"You're engaged!" Ross said surprised. "Yes Joey took me to the Rainbow Room and then for a ride on a yacht in the harbor and that's where he asked me to marry him." This took Ross for a surprise , Joey was not the type of guy who would make a commitment. This was totally out of character for him.
"Soo when is the wedding?" Ross stuttered. "Well we want to get married after the show has opened. He has some time this summer when he has a light storyline , so it will probably be then." She went over and hugged Ross. "I just want to say thank you for introducing me to that wonderful guy." "You're welcome. " Ross said. Had he made a huge mistake?
As they walked down the street eating a hot dog, Ross decided that he would confront Joey about this latest development.
"So I hear you're getting married." Ross started.
"Yep, next suimmer." Joey announced with a mouth full of hot dog. "Rachel wanted to wait until the show opened."
"I admire you dude, I mean you have finally found one woman to settle down with . I mean you and Rachel have a really great relationship and now you are going to end your wild ways and be with one woman for the rest of your life." Ross said.
"You mean no more extras? No more Giants cheerleaders? No more girls from the OC or losers from America's Top Model?" Joey said
"No man, you're engaged. You have settled down." Ross stated.
Joey had to look twice. He saw a girl walking down the street in a pair of Manolo Biahliks and a mini skirt. Probably designer he reasoned. In his mind he envisioned a girl walking down the street attired only in a thong and a bra.
"It is still alright to have fantasies isn't it?" Joey asked.
"Men can always have fantasies, even when they are old and married."
One time I dated a girl and I imagined her as a cave woman who was only wearing animal skins that looked like a bikini." Ross smiled.
"Was that when you were still studying to be a dinosaur guy?' he asked. Ross nodded. ""One girl for the rest of my life." Joey mumbled.
At that point a girl with a belly button ring and a tiny t shirt and jeans came up to the two men. "Oh my God, Joey Tribbiani from Days of our Lives. Tell me are you as good in bed as you are on the show? " the young girl asked. She wrapped her fingers around his arm. "I I I'm engaged." Joey said as he pulled away from the girl.
She opened up her Louis Vuitton bag and pulled out a piece of paper. "I'm staying at the Four Seasons . Call me." She whispered in his ear. She walked away quickly as she got into a cab. Joey had a look on his face like he was about to cry. "She was hot. Probably a model." He whined.
"But you have a great woman. She is an actress on Broadway." Ross reasoned.
"That's right. I have Rachel and she is hot." Joey reasoned.
Ross, Joey , and Rachel spent a lot of time together. He wanted to be around Rachel so he could work on the score. Phoebe was beginning to get antsy because he wasn't getting enough of the show scored. It also bothered him because it was the holidays and he spent last Christmas in London with Emily.
"I want this show to open on time and you tell me you have two songs written. I want the first act done by New Year's . We are shooting to open the show in Philadelphia in mid March and then a New York opening . So get the lead out Geller." Screamed Phoebe.
Things seem to go from bad to worst. One day, Rachel was switching the channels on the television while she was hanging out with the two guys. When she passed over BBC2, Ross noticed something . "Turn it back." He said. Joey looked as Rachel flipped the channel. He noticed it next and flipped the channel. "Just a commercial . " he announced.
Ross grabbed the remote and flipped it back. Joey grabbed it again and turned the channel.
"What the hell is your problem man?" Ross screamed. "Give me the remote." He grabbed it. "You don't need to see it."Joey yelled. Ross grabbed it again. On the BBC2 was a new sitcom, it was about a sexy group of singles and the star of it was none other than Emily.
"Don't torture yourself man." Joey said. Rachel was confused. Why was this woman such a bad topic. Why couldn't Ross even look at her?
Ross started to speak. "Well this is the story. When I was scoring a show on the West End . I fell in love with the young ingénue in the show. Her name was Emily Waltham. We were young and in love and I was in London.It turns out she had been sleeping with a British pop star at the same time we were living together. I loved her so much, and she stepped on my heart." Ross sighed.
"So that's why you don't have a girlfriend. I thought maybe you were gay." Said Rachel. "No wonder you can put the heart into the ballads in the show."
"I am not gay Rachel, I am just still nursing a broken heart." Ross said.
"Oh come here Ross." Rachel said. She gave him a hug and a kiss and put her arms around him "I think you're great and you will find the right girl soon."
The next day at the theatre, Ross was sitting by the piano when Rachel came in. "Hey Rach. I want you to hear the new ballad for the end of the first act. I finished it last night at three in the morning."
"Let's hear it." She smiled. Ross began to play the piano and then started to sing.
You are the heart
My lady of love
My angel, my one from heaven above
I lay by your side
I hear you sigh
Sweet dreams are all I have
Sweet dreams are all I have.
"That was nice." She smiled sweetly. "Is that when Roger declares his love to Pam?' I really think it will be the one song from the show that will be remembered like Memory or Seasons of Love." She started to look at Ross. He was sweet and he was funny. But she had Joey now.
Joey watched as the extras were brought on. There was a pool party scene at the Brady house. His mouth dropped as sixteen teenage girls in bikinis paraded past him. It just wasn't fair.
