Over the next few days, Joey and Chandler started thinking about getting something pierced or tattooed as well, so they went to the copy shop to ask Chloe about her belly button ring. She invited them to a nightclub, but in a somewhat ambiguous way.
The guys thought about her comment and discussed whether having a threesome with her would be a bad thing. It turned out to be a moot point, however, because at the club, Chloe was really boring and turned out to dig Ross, of all people.
Ross unexpectedly showed up at the club too, after a big fight with Rachel on their anniversary night. Though Joey and Chandler tried to talk Ross into going home and making up with Rachel, or at least calling her, Ross did a very stupid thing and slept with Chloe that night.
Rachel found out about in the morning and changed her mind about getting back together with Ross after all. It was horrible.
***
The bitter breakup was hard on the whole gang, but Chandler in particular looked the most stressed out. Monica and Richard broke up; Ross and Rachel broke up; would he and Joey break up someday too?
"No way," Joey told him. "That's not us. Calm down." He hugged Chandler close and then smelled a strange odor. "What is that? Smoke?"
Chandler admitted that he had started smoking again.
"Not again! How could you?"
"Hey, I need this! You don't know what I'm going through. I'm telling you, this is just like my parents' divorce, when I started smoking in the first place."
Joey tried to take the cigarettes from him, but Chandler pulled away and locked himself in the bathroom where he lit up. Joey didn't want to start a fight, so he sighed and just concentrated on Chandler's current insecurity about their relationship.
"Come out, Chandler! Come on. Fine, keep the cigarettes for now. Look, if you're gonna smoke, let's make out at least and give you an excuse for it. Huh?"
Chandler eventually unlocked the door, and returned to their bed, with breath spray, but the sex made him feel only temporarily better. He still smoked his cigarettes anxiously while Ross and Rachel's nasty feuding continued.
The gang didn't like Chandler smoking either when they found out, and they forced him to smoke on the balcony or at the window, away from everybody.
Chandler said that he couldn't help it; smoking, and using humor as a defense mechanism, were the only things that helped him cope with his parents' divorce.
"Weren't you nine?" Monica asked.
"No, nine was when my parents started having secret orgies behind each other's backs. Eleven was when they decided to divorce and ruin Thanksgiving for me forever!"
After Phoebe lectured them, Ross and Rachel slowly learned how to get along again, for the sake of harmony in the group. That helped calm Chandler down, but he found it harder to quit smoking this time. Joey couldn't take the smell anymore and started sleeping in his old bedroom, saying that he'd come back as soon as the nicotine gum or the patch worked.
To speed things up, Rachel gave Chandler a stop-smoking hypnosis tape to play whenever he slept. The tape worked, but had side-effects.
Joey was puzzled by the weird way Chandler was acting lately, but then he discovered what was wrong when he passed by Chandler's room one night on the way to the bathroom. The hypnosis tape kept repeating "You are a strong, confident woman who does not need to smoke."
Joey turned off the tape and crawled into bed with him. He kissed Chandler as he slept and whispered in his ear, "You love Joey, and he loves you. You don't have to worry anymore. Or smoke."
The guys thought about her comment and discussed whether having a threesome with her would be a bad thing. It turned out to be a moot point, however, because at the club, Chloe was really boring and turned out to dig Ross, of all people.
Ross unexpectedly showed up at the club too, after a big fight with Rachel on their anniversary night. Though Joey and Chandler tried to talk Ross into going home and making up with Rachel, or at least calling her, Ross did a very stupid thing and slept with Chloe that night.
Rachel found out about in the morning and changed her mind about getting back together with Ross after all. It was horrible.
***
The bitter breakup was hard on the whole gang, but Chandler in particular looked the most stressed out. Monica and Richard broke up; Ross and Rachel broke up; would he and Joey break up someday too?
"No way," Joey told him. "That's not us. Calm down." He hugged Chandler close and then smelled a strange odor. "What is that? Smoke?"
Chandler admitted that he had started smoking again.
"Not again! How could you?"
"Hey, I need this! You don't know what I'm going through. I'm telling you, this is just like my parents' divorce, when I started smoking in the first place."
Joey tried to take the cigarettes from him, but Chandler pulled away and locked himself in the bathroom where he lit up. Joey didn't want to start a fight, so he sighed and just concentrated on Chandler's current insecurity about their relationship.
"Come out, Chandler! Come on. Fine, keep the cigarettes for now. Look, if you're gonna smoke, let's make out at least and give you an excuse for it. Huh?"
Chandler eventually unlocked the door, and returned to their bed, with breath spray, but the sex made him feel only temporarily better. He still smoked his cigarettes anxiously while Ross and Rachel's nasty feuding continued.
The gang didn't like Chandler smoking either when they found out, and they forced him to smoke on the balcony or at the window, away from everybody.
Chandler said that he couldn't help it; smoking, and using humor as a defense mechanism, were the only things that helped him cope with his parents' divorce.
"Weren't you nine?" Monica asked.
"No, nine was when my parents started having secret orgies behind each other's backs. Eleven was when they decided to divorce and ruin Thanksgiving for me forever!"
After Phoebe lectured them, Ross and Rachel slowly learned how to get along again, for the sake of harmony in the group. That helped calm Chandler down, but he found it harder to quit smoking this time. Joey couldn't take the smell anymore and started sleeping in his old bedroom, saying that he'd come back as soon as the nicotine gum or the patch worked.
To speed things up, Rachel gave Chandler a stop-smoking hypnosis tape to play whenever he slept. The tape worked, but had side-effects.
Joey was puzzled by the weird way Chandler was acting lately, but then he discovered what was wrong when he passed by Chandler's room one night on the way to the bathroom. The hypnosis tape kept repeating "You are a strong, confident woman who does not need to smoke."
Joey turned off the tape and crawled into bed with him. He kissed Chandler as he slept and whispered in his ear, "You love Joey, and he loves you. You don't have to worry anymore. Or smoke."