By the time Phoebe finished her story, Gunther was waiting to close
for the night. The gang headed back to the old apartment. Phoebe had to
stop a few times on the way, saying that the kicking was getting worse.
Rachel insisted that they take her to the hospital, but Phoebe did not want
them to have to spend their reunion there. Finally, they made it back.
Chandler and Joey set off to inspect every inch of the place. They wanted to see how many "markings" they had left. When they returned to the kitchen, they found Monica busy cooking again.
"She really never changes, does she?" Joey asked. He reached a finger into the cake frosting she was mixing, and she slapped his hand. "Nope," he answered for himself.
"And that's what I love about her!" Chandler said, sitting down at the table.
"You two really have it good," Ross said, "I don't think my sister could have been happier with anyone else."
Monica agreed, kissed Chandler on the cheek, then realized that they all wanted to her how her and Chandler's year was. "Okay," she began, "So me and Chandler, plus Jack and Erica, moved out to our new house. We wanted to have you guys over for a house-warming party, but Jack got colic-y, so we could never know when he would be quiet..."
"Oh, honey, don't worry about apologizing or anything. We have a kid, we understand," Rachel gently said.
This was all Monica needed to hear to know that her friends really did understand why they had not been able to do anything. Everything had returned to normal, even if there was a year between their last time together.
Ross noticed the look of sheer relief and happiness on his sister's face, and asked what was making her so happy.
Monica slowly began to explain all of her built up guilt that she had. As she continued talking, the others got a glimpse into what her year was like: full of learning how to raise kids, that guilty feeling constantly nagging her, and moving up in management of a new restaurant.
Chandler explained to Joey his new joys in parenthood. It was clear that having one-year-old twins had changed him very much.
"So, aside from your guilt, your year has been really good?" Joey asked.
"Yeah," Chandler and Monica said, hugging each other.
"Oh...well, that's good..." Joey said, a faraway look on his face.
Chandler and Joey set off to inspect every inch of the place. They wanted to see how many "markings" they had left. When they returned to the kitchen, they found Monica busy cooking again.
"She really never changes, does she?" Joey asked. He reached a finger into the cake frosting she was mixing, and she slapped his hand. "Nope," he answered for himself.
"And that's what I love about her!" Chandler said, sitting down at the table.
"You two really have it good," Ross said, "I don't think my sister could have been happier with anyone else."
Monica agreed, kissed Chandler on the cheek, then realized that they all wanted to her how her and Chandler's year was. "Okay," she began, "So me and Chandler, plus Jack and Erica, moved out to our new house. We wanted to have you guys over for a house-warming party, but Jack got colic-y, so we could never know when he would be quiet..."
"Oh, honey, don't worry about apologizing or anything. We have a kid, we understand," Rachel gently said.
This was all Monica needed to hear to know that her friends really did understand why they had not been able to do anything. Everything had returned to normal, even if there was a year between their last time together.
Ross noticed the look of sheer relief and happiness on his sister's face, and asked what was making her so happy.
Monica slowly began to explain all of her built up guilt that she had. As she continued talking, the others got a glimpse into what her year was like: full of learning how to raise kids, that guilty feeling constantly nagging her, and moving up in management of a new restaurant.
Chandler explained to Joey his new joys in parenthood. It was clear that having one-year-old twins had changed him very much.
"So, aside from your guilt, your year has been really good?" Joey asked.
"Yeah," Chandler and Monica said, hugging each other.
"Oh...well, that's good..." Joey said, a faraway look on his face.