The day was ending and Rachel hated that. She dreaded the second Joey and his family would have to pack up and leave. She loved this day; spending all day with Joey, sharing a first kiss, and even getting along with the family for the rest of the day. Rachel stared at a crumpled piece of paper she held in her hand, as she sat in the car driving home. She and Joey had exchanged phone numbers, finally, after realizing they hadn't. She felt so depressed that he would be leaving when they arrived home.

Finally the time had come. Rachel was sitting on her bed as the Tribbianis were packing. A low knock at her open door and a friendly face cheered her up for a moment. It was Joey standing in her doorway.

"Hey", he said.

"Hey", she smiled, delighted. Then her eyes spotted the bag in his hand and she frowned. He looked down at the bag as well.

"So you were right", he finally spoke.

"About what?"

"Your room, I don't remember it", he said staring at the walls. She smirked.

"I knew you wouldn't. You can come in you know", she said, noticing he hadn't even passed the doorframe. He seemed to hesitate at first, but then took a few steps in, dropping his bag to the floor.

"It's um nice." He shoved his hands in his pockets.

"Thanks", she chuckled a little.

"So Joey…"She said hesitantly.

"Hmm?" he responded staring at her walls.

"I had a really great time with you this weekend."

"Yeah…me too", he said. He didn't look at her for some reason. She watched him until he spoke again. "Look I need to say something", he finally told her.

"What is it?" she gave him a concerned look.

"I know we got pretty close this weekend", he began. He looked down at the floor and shuffled his feet a little. "But I don't know how to do this. I've never done this before." She looked at him strange and was unsure what he meant. He eventually glanced up at her and saw her confused expression. "I mean… how to be together…" He looked down again. "When we're not… I've never even really been in a real relationship", he seemed sad.

"Well, I've never been too serious either, but I…I want to be with you Joey", she explained.

"I just don't know how it will work", he said more firmly now and finally stopped looking away. Rachel tried to fight back burning tears she felt coming.

"But why, we can still talk on the phone and see each other on the weekends", she pleaded.

"I don't know. It's over an hour drive; we'll hardly get to see each other. I just don't see it working too well." He told her.

"But, Joey!" she cried.

"No, I think we should just…forget it", he sounded demanding, but the words came out hesitantly. They heard Gloria calling for Joey to come down now. Rachel looked at him to see he wasn't changing his mind; this is what he truly felt. "Maybe I will see you around", he said softly. "I'm sorry," he added. "Bye."

Rachel didn't say a word as he walked out. She heard everyone saying goodbye and finally heard the front door close and the chatter disappeared. She slammed her door shut and tears burst out as she buried her head in her pillow.

Arthur's note: I'm not actually exactly sure how the rest of the story is going to play out, but i know basically what is going to happen. So hopefully the details i work out will be good. Let me know what you think so far and I will try to update again as soon as I can!