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Chapter Two- The First Date

Rachels heart began to flutter as she looked at her watch only 5 more minutes till she finished her shift and Ross was sitting patiently on the orange couch waiting to take her on their first official date. Just then Amy arrived in and Rachel quickly removed her apron and told asked her to bring her and Ross over two coffees.

"So Ross, Where are you bringing me tonight?" she asked as she sipped her coffee.

"Well there is a new restaurant near by and them maybe we could go for a few quite drinks?"

" That sounds great! I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to change I wasn't supposed to be working to night but Gunther is sick or something so I had to cover his shift"

Ross laughed at this " you look fantastic, you always look fantastic"

Rachel leaned over and gave him a peck on the cheek " now lets get out of here before the rest of the gang gate crash our date!"

Later that night they strolled hand in hand laughing and talking, both completely comfortable in each others company, "there is a really nice Irish bar near here if you fancy it" Ross asked hoping that it would be quite

"sure but I'm not drinking Guinness!"

As they approached the bar the heard "The Fields of Athenry" blaring from the usually quite Feeneys Bar.

" Guess what date it is Ross" Rachel asked laughing

" March 17th ill always remember the date we had our first date!" Ross said turning to look at Rachel not knowing what was so funny

" Yeah St. Paddy's day. Every Irish person in New York in there drunk!…. sounds like fun" she said dragging him towards the door.

Ross started to protest but then decided what the hell and followed Rachel trying to fight her way in to the bar. When they finally made it to the bar Ross shouted in to Rachels ear "this isn't quite as cosy and romantic as I had imagined, why don't we give the gang a call and get them to join us, make a night of it"

"Sure I'll go call Monica, you get the drinks in!" Rachel replied before heading out side to call Monica.

Monica and Rachels Apartment

Ring, Ring

"Hello"

"Chandler why are you answering Monicas Mobile!"

"Oh God … am she is right here sorry" Chandler mumbled Rachel gasped when she heard Chandlers muffled voice say "Mon wake up Rachel is on the phone"

"Hi Rach, Whats up" Monicas said innocently

" Monica Geller don't you "whats up" me, why was Chadler waking you up" she shouted down the phone, getting strange looks from passers by.

" I guess we fell asleep while we were watching t.v. she tried to reason knowing that her best friend would know she was lying, she turned to smile at Chandler lying next to her I the bed and started giggling.

" well talk about this later missy" Rachel lectured " im not letting this go until I get all the gory details. Anyway I phoned to tell you that Ross and I are in Feeneys if ye want to join us for a few drinks"

"Yeah sure, ill phone the others and we'll see you in a while"

An hour later Monica entered Feeneys with Chandler and Phoebe and some other guy Rachel figured must be Ross and Chandler's new roommate, Joey.

"Hey how you doin" he asked as he approached the table which earned him a very dirty from Ross. " Rach I believe I've told you about Joey, he moved in with us last week."

"My pleasure" she giggled as Joey kissed the back of her hand, giving Ross a reassuring look to let him know she was only playing along. "Ross get in a round I need to go to the bathroom, come on Mon" Rachel grabbed hold of Monicas wrist who in turn grabbed Phoebe and they all headed for the bathrooms. Ross failed to notice how nervous Chandler looked at the prospect of their secret being exposed.

Ladies Bathroom.

"Oh my God Monica, how long has this been going on" Rachel yelled as soon as the bathroom door closed behind them, "three months" monicas whispered looking down at the floor "please don't tell Ross" she pleaded looking Rachel in the eye, for the first tome since entering the pub, "he will go ballistic, and I think I love him, I'm just not ready for everyone to know yet."

Both Rachel and Phoebe engulfed her in a massive hug, screaming and jumping up and down, then Phoebe pulled away and asked, "Who are you in love with?" "Chandler" the other two replied in unison and the screaming and jumping carried on.