out here."
"Could we BE more clueless?", Chandler said.
"Ben got in a fight with Lucy. She wanted to take a break. Ben kissed another girl and now they broke up.", Ross mumbled quickly without looking away.
"WHAT?", Phoebe said.
"Ablargblablarg", Chandler joked.
"I made out with another girl, when Lucy told me that she wanted a break.", Ben slowly explained.
"Rachel is so taking Lucy's side.", Ross said.
"Not another fight! You guys really need to stop stealing my thunder!"
Rachel got off the phone. She casually gave the phone back to Ben and sat back down on the couch and watched TV.
"Something is wrong... What did Lucy tell mom?", he whispered to his dad as he walked towards him.
Joey finally got out of his room. He was still wearing the same clothes than the night before.
"...Hi", he said as he sat on the last space left around the table.
"Hey Joey... How you feelin'?", Phoebe said, rubbing him on the back,
"Awful. I can't believe she just left!", he admitted.
They all felt the anger growing inside of their friend. Monica suggested him to take a shower before he would start punching the table.
"He doesn't look good, Mon. Maybe you should make him more pancakes.", Phoebe said lowly as Joey entered the bathroom.
As he walked in, he looked at himself in the mirror. He's starting to have grey sideburns. He had black circles. Joey just hit his 40's, but he looks much older.
"Since when do I look like that?", he said to himself.
He looked down and sighed. He knew that it was because of what happened yesterday.
"You are famous and rich... Everything was perfect. You had love and you ruined it."
He stripped down and turned the shower on. He shivers as he stepped inside. The water was cold.
"I guess a cold shower can clear out my mind for a bit.", he thought.
After he washed himself, Joey just stood there as the cold water runs on his body. He tried not to think, but these questions just won't stop popping up in his head.
"What did I do wrong? Why can't she marry me? She doesn't love me anymore?"
Everyone finished their breakfast. Ben sat uncomfortably next to the other kids. Monica was cleaning up the kitchen. Chandler was reading the papers. Ross tried to help out Monica, but got rejected as always. Phoebe helped Rachel fold the sleeping bags.
"So Phoebe... Are you going to David's wedding?"
"I don't know. I mean... Ursula is just going to break his heart... Plus it's weird to have someone who looks exactly like the bride! Plus I want to know what the other thinks.", she said before folding the last blanket.
"Why?"
"Didn't you listen to me last night? Shame on you! Ugly baby judges you!"
"Sorry! I must have dozed off when you said it."
She faked a laugh.
"Alright. What's wrong Rach.", she said knowing that Rachel is hiding something.
"Wha-? Nothing! Nothing's wrong! ... Hey it's been a long time that Joey's in the shower. I should go check on him.", she said before she got up and knocked on the bathroom door.
"Joey, honey? You OK in there?"
He woke up from his daydream.
"Ye-yeah. I'm fine. Coming right out!", he said as he wrapped his towel around his waist.
"Alright. Mon left you some pancakes."
"OK.", he said.
It was around six in the morning. Andrea and Lea just got in a cab.
"Mommy?", Lea said.
"Yes?"
"Where are we going?", she asked as she hugs her teddy bear.
"We are going home, honey.", she said with her hand on Lea's head.
"But where's daddy?"
She didn't know how to tell his daughter that she probably won't see her dad ever again.
"Daddy has work to do. He will come back later."
They remained silent during the whole trip to the airport. Andrea didn't look at her phone once, knowing that Joey will leave tons of messages. She was afraid to tell him why she couldn't marry him. She was afraid that she would him even more if they got married.
As they lined up to check in, Andrea looked around the airport. She thought that maybe Joey would come after her. Then she remembered that she didn't even tell him at what time she's leaving.
Andrea finally checked her phone. She saw the number of messages he left.
"I'm going to hell.", she thought.
She decided not to listen to them until she's back in Los Angeles.
It's seven o'clock. The plane took off.
Joey sat down next to Phoebe. No one was talking. The kids, Ross and Rachel went to the park. They just awkwardly sat there minding their own business...
"You know you can talk right? It's like you're not even breathing!", Joey finally said.
"Phew! I thought I was going to die!", Chandler joked.
"So...um... Did you call...her?", Phoebe asked, ignoring Chandler's joke.
"Yeah... I left her about twenty messages.", he said calmly.
"Wow. The cold shower really made me calmer.", he though, surprised about how he can control his anger all of a sudden.
"Did she call back?", Monica asked as gives the plate of pancakes to her friend and sat down next to Chandler.
"She only left me a message last night telling me that she was going back to LA.", he sighed.
Joey barely ate his pancakes. He was staring into space. Phoebe was getting worried so Chandler decided to bring him to the park while Monica is cleaning again. Joey shivers as they walked out into the cool autumn breeze.
"Do want me to go get you one of my jackets?", Chandler suggested.
"Yes please."
Joey didn't bring his jacket. Maybe he did, he forgot. Andrea must have took it when she ran out.
"OK. Wait right here.", Chandler said before he went back into the apartment.
Joey sat down on the stairs. Tears started to fall.
"Dammit.", he said as he wiped of this tears.
They walked down the streets. Chandler noticed that his best friend was crying. He was pretty worried. The only time he saw him crying was because of what happened with Rachel, but this time is much worse. Joey actually proposed to Andrea and she ran out. The love of his life rejected him. Chandler kept his mouth shut. Not knowing what to say. He didn't want to bring it up or say some inappropriate jokes again, so they both silently walked to the park.
Ross, Rachel and Ben were sitting on the park bench while the kids played. No on talked. Ben was scared to ask his mom what Lucy said. Knowing exactly that if she knew why they broke up, she would give him a lecture about it for the rest of his life. Ross, on the other hand, knew that it would bring back the old fight they had a few years ago.
"So Ben... What happened with you and Lucy?", Rachel asked, breaking the silence.
"We broke up."
"Why?"
"Um... well... it just didn't work out.", he answered knowing exactly what she was trying to do.
Lucy did indeed told Rachel about their break up.
"Oh. Good morning Mrs. Geller."
"Good morning.", she said.
"Um... I was wondering when you will come back... I was hoping to come over and get my stuff in Ben's room."
"Oh yeah. You guys had a fight huh?"
"Yes, Mrs. Geller."
"You know you can call me Rachel right? What were you fighting about?", Rachel asked.
"Um... nothing really...It didn't work out between us. That's all.", Lucy said, not sure either tell Rachel about it or not.
"Come on Lucy! I want to know. Ben is pretty upset."
"We were fighting about me not telling my father about him and I said that I wanted a break..."
"WHAT?", she interrupted.
"I know what happened, Ben. What were you thinking?!"
"WE WERE ON A BREAK, MOM!"
"Well it doesn't mean that you can go make out with someone else!"
"But...!"
"No! Ben! Ross, tell him I'm right!", she said, looking at her husband.
"Um... Ben's got a point Rachel...", he said.
"You did NOT just say that!"
They started to argue over who's right and who's wrong. Chandler and Joey finally arrived to the park.
"Hey Joe! Look it's Ross! ... Uh-oh. What's happening?", Chandler said, pointing at Ross and Rachel.
They quickly ran towards their friends.
End of chapter 7!
Hope you liked it! (Is it shorter than usual? I don't know haha.)
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Thanks for reading!
-Jen
