Grace Adler held the card in her hand. Before she went to work on Rachel's office , she had to see it first. She opened the door and expected to see Rachel there. Instead she saw a man.
"Hey Rachel stepped out for a few minutes." He said. "She'll be back though." Grace looked at the man. He had dark hair and seemed to have something on his mind. Her radar immediately zoomed in to check on his finger. There was no ring.
"Would you like some coffee, or something ? Grace kept staring at him. He had the most incredible brown eyes she had ever seen. "Is there a problem ? Have I grown a tail or something?" The guy got up and turned around and looked. Grace put her hand to her mouth to giggle . This guy was so funny. He looked at her with his deep brown eyes and then smiled a beautiful open mouthed smile. Grace was beginning to feel something, something she hadn't in a long time. But this guy probably was Rachel's , she would have someone funny and charming. He looked down at his watch and then got off her desk. "I have got to go. Tell Rach I will see her later." In one moment, the tall man had walked out the door. Grace actually sighed.
Rachel came in holding a bag of muffins, "They didn't have banana nut." She sat the bag down and looked around. Grace went and reached for a muffin. "Was there a guy who was here earlier?" Rachel asked puzzled. "Yeah he said he would see you later." Grace said as she had a mouthful of muffin. "Oh ." she said as she sipped on her coffee. Grace had so many questions. Who was that ? Have you dated him ? Is he married? But this was a professional job, and if anything Grace Adler was a professional.
"Well this is my office." Rachel smiled . Grace noticed a picture on the desk of the baby. Except this time , the tall man Grace drooled over was holding Emma. "Rachel , that guy who was here earlier. Who is he?" Grace asked curiously. "Oh him , that's Ross." Rachel said as she brushed off the question. "And he is ?" Rachel had an angry look in her eye as she thought about him. "I don't want to talk about it." She said angrily. Grace knew when a woman didn't want to talk about it , you drop it.
"Okay , here are the plans I have." Grace started as Rachel looked at them.
"Just a little bit of cilantro." Will said as he put a dash of spice into the pot on the stove. "There , taste." Will lifted his wooden spoon to Monica's lips and she licked hers after that. "That was just what it needed." She smiled and looked at Will. She went to the refrigerator and pulled out a bowl and began to mix the batter in it.
"That is one of those great new bowls I saw at Bendels." Gushed Will. "I love the cranberry color."
"I got these as a wedding present." Said Monica as she cheerfully stirred. "From one of Chandler's employees. " Will was becoming curious now. "So tell me about Chandler." He wanted to know about his new best friends man. Monica got a huge smile on her face. "Well he has the most dreamy blue eyes and his hair is so soft." Will put his hands under his chin and began to imagine this handsome man. "He works with computers, he thinks he is the funniest man on earth because he is either telling jokes or putting down his friends. , he is sweet and good in bed." She sighed. "That's important ." smiled Will.
"How did you guys meet?" "Well , the first time we met was Thanksgiving 1987. You see Chandler is my brother's best friend , and he brought him home from college for dinner." Will was starting to remember his Thanksgiving from that time period. The years of questioning and finally realizing that he was gay. The year he spent separated from his best friend and how much he hurt her. Monica continued with the story of how she cut off his toe and where they got together.
"I have always thought London was a romantic city." Gushed Will.
"It wasn't for my brother." Giggled Monica. "But when he said Rachel's name , Emily wanted to kill him."
Monica next dragged out her wedding album. She pointed out and explained everything to him. "I think it is so cool that your father in law is a drag queen." Will said happily. "And that dress, gorgeous."
"Mine?" Monica was always happy to take a compliment. "Yes, but also his, now what she is wearing is a bit much." Will pointed out Nora when he said that. "That's Nora , and yes she is too much." Monica said. "Who is that gorgeous guy?" Will said looking at the picture. "That is Chandler's other best friend , Joey." "Nice. " smiled Will.
Zandra took another puff on her cigarette and pulled her multi colored caftan around her. "You people call yourselves actors." She bellowed. "You are wannabees. All of you." Joey stood up . 'Hey I am an actor lady.I was on Days of our Lives as Dr. Drake Ramoray." He screamed . Jack pulled him down. "Don't ! You don't want to make her cross. " Zandra deliberately walked over to Jack, "I would like to put you on a cross you miserable no talent queen." She screamed. "And you soap stud, do you know what acting is?" she looked over at Joey. "No body said there was going to be a test." Panicked Joey. "Just braun and no brains, figures." She said disgusted. Zandra crossed to the front of the room. "Okay , this is your assignment. I want you to partner up with someone and do a scene for the showcase next week. Queen Mary and Erica Kane are together." She droned. Jack looked over and realized that Joey was going to with him. He was in heaven. "I have the perfect scene too." Jack smiled. He turned to Joey and said. "Leave it to me, I have the perfect scene for us. Meet me later and we'll discuss it. How about your place?" Jack did not want to share this treasure with any of his friends. Joey was his.
"That would be kind of hard because of my roommate. She just had a baby and the baby would be asleep." Joey tried to explain. "We can't make a lot of noise." Jack came up with another idea. "Is there anywhere else we can go to just talk?" "Well there is the coffee shop, do you know where Central Perk is?" Joey asked. Jack nodded. "Okay then we'll meet at Central Perk tomorrow at four." Joey held out his hand and Jack looked at it. "Looking forward to working with you."Joey smiled. "Ditto." Joey pulled up his backpack and then walked away. Jack watched every move he made in his jeans.
"Honey , I'm home." Sang out Chandler. He opened the door and then walked into the kitchen. "Smells great. " he walked up to the person and then when he noticed it was a guy he screamed. "Blaaah. Who are you and what have you done with my wife?" Chandler said to Will. "Honey , this is my new friend, Will." Monica said as she got the plates down from the closet. "Will take care of these plates. They were our wedding china and I don't want anything to happen to them" Monica said as she took the cardboard box down from the counter and carefully set them on a chair. "Made you a cake , want to lick the spoon?" Monica said teasingly. "Joey's not around.?" Chandler said as he went to kiss his wife. "Will this is my wonderful and sexy husband, Chandler Bing." Will turned to look over at Chandler. "We will be eating in five minutes, so go and get washed up." Will announced as he took off his apron "Is this your clone?" Chandler motioned to Monica . "No silly, he is just a guy I met at the grocery store." Monica said. "Now you are picking up strangers at the store." Chandler said with an irritated face. Monica whispered to him. "He's gay."
"Then we'll fix him up with my father." Chandler whined.
"Go get cleaned up. I am opening the wine." Will announced.
"Honey, we'll talk later. We are going to have an incredible meal tonight. Baked ham with glazed fruit, red potatoes with cilantro, green beans almondine, sweet potatoes and for dessert a chocolate dream cake that Will gave me the recipe. " Monica said happily.
"And homebaked muffins." Will said as he brought over the wicker basket. Chandler looked at him with the weirdest look. This is not how a man was supposed to act. A man went to work , came home , drank a beer or a Yohoo depending on his mood, plopped down in his chair and did nothing all night. Men weren''t supposed to cook and clean. Now he knew how Ross felt when Rachel went and hired the male nanny. "And is Betty Crocker having dinner with us as well?" he asked. Now Will was starting to get irritated. "I will have you know that I do have another job. I am a lawyer , I graduated from NYU." He stated. "Get out of here, so did I ." Chandler smiled and then thought.okay maybe this wouldn't be so bad. He followed Will to the table and then sat down.
"So this is your house now." Phoebe said as she went up the stairs of the Walker mansion. "Yes this is where I work and live." Rosario said as she gave her old friend a tour of the manse. "Do you have a nice boss?" Phoebe asked. Rosario stopped and then chortled out a laugh. "I work for the most impossible woman and her fat husband in the world. Sometimes instead of being a housekeeper , I think I am a bar tender. They are both pigs." At that moment , a shrill voice was coming in from the hallway. Phoebe watched as a woman in designer clothes stomped into the room. "Did I tell you that you could bring guests?" she demanded. "This isn't Buckingham Palace or South fork where we give tours." Rosie looked at Karen. "This is my old friend." She explained. Phoebe knew what to do . "Regina Philangie." She introduced herself as. Karen smiled .' Anastacia Beaverhausen." She introduced herself . "Pleased to meet you. Let's go get soused." Phoebe shrugged her shouders and followed her. She didn't have anything better to do tonight.