my lobster | phoebe x joey [completed]

Chapter 6: The one with the ex-girlfriend

The next day, as we were waking up, Ross and Rachel entered to our room. 

-"Hello?" I asked

- "Eh...Hi Pheebs, what are you doing here?" 

- "What? This is our room! What are you doing here?"

- "Well, we had a leak in the room, and they assigned us this room! Which is your room too, so now we have a problem!"

- "Okey, don't worry, let's go to the reception and ask for a new room for you!"

So we did, and when the four of us were waiting to get attended, Ross and Joey saw something that ruined their day: Charlie was standing on the couch nearby.  "Oh my gosh!" Whispered Joey to Ross, "It's Charlie!" Ross looked in her direction with incredibility. Charlie saw him and went to greet them. "Hello!" She said with enthusiasm. "Hi..." Said Joey, frightened about the intentions she could have. 

She began to flirt with them and then Joey told her that he was committed to Phoebe. "Phoebe? Wasn't she Mike's wife?" She asked. "Well, not anymore, things have changed a lot since was last saw us." Joey replied. "I can see... What about you Ross?" He asked him. "Well, I am in love with Rachel." He said. "Oh... that's a pity... Hovever, it doesn't bother me too much, if you know what I mean..." Ross and Joey were really uncomfortable, when suddenly we turned around and told them to go to the dining room. "Well, see you later!" She said

In the dinning room, Joey and Ross told us what had happened. "I don't think she will come back after she saw Phoebe and Rachel!" Said Monica. "Yes, she will." Sighed Joey. I caressed his head and gave him a kiss on his cheek. "Oh, don't worry Joey." I said with a soft voice. When we had finished breakfast we embarked today's activity: climb an inactive volcano

We got there in an hour and when we started walking, Rachel got tired. "Can we make a break?" She asked. "Okay! But we have to continue in ten minutes, because if not, we won't get to the to top on time!" We stopped walking and went to a bench that was nearby. It had good sights and we were all really calmed and enjoying our trip, when Charlie appeared again. "Ugh!" I said. "What's up?"asked Joey. "Nothing!" I said and tried to smile. Then he turned around and saw her again. "I guess you were right Joey!" Said Monica with timidity, because she didn't want to accept she was wrong. 

"Okay,  we are continuing!" exclamated Ross. We continued our trip hoping that Charlie would not notice we were there, but she did, and not only did she noticed, but she made up a plan in which she could approach to Joey without being noticed by the rest of the group. 

When we had finally made it up to the top, Joey went to make a walk to see how it all was. The point was that none of us joined him, because we were all too tired. When he had been walking for five minutes, Charlie appeared from behind. 

- "Hi Joey!"

- "Hello!?" 

- "How are you?" 

- "Fine. And you?"

- "Well, not so good, I was hoping to have something with you!"

- "Oh, well, I told you I am in a commitment!" 

- "And I told you that I don't care!" 

Now she had pushed Joey to his limit. He was in love with me and he didn't want things to go wrong, but Charlie didn't seem to respect this. This was really frustrating him.

- "Listen, Charlie, I don't think this is a good idea..."

- "Yes, but, the best things are never good ideas!" 

- "That's true, but not now."

- "Oh ,c'mon Joey! What has happened to you?"

- "Phoebe has happened to me!"

- "Well then Phoebe is not a good influence!" 

Joey was trying to walk in our direction, afraid of what Charlie could do, but when he was almost by us, she tripped him up. 

- "Hey, you don't want her to notice us!"

- "What? What us?" 

- "Us, Joey ! Where there was fire there will always be ashes!" 

- "No! That's not..." Suddenly he was kissed by Charlie, "True!" He removed her locked lips from his mouth with his hand. 

- "Yes, it is!" 

- "No!" She kissed him again and Joey set her aside

- "Don't deny what you know is the truth!" 

Charlie turned around and went. When Joey turned around, he saw Ross. 

- "What did you see?" 

- "Since the first kiss... Don't worry, I know it's only her fault!"

- "And did she saw you?"

- "Yes!" 

- "Ugh!" 

Joey and Ross turned back to were they friends were, but before they seated down, Monica took them apart to talk to them. "I saw you both!" She said. "What? What did you see?" Joey asked. "Charlie and you kissed, and you, Ross, were looking at them like you wanted to kiss her too! I know you are my brother! And you are my friend Joey! But Phoebe and Rachel are my friends too! I just don't know what to do!" Monica explained to them. "Don't tell anyone! You don't even know the whole story!" Joey shouted.

"Tell us what?" Chandler asked and everybody turned around. "Oh no!" Joey said , "Have I shouted it?". "Yes!" answered Ross. " Oh no!" Said Joey. Then we started to quarrel:

- "Has this anything to do with Charlie?" 

- "Yes, but..." 

- "Well, then don't talk to me! I really thought you loved me, but now I know you don't" 

- "Pheebs! It's not what it looks like, and maybe It's a misunderstood like the whole Mike thing!" 

-  "No, it's not, because that's the thing you say when it definitely is what the person thinks!" 

- "Well, if you don't trust me enough to know how much I love you and care about you don't even dare to keep on with this!... I trusted you with Mike and it's unfair if you don't do the same! But thinking it better you surely wanted to kiss him! You are a liar!"

- "Well, if you really think that, take the stupid ring and let's end this!" 

There was a silence. Joey just stood there, in shock, yet we could hear him slowly cracking. I threw him the ring and then we both started to cry. I was really mad at him,  because he didn't trust me and he had lied to me. After a while we got back to the hotel and I asked for another room for me in order to sleep alone.