"Joey, you okay?" Monica asked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah," Joey said, "It's just that...that..." he broke down crying.
Rachel hugged him, and after a few minutes, he had calmed down enough to explain his tears.
"See after Mon and Chandler left, I just didn't know what to do with myself. Yeah, Rachel, Ross and Phoebe were still here in the city, but they were all bus with all their own things, if you know what I mean."
Phoebe just grinned mischievously.
"So...after a while of having literally no one to hang out with, I decided to get more serious about acting again."
"Because Dr. Drake Ramory was the seriousness that he was missing," Ross joked. Rachel elbowed him in the ribs, and let Joey continue.
"Anyway...I went to so many auditions in the first two months and didn't get ANY of them. I almost gave up..."
"Joey, that's terrible! Ouch!" Phoebe said, first returning to her days as his agent, then being reminded that she was very pregnant. Rachel again suggested that they go to the hospital but Phoebe protested and urged Joey to keep talking.
"Alright. So I kept on not getting any roles. Then I decided to try something totally new." He paused, trying to build up his friends' anticipation. "Broadway."
Their reactions were quite varied. Chandler couldn't help but burst out laughing, while Monica politely snorted into her drink. Rachel and Ross didn't believe him at first, then forced themselves to be happy. Phoebe asked him what show he was in.
"Oh...well...you know the Into the Woods revival?"
Everyone nodded.
"Well...I'm the cow!" Joey proudly said.
No one knew how to react for a minute. Then Ross burst out, "I KNEW that I knew that moo from somewhere!" Rachel just stared at him.
Just after Ross said this, Phoebe yelled that her water broke. There was instant insanity as Rachel ran to the phone to call Mike and the hospital, while Ross ran outside to try and get a cab. After almost half an hour, he returned, saying that not one cab had even gone by.
Mike ran into the apartment right after Ross, and helped Phoebe into her coat. But she said that it was going to take too long to get to the hospital ("These triplets want OUT!").
Monica realized that Phoebe was going to have to give birth right here, in her old apartment. She ran over to Joey's, and dragged in one of the recliners, claiming that it would be the most comfortable place for Phoebe.
Joey and Chandler looked very disgusted at this, shrugged, and helped get things ready.
"Wait a minute..." Rachel said.
"I CAN'T!" Phoebe yelled, now lying in the chair.
"No, no, no...where are we supposed to get a doctor?" Rachel asked, "I mean, it's not like any of us ever were doctors..."
Everyone's eyes slowly shifted towards Joey. Who could ever forget Dr. Drake Ramory?
Joey protested, but soon realized that he really was going to have to deliver Phoebe's triplets. Luckily, she had been through this before, so at least one person would know what they were doing.
It was not long before the contractions were getting more and more painful. But Phoebe looked surprisingly calm. Ross asked her why she was so mellow, and she simply responded, "Because I'm doing this with you guys."
Things were calm for a moment, then Joey shouted that the first baby was coming out. Everyone sprang back into action, getting towels ready, and anxiously gathered around.
A few minutes later, Mike was walking around with his first child; a baby girl. He did not have much time alone with his daughter; soon there were two tiny boys being cleaned off.
While Joey was washing his hands in the bathroom, he could not help but start to cry again. Who would have thought that he was capable of delivering triplets?
There was a knock on the bathroom door, Joey said "come in", and Rachel slipped inside.
"You know, what you did in there was really something," she said, "I never knew you had that in you."
Joey blushed, then said, very coyly, "Oh, it was nothing. You deliver babies in a soap opera, you can deliver them anywhere!"
"No, seriously," Rachel said, "If you would show other women the side of you that we just saw in there, entirely calm and confident, you'd be surprised at how much more they would see in you."
"Really?" Joey asked, "I always thought that stupid, sexy Joey was the way to go."
"No...you know, when I was dating you, I was really surprised. You showed me part of that side we saw today."
Just then, Chandler threw open the door. "They're naming the babies," he excitedly said, "And Joey, she especially wants you out there."
Joey hugged Rachel one more time, mouthed "thank you" to her, and headed into the living room.
"What was that for?" Chandler asked, holding the door open.
"I think I just started Joey off on what could be a really great year," she replied, then followed Chandler into the living room.
"Alright, everyone's here," Ross said, "Let's name these babies!"
"Well, I would like to name the girl after my grandmother," Mike said, holding his little daughter. "What do you think, Phoebe?"
She nodded and smiled.
"Okay. Christine Faith, welcome to the world!" Mike proudly said.
"Ooh! I wanna name one now!" Phoebe said, looking at the two boys she was holding. One had big brown eyes. "Okay. Because of how amazingly one of my friends pulled through, I'm naming you Joey."
At this, everyone turned to Joey. For once, he was at a loss for words, walked over to Phoebe, and hugged her. They stayed this way for a minute.
"Um...hello! We have another baby to name here!" Monica said, nodding towards the sleeping baby in Rachel's arms.
Phoebe and Mike thought for a minute, then said at the same time "Matthew" and "Douglass".
Phoebe smiled. "I think Matthew Douglass has a nice ring to it."
Mike agreed, and took Phoebe and the triplets down to the hospital to make sure that they all were okay.
Joey said that he as going to try out what Rachel had told him in the bathroom, and headed out. He was followed by confused looks from Monica, Ross and Chandler.
"Okay, that probably sounded really weird to everyone," Rachel said.
"Yeah!" Ross said, obviously expecting an explanation.
"Do we really want to know what happened in the bathroom?" Monica asked.
"I think so," Rachel replied. "I told Joey that the way he took control delivering the triplets was the side of him that he should be showing women if he ever wants a serious relationship."
"Oh, honey, that's great!" Ross said.
Monica checked her watch. In all the commotion, no one had realized that it was now five in the morning. Suddenly knowing the time made everyone tired, and they realized that trying to get home now wouldn't be smart.
"Ya know, we could just stay here," Ross said, looking around the apartment, "We have blankets, pillows..."
"A recliner that Phoebe gave birth in..." Chandler added.
Rachel and Monica made some phone calls to each of their baby- sitters, and soon the plans were set. Rachel, Ross, Monica and Chandler would be spending one more night in that apartment.
"Huh? Oh, yeah," Joey said, "It's just that...that..." he broke down crying.
Rachel hugged him, and after a few minutes, he had calmed down enough to explain his tears.
"See after Mon and Chandler left, I just didn't know what to do with myself. Yeah, Rachel, Ross and Phoebe were still here in the city, but they were all bus with all their own things, if you know what I mean."
Phoebe just grinned mischievously.
"So...after a while of having literally no one to hang out with, I decided to get more serious about acting again."
"Because Dr. Drake Ramory was the seriousness that he was missing," Ross joked. Rachel elbowed him in the ribs, and let Joey continue.
"Anyway...I went to so many auditions in the first two months and didn't get ANY of them. I almost gave up..."
"Joey, that's terrible! Ouch!" Phoebe said, first returning to her days as his agent, then being reminded that she was very pregnant. Rachel again suggested that they go to the hospital but Phoebe protested and urged Joey to keep talking.
"Alright. So I kept on not getting any roles. Then I decided to try something totally new." He paused, trying to build up his friends' anticipation. "Broadway."
Their reactions were quite varied. Chandler couldn't help but burst out laughing, while Monica politely snorted into her drink. Rachel and Ross didn't believe him at first, then forced themselves to be happy. Phoebe asked him what show he was in.
"Oh...well...you know the Into the Woods revival?"
Everyone nodded.
"Well...I'm the cow!" Joey proudly said.
No one knew how to react for a minute. Then Ross burst out, "I KNEW that I knew that moo from somewhere!" Rachel just stared at him.
Just after Ross said this, Phoebe yelled that her water broke. There was instant insanity as Rachel ran to the phone to call Mike and the hospital, while Ross ran outside to try and get a cab. After almost half an hour, he returned, saying that not one cab had even gone by.
Mike ran into the apartment right after Ross, and helped Phoebe into her coat. But she said that it was going to take too long to get to the hospital ("These triplets want OUT!").
Monica realized that Phoebe was going to have to give birth right here, in her old apartment. She ran over to Joey's, and dragged in one of the recliners, claiming that it would be the most comfortable place for Phoebe.
Joey and Chandler looked very disgusted at this, shrugged, and helped get things ready.
"Wait a minute..." Rachel said.
"I CAN'T!" Phoebe yelled, now lying in the chair.
"No, no, no...where are we supposed to get a doctor?" Rachel asked, "I mean, it's not like any of us ever were doctors..."
Everyone's eyes slowly shifted towards Joey. Who could ever forget Dr. Drake Ramory?
Joey protested, but soon realized that he really was going to have to deliver Phoebe's triplets. Luckily, she had been through this before, so at least one person would know what they were doing.
It was not long before the contractions were getting more and more painful. But Phoebe looked surprisingly calm. Ross asked her why she was so mellow, and she simply responded, "Because I'm doing this with you guys."
Things were calm for a moment, then Joey shouted that the first baby was coming out. Everyone sprang back into action, getting towels ready, and anxiously gathered around.
A few minutes later, Mike was walking around with his first child; a baby girl. He did not have much time alone with his daughter; soon there were two tiny boys being cleaned off.
While Joey was washing his hands in the bathroom, he could not help but start to cry again. Who would have thought that he was capable of delivering triplets?
There was a knock on the bathroom door, Joey said "come in", and Rachel slipped inside.
"You know, what you did in there was really something," she said, "I never knew you had that in you."
Joey blushed, then said, very coyly, "Oh, it was nothing. You deliver babies in a soap opera, you can deliver them anywhere!"
"No, seriously," Rachel said, "If you would show other women the side of you that we just saw in there, entirely calm and confident, you'd be surprised at how much more they would see in you."
"Really?" Joey asked, "I always thought that stupid, sexy Joey was the way to go."
"No...you know, when I was dating you, I was really surprised. You showed me part of that side we saw today."
Just then, Chandler threw open the door. "They're naming the babies," he excitedly said, "And Joey, she especially wants you out there."
Joey hugged Rachel one more time, mouthed "thank you" to her, and headed into the living room.
"What was that for?" Chandler asked, holding the door open.
"I think I just started Joey off on what could be a really great year," she replied, then followed Chandler into the living room.
"Alright, everyone's here," Ross said, "Let's name these babies!"
"Well, I would like to name the girl after my grandmother," Mike said, holding his little daughter. "What do you think, Phoebe?"
She nodded and smiled.
"Okay. Christine Faith, welcome to the world!" Mike proudly said.
"Ooh! I wanna name one now!" Phoebe said, looking at the two boys she was holding. One had big brown eyes. "Okay. Because of how amazingly one of my friends pulled through, I'm naming you Joey."
At this, everyone turned to Joey. For once, he was at a loss for words, walked over to Phoebe, and hugged her. They stayed this way for a minute.
"Um...hello! We have another baby to name here!" Monica said, nodding towards the sleeping baby in Rachel's arms.
Phoebe and Mike thought for a minute, then said at the same time "Matthew" and "Douglass".
Phoebe smiled. "I think Matthew Douglass has a nice ring to it."
Mike agreed, and took Phoebe and the triplets down to the hospital to make sure that they all were okay.
Joey said that he as going to try out what Rachel had told him in the bathroom, and headed out. He was followed by confused looks from Monica, Ross and Chandler.
"Okay, that probably sounded really weird to everyone," Rachel said.
"Yeah!" Ross said, obviously expecting an explanation.
"Do we really want to know what happened in the bathroom?" Monica asked.
"I think so," Rachel replied. "I told Joey that the way he took control delivering the triplets was the side of him that he should be showing women if he ever wants a serious relationship."
"Oh, honey, that's great!" Ross said.
Monica checked her watch. In all the commotion, no one had realized that it was now five in the morning. Suddenly knowing the time made everyone tired, and they realized that trying to get home now wouldn't be smart.
"Ya know, we could just stay here," Ross said, looking around the apartment, "We have blankets, pillows..."
"A recliner that Phoebe gave birth in..." Chandler added.
Rachel and Monica made some phone calls to each of their baby- sitters, and soon the plans were set. Rachel, Ross, Monica and Chandler would be spending one more night in that apartment.