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   Me and Joey have officially moved into our shared apartment and after unpacking and decorating the apartment looks just like I imagined it.No one but us has seen what it currently looks like.

-November 7th 1996-

   At Monica and Rachel's everyone is here including Janice and we are all warching Happy Days.

Ross:Hey.When you guys were kids and you played Happy Days who were you?.I was always Richie.

Monica:I was always Joanne.

Joey:Question.Was uh Egg the Gellers! the war cry of your neighbourhood?.

   A commercial for the Mattress King Janice’s ex-husband comes on TV.

Phoebe:Ew.Oh.It’s the Mattress King!.

Joey:Boo!.

Chandler:"To Janice".Don’t look honey. Change the channel!,Change the channel!.

Janice:Wait,Wait.I wanna see this.After I divorce him half of that kingdom is gonna be mine.

(Matress King:Despair fills the mattress showroom.My kingdom is suddenly without a queen.I’m so depressed I’m going to slash...my prices!.Check it out!.499 for a pillow top queen set!.I’m going medieval on prices!.)

Chandler:What a wank!.

Janice:Oh I cannot believe he’s using our divorce to sell mattresses.

Monica:I know!.And 499 for a pillow top queen set who cares about the divorce those babies will sell themselves.

We all stare at her.

Monica:And I’m appalled for you by the way.

(Matress King:I’m close.I’m cheap.I’m the king.)

*****************************************-November 8th 1996-

   Everyone but Joey is at Central Perk and Rachel is on the phone.

Rachel:"Into Phone".Okay...Okay daddy we’ll see you tomorrow night...Okay bye-bye."Hangs up".

Ross:We?.

Rachel:Are uh having dinner with my Dad tomorrow night I hope that’s okay.

Ross:Oh shoot tomorrow’s not so good I’m supposed to um fall off the Empire State building and land on a bicycle with no seat. Sorry.

Rachel:Ross my father doesn’t hate you.

Ross:Please he refers to me as wethead.

Rachel:But honey he calls everybody by a nickname!.Okay look I know all right just one dinner please just one night for me please.I just want him to love you like I do.

Ross looks at her.

Rachel:All right well not exactly like I do but,but if you do come to dinner I’ll love you like I do in that black thing that you like.

Chandler:"Leaning in".I’ll go.

Ross:Fine.

Rachel:Thank you.

Ross:Hi Gunther.

Gunther:Yeah we’ll see!.

Joey enters Central Perk.

Joey:Hey you guys.

Phoebe:Hey!.

Tabitha:Hey Babe.

   Joey pecks me on the lips and turns to everyone.

Joey:Guess what?.

Ross:What?.

Joey:I got a gig!.

Everyone:Yay!.

Chandler:See that’s why I could never be an actor.Because I can’t say gig.

Tabitha:You just said it.

Phoebe:Yeah I can’t say croissant...Oh my God.

Monica:What’s the part?.

Joey:Well it’s not a part no.I’m teaching acting for soap operas down at the Learning Extension.

Ross:Come on!.That’s great.

Everyone:Wow!.

Joey:Yeah,yeah.It’s like my chance to give something back to the acting community.

Tabitha:I'm glad for you hun.

   I give him a kiss and I hear Chandler gag.I walk over to Chandler and hit him on the head.

*****************************************-November 9th 1996-

   At Monica and Rachel's Me and Joey are entering and we see Phoebe.

Joey:Hi!

Phoebe:Hey!.Oh!.How was teaching last night?.

Joey:Oh it was great.Yeah you get to say stuff like Hey the bell doesn’t dismiss you,I dismiss you.

Phoebe:Oh nice.

Joey:Oh and guess what I got an audition for All My Children.

Tabitha:Yes!.

Phoebe:Oh yay!.

Joey:Yeah it’s this great part this boxer named Nick.And I’m so,so right for it you know he’s just like me.Except he’s a boxer and has an evil twin.

There is a knock on the door.

Phoebe:Oh.

   Phoebe goes and answers the door to see a delivery guy.

???:Dom da-da dom!.Here ye!,Here ye! Delivery from the Mattress King."To Phoebe".You Miss Geller?.

Phoebe:Okay.

???:Sign here."Hands her a clipboard".

Phoebe:Oh do I have a middle name.All right Monica Felula Geller.It’s that bedroom there."Points to Monica’s room".

   The delivery guy goes into the hallway as Phoebe,Me and Joey walk to the living room.

Joey:Hey Monica bought a bed from the Mattress King?.

Phoebe:Yeah so please,please,please don’t say anything to Chandler.Either if you.

Joey:You want us to lie to Chandler?.

Phoebe:Is that a problem?.

Joey:No.

Phoebe:Oh hey,hey Nick the boxer let’s see what you got.All right ya put em up.Come on.

the two start shadow boxing.

Joey:Hey you’re uh pretty good at this.

Phoebe:Yeah well I had to learn I was staying at the Y and some off the young men weren’t acting Christian enough.

Joey:Ah!.

   Joey throws a punch and just lightly taps Phoebe on the shoulder and Phoebe counters with a jab to the nose.

Joey:Hey now!.

   Phoebe throws another jab and lands it on Joey’s nose causing it to bleed.

Joey:Hey!.Ow.And I’m bleeding.

Phoebe:Oh!.Oh!.Oh!.

Joey:Okay great.

Phoebe:Wow!.And I’m a vegetarian!.All right,all right well I’m sorry.

Tabitha:We’ll put some ice on it.

Joey:Okay.

Phoebe:Kay put your head back.

Me and Phoebe begin to lead him.

Joey:All right.I can’t see.

Phoebe:All right I have ya.Oh God.

We lead Joey to the fridge and Phoebe looks in the freezer as I take a rag and wipe Joey's bloody nose.

???:Which bedroom do ya want it in Miss Geller?.

Joey points as I continue wiping his face.

Phoebe:Oh it’s the compulsively neat one by the window okay."Points".

???:Gotcha.

-November 10th 1996-

  At Central Perk Chandler,Monica and Phoebe are yelling at Joey.

Chandler:You told him to play the boxer gay!.

Joey:Well I-I might’ve said supergay.

Chandler:You totally screwed him over.

Monica:Joey you’re this guy’s teacher.I mean how could you do this?.

Joey:Because Monica the guy’s so good and I really,really want this part.

Phoebe:Well if you really,really want it then it’s okay.

Tabitha:You better make sure things go well.

Joey:I'll do my best.

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-November 12th 1996-

   Me and Joey are cuddling on our couch when we hear a knock on the door.

Tabitha:I'll get it.

I get off the couch but Joey gets off too.

Joey:We'll get it together.

   I just smile at him as we walk to our door and wgen I open it i see someone I haven't seen in years.

   One of my old short time boyfriends after Joey ended our friendship back 7 years ago...Cassius Thackery Moore.

Cassius:Hey Tabitha...Mr and Mrs Gellar said I'd find you here.

Tabitha:Cassius?.

Cassius:Long time no see.

Tabitha:Yeah Cassius this is my boyfriend Joey Tribbiani and Joey this is Cassius Moore...One of my ex boyfriends.

Joey:Hey.

Cassius:Hi.