Friends: The One with the Reencounter

Preface:

Chandler and Monica Bing enter Central Perk with their two kids. They haven't been there in ages.

"Mommy why are we here?" asked 8 year old Erica as she and her twin Jack sat in the same couch their parents and their friends had sat at so many times before.

"Well Erica, this place is very important for your daddy and me. Before you two were born we used to come here all the time to be with our friends and your Uncle Ross and Aunt Rachel" said Monica as she and Chandler sat on the other side of the couch.

"Mommy, why haven't we met Uncle Ross and Aunt Rachel?" asked Jack. The twins had heard a lot about their aunt and uncle but had never met them in person, so they generally asked this when they were mentioned.

"Well Jack" answered Chandler "your aunt and uncle moved to England when you two were too little"

"Yeah, but you've talk to them." said Monica "Remember the video chat we had a few month ago, when we found out you will have a cousin soon?"

"We remember!" said the twins at the same time grinning.

"7 years since they learned to talk and that still creeps me out" Chandler said. That was his normal reaction when the twins spoke at the same time which, to be honest, was quite frequently.

Monica sent a loving look at her husband and laughed a bit. They both had matured a lot since the last time they had been there. They had both become better parents, Chandler joked less and Monica was a bit less obsessed with cleaning, if not she had gone crazy with the babies, though neither of them had stopped completely.

"Anyway guys, we also brought you here because we want to tell you something." said Monica.

"What?" asked the twins.

"Well the thing is" said Chandler grabbing Monica's hand and smiling up at her. "Your mom is pregnant"

. . . . .

"Honey I'm home" called Ross Geller "where are you?"

"In the kitchen" answered Rachel Green "Soon to be Geller" as she called herself sometimes.

"Hello sweaty" said Ross entering the kitchen and kissing Rachel "and hello baby" he said smiling at the bump on her stomach.

"So how was everything at the museum today?" asked Rachel while stirring the pasta she was cooking.

"Uh you know the same as always." He was generally more descriptive so this answer confused and worried Rachel.

"Honey did something happened?" she asked.

"No, no. I was just thinking. I know that we moved to England because I had this great job opportunity and I know Emma is happy here but… I think that, now that we are going to have a baby and we are getting married we should go back. Plus I miss Ben and Monica and Chandler and the kids."

"Well I guess it's a good idea… but what about Emma? She's happy here."

"Yea that's the only problem…"

. . . . .

"Hey Phoebes." said Joey when he entered Central Perk just ten minutes after Monica and Chandler had left. "How's everything?"

"Everything's fine." answered Phoebe, while Joey sat at her side in the couch; she arrived just a few minutes after her old friends and their kids had left the coffee shop. She had been there for 5 minutes.

"How are the kids?" asked Joey.

"Fine, Mike took them to the zoo so that I could have a free day."

"Really? With all of them?" Phoebe just shrugged "You know, I'll ever know how you manage with 10 kids."

"Well you just need to get to know them… Jack for example. He's 15, right? And he's going through a rebellious stage, so we know we can't take him to do anything that has something remotely related to the government or the army, and if we do, we have to take all the other kids so that he would behave." Though most of Phoebe's kids were adopted they were all really close and rarely fought or bothered each other.

"Phoebe, why would you have to go to an army or government activity?"

"I don't know... the government's weird..."

"Ookeeyyy" said Joey wondering why had he asked.

"And how have you been?"

"Fine actually, my manager said he found a great part and that I'm perfect for it. He said that if I get the part it might be the launch of my carrier."

"Oh that's so cool. What's the movie about?"

"I don't know yet. The script will arrive on Monday. You wanna come and read it with me?"

"Oh yeah, but it can't be after 2:00 because that's when the kids arrive."

"Okay then come to my house at 12 o'clock and we'll read the script"