Chandler set the table for his anniversary dinner with Monica. He added flowers and candles to the table; Monica had been preparing dinner for over an hour. He could hardly wait.
"I'm almost done, Chandler," Monica said. "Is the table set?" She turned around from her pan on the stove and saw the table set with red roses and white candles. "Oh, Chandler, you bought roses? They're beautiful," she said, and stepped away from the stove for a second to give her husband a kiss.
"Actually, I picked them from a bush on my way home from work, but close enough."
"Here, can you put the crapes on a serving plate?" Monica asked as she poured peas into a small bowl. She put mashed potatoes in another bowl, and in a minute, their table was decked with the wonderful food Monica had prepared for their special occasion.
Chandler cut one of the roses to just a couple of inches long and put it in Monica's hair, behind her ear.
"Ouch! I think you forgot to take the thorns off," Monica said, wincing.
"Oops, sorry," Chandler chuckled, removing the rose. "Here, let me make it better." He began kissing her behind her ear, making Monica laugh. She ducked away from him and sat down, smiling. Chandler returned the rose to her, now thorn-free, and she put it behind her ear again.
"Happy anniversary, Monica," Chandler said, and he leaned in for another kiss.
Suddenly, their door opened. "Why is it so dark in here?" Joey asked. Phoebe turned on the lights, and they saw Chandler and Monica together at the kitchen table, with candles and roses.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" Monica asked. "Joey, why are you wearing a snow jacket? Phoebe, why do you have your guitar?"
"It's awfully cold in that hall," Joey said, shivering.
"Guess what!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"What?" Chandler asked, annoyed that his anniversary dinner was interrupted.
"Guess what!" Phoebe said again.
"WHAT!" Chandler and Monica said at the same time.
"No, no, sillies, you're supposed to guess! That's why I said guess what," Phoebe explained impatiently.
"Ooh! Ooh! I know!" Chandler proclaimed sarcastically. "You guys just barged in on our anniversary dinner!"
"Um, no," Phoebe responded.
"Today is your anniversary?" Joey asked, surprised. "How come nobody told me?"
"Yeah, wow, I didn't know that!" Phoebe said. "So I guess you were right. But that's not what I wanted to tell you. Guess what!"
Monica ignored Phoebe. "It's not our wedding anniversary. It's our engagement anniversary. This was the night that Chandler proposed."
"Oh, well that's okay. We'll just come in then," Phoebe said.
"I have ESP!" Joey exclaimed, no longer able to control himself.
"Joey! You were supposed to let them guess!"
Chandler and Monica both rolled their eyes. "Joey, you told me that you had ESP last month, and I didn't believe you then, either."
"He really does, though! See, I was playing a song on my guitar about a guy, and he knew who I was talking about even though I never said his name!"
"Well–"
"And that's not all. I played another song after that and he guess the right guy again!"
"That's right," Joey said, with a smug look toward Chandler and Monica.
"I knew letting them share an apartment would lead to trouble," Monica muttered. Chandler agreed. "Well, Joey, that's amazing! Why don't you do some ESP for us and then let us finish our anniversary dinner?" Monica said.
"Okay," Phoebe said. "I have to play another song about a guy I know, and Joey has to guess who it is." She sat down on their couch and prepared her guitar. "Verse Three!"
"On Monday morning he met Joy,
On Cloud Nine he did fly,
But when he found out she was a boy,
He thought he would just die!"
Chandler and Monica were staring at Joey with their mouths open in horror.
"Oh! I know! It's about me, isn't it?" Joey said excitedly.
"Oh. My. God." Chandler said slowly. "Joy was a guy! That's disgusting!"
"Yeah, tell me about it," Joey said with repulsion as his memory of that fateful Monday returned.
"Well, Joey… that's amazing! You have ESP!" Monica lied.
"I know, isn't it?"
"Well, congratulations. Now, would you mind leaving us alone on our anniversary dinner?" Chandler asked as delicately as he could.
"Oh, sure. Come on, Joey. They want to have some 'alone' time," Phoebe said, sniggering.
"Bye!" Joey said, winking at Chandler, who was now embarrassed.
But before they could get to the door, it opened again, and this time Ross and Rachael came in.
"Hey guys!" Rachael said.
"Ooh, Ross, Rachael, guess what?" Phoebe said excitedly.
"Oh, Joey, you got a haircut?" Rachael guessed.
"No, Phoebe got a raise! Congratulations, Phoebe!" Ross said.
"See, they know how to play this game," Phoebe told Chandler and Monica. "No, but keep guessing." She smiled happily.
"Well, now it's a party," Monica grumbled. She and Chandler decided to just eat their dinner anyway, while Ross and Rachael continued playing Phoebe's game.
