Well, here's the next chapter, FINALLY!! I know the wait has been forever, I'm so sorry! And I thought I would be able to update more with school out for the summer! Oh well…please review this chapter, as always, I would appreciate it SO MUCH! Thanks! Wow, I need to get a new pre-story speech, this one's getting kinda old…

Chapter 3

"Well here we are, Ross! Monica and RACHEL's apartment!" said Joey loudly as they walked through the door. The others groaned in frustration.

"Thanks Joe," said Ross, amused. "I really wasn't sure."

"Yeah, you know, it's always been Monica and Rachel's! No one else, like, say, Chandler, ever moved in!" Joey continued.

Ross laughed. "Yeah, like that would ever happen!" Monica glared at Joey.

"Okay, I'd better go home and get to bed, I have to get up really early tomorrow," said Phoebe quickly. "Good night everyone!" Everyone called out their good-byes as she left.

"I'd better turn in too," said Chandler. "'Night." He began walking toward his bedroom.

"Whoa there, Chandler!" laughed Monica, grabbing his arm. "Your bedroom's that way, remember?" she said, pointing to the door.

"Oh, right!" said Chandler after a pause. He and Monica laughed quickly. "See, sometimes I get confused," he told Ross, Rachel and Joey. "You know, the Earth spins like a thousand miles an hour, it's enough to make anybody a little disoriented."

"Well, let me help you, let's go," said Joey, grabbing Chandler's arm and walking him over to his apartment.

"Well, what do you think, sweetie?" Ross said to Rachel. "Do you feel like going to bed, too?"

"What?" said Rachel quickly. "Bed? You and me? Both of us?"

"Well, you guys won't let me back to my apartment, so I guess so, yeah," said Ross.

"Yeah, it's just, I don't know, I don't feel really tired right now, you know?" Rachel said in a much higher voice than usual. "But if you want to go, I understand," she added. "You must be really tired. In fact, you can have the bed if you like, and I can just take the couch-"

"Oh, no," said Ross. "I'm not tired at all. Why don't we just stay out here for a while and watch a movie?"

"Sounds good!" said Rachel brightly. "Monica, why don't you watch with us! You're not tired, are you?"

"Of course not," Monica said, trying to stifle a huge yawn.

"Great, just let me put my stuff in the bedroom," said Ross. Monica and Rachel had run to Ross's apartment and gotten some clothes for him to use until he got his memory back.

"Okay!" called Monica. "And hey, don't be surprised if it looks a little different, the guys redecorated while you were in the hospital so Rachel was…distracted…" She trailed off at the end, trying to come up with something that made sense and failing miserably.

"That's fine," said Ross. Joey, Chandler and Phoebe had moved most of Rachel's furniture back into the position it had been in six years ago, but they couldn't put everything back exactly. They figured they would just have to do their best and cover it up.

Ross entered "Rachel's" room.

"Oh my god, Monica!" hissed Rachel the second the door was shut. "This is so much harder than I thought! I figured it was just going to be like, oh yeah, sure, we're going out, I still live here, but it's not! There's too much stuff involved!"

"Yeah, I know, Rachel," said Monica calmly. "We all knew it was gonna be tough! But with luck, he'll remember the past six years within the next couple of days, and it'll all be over."

"But what if he doesn't?" Rachel asked. "What if he never remembers? We can't let him live a lie forever! Every single day, we're gonna have to hide newspapers so he doesn't see the date. We have to take down our calendars.  Heck, we can't even let him watch the news! It's a miracle that he hasn't noticed that we all look like we've aged six years overnight!"

"He'll remember, don't worry," Monica said comfortingly. "The doctor said it was just the shock of the accident, and it'll take like four days at most for him to remember everything. It's going to be okay, Rachel."

"Yeah, I know." Rachel sighed. "I'm just scared. I mean, I'm going to be spending a lot of time with him, now that he thinks we're still dating. What if I let something slip?"

"You won't. And you won't even have to worry in a couple days. Just calm down," Monica told her. Rachel nodded. "Right, I'm going to go change. The movie better be short, though, I'm really tired."

"No problem," Rachel said. Monica walked toward her bedroom, then stopped and turned around.

"You know, Rach…if this pretending upsets you this much, we could find a way to tell Ross you weren't going out any more. We could tell him you broke up right before the accident, and he must have just forgotten."

"Oh no, it's okay, I don't really want to do that to him," Rachel answered, shaking her head.

"Why not?" Monica asked. "It would be one less thing we have to fake, and anyway, it's the truth!"

"Well, yeah," said Rachel. "I just don't think I could do that to him." Seeing Monica's look of confusion, she added, "You weren't there the night we broke up, Mon. You didn't see his face. He was so hurt, so heartbroken…" Rachel trailed off, and Monica was astonished to see tears in her eyes. "I just don't think I could make him feel like that again."

"But Rachel, sooner or later, he's going to remember," Monica reminded her gently.

"I know. But this way, he'll remember that he was over it by the accident. It won't upset him. I just couldn't stand seeing that look on his face again." Rachel walked toward the bathroom, since her room was still occupied, and Monica shook her head and entered her bedroom.

Rachel walked out of the bathroom in her pajamas about three minutes later. Monica was still in her room, but Ross was sitting on the couch.

"Hey, Rach," he said, smiling at her. She smiled weakly back and plopped onto the chair. "What movie did you want to watch?"

"I don't know," Rachel answered. "Doesn't really matter."

"Alrighty then," said Ross. He picked a tape at random and put it in the VCR. "What's the matter? You look…"

"Tired? I am," said Rachel, using her hand to cover up a yawn. I was with you at the hospital all day yesterday, remember?"

"Yeah," said Ross slowly. "But it's more than that. You look like something's bothering you. Everything all right aat work?"

"Work! Yeah, that's it…things are really hectic right now at work right now," Rachel said quickly. She wondered where Ross remembered her working. Was she still at Central Perk? Or was he thinking about Bloomingdale's?

"It doesn't have anything to do with Mark, does it?" asked Ross, frowning. Oh. Bloomingdale's.

"Oh, God," Rachel muttered. She had completely forgotten about Ross's issues with Mark. "Ross, for literally the thousandth time, there is absolutely nothing going on between Mark and I," she said expressionlessly, keeping up the "six years ago" charade.  Or you and me, for that matter, she added silently.

"All right, sorry," Ross said guiltily. "But I still think he has a crush on you." Rachel smiled, realizing that Ross was right. Mark had had a crush on her, hadn't he?

"Hey," said Monica, coming out of her bedroom. "What are we talking about?"

"Nothing," Ross said automatically.

"We were talking about Mark," Rachel said. "Ross thinks he has a crush on me. Isn't that interesting?"

"Rach!" said Ross.

"It's all right, Ross. Monica knows all about Mark," Rachel told him. "Don't worry about it."

"Mark, huh?" Monica laughed. "I forgot about him. Yeah Rach, you think maybe he does have a crush on you?" she teased. Rachel glared at her.

"What do you mean, you forgot?" Ross said, surprised. "You told me at Joey's party that he was 'so dreamy'. I believe the phrase you used was, 'hamana hamana hamana'."

"These things can slip your mind," said Monica easily, still grinning.

"Yeah," agreed Ross. He didn't want to discuss Mark anymore. "Speaking of Joey's party, by the way, anyone know what happened between Chandler and Joey's sister?" Monica stopped smiling.

"Yeah, Monica," said Rachel, noticing that mention of Monica's husband's love life seemed to annoy her. "What happened? Did Chandler and Mary Angela get together? Are they gonna have a steamy, hot relationship? I mean, she IS related to Joey."

"It didn't work out," Monica told both of them, irritated. "Chandler didn't belong with her, anyway."

"Well, who does he belong with, Mon?" Rachel asked, enjoying herself. "You?"

Ross laughed. "As if!" He said. "Monica and Chandler? I am so sure!"

"Yeah, funny idea, isn't it?" Monica said, annoyed. "Now how about we just watch the stupid movie so I can go to bed?" Ross and Rachel looked at each other and smiled. Then they all sat back to watch the movie.

TBC

Okay, that might have sucked. Nothing really happened in this chapter, did it? Next chapter will (hopefully) be more exciting! Again, I am so sorry for the wait! Please please PLEASE review! Thank you Amsterdam, good night!