Thanks for reviewing, here's the next part. The gang is back together, but does that mean everything is right again? Read and find out.

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Suburbs of New York-

The second day of their reunion, everyone gathered in the Bing kitchen waiting for breakfast. Monica hit Chandler's hand away as he reached for eggs.

"Wait your turn just like everyone else," she told him. He kissed her on the neck and she moaned and handed him a plate.

"Not fair!" Ross cried. Monica laughed.

"That's what happens when you've been gone all these years," Chandler told him. "I learn the secrets and you miss out. Sorry." He kissed Monica again and sat down.

"That's nothing," Alex told everyone. "Watch this." He kissed his mother on the cheek.

"You know Mommy, I wouldn't trade you for anything in the entire world. You're the best Mommy in the world. I love you!" He gave her a tight hug and she looked at him and piled the pancakes onto his plate.

"Can I make you anything else sweetie?" She asked Alex. "Anything you want?"

"Now, that is talent," Rachel said laughing. Everyone nodded as they got their own breakfast.

"So what does everyone want to do today?" Rachel asked.

"Well, I wanted to go into the city and shop," Chris said.

"I'll go with you," Monica offered.

"So will I," Rachel said.

"Of course," Phoebe joked. "If its shopping, Rachel is there."

"What about you Wendy?"

"I'll skip that thanks. I was thinking about going to the city, but not to shop. Just sight see."

"I'm with you on that one," Phoebe said.

"I'll go," Brian told Phoebe and Wendy. "We can take Trent and Phoebe's boys, and Alex with us. "

"Thanks honey," Rachel said.

"Well, boys," Ross said turning to Chandler, David, and Joey. "Want to catch a baseball game?"

"Yeah!" They all agreed.

"Is that okay honey?" Chandler asked Monica. "I mean to leave the girls with you?"

"Fine," she told him kissing his nose.

"You have to check with the wife?" Joey asked.

"Haven't I always?" Chandler said. Monica hit him. "But I do it because I want to."

"That's better," she told him. "So we'll take Alicia, Natalie and Sophie?" Rachel and Chris nodded.

"Are you sure?" Wendy asked.

"Yeah," Monica said. "You take Alex, we'll take Alicia, its like swapping kids for the day." Wendy laughed.

"Then you be good for your aunt Monica," she told Alicia. Alicia nodded and Monica warned Alex.

"Any trouble, any and you're Gameboy goes into retirement for awhile, understand?" He nodded and she smiled.

"Good." She kissed him on the head. Chandler leaned over to Alex.

"She's serious," he told him. "No trouble for Aunt Phoebe, Aunt Wendy or Uncle Brian. If you're good, you and I will go get you that new computer game you've wanted. Don't tell your mother though, deal?"

"Deal," Alex said shaking his father's hand. Chandler also kissed his head and picked up Natalie.

"I'll go get her ready," he told his wife who nodded.

"Tonight we thought that we'd all go to our restaurant for dinner."

"Your?" Chris asked.

"Yeah, Monica is a chef," Joey told her. "Chandler bought her a restaurant after Sophie was born."

"Nice gift," Chris commented. "I'm going to go get ready for some serious shopping!"

"Good idea," Rachel said following her.

An hour later, they were headed to the city in Monica's mini-van. Alicia and Sophie were in the very back and Natalie was in the middle next to Chris. Monica was driving and Rachel was sitting next to her. Natalie was fast asleep.

"She's so cute," Chris told Monica.

"Thanks," Monica said turning to look at her daughter. "I think so. Of course I'm biased." They all laughed. "So Rachel? How's your job?"

"Its good," she said. "The restaurant?"

"Its doing great," Monica said smiling. It seemed to her that the conversation was strained. This was Rachel. Her best friend in the entire world, the friend that she could talk to for hours and never run out of things to say to. But she found herself straining for topics. She nervously tapped her fingers on the steering wheel. Natalie began to cry and Monica gladly welcomed the interruption.

"What's the matter baby?" She asked.

"Hungry! I hungry," Natalie cried.

"We'll stop for something to eat when we get there," Monica assured her daughter and sighed as she got stuck in more traffic. "Girls?" Sophie and Alicia looked up. "Are you hungry too?"

"Yeah," they replied.

"I'll take them to eat if you two want to shop," Monica told Rachel and Chris. Before Rachel could open her mouth Chris did.

"That's okay," she said. "I'm kind of hungry myself." Monica gave her a grateful smile and Rachel nodded.

"Fine," she said. She had wanted to shop, but reminded herself that it wasn't just her. So she nodded and waited to get to the restaurant.

Across town, Chandler, Joey and Ross were finding this same problem. Mostly Joey and Chandler. They used to be inseparable. Now, Joey knew that Chandler wasn't the same Chandler he used to be. He was now married, and had kids and had responsibilities and a mortgage. He had his children's future to think of. Whereas Joey only had his own. And he rarely thought about that. They got their tickets and made their way to their seats. David was talking to Ross about something scientific, Joey had been lost since the first words had been spoken. Chandler looked equally lost. Joey turned to Chandler and they started talking about normal things like they used to do.

"Remember Eddie the psycho roommate?" Joey asked.

"How can I forget, Pal?" Chandler said laughing. "Monica actually wanted to name Alex, Edward after her grandfather or something and I said no. That name still strikes fear into the very core of my being." Joey laughed. "You killed my goldfish!" Chandler imitated Eddie.

"Those were good times," Joey said. "Don't you wish things could've stayed like that forever?"

"We had to grow up sometime Joe," Chandler reminded him. "I mean, some of us were eventually going to get married and start families at some point. It was inevitable." Joey nodded.

"I just miss us," he said. "I miss you and me. Channy and Joey."

"We've already established that no one calls us that," Chandler told him. "I miss us too. But I'm happy now too. I got a great life going right now."

"Yeah," Joey said. "The kids are great."

"Yes, they get that from their mother." Joey was quiet and was about to say something when he noticed that Chandler was smiling to himself.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Monica and the kids," Chandler said. "Natalie's first word was Dada. Alex's was cookie, and Sophie's was Momma." He pulled out his wallet and looked down at the picture of the three of them in the back yard. Behind that picture was a picture of him and Monica. Joey realized just how different they had become. He sighed and returned his attention to the game, wishing for a second that he hadn't come back. Chandler patted him on the back.

"Check out that play!" He told him and Joey smiled back, but it wasn't the same kind of smile that he used to give. Because something had changed between them.

"So did you have fun at the game today?" Monica asked Chandler later that night as they were getting into bed.

"It wasn't bad," he told her kissing her.

"Wasn't bad? That's it?"

"How was shopping?"

"Not bad," she responded.

"See?"

"I just...its just....well, I think that....its just not the same anymore," she sighed sitting on the bed. "Do you think having them come here was a bad idea?"

"Are you happy to see them?"

"Well yes," she answered.

"Then no it wasn't a bad idea," he told her. "We all have changed. Its been eight years we were bound to change and things were always going to be different, and I think we all knew that deep down inside, we just expected for everyone to meet and us all have a rousing game of poker while watching the ugly naked guy and Mr. Heckles banging on the ceiling. Gunther drooling over Rachel every second."

"Wait," Monica said. "Gunther drooled over Rachel?"

"You didn't notice?"

"I figured he had a thing for her, but..."

"Oh he was in love with her! Anyway," he took her hand in his. "The point is that they're our best friends. They were there for us through everything and that will never go away. Unfortunately, we have kind of drifted apart. Now we have to come back together again."

"You're right," she told him.

"Wow, I'm right? Have those words ever come out of your mouth?"

"Shut up," she threw a pillow at him and he pulled her onto the bed as she giggled.

"What is that noise?" Brian asked.

"Lets see," Rachel said. "Our room is right next to Monica and Chandler's, so I would venture to say that it was them making that noise."

"Really?"

"Oh yeah, Chandler never could keep his hands off of her," Rachel smiled wistfully. Brian could certainly keep his hands off her, she thought bitterly. She shook her head and turned to her husband. "Ready for bed?"

"Yes," he said. "Walking around the city tired me out. Alex is a good kid though, he and Trent had a lot of fun today."

"That's good," Rachel said settling under the covers. "I'm glad that they're becoming friends." Brian nodded. Suddenly Rachel sat up. "Brian we need to talk."

"About what?"

"Why don't we kiss and hug like Monica and Chandler?"

"Because we're not that kind of people," he said.

"Wrong," she said. "I am, I like that kind of stuff."

"Well, I didn't know that," he said. "Can we go to sleep now?"
"You never say I love you," she said quietly. He turned back over and looked at her. "You don't."

"Well, you know that I do right?"

"I suppose," she said pursing her lips together. "What happened to us?"

"I don't know," he told her honestly. "I understand what you are saying. Something had been off with us lately."

"Not just lately," she said. "Its been awhile."

"Listen, I know that we have to talk about this, but not in your friends house at night when I want to sleep. When we get home, I promise, we will go through and we will discuss this thoroughly and we'll get through this and be okay." She nodded uncertainly and plastered on a smile as she slipped under the covers. They would talk about it, but Rachel was afraid of the result.

"So I was thinking," Joey told Chris that night in bed. "I really miss New York."

"It is a great city," she agreed.

"And my friends."

"They're so nice!" She told him. "Monica and Rachel and I had so much fun shopping!'

"Well...what do you think of moving back here?"

"Here?"

"If you don't want to that's fine, I mean I'll go wherever you go."

"You really want to move back here?"

"Yeah," he said. "My family is here and my friends are here. Everything but you is here."

"What about acting?" She asked. Chris was not an actress, she was a kindergarten teacher. "And my job?"

"Well you could try to get a job here, and I could still act in New York. I did it before and if I can't, then well....maybe its time I got a new profession."

"Joey if this is something that you really want then I'll move back here with you."

"Really?" She nodded and he kissed her deeply. "Thanks Chris." He smiled and laid back down thinking about how much he was going to love moving back. He would tell the gang when they all went out to dinner the next night.

*****So that's that part. I know Ross wasn't in this part that much, but he'll be in the next one I promise. And things are going to get complicated for Rachel and Brian and everyone has an announcement to make......Please review!!!****