Joey and Chandler continued to be playful and carefree, indulging in pretend fights and many quickies on the night of Ross's museum benefit. At least none of their friends were ready for the event, either.

During another night of experimentation, Joey's arm got dislocated in a sex injury, and they had an embarrassing time at the hospital. Since their relationship was still a secret to their families, Joey explained his sling to his family by saying that he had been jumping on his bed and fallen off. Fortunately, this sounded perfectly plausible to the Tribbiani clan.

To get over Richard, Monica devised a plan to make and sell jam, much to Joey's delight.

"Remember when you were a kid and your mom would drop you off at the movies with a jar of jam and a little spoon?"

Joey ate tons of jam and crackers, and Phoebe started dating Ursula's stalker Malcolm, which no one thought was a good idea.

While hanging out alone, Chandler and Ross let off some steam about their respective relationships.

Joey is lovable and hot, but "He eats like five times a day. And his taste in jewelry, ugh!" Chandler pointed out the bracelet on his wrist.

Ross complained that Rachel often asked if she looked fat and always wanted to cuddle at night.

"Oh yeah, I remember that stuff! I gotta say, I don't miss women at all."

"Really?" Ross asked skeptically.

Chandler shrugged and admitted, "Well, a little. But you know, that thing me and Joey were doing the other night..." He saw the look on Ross's face. "Sharing too much, huh?"

Ross nodded.

After the jam project fizzled, Monica decided that she wanted to have a baby through artificial insemination, so she went to a sperm bank and discovered Joey among the donors. Apparently he had donated after completing the sex study at NYU.

Monica eventually changed her mind because she still wanted to find her soul mate. Once Phoebe broke up with Malcolm, she and Monica were able to console each other about being single.

***

Then Joey appeared in the Milk Master 2000 infomercial, and hated being teased about it by everybody.

Chandler hugged him and apologized, "Come on, I'll make it up to you." He smiled wickedly, "You can be Kevin tonight, and I'll..."

Ross cleared his throat warningly. "Other people still in the room."

Chandler stuck his tongue out at him.

Joey sighed and looked at his watch. "Mon, can I use the phone in your room? I gotta call Estelle and see if she got me anything better than this."

"Sure, Joey. Good luck."

"Thanks." He kissed Chandler, then got up and went into Monica's bedroom.

Monica asked Chandler, "So, Joey's gonna be Kevin, and you'll what?"

"Monica!" Ross became uncomfortable again.

"Come on! I have to sleep in the next room when you're going at it with Rachel. Can't I be curious about a couple that holds no ick factor for me?"

Phoebe giggled.

Just then, Joey came out of Monica's room, looking angry. "Chandler!"

"What?"

"My agent would like to know why I didn't show up at the audition I didn't know I had today. The first good thing she gets me in weeks. How could you not give me the message?!"

Chandler looked confused. "What? That wasn't me."

Phoebe pointed accusingly, "Yes, it was! It was him! Uh-huh!" Everyone stared at her, and she reluctantly admitted, "Okay, it was me!"

Phoebe explained that she had been playing hide and seek with Chandler, and took down the message while in a panic to find somewhere to hide. "I meant to tell you, I did, and I wrote it all down on my hand. See?"

Joey saw the note on her hand, but remained bummed about his lost audition.

To make amends, Phoebe called up the casting director to get Joey a second chance. He never thought it would work, but Phoebe successfully pretended to be his agent and got him another audition. Joey hugged her happily.

After going to that audition, and getting the part, Joey was certainly in a good mood that night. However, he inadvertently freaked Chandler out about their relationship by asking to move into Chandler's room.

"I always sleep here anyway, don't I?"

"Uh, yeah," he answered nervously. "But, you know, your room is just one wall away. It's not like another apartment or something."

"Yeah," Joey shrugged. "I guess I just don't like leaving your bed unless necessary." He kissed Chandler warmly.

***

The next day, while Joey was busy with more auditions that Phoebe got for him, Chandler hung out with the others and was noticeably jittery.

He explained to them what had happened. "It's like all of the sudden, we were this couple, and this alarm started going off in my head: 'Run for your life! Get out of the building!'"

Rachel scoffed with disgust. "You are unbelievable!"

Monica agreed. "What is with you, Chandler! I mean, the minute you start to feel something, you have to run away?"

"I know, I know, but what am I supposed to do? He's gonna come home, and I'm gonna say something stupid. Help me, please!"

"Well, what did you tell him last night?"

"I, uh, I said I'd think about it, and see if I could find any room in my dresser or my closet. Then I distracted him with, you know, other stuff."

Monica and Rachel advised him about going through the tunnel of commitment and facing his fears. Ross, meanwhile, obsessed about Ben playing with a Barbie doll.

That evening Chandler told Joey to go ahead and move into his bedroom. "And, and, here's a drawer in my dresser that I cleared out just for you."

Joey smiled. "Ah, that's great!"

"Yeah, so you can put your stuff in there, and not go back and forth anymore."

Joey kissed him happily.

"And, ah, that's not all. We should take a trip."

"We should?"

"Yep, we're a couple and that's what couples do. And, and, we should tell your parents about us. We should take a trip with your parents!"

"What? Chandler, are you okay?"

"I am, I am. I mean, I could even say, uh, let's get a joint bank account."

Joey knew him better than that, though. "Chandler, come on. Was it too soon? I asked you too soon, didn't I? I'm sorry, I thought these past couple of months would be enough time, but I guess I was wrong. It's okay, we don't have to do this now."

"Really?"

"Yeah, really. I don't want to scare you, Chandler. Look, just chalk it up to me being new to this. I've never gone out with anybody longer than two weeks."

"Yeah, that's right," Chandler nodded with realization. He hugged Joey and finally calmed down. "I mean, I'm crazy about you. I just, I just..."

Joey kissed him. "I know."