"I can't believe this is happening." Rachel vented to Monica as she stirred her spaghetti sauce. "I can't believe that jerk is dating my decorator."
Monica once again saw her self in the middle of the battle of Ross and Rachel. She absolutely loved her new friend , Will and yet Will's best friend , Grace was dating her brother. Rachel still had feelings for him and Monica knew it .
"Well you did move out. I mean, you gave that guy your number and let Gavin kiss you." Monica pointed out. "You said you would live with him until you thought it was a bad idea." Monica just wanted her to see that he was trying to move on. "You have always had trouble with him moving on."
"I have not." Rachel countered her.
"Your record speaks for itself, Julie, Bonnie, …." Monica started.
"Emily." The memory came fresh to her mind that she was the person who might have been responsible for the end of his second marriage. "and him and Mona might have had a chance if she wouldn't have been living with him and pregnant with Ross baby. "I guess I should do the adult thing and wish him well. I mean I like Grace." Rachel admitted. "She is very stylish like me. That's why I hired her."
"Will absolutely adores her. I think if he wasn't gay, he would be with her ." Monica added as she thought about her new friend. "I would like to meet her. I wonder if she would like me." Monica asked always wanting everyone's approval.
"You are just in time." Jack said as he stood at the door of Will's apartment. "And I didn't know if you liked it or not so I got ." Joey
s mouth opened wide with happiness. "Pizza, I love pizza. " Jack was so thrilled that he had pleased this new wonderful man. Joey eagerly picked up a slice and began to eat it. Jack just perched on Will's couch and leered as Joey chewed on a slice happily.
"I love to make my men happy." Jack purred as he looked at Joey. Joey still had no clue what Jack was up to. He was so glad that someone who had as much classical training as Jack would show him how to be a better actor. Jack, on the other hand, had other motives.
"We can work better after we eat." Joey said as he offered a piece to Jack. "No thank you." Jack just continued to watch Joey eat.
Ross was watching Emma when he heard a knock at the door. It was Grace. "Hi." Ross was completely shocked when she stood at the door."Can I come in?" she said nervously.
"I have to see if my health insurance is paid up first." Ross said . "No , Grace , please come in." Grace walked over to Emma on the table. "Is this her?" she asked.
"Yes , this is my little princess, Emma." Ross said proudly. Grace immediately joined him as he cooed and played with his little daughter. She smiled and made faces at the baby as well. "She is so precious." Grace said. "Hello." Emma cooed and giggled.
"She likes you." Ross said. Realizing that Grace was not there to just see Emma. , he asked . "Grace, why did you really come over?"
"I thought about what happened and I realized that we all make a lot of mistakes in the past. I mean , you and Rachel may not be married , but you do have a past and if I want you and I to work, I have to be able to get past that fact." Grace was now out of breath, then she walked toward Ross and put her arms around his neck. "I think you are a terrific guy, you are sexy and funny, and I don't want to lose you." Ross smiled and looked at Grace. "And I think you are sweet and sexy, and very very stylish." He said as he tapped his lips with hers. "But this is not the time or place." He signaled to the baby on the table. Grace started to leave. "Don't ! Rachel will be here soon to pick her up and then we will talk." Ross said.
"Just talk?" smiled Grace. "Maybe some other stuff too." Ross grinned.
"Do you think that Rachel seeing me here is a good idea?" Grace wondered.
"She is going to learn once and for all , that I have a life besides her and she is going to get used to you being a part of mine." Ross put his foot down on that one He wasn't going to let history repeat itself.
Rachel walked in the door , at first she was shocked to see Grace there , but then she walked over to the couple. "I came to pick up Emma, but I am glad you are here Grace. Ross, in the past I may have said or did something to sabotage your relationships. I am here to say that I give you two my blessing." Ross was totally shocked.
"You do?" he exclaimed.
"Yes I do, and I want you to know that I think you and Grace make a cute couple. I also think that Grace would be the perfect woman for you and if you want to move on from me, that is just fine." Rachel finished her thoughts and then she went over to Emma. "Hello , Mommy is here and we can go home and take a nap." She said to her baby as she gathered her baby bag together. Ross came over and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Uhm Rach, I am glad you did that. I think that is so terrific that you and I are encouraging each other to move on. I just want you to know that when you want to go out, I think me and your date and Grace and I should go out, after all we are adults not teenagers." The two hugged and then Rachel lifted the carrier and walked out the door.
Grace slowly walked over and threw her arms around Ross. "Now where did we leave off , Miss Adler?" he said as they began to kiss again.
With the pizza finished , Jack took out the scene and handed Joey a copy. "This is a tender love scene between two people who are afraid to admit that they have feelings for each other." He explained and Joey nodded his understanding. "Let's start here." Joey and Jack got up from the couch and Jack couldn't stop staring at Joey's ass in his tight jeans.
"Oh Tim, I can't stop thinking about you. You are the one I love not Melissa." Joey started to read from the paper almost emotionless.
"But Tony, don't you understand , Melissa doesn't love you as much as I do and you could make me so happy." Jack started to put his arms around Joey and then he backed away.
"What are you doing ? We were having a moment." Jack yelled as Joey walked away.
"This scene is all wrong . It is about a guy who says he loves a guy more than some girl. " Joey screamed as he threw down the script.
"Aren't you an actor?" Jack confronted him. "Then what if you had to audition for a part in a play where you had to be in love with a man?"
This made Joey think. "For your information, I have had to . I had an audition with Warren Beatty where I had to kiss a guy. And then I tried to kiss all my guy friends and they all turned me down." He said. Jack saw this as his opportunity. "Have you kissed a guy before?" Jack asked coyly.
"Well one New Year's Eve , I kissed my friend , Chandler.and then after an audition I was kissed by my friend Ross." Joey admitted."You see you do have it in you." Jack said as he threw his arms around Joey. "There is part of you that likes men. Let me be the one to bring it out." Jack slowly lifted his lips onto Joey. Joey lingered for one second.
"No , no no." Joey said as he backed away from him. "I like chicks. I sleep with chicks and then never call them." He screamed.
"Well I sleep with guys and never call them." Jack screamed back. "And I am so in love with you , Joey Tribbiani. You are a real man , you are handsome and hot , and have a great ass."
"Well thanks." Joey forgot for a moment. "No , no , no , I am straight." He ran out the door and Jack started to sit down and cry.
Will and Monica were sitting and looking through some Martha Stewart Living's . They seemed to have other thoughts on their mind as the two skimmed through the pages and casually glanced at the pictures and recipes.
"It was so sad." Monica said. "I mean you could tell she was hurt by it."
"Gracie is not one to back down either, she has been with a lot of men and ever since Leo , she has been dead and determined to find someone to love her." Will said as he sipped his water.
"Do you think we should just accept it?" Monica asked pointedly.
"I know this, if this is the man that my Gracie wants to be with, I am not going to make any trouble , I did that with Leo and almost lost her. " Will said as he put his head down. "Gracie is my best friend in the world and I only want her happy."
"Okay , we will . " Monica said determined. "I have got the perfect idea. We can have a dinner party . "
"Yes and we will have you bring your dreamy husband so I can stare at him and then your brother and Grace, so I can get to know him, and he can get to know me." Will thought that was an excellent idea and him and Monica began planning the menu together.
