Tow the dream (aka Tow the woodpecker part two)
By Anat
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Introduction: this is part two of my first fanfic Tow the woodpecker. If you havent read it or have it on your web page, please e mail me at: anat_shallev@hotmail.com now, heres whats been happening from where we left off: Its been a week. Rachel, came back with nightmares from spending the night with Phoebe but got over it. Ross was sorted out by the rest of the gang about Chandler and Monica. Speaking on which, Chandler and Monica barely spoke or looked at each other. Theyre both shocked and confused at the same time so its hard to be around each other. Because they didnt know what to do, they just left things as they are. Oh, by the way, Joey and Chandler still live at Monica and Rachels old apartment, so dont be confused! Okay, lets get this show on the road!){Scene:(opening teaser) The guys place. Ross, Joey and Phoebe are having breakfast. Phoebe has five plates filled with food on them}
ROSS: Are you going to eat all that?
PHOE:(while munching) mmm hmmm!
JOEY: Im pretty sure thats a yes.
(Rachel enters)
RACH: Hi
ALL: Hey!
RACH: Whoa, hold on! Wheres Monica?
JOEY: What are you talking about?
RACH: Well, its Saturday morning, 11 am, shes not polishing the kitchen table
and shes not here either! Where could she be?
PHOE: Maybe shes still sleeping!
(They all give her a "yhea right!" look)
ROSS: Phoeebs? Its my sister youre talking about here!
(Monica enters, looks like a mess, her clothes are wrinkled and her hairs a
mess
)
RACH: Oh my god honey, are you alright? Let me guess, you were out of polish wax, so you went to buy some and you got robbed?
MNCA: No, I just over slept.
RACH: Okay, honey, you usually wake up at seven in the morning on Saturday morning, and when Im up youre usually already polishing! Now, youve been acting weird all week! Now whats wrong?
(Chandler walks out of his bedroom, sleepy)
PHOE:(running to the bathroom) Oh my god!
CHAN: Good to know I still have that affect on women morning all.
ROSS,RACH & JOEY: Good morning
CHAN: Good morning Monica
MNCA: (not looking at him) good morning. Im gonna go.
RACH: Where?
MNCA: To sleep. See ya (exits the flat. Phoebe returns to the living room)
JOEY: (to Phoebe) Morning sickness?
PHOE: No, I think its the milk
(Joey and Ross look at each other with horror.)
JOEY & ROSS: Oh my god! (both run to the bathroom).
Opening credits
{Scene: the girls apartment (guys old apartment). Monica is lying on the couch, not sleeping but staring into space. Rachel enters}
RACH: Hi Mon, are you feeling okay?
(gets no response)
RACH: Whoa, look at the size of this stain!
(still no response)
RACH: Okay, youre freaking me out here! Whats wrong?
MNCA: Nothing, Im just tired and I want to get some sleep!
RACH: Okay, well Im going to brunch with Joey and Phoebe. I guess youre not
coming!
MNCA: Good guess. See ya later.
RACH: Bye. Sweet dreams.(exits)
(we see Monicas eyes closing slowly)
{Scene switches to: A white empty room with a white curtain covering a wall on the back.
Suddenly Monica popps in.}
MNCA: Whats going on? Where am I?
{Suddenly, Cuba Gooding Jr. (SAM) appears dressed with a white suit and a white shirt. Audience cheers}.
SAM: Hello there!
MNCA: Who the hell are you?
SAM: My names Samuel, but you can call me Sam!
MNCA: All right, Sam, where am I?
SAM: Youre in your dream. You see, this is all a dream. Well its a message youre sub-conscience, that is me, trying to provide you!
MNCA: Yhea, right!
SAM: Oh, so you dont believe me huh? (Takes a remote control from his pocket) take a look at this! (he presses a button and the white curtain is pulled up. Its a huge TV set.) Its great to watch Monday night football!(admitting) okay, and MAYBE some Walker: the Texas ranger.
MNCA: Whats youre point? What are you trying to show me?
SAM: Oh right! Here (he presses a button. The screens showing Monica sleeping on a sofa).
MNCA: Oh my god! I am dreaming!
SAM: Yep!
MNCA: So, whats the message youre trying to provide me?
SAM: (confused) huh?
MNCA: The message? Remember? In the dream? Sub-conscience?
SAM: Oh, that! I thought you knew it already! (Monica still looks puzzled)
How about this? (fakes a stupid accent) Hi there! Im sir quips a lot! (She still doesnt get it) oh boy okay Monica, see, I cant tell you the reason literally . You know, its a rule. The purpose of this is that when the dreams over youll get the message.
MNCA: What kind of stupid rules that?
SAM: (getting defensive) Hi, dont you mock our rules! (Rachel and Phoebe appears)
MNCA: Guys! Its so good to see a friendly face around here!
RACH: Actually, were not who you think we are. See were sub-conscience figures
too, only of different people. Were like your Rachel and Phoebe alter egos sort of
speak
SAM: Ladies, enough with the chit-chat already! Weve got a message to deliver and less than half hour to do so!
RACH: Oh, all right. Lets begin, shall we? (points to air. Suddenly this big, weird, machine popps out of no where. Rachel , Phoebe and Sam enter it. Monica remains outside).
MNCA: Whats this?
PHOE: Oh, it drives us to the past in dreams. Its like the "They live" sun glasses you know? (Monica gives her a "no?!" sign) okay, just hop in!
(Monica does so.) hold on (they drive at the speed of light. We hear Monica screaming) .
Commercial break
MNCA: Hi Sam, mind slowing down next time? (suddenly notices theyre in a hospital) Hi, what are we doing in a hospital?
RACH: Well, you see .
PHOE: (cutting her off) oh, oh , PLEASE let me answer that! You answered the last time!
RACH: Go ahead. Knock yourself out.
PHOE: (to Monica) well, were helping you experience again moments in your past who will help you understand the message! You see, the office (points above) in charge of us, lets us choose our way of trying to pass you the message!
MNCA: Can you stop saying the word "message" already? Just tell me what it is!
SAM: Sorry, no can do!
{Suddenly Monica (and us) sees a younger Chandler and Monica hugged after Monica talked on the phone. (TOW the birth) Monica stares}
SAM: (behind her, to Rachel) God, what did you do? This is supposed to be the second
stop!
RACH: No, it was supposed to be the first stop!
SAM: No, the first stop was the stop that I like, remember? Where shes in a towel! (Rachel nods. Pause.) She can hear me right? (Rachel nods again).
PHOE: Mon?
MNCA: It seems like ages ago! When Ben was born! I remember how I contemplated wanting to have kids, and how upset I was
RACH: And how your friend Rachel hair was (Sam and Phoebe stare at her) What?!
SAM: Monica, honey? Lets go! Weve got more stops to visit!
Fade out
Fade in
{Scene: The boys place, old girls place. Its empty. Sam, Monica, Rachel and Phoebe arrive.}
MNCA: So where, or more accurate, when are we?
{suddenly they see Old Monica coming out of the bathroom with a white towel covering
her body. Then Chandler enters and he goes over to her. They start talking. We cant
hear what theyre saying, because Rachel and Sam are talking}
SAM: (to Monica) you see, this was SUPPOSED to be our first stop, but SOMEONE messed it up
(looks at Rachel).
RACH: Oh, give me a break will you? It was an accident!
SAM: No, you just wanted to see that "Cute" doctor again, didnt you?
RACH: Did not!
SAM: Did too!
RACH: Did not! (They continue arguing. Suddenly, we cant hear them anymore. Theres a focus on Monica whos staring at the young Chandler and Monica from "TOW the flashback". Phoebe approaches her.)
PHOE: Arent you sweet? This is when my, lets call her, "alter
ego" moved out right? (Monica nods). Oh, look at the watch I got from your friend
Joeys alter ego (they both look at this disgusting golden watch) Oh my god look at
the time! Sam! We dont have much time, were going to have to take the hall of
memories!
SAM: Youre right! (to Rachel) See what you caused?
RACH: What I caused? (they start to argue again)
MNCA: (to Phoebe) whats the hall of memories?
PHOE: Oh, youll see! (to everyone) all right people, lets go!
Commercial break
{Scene: The guys apartment (girls old apartment). It is NOT part of Monicas dream. Ross is at the table, reading a newspaper. Chandler enters the living room from his room.)
CHAN: Hi, Ross! Look what I found! (shows Ross a video tape).
ROSS: God, I hope that aint "Baywatch". Last nights marathon really got the most of me
CHAN: Nope, its even better! Its Mon and Rachels old graduation tape.
ROSS: Oh, no, do we have to watch it? Why wont we just pass?
CHAN: Yhea, right. Like Im gonna miss my chance of making jokes on old Mr. Kotter here
{Scene switches to: a white hall. Its like the room the dream started, only itsa hall. It has millions of TV screens on every side. The machine stops for a minute.}
SAM: Okay, Monica, were gonna drive slowly that youll be able to notice the images on the sets while were driving through this memory hall. Now, play close attention, so that youll understand our point. As soon as you realize it, well be able to talk about it, and then youll wake up, understood?
MNCA: Yep. Just one question though. What do you get from all this?
SAM: The satisfaction of seeing you finally happy!
(Monica, Phoebe and Rachel stare at him)
SAM: Okay, and our paychecks
.yep, theyll be showing us the money all
right
.
RACH: Are you ready sweety? (Monica nods) allright, Sam, lets go!
{They start driving slowly. We start to see various memories of Monica with Chandler on the TV sets. At the background "The pretneders" "Ill stand by you" song starts playing. Some of the memories shown: Monica trying to get Chandler in shape, Arguing why Monica wont be married when shes 40 (TOW the birth), Monica telling everybody Chandler has a third nipple (TOW Phoebes husband), fighting on the beach (TOW At the beach, TOW the Jellyfish), confessing to the gang that he peed on her (TOW the Jellyfish), Monica comforting Chandler, after Joey and Kathy make too much noise (TOW Joeys new girlfriend), together cuddled (TOW the screamer, TOW the free porn) them almost kissing on TOW the woodpecker (mine) etc.}
{Cut to: The room on which the dream started. They slowly arrive with the machine. They get out and the machine disappears. Monica is finishing processing the memories she witnessed.}
SAM,RACH & PHOE: Well?
(Monica stares into space)
SAM: Oh, dont give me that! I mean even Ray Charles or, Stevey Wonder could see it!
MNCA: (slowly smiling) Oh my god! I know now! Im ..
PHOE, RACH & SAM: (slowly) yes ?
MNCA: Inlove with Chandler!
(The audience cheers. So do Sam, Rachel and Phoebe).
RACH: You finally got it! After all these years of being close friends, how havent figured it out yet?
MNCA: Well, I guess inside I always knew it, but I didnt want to end up like Ross and your (points to Rachel) alter ego Rachel!
SAM: You want to see miserable? Ill show you miserable!
(He pushes a button on his remote control. It shows how all during the past week
Chandler and Monica have been avoiding each other, being depressed and it finally shows
current pictures of what theyre doing at the moment: on the left we seeMonica is
sleeping and Chandler on the right, is sitting alone on his brown recliner, with a short
white t shirt and boxers)
SAM: Would you look at that? Its Saturday and this is what youre doing!
PHOE: Honey, weve seen you two together in the future and you look incredible together! Now, you need to wake up and tell him how you feel! Believe me he feels the same way
RACH & SAM: Oh yes ..
MNCA: Okay, Im ready. Thanks all, hope to see you again sometime wish me luck!
ALL: Good luck!
{Scene switches to: The girls flat (guys old flat). Monica is waking up. Its evening. She gets up and walks, excited, to the guys apartment. She enters without Chandler (who is by himself there) noticing. She looks over his shoulder, that Chandler is watching her on "pause" on the Tape.}
MNCA: Whos that Sally Strathers? (She smiles). (Chandler QUICKLY gets up and faces her).
CHAN: Mon, what are you doing here?
MNCA: Oh, just providing some peoples paychecks. (He looks puzzled).
(Monica looks at him lovingly for a bit, and then goes and kisses him passionately just
like Rachel kissed Ross at the end of "TOW the prom video". They continue to
kiss. The camera slowly goes over to the TV screen and we see Monica on the prom video.
Theyre still kissing. Suddenly, on the screen we see Rachel, Phoebe and Sam)
PHOE, RACH & SAM: Awwwwwww!
Closing credits
(The white room. Sam, Phoebe and Rachel are there).
SAM: Whew, Im beat!
RACH & PHOE: yhea, me too
SAM: Guys, I REALLY need your help! Now Ive got to go to your (points at Rachel) alter ego ex boyfriend dream, are you two gonna help me?
RACH & PHOE: (together, make excuses) Oh, I cant, dentist, appointment, wash my hair, sorry (Both run off).
SAM: (shouting) OH, come on! Where are you going? I need all the help I can get with this guy! I need to tell him about him and Rachel and it might take all night! I cant do all that work by myself! (realizes, to himself) okay, thats not helping .
THE END