"Monica?"
She was sitting alone in her apartment, depressed and curled up on her couch.
Phoebe came over and hugged her. "Monica, how are you?"
"Okay, considering that I'm about to be divorced."
"Did you call Don like I told you to?"
"No, Pheebs," she shook her head firmly. "I can't see him again."
"Why? Your marriage is over."
"It would just make Chandler think that he was right all along, that I stopped loving him, that I just wanted a baby, that I never felt guilty."
"So, what, you're gonna punish yourself and feel twice as guilty? Come on, don't do this."
"I was a married woman, Phoebe! As soon the friendship stopped being innocent, as soon as Don said he loved me, I should have ended it."
"You're human. Look, what if, what if Chandler was cheating on you too?"
She sat up. "Chandler was cheating on me?"
"Hypothetically. What if, um, the night that he found you and Don together, Chandler was so upset that he went and hooked up with somebody? You know, like the time that Ross slept with that girl from the Xerox place, only it turned out that Rachel wasn't cheating on him with Mark."
"Why are we talking about this?"
"Just tell me, if Chandler *had* cheated on you, would you stop feeling so guilty, and run back to Don?"
"I don't know. It's unusual circumstances, and I still love Chandler. I mean, I wanted him to forgive *me* for cheating. I should be able to forgive him."
"Well, he's not forgiving you! Okay, what if, what if it wasn't just anybody that he slept with? What if it was one of us? What if they're doing it again and being all happy while you're sitting here moping?"
"What? Who? Rachel would never--" She gasped. "Did you--did you sleep with him?"
"No! It's Joey, okay? I'm sorry, it's Joey."
"J-Joey?"
Phoebe nodded. "So, cheater, and not straight. Don looking any better now?"
She was sitting alone in her apartment, depressed and curled up on her couch.
Phoebe came over and hugged her. "Monica, how are you?"
"Okay, considering that I'm about to be divorced."
"Did you call Don like I told you to?"
"No, Pheebs," she shook her head firmly. "I can't see him again."
"Why? Your marriage is over."
"It would just make Chandler think that he was right all along, that I stopped loving him, that I just wanted a baby, that I never felt guilty."
"So, what, you're gonna punish yourself and feel twice as guilty? Come on, don't do this."
"I was a married woman, Phoebe! As soon the friendship stopped being innocent, as soon as Don said he loved me, I should have ended it."
"You're human. Look, what if, what if Chandler was cheating on you too?"
She sat up. "Chandler was cheating on me?"
"Hypothetically. What if, um, the night that he found you and Don together, Chandler was so upset that he went and hooked up with somebody? You know, like the time that Ross slept with that girl from the Xerox place, only it turned out that Rachel wasn't cheating on him with Mark."
"Why are we talking about this?"
"Just tell me, if Chandler *had* cheated on you, would you stop feeling so guilty, and run back to Don?"
"I don't know. It's unusual circumstances, and I still love Chandler. I mean, I wanted him to forgive *me* for cheating. I should be able to forgive him."
"Well, he's not forgiving you! Okay, what if, what if it wasn't just anybody that he slept with? What if it was one of us? What if they're doing it again and being all happy while you're sitting here moping?"
"What? Who? Rachel would never--" She gasped. "Did you--did you sleep with him?"
"No! It's Joey, okay? I'm sorry, it's Joey."
"J-Joey?"
Phoebe nodded. "So, cheater, and not straight. Don looking any better now?"