Rachel ran all over the city looking for Joey, she was at Central Perk, and every deli whithin a ten mile radius. She couldn't find him anywhere.
When Joey got to the apartment, Rachel wasn't there, so he went to Monica who told him she was at the coffee house, but by the time he got there, she had left. They finally crossed paths back at the apartment.
"Joey! Where have you been, I have been looking all over for you!" She panted, taking her coat off.
"I've been out looking for you!"
"Well, I just wanted to tell you that I'm not seeing anyone, my favorite restaurant is Sorentino's, and please don't go out with the girl down the hall!" She pleaded.
"What? I thought you were going to go out with the model for Valentine's Day?"
"What are you talking about? Monica told me that...Oh... wait a minute... who told you all this?" Finally catching on.
"Chandler." He said, confused.
"Did you happen to notice that the other night when we had dinner and we came home, Chandler was absolutely fine?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Joey, they are trying to set us up!"
"What?"
"Oh come on, think about it." She became impatient. "Chandler and Monica told us Phoebe and Ross couldn't go to dinner, but they never said one word to us about it. Chandler and Monica had to go home, leaving us alone at dinner. They tell us both bogus stories about us liking each other. Why would they do all that if they weren't trying to get us together?"
"Oh, my God! You're right!"
"I know! I can't believe them."
"I think we need to have a talk with them."
They marched across the hall and into Chandler and Monica's apartment.
"Monica!" She shouted angrily.
"Chandler!"
Monica was right. That plan did backfire, very badly.
"Hey, guys, how are you doing?" Monica tried to suck up to save herslef, but it didn't help.
"Nice try." Joey replied.
"What is the matter with you two?" Rachel lectured.
"Don't you think we can handle our own personal lives?" Joey snapped.
"I, uhh...well...we..."
"Well, that explains everything." Rachel mocked.
"We're sorry, we were just trying to help." Monica cried.
"Well, you didn't." Joey yelled.
"Yeah, do you have any idea how embarassing this is?" Rachel added.
"Come on, it's not that bad! We said we were sorry, what more do you want?" Monica begged.
"Okay, fine. But from now on, let me get dates on my own." Rachel suggested.
"Yeah!" Joey yelled in agreement.
"Fine." They wanted to just get it out into the open about how Rachel and Joey felt, but they were mad enough at them as it was.
"Okay, well I guess we should go." They were both so embarassed, afraid to face one another when they got back.
"Well, that was wierd." Joey said.
"Yeah, what were they thinking, trying to set us up?" They looked at each other and shrugged. They laughed for a minute in retrospect.
"Us, as a couple..." Joey laughed. "That would just be..."
"Wierd." rachel chimed in.
"Definately." He confirmed. "Have you ever even thought about us like that?"
"No, of course not, never." This wasn't even a conversation, they were more or less interrogating one another. They were getting no where.
"Okay, you know what? I can't take this anymore!" She exploded. "Joey, we have to talk."