The one with 5 steaks and an eggplant – The big fight
I hope you catches them, and that you tell me his opinions, through them I know if I'm on the right path.
Remember English is not my native language, I hope the translation is correct, check it, but sometimes I miss some incorrect personal pronouns for the phrase, sorry.
I reiterate, I do not own the characters of Friends I only rely on them for the pure pleasure of writing stories without any economic interest, and Monica and Chandler they inspire me
Chapter 6
Chandler called Joey's parents' phone, his mother answered, he posed as an old theater colleague, who was looking for him because there was a job possibility. Joey's mother explained that he is living in an apartment in Queens, and she gave him the phone number and address.
Remember English is not my native language, I hope the translation is correct, check it, but sometimes I miss some incorrect personal pronouns for the phrase, sorry.
"Honey, it's a weekday, if he's working or auditioning we're not going to find him now, and even less so at night, can you imagine why?"
"Yes, you're right," Monica replied.
"Let's go on Saturday at noon, he probably doesn't work and sleeps until 12."
"Sure, let's go on Saturday."
"Mon, don't you want to call Rachel's house and let's find out where she is?" Chandler told her.
"Look, let's go one by one, we'll see how he receives us and how he feels"
"Well, after the encounter with Joey we attacked Rachel," Chandler said, laughing.
On Saturday they rented a car and went in search of Joey.
He lived on the second floor. They held hands before knocking on the door.
"Who's calling, I'm coming…"
Joey opened the door and stood paralyzed for several seconds looking from one to the other, suddenly he jumped on Chandler giving him a bear hug.
"Dude, you came, you came, thank God," Joey said with a trembling voice.
Then he gave Monica another bear hug.
"Guys, I'm glad you're here, you don't know how much I missed you and lashed out at everything I did and said that horrible day."
"We too, Joey, we are here to ask for your forgiveness, to apologize," said Chandler.
"No friend, you have nothing to apologize for, the one who was in the shit was me, you are like a brother, a hundred times better than my seven sisters combined, I was an idiot, I got carried away" the words were barely coming out Joey.
"Look, Joey, that day we all went crazy, until today I don't know why, what happened to us, it really was a horrible day, but the time has come to repair the friendship, that's why we came to look for you with Monica" Chandler told him with a hand on Joey's shoulder.
"Come in, have a seat" and looking around he said with a smile "well there aren't many unoccupied places" and he began to pick up and pile up clothes, opening the bedroom door and throwing them inside.
"And since when did you meet again? Asked
"At the end of January I went to Monica's house to apologize, and also to tell her other things, and she also wanted to apologize and tell me other things…" Chandler took Monica's hand.
"Come in, have a seat" and looking around he said with a smile "well there aren't many unoccupied places" and he began to pick up and pile up clothes, opening the bedroom door and throwing them inside.
"Joey, we were busy, we had a lot of things on our plate," Monica said.
"Actually, I had Monica in my hands the whole time," Chandler said with a mischievous smile, raising his eyebrows and winking at Joey.
Joey stared at them with his eyebrows drawn together trying to understand until he jumped.
"You … and you? Pointing at one and the other.
"Yes," Chandler answered with a huge smile, as big as Monica's.
"How? When? Joey asked.
"I had been in love with Monica for a long time but I didn't say anything because I thought she didn't feel the same, and we could ruin the friendship, but well, as someone told me, the friendship was ruined and I decided to talk, I went to her home to apologize and tell her how I felt, and…" Chandler was interrupted by Monica
"during the months in which we were separated I realized that I missed him very much, that I needed him to live and that was because what I felt for him was not just affection for a friend, but it was much bigger and deeper, I too was in love. So when he came home to talk to me, we both told each other the same thing, that we loved each other."
"And since that day we have been together," Chandler concluded.
"That is fantastic!!! Incredible!!!! "I'm happy for both of them, and now they're dating," Joeyasked.
"Joey, as Monica told me that day, we had already done the dating thing, without realizing it down the hallway, we knew everything about each other, we had already talked about everything, the only thing left was…. good to love each other" -- "and since that day we have been living together" Chandler said with a big smile.
"That is fantastic!!! Incredible!!!! "I'm happy for both of them, and now they're dating," Joey asked.
"And your phobias…? "He asked Chandler scared.
"Friend, I don't have any phobias with her, I don't have any fear, I want to be the one who makes all of her dreams come true until the end of our life," Chandler confirmed with a smile and a kiss to Monica.
"Well, don't do that in front of me," Joey said, closing his eyes.
"Why?" Chandler asked.
"It's like you're kissing my sister."
The couple laughed out loud.
"And speaking of brothers, does Ross know, they made up with him?"
"No," said Monica, "I think he will be the last one we tell." "Besides, we're still fighting."
"Guys, this news made me hungry, we can order pizza" said Joey.
Monica looked around her. "Look, I don't think there is a clean plate in this house," she said with a gesture of disgust.
"Let's go have lunch somewhere, we came with a rented car, so we can go anywhere, take a shower, and get dressed so we'll go, I'll invite you"
"Ok, I'll be in 10 minutes, Monica, don't look when I get out of the shower," Joey said, laughing.
"Don't worry, I won't, I already saw what I had to see when I bought you lemonade," Monica said, laughing.
Joey turned red and ran away.
Already at the restaurant Joey told them that he had gotten a supporting role in a series that had started filming a couple of weeks ago, "the pay is good, and according to the writers my role will last the entire series, so I have guaranteed work for several months"
The couple I'm happy for Joey.
Monica told him that the day after the fight she had lost her job, the owners considered that having received the 5 steaks was accepting a bribe. Until she met Chandler again she was working at a horrible restaurant, but she quit and now there were two possibilities at hand.
Chandler told him that he had rented a small studio, and since his mother found out that they had gotten into a fight and he was going to be alone for the Christmas holidays, she had invited him to Paris, and he laughed,
"Anyway, you know Mom, Paris was also a lonely walk, but well, with another decoration"
"Joey, I was thinking, if you have a job, why don't you try to rent a studio in the Village, near us? "If you want, I'll ask Treeger if there's anything in the building and anyone nearby"
"Sure, let's find out, I can go to breakfast with you, oh god, eat Monica's pancakes again," Joey answered with a huge smile.
"But Joey, now you're going to have to knock on the door to get in…" Chandler said with a mischievous smile.
"Oh!! I understand, …. Have you already released everything?"
"I'm missing the balcony, but I can't convince her, maybe when summer comes," Chandler explained.
"Don't even dream of it," Monica said, hitting his arm.
"I already dreamed it and my dreams are coming true…"
After the long lunch they took Joey to his house, obviously he had to get ready for a date and they returned to the City.
"I'm missing the balcony, but I can't convince her, maybe when summer comes," Chandler explained.
"Oh… I'm glad he's back here, he's a good guy, I'll find out."
After chatting a little about their respective days, and especially the interview that Monica had had in one of the restaurants, she told Chandler
"When we finish coffee I'm going to call Sandra, to find out where Rachel is, if she's still living with them or if she's moved somewhere else.
"Okay," he answered.
A while later, while Chandler was washing the coffee cups, Monica went to the phone and called Sandra.
"Hello Sandra, this is Monica Geller, how are you?"
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"I'm glad everyone is okay, everything is okay here too, look, I was calling you because I wanted to talk to Rachel."
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"Yes, it was a shame that we fought, it was nonsense that turned into a storm…"… "Is she with you? Or is she living somewhere else?"
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"OH … I understand…it's been a long time…"
Yes, I know where she is, and I know her phone number……. "Don't tell her I have l call you, I want to surprise her."
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"I send you a big hug and I'm glad you're all well."
Monica cut it off, and she stood as if paralyzed in front of the phone.
"Baby, is something wrong?"
Monica turned around, her face was a mixture of pain, tears and anger.
"Baby, what's wrong, what did she tell you…"
"Rachel has been living with Phoebe since shortly after Thanksgiving."
"Oh!" was the only thing Chandler could say, he knew this would be devastating for Monica.
"You realize," Monica spoke crying, "she was my best friend since I was 6 years old, I never let her down, she walked away when she started college, she didn't invite me to her wedding, but when she ran away she came running to seek refuge in my house, helped her, supported her, and she decided to rebuild the friendship only with Phoebe, because with her yes and not with me? "She wasn't fighting with Phoebe for even a month, and she hasn't heard from me for months."
"Mon, you understand what I'm going to say, but you didn't call her either."
"Chandler, I didn't kick her out of my house, she left telling me that I was unbearable, that I would be left alone…" "She knew where I was, she could have come to talk, instead she went to talk to Phoebe"
"Come here," Chandler told her as he hugged her tightly, "Please don't cry, I can't see you cry," and he continued speaking softly to her.
"Look love, what happened was horrible, but maybe it helped us get to know each other better, maybe you had more expectations than she did in your relationship. Several nights after the fight I tried to piece together the chronology of the events, and the ones who started the argument were Rachel and Phoebe, we all yelled things at each other, however, Phoebe never attacked Rachel,and Rachel even defended her when I got angry."
"Maybe they were the only ones who really
meant what they were saying, maybe they really felt humiliated, they both felt like victims of us, that's why they are together, maybe they were never fighting with each other," Chandler told her softly, to calm her down and make her understand the meaning situation.
"I'm not going to go or call them, for me they are both on my list forever" said Monica while she cried on Chandler's shoulder.
He separated from her, took Monica by her hand and led her to the couch, made her sit down and sat on the low table in front of her.
"Mon, don't make decisions in a hurry, if you decide not to resume friendship with them that's fine, you know that I support you in everything, but I think that first we should talk to them, really understand why they are acting like that.
I'm so angry, so disappointed, I don't know if I'll be able to talk to them," Monica said.
"Look, let's wait a while, now let's go for Ross, he's stubborn, but he loves you, you've been separated for many months, maybe his anger has passed, maybe he's realized that they were said in a moment of general madness. Besides, when he finds out that I'm living with his sister, he's going to direct all his anger against me, he's going to forget about the offenses and he's going to want to kill me…" Chandler smiled and gave her a tender Kiss in the lips.
"You always manage to calm me down, okay, let's go get Ross first, but I won't let him kill you."
