The one where they were gone

Chapter 4- A river of tears

"Adriana! Pizza's here!" Joey said. I jumped up and ran to the table. I ate my pizza as quickly as I could. 

"Woah, Addie, calm down! You'll choke!" Chandler said.

"I'm sorry, but I had this thought: What if we went looking for them now!" I suggested.

"That sounds like a good idea to me," Ross said.

"Yeah, me too. Chandler, you in?" Joey replied.

"Yeah, sure," Chandler said. He must be missing them a lot too because he sounds excited. I wolfed down the rest of my pizza, got changed and by then we were ready to go!

"We should go look in all they're favourite places," I suggested. Joey nodded, and we set off towards Barney's, which was Rachel's favourite place. But she wasn't there, and apparently hadn't been there at all that day. Then we went to the laundry cleaning place, which is Monica's favourite place. She wasn't there, and hadn't been there all day, either, which was strange. We were about to go to my mums favourite place, when Chandler said he wanted to go check one more time at Barney's to make sure Rachel wasn't there. We said ok, and walked off to the animal sanctuary. No luck. I cried the whole way home. I really want my mum. I would give anything to hear Monica telling us not to put our feet up on the couch, or Rachel telling me that what I wear doesn't match, or mum singing her weird songs at Central Perk. I hoped this was just a dream, and I wake up in my mums arms, telling me that she was alright, and Rachel and Monica rubbing my back and telling me that they were there too. I pinched myself. Nope, totally not a dream.

After what felt like an eternity, we finally made it home. Ross kissed me goodbye, and went back to his apartment. Joey said I was staying at his apartment, so I went across the hall to get my stuff. When I opened the door, the apartment looked so... empty. I sighed, and trudged of to my room, the lump in my throat threatening to take over my entire body. Once I had thrown all my stuff in my rose coloured duffle bag, I walked back to Joeys apartment. But not before walking into my mums room and taking a big sniff of her favourite perfume. Then I went into her wardrobe and hugged her favourite red dress. I took one big look around her room as a couple of tears spilled over my eyes.

"Addie!" I heard Joey call.

"Yeah!" I called back. 

"Where are you?"

"I was in my mums room, but I'm coming now!" I said. By this point I was properly crying. I walked out of her room and closed the door. I walked over to Joey, who was waiting on our faded green couch. I climbed onto his lap, and he held me there, while we both cried a river of tears. 

"I... miss... them... so... much..." I sobbed.

"Me too. *sniff* But we'd better get home, before we flood the apartment," he said.

"Ok," I replied. We walked out of the apartment, and I cried even harder once  we locked the door, as I knew I wouldn't go back there for a few days.

"Hey guys!" Chandler said. I said a shaky hello, and so did Joey. Once I put my stuff in Joeys room, Chandler pulled us in for a hug.

"Its ok, we'll find them, I know we will. Now, how about we all go to bed so we have more energy in the morning to look for them," Chandler said. We nodded, and I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and get washed. I obviously brought my pyjamas in the bathroom to get changed into. 

"Night guys," I said. Joey kissed me on the cheek.

"Don't forget if you need anything, then come wake me up, ok?" he said. He was sleeping on the couch tonight. 

"Night Joey, and yes, I will wake you up," I said. I got into bed.

"Night mum, I love you," I murmured. I know she couldn't hear me, but it still felt right to say it. Within a few moments, I was slowly drifting off to dreamland.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ok! That was chapter 4! I seriously hope you guys are enjoying this fic! As always, if I've made a spelling error or something silly like that, please let me know in the comments! Thank you for reading!- j xx