VI. The One Where the Mystic Changes Vegas, Part 2
by Creedog VanDrey
Category: Friends
Genre: General, Fantasy (It’s really not much of a
Fantasy, more or less other “Could Have Been’s”)
Rating: PG
Language: English
Summery: Season 8 with Season 5 glimpses. Godeerc continues to give the gang glimpses
of what would have happened if Vegas were different.
A/N:
Okay, here’s Part 2, which I’ve promised you all to come very soon, and I hope
it has. Anyway, this is a continuation
of the previous chapter (of course).
I’ll see how it goes. I hope
you’ve enjoyed my return from sabbatical, because I sure have. Ironic thing is that I already wrote a story
about how Vegas was different. It’s my raciest fic.
(FLASHBACKS)
(Rachel’s
Apartment)
Ross:
Well, I have to tell you, they’re so clean.
I can (pause) see right through them.
Rachel:
(wide-eyed) Oh my… oh my gosh. You saw me… (looks
disgusted with herself) Oh, thank you, Ross. (hugs
him)
(the airport)
Attendant:
Two for Vegas. Are you on your honeymoon?
(Ross
starts to speak, but Rachel flicks him on the back of the neck)
Rachel:
Yes, we are. (entwine her arm around Ross, who look
perturbed; she whispers to him) Pretend; we might get first class seats.
(the plane)
Hostess:
In honor of our soon-to-be newlyweds. (referring to
Ross and Rachel)
Janice:
Oh… my… gawd! (pulls out her cell phone and dials)
(
Monica:
Ross and Rachel are getting married!
Joey
and Phoebe: (shocked) Oh my gawd!
(A Little White Chapel)
Ross
and Rachel: (in unison) They think we’re getting
married!
(the casino)
Phoebe:
(the lights go off) I won! I won! I really won!
I won the Jackpot! Somebody hug
me!
Scene
1: Ross’s Apartment, 2001
(the gang de-trances)
Phoebe:
I’m rich! I’m rich!
Rachel:
(looks into her arms) I have no baby.
Godeerc, you promised me you wouldn’t take Emma away from me! How could you? That was my child.
Ross:
Rachel…
Rachel:
My child! My itty bitty little Emma.
Ross:
Rachel…
Rachel:
What?
(Ross
is holding Emma)
Rachel:
Oh. (to Godeerc) Sorry.
Godeerc:
It’s okay.
(OPENING
CREDITS)
(COMMERCIAL
BREAK)
Phoebe:
Am I rich?
Godeerc:
Well, not really.
Phoebe:
What?
Godeerc:
With the money you made, you bought a new guitar, and started a professional
music career. It had a mild following of
some New Age groupies, but some girl with green hair pulled out in front of
you.
Phoebe:
Aw, too bad. Green was never my
color. I hate Green.
(Rachel
looks perturbed)
Godeerc:
Shoulders ache?
Phoebe:
Not really. (rubs them)
Joey:
Pheebs, you got a tattoo.
Phoebe:
(looks) I do. A Lilly! For my mom!
Phoebe:
Really? (looks; there isn’t one) Funny. My dad’s name isn’t even Hot Dog. It’s Frank.
Oh.
Phoebe:
Wow, I imagined this. Did I get a guitar
tattoo too?
Godeerc:
(clears his throat) Yes.
Phoebe:
Where?
Godeerc:
Joey’ll tell you.
(Joey
gives Godeerc a funny look)
(Godeerc
raises his eyebrows)
(Joey
thinks then raises his eyebrows; he tilts his head back)
(Godeerc
nods)
(Joey
whispers in Phoebe’s ear; she raises her
eyebrows)
Phoebe:
There? (giggles) I thought I’d never do that. I’ll go look. (gets
up, and Joey gets up with her) Joey…
Joey:
I wanna see.
Phoebe:
You can see it later.
Joey:
It might not be there later.
Phoebe:
(sighs) Okay, but you can’t make any sounds.
Joey:
Deal. (follows her)
Monica:
Don’t even think about it. (to Godeerc) Wait. Phoebe’s money is all gone?
Godeerc:
Most of it.
Monica:
I was killer on the craps table. If she
and I got together, we’d have a lot more money.
Godeerc:
Well, let’s see.
Scene
2: The Casino, 1999
(Monica
at the craps table)
Phoebe:
(runs around) I won! I won!
Monica:
(turns) Phoebe.
Phoebe: I won the jackpot three times.
Look! (opens her hands)
Monica:
(wide-eyed) Oh my gosh. That’s incredible. I’ve been at craps for an hour and I haven’t
made that much.
Phoebe:
Doing well?
Monica:
Great. I’m a natural.
Phoebe:
You can have some of my money. We’ll
split the winnings fifty-fifty.
Monica:
That’s too much. We need to go to the
high stakes room.
Phoebe:
Okay!
(
Scene
3: Ross’s Apartment, Present
(the gang de-trances; A/N: What else?)
Monica:
Wow, what happened after that?
Godeerc:
Uh, you and Phoebe made a lot of
money. You and Pheebs use the money to
move to a nice apartment. And I mean
nice.
Monica:
Wow. Pheebs
and I bought an apartment?
Godeerc:
Yeah.
Godeerc:
(rubs his head) Sorry. When Monica left
with Phoebe, you left. This was before
Ross and Rachel arrived, so you hadn’t made up with Monica, yet. You two broke up.
Rachel:
What about me?
Godeerc:
You stayed in the apartment. Ross moved
in with you and the same problem as before.
You still got pregnant about the same time.
Rachel:
(deadpan) Whoo-hoo.
Godeerc:
Sure, but I’m afraid you may not want to find her. (
Ross:
Uh, sure.
Godeerc:
Thanks.
Scene
4: The Casino, 1999
(Monica
and Phoebe walk away;
Godeerc:
(twenty-something, and dressed in hotel uniform, with a golden-hair girl in
waitress attire with him) Uh, sir, are you leaving?
Godeerc:
(pulls out a palm pilot) Well, I can check you out right here. Name?
Godeerc:
Yes. You’re register for another night.
Godeerc:
Monica Geller.
(Godeerc
shows his computer)
Godeerc:
Sir, I think she just checked into the high stakes room.
Godeerc:
Yeah, Jeza and I have had our fair share of hard times. (the
waitress leans against him)
(Godeerc
presses something with his stylus, but it doesn’t beep)
Godeerc:
Across that hall. Take a left and up
those stairs.
Jeza:
I get that a lot.
Jeza:
(smiles) How ironic.
Godeerc:
Welcome. (leaves)
Godeerc:
You know, Jeza, you do look like that waitress.
Jeza:
Very funny, Godeerc. Why’d you need to
pretend to be your girlfriend again?
Godeerc:
Notice how he didn’t want to find Monica until he saw us act so flirty?
Jessica: Yeah, I did.
Godeerc:
Thanks for helping out.
Jessica:
Anytime. I got to get back to
Gunther. I’ve been gone too long.
Godeerc:
See ya, JJ.
Jessica:
Bye. (she kisses him on the cheek and he becomes
uncomfortable)
(COMMERCIAL
BREAK)
Scene
5: Ross’s Apartment, Present
(they de-trance)
Godeerc:
You’re welcome.
Rachel:
Emma’s still here? (she’s holding her; Rachel looks
down) Yep.
Godeerc:
You don’t trust me to not make her disappear, do you?
Rachel:
Sorry.
Godeerc:
It’s all right.
Monica:
So, now what happened?
Godeerc:
Uh, the three of you made a great deal of money. You didn’t get a new apartment, but you did
wait until after Vegas to get married, and it was a big marriage.
(Monica
giggles with glee)
Phoebe:
And me?
Godeerc:
With your two-fifths of the money…
Phoebe:
Two-fifths?
Godeerc:
That’s how you split it: more than a third, but less than a half.
(Joey
tries to do the math in his head, but gives up)
Ross:
So, Rachel and I still have a number of flings and we still have an
illegitimate child.
Godeerc:
Yep. Phoebe, you used your money, to
one, redecorate your apartment, and you donated a lot of it to other charities.
Phoebe:
Yay me.
Godeerc:
Godeerc:
Some.
Phoebe: Yay, you guys.
Rachel:
(baby-talking to Emma) Well, you are just the cutest thing in the entire world,
aren’t you? Yes, you are. The cutest, itty bitty
little thing in the whole universe, right? Yes, you are. (looks
up) Oh, sorry.
Joey:
Hey, is there any way you can have my movie get made?
Godeerc:
(thinks, looks around the room, and smiles) All right, I’ll try.
Scene
6: Casino, 1999
(Phoebe
has just won a lot of money; talking to Joey)
Joey:
…and I found my identical hand twin.
Phoebe:
That is so cool. You are so lucky.
Joey:
Yeah, but he doesn’t believe me.
Phoebe:
Oh, sorry.
Joey:
It’s okay.
A
Young Boy: Hey, I know you! Weren’t you
in Ed?
Joey:
Uh, no.
Boy:
Oh, okay. Weren’t you in that movie with
Charles Heston?
Joey:
Yeah!
Boy:
Can I have your autograph?
Joey:
Sure. (he does)
Boy:
You doing any movies now?
Joey:
I was, but it got cancelled.
Boy:
Oh, what happened?
Joey:
They didn’t have any money.
Boy:
Needed some kind of rich person to fund it?
Joey:
Yep.
Boy:
Well, sorry. I’m going to go get Tom
Jones’s autograph. (he runs
off, where Godeerc hands him a ten-dollar bill)
Joey:
‘Kay. Nice to meet
you.
Phoebe:
(flatly) Joey, I want to fund your movie.
Joey:
What?
Phoebe:
I have all this money. I don’t know what
to do with it. Let’s make your movie.
Joey:
I couldn’t ask you to do that.
Phoebe:
Oh, I do something for it, so that it’s not all charity. I’ll make a cameo or something.
Joey:
Wow! Thanks. (resists,
but then grabs Phoebe in a BIG hug)
Phoebe:
(strained) Oh, you’re welcome. Joey, windpipe.
Joey:
Sorry.
Scene 7: Ross’s Apartment, Present
(they de-trance; A/N: You would know even if I didn’t tell
you, wouldn’t you?)
Joey:
So, my movie was made?
Godeerc:
Yeah. It was made. Except for a few changes.
Joey:
What?
Godeerc:
Well, for starters…
Godeerc:
The actress hired to play your co-star ditched the movie. So, Pheebs stepped in.
Phoebe:
I got my own movie?
Godeerc:
Well, seeing that you started the funding for it, you could say that.
Phoebe:
What else?
Godeerc:
There were a few singing parts.
Phoebe:
A musical?
Godeerc:
Well, very little on stage singing. Most
of it was background voice-over.
The
Gang: Oooooooh.
Phoebe:
Then what?
Godeerc:
You and Joey became sort of a duo.
Phoebe:
You mean like…
Godeerc:
(quickly) I mean like you did most of your movies together.
Phoebe:
(thinks) Yeah!
Joey:
Did we become rich and famous?
Godeerc:
Well, yeah. (shrugs)
Phoebe:
Yay! Yay! We’re rich!
Joey:
And dressed very funny.
Monica:
Yeah, I just noticed that.
(Joey
and Phoebe are indeed dressed very preppy movie star‑like; Joey in designer jeans
and name brand tee shirt and jacket; Phoebe in a hot tank top and slanted
skirt)
Rachel:
Wait, let me get this straight. Monica
and
Godeerc:
That’s the thick and thin of it.
Rachel:
Where were Ross and I during all this moneymaking?
Godeerc:
Upstairs.
Rachel:
Upstairs?
Godeerc:
Fling.
Rachel:
Oh.
Ross:
Oh.
Rachel:
I wanna be rich, too.
Rachel:
Why do you care? You’re loaded!
Scene
8: The Casino
(Ross
and Rachel walking around)
Ross:
Guess what?
Rachel:
(thinks) Oh, that’s a joke.
Ross:
Yeah. I got tickets to Tom Jones.
Rachel:
What?
Ross:
You love Tom Jones.
Rachel:
It’s just a bit corny. It’s something
you do with your girlfriend.
(Ross
makes eyes contact, then lowers his eyes)
Rachel:
Ross.
Ross:
No, it’s okay. We’re just…
Rachel:
Yeah. We’re just…
Ross:
Yeah. I’ll see what I can do.
Rachel:
No, I want to go to show.
Ross:
We don’t have to.
Rachel:
I know we don’t have to. (takes his hands) But… but we
should. (presses her forehead to his so that they make
eye contact)
Scene
9: The Theater
(Ross
and Rachel take their seats)
Rachel:
Here goes nothing.
(Tom
Jones starts singing)
(time lapse)
Tom:
Tonight, we have something special. One
special couple in the audience is going to win a big prize. Jessie, who is our lucky couple?
Jessie:
(A/N: Yeah, you’d better believe it’s her) Our lucky
couple is… Mr. Ross Geller and Miss Rachel Green.
(they look at each other)
Rachel:
Ross, did you enter us?
Ross:
No. You didn’t?
Rachel:
No.
(the spotlight shines on them)
(Ross
takes her hand and they walk down the aisle; Godeerc is waiting at the end)
Godeerc:
Congratulations, Mr. Geller.
Ross:
Godeerc. Funny thing is… we didn’t
enter.
Godeerc:
Really? ‘Cause I did.
(Ross
smiles)
Godeerc:
Oh, and… love is the greatest gift from God.
Ross:
Thanks.
Godeerc:
(after he’s left) Oops, got to get the others. (exits)
(they reach the top, where their seated on two stools)
(Monica,
Tom
Jones: Congratulations, Ross and Rachel.
So, tell me about yourselves. (holds the
microphone toward them)
Ross:
Well, I’m Ross Geller. I’m a
paleontology professor at NYU. I have
one son, Ben. I’ve been divorced.
(Rachel
shoves him)
Ross:
Twice.
(mild laughter)
Ross:
And this is… uh… my uh…
Rachel:
You can call me your girlfriend.
(Monica
mouths “What” to the others)
Ross:
Rachel is an assistant buyer for Ralph Lauren, so any you out there wearing
Polo.
(more laughter)
Tom:
Isn’t she beautiful?
(whooping and cheering)
Rachel:
I’m taken for now, but if you’ll leave your number… (smiles)
(more cheering and laughter)
Tom:
Well, Jessie, tell them what they’ve won.
(in the back)
Joey:
Tell me, does she remind you of that waitress back at Central Perk?
(on stage)
Jessie:
Well, Tom, they’ve won a trip to
Rachel:
That may not be enough.
(laughter)
Tom:
So, Ross, how do you feel?
Ross:
Like the luckiest guy in the world… (looks at Rachel
pensively) because I always have been.
(Rachel
turns to give him a confused smirk)
Ross:
…because since I was seven, I’ve known the most beautiful, most wonderful girl
in the world.
(Rachel’s
smile disappears to pure amazement)
(the cheering dies down)
(Monica
mouths “What in the…” and the rest just shrug)
Ross:
And since I was fifteen, I’ve known I’ve loved her like nothing else. And since I was twenty-seven, I’ve known that
she too could love me as I loved her.
And since I was twenty-eight, I’ve known that she was too precious to
lose. And now, I know that love is the
greatest gift of God. I love you,
Rachel.
Rachel:
I don’t know what to say.
Ross: Yeah, you do.
Rachel:
(smiles, and looks down) I love you, Ross.
What do I do now?
Ross:
Just close your eyes.
(Rachel
looks confused until Ross touches her face and leans into kiss her, and she
closes her eyes as he does so, and they continue kissing)
(Monica
smiles and
(Joey
puts his arm around Phoebe, but she shoots him a look and he removes it)
(Phoebe
watches Ross and Rachel kissing, then grabs Joey’s arm and puts it back around
her; she then looks proud of herself as she looks to see if anyone is watching)
(they all run up on stage)
Scene
10: Ross’s Apartment
(they de-trance)
Rachel:
Wow. That was intense.
Ross:
Yeah, really intense.
Godeerc:
Well, it wasn’t me. It was you guys.
(they lower their eyes to look at each other)
Rachel:
Where’s Emma?
Godeerc:
With you.
(Rachel
is pregnant)
Godeerc:
Hands sore?
Rachel:
No, I’m not falling for that.
Godeerc:
But they’re sore.
Rachel:
(emotional) Not they’re not!
Godeerc:
Yes, they are.
Rachel:
(looks at them) Yes, they are. (leans
onto Ross) You’re going to leave, and all this is going to go away, isn’t it?
Godeerc:
Everything but Emma.
Rachel:
So, it is a girl.
Godeerc:
Yep. But you won’t remember that.
Rachel:
What?
Godeerc:
I can only return once more.
Monica:
Why?
Godeerc:
I just can’t after the next. You’ll find
out later.
Rachel:
Wait, wait. Go back to the part where I
won’t remember things.
Godeerc:
I have to erase certain parts of these last glimpses.
Rachel:
Like what?
Godeerc:
Well, the fact that you’re having a girl, what you’ll name it. Don’t worry, it’ll
all be the same anyway. I also have to
take away the part where you and Ross fall in love.
Ross:
Why?
Godeerc:
You’ll notice that you two fall in love in a lot of my glimpses. That’s ‘cause you’re
destined to. But I’m not Destiny. It’s not my job to set you two up. It’ll happen.
With you two, probably several times.
Phoebe:
Oh, are you going to use that neuralizer again?
Godeerc:
How do you remember about that?
Phoebe:
I had my contacts in.
Joey:
Pheebs, you wear contacts?
Phoebe:
Well, not to see, but just for thrill of saying, “Let me take out my contacts.”
Joey:
Hmm.
Godeerc:
Well, no. I just leave, and memories
will disappear with me. Anyone see that
cat? I gotta
return him to his owner.
(something breaks through the window)
(it’s a brick)
Phoebe:
(picks it up and reads it) “Ross, stop looking at me through the window. Signed, Rachel.”
(they all look at Rachel)
Rachel:
It wasn’t me.
Katmondu:
(from outside) Meow!
(he climbs through the window)
Ross:
Someone will fix that, right?
Godeerc:
Uh, sure.
(he and Katmondu leave)
Phoebe:
Wow. That was fun!
Joey:
Yeah. He made us rich!
Rachel:
And I got a trip to
Monica:
Oh, yeah, we saw you!
Ross:
Really? That’s great.
Joey:
You get the feeling that there’s thing about those glimpses we don’t remember?
Rachel:
Ditto.
Ross:
What happened to my window?! (finds the brick and
looks at Rachel)
(COMMERCIAL
BREAK)
(ENDING
CREDITS)
Scene
11: Monica’s Apartment
(the gang eating and watching TV)
(CREDIT:
Debbie Matenopolous
as Jessica/Jeza/Jessie)
Monica:
No, Angel, don’t go to the beach!
Connor’s gonna turn on you.
Ross:
Stupid vampire. (huffs)
Joey:
Why is he going to meet Cordy? I thought
he couldn’t be with a human, or maybe he thought the grasser was greener on the
darker side of the fence.
Phoebe:
Well, it’s not that dark since she lightened her hair. But, you’re right. She’s a ho.
(Tom
Jones enters, singing, passing by Monica and
(CREDIT:
Tom Jones as himself)
Monica:
Was that just Tom Jones?
Ross:
Yeah, I think it was!
Joey:
P?
Phoebe:
J?
(they pull out sunglasses, put them on, and pull pen-shaped
devices out of their pockets)
(they pen-thingies flash brightly)
(END)
A/N:
Uh, what was this story about again? Just kidding. Well,
this way fun. Once again, my mid-story
inspiration put an interesting turn on this story. Anyway, I’ll try to be working on other
things, but I have some summer assignments I got to get cracking on, but don’t
worry, I’ve got a couple of stories I can be working on in my spare time.
^_^
- Please look into the nice pen camera. o======(*) I hope you enjoyed this mushy CnM fic. Pleese R&R. Thx!!!!!!!!!
©2001. Created Saturday, July 20, 2002. Updated Saturday, October 16, 2004.