More Friends Fic...part 2

[chicating]

“Ok, the pie is in the oven…do NOT forget to get it when the timer goes off. I’ll take a shower…maybe rest a little bit.”

“Ok, “ Rachel said. “I won’t forget. I think I left some sweater samples in there from work: black, cream, and, like, raspberry I think. Let me know what you think so we can decide what to stock.”

“Not black. We weren’t going to do black. But, then, I thought we had thirty more years or something to think about stuff like that. He wasn’t supposed to leave yet…that stupid cruise was my idea. Trying to spice things up, fix something that isn’t broken.”

“Oh, Mon, I guess it makes sense you’d drown your sorrows in yams.’

“For once, I make what I want. I’ll wear the cream sweater…it’s probably *killing* him not to make jokes.” When she thought about what she said, Monica’s eyes went wide. “I do that all the time.”

Somebody knocked “shave and a haircut,” on Rachel’s door.
Rachel opened the door and found Phoebe.
“Mike sends his love, but he figured that we could use some ladies’time. Or something that sounds less like our periods are syncing up.” When Phoebe saw Monica, she hugged her with tears in her eyes. “Oh, Mon, your aura is all over the place.”