A Beautiful New York Morning

Ross was in the bathroom when he heard the door of his apartment slam shut. His first thought was burglars, and he reached for his only weapon- a pink hair brush- before slowly emerging from the bathroom. It was not a burglar; rather it was his one of his best friend's burning a hole in the carpet with his fast pacing. Ross set down the brush and raised an eyebrow at Joey.

"Okay, I'm sure there's a reason for this and you're just bursting to tell me"

Joey turned around and glared at his friend for a moment, his jaws working to formulate some kind of response but failing miserably. Ross folded his arms and rolled his eyes as the other man flopped dramatically on his white leather couch.

"Come now, whatever it is, I'm sure it's not the end of the world"

Joey was all hunched over, his face cradled between both hands as his fingers rubbed around his temples. He was so taken with this action that he didn't even notice when Ross leaned over the couch and started massaging between his shoulder blades.

"Let me guess, my sister ended up with someone you liked?"

However, that guess only seemed to infuriate the other man and he took a step back as Joey jerked around.

"Your sister is fucking around with mine"

A wide grin appeared on Ross's face and he leaned closer to coo in Joey's ear.

"You know what this is, don't you?"

The latter looked up tiredly and muttered.

"I'm gonna start competing with my sister for chicks?"

Ross pulled a face in consideration and then continued.

"Well that too but more importantly, it's a sign from the heavens that we should be together"

It was then that Joey finally remembered that his friend had become recently sexually 'curious' and for the past few weeks had been constantly trying to get him alone…in bed. One more thing, Ross's hands were no longer on his shoulders.

"Okay Hey-hey, I came here to talk about my sister"

Ross shrugged and came to sit beside Joey, ignoring the latter's raised eyebrow at his faded pink bathrobe.

"Well I don't see what the problem is, I mean think about Monica, you live with her after all"

"Yeah but that's different"

"Because she's just your friend? I think your issue is not that your sister is gay, but that she has managed to hide it from the rest of you until now. I mean, think about it, are you seriously bothered about her being with my sister?"

There was a decidedly rough edge to that final statement and Joey shifted from Ross. He took a deep breath and buried his face in his hands.

"It's just that I never even figured that way about Rosie. She always seemed so…"

"So what, normal? Don't take this the wrong way but your sister does have a right to be happy and it's up to you to give her the support she needs right now. I can't imagine how nerve wracking this must all be for her"

Joey nodded and got to his feet, there was definitely a little less sagging to his shoulders.

"Yeah, thanks Ross. I gotta go, kinda left the house without getting properly dressed"

Ross gave him an appreciative smile and Joey suddenly felt very eager to be out of the apartment.