Rachel got out of the cab, unfortunately it was still raining. Her hair was now wet and stringy and her gown frayed at the train. Hiking it up , she stepped through the puddles and pulled a twenty from her small bag.

"Think nothing of it. Happy Wedding Day." the cabby smiled as he pulled away. Rachel looked at the front of the building . She was used to beautiful houses that were clean , not city apartment buildings. Rachel had gotten the address from her mother a long time ago and vaintly remembered coming here when Monica was a teenager. She tried to remember Monica 's grandmother's apartment number.

A man dressed in blue overalls was inside the hallway as Rachel ran in the doorway to temporarily escape the rain. He took one look and smiled at the beautiful girl.

"Excuse me?" Rachel asked. "Do you know where I can find Monica Geller?"

The man looked at her puzzled and then she described her. He told her that she could possibly be found at this coffee house around the corner, Central Perk. She would be with a couple of guys. Rachel took a large breath and began to run toward the window that read Central Perk.

It was cold and it was raining. It felt like just the way Ross felt. He was hoping that by meeting his sister and their friends, the pain would go away. He shook his large black umbrella and a cab whisked by splashing him from head to toe. "Damnit ." he cried.

Opening the door, he slowly walked to the orange couch in the middle of the coffee shop. It was their place. Monica was going on and didn't even know he was there until he muttered in the most depressing voice he could, "Hi."

"This guy says hello, I want to kill myself." said the handsome Italian actor in an effort to be funny. Ross just looked at him with the most pitiful look in his eyes. Monica put her arms around her big brother in an effort to make him feel better.

"Carol moved her stuff out today." Monica explained to everyone. Ross sat slumped on the couch , unsure of whether he wanted the world to know or wanting pity as the embittered husband. Everyone looked over at him as if, they wanted to hold him and say everything would be alright. There was total silence.

"And you never had any clue she was a lesbian." said Joey. Ross was beginning to get annoyed with Joey's line of questioning. He knew how lesbians turned him on. Joey could literally close his eyes and picture the former Mrs. Geller and her lover and be satisfied. But then again, Joey loved women and Joey loved sex. He had never had a long term relationship, just a little black book for women who wanted the "Joey love." as he called it.

Ross on the other hand, loved having a woman he could share his life with. Someone he could plan and dream , and someday have children with. All of those plans , all of those dreams were now shattered.

"All I want to be is married ." Ross lamented. At that exact moment, a vision in white burst into the coffee house dressed in a soaked wedding gown.

Rachel had found her. "Monica, oh my God, you're here, I went to your building and some guy with a big hammer said you were here and you are , you are." she squealed as she ran into Monica's arms.

Monica looked shocked., she had heard from her mother that today Rachel was getting married to some doctor at the Plaza. Why would Rachel find her on of all days her wedding day?

Ross looked over. Rachel Green? Rachel Green , the Rachel Green , didn't she used to hang around his room when Monica had an errand or something? He could always count on her smiling face when he was having trouble with a paper for biology or something.

After calming her down and warming her up, Monica proceeded to introduce Rachel to her friends. Joey looked her up and down and smiled. This was a hot chick and if she was going to be staying around with Monica, she would definitely be getting some of the Joey lovin.

A blonde girl wearing a white peasant blouse with an embroidered vest introduced herself as Phoebe. Another face looked all to familiar to Rachel. Monica had told her that she had a crush on this one guy a long time ago. Rachel wondered if that was the same guy.

"Is your name Chauncey or Charles?" Rachel asked the guy wearing the sweater vest curiously.

"Actually it's Chandler." he said. "Wait a minute , Rachel . We met a very long time ago. Thanksgiving at Monica's ."and then a smile went to his face as he remembered a faceless one night stand in a bar. It was her.

"Oh yeah , you had come home with Monica's brother." said Rachel.

"Oh and of course you remember my brother , Ross." said Monica. Rachel shyly turned and faced him. She had remembered him looking a lot different, but he had gotten better with time. His hair was shorter and he had gotten rid of that mustache. Rachel flipped her hair and smiled at him. He was trying to find her back in his memory. He could, but it was just too painful, she never showed any feelings for him and quickly she was dismissed from his mind.

"Sure." she said happily. This was Ross but wasn't he married? That was like years ago. She always thought he was cute in a shy bookish sort of way. She didn't dare say anything to anyone because she was popular and he was not. But they weren't at Lincoln anymore were they?

Hours later, Monica had gone out on a date. He was some guy that came into her restaurant. Ross had invited her to his place as Joey , Chandler , and himself were putting together furniture to replace everything that Carol took. Rachel instead chose to sit alone and think about how her life was going to change.

With everyone gone, she sat in thought as the television blared. Suddenly she noticed they were showing an old rerun of Happy Days. It brought a smile to her face. It also brought a tear to her eye as Joanie was marrying Chachi .

"But you see, Joanie Loves Chachi, that's the difference." she sighed holding her wedding gown. Suddenly there was a knock at the door.

She got up and walked toward the door.

"Who is it." she said cautious of people in the big city.

"It's Ross." he said . Rachel opened the door. "I thought maybe you'd like to get a bite to eat."

"Come to think of it. I haven't had anything to eat all day." Rachel said. "Let me grab my coat. Maybe I'll grab Monica's since I still have to move everything from my parents to here." she laughed.

"After you." he said as she passed through the doorway. Maybe this was the start of something new.