Ross notices Rachel coming out of her apartment "Wow" he notes that she is looking gorgeous in a sleek black dress ,

"Happy Monica's night!" he says.

"Well thank you, you too" she replies.

"Hey can you believe this can you believe they are actually getting married?" Rachel wonders as she thinks about how much has changed since she ran out on her own wedding.

"Well sure, but I get married all the time." He says only half joking.

She sighs at this. Ross notes the change in her demeanor. "You Okay?"

He wonders if he hurt her with his joke, after all one of those failed marriages had been to her.

Rachel is thinking about this too when she answers "Yeah … I guess it's just… do you think were ever gonna have that…?"

There is an unavoidable weight to the question and they both realize this as Ross asks "You mean we… you and me?"

"oh nononono-no we you with someone and me with someone.'' She hurries to assure him.

"You ah scared me there for a minute" he garbles.

"Shake it off" she says laughing with a sort of forced airiness.

"I mean no it's just cause you and I we were like a nightmare we were like" he does a little scream to demonstrate.

Rachel frowns at this. "No but I mean there was some good times."

"No absolutely you know like it was um…" she thinks about some of their most passionate moments and is immediately reminded of the pain she felt at their worst times.

"Surely you can think of something good" he says with a bitterness that he's not quite sure is directed entirely at her.

"Just give me a minute" she walks towards Monica and Chandler's apartment thinking about the feeling she would get when he would kiss her and the way he used to hold her.

"Oh well yes I can think of one good thing…. you were always really good at the um the stuff" she smiles at him.

"Yeah? I was good at the stuff?"

"mhmm yep I really liked your hands"

"my hands?" he says looking at them with an air of confidence.

"Way to go guys!" he says as though he's speaking to his hands as their own entity.

He looks longingly at her "you know you were really good at the stuff too."

"Oh I know." Their quite for a moment as they both remember.

Then Rachel gets an idea, "Hey you know what we never did?" she sees his quizzical and somewhat frightened look "oh no not that, we never had a bonus night"

"a what?"

"You know bonus night, when to people break up but then they get back together for just for one night." As she's explaining this they've moved closer together and have yet to break eye contact.

"One night just sex no strings attached?"

"Yeah we never had that" The silence in the hallway is heavy as they both think about what they had together in the past.

"Okay this is getting a little crazy, I mean I'm sure it would be amazing but I gotta say I really don't think it would be a good idea."

He begins to gesture his hands emphatically as he says "I really really don't" he's looking at her with a hunger in his eyes that's all too familiar. And then suddenly She's kissing him and his hands are in her hair. The feeling of his lips against her own is exquisite.

He's the first to pull away and she's sure she's made a mistake but then he says " Should we ah go back to my apartment?"

Rachel is so shocked she reacts without thinking "yes!" She takes him by the hand and as there running across the street to his apartment they both think about how reckless their being, but neither of them seem to want to think rationally.

"Joey would you go get ready please!" Monica orders as she enters the room and see's Joey in his ridiculous little 19 year old outfit. She goes to knock on Rachel's door she knocks so aggressively that the door flies open and she realizes that she's not in our room.

"She's over at our apartment" says Chandler.

"The apartment I just left to yell at people for not being ready?" Monica directed the last part of her question towards Joey's room.

"Yes that does sound like our apartment" Chandler quipped. They make their way back to their own apartment and find only Phoebe there.

"Oh I guess Rachel isn't here." Monica gives Chandler a withering look

"Ugh this is just so typical of her!"

"What? To not be here?" Phoebe asks.

"On my- I mean OUR special night she just has to make it all about her."

"Are you following this?" Phoebe asks Chandler.

"No, but I think its best if we just let her talk maybe eventually we can ask her to translate it from 'Monica' to normal English."

"Well I mean were all talking about Rachel on my engagement night! She's totally stealing MY THUNDER!"

"Well actually you're the only one talking about Rachel" Monica gives Phoebe a death glare that could wipe out an army.

"I think what Phoebe wanted to say was that maybe you're overthinking this…I mean Ross isn't here yet either, maybe she uh uh went over to Ross's to hurry him up… in honor of you on your engagement night." Chandler hurriedly tried to come up with an explanation to assuage the tension in the room.

"Yeah! She probably wanted to have the most efficient celebration possible. Aww she's so sweet."

"Have either of you actually met Rachel?" Phoebe asked dubiously but once she saw Chandler's look she quickly added; "she is just that sweet!" They settle on the couch to wait for Ross and Rachel. After a few minutes Joey joins the rest of the gang in the living room. Twenty minutes pass and they still have not arrived, an impatient Monica gets up to call Ross.

"What is taking you guys so long? This is my special night ok and I need all of the important people in my TO SHARE IT MY HAPPINESS!"

"Wow that's a nice welcome." Says Ross as he enters followed by a meek looking Rachel. "

What took you guys so long?" Phoebe demanded

"We uh got into this stupid fight" Rachel tried to explain she hoped nobody noticed the way she was blushing profusely.

"Well none of that matters now right? We're all going to celebrate our engagement at the Plaza right sweetie?" Asked Chandler hopefully.

"Yeah Alright, but YOU" she said pointing at Rachel and then whispering quietly and sweetly "are going to have to tell me what that fight was about later okay?" She nodded as they head out the door.

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