Beyond Friends Episode Nine - "Dance Hall Days."

Guest stars
Demi Moore - Alison
Charlie Sheen - Jeffrey
Paget Brewster - Kathy

"And We Danced"

Rachel was clearing off a table at the restaurant when she noticed a familiar figure at the door. It was Alison, her former boss from Bloomingdales. She saw Rachel and waved. Rachel picked up her dish tray as Alison walked over.
"Rachel!" Alison said hugging her. Rachel hugged Alison back the best she could while balancing the tray on one hip. "How long have you worked here?"
"A month. Your remember Chandler, he helped me get this job here. Its not much but its something besides sitting around and eating stale ho-hos."
"Yeah. Well I have a job too!" Alison said clapping her hands.
"As what?" Rachel said scraping crepe tarte into a bucket.
"As liaision to the lieutenant governor!" Alison said happily.
"How did the heck did that happen?" Rachel thought. "How nice." Rachel said out loud.
"Well I know someone who knew someone who knew some one in the government and then before you know it voila!"
"Wow." Rachel said trying to hide her sarcasm.
"But thats not why I'm here, as much as you think I'm here to rub my new job in your face."
"Who knows what I was really thinking." Rachel thought. "Why are you here?"
"Well, since its almost a month since I got married I thought I would thank the people who got me and Wesley together."
"How?" Rachel said dumping an ash tray.
"Well here." She handed Rachel a envelope. For an instant Rachel thought it was money and dug right in to the envelope. But she found two tickets.
"Tickets?" Rachel asked a little surprised.
"Wesley and I signed up for this little dance marathon and we can't make it. So I thought of you and Chandler."
"Oh?"
"And I was hoping you two could make use of the tickets." Alison said. "What do you think?"
"I would have to talk it over with Chandler but I think we'll go." Rachel said putting the tickets in her apron. "Thanks."
"No problem." Alison said leaving. "Thanks again."
Rachel watched her go. She took the tickets out and considered ripping them in half just because she was mad at Alison. But then reconsidered, and put them back in her apron pocket and went back to work.

"A dance marathon?" Chandler asked.
"Yeah." Rachel said after showing him the tickets. She waited at the apartment till he got home. He worked a little later than usual that day but hes been doing late hours a lot lately so Rachel knew what to expect.
"Why would she think of us to give dance tickets to?" Chandler said plopping down in the over stuffed chair.
"I guess she thinks we're the reason that she and Wesley got together.Maybe it was something the governor gave her and she tried to pawn it off on me, who knows. The point is that we have them now."
"Liasion to the governor, some people are so lucky." Chandler said. "What DO they do?"
"Beats the crap out of me but tell enough people and they think youre sitting in the right hand of god." Rachel said putting the tickets on the table.
"Lieutenant Governor Godwin anyway." Chandler noted.
"So what do you think?" Rachel said.
"Okay. I'll go with you. But I gotta warn you of something."
"What?"
"I can't dance."
"What? Why? I thought Kathy took you out dancing once or twice." "Well, we went to the dance hall but we didnt dance." Chandler confessed. "To tell you the truth, Joey would have been a much more willing and able dance partner."
"I thought of him already!" Rachel shrugged. "He fell off the stage at his play and shattered his shoulder."
"How did he do that? Was he trying to impress a girl?" Chandler chuckled. Rachel nodded. "Some things never change."

Five O'Clock Saturday

Rachel and Chandler took the subway to the dance competition at the "Ferris Ballroom." They dressed semi-formal to the occasion, but once they arrived they felt a little overdressed. Everyone looked like they were wearing what they wore to work that day. Rachel looked around.
"No one we know is here." She thought. "At least thats good." She looked at Chandler. "Shall we go get our numbers?"
"Okay." He said. They walked over to the sign in table and they were given to number cards to wear. They pinned on the numbers where they could be seen. As they sat down something caught Chandlers eye.
"What?" Rachel asked.
"Look." Chandler said pointing in the direction of the refreshment table. Rachel followed Chandlers finger to what it was aimed at.
"It can't be!" She said.
"It is." Chandler said lowering his finger. "It's Kathy."
"Oh my god." Rachel said.
Kathy was standing next to a guy. "Do you know who that guy is?" Chandler asked.
"No, can't say that I do."
"Thats the guy Kathy left me for." Chandler said sadly. "Must be on shore leave."
"Oh," Rachel said. Chandler looked away. Rachel put her hand on her friends shoulder. "Are you gonna be all right?"
"I don't know."
"Well, we'll find out in a minute, cause they are coming over." Rachel said turning Chandler around.
"Hi," Kathy said smiling, her arm was wrapped around Jeffreys arm.
"She's still beautiful." Chandler said to himself.
"I think you know Jeffrey." Kathy said.
"Yeah," Chandler said extending his hand. Jeffrey hesistantly took it.
A man went up to the mike. "Time to start dancing. Take your positions please."
"Well see ya when you drop out." Kathy said and walked away.
"Wow," Rachel said as Chandler pulled her into a dancing position. "Did she turn into a bitch overnight or did it take years of practice?"
"I dunno, shes not the same way she used to be, I can tell that in an instant." Chandler said. "How long do you think we'll last out here?"
"I want to go all the way, just to spite her. And that guy! He looked like he couldn't put two and two together."
Chandler laughed. Rachel wobbled and felt a cracking sensation near her foot.
"What happened?" Chandler said still moving.
"My heel on the shoe broke." Rachel said. She kicked them off while still dancing. "I'm fine now."
Chandler smiled as they continued to dance. They ultimately managed to dance for five hours and 15 minutes. Kathy and her beau only lasted half an hour before Jeffrey mysteriously took off on her. Rachel was happy but sad for Kathy at the same time. She consoled her in the bathroom before she left.
"Is Kathy alright?" Chandler said as they went out to the el platform.
"Shes fine." Rachel said, considerably in a different mood than when she went into the bathroom.
"Okay." Chandler said as they got on the train and headed for home.