This is a brief departure from the Joey and Chandler story, so that I can show you some important changes going on in the lives of the other four.
Monica had good luck when she was hired as the head chef of a restaurant, although it forced her to quit her catering business with Phoebe.
Still, Frank and Alice asked Phoebe to be a surrogate for them, so she was soon busy. When Phoebe found out that she was carrying triplets, Rachel helped her come up with a plan to make money for the big family; Phoebe and Frank would use the old catering van to start a taxi/massage service.
Things changed even more when Rachel and Ross decided to live together. They moved into a new apartment, leaving Monica alone and kind of sad.
Phoebe agreed to move back in temporarily, so that Monica could help her through her pregnancy, but she was firm about resisting Mon's compulsion to be freakishly neat. Monica channeled that energy into her restaurant instead.
She also kept dating losers, and wished desperately for a baby. She and Phoebe spent a lot of time together, especially after Phoebe gave birth to the triplets and had to give them up. On top of that, Phoebe's grandmother died, and though she met her long lost dad at the funeral, the awkward reunion couldn't really fill the whole in Phoebe's heart.
When Ross and Rachel got engaged, the whole gang celebrated, but privately Monica and Phoebe had to console each other.
"Joey and Chandler might as well be engaged too," Phoebe commented. "Married, even."
Monica nodded. "We're the only single ones left."
"Hey, Mon, you still want to have a baby, don't you?"
"More than anything."
"How about we have a baby?"
"What?!"
"Yeah, remember when you were gonna get a sperm donor? You could still do that, and this time I could help you through the pregnancy, and we could keep the baby."
Monica wasn't sure if Phoebe meant that they should be a lesbian couple too, and she couldn't get up the nerve to ask.
"Of course," Phoebe back-pedaled, "if you still wanna wait for your dream guy, I'll understand. I just, I thought it was something we could do."
Monica asked for time to think about it, but eventually both she and Phoebe knew what her answer had to be. Monica gave her a parting kiss, out of sympathy, then Phoebe moved back to her apartment.
Monica had good luck when she was hired as the head chef of a restaurant, although it forced her to quit her catering business with Phoebe.
Still, Frank and Alice asked Phoebe to be a surrogate for them, so she was soon busy. When Phoebe found out that she was carrying triplets, Rachel helped her come up with a plan to make money for the big family; Phoebe and Frank would use the old catering van to start a taxi/massage service.
Things changed even more when Rachel and Ross decided to live together. They moved into a new apartment, leaving Monica alone and kind of sad.
Phoebe agreed to move back in temporarily, so that Monica could help her through her pregnancy, but she was firm about resisting Mon's compulsion to be freakishly neat. Monica channeled that energy into her restaurant instead.
She also kept dating losers, and wished desperately for a baby. She and Phoebe spent a lot of time together, especially after Phoebe gave birth to the triplets and had to give them up. On top of that, Phoebe's grandmother died, and though she met her long lost dad at the funeral, the awkward reunion couldn't really fill the whole in Phoebe's heart.
When Ross and Rachel got engaged, the whole gang celebrated, but privately Monica and Phoebe had to console each other.
"Joey and Chandler might as well be engaged too," Phoebe commented. "Married, even."
Monica nodded. "We're the only single ones left."
"Hey, Mon, you still want to have a baby, don't you?"
"More than anything."
"How about we have a baby?"
"What?!"
"Yeah, remember when you were gonna get a sperm donor? You could still do that, and this time I could help you through the pregnancy, and we could keep the baby."
Monica wasn't sure if Phoebe meant that they should be a lesbian couple too, and she couldn't get up the nerve to ask.
"Of course," Phoebe back-pedaled, "if you still wanna wait for your dream guy, I'll understand. I just, I thought it was something we could do."
Monica asked for time to think about it, but eventually both she and Phoebe knew what her answer had to be. Monica gave her a parting kiss, out of sympathy, then Phoebe moved back to her apartment.