my lobster | phoebe x joey [completed]

Chapter 8: The one with the jobs

Weeks had passed since we got back from our trip. Now the holidays were over and everyone was back to work, except for Joey, who was searching for new auditions to do. 

Joey and I were sitting on the chairs, while I was painting my nails with a light blue nail polish. Suddenly, the chicken started to cluck at my feet. That made me so nervous, that I painted my finger. "No!" I said, and Joey started to laugh. I looked at him with an embarrassed look and said: "It's not funny!" He laughed more and spread me the laughter. I got even more embarrassed, so I sat in his chair and started to fight with him in order to paint his nails too. 

We were chuckling when our friends opened the door. They looked at us with an astonished look. "Hello!" Said Joey. Then I tried to stand up, but I ended up on the floor and Joey and I laughed. 

Monica got me up and said: "I had a terrible day at work today! I burned two desserts and one meal! I just don't know how it happened!" "Oh, that's terrible Mon!" I said. We all sat on the floor and remained there for a while. Monica was feeling bad and Chandler was hugging her, Rachel and Ross looked to the floor with a tired look and Joey and I played with a tennis ball.

Suddenly the phone rang. "I'll get it!" I shouted.  " Hello!... Aha!.. Yeah... okey!" I answered. It was a film company, which wanted to talk to Joey. "Joey! It's for you!" I said, excited. Joey took the phone and talked to the film company. When he hong up, he told us that they had convened him in order to do the audition for their newest movie. "They told me I also have the opportunity to be chosen as the main character!" He continued telling us. I could tell how excited he was because of his big smile, which made him look adorable. I love seeing him like that! "That's amazing!" We all said and hugged him. "The only thing is that I will have to do a dialogue with someone and I don't have the script for it, nor with whom to do it." I took his hands and said: "I'll do it with you! And I could also write the script!" "That would be awesome!" He said and we kissed. 

It took me a day to write the script and since then we practiced it every day for two hours. The script was about two lovers that re- encountered themselves after having been separated for two years. It was a really beautiful dialogue and the best part of it was that it reflected the love we have between us, but what we hadn't thought about was, that I wouldn't be doing the dialogue with him the day of the audition. 

Two hours before it, I got a call from my job. They said that they had something really important to tell me and that they wanted to talk to me right now. "Joey, honey, I think I will not be able to do the audition with you..." I told him. "But why?" He asked me with sadness. "My boss has called me and she wants to talk to me right now!" I said. "Well, don't worry,  I'll do it with Chandler then!" He answered me in order to cheer me up. I gave him a kiss and left. 

He called Chandler to ask it to him and he acceded to do it. When they got to the theatre where they had to do the audition, they had to wait for half an hour. At this time the other audiotioners did their dialogues and Joey got nervous. "Don't be nervous! You know what you have to say and you are going to do it right!" Chandler said to him. He smiled and then they got called by the director.

He introduced them and then they began to act. They appeared from different parts of the stage and "encountered" themselves. 

- "Hi Evelyn!" Said Joey

- "Hi!" Said Chandler

Joey was doing it great, but Chandler was really tense. It could be noticed in his facial expressions, which looked a little freaked out. 

- "It's great to see you again!"

- "It's great to see you too!" 

-"...I've missed you!" 

-"Oh, I've  missed you too!" 

Chandler was talking very monotunosly and was breaking the harmony of the diualogue. 

- " I would like to retake all from where we left it!"

- " Me too!... I love you!"

- "I love you too!"

It was a kiss what came next in the script. Chandler and Joey stayed still and didn't say anything for a while, wanting to end the act, but Joey knew that he could only fulfill the standards of the director if they ended it correctly, so he gave Chandler a kiss. Everyone clapped loudly and the director was really impressed by their act. "Joey, You have really impressed me, you are just what I think of when I think about the main character! So I give the role to you." He jumped out of joy and hugged Chandler.

After the audition, we all met in Central Perk and by the time I got in, everyone was happy about Joey's news. However mine's were not good ones. "Hi Pheebs! You are great! I got the main role and It's all for your help!" He said with happiness. I tried to smile, but It did not go well. "Hey, what's up?" Asked Rachel. "I got fired from my job!" I replied. Everyone was astonished and sad. "But why?" Asked Monica. "Oh, apparently I put vaseline on a client instead of body cream!" I answered. "And how can you mistake vaseline and body cream?" Asked Ross, who could not believe my mistake. "I don't know they just looked similar!... But what I really need now is to get another job! I will never earn as much as I earned as a masseuse only by singing!" I said. "Well, don't worry, I will help you to find another job!" Candler comforted me. Suddenly Joey did his omg face. "I've got an Idea!", he said, "Why don't you audition for the love interest in the movie I just got the main role in?" He said being very excited. 

It took me my time to reflect about his idea, but soon I was auditioning for the love interest doing the original version of the duialoge. It was beautiful, and the director decided to pick me as the love interest. Joey and I were super happy and excited about starting to film the movie.