Hello again. Thanks to those of you who took the time to review the last chapter. I'll try not to do such short chapters from now on.


It was a typical Saturday afternoon. The six friends were all hanging out in Monica and Rachel's apartment, talking. Chandler, having just learned of Rachel's pregnancy the day before, was fairly quiet and barely even hearing the conversation because he was focused on Rachel. She was silent and fidgeting. Every few minutes, she opened her mouth to talk and then closed it again, as if she'd decided not to say anything.

Monica was a bit concerned about Chandler and Rachel. They both looked off in their own world and Chandler was only making the occasional joke which was very strange behaviour for him. Also, Chandler seemed to be staring unblinkingly at Rachel.

"Oh!" she thought, "I know what's going on! I bet Chandler loves Rachel, and he just told her recently, so Rachel is thinking about it."

She was proud of herself for figuring it out. Although, if that was right, shouldn't Chandler be more oblivious than Rachel…?

Meanwhile, Phoebe was talking about her new boyfriend, Roger, the shrink.

"So, you know, for a shrink, he's not too shrink-y. And he's really sweet and cute and I really like him!" she was saying.

"So when can we meet him?" Ross asked, "He sounds really great."

"I don't know… we have a date tomorrow…" She replied, "I guess we could meet you guys at the coffee house around nine o'clock. Everyone ok with that?"

Monica, Ross and Joey didn't take long to nod, but Chandler and Rachel didn't respond at all.

"Uh, Rach" said Ross, "Are you all right? You haven't said a word for a long time."

She snapped out of her daze. "Oh. Umm, I can't make it at nine; I have a doctor's appointment."

"Oh," Chandler said, "I can't make it either. I have a… uh, a date."

That was a lie; he just wanted to be with Rachel at the doctor's, just in case she needed moral support and no one else even knew she was pregnant.

"Really?" Joey asked, "You didn't say anything to me about this date. Don't you tell me stuff anymore? Have you been watching 'Baywatch' without me too?"

"Relax Joe; it's not even really a date. It's just two people going out to dinner," Then he looked at Monica, "probably having sex."

The five groaned at his attempted joke.

"Okay you guys." Monica said, "Can we please just forget about Paul?"

Joey started laughing, "I still can't believe you didn't know that was a line!"

"All right, all right!" Phoebe exclaimed, "enough with the joking and teasing, do you want to meet this guy or not?"

"Of course we do Pheebs," Rachel protested, "he sounds great, we just have some stuff we have to do tomorrow. How about after your next date with him?"

"Maybe… But… Wait a second, you weren't paying attention to anything I was saying about him, do you even know his name?"

Rachel frowned and thought for a moment. Then her face lit up, "I know, it was Richard, his name is Richard."

Phoebe smiled, "You're really close, but no, his name's Roger!"

"Okay, before we get into anything big, Rachel, I need to talk to you." Chandler said.

"Oh, and I also need to talk to you Rachel." Ross said. When she looked confused he added, "Just about something I saw somewhere…"

Chandler grabbed Rachel by the arm and took her into the hall. He was expecting her to protest about him coming with her to the doctor's office. So he said it firmly.

"Look Rach, you shouldn't be alone going to appointments like that."

"No, your right I shouldn't." she agreed.

"So, you know what I'm gonna do? I'm going with you."

"Oh, thanks for the offer but you don't have to."

"No, no!" he exclaimed, "I want to."

Rachel hugged him tightly, "Then thank you again." She said, surprising him.

They went back inside. Monica and Ross were watching them closely, and Phoebe and Joey were still talking normally.

"So, Ross, you're next." Rachel said tiredly, "Come on out in the hallway."

"Ok, look Rach, I know."

"You know?" Rachel replied, "What do you 'know?"

"I know about the… pregnancy."

"Oh… that…"

"And I don't want you to do it by yourself. So…


Monica was really, really suspicious now.

"Chandler," she asked, "what were you and Rachel talking about out there?"

He looked uncomfortable, "Um, just… stuff…"

"All right, I'm going to ask you this straight out, are you in love with Rachel?"

This even got Phoebe and Joey's attention, and they were pretty wrapped up in their own conversation. But, apparently, Joey just heard the 'you in love with Rachel part'.

"WHAT???" Joey shouted, "Now you're in love with Rachel?! Don't you tell me anything anymore?"

"Look Joey, I'm not…"

"I don't want to hear it! I'm going home!" he stomped to the door and flung it open, exposing the sight outside in the hall to everyone.

"OH MY GOD!" Monica yelled, "When did all this start happening?"


Ok, I'll just leave it there. I hope everything isn't happening too fast… I don't want this to be a super long story though. So, please review. Ttfn (ta ta for now)