I woke up around 8 AM, to the sound of the Peppa pig theme tune. I get out of bed, to find Joey staring mesmerized at the talking bubble gum pink pig on the tv.
"So where is Mr. Dinosaur, Daddy pig? Where? WHERE!" he said.
"HEY! WHATS A GUY GOTTA DO TO GET SOME SLEEP ON A SATURDAY MORNING HERE!" I heard Chandler scream. I giggled.
"Sorry, Chandler, but I really wanna know where Mr. Dinosaur is," Joey whined. I giggled even harder then.
"Oh hey, Addie, didn't see ya there," Joey said. I laughed even harder. It felt good to laugh. On some level, I knew this would be my last proper laugh for ages. I walked to the fridge and grabbed a carton of orange juice, and poured the contents into a glass. Ross walked through the door, with his ex- wife, Carol, who is also my teacher. Oh shoot. My mind raced through the past week. Had I done anything wrong? Were my grades bellow average?
"Hey Ross. Hi Miss. Willick. Miss, if I've done anything wrong, I'm so so sorry. I can improve, I promise I will..." I was cut off by her pulling me into a tight hug. When she finally let go, I looked up a her with a puzzled expression on my face. She got down to my level, and said:
"Ok, 1: you don't have to call me Miss. Willick out of school, you know damn well you can call me Carol. 2: you have done nothing wrong, and I was just telling Ross that your grades are above average and your doing really well. And 3: I'm here to help you find them. I also want to find Susan, because she's been out all night and I can't find her. So I'm just as worried as you are, ok honey?" I nodded, and I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes as I thought about poor Carol, alone all night. It wasn't just mum, Monica and Rachel, but Susan too. This is getting out of hand. Just as I thought that, Susan bounded through the door, full of energy. She gave me a high five, which I accepted. Carol was fuming.
"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN!" she shouted.
"PEOPLE, PLEASE! STOP MAKING NOISE!" Chandler bellowed. We all chorused a sorry. Then Carol and Susan carried on arguing.
"What, am I not aloud to find my wife's ex-husband's best friends? I just trying to help. I want to find them," susan fired back.
"Ok, ok, I'm sorry," Carol replied, calmer now. I tapped Susan on the shoulder. She bent down, and I hugged her tightly.
"Thank you for trying, Susan. I really miss them, and the more help we get, the quicker we will find them," I whispered. She replied with a 'your welcome' into my ear, and went into Chandler's room for some quite a long time. I could here them talking in hushed voices. Then we heard bangs. We thought nothing of it, because Susan is very clumsy. But when she came out around 15 minutes later, her cheeks were tear stained, she had blue and purple splotches all up her arms and legs, and one black eye. I ran over to her. She picked me up, and hugged me tightly.
"Are you ok?" I whispered into her ear.
"No," she replied. Joey looked up from the tv and came over to us. Ross and Carol noticed her tear stained cheeks and bruises, and followed . Susan sat down on the chair, and I climbed off her lap. Carol put her arm around Susan and hugged her tightly.
"Did you want to tell us what happened?" I asked as I nuzzled my head into her shoulder.
"Yes, I would," Then she lowered her voice. "But can we go to a breakfast place first to discuss it? Because if Chandler hears, I'm going to be in for it," we all nodded, and I went to get dressed, followed by Joey. I was wearing my favourite denim shorts and Beyoncé t-shirt that I got from her concert. That outfit gave me confidence that I was definitely going to find them. It also reminded me of Rachel, because we went to that concert together. I smiled as I thought of the memory.
"Addie, are you ready?" Carol asked as she poked her head around the door. I nodded. We got into Ross' car, and drove to our favourite place to eat.
"Will you tell us now, Susan?" I asked once we got to our table.
"Yes. Now I apologise in advance for what I'm about to say. So, before Adriana was born, me and Phoebe were together. The break-up was brutal, and before today, I still hadn't forgiven her. Anyway, the other day, me and Chandler were talking, and he told me that he and Monica were previously together, and they had a brutal break up too. Then I said as a joke, 'hey, why don't we get revenge on them'. He must've took it seriously, because yesterday he put poison in Phoebe, Monica and Rachel's coffee when they weren't looking, and took the bodies. Before you freak out, they're not dead," she added, seeing my panicked expression.
"So we put them in my car, and took them somewhere. I was out all night keeping an eye on them, ya know, in case they got out. When I came to Joey's just now and told you that I was looking for them, Addie hugged me and told me she missed them. Then I felt bad, so I went to tell Chandler that he had to do the rest of this alone, and then he beat me with a base ball bat," Then she turned to me.
"Addie, I'm so, so sorry for being involved with this. I understand if you hate me with all your being, because of what I did. I'm so, so, sorry," she explained.
I put my arm around her as she began to cry. I was mad at her, yes, but not as mad as I was at Chandler. How could he be so horrible! Just because they broke up with them doesn't give them the right to kidnap them! And the fact that Chandler beat her up is horrible. We sat there in an eerie silence. I was the first one to speak.
"Susan. Yes I am mad at you, but not as mad as I am at Chandler. They are, or were, his best friends! And to beat you up is just awful. But thank you for telling him that you didn't want to do it anymore. That was very brave," I said. I looked at the very noticeable bruises on her arms and her black eye. Carol got up from the other side of the table, and came and sat next to her wife. Ross came over aswell, and put his arm around us. Joey just sat there, and stared in disbelief. There was an awkward silence yet again for a while, until Joey spoke.
"Chandler did that to you?" he asked. Susan nodded. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ross' eyes get a little misty. Then the tears spilled over the edge, and he was soon enough properly crying.
"I just can't believe he would do something like this. My best friend. Chandler. The guy who I went to college with," he said through his tears. I tried to change the subject.
"I think we should go get some food, because we've been here quite a while and haven't eaten yet," I suggested. Everyone nodded, and we got up to get some food. When we sat down, I was the first on to speak.
"I have some questions: we all know why Monica and mum were kidnapped, but why was Rachel? And if you were involved, then you must know where they are, right?"
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So that was chapter 5... Sorry it was a long one, but at least you know now what happened to them. As always, tell me if I've made any silly mistakes! In case any of you were wondering, this is set around season 1, but the year is around 2019-20 (you guys can choose) Yes, we do find out where they are in the next chapter. Anyway I hope ya'll are enjoying The one where they were gone. Bye for now!- j x
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The one where they were gone
Fanfiction*This is an AU (alternate universe) it didn't actually happen* 10 year old Adriana Buffay comes home from school to find her '3 favourite girls in the whole wide world' gone. What will happen when she finds them? Disclaimer: i don't own friends, but...
