The one where Monica gets a roommate

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Yells of "push her down the stairs" ring out through the apartment loud enough that the opening and closing of the door is unheard by everyone, bar one person.

"Hello?" Racheal says confused as to why a strange child had just entered while her father continues to yell at her down the
phone.
The child stop in their tracks, startled, and
confused as to why a wet bride was standing
in Monica's apartment on a Thursday.
"Hi um Chan?" Ronnie asks, looking to her
brother for an explanation.
"Ross wished for a bride" was the sarcastic
man's reply.

Racheal continued on the phone with her
father while Chandler and the gang informs his baby sister of the recent events, nodding as the whole thing became clearer even if it was still hard for her to follow.

"Come on Daddy listen to me", Racheal
insisted, everyone turning to listen in to the messy conversation, "All of my life everyone has always told me "You're a shoe. You're
a shoe. You're a shoe. You're a shoe." And then today I just stopped and said what if I don't want to be a shoe." Racheal continued with her weak agreement, ending with the
news that she was going to live with Monica,
despite not running it by her 1st.

Ending the call, the girls moved to the couch
attempting to calm the panicked runaway
bride while the rest move to the kitchen.

"So did you get the Maths test back?",
Chandler asked. He along with Ross and Joey
had tried and failed at solving 7th grade
Algebra equations (Which Ronnie did not
ask for) and ended in words not meant by
the 4 parties due to a lack of coffee and sleep
deprivation.

"I got a B", Ronnie says from the fridge,walking towards the table with a slice of pizza, "And you guys got a D."

"You showed your teacher?!" "I got a D?!"
were the responses she received.

She shrugged "Well you wouldn't leave it
alone that you were right, and I was wrong,
so I figured why not?"

Before the men could argue further the
apartment intercom buzzed.

"Please never do that again. It's a horrible
sound" Chandler pleaded answering the call.

"It's uh, it's Paul."
Monica leapt up from the coffee table
frazzled, telling Chandler to buzz him in.

"Who's Paul?" Joeys ask.
   
"Wait is this the guy from your restaurant?"
Ronnie asks, followed by Ross's "Paul, the
wine guy Paul?"

The buzz surrounding Monica's 'not-a-date
with Paul was contagious. Everyone was
excited for her as she hadn't had the best dating luck in the past Ronnie knew from her, but mostly Phoebe who she enjoyed gossiping and sharing stories with.

After introducing Paul to everyone who
waited on the couch while Monica got ready
Ronnie decided to introduce herself to the
bride.

"Hi I'm Veronica but everyone calls me
Ronnie", she says shyly, "I'm Chandler's
sister, sorry for staring earlier." She winced,
hating how awkward she sounded. She
blamed it on being around Chandler too long.

"I'm Racheal, sorry I'm such a mess right now
Sweetie, just been one of those days".

Ronnie nods her head though she thought it defiantly had to be more than that. Ross then walks over, inviting Rachel to come over to
his new place to set up furniture with Joey and Chandler.

She politely declines while Phoebe and Ronnie giggle at the situation.
"Hey Pheebs, you wanna help?" Joeys asks.

"Oh, I wish I could, but I don't want to. Plus,
me and Ronnie are having a sleepover
tonight, yeah she's gonna braid my hair and teach me how to do it, and in return, I'm gonna teach her how to play mind games to get her way in arguments."

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