My Version Episode 4:
T.O.W. The New Kind of Thanksgiving Turkey
:Dedication:
For the Turkeys.
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Hello everybody. Here I am again with the 4th edition in the MV series. Why doesn't anybody ever review? I got like 3 reviews on the last one, I barely have any idea if you guys like it or not. If you like it or don't like it, please just say that in the review so that I know if I should continue or not. Otherwise there is absolutely no point in writing these. To review you can also email me, velvetcloud42@aol.com that way I can write back to you, and we can become friends! The more friends fans I meet the better.
Back to where I was going with this...Oh yeah. So this is the fourth edition. I also found a better way to describe this series...this series is my way of saying what I think would be a good idea for the show. I hope I explained that good. (I'm not real good at describing things...sorry!) In this episode Monica finally tells her parents how she really feels when Ross is always getting attention and she isn't. Okay, I hope I didn't seem pushy or anything, I'm not trying to be. I just really love hearing your opinions! It's what keeps me enthusiastic enough to write these once a week.
Disclaimer-Why do I even bother, it's not like police go out and find the people who haven't put a disclaimer on their friends fan fics. But Oh well. I DO NOT OWN THESE CHARACTERS, EXCEPT FOR CHANDLER AND MONICA'S BABY! .....AND PARTYBOY!
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Scene-Two months ahead of the last fan fic I wrote. Which means Ra&M are both further along in their pregnancy. They are both showing, but only a little. They can still fit into jeans, but the jeans are probably 1-2 sizes bigger.
Joey is sitting on the left side of the counter in his and Rachel's apartment. He is eating a huge piece of pizza with sausage, olives, and onions covering it. As scene begins, Rachel exits the bathroom and enters the kitchen area.
Rachel-"Hey Joey, Happy Thanksgiving!(gets into the fridge and pulls out a bottle of water) Why aren't you dressed yet?" (she is wearing a black dress, with a light pink button up top. You can just barely tell she's pregnant. Only when you look at her from the side.
Joey-"I got plenty of time, it's not like it's a far drive or something. I can just take two steps and BOOM!"
Rachel-"Boom?"
Joey-"I'm there."
Rachel-"I see." (takes a sip of water)
Joey-"This pizza is the bomb!"
Rachel-"That's great Joey, but why are you eating it right now? We're about to go over and have so much food we'll explode. You know how Monica is with food on Holidays."
Joey-"No, no. This is just a snack...and appetizer, if you will."
Rachel-"That is quite the appetizer. (laughs a little, then says in a 'concluding' kind of voice) Well I'm going to head over there...as if it will take me long...(quotes Joey) 'Two steps, and BOOM!"
Joey-"Don't you be stealing my material."
Rachel rolls her eyes and leaves, just as Phoebe is entering. She has two bags with her.
Rachel and Phoebe exchange their "hello's"
Phoebe-(closing the door) "Hey Joey!"
Joey-(speaking with a mouth full of pizza.) "Hey, Phoebe." (you can barely understand what he says)
Phoebe-"So...I was wondering, can I leave PartyBoy here until dinner is over?"
Joey-(swallowing) "Sure no problem." (stuffs another bite into his mouth)
Phoebe-"Oh thanks Joey, you're (you're means YOU ARE....I always use that quote when I write, Thanks Ross!) the best!" (she pulls out partyboy, who is dressed in a pilgrims outfit, even with a little hat on. )
Joey-"You dressed him up?"
Phoebe-"Yeah...is that too weird?"
Joey-"No not at all...(motions for Phoebe to follow him, as he goes over to his bedroom and shows Phoebe a huge meal he prepared for the chick & duck. It includes two saltine crackers, a ton of corn, and 2 bowls of water-Okay, don't laugh, but I have*no* idea what Chickens & ducks eat) This is their thanksgiving feast! I'm sorry, but I only made enough for them."
Phoebe-"Not a problem."(pulls out a huge container of "turtle food"----again I have *no* idea what turtles eat---- she places the food next to partyboy)
Joey-"All Right! Good thinkin' Pheebs. (phoebe proudly nods her head) Okay, well I gotta change for dinner. See you over there."
Phoebe-"Okay." (leans over, picks up one of the Chick & Ducks crackers, and runs off)
Joey-"Hey!"
Phoebe-(coming from the apartment, not the bedroom) "HA HA!"
Scene Ends
Scene Two-(this scene is going to be just a sequence of story lines, so instead of using "scene two, scene three, scene four, etc" I'm just going to say Scene Flash, when the scene will move to a diff. story line)
It's about 45 minutes later from the last scene. Everybody is @ C&M's hanging out, Phoebe eventually went back over to Joey's while he got ready, so she isn't at the apartment, neither is Joey. Jack and Judy are both there. Chandler is talking to Ross, Jack, and Judy. Monica is talking to Rachel. Just as scene starts, Joey and Phoebe enter. Each are carrying one bag. Joey is wearing a black shirt with a picture of BonJovi (the entire band, not just Jon BonJovi) and it says in big letters "BONJOVI." He is also wearing a hat (which is on backwards) that says "BonJovi" in (fake) diamond studs.
J/P-"Hey/Hi guys!"
Everybody-"Hey/Hello/Hi/Finally"
Rachel-"What's in your bag Phoebe?"
Phoebe-"Oh, right. Well you know how every Thanksgiving, instead of eating Turkey I eat salad, or egg plant, because I'm a vegetarian and all?"
Everybody-"Uh huh/Yeah/Right."
Phoebe-"Well this year I decided I would eat all the regular food, except for the turkey. And in place of the Turkey I am going to eat a big thing of candy. Now I can have a Thanksgiving Tradition!"
Everybody-"Uhh/great/okay..."
Phoebe pulls out the candy, everybody except for Monica, Jack & Judy dive after the candy. (jack and Judy are sitting the couch, not paying much attention to what's going on)
Monica-"NO! You guys dinner is almost ready. Don't spoil your appetite."
Joey-"Yikes, sorry mom."
Monica-"What?"
Rachel-"You're going to be a very strict mom aren't you?"
Monica-"No I won't!"
Chandler-(in monica's defense) "She will be a great Mom!"
Monica-"Thank you!" (kisses him---so have you guessed it? I'm a C&M fan---)
Joey rolls his eyes.
Chandler-"What's the deal with your outfit? It's not real 'Thanksgiving-y"
Joey-"Oh, well I'm starting to get in "BonJovi Mode" Check it out...(puts the bag he carried in on the table) I got two tapes of one of their concerts, I got T-shirts for all of us to wear at the concert, but you all need to pay me for them. (flashes to Chandler, Monica, and Ross who are all rolling their eyes) I got dog tags for us all to wear,(you know, those army type necklace. he shows them and they say "BonJovi, "CRUSH" ---For all you fellow BONJOVI fans, yes I know the tour is over, but just go along with it---) I got the new CD called "One Wild Night," it's got all their best songs, on live performances! We gotta get ready, we only have...27 days left!"
Chandler-"Joey..that's almost a full month."
Joey-"Yeah....so? I heard that they sometimes take people from their original seats, and put them in front row! Imagine that?! We gotta catch their eye so we can get up front!"
Chandler rolls his eyes.
Joey-"Oh, yeah, I also got these..." (pulls out two baby onesies that say "Baby Jovi" on them.)
He hands one of the outfits to Chandler and Monica, the other one to Rachel.
Monica&Rachel-"Aww! Thank you Joey!"
Joey-"No problemo! (winks at them.) Those babies gotta be in style!"
Scene Flash-Ross, Jack, & Judy are talking on the couch.
Judy-"So when is the baby due again?"
Ross-"March 21st."
Judy-(giggling a little) "That's fabulous!"
Jack-"Is there anything you need us to buy you for the baby?"
Ross-(giggling)"Oh Dad!"
Monica-(trying to get their attention) "D-Do you wanna know when I'm due?"
J&J-"Umm...sure."(with no enthusiasm)
Monica-"Ugh never mind."
J&J-"Okay." (they immediately turn back to Ross)
Monica walks a little bit more towards the bathroom and is obviously upset by her parents.
Chandler-(noticing her)"What's wrong?"
Monica-"My parents hate me. They are always favoring Ross over me. Even now they are! They're more excited for Ross's baby then they are for our baby! They'll probably treat our baby the way they treat me."
Chandler-"Monica you know that isn't true."
Monica-"Oh really? Watch this....(monica walks over to her parents) Mom, Dad, Do you want to help Chandler and I decorate the babies room?"
Judy-"In a minute dear, we're talking to Ross about his baby right now."
Monica-"You know, I'm pregnant too!"
Jack-"We know that dear."
Monica mumbles "Fine" to herself As she walks towards the bedroom.
Scene Flash-Monica dives her head into her pillow crying,(she isn't crying really hard, it's just a small cry with a couple of tears) followed by Chandler who just lays next to her.
Chandler-(rubbing Monica's back) "Oh Monica, they DO care about you."
Monica-"OH YEAH RIGHT! All they care about is Ross and his baby. They've hardly asked me anything about the baby ever since we told them I was pregnant. That was TWO months ago!"
Chandler-"Then that's just their loss Monica. We don't need them in order for us to be happy about OUR baby." (he leans over and kisses her on the head)
Monica-(saying with a sigh) "What am I gonna do?"
Chandler-"You just need to tell them how you feel."
Monica-"You're right. You're always right. Next time they put me down in ANY way, I am going to tell them."
Chandler-"You go girlfriend!" (snaps his fingers)
She laughs at him and they hug.
Scene Flash-C&M are exiting the bedroom as we see that Joey is teaching Judy how to dance. (the song playing is "It's My Life" by of course, BonJovi) everybody except for Phoebe, Chandler and Monica are dancing.
Joey-"Chandler, Monica, come dance with us!"
Monica-"No I don't really feel like it right now."
Monica walks to kitchen, as Chandler stops to talk to Phoebe who is sitting by the big window.
Phoebe-"Hey, what's wrong with Monica. Is she feeling sick?"
Chandler-"No, her parents are hurting her feelings. They haven't even bothered to ask about the baby or anything. And every time Monica brings it up they just change the subject back to Ross."
Phoebe-"That's terrible. Do you want me to talk to them?"
Chandler-"No, thanks for the offer though. She needs to do it herself or they'll never stop."
Phoebe-"Okay, good idea."
Scene Flash-Rachel says she is starting to feel sick and sits down. Everybody except for Chandler, Monica, and Phoebe rush right to her.
Jack & Judy-"Oh dear, are you okay?!"
Rachel begins to nod her head and say yes when Monica *very* angrily interrupts.
Monica-"SHE'S JUST HUNGRY!!! (everybody looks at her shocked, Monica immediately changes her tone and adds a nice smile to her face) Dinners Ready!"
Scene Flash-It is now 30 minutes later. They are all eating dinner. Monica is at the end of the (rectangular) table. Chandler is at the end on the left side, Ross is across from Chandler on the right side. Jack and Judy are next to him (judy is RIGHT next to him, then Jack next to Judy) across from Judy is Phoebe (who is next to Chandler) and across from Jack is Joey (who is next to Phoebe)
Phoebe is eating her big pile of candy in place of the turkey.
Phoebe all of a sudden starts cracking up out of no where.
Ross-"What's so funny?"
Phoebe-(still laughing) "Oh, I'm eating jelly beans and they just make me..." (cracks up so hard she has to hold her stomach)
Everybody looks at her like she's a
complete lunatic. Then they all go back to eating. (if by any chance you saw the episode
of SNL with gwyneth paltrow --i hope i spelt her name right-- in a way this part re-enacts
the dinner scene where they are all really loud then they go back to eating and it is dead
quiet)
Judy-"So, Ross, Rachel, what are you planning on naming the baby?"
Rachel-"Oh well, we haven't talked about it too much. For a girl I like the name Kristen, and Ross likes Cassandra. For a boy we both like Jamie."
Judy-"Aww, those are nice names."
Rachel-"Thanks."
Monica-"Chandler and I like the names, Ashley (hehe, that's my name) & Abby for a girl. And Trent or Jo--" (gets cut off by Jack.)
Jack-"So how far along are you again Rachel?"
Rachel-"Well I am fou--"(gets cut off by Monica)
Monica-"Dad, Rachel and I are about the same. She is fourteen weeks, I am thirteen weeks. Okay???" (she is obviously getting pretty uptight about them not paying any attention to her)
Jack-"Fine, but Harmonica, you know it's not polite to interrupt."
Monica-(completely blowing up with all the anger she had) "What are you talking about?!?! YOU interrupted me in the middle of my sentence with a question you could have asked both of us. Why haven't you guys even acknowledged our baby? (points to both her and Chandler) Does Ross's child mean more to you then mine? I know ROSS means more to you! So why wouldn't his child?" <---she says hypothetically.
Jack-(a little confused) "What are you talking about sweetie?"
Monica-"Don't you 'sweetie' me! My entire life you have favored Ross over me. Now you are favoring Ross and Rachels baby over mine and Chandlers. I'm not saying you should love ours better, just love them equally. It's not fair! I have done everything right! I didn't get ANY divorces, I didn't get fired on account of rage! I haven't knocked up two women. (turns to Rachel) "No offense Rachel...it's not you, it's Ross...and my parents. I am pissed at my parents. Whoa...that felt good to say. MOM, DAD, I AM PISSED OFF AT YOU. You treat me like the child in the way next to Ross. And I WANT RESPECT." (joey hums the song "RESPECT" by Aretha Franklin---forgive me if I misspelled her name---)
Monica sits down. Chandler puts his hand on hers and whispers "good job." Jack and Judy look completely shocked. Ross gets almost an annoyed look as if the speech meant nothing. Rachel is trying to pretend she didn't hear.
Scene Flash to the corner where Joey and Phoebe are sitting. Joey is trying to act all "under cover" as if he was selling drugs or something. They both seem to have almost forgotten anything had just happened.
Joey-"All Right Buffay. I will give you...(pulls out snickers bars and counts them, then counts on his fingers to make sure) FIVE snickers bars if you will give me that Hersheys bar." (remember, he is acting all under cover "hush hush" about this.)
Phoebe-(reasoning in her head) "Deal."
They trade
Scene goes back to the other end of the table.
Jack-"Monica, we never knew you felt this way. We could NEVER like you and your baby more than Ross and his baby! We love you equally."
Monica-"Then why haven't you talked to me about my baby?!"
Judy-"Well we didn't want to ruin he surprise we have for you and Chandler..."
Monica-(with interest) "Surprise?"
Jack-"We had your old crib re-furnished for your baby! We were going to surprise you with it at the end of today, we didn't want to mention anything about the baby around either one of you guys because we figured we would accidentally give it away. You know how we are."
Monica-"Are you serious? Mom, Dad, that's so great! Thank you so much! Where is it?"
Judy-"It's over at Joey and Rachels. They were hiding it for us. We hope you like it."
Monica-"Like it? I LOVE it! My kids are gonna use the same crib I used! This is so great!"
Ross-(getting jealous) "Wa-Wai-Wait a minute. You saved her crib, and now you're giving it back to her? You didn't save my crib!"
Judy-"Ross you can't always have your way."
Ross just gets a stunned look on his face and says "Nuh Uh!"
He then crosses his arms and pouts.
Scene Flash-About an hour and a half later. The TV is on, they are watching a BonJovi concert on tape. You can hear the song coming from the TV it is "Wanted, Dead or Alive."
Phoebe-(who is sitting on the floor)"Ugh, I ate waaaaay to much candy. I don't feel very good." (she puts another tootsie roll into her mouth.)
Joey-"Oh, you can sit in the chair, I'll trade you spots." (he gets up from the big white chair)
Phoebe-"Aww, thank you Joey!"
Phoebe gets comfortable in the chair and starts to sing the song. She doesn't know any of the words except for "Wanted, dead or alive."
Scene Flash to Monica-
Jack is sitting at the left (our left) side of the couch, Monica is next to him, and Judy is on the other side of Monica. Which means she is snuggled up in between her parents. Next to Judy is Chandler, and at the very end of the couch is Ross. He is jealously looking at Monica.
Ross-(hoping to get the attention of his parents) "You know, Mom and Dad, I-I have a new girlfriend. Her name is Mona!"
Jack-"That's great Ross. I hope you don't marry her, and then divorce her."
Ross goes from a cocky grin to an angry frown.
Rachel exits the bathroom.
Phoebe-"UGH FINALLY!" (she puts her hand over her mouth and races to the bathroom)
Monica gets up from the couch and goes over to talk to Rachel in the bathroom.
Monica-"Hey Rachel, I just wanted to make sure you know that I didn't mean anything when I said Ross knocked you up."
Rachel-"No, No of course not! I totally understand...it's true anyway. And he is ALWAYS getting the attention."
Monica-"Thanks for understanding!"
Rachel-"Aww, no problem."
They hug.
Last Scene-It's the next morning Phoebe has just woke up and she is at Joey's on the yellow couch. She stayed because of how sick she felt.
Phoebe-(looking down at partyboy, who is in a shoe box with some cloth) "Did you sleep well? (just stares at him) That's good."
She again feels sick and starts to get up, just as Rachel is coming out of her bedroom. They both give you a "This town ain't big enough for the two of us"type of look. They then look at the bathroom door, then back at each other and both leap over to the door. They get to it at the same time.
Rachel-"Oh come on Pheebs, I have morning sickness, I'm gonna throw up!"
Phoebe-"I have morning sickness too! I'm gonna throw up...I'm just not pregnant that's all."
Rachel-"Okay fine! Rock paper scissors!"
Phoebe-"Best of three, or best of one?"
Rachel-"Best of three."
Phoebe-"Best of one."
(they continue to argue, without realizing that Joey is entering the bathroom. He shuts the bathroom door.
Ra&P-"Joey come on let us in! We're gonna throw up!" (they begin to pound on the door)
THE END.
-Ashley LePerea'
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If you ask me, that was one of my more lame fan fics. I had writers block, but it wasn't too bad I guess. I have really good story lines built up in my head, but they won't be as good until later in the series. I hope you liked it. Expect MV05 next week sometime.
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