Heartbeat || j. tribbiani (completed)

VIII. THE ONE WHERE JOEY FINDS OUT

"Hey, how much will you give me to eat this whole jar of olives?" Joey asked Monica standing near the fridge.

"I won't give you anything, but you'll owe me 2.95." Monica shrugged.
"Done." Joey stated, as Katrina walked by and took an olive from the jar popping it into her mouth.
"Hey you owe me 25 cents!" Joey exclaimed following her to the couch.
"Oh shove it Tribbiani." Katrina said plopping down on the couch.

"Hey. I need an atlas! I need an atlas!" Phoebe exclaimed entering.
"Why? Do you have a report due?" Monica asked.
"I have a date with this diplomat I met while I was giving free massages outside the UN and, I don't know where his country is." Phoebe exclaimed as Katrina put her feet on Joey's lap.
"Okay, let's start with the free messages outside the UN."
"Oh!! That's my new thing. I figure bodies at peace, make peace."
"Wow! You might just get the first Nobel prize in rubbing." Monica grinned
"So what country is this guy from?" Katrina asked turning around to face her friend.
"Ick-neck-tree-anis..... There's a 'g' in there." Phoebe shrugged.
"Where's that?" Monica asked.
"In your atlas!" she exclaimed.
"I don't have an atlas." Monica frowned.
"Hey Mon, don't you have a globe?" Katrina reminded her.
"Right! I do have a globe." Monica smiled. "Hold on."

As Monica ran off to get her globe Joey spoke up.
"So Pheebs what's this guy like?"
"Umm, well he's very dashing, y'know, and umm, very, very sophisticated, and he doesn't speak any English, but according to his translator, he totally gets me." Phoebe answered.
"'Kay, here you go." Monica said handing her a tiny little globe, Katrina felt a grin appear on her face.

"What is this?" Phoebe asked taking it.
"It's a globe and, a pencil sharpener." Monica responded Phoebe put the globe right up to her eye and tried to find the country.
"Hey, does anybody need anything copied? I'm going down to the Xerox place." Chandler asked entering.
"Oh, no thanks." Monica shook her head.

"I do! Hold on." Katrina exclaimed jumping up and running to her purse.
"if you don't have anything to copy, why are you going down there?" Monica asked as Katrina dug through her purse.
"Yeah, are you just going down there to gawk at that hot girl with the belly button ring again?" Joey wondered.
"Yeah! You wanna come?" Chandler asked him.

"Yeah!" Joey agreed.
"Here." Katrina said handing Chandler the papers.
"I was going to do it later today but if your going- just copy each one and-"
"Why don't you just come with us." Chandler interuppted her sister.
"I know how controlling you can be about this stuff."
"I am not controlling." Katrina grumbled ripping the papers from her brother's hands and grabbing her purse.
~~
"Come on guys, she's just a person go up and talk to her." Katrina groaned.
"No way!" Chandler shook his head.

"I'll help whoever's next." the girl smiled, Katrina raised her hand before Chandler grabbed her arm.
"What are you doing?" he asked frantically.
"To copy my papers, idiot." Katrina said walking up to the girl.

The two immediately hit it off and were talking happily as Katrina's papers copied.
"Hey Chloe, switch with me, there's some guys here that got a crush on you." the guy pointed out.
"Here's my phone number come if you can." Chloe added, Katrina smiled politely and nodded sticking the number into her purse gathering her papers Katrina walked by Joey and Chandler automatically pushing the two boys forward.
"Talk. To. Her."
"I hate you!" Chandler exclaimed as she walked out the door.
"Love you too!"

Katrina smirked to herself and headed to work to return the paper's to her boss.
~~

"Hey Ross." Katrina smiled approaching him on the street.
"Where are you off too?" Katrina added.
"A friend of mine invited me to the Philly's I'm heading there now."
"No kidding! I am too." Katrina smiled.
"Want to go together?"
"Sure."

"Hey, it's the dinosaur guy." Chloe runs over to them wrapping an arm around Katrina. "Hi, Ross. Katrina." she smiled. "I didn't know you two knew each other."
"Yeah, we do." Ross nodded.
"I want you to met some friends of mine." Chloe said introducing him to Chandler and Joey.
"This guy is my hero, he comes in with some stuff he wants it blown up 400%, we said we don't do that, and he says you gotta. And y'know what, we did it. And now anytime anybody wants 400, we just say 'let's Ross it!'"
"And that's the only color that comes in." Chandler joked, Katrina shot him a glare.
"Yo, Chloe, do you have a quarter for the condom machine?" Issac exclaimed.
"Oh!" Chloe said storming off.
"So, what are you doing here? I thought tonight was your big anniversary dinner." Chandler pointed out.
"Yeah, little change in plans. Ahh, we're gonna break-up instead." Ross shrugged. Chandler, Joey, and Katrina stared at each other in shock.

"So what are you gonna do?" Joey asked.
"What can I do? One person wants to break-up, you break-up." Ross explained.
"Hey, no way! Come on, this is you guys, call her and work it out." Chandler told him.
"Oh come on, we just had this huge fight, all right, don't I have to wait a while?" Ross questioned.
"Hey, this isn't like swimming after you eat, pick up the phone!!" Katrina pushed him towards the phone then headed to get a drink, she played with the straw as her eyes trailed to Joey dancing with Chloe. When Ross came over.
"So Mark was there." Ross sighed sitting down next to her.
No answer.
"Hello?"
"Katrina!" Ross exclaimed waving a hand in her face.
"Ross! how was the call?" Katrina asked quickly placing a hand on his arm, Ross scrunched his eyebrows in confusion.

"Are you alright?" he asked.
"Shouldn't I be asking you that question?"
"Look if you like him, go talk to him." Ross told her.
"Please, he made it perfectly clear that he didn't want to be with me."

Waving down the bartender Katrina got two more beers passing one to Ross.
"You never know Katrina. You know I thought you were the most beautiful girl when Chandler introduced you to us the first day."
"You did?" Katrina asked him raising an eyebrow.
"Hey don't look so surprised."

Katrina let out a small giggle.
"Your sweet Ross. Really."
Ross scooted closer to her.
"I think if Joey doesn't see what he has that he's the idiot."
"Rachel too." Katrina whispered slightly soon enough Ross's lips crashed into Katrina's she gasped slightly before kissing back slightly confused. As her fingers ran up to his hair she was yanked off him.

The two quickly looked to see Joey standing there.
"What the hell are you two doing?" Joey exclaimed his face flaming.
"Joe-" Ross started.
"We are leaving." Joey grumbled grabbing Katrina's hand and pulling her out of the room, Katrina quickly looked behind to see Ross watching her leave.

"What were you thinking?!" Joey exclaimed.
"If Chandler would've caught you-"
"-I don't care what Chandler thinks, Ross is sweet and your to busy off feeling up some other girl."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Joey asked his voice raising slightly.

"It matters Joey!" she said her eyes brimming with tears.
"It matters because I like you!" Katrina shouted.

"You what?"
"I like you Joey! You were just to damn oblivious to realize it!" Katrina exclaimed poking her finger in his chest.

Realizing what she just said she stepped back quickly gasping at his confused yet surprised face she slapped a hand on her mouth.

"I'm gonna go-" Katrina stuttered before running off.
"Kat- Katrina!" Joey shouted after her, running his fingers through his hair he quickly looked back to the dance floor and at Katrina watching her run away.