Phoebe went over to Monica's to talk to her about how she was feeling and to discuss what had happened even though in all honesty she was already over it now. Everyone but Joey was there and once again her mind was distracted back to him and she found herself constantly smiling and then stopping every time she saw someone look over.

"Is it just me or is Phoebe pretty happy considering what happened to her lately?" Rachel murmured to Monica in the kitchen, Phoebe sat on the sofa talking to Chandler.

"Yeah I thought that, even when she was talking about what Daniel did she was still smiling" Monica responded.

"Seems a bit odd...but then that's Phoebe."

"She's obviously getting something we're not" Monica said clearly stating what she was referring to.

"Huh speak for yourself" Rachel replied sarcastically.

Monica frowned at her. "You don't suppose she's moved on already though do you?"

"I don't know maybe, either that or a really good one night stand, she said she was out late the other night when you called her, maybe that's what she was doing."

Monica looked uncertain "I don't know, I didn't think Phoebe was like that."

"Never know" said Rachel walking over the the couch with Monica following.

At this point Joey walked through the door and Phoebe's smile got even wider but she managed to hide it quickly.

"Hey guys" Joey said.

"Hey" most of them responded, Phoebe stayed quiet though.

He took the only seat available next to Phoebe and flashed her a quick cute smile.

"Where were you last night, you said you'd be over here but you weren't?" Chandler asked.

Joey went along with the lie Phoebe told him to say "well I went to get a taxi and this really cute girl got in the same time as me and me being a polite gentleman offered it to her but we ended up getting coffee and well one thing lead to another and..."

"You ended up sleeping with her didn't you?"

"Yeah pretty much."

"Typical" Chandler muttered "how come you find it so easy to meet women, every time I talk to a woman I end up making some kind of awkward offensive joke."

"Now you see that's the kind of thing I avoid."

General chat carried on and Phoebe could feel herself itching to get closer to Joey, in the end she got up and went over to the kitchen to make herself a drink. Joey made the excuse that he was hungry and also went to the kitchen. Well everyone was distracted Joey took his chance to talk to Phoebe quietly. She kept her back turned from him at the sink and he gently slipped his hands around her hips and leant forward.

"Bet you wishing you didn't say no now aren't you?" he whispered flirtatiously into her ear, checking that no one was looking.

She turned around and faced him, moving his hands down to his side.

"I don't know what you're talking about, I'm fine" she lied.

"Sure you are" he said smiling darkly.

"I am."

"Do I need to remind you of last night?" he asked walking towards her.

She pushed him away "nope I think I can remember perfectly fine on my own."

"Come on Pheebs, I know you want to leave as much as I do."

She bit the side of her lip "we can't leave now, I've only been here an hour tops."

"Well say you have a massage client and I'll say I have work, we'll leave, go back to yours, you can make it up to me for saying no earlier..." he said trying to tempt her.

"No Joey, my grandma will be back by now anyway, I can't."

"Aw man! Okay how bout we go over to mine while they're all here?"

"No."

"You're so stubborn" he said frustrated but not angry.

"No I'm just careful, we don't want to look suspicious, especially if you want to keep it a secret."

"Keep what a secret?" asked Chandler making them jump.

"No no can't tell you, it's a secret, right Pheebs?" Joey said quickly.

"Right" Phoebe played along. "I doubt you would understand anyway Chandler" she said walking back over to the couch.

"Insulted!" Chandler said.

Joey just laughed at him.

"Right well I'll see you guys later, I've gotta go to work or I'll be late" Ross said standing up.

"Mm that reminds me I should probably go to work too, I was supposed to be there an hour ago" said Rachel finishing off her coffee.

"Bye guys" they said walking out the door.

"Bye!"

"Two down two to go" Joey murmured to himself.

"What?" Chandler said hearing him.

"I didn't say anything" Joey responded walking away.

Chandler frowned in confusion.

"Have you got work today Mon'?" Phoebe asked.

"Yeah but not for an hour or so."

"Ah okay I am alright to stay here till you leave, it's just I've not got anything to do for the day" Phoebe said knowing this would annoy Joey that she decided to stay.

"Yeah that's fine."

"Thanks" she said turning on the TV.

The hour past very slowly for Joey, Phoebe could see how impatient he was getting and it made her enjoy it even more. Monica was in her bedroom getting ready and Chandler was over in his apartment.

"What's up Joey?" Phoebe asked innocently.

He shot her a glare "nothing, just feel bad that I left that woman this morning without sex all day..."

Phoebe shook her head knowing what he was talking about. "You know I'm sure she'll be able to survive one night with any."

"Any? Are you joking, trust me this person would not be able to survive the night without any. Especially the way they were being teased."

"Well maybe if this persons mood doesn't improve they really won't get any at all."

"Avermi fatto aspettare tutta la mattina, cazzo ridicolo, basta aspettare Buffay." Joey muttered to himself in Italian. (Translation- Making me wait all morning, fucking ridiculous, you just wait Buffay.)

"What was that?" Phoebe asked looking over at him.

"Oh nothing, nothing at all" he replied sarcastically ,sighing.

Monica walked back out with her work clothes on "right guys I'm off now."

Joey jumped out of his seat "well we better be going then, bye now Mon' thanks for having us over."

Phoebe got up out of her seat "see you tonight?"

"Yeah sure" Monica replied.

"Okay bye."

They got outside and Joey quickly lead her to his apartment.

"Seriously?!" Joey began as soon as he closed the door.

"Chandler's here" Phoebe reminded him.

"Oh yeah" Joey said going quiet.

"Yes Chandler is here" a voice came from the bathroom. "Problem?" Chandler asked walking round the corner.

"No, no problem but Joey was about to start talking about the secret I told him again" Phoebe replied.

"Oh well I'm leaving now so you two can gossip about your boring secret alone" Chandler said making his way to the door.

"Okay bye Chan" Joey said as he left.

As soon as the door was shut Joey continued.

"Seriously?! We had our chance to leave an hour ago and you decided to drag it out longer. Why, why would you do that?"

"Because..." Phoebe said stepping towards him. "All good things come to those who wait" she squeezed his cheeks lightly while pouting and then smiled and turned to walk away from him.

"Yeah well I've waited long enough" he said grabbing her arm and spinning her back towards him as he kissed her.

She pulled away and looked at his frowning face "okay okay I suppose I've made you wait long enough."

"Thank you!" he said kissing her again long and passionately.

They were both so caught up in the moment that they didn't notice Chandler who was stood at the door for quite some time. Phoebe was the first to see him and she reacted by pushing Joey off her.

"What the-" Joey said but then stopped when he saw Chandler stood at the door looking down and smiling slightly.

Phoebe looked down also and pursed her lips together her cheeks going pink.

Chandler look back up and raised his eyebrows "I just came back for my briefcase but I can see I'm clearly interrupting so I'll just grab it and be on my way." He made his way past them and Joey turned to talk to him.

"It's not like that Chandler. Look I would really appreciate it if this was just kept between us three okay?"

"Why? I thought you wanted to be with her? Is this not you getting with her?"

"Well, um, no. I've been with her since the night after what happened Daniel and we just want to keep it quiet for a while."

"Wow, you really did wait it out didn't you? That's impressive."

"Hey she totally came onto me."

"Not true!" Phoebe spoke up. "As I recall you kissed me first."

"You wanted me to! Anyway yeah we just think it would better if the others didn't know for a while" Joey said.

"Okay...I'm so happy for you two!" he said giving giving Joey a 'manly' hug. "So that whole thing with the girl in the taxi?..."

"Not true, just my expert acting skills" Joey said proudly.

"Well it was a pretty believable story for you. Anyway I better be heading off to work, I'll leave you two kids to it" he said walking to the door.

"Bye Chandler" Phoebe said her cheeks still tinted pink.

He shut the door and Phoebe slouched back in his recliner chair taking a deep breath.

She looked up at Joey and shook her head "you couldn't of waited 5 minutes longer?"

He laughed "it's fine, at least we don't have to sneak around in this apartment now Chandler knows."

"I suppose not but this is exactly what I was on about when I said we had to be careful. I don't want anyone else knowing yet."

"Okay, we'll be more careful in future" he said holding out his hand and helping her up. "Shall we?" he said looking towards the bedroom.

"Lock the door" she said making her way to his bedroom.

For the next few weeks things went great. Chandler was pretty comfortable with Phoebe was around although he didn't enjoy the nights so much. On a few occasions Chandler had to cover up for them but it was pretty minor and went over everyone else's heads. Rachel and Monica couldn't help wondering if Phoebe was seeing anyone though and eventually curiosity got the better of them when the three girls sat in Central Perk one afternoon.

"So Pheebs you ready to move on from Daniel yet?" Monica asked causally sipping her coffee.

"Um no not yet, I don't think I'm ready to start dating" Phoebe lied.

"Well are you sure because I've got a male friend who's looking for a date and I suggested you?"Monica asked hoping Phoebe would crack.

"Uh I think I'll pass, I'm not looking for anything serious at the moment."

"How do you know it'll be serious though?" asked Rachel. "It's just one date, free night out."

"Yeah...no I'll still pass thanks anyway."

"Are you seeing someone else?" Monica asked.

Phoebe choked on her coffee a little "no, no I told you I'm not dating."

"Okay maybe you're not dating but are you sleeping with someone?" Rachel asked smiling.

"Of course not" Phoebe said.

"So why are you so happy lately?" Monica asked desperately.

"I don't know, just a good time in my life I suppose, but I am really not seeing anyone."

"Hmm okay" said Monica still not convinced.

Phoebe was sat with Joey on the recliner talking about her conversation with Rachel and Monica, her head rested on his shoulder.

"I still like the idea of this keeping it quiet thing, I mean we've not had any problems yet and I don't want to have any" Joey said kissing her forehead.

"Yeah, we should tell them at some point though. I mean it's been four weeks now and it's not fair that Chandler has to make excuses for us."

"He doesn't has to make them that often and yeah at some point, but not yet."

"Okay..." Phoebe said worrying slightly that he was so reluctant to tell anyone.