Ross had realized that the only woman he had ever loved was a lesbian. He was heartbroken, somewhat angry at the world. But what was worse was that Carol didn't know, even after the threesome fiasco. She had no idea. She had merely thought that her and Ross were just tired from raising Ben. He was a bit of a handful. She and Ross had previously joked that he was meant for 3 parents, not two.
Ross got home around 8, which was late for Ross as Joey had advised him to go to a bar… well, actually, Joey had advised him to go to a strip club, but he was still married. Carol was sitting on the couch, actually worried about Ross. Carol ran to her husband in relief.
"Oh, thank God!" Carol whispered. "Ross, I was so worried! Where were you?"
"Out…" Ross said. Carol smelt his neck; he was practically sweating beer.
"Ross, were you drinking?"
"Yeah? I drink all the time."
"Well this time you may have missed your mouth," Carol sarcastically remarked. "Why were you drinking?"
"Just… some sad news..."
"Ross tell me-" Carol paused. "We'll talk about this later. I'm just glad you're home."
Are you? Ross thought to himself.
"Why don't you go take a shower and brush your teeth?"
"Okay…" Ross headed toward the bathroom.
"Oh and uh… Ross… speaking of showers… I guess it's okay for you to sneak a peak at me every now and then. I shouldn't mind. We are husband and wife after all."
Ross smiled slightly, but the smile was pulled back into a frown. Ross strolled fiercely to the couch.
"Okay, Carol… we need to talk."
"What?"
"Look… it's… it's about last night."
Carol smiled and stroked Ross' arm once. "Yeah?" Carol said excitedly.
"Carol… I hardly got to be with you, let alone this Susan… person."
Carol stood up excitedly.
"Oh you want to try again? Okay!-"
"Carol…" Carol sat down. Ross rubbed his face and his eyes.
"Carol I… I know."
"Know what?"
"I… know…"
"Know what?"
She really didn't know.
"You… really don't know, do you?"
"Know WHAT?!"
"Carol… I think… I think you might be a lesbian…"
Carol stares at Ross, eyes and mouth agape.
"You think I'm a lesbian?! You think I'm GAY?!"
"Honey, it's okay…"
Carol stood up angrily. "It's not okay, Ross! I am NOT gay, and I certainly don't want my own HUSBAND to think that!"
"Carol, you were hardly even looking at me during the whole thing!"
"Well… so?! You looked at the door when we were having sex!"
"It wasn't ME it was the POSITION- Look… Carol…"
"Ross I'm telling you! I'm not-"
Carol then stared into space, her entire life flashing before her. When Gale Rostin looked at her, when she touched Susan's arm for the first time… It was more electric than anything ever was with her old boyfriends. And she didn't want to admit this to herself, but it was somewhat more exciting than with Ross.
"Oh... my God..."