Chapter 1
"Hey, guys, guess what?" says Joey coming into Monica's and Chandler's apartment. Chandler is watching TV so he turns his head to Joey, and both Mon and Pheebs are sitting at the table when Phoebe yells:
"YOU BOUGHT ME A TIARA!"
Everyone looks at her in surprise.
"You want a tiara?" Joey asks her.
"Only since I know about myself!" she exclaims as he shrugs and walks over to the fridge. He takes out a chicken leg and starts eating it while they're all staring at him. Chandler finally reacts:
"Will you tell us the big news or do we have to buy you a tiara and choke it out of you?" he smiles at the end of his sentence.
"Oh, right, sorry. You all know my niece?" Joey asks.
"Yeah, that Amanda girl." nods Monica.
"No, no, no, the other one. Sam Puckett. You haven't met her."
"Then, how are we supposed to know her?" Phoebe asks. Joey opens his mouth to speak but then closes it again. After that he simply walks out of the apartment.
"Hey, guys, guess what!" says Sam, coming into Carly's and Spencer's apartment. Carly and Freddie are sitting on the couch, watching TV, and Spence is working on his latest sculpture. He turns to Sam and asks her:
"Your mom finally managed to get your cat to work?"
"No...? Anyway, what is that supposed to be?" she says pointing at Spencer's sculpture. He looks offended and then Carly shouts:
"Just tell us!"
"Okay, okay! My uncle Joey called and he said he wants me to visit." she explains.
"What does that have to do with us?" Freddie asks her.
"He said I could bring my friends, so, I'm asking, you three, if you wanna go. It's just for a few weeks."
"Where does your uncle live?" asks Spencer.
"In New York."
"I suppose Carly and I could go." he says.
"I doubt my mom will let me go." says Freddie and sighs. Sam walks out and is back after few minutes:
"You can start packing, Freddork. Your mommy's waiting for you."
"How did you do that?" he asks her.
"I've got my ways, Benson. We leave tomorrow. See you all at the railway station at 9 am!" and with that she's out the door.
Joey's in his apartment, waiting for Sam to call. He takes a little plastic plane and starts playing with it. The phone rings.
"I'm sorry. We'll have to stop the flight immediately!" he says in a girly voice and then drops the plane, making crashing noises. He rushes over to the phone and picks up:
"Hello, this is pilot Joseph Tribbiani, how can I help you?"
"Hey, Joe, what's up?" his happy niece's voice appears on the other side of the phone.
"Hey, Sam! When are you coming?" he asks.
"I'm gonna be in New York tomorrow, around noon, I think."
"Great! You know where my apartment is?"
"Yup, I know everything, uncle Joe! See ya!" she says happily.
"Kay, bye!" he puts the phone down. The minute he does that, Ross comes into his apartment wearing a brown coat and a black briefcase. He greets Joey:
"Hey, Joey, what's up?"
"Hi, Ross! How's the nerdy thing you call your work been?"
Ross gives Joey an offended look and changes the subject:
"Mon told me that you wanted to say something about your niece, umm... Samantha Puckett!" he clicks his fingers when he rememberss the name.
"SAM!" Joey corrects him angrily.
"Okay, but she says you didn't tell her anything about Sam."
"Yeah... I forgot." he smiles. Ross just stares at him while Joey continues to play with his plane.
"Joey, are you gonna tell me?"
"Oh, right. She's coming to visit tomorrow." he says, snapped from his thoughts.
"I better go tell that to Mon. She's must be panicking right now cause she doesn't know if she has to clean anything." Ross says heading for the door.
(Sam's POV)
"What can I get you?" says the train-waitress.
"I will have a ham sandwich. What about you, dork?" I ask Freddie who's sitting next to me. Spence and Carly are sitting in the front.
"I'll have the same." he says. The waitress goes away.
"How come you're not eating vegetables?" I ask him.
"Well, my mom can't see me, so..." he crosses his hands and puts them behind his head, then sighs and closes his eyes. Ilaugh. He suddenly opens his eyes:
"Did I just make Sam laugh?" I laugh again.
"Oh, shut up, dork!
He closes his eyes again as a smile appears on his face.