Giovanna (A Joey Tribbiani Love Story)

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[Giovanna POV]

I got dressed into my knicks sweatshirt and some black jeans along with my white hightop converse. I packed my purse with my pager, my wallet, my keys, lady essentials, and some makeup I needed. There was a knock at my door but I knew it was Joey so I just yelled 'Come in'. 

"Hey, you ready to go?" Joey asked as he peeked his head inside before opening the door all the way and stepping inside my apartment. 

"Yeah, lets go." I said grabbing my bag and shutting off the lights. We walked out into the hallway and I locked the door before we left. Joey hailed a cab when we got out onto the street and it drove off towards the game. Joey had great tickets so when we got to our seats I was awing at how close to the court we were. 

"Wow these are great seats Joey." I complimented as we sat down.

"Yeah, thanks. I get my tickets from some tech guy at work." He explained. We watched all the players warm up and some guy selling beer came around.

"Hey you want a beer?" Joey asked me.

"Sure." I said and Joey called the guy over and got us two beers. He handed me both beers before paying the man. 

"Thank you." I said as I handed Joey his beer before opening my own. 

"Well you can't watch basketball without beer, thats like acting with no camera," Joey started.

"Or cooking with no recipe," I continued.

"Or writing with no paper,"

"Eating pizza with no toppings," 

"Well who does that?" Joey questioned.

"Some people." I said.

"Well some people are crazy!" He exclaimed causing me to laugh.

"You got that right." I agreed.

"So how do you like New York so far?" He asked while we watched the players warm up.

"It's great. It's exciting, which I love. There's always something happening, you know?" I asked and turned to look at Joey to see him already looking at me.

"Oh yeah I know." He responded quickly. we continued to talk about New York and just about anything else until the game started and we both stopped talking and started screaming. We screamed at the refs, the coaches, the players, and other members the audience as well. Well the last one was just Joey but it was still funny. At the end of the night the Knicks had won and we were walking home with two foam fingers, one for me and one for Chandler. Joey and I took a cab to Central Perk where we sat and talked some more over coffee. You would think that we would run out of stuff to talk about but we never seem to do so. 

"Guys, we're closing." Gunther said coming over to us and literally taking the coffee mugs out of our hands. 

"I guess thats our que." I said and Joey laughed along.

"Yeah I guess so." Joey replied as we stood up and put our coats on. We grabbed our things and Joey walked me back to my building and up to my apartment. 

"Do you wanna come in for a drink?" I asked and he was quick to agree. 

"What'll it be? I've got beer, tequila, vodka, wine, whiskey, etcetera." I offered and we both laughed.

"Just a beer is fine." He replied and I grabbed two beers out of the fridge. I put all my stuff down in the kitchen and went back to the living room to join Joey. 

"Thank you." He said taking his beer. 

"You're welcome." I said as I sat down next to him on the couch. two hours and about three beers later and we were still sitting on the couch talking. 

"I had a really good time tonight." I said.

"Good, I did too. I had an amazing night. But you know what would make it even more amazing?" Joey asked.

"What?" I asked back softly as he began leaning towards me.

"This." He whispered before kissing me. I kissed him back and before I knew it our beers were on the coffee table and we were on my bed.