III. The One With Godeerc Once Again
by Godeerc VanDrey
A/N:
Okay, this is the third Godeerc the Mystic fic.
I don’t know why you like them, but I’m doing another one. In fact, I’m doing two more right now. Initially, the other story I’m working on was
supposed to be the third in the series, but I like this one much better. It will be posted first. This one is going to be a lot like TOW
Godeerc Returns, but deeper and probably longer. TOW the Fourth Visit in the series will be
more like the first one, but in needs to go back to the planning stage for some
more development. Anyway, I think you
will really like this one. Ideas have
been bouncing in my head all night, a sign that this one is going to be a good
one. Read on, great readers.
^_^
- And you thought I said cheesy stuff.
Category:
Friends
Genre:
Fantasy, Humor
Rating:
PG
Language:
English
Summary:
Season 7. Godeerc makes his third visit.
Monica asks for a past without obesity, and it starts a terrible chain
reaction where the Friends must fight
to keep their would-have-been friendships intact.
Scene
1: Monica’s Apartment
(the gang watching TV)
Joey:
What a great movie.
Joey:
Best commercial I’ve ever seen.
Ross:
Didn’t you say that about the last commercial that featured bikini-clad women?
Joey:
You know better commercials?
Rachel:
Well…
Monica:
Don’t fight with him. You won’t get
anywhere.
Joey:
I’m hungry.
(silence)
Joey:
Hello?
Ross:
Yes, Joey?
Joey:
I said I was hungry.
Monica:
You’re always hungry. It’s not something
we bring our attention to anymore. Get
something from the fridge.
Joey:
(goes to the refrigerator) You’re out of cookies.
Monica:
I don’t store cookies in the refrigerator.
You of all people should know that.
Joey:
Oh, I know where to find cookies, but I was looking for cookie dough.
Gang:
Ew!
Phoebe:
Gross! How can you eat that stuff?
Joey:
This coming from the girl who ate three rolls of it with me when we went to
MIT.
(the gang sans Phoebe stunned)
Phoebe:
We did too!
Phoebe:
So…?
Monica:
Tell me, you didn’t go to MIT to study, did you?
(Joey
and Phoebe pause, then break out into insane laughter)
Phoebe:
Of course not, we went there to check out guys. (Joey clears his throat) Oh,
Joey went to check out the (clears her throat) babes.
Ross:
And let me guess what you found.
Joey:
Snobby, stuck-up, little brainiacs, we know.
Ross:
(disappointed) Yeah, but you were supposed to let me guess.
(OPENING
CREDITS)
(COMMERCIAL
BREAK)
Scene
2: Monica’s Apartment
(Joey
sits down on the couch, munching on the cookie dough)
Joey:
Pheebs?
Phoebe:
Yeah right.
Joey:
It’s M&M.
Phoebe:
You didn’t tell me that! (grabs a chunk; says with
dough in her mouth) Ond shocoj ish.
Phoebe:
(swallows)
Phoebe:
Well, sorry, when there’s chocolate chips and M&M’s in cookie dough, you can’t
just stay quiet.
Ross:
As we’ve seen.
Joey:
Monica?
Monica:
Yeah right. Like I
need to gain weight again. It was
bad enough when I was little.
Ross:
So to speak.
Monica:
They’re something I’d like to change.
Joey:
Yeah, all we need now is that little Godeerc guy to show up at the door.
Rachel:
Well, we have to wait for him. We can’t
just snap our fingers and he’ll appear.
(Joey
and Phoebe snap; a knock at the door is heard)
Ross:
He is really starting to scare me.
(Monica
opens the door; it is Godeerc)
Godeerc:
Miss Geller?
Phoebe:
Godeerc!
Joey:
My man.
Godeerc:
Miss Buffay. Mr. Tribianni.
Joey:
My dad’s here?
Godeerc:
Joey.
Joey:
So he is.
Phoebe:
Isn’t your name Joey, too?
Joey:
How long have you been here, Pheebs?
Monica:
Ignore them.
Godeerc:
As you wish.
Monica:
Come, sit down. Can you do some more
glimpsing?
Godeerc:
Of course. It’s why I come.
(they sit down)
Joey:
Cookie dough?
Godeerc:
Please. (takes a bite) Does this have chocolate chips and M&M’s?
Phoebe:
Yeah, baby.
Monica:
Godeerc, could you go back, and somehow make me not fat?
Godeerc:
(pauses) Yes.
Monica:
Thank you.
Scene
3: A Suburban Neighborhood, 1974
(a child Monica, not obese, sitting with a wagon of Girl
Scout cookies)
Monica:
I’m not going to sell any of these. (grabs a box)
Godeerc:
Hey, are those Girl Scout cookies?
Monica:
Yeah. (excited) You want to buy some?
Godeerc:
Sure, give me a box of the buttery kind and on of those square cinnamon ones.
(they exchange cookies and money)
Godeerc:
Hey, can you cross the street?
Monica:
No.
Godeerc:
Can you follow that sidewalk to the next curvy road?
Monica:
I guess.
Godeerc:
I bet you’ll find a lot of people there who want cookies.
Monica:
Okay! (runs off)
Scene
4: Geller House, 1974
Monica:
Mommy! Daddy! I sold my cookies.
Judy:
All of them, honey?
Monica:
Except for this box of the mint kind.
(Jack
looks disgusted)
Judy:
Jack.
Jack:
How ‘bout I buy those from you, honey?
Monica:
Thank you, daddy.
(Jack
looks at the box and hands them to Ross, who attacks them with a toy dinosaur)
Scene
5:
(Rachel
and Monica, not fat, arguing)
Monica:
I saw you with Mark. You were kissing
him.
Rachel:
Guess he wasn’t satisfied with you anymore.
Monica:
You took him from me.
Rachel:
He was only using you to get to me.
Monica:
Yeah, right. You’ve been jealous ever
since I could get him.
Rachel:
I could always get him. I was doing you
a favor by letting you throw yourself at him.
Monica:
Let me. I asked you to get off him. He wasn’t interested in you.
Rachel:
Well, things change.
Monica:
And so do people. (leaves, almost crying)
Rachel:
(yelling) They do, they do. (tears
up; runs away and into Ross, not afro or mustache yet.)
Ross:
(hugs her) It’s okay, it’s okay. Things will be fine.
Rachel:
I’m sorry I was so mean to your sister.
Ross:
It’s okay. We all get angry sometimes.
Rachel:
Thanks, Ross.
Ross:
(pauses and sighs) You’re welcome.
Scene
6: Gellers’ House, Thanksgiving 1987
(the doorbell rings; Monica, not fat, goes to get it)
Monica:
Hey, Ross. Hi… (see
Judy:
Ross, you brought that guy with a funny name.
Judy:
(shakes it) Nice to meet you,
Jack: Hello, Jack Geller.
Judy:
We’ve got plenty of food.
Ross:
Mom, remember?
Judy:
Oh yes, the divorce thing. I’m so sorry.
(Jack
and Judy don’t get it; Monica giggles)
Monica:
Can I make you some macaroni and cheese?
Scene
7: Gellers’ Front door, Prom Night 1988
(Monica
and
Monica:
Thanks for taking me to the prom.
Monica:
(blushes and smiles) Well, good night.
Monica:
My parents are home.
Monica:
(taken off guard) I… I… just a
second. (turns around, horrified) Okay, I just…
I just… (looks at
(the lights flicker on and off; the break it)
Monica:
Dad. Bye.
Scene
8: Central Perk, 1994
(
Phoebe:
(sings) Well, I’ve got two friends.
And
they are married.
I’ve
got one friend
Who
is commitment wary.
(Joey
looks at her)
He’ll
be my groom any day.
If I could just get him to say.
“Will
you marry me, Phoebe, my dear?”
but
that time is not now nor here.
(she stops with a chord on her guitar)
Phoebe:
(sits down) What do you think?
Joey:
Are you trying to get me to marry you?
Phoebe:
Yeah, so what? We’re the only ones left
out.
Joey:
Ross and Carol divorced.
Phoebe:
Oh, well, I had a good argument going
there.
(Rachel
runs in wearing a wet wedding dress; A/N: Haven’t we been through all this in
TOW Godeerc Returns?)
Monica:
My gosh. If it isn’t that little…
Phoebe:
Monica! They’re kids around.
Monica:
(looks around) Where?
Phoebe:
Joey.
(Joey
looks offended)
Phoebe:
Hey, it’s not like I didn’t say handsome, manly kids.
Joey:
(perks up) Maybe we will get married someday.
(Ross
runs in; A/N: No, not wearing a wet wedding dress, in case you were wondering)
Ross:
(surprised) Rachel?
Rachel:
(relieved) Ross.
Monica:
(tense) Rachel?
Rachel:
(fearful) Monica?
Monica:
What’s going on?
Ross:
Rachel just ran from her wedding with Barry.
Monica:
How do you know this?
Ross:
I was there.
Rachel:
I invited him.
Monica:
What? Since when have you two been such
great friends?
Rachel:
Since the eighth grade. After our little
fight, Ross was there to be a friend unlike some people.
Monica:
And I didn’t know about this why?
Ross:
Because… I wanted you two to become friends again. And until then, I didn’t want to push my
little sister away.
Monica:
So, you’ve been friends with this… this… oh, there’s not a word mean enough to
describe it… how could you, Ross?
Ross:
Back then is when I had a crush on Rachel.
I didn’t want to lose her, so I made friends with her.
Monica:
Then why’d you go to her wedding?
Ross:
‘Cause that’s what I am now, a friend.
Monica:
I can’t believe you, Ross. I can’t even
look at you now. Go away. Both of you.
(they leave, and Monica starts to cry)
(COMMERCIAL
BREAK)
Scene
9: Monica’s Apartment, 2001
(they break from the trance)
Monica:
(teary) What was that?
Rachel:
How sad. It was awful.
Ross:
What happened after that?
Godeerc:
Ross and Rachel moved away. They rented
an apartment together. They eventually
ended up getting married, but the ceremony was small. Only their parents, Mindy as the maid of
honor, and Gandolf as the best man, attended.
Monica:
Why?
Godeerc:
Well, since you were beautiful all through high school, you both became
competitive against one another.
Rachel:
Can you change that?
Godeerc:
Yeah, I can. Hold on.
Phoebe:
To what?
Scene
10:
(Monica
opening her locker)
Monica:
That Rachel Green. Taking
Mark from me. Why I outta… (see something hanging from
her locker, a small necklace, in the shape of half a heart with “BE” on the
first line and “FRI” on the second line) What the…?
Rachel:
(a few lockers over) What the…?
(the look at each other; and hold out their respective
necklaces, and hook them together)
Monica:
“BEST FRIENDS.”
Rachel:
But they’re a piece missing. Something
goes at the bottom.
Ross:
Hey, guys, what’s going on?
Monica:
Someone gave us a “Best Friends” hook-together necklace, but they’re a piece
missing.
Ross:
Wait a minute. (pulls a key chain out of his pocket,
and hooks it to the necklaces) “Best Friends”… “Forever.”
(Monica
and Rachel hug)
Rachel:
Come on, Ross.
Ross:
No… okay. (he joins the hug)
Scene
11: Gellers’ House, Thanksgiving 1987
(Monica
answers the door to Ross and
Ross:
(Afro and mustache) Hey, Monica. This is
Monica:
(smitten) Hi, I’m Monica.
Monica:
Yeah.
Rachel: Hey, Ross. (they hug) Who’s this?
Ross:
This is
Rachel:
Hi.
(awkward silence)
Rachel:
Hey, Ross…
Ross:
Yes?
Rachel:
How’s college?
Ross:
It’s pretty good, but I’m still deciding on a major.
Rachel:
Yeah, is it hard?
Ross:
No, I’m just being sure.
Rachel:
You would not believe what Chip did.
Ross:
I get it, I get it. Monica! Rachel, girl talk, now.
Monica:
Okay. (comes to Rachel)
Ross:
(goes to
Ross: I’m not going to tell you that.
Ross:
(sighs) All right, all right, but if she tells me you did something or if I
hear you going off about how you just scored, I will kill you.
Scene
12: Central Perk, 1994
(Phoebe
singing, Joey sitting on the couch, listening to her)
(Rachel
runs in wearing a wet wedding dress; followed by Monica,
Monica:
Rachel, honey, it’s okay.
Rachel:
Monica, I just Barry at the altar.
You’re not supposed to do that!
Ross:
He wasn’t right for you. Do you think
Carol was right for me?
Ross:
Thanks for bringing that up.
Monica:
Listen, me and
Rachel: Thanks.
Phoebe:
(singing) …And the married ones’ plight keeps going on,
And
the married ones’ plight keeps going on.
They
think they’re great,
‘cause they got a ring,
but
look at them now.
She
ran away from her Prince Charming
And
now she pays the price.
Monica:
Hey, watch it!
Joey:
Watch it, yourself. Or you gonna send
your husband after me. Don’t see me
having a husband to protect me.
Phoebe:
Joey.
Joey:
Wife. You don’t see me sending my wife
after you. Phoebe, you should have done
this threat.
Phoebe:
You don’t see me sending a husband after you.
Monica:
You lost the power in that after he said it.
Phoebe: Joey!
Joey:
You didn’t say anything.
Phoebe:
I just improvised a whole two stanzas!
Joey:
Oh, yeah. I thought that was a strange
twist after talking about your mom.
Phoebe:
Nah, I’ll do it myself.
Joey:
Nice man you got there, Miss Monica “I’m the best chef in the world” Geller.
Monica:
He just made fun of the fact that I’m the best chef in the world!
Monica:
Oh, he’s going down. (steps toward Joey)
Phoebe:
Not if I have anything to do with it.
Joey:
Oh, if you don’t have two black eyes, you will.
(Joey
puts up his dukes)
(^_^
- “puts up his dukes”? Once again, who says I’m the one who says the cheesy
things?)
Ross:
Oh, we’ll see who has two black eyes. H’wah! (takes a karate pose)
Rachel:
Yeah! (comes forward, combative)
Ross:
Rach, you were just about to have an emotional break-down over there. Are you sure you want to get into a fight?
Rachel: That song was about me. I don’t
know who this Phoebe girl thinks she is, but I’m going to show her who’s the
one to be running away.
(the six get into pretty much a mosh pit)
Gunther:
Get her, Rachel! In the gut! Headlock!
Headlock! (the shop manager comes out) Not in
my coffeehouse, you don’t! Stop this
right now! I’m going to call the police.
(Joey
now has
Scene
13: Monica’s Apartment, 2001
(the gang breaks out of the trance, Joey is wiggling around)
Joey:
(eyes closed) Ross, get off me.
Ross:
Joey.
Joey:
(opens his eyes) Huh? What happened to
the coffeehouse?
Phoebe:
It was a glimpse.
Joey:
Oh. Right.
Monica:
You ruined it again! Now, we’re like
worst enemies with Joey and Phoebe.
Godeerc:
I didn’t have anything to do with that.
After
Rachel:
We’re sorry.
Phoebe:
We are too. I mean, just cause you wanted to marry Mr. Potato Head doesn’t give us
right to hold a grudge.
Rachel:
I wanted to marry Mr. Potato Head in real life.
Phoebe:
Oh, oops.
Godeerc:
Yes.
Monica:
We already are getting married.
Ross:
Uh-huh.
Godeerc:
I don’t stop people from existing.
Monica:
Anyway, we supposed to find some way to become friends with Joey and Phoebe in
this would-be life.
Rachel:
Tell me, why do we always try so hard to fix the past that’s not didn’t happen?
(pause) That was a really confusing statement.
Monica:
I don’t know. I guess after your first
visit, Godeerc, we never shook the feeling that these glimpses don’t actually
change the past.
Godeerc:
Well, you doing the right thing anyway. You benefit from these glimpses. Also, if I were to actually change the past,
you wouldn’t have to deal with these problems.
You’d all still be friends after I left.
Plus, I enjoy seeing what happens as much as you do.
Joey: So, you going to find some way to make the rest of us friends
again?
Godeerc:
Yeah. Let’s see what happens.
(COMMERCIAL
BREAK)
Scene
14: Music Shop, Summer 1990
(Ross
fooling around on an electric keyboard,
Ross:
Me, too. Too bad we can’t start it up
again.
Ross:
Because… we just got employed. Next
fall, I’m going up to the museum to work.
You’ve been hired at that computer place, what’s it called?
(Ross
hits a bad chord, muting
Ross:
Actually…
Ross:
We can’t just start up a band. What
about you and my sister’s wedding? We need to settle down.
Phoebe:
Wait a minute, did you say you were looking for a
singer?
Phoebe:
I can sing! I can play the guitar,
too! And I write songs.
Phoebe:
No, but my boyfriend Joey does.
Phoebe:
Okay, he’s not my boyfriend, I just tell that to people so he won’t be
embarrassed that he’s always walking around with a girl all the time.
Phoebe:
Actually, I just tell that to people who have a band so they’ll be really happy
and more likely to hire me.
(the off-beat, very random sound of a person banging on a
drum set is heard)
Phoebe:
He’s kind of off-beat, but…
Phoebe: Yay! (hugs
Joey:
What about my acting?
Phoebe:
You’re a terrible actor.
Joey:
What?! Oh… you got us a job! (hugs Phoebe)
(a guy comes by and looks at Joey funny)
Joey:
She’s my girlfriend.
(the guy nods)
Scene
15: A Rock Concert, 2000
(the stage is empty, but a screaming crowd is present)
Announcer:
(the crowd responds in screaming and clapping)
Announcer:
And here they are… All For The One!
(
(A/N:
Just kidding, Rachel runs on in front of a microphone holding a tambourine)
Phoebe:
(wearing baggy, almost dress-like purple pants, and a matching vest) Hey,
Joey:
(wearing a flashy blue suit; grabs a handing microphone) How you doin’? (a dominantly female audience cheers) Yeah, baby.
Phoebe:
I love you, guys! (the crowd chants)
Audience:
“Smelly Cat”! “Smelly Cat”!
Phoebe:
Well, I guess we know what our first song’s going to be. (the
music starts; she sings) Smelly cat, smelly cat, what are they feeding you?
(time lapse)
(A
pregnant Monica walks on stage)
Every
smile is a new smile.
Every
way is a new way.
Every
child is a brand new child.
I
want to give the world to you.
I
want to give my life to you.
But
to only look into your eyes.
May
I give you the stars.
Every
day is a new day.
Every
breath is a new breath
I’d
like to the see the sun rise again.
But
only to breathe one more breath…
with you.
I
want to give the world to you.
I
want to give my life to you.
But
to only look into your eyes.
May
I give you the stars.
Every
day is a new day.
Every
way is a new way.
Every
star is a new star.
May
this next one be yours…
May
the next one be mine…
May
the next one be ours.
(he plucks a few last notes; the crowd goes wild;
Rachel:
(puts her hand over the microphone)
Ross:
It’s called, “Emotions In A Heartbeat.” (plays something on the keyboard; sings) May the wind forever
flow through your hair,
May
the sand forever warm your feet,
May
the good times and the bad time forever hold you close.
And
forever may I hold you closer.
(he leaves the keyboard to sing on stage)
With
every touch and every though,
I
know my life is better,
I
can feel with every movement,
A wave of love and care.
And
when I say, “Best Friends,”
I
mean more, and I mean it forever…
Emotions
in a Heartbeat,
Every
movement is a wave of love,
Emotions
in a Heartbeat,
Waves
of love and care,
And
when I feel Emotions in a Heartbeat,
I
feel them when you’re there…
Emotions
in a Heartbeat,
Every
movement is a wave of love,
Emotions
in a Heartbeat,
Waves
of love and care,
And
when I say, “Friends Forever,”
And
when I feel Emotions in a Heartbeat,
I
feel them ‘cause you’re there… (points
his hand at Rachel; he lowers the microphone)
(it begins to rain via special effects;
(Rachel
smiles, and runs onto stage with Ross, and they kiss, long and hard)
Scene
16: Monica’s Apartment, 2001
(the gang comes out of the trance)
Joey:
No! Bring it back!
Godeerc:
I can’t. It’s not real.
Godeerc:
You might have been.
Godeerc:
I don’t know. They’re an infinite number
of ways that destiny could affect you.
You never know.
Monica:
Monica:
One that got its start when the members were thirty.
Monica:
Plus with the baby coming and everything…
Monica:
(looks at her stomach) Oh, I’m still in the glimpse. (pauses;
she says to Godeerc) Bring it back!
Godeerc:
I cannot. I fear I must leave now.
Ross:
When will you come back?
Godeerc:
Soon. You all have very complex lives,
and the many glimpses I give you are making you all a great deal wiser. Good-bye, my friends. (he
leaves)
Phoebe:
Ooh! I do!
Monica:
That’s for phone messages.
Phoebe:
(scribbles stuff down) Smelly cat… smelly cat…
(COMMERCIAL
BREAK)
(CLOSING
CREDITS)
Scene
17: Monica’s Apartment
(the gang minus Monica in the living room, set up similar to
the rock concert glimpse)
Joey:
Yeah. (clicks his sticks) A 1… a 2…
a 1-2-3-4.
(
Phoebe:
(sings, rock style) Smelly cat, smelly cat.
What
aaare they feedin’ you?
Monica:
(opens the door) Ain’t going happen, you guys. (leaves)
(they stop)
Gang:
Aw…
(END)
A/N:
And there it is. What did you
think? I had about as much fun on this
one as I’ve ever had. This one was a lot
longer than I’ve ever written before. I
hope you like it. The fourth on is in
the works. In fact, it’s even
started. I just have to do some major
work on it. What do you think of this
one? I did it in one sitting. It took me awhile. What about the song? Were they bad? ‘Cause it’s really okay. I just made them up as I went along.
I
do this after every fic, but I’ll do it again.
In the works:
The
One With the High School Days. This is the main story I’m working on. I’ve got each chapter ready to be written
(sort of), and they will be out before long.
This fic is about the characters from TOW New Friends. I’m writing about them on a more individual
basis to create more clarity about which one’s which, because I know a lot of
people got mixed up about the fic. And I
understand completely.
The
One With the Fourth Visit. This is the fourth installment (not really,
but I just wanted to use that word) of the Godeerc the Mystic series. The reason I’m not chaptering all them is
that they’re not a flowing story. They
are individual fics with no super-plot (as in opposite of sub-plot) ^_^ - It is
Super-Plot, to the rescue! Ready to save the monotony of the Godeerc Fics.
The
One With the Auras.
This fic is started, but discontinued until I can get some supporting
content to go with it. So, it’s back in
the planning stage. Don’t wait up for
it.
The One Where Joey and Phoebe Move Out. This is the second part of the duology after the Silver Friendship series. (I have yet to
thing of a title for the collection of both stories.) This series will be
J&P all the way. Until then, J&P
fans may want to snack on the flirtiness between Joey and Phoebe in a lot of my
stories.
The Fantasy Era. This will not be out for a
long, long time. This is a collection of
fics that takes place in other times.
I’ve a medieval one and a GATTACA-like one already planned, but I don’t
have the inspiration for either right now.
They will be written, along with hopefully several more when I get to
this stage.
The Collections Era. These will
not be stories, but more or less just me rambling on about my favorite moments
and other moments that I would change.
These will be done when my love of the show itself returns. After I’ve seen every episode, these will be
my prime work.
There
are also a few fics I’ve promised second parts to, but I’ve got to get my mind
working again. It is worn out after this
one, and it won’t be in the mood for working with old ideas for quite some
time.
About
the only good thing about all this stuff packed up and collected up, is that I
won’t be quitting FFN anytime soon because I don’t have anything to do. Bye and until next time.
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(^_^)
– Yay! Another Godeerc story! I get to wear the hood!
You
are a strange little smile, Sonriso.
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(^_^)
– Hey, just a minute. I get the last
word. I may only get .15% of the words,
but I get the last one!
O-kay.
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(^_^)
– Okay, what part of the last word don’t you get?
All
right, all right, I get it, I get it. The last word. Say
good-bye now.
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(^_^)
– Bye-bye. I need something
profound. I’ll do something in Latin for
next time.
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