The Girl Next Door (F.R.I.E.N.D.S x OC)

The One Where Monica Gets a New Roommate (Part 1)

(1st Person POV)

It's been about 30 minutes since I reunited with Monica and met the others, and somehow we're on the subject of one of Chandler's weird dreams.

Chandler: Alright, so I'm back in high school, I'm standing in the middle of the cafeteria, and I realise I am totally naked.

I hear all of the agreements from the others that relate with him like I do.

Chandler: Then I look down, and I realise there's a phone...there.

My eyes kind of widen by the odd thing I just heard.

Joey: Instead of...?-

Chandler: That's right!

Joey: Never had that dream.

Phoebe: No

Esme: Me neither

Chandler: All of a sudden, the phone starts to ring. And it turns out it's my mother, which is very weird, because- she never calls me!

We all glance at each other with weirded out expressions as I continue to sip my drink trying to ignore what I just heard.

I notice everyone shift their attention to something behind me, so I turn around and see a face that I haven't seen in a while. It was Monica's brother, Ross. I was about to greet him when I got cut off.

Ross: Hi
(He says with the most devastated look I've ever seen a person have while he fidgets with his umbrella)

Joey: This guy says hello, I wanna k*ll myself.

I couldn't hit him with my hand since I didn't want to lean over Monica so I lightly nudged my foot against his shin earning a confused glance from him.

Monica: Are you okay, sweetie? (She asks her brother with a concerned look on her face)

Ross: I just feel like someone reached down my throat, grabbed my small intestine, pulled it out of my mouth and tied it around my neck... (He says as he slowly made his way around the couch)

Chandler: Cookie? (He offers Ross while holding the plate up to him trying to diffuse some of the tension, this resulting in Ross giving him a glare)

Esme: Chan, I don't think it's the time.
(I say warningly to him as he takes the hints from Ross and I and sets down the plate of cookies)

Monica: Carol moved her stuff out today.
(She explains to us as it clicks in and we let out some disappointed 'oh's)

I've known about Ross and Carol since they first got together because Monica told me about them on a phone call we had when I just moved to California. So it's kind of sad to find out that it ended and how upset Ross is.

Monica: Let me get you some coffee. (She says to Ross earning a glum thanks from him as she gets up from her spot on the couch)

I scoot over to the left so he can sit between me and Phoebe. I smile lightly at him and give him a hug which he numbly takes.

Esme: (I say to him while hugging him)
You'll have the strength to get over this, you don't believe so right now, but I promise you that you will.