"So tell us all about it!" Monica prompted excitedly when they all sat down. "When did it happen? Who came onto who? Was it mutual? Are you in love?"

"Monica, Monica, take a breath," Rachel warned. "Or at least let them, you know?"

"Sorry, sorry!"

Ross still refused to believe. "Come on, you can't be gay! Joey, you're a ladies man. And Chandler-" He thought about it a moment. "You were my college roommate! Ugh!" He shuddered.

"Ross," Chandler assured him, "I am not attracted to you. Never have been, never will be."

"What?" Ross looked insulted. "What's wrong with me?"

"I'm sorry. You're just too-" Chandler rejected "geeky", "annoying", "insecure", "wimpy", and finally settled on, "dedicated to science. Paleontology is your life, both at work and at home, and I'm-I'm just not strong enough to compete with that, but Rachel is."

"Okay," Ross felt better now. "And I'm straight." He hugged Rachel close to him and kissed her as a proof of his heterosexuality.

Monica impatiently threw a pillow at her brother. "Come on!" She looked at Joey and Chandler again. "So talk!"

"Okay, um," Chandler began. "Believe me, I know how many women Joey has slept with. Well, actually, I only know about the women he's been with since he became my roommate. There were probably a lot more before that too. But when I'm with Joey..." He sighed wistfully, "Well, let's just say we've had sex, and he has got to be at least bisexual. And I like sleeping with Joey too-though that fact doesn't seem to surprise most of you."

"Yeah, I kinda figured," the three girls murmured in unison.

"Sorry," Richard said. "You just have a kind of..."

"Quality!" Phoebe filled in for him.

"That's it!" Richard pointed. "A quality."

"Okay, okay," Chandler shrugged dismissively. "So, to answer one of your questions, Monica, we started sleeping together the same day that I got that bump on my head."

"What?" Ross said. "You mean that same night that we all met at the diner?"

"Yeah, that night, and that afternoon too."

"Wow! Why?" Rachel asked.

Chandler looked at Joey, who smiled back and finally spoke up. "We've been feeling kind of closer since I moved back in, you know? I... I just couldn't keep my hands off him any longer." He kissed Chandler again, and ached to be alone in their apartment.

"Okay, boys, that's enough!" Phoebe said.

"Sorry!" Chandler blushed.

Joey continued the explanation. "So, anyway, we were gonna tell you guys, but it was the big night at the diner, and we just never got around to it. Now that you guys know, we won't lie to you when we need a night just for us, okay?"

Everybody was okay with that.

"So, so are you two in love?" Monica pestered.

"Mon, it's only been a few days," Joey said, not wanting to rush Chandler at all.

"Yeah, but you've been friends for so long! Shouldn't you know?"

Chandler hugged Joey tight. "I know I never want him to move out again. I know that we're happy and I want us to stay happy. I know I'd rather be continuing my date with him right now, instead of sitting over here."

"Aw!" Phoebe smiled, then shooed them away. "So what are you doing here? Go, go! Finish your date. You can tell us about it tomorrow. We've heard enough for now."

"Okay!" Joey and Chandler waved goodnight and hurried back across the hall.

Monica was somewhat disappointed that she didn't get a straight answer from Chandler, but she realized that maybe she *was* jumping the gun a little bit. Ross and Rachel took their sweet time figuring out their feelings for each other, after all. Anyway, the guys at least seemed very cozy and affectionate, and Joey looked at Chandler with such obvious love, that they were probably on their way to a full-blown romance.

Monica decided to be patient; at least the secret was out. Everybody kept talking about the big Joey and Chandler revelation for the rest of the evening.