TIME LAPSE, 2 WEEKS, RACHEL IS ESSENTIALLY CATATONIC, AS SHE HAS QUIT HER LOUSY ASSISTANT JOB AND MOPES
AROUND THE APARTMENT WEARING ROSS'S CLOTHES. MONICA HAS STARTED WORK AGAIN, AND SHE LOVES IT. HER
CO-WORKERS ENJOY HER COMPANY AND OVERALL DEMEANOR. CHANDLER AND JOEY HAVE TRIED TO TALK TO ROSS, BUT
HE HASN"T RETURNED THEIR PHONE CALLS. SCENE CHANDLER AND JOEY'S, CHANDLER IS WATCHING TV WHEN MONICA
WALKS IN.
Chan: hey, how was work?
Mon: busy, but overall good. I can;t thank you enough for getting me this job.
Chan: hey you got the job, i just got you the interview.
Mon: still, i have no idea how to thank you.
Chan: you could offer sex.....
Mon: (thinks) ok!
Chan: wha?
Mon: so Chandler, how would you like to have sex with yourself?
Chan: (chuckles) That was good.
Mon: i learned from the master.
Chan: Rachel still crying?
Mon: she finally fell asleep. She's really upset.
Chan: so's Ross.
Mon: he called?
Chan: he talked to Phoebe, she says he sounded like crap.
Mon: well he should, he broke Rachel's heart
Chan: and vice-versa. I don't know why she didn;t say yes.
Mon: Think about, why did she break things off with Barry?
Chan: (thinks) cuz he was ugly?
Mon: no! (thinks) maybe. (shakes her head) she doesn't wanna be a trophy wife, she wants to create her own life! she's depended
herself on someone her entire life! she wants to break free and become an adult!
Chan: ok, how does Ross prevent that?
Mon: I.....don't know. I think Rachel was worried.
Chan: about?
Mon: getting stuck in a loveless marriage, kinda like..
Chan: (finishing her sentence) you? (she nods) you have a Richard relapse yet?
Mon: (confused) a what?
Chan: you feeling ok?
Mon: (chuckles) I haven't had to wear your shirt yet.
Chan: (smiles) good, you should probably loan it to rachel then. (phone rings) Hello? Hey Mr Perkins. Yes i heard about that meeting.
You want me to go? Um, sure, I mean, I wrote the presentation. Really? Thats great! Thank you. Ok, you're welcome! (hangs up)
Mon: what was that all about?
Chan: I'm going to Boston this weekend.
Mon: What for?
Chan: I gotta make this presentation tommorow, but i get a free weekend in boston!
Mon: that's great! where are you staying?
Chan: a lovely suite at the Newton Marriot! And since I only have to work one day, I can bring guests!
Mon: really?
Chan: yea, my boss called it a reward for the presentation! So you wanna go to boston? Free room and board?
Mon: i'd love to!
Chan: you can get this weekend off?
Mon: I work every other weekend.
Chan: ah. Hey we should get Rachel to come, she could use a vacation since Ross left, and she quit and everything..
Mon: yea, Phoebe too! And Joey!
Chan: oh no, not Joey.
Mon: why not?
Chan: last time he went to boston, he nearly got cruicified
Mon: how?
Chan: he went into this pub wearing a yankee jersey. needless to say, we were lucky to get out alive.
Mon: It couldn't of been that bad!
Chan: I still have a scar on my back where the toilet broke.
Mon: huh?
Chan: group of red sox fans threw a toilet at us! (off her look) seriously! (Joey enters) Hey Joe, wanna go to Boston this weekend?
Jo: (terrified) ahhhhh! (runs into bedroom, slams the door)
Mon: (nonchalant) I'll go tell Phoebe and Rachel the good news.
Chan: i better see how joey is doing. (hears scared moan) I'm coming man! (runs to bedroom)
Monica walks back to her apartment. Phoebe is rubbing Rachel's shoulders when they see her enter
Mon: hey guys what are you doing this weekend?
Phoe: nothing
Rach: (sighs) nothing.
Mon: Chandler's going to boston, and he wants to know if you guys wanna go.
Phoe: oh i'm in!
Mon: Rachel?
Rach: I don't know...
Phoe: oh come on! You haven't done anything since Ross left!
Rach: hey I quit my job, that's something!
Mon: Come on Rach, it will be good for you!
Rach: alright, i'd be nice to drink coffee in a different city anyways. Where are we gonna stay?
Mon: he's got a suite at a Marriot!
Phoe: he got a suite? sweet! (chandler enters)
Chan: so whats the deal?
Mon: we're all coming.
Chan: alright, me and the girls going to boston.
Phoe: how are we gonna get there?
Chan: well I'm flying up there tommorow morning, so the three of you will have to drive up.
Phoe: oh we can use my cab!
Chan: Ok, I can cover the gas for the drive up.
Mon: that's silly, your letting us stay in your suite
Chan: Please, all expenses paid baby!
Phoe: Is Joey coming?
Chan: i doubt it
Rach: why not?
Chan: long story.
Mon: what's time is your flight tommorow?
Chan: 7am. What time do you think you'll be leaving?
Mon: Its like 4 hours away, so noonish?
Phoe: Thats fine with me.
Rach: ok.
Mon: do you know what room you're staying at?
Chan: no, but I'll be at the hotel by the time you get to the marriot. As i recall its right off the highway. I'll call you tommorow with
directions.
Phoe: Great! I better go home and pack! Seeya all tommorow!
All: bye
Chan: You sure you wanna go Rach?
Rach: yea, I could use a break.
Mon: you sure we're not putting you out?
Chan: I wouldn't ask you to come if you were.
Mon: great!
Chan: I'll call you guys from the hotel when i get in.
Rach: how long is the flight?
Chan: like, 40 minutes, so I'll call you guys around 8. seeya
in Massachusetts!
Rach and Mon: Night! (he leaves)
Mon: l better pack. I'm glad your going on this trip.
Rach: (perking up) yea, a change of scenery would be nice. We better go pack.
They walk into their bedrooms
SCENE, CONNECTICUT HIGHWAY, PHOEBE, MONICA AND RACHEL ARE CRUISING IN PHOEBE'S
CAB.
Rach: are we there yet?
Mon: (checking a map) halfway there yet. You wanna switch Phoebe?
Phoe: uh no, no one but Phoebe can drive this cab
Rach: may
Phoe: what?
Rach: its may, not can.
Phoe: (rolling her eyes) Sorry, ms grammar!
Rach: (teary, looking out the window) i coulda been Mrs Grammar.
Mon: (hugging rachel from the back seat) come on Rachel it was just a fight.
Rach: yea.
They sit and drive in silence for the next hour
Rach: are were there yet?
Mon: we just went by exit 12, so yea, almost.
Phoe: what exit do i get off at?
Mon: 14. He'll be waiting for us outside the marriot.
