One winter morning, Joey and Phoebe were at Central Perk talking. It had been a couple weeks since Ross had moved into the Naked Guy's apartment and found out about Monica and Chandler's relationship.

"I'm so glad everyone knows about Monica and Chandler," said Joey. "That was one tough secret."

"Yeah, so is..." Phoebe trailed off. She couldn't tell anyone her secret either.

"Ross and Rachel? I caught them kissing a few weeks ago," admitted Joey.

"You knew?!" exclaimed Phoebe. "And you didn't tell me? I've been wanting to say something since I gave birth to the triplets!"

"You knew that long?"

Phoebe nodded. It felt good knowing Joey knew. "They got together in Athens."

"Who got together in Athens?" asked Monica as she and Chandler walked in.

"Uh, just some friends of mine," said Phoebe nervously. To Joey she whispered, "We will talk about this later."

"Has anyone seen Rachel?" asked Monica. "She never came home after her date last night."

"You know, it's weird, but I haven't seen Ross either," said Chandler. "I tried calling him earlier and no one answered."

But no one had an answer for where there friends were.

Later Monica was dusting the apartment like she did every other day. She was at the window cleaning when she noticed Rachel across the street at Ross's. Now she knew where her best friend was. The next time she walked by the window she saw Rachel and her brother making out.

"Oh my God!" Monica grabbed the phone dusting it as she called Chandler at work.

"Chandler Bing," answered Chandler.

"Ross and Rachel are dating!" Monica yelled into the phone.

"Who is this?"

"What?! 'Who is this?' Seriously?! It's me, Monica!" She didn't have time for Chandler's jokes.

"Oh, sorry, Mon, I didn't recognize you with all the yelling," joked Chandler.

"Chandler! This isn't funny! Ross and Rachel are back together!"

"And this upsets you because...?" Personally Chandler was glad Ross and Rachel were back together. He wasn't sure if he could handle another round of Ross wondering what it would be like with her.

"Do you not remember when they broke up?" asked Monica. She loved the idea of her brother with her best friend but she couldn't have them go through what they did last time.

"Vaguely."

"Chandler!" said Monica again.

"Okay, fine, I remember. But Mon, c'mon, it's Ross and Rachel. They've always been meant for each other. I believe if Rachel hadn't gone to London, Ross still would've said her name and wouldn't have married Emily," said Chandler.

Even though Monica hated to admit it, Chandler was right. Ross and Rachel did belong together. "I guess you're right," she sighed.

"Thanks. Now go talk to them. I know you're dying to. Bye."

"Okay! Bye!" Monica hung up the phone, grabbed her jacket and hurried over to Ross's. "Ross! Open up!" she said, banging on the door.

"Hey, Mon," said Ross, opening the door and letting his sister in. "What brings you here?" He had a feeling he knew the answer.

"I need to talk to you!" Monica pointed to Rachel. "And to you! Are you crazy? After everything that happened?!"

"Mon, it's okay," said Rachel, calmly. "We love each other. I'm not going to make the same mistakes as last time."

"And neither am I," said Ross, putting his arm around Rachel.

"Yes, but..." Monica had no comeback. She was happy for her brother and best friend. She just didn't want anything to happen that could break up their group of friends. "Are you sure it won't be like last time? I mean, c'mon, you two went through a lot last time."

"We're sure," answered Rachel.

Monica sighed. "Okay," she said. Then she grinned. "Oh! I'm so happy for you! I'm going to plan your wedding!" She could already see the details.

"Mon, don't rush us!" said Ross. "We've only been together for eight months!"

"Okay, but promise me I can plan it! Oh and I want to be godmother! I better start planning!" Monica rushed out in a hurry to start planning everything.

"Well, I think that went well," said Rachel sitting down on the couch.

"Yeah," agreed Ross. "You better be careful."

"Because she wan'ts to plan our wedding that won't happen for a while?" Rachel grinned. "I think I can handle her."

Ross nodded, pulling her close and kissing her. Before long they were headed towards the bedroom. Later they agreed it was good that Monica and Chandler now knew about them. It made it easier being around their friends and being able to flirt with each other without worrying someone would notice. A few weeks after everyone found out about them Monica and Chandler moved in together meaning Rachel had to move in with Phoebe. Rachel didn't mind. She missed living with Monica but she and Phoebe had fun too. They went running together (once Rachel got over the fact that Phoebe ran weird) and they even took a self defense class together. They had fun hiding and attacking Ross after their first self defense class.