𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒 𝐌𝐄 ━━ 𝐣𝐨𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢

TWENTY FIVE

"This is amazing. I mean, how...how did this happen?" Monica looked between the couple and Rachel while smiling.

"Well, Ross and I were in grad school together. But we haven't seen each other since." Julie started to explain while Ross had his arms wrapped around her.

"I land in China, and guess who's in charge of the dig?" Ross finished.

"Julie!" Rachel answered with a wine bottle in her hand and a glass in her other. "Isn't that great?" She said in a forced voice. "Isn't that just kick–you–in–the–crotch, spit–on–your–neck fantastic?" And she took a huge sip of the wine.

"It's an expression." Monica quickly added to ease the built–up tension. Joey, Phoebe, Chandler, and I chuckled and nodded our heads in support.

"We just wanted to say hello before we go to see the baby." Ross said.

"And then we got to go to sleep." Julie glanced back at him.

"Yeah. It's really 6:00 tomorrow night our time." Ross added.

"Okay, well, listen, don't tell us what's going to happen though, 'cause I like to be surprise." Chandler walked over to them.

"Bye." Julie and Ross grabbed their luggage before heading out, and Rachel slammed the door behind them upsettingly. We all felt sad that she had to go through this. The next day, Joey accidentally slept over at my place. We were watching movies, and we fell asleep.

"Joe, what do you want for breakfast?" I asked him while taking out a couple of pots and pans.

"I've got breakfast, don't worry." He wrapped his arms around me from behind and kissed my cheek. "I was thinking waffles."

"You ready my mind." I turned around in his embrace and kissed him softly. "God, I just love being with you. It all feels so surreal." I looked into his eyes.

"Oh, it's very real. I promise." He leaned down to kiss me again, slightly making me lean against the kitchen counter. Later that night, I grabbed some Mexican takeout for dinner and brought it over to Monica and Rachel's apartment 

"Anyone in the mood for Mexican?" I heard my brother ask.

"Good thing we have sibling telepathy or whatever that's called." I waved him off. "But I did bring dinner for us." Monica and Phoebe helped me take out all the boxes.

"Okay, okay, okay, okay. How did this happen to me?" Rachel came over to us. "A week ago, two weeks ago, I was fine." She sat down in the chair. I put my arms around her shoulders. "Ross was just Ross. Just this guy." Chandler and Joey joined us since Ross was busy talking to Julie. "Now, all of a sudden, he's Ross...this really great guy that I can't have.

"Sweetie, we all wanted you to have him." I pouted sadly.

"I know you did." She put her hand on top of my arms. "I'm just going to deal with it." She let out a depressing sigh. Then, Ross came over to grab an orange while making kissy noises to Julie. "I got to get out of here." Rachel immediately stood up, making me remove my arms away from her. She grabbed her purse before heading out.

"Okay, I don't care what you guys say. Something is bothering her." Chandler pointed in the direction she left.

"Pick your battles, Chandler. This wasn't one of them." I shook my head and played with my fingers. What if Joey didn't really give up on his player ways? What if I'm another toy in his game? What if he doesn't care about me? The next morning, we were eating breakfast.

"Uh, morning." Rachel peeped out of her room. "You think you guys could close your eyes just for a second?" She asked us.

"I'm not falling for that again." Joey shook his head and crossed his arms over his chest.