Rachel burst into Central Perk, the doors swinging shut behind her loudly. She needed to find her best friend and she needed her now. Fortunately Monica Gellar was there on the tattered orange sofa, sipping at her hot coffee. "Monica! Oh my gosh, Monica! I need to talk to you right now I'm serious this is big!" Rachel spat, panting from the exertion. "Rachel, can this wait? I'm expecting a very important phone call, there's this massive meat crisis at the restaur-" "Monica! I'm late and Ross and I did something very very stupid last month and I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner but I was embarrassed and it's totally unlike me, I need to talk to someone about it." Monica stared speechless at her roommate, still absorbing this rapid expulsion of information. "Okay," Monica began, grabbing her coat and her purse, "you, me and a bottle of New York's finest at my apartment now."
- 1 hour later at Monica's apartment -
"Rachel tell me everything that happened, although please skip over the part where you and my brother… you know." The girls had changed into their pyjamas and were sat cross-legged on the sofa, already on their second bottle of wine. "Ross really came onto me that night, I was feeling lonely and needed comforting. We were pretty drunk and it just, you know, happened. In the morning we went off to work and thought nothing of it. I was due last week and still no period, Ross doesn't know anything yet." Rachel revealed, knowing she could talk to Monica about anything. "Well, I wouldn't worry about anything until you take a pregnancy test, but just to be sure maybe we should put the alcohol away…" Monica replied, as she swiftly traded the wine for 2 glasses of water.
Without warning the door creaked open and Joey tip-toed over to the fridge to begin searching for food, oblivious to Monica and Rachel having a deep conversation. "Joey?" Rachel said, attempting a smile. "Rach! What happened?" Joey replied, instantly sensing that his friend was in need. "Nothing, nothing. I'm fine. Can I have a hug though?" Rachel solemnly responded, failing to mask her emotions. Joey dropped the food and pulled Rachel into an asphyxiating hug, he hated seeing her this way. He wasn't going to win any awards for academia any time soon; however Joey sure understood his friends on a level unmatched by the others.
Monica got changed and left the apartment to search for a pregnancy test for Rachel. She couldn't help thinking that if Rachel was pregnant, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing? It could bring her and Ross closer together, everyone knows they're meant to be. He's her lobster! I can't believe I'm quoting Phoebe in my thoughts now… to be fair, she might sound crazy on the outside but really that girl speaks a lot of sense. "That'll be $2.00 please." Monica broke away from her thoughts and paid the cashier. She hurried back to her apartment to find Rachel curled up asleep next to Joey. I guess it'll have to wait until morning, and the less Joey knows at this stage, the better…