Sorry for the delay folks. You may already know that I have about 15 different stories on the go right now, so it's hard to update once a week for all of them let alone not get them mixed up with each other haha. I'm doing my best :)

"This Phoebe is in Montauk," Phoebe was telling the group at the Perk the next day. "I really want to go see her."

"That's great, Phoebs," Chandler smiled.

"Hey, isn't Ross and Rachel in Montauk?" Joey asked, putting it together.

"Yea. I figured they'd be okay with it," Phoebe nodded.

"Okay with what?" Monica asked.

"You know, us visiting," Phoebe answered vaguely.

"Phoebe!" Monica exclaimed. "We can't intrude on their honeymoon!"

"Why not? Who says you can't have visitors on your honeymoon?" Phoebe demanded. The others thought hard about it.

"Come on, you guys," Monica said. "We can't do that to Ross and Rachel. They've waited so long for this."

"They can have sex anytime," Phoebe scoffed. "How many times am I going to meet someone who knows my father and mother's past?"

"I'm in," Chandler said. Who could argue with Phoebe's logic?

"Chandler!" Monica cried.

"I'm in too," Joey agreed.

"Joey!" Monica was in a huff now.

"It's not like we're staying the whole week," Phoebe told her. "It's just a day, or two."

"I'm not gonna be a part of this," Monica said.

"Aw but you have to come!" Phoebe whined.

"No. I'm not going," Monica answered, crossing her arms.

"Hey, guys," Emily said, coming in with Zoey. "What's going on?"

"We're going to the beach! Wanna come?" Chandler asked. Zoey and Emily looked at each other.

"I have to work," Emily said.

"I'll go," Zoey grinned. "I was just gonna sit around watching TV anyway."

"Cool," Chandler smiled. Monica stared at him. So he was into Zoey now was he? Since when?

"Great!" Phoebe said excitedly. "I'm gonna go pack!" She tore off. Joey chuckled at her eagerness. Monica huffed again and got up.

"Ross is going to kill all of you," she warned.

"He'll have to catch us first," Joey answered. Monica growled and stormed off.

"I guess I should go pack too," Zoey mused. "I don't have much. Good thing I brought my bikini."

"Uh huh," Chandler responded, drooling.

Ross & Rachel

"I envy those who live here all year," Rachel sighed. They were spread out on the sand, watching the waves crash against the beach.

"It is beautiful," Ross agreed. They were on their first day together as man and wife, and he still had to pinch himself at times.

"I'm so happy," she said, turning her head to look at him. He reached over and took her hand in his, squeezing it tightly.

"I want to always make you happy," he answered. She laughed.

"I know we're going to have arguments and not always be happy, Ross," she said.

"Maybe, but let's promise to never go to bed angry," he suggested.

"I like that," she smiled. He leaned over and kissed her then. She tasted like something fruity.

"Last one in cooks dinner," she said suddenly, jumping up and racing to the water. Ross chased after her. The water was surprisingly freezing, making them shout. He picked her up, laughing, and he fell backwards into the water with her.

"Cold! So cold!" she shrieked.

"Let's go warm up then," he said, taking her hand and running back to the shore.

Later

"Well, you sure know how to warm someone up," Rachel teased. They were tangled up in each other upstairs in their bed.

"I try," he winked.

"You succeeded," she laughed. They started kissing again when they heard a noise downstairs. They looked at each other, confused.

"Did you order something?" Ross asked. He knew that was her version of cooking.

"No. Were we expecting company?"

"I didn't think so," he said. He slid out of bed, grabbing his robe and putting it on. Rachel followed suit. They crept down the stairs, peeking around the wall at the door, which suddenly burst open.

"Wow," Zoey was saying. "This is amazing!"

Ross and Rachel watched incredulous as Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, and Emily's roommate piled into their honeymoon suite.

"Hey, guys!" Phoebe called. Joey nodded, his hands full of luggage. Chandler was busy with his arms around Zoey.

"Wh-what, what, what, how, what?" Ross tried to start.

"What are you guys doing here?" Rachel demanded, finishing his sentence.

"I found a friend of my mom's! She lives just down the beach," Phoebe told them, excited. "We're only staying a night."

"What?!" Rachel and Ross cried at the same time.

"See? They're okay with it," Phoebe said to Joey, who grinned in response.

"No, no we're not," Ross started.

"Look, I don't have many answers about my mom, okay? This woman can help me figure out where my dad is and fill me in on my parents' lives. I don't ask for much, and I can't ask my mom cos she's dead and my dad's missing, so we're just gonna stay one night while I talk to this woman and get my answers, okay?" Phoebe finished, getting worked up. She and Ross shared a look.

"Let me grab your bag," Ross said, moving forward. Rachel stared at him. Was her husband afraid of Phoebe? It almost made her want to laugh, but then she remembered her honeymoon was being crashed.

"Phoebs, this couldn't have waited a week?" she asked.

"No. I need answers now," Phoebe answered, giving Rachel the same tough look.

"Which room do you want?" Rachel asked, taking her arm and pulling her up the stairs. Outside, it started to rain.

Monica & Richard

"I can't believe those guys!" Monica raged. Richard was sitting on her couch with is legs crossed and hands folded on top of them, watching her pace.

"Not much we can do from here," he pointed out.

"I know, but seriously? Intrude on someone's honeymoon? That's a new low." Monica grabbed her hair in frustration.

"I'm afraid you'll be upset by my response, so I'm not going to say anything so as not to offend you," Richard said.

"That's fine. I appreciate you listening," she sighed, sitting down beside him. He put his arm around her and pulled her in.

"Are you really mad cos you didn't go enjoy the beach?" he asked after a moment.

"No," she lied, her voice small.

"I can take you to a beach," he went on. "I know a great place."

"Really?" she asked, sitting up and looking at him.

"Yes," he nodded.

"Let's do it!"

Phoebe

This was it. She was going to see her mom's best friend. She heard a voice inside talking about selling a house with no bathroom in it.

"Knock, knock!" she called. The woman turned around.

"Come in!" she gestured. She went back to her phone conversation. "Okay, so think about it and call me back." She hung up as Phoebe came inside.

"Are you Phoebe Abott?" Phoebe asked.

"Um...yes," the woman answered.

"I'm your best friend's daughter!" Phoebe cried.

"You're Erwin's daughter?" Phoebe Sr. asked, confused.

"No, Lily's," Phoebe answered, showing her the picture. Phoebe Sr. looked at it.

"Oh. Yes, Lily. Gosh, it's been a long time."

"My mother named me after you," Phoebe pointed out, beaming.

"Oh," Phoebe Sr. said. She looked back at the photo. "And there's Frank."

"Yes! Frank, my dad. Yes, yes! Sorry, I'm just so excited," Phoebe said, resisting the urge to bounce around.

"Have a cookie," Phoebe Sr. suggested, pointing. Phoebe picked one up off the plate and started chewing.

"So, I've been looking for my father," Phoebe said. "I was wondering if you'd seen him."

"No. No, I haven't. I lost touch with them after high school," Phoebe Sr. said.

"Oh. Okay," Phoebe said, disappointed. "Well, tell me everything about my parents!"

"Well, we were tight in high school. They had a name for us actually," Phoebe Sr. started.

"What was that?"

"The three losers," Phoebe Sr. answered. "Oh, Lily. I heard what happened, you know. I'm so sorry you lost your mother that way." Phoebe noticed a photo on the fridge, and when Phoebe Sr. had her back turned, she swiped it.

"Yea, no, it was great," Phoebe said, smiling still.

Later-The Beach House

"You know what rainy day game is always fun?" Joey asked.

"We are NOT playing strip poker," Ross answered, glaring at him.

"All finished!" Zoey called, examining her work. Rachel had enjoyed the pedicure. "Who's next?" She eyed Chandler.

"Oh no," he said as she stood up and went towards him. "No, no, no!" He started running with her chasing after him. Chandler dived onto the couch with Zoey landing on him. They wrestled for a moment.

"Hey," Phoebe said coming in.

"Hey, Phoebs," Rachel replied. "How'd it go?"

"She's hiding something," Phoebe answered. "She tried to say she didn't know where my father was, but I stole this photo. Doesn't that look like him?" She showed it to everyone.

"Yea, it does," Rachel agreed.

"Definitely," Joey nodded.

"I concur," Ross said.

"Why would she lie?" Rachel asked, concerned.

"I don't know. We're having dinner tomorrow, so maybe she'll tell me then," Phoebe replied.

"Phoebe! Help me!" Chandler called. Zoey was doing his nails.

"Yea, we're so bored," Joey added.

"Oh, well, okay. How about I pick someone and that person comes up with something that we have to do," Phoebe suggested.

"Yes!" Joey exclaimed. "Spread out, spread out." He rubbed his hands together eagerly. Phoebe started spinning.

"Oohh this is fun. Let's just do this," she said.

"Choose, woman!" Chandler shouted. Phoebe stopped, pointing at him.

"If you say build a sand castle, I'm gonna hurt you," Ross said. They had already made five that afternoon, and he was getting tired of being chosen to be Godzilla to destroy them.

"Okay, um, we have to play strip poker," Chandler answered, getting even.

"YES!" Joey shouted, pumping his fists.

...

"Fine, gang up on me," Joey commented. "I got you all where I want you." Phoebe was hiding her smirk behind her hand.

"Take 'em off, Tribbiani," Rachel said since her roll had gotten him to lose his boxers. They didn't have any cards, so they were playing Strip Happy Days Game.

"It's kind of cold," he said. "How about I just give you guys a peek?"

"How about we let Joey keep some of his dignity and do something else?" Ross suggested, not really wanting to see it.

"Agreed," Rachel nodded. Everyone stood up. Phoebe helped Joey gather his clothes.

"How about we go outside and you give me that peek?" she suggested, whispering. Joey didn't hesitated, and they slipped away.

"Well, I think we're gonna call it a night," Ross said, yawning to prove his point. Rachel took his arm, nodding.

"Good night," Chandler said. Zoey waved. They continued putting the board game away after Ross and Rachel went upstairs.

"That was fun," Zoey commented.

"Can we go have sex now?" Chandler asked. She nodded vigorously, and they jumped up and ran up the stairs.

Monica & Richard

"I had no idea you owned a cottage," Monica said, looking around in awe.

"Yea, well, I do," he chuckled.

"I love you," she told him, giving him a kiss.

"I hope for more than just the fact I own a cottage," he teased.

"Of course!" she cried. She was already taking her bag to the bedroom.

The Next Day

"What's wrong?" Joey asked Phoebe. She was staring at the phone.

"My namesake just cancelled our dinner," she said. She slammed the phone down. "She's hiding something! She knows where my father is, and I'm gonna go to her house and find out the answer."

"Isn't that breaking and entering?" Joey asked.

"Do you have a problem with that?" she demanded.

"Noooo," he answered, holding his hands up.

"I'll do something nice for her to make up for it," she told him. She grabbed her purse and went out the door.

"So," Ross said after she was gone. "You know how you said you'd only be here one night?"

"I know, I know," Joey said.

...

"I'm your mother," Phoebe Sr. spit out. Phoebe stared at her. She was still recovering from the fact the man in the photo was not her father.

"Heh?"

"I wanted to tell you yesterday, but..."

"Ehh?" Phoebe said again.

"I guess you'd like to know how it happened," Phoebe Sr. sighed, gesturing for Phoebe to sit down.

"I think I can take a guess. I was born, and everyone started lying their asses off!" she shouted.

"It wasn't like that!" Phoebe Sr. cried. "Look, I told you we were close. Well, we were very close."

"What?"

"Like, couple close," Phoebe Sr. finished.

"I don't even know how that would work," Phoebe snapped.

"Well..."

"I don't want an answer!" Phoebe cut her off.

"Okay, well, I got pregnant and scared. I was 18. You know what it's like to be 18 right?"

"Oh yea. I was on the streets cos my mom killed herself and my dad took off, and I was living with a person who thought their hand was another live person," Phoebe told her angrily.

"I'm so sorry. I thought I was leaving you with the best parents in the world," Phoebe Sr. lamented. "I didn't hear about what happened until a couple of years ago, and by then, you were grown up. Now that you're here, though, I'd...I'd really like to get to know you."

"Well, everyone does cos I'm cool," Phoebe answered. "But you had 29 years to figure that out, and you didn't, so I'm leaving, and I NEVER want to see you again." She went outside when she realized she had forgotten her purse. She went back in with her hand over her eyes.

"Where's my purse?" she asked, waving her hand around.

...

"Hey," Joey said when Phoebe returned. "How'd it go?"

"Well, turns out Phoebe is my birth mom," Phoebe answered, throwing her purse. There was a stunned silence from the group.

"I'm so sorry," Rachel said. "Do you want to talk about it?"

"No, I just want to be alone," Phoebe answered. She started going up the stairs when she stopped and turned back. "Joey!"

"Oh!" he said, following her. Chandler narrowed his eyes. He found it odd she would request Joey to talk to instead of say a female friend like Rachel. He made a mental note to ask when Joey came back down.

Later-Back in New York

Chandler grabbed Joey by the scruff of the neck as they were heading up the stairs, letting Phoebe and Zoey go ahead of them. Ross had insisted they don't stay the night after Phoebe declared she officially hated the place, so they had left and now it was almost midnight. This was his first opportunity to talk to Joey alone.

"What's with you and Phoebe?" Chandler demanded, giving Joey a small shake.

"Nothing," Joey answered. He pulled out of Chandler's grip.

"Okay, so why did she ask you to talk to her and not any of us?" Chandler asked, crossing his arms.

"Because I listen," Joey retorted. "Let it go, man." He went up the stairs, leaving Chandler even more suspicious than before.

The Next Day

"Joey!" Phoebe called, bursting into his apartment. Joey turned to face her, holding a sandwich.

"Yea?"

"My mom showed up at Central Perk today!" she cried. "She apologized, and now we're going to try and have a relationship!"

"That's great!" he exclaimed. She threw her arms around him tightly.

"I'm in the mood to celebrate," she said, winking suggestively. Joey tossed his sandwich and picked her up, carrying her to his room. They shut the bedroom door when Chandler came into the apartment. He took in the sight of the abandoned sandwich and immediately felt worried. Joey did not just leave food like that. Something was wrong here!

"Joe?!" he called. He rushed around the apartment. "Joey?!"

"Shit," Joey muttered. Phoebe looked up at him.

"What do we do?" she hissed.

"Hide," he suggested. They rolled off the bed and crawled under it. Within seconds, Joey's door was blown open.

"Joey!" Chandler shouted. He was panicking. Something had happened. He raced out of the apartment. He needed to find his friend and quickly.

"That was close," Phoebe laughed, pulling herself out from under the bed.

"Yea," Joey agreed. "I guess we should continue this later."

"All right," she nodded. She gave him one last kiss before going over to Monica's. Joey was back eating his sandwich when Chandler rushed back in. He halted in his tracks, almost falling onto his face.

"You-" Chandler started, out of breath.

"What's up?" Joey asked, chewing.

"Where were you?!"

"In the can," Joey answered.

"No you weren't!"

"Yes, I was. Geez, Chandler, can't a guy have some privacy around here," Joey snorted, moving past him and over to join Phoebe at Monica's.

"But...but..." Chandler spluttered. He looked over at the bathroom door, certain he had looked there. Hadn't he? He looked back over at Monica's door, knowing he hadn't been over there. Something fishy was going on here, and he was going to get to the bottom of it!

I've got so much planned for this story. I can't wait for you to read it all! Yes, I will be writing to the end of the series. Don't forget this is an AU story with canon, so expect the unexpected!