- Nicolina's -
I look at my niece as I'm at Jordan and Lisa's house as we wait for my parents and little sister to arrive.
Lisa: So Johnny is Scotty and you and Scotty are friends?.
Nico: Yup.
Jordan: "Jokingly". We'll see how long that lasts.
Nico: We are staying friends Jordan.
Jordan: You two were inseparable.
Nico: I know.
Lisa: Jordan perhaps we should change the subject.
Nico: No, No it's fine. I mean he's back in my life. In our lives. Anyway he's spending time with his grandparents tonight for Thanksgiving.
Jordan: Did you tell the news to Mom and Dad?.
Nico: Yeah. They took it so well they shown up at Monica and Rachel's and almost hugged the life out of him.
Jordan and Lisa laugh and Corrine who's just started walking walks over to me and puts her hands on my lap. I pick her up with a smile.
Nico: Hey Cory.
Cory: "Babbles".
There is a knock at the door and Lisa opens it to reveal my parents and sister.
My parents Jerrick, Diana and sister Kayla enter the apartment.
Jerrick, Diana, Kayla: Happy Thanksgiving!.
My mother hands me a box with my name on it.
Nico: I thought we don't get presents till Christmas?.
Diana: "Chuckles". While moving we found some of your things we had packed away.
Jerrick: Jordan and Kayla already have their things.
Diana: So happy Thanksgiving.
I look in the box and see a tape.
Nico: What's this?.
Jerrick: We don't know.
I look at the label and it has my name.
Kayla: Oh lets watch it!. Switch up Thanksgiving for once.
Nico: Okay.
We all go over to the couch and Jordan puts the tape in after i hand it to him. Lisa takes Corrine from my arms and the video starts. We see the back yard of our child hood home and 16 year old me playing with 5 year old Kayla with her Barbie house.
Nico: Awe.
Kayla: I looked so adorable in that pink dress.
(Jerrick: Here are the girls and Kayla's Barbie playhouse.
Jordan: Dad!.)
Dad pans the video over to Jordan who is 10 years old and wearing a helmet holding a bat.
(Jordan: Ready for baseball.
Jerrick: Okay."Turns off camera".)
The scene switches to a beach and the camera is set somewhere as I'm dancing with Jordan as music plays.
(Nico: Okay so Jordy you need to get your feet to follow mine. The girl you dance with will be putting her arms around your neck and you put yours around her waist.
Jordan: Why do i have to dance?.
Nico: Because you need to be prepared.)
I laugh at the scene and the camera switches to my 17 year old birthday party in the backyard and i see me and Scotty being video tapped by a table and i watch as i kiss him.
(Jerrick: Hey no funny business!.
Nico: Dad!.
Diana: Jerrick leave the love birds alone!)
We all laugh.
*Time Lapse*
We are all at Central Perk discussing an incident with Ross.
Nico: You broke a little girl's leg?!.
Ross: I know. I feel horrible. Okay.
Chandler: "Reading paper". Says here that a Muppet got whacked on Sesame Street last night. "To Ross". Where exactly were around ten-ish?.
Ross: Well I'm gonna go see her. I want to bring her something what do you think she'll like?.
Monica: Maybe a Hello Kitty doll the ability to walk.
Me and Rachel start to laugh and Ross sees us and we stop.
Rachel: I'm gonna get back to retraining. "Gets up".
Ross: All right see you guys. "Starts to leave".
Chandler: Look out kids he's coming!.
Ross continues to leave with his head down in shame.
Joey: And I gotta go sell some Christmas trees.
Phoebe: Have fun. Oh wait no don't!. I forgot I am totally against that now.
Joey: What?. Me having a job?.
Phoebe: No, no I am against innocent trees being cut down in their prime and their, their corpses grotesquely dressed in like tinsel and twinkly lights...Hey how do you sleep at night?.
Joey: Well I'm pretty tired from lugging the trees around all day. Hey Phoebe listen you got this all wrong. Those trees were born to be Christmas trees their fulfilling their life purpose by, by making people happy.
Phoebe: Really?.
Phoebe turns and looks at Me and Monica while Joey frantically motions to Chandler to help him out.
Chandler: Yes. Yes and ah, ah the trees are happy too because for most of them it's the only chance to see New York.
*Time Lapse*
We are all except Phoebe at Central Perk and Ross is telling us about the different girls scout cookie options.
Ross: And these come in the shapes of your favorite Christmas characters Santa, Rudolph and Baby Jesus.
Joey: All right I'll take a box of the cream filled Jesus's.
Ross: Wait a minute one box!. Come on I'm trying to send a little girl to Space camp I'm putting you down for five boxes. Chandler what about you?.
Chandler: Ah do you have any coconut flavored deities?.
Ross: No but ah there's coconut in the Hanukkah Menorahs. I tell you what I'll put you down for eight boxes one for each night.
Chandler: "Mouths". Okay.
Nico: I'll take 7 boxes of Mint Treasures.
Ross: Okay...Mon?.
Monica: All right I'll take one box of the mint treasures just one and that's it. I-I started gaining weight after I joined the Brown Birds. "To Ross". Remember how Dad bought all my boxes and I ate them all?.
Ross: Ah no Mon Dad had to buy everyone of your boxes because you ate them all. But ah y'know I'm sure that's not gonna happen this time why don't I put you down for three of the mint treasures and just a couple of the Rudolph's.
Monica: No.
Ross: Oh come on now you know you want'em.
Monica: Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't do this.
Ross: I'll tell you what Mon I'll give you the first box for free.
Monica: "Reaches out for it, stops". Oh God!. I gotta go!. "Runs out".
Ross: Come on!. All the cool kids are eating'em!.
Ross chases after her and i call his name in a scolding manor.
*Time Lapse*
Rachel sits down next to Me and Chandler.
Rachel: I'm training to be better at a job that I hate my life officially sucks.
Joey: Look Rach wasn't this supposed to a temporary thing?. I thought you wanted to do fashion stuff?.
Rachel: Well yeah!. I'm still pursuing that.
Chandler: How...exactly are you pursuing that?.
Nico: Y'know other than sending out resumes like what two years ago?.
Rachel: Well I'm also sending out...good thoughts.
Joey: If you ask me as long as you got this job you've got nothing pushing you to get another one. You need the fear.
Rachel: The fear?.
Chandler: He's right if you quit this job you then have motivation to go after a job you really want.
Rachel: Well then how come you're still at a job that you hate I mean why don't you quit and get the fear?.
Chandler and Joey both laugh.
Chandler: Because I'm too afraid.
Rachel: I don't know I mean I would give anything to work for a designer y'know or a buyer...Oh I just don't want to be 30 and still work here.
Chandler: Yeah that'd be much worse than being 28 and still working here.
Gunther: Rachel?.
Rachel: Yeah.
Gunther: Remind me to review with you which pot is decaf and which is regular.
Rachel: Can't I just look at the handles on them?.
Gunther: You would think.
Rachel: Okay fine. Gunther y'know what I am a terrible waitress do you know why I'm a terrible waitress?. Because I don't care. I don't care. I don't care which pot is regular and which pot is decaf I don't care where the tray spot is I just don't care this is not what I want to do. So I don't think I should do it anymore. I'm gonna give you my weeks notice.
Gunther: What?.
Rachel: Gunther I quit.
Chandler: "To Joey". Does this mean we're gonna have to start paying for coffee?.
Joey shrugs his shoulders.
*Time Lapse*
At Monica and Rachel's. Chandler is entering numbers on a calculator as Ross reads off how much he's sold.
Ross: And 12, 22, 18, 4-
Chandler starts laughing.
Ross: What?.
Chandler: I spelled out boobies.
Monica comes up and starts looking through Ross's cookie supply.
Monica: Ross put me down for another box of the mint treasures okay. Where, where are the mint treasures?.
Ross: Ah we're out. I sold them all.
Monica: What?.
Ross: Monica I'm cutting you off.
Monica: No. No, just, just, just a couple more boxes. It-it-it's no big deal all right I'm-I'm cool. You gotta help me out with a couple more boxes!.
Nico: Mon look at yourself. You have cookie on your neck.
Monica: "Covers neck". Oh God!. "Runs to bathroom".
Chandler: So how many have you sold so far?.
Ross: Check this out. Five hundred and seventeen boxes!.
Chandler: Oh my God how did you do that?.
Ross: Okay the other night I was leaving the museum just as Laser Floyd was letting out of the planetarium without even trying I sold 50 boxes!. That's when it occurred to me the key to my success the munchies. So I ah started hitting the NYU dorms around midnight. I am selling cookies by the case. They call me. Cookie Dude.
Rachel: "Enters". Okay stop what you're doing I need envelope stuffers, I need stamp lickers.
Ross: Well hey who did these resumes for ya?.
Chandler: Me. On my computer.
Ross: Well you sure used a large font.
Chandler: Eh yeah well ah waitress at a coffee shop and cheer squad co-captain only took up so much room.
Rachel: Hey-hey-hey that's funny!. Your funny Chandler!. Your a funny guy!. You wanna know what else is really funny?.
Chandler: Something else I might have said?.
Rachel: I don't know, I don't know weren't you the guy that told me to quit my job when I had absolutely nothing else to do. Ha!. Ha!. Ha!. Ha!. Ha!.
Ross: Sweetie calm down it's gonna be okay.
Rachel: No it's not gonna be okay Ross tomorrow is my last day and I don't have a lead. Okay y'know what I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna call Gunther and I'm gonna tell him I'm not quitting.
Chandler: You-you-you don't wanna give into the fear.
Rachel: You and your stupid fear. I hate your fear. I would like to take you and your fear.
Joey: "Enters". Hey!. I got great news!.
Chandler: Run Joey!. Run for your life!. "Runs out".
Joey: What?. Rachel listen have you ever heard of Fortunata Fashions?.
Rachel: No.
Joey: Well my old man is doing a plumbing job down there and he heard they have an opening. So you want me to see if I can get you an interview?.
Rachel: Oh my God!. Yes I would love that oh, that is so sweet Joey.
Joey: Not a problem.
Rachel: Thanks.
Joey: And now for the great news.
Nico: What is it?.
Joey: "Holds up aerosol can". Snow-in-a-can!. I got it at work. Mon you want me to decorate the window give it a kind of Christmas lookie.
Monica: Christmas cookie?.
*Time Lapse*
Me, Chandler, Phoebe and Ross are at Central Perk.
Chandler: Tell us what happened Brown Bird Ross.
Ross: Well I lost. Some little girl loaned her uniform to her nineteen year old sister who went down to the U.S.S. Nimitz and sold over 2,000 boxes.
Nico: "To Rachel who's entering". Hey!. How'd the interview go?.
Rachel: Oh I blew it. I wouldn't of even hired me.
Ross: Oh come here sweetie listen you're gonna go on like a thousand interviews before you get a job.
Rachel: "Glares at him".
Ross: That's not how that was supposed to come out.
Phoebe: This is the worst Christmas ever.
Chandler: Y'know what Rach maybe you should just y'know stay here at the coffee house.
Rachel: I can't. It's too late. Terry already hired that girl over there. "Points to her". Look at her she's even got waitress experience. Last night she was teaching everybody how to make napkin. "Starts to cry". Swans.
Ross: That word was swans.
*Time Lapse*
Me, Chandler, Phoebe, Ross and Rachel go up the stairs towards our apartments.
Chandler: Well seeing that drunk Santa wet himself, really perked up my Christmas.
We start to go into Monica and Rachel's apartment to see it is filled with all of the old Christmas trees from Joey's work.
Phoebe: Oh!. Oh my God!.
Joey, Monica: "Jumping up from behind couch". Merry Christmas!.
Phoebe: You saved them!. You guys!. Oh God you're the best!.
Chandler: It's like Night of the Living Dead Christmas Trees.
I laugh as the phone rings and Rachel answers it.
Rachel: "Into Phone". Hello?...Yeah this is she...Oh!. You're kidding!. You're kidding!...Oh thank you!. I love you!.
Chandler: Sure everybody loves a kidder.
Rachel: "Hangs up phone". I got the job!,
All: That's great!. Hey!. Excellent!.
Phoebe: Oh God bless us everyone.
Nico: Now that is a Christmas Miracle.
*Time Lapse*
We are all at Central Perk as Rachel serves her last cup of coffee.
Rachel: Here we go. I'm serving my last cup of coffee.
We start humming the graduation anthem.
Rachel: There you go. "Hands it to Chandler". Enjoy.
We all cheer.
Chandler: "To Nico". Should I tell her I ordered tea?.
Ross: No.
Rachel: Um excuse me everyone. Ah this is my last night working here and I ah just wanted say that I made some really good friends working here and ah it's just time to move on...Ah and no offence to everybody who ah still works here you have no idea how good it feels to say that as of this moment I will never have to make coffee again.
*Time Lapse*
The door opens the door as Me, Chandler and Joey jump up and our apartment is decorated like outer space one of the leather chairs is covered in tinfoil. As Ross enters with Sarah.
Sarah: Really Mr. Geller you don't have to do this.
Ross: Oh come on!. Here we go!.
Ross picks Sarah up and puts her in the chair.
Ross: Stand by for mission countdown!.
Joey: "Simulation Echo". Ten, ten, Nine, nine, nine, Eight, eight, eight.
Chandler hits Joey in the back of the head.
Joey: Okay. Blast off!.
We start shaking the chair likes it's flying into outer space. Ross picks up a soccer ball and starts spinning it in his hand and runs around the chair beeping like a satellite. Chandler also starts running around the chair yelling.
Chandler: I'm an alien!. I'm an alien!.
Ross: Oh no!. An asteroid!.
Ross throws the soccer ball off the back of Joey's head making Me and Sarah laugh.