HONOLULU –THE WEDDING DAY
9.45 p.m.
"I think I understand the tradition of the rehearsal dinner much better, now."
Rachel was walking hand in hand with Ross in the restaurant reception hall. They had been receiving greetings and congratulations from all the guests for almost an hour, by now.
"What do you mean?" Ross asked his wife. He still could not believe that he was finally able to think about Rachel as his wife.
"Well, we haven't sat down for more than three minutes since we entered this restaurant and…I'm so jealous that our guests enjoyed this awesome meal and we didn't!"
Ross chuckled, watching all the people chatting and dancing in the room. A waiter came towards them holding a tray with some glasses. He took one glass of champagne and one containing a soft drink, which he immediately gave to Rachel, "God bless the rehearsal, then."
She shot a seductive smile at Ross and they clinked their flutes.
After a short sip of her beverage, Rachel touched her belly. "I don't know about you, but I would be starved if Monica hadn't planned for us to eat something before the ceremony."
"Yeah, she had everything under her scrutiny, didn't she?"
"She thought about every little detail. I don't know what we would have done without her."
Ross nodded in agreement just as Joey and his gang approached them.
"Hey! How are you holding up?" Gina asked Rachel.
"I'm fine, I thought I would get tired at some point, but…this is so exciting, I think I won't be able to sleep for a week!" she answered.
Joey addressed himself to Ross, "Good for you, man…"
Ross sniggered and shook his head.
Good old Joey.
"Oh, Michael, let's dance, I love this one!"
"Mom, it's a love ballad from the 50s!" Michael replied with revulsion when he realized that the band was playing Oh! Carol by Neil Sedaka.
"Come on!" Gina dragged her son on the dance floor.
Alex was humming the tune and looking at them with a huge smile on her face. Ross thought that she looked delicious; he still could not understand Joey's intention not to get into a serious relationship with her. He glanced at Rachel, who read his expression and didn't need words to understand what Ross wanted to do.
"How about a dance with the bride?" Rachel asked her best friend.
Joey looked at Ross as if he was asking for permission, but Ross had a better idea.
"Only if somebody dances with the groom to keep him company. Alex, shall we?"
"Well…" Alex didn't want to make Rachel jealous, she had known her only for a couple of days.
"It's a competition then!" Rachel smiled, kissing Ross goodbye as they dragged Alex and Joey on the dance floor.
Rachel and Joey started moving around, following the rhythm of the song.
"So, what are you afraid of, Tribbiani?" Rachel asked him.
"What do you mean?"
"I see how you and Alex are attracted to each other. She's the sweetest woman I've ever met; moreover, she liked me at first sight, which means she's really special."
Joey laughed, remembering how most women tended not to like Rachel.
"Rach, I've already told Ross…she's just a friend."
"A friend you've slept with."
Joey made her swirl around in a fast movement.
"It's…complicated, I don't see her as my girlfriend."
Rachel scoffed, "Joey, you once thought I could be your girlfriend."
"Yeah, and you remember how wrong that felt? I don't want to spoil our friendship!"
"Ok…but I want you to remember that Alex is preapproved by all of us."
"And who's… us?"
Rachel replied in a serious tone, "Monica, Phoebe and me. Your girls."
"All right, I'll remember. Thank you." Joey grinned in response.
In the meantime, Ross and Alex were dancing in a much slower way.
"Are you enjoying the wedding?" he asked her.
"Immensely, thank you so much for inviting all of us."
"Alex, I wanted to tell you something…I know what happened between you and Joey."
The woman stared at Ross with astonishment, "You…You know?"
Ross nodded, "Yes, Joey told me. I just wanted to tell you that…I know how much it hurts when someone you love seems not to love you back."
"But I'm not in…love with Joey, he's just my friend." She tried to deny her feelings.
Ross knew better, "You don't have to hide the truth with me. I've been there, believe me. With Rachel and me it's always been a chase, sometimes I was the one running after her and other times she was waiting for me to notice her. It took us ten years to finally make it right."
Alex squeezed her eyes in a questioning expression, "Why are you telling me this?"
Ross smiled, "Hang in there. It's going to happen."
Alex made half a smile, "How can you be so sure?"
He shrugged, "I'm a hopeless romantic, but I recognize love when I see it. Joey is in love with you, but he doesn't know yet."
Joey was thinking about his former conversation with Ross and Chandler.
"Guys…I already told you, she's a friend, ok? Even after that night we spent together…I don't feel like changing our relationship, we are neighbors. No, we are friends!"
"Yeah, yeah…like Chandler and Monica were neighbors AND friends. Like Rachel and I were friends." Ross smiled and patted his friend back. "Just think about it."
He smiled to himself and again turned around in time to see Alex staring at him.
Noticing that Joey was looking at her with a smile on her face, Alex diverted her eyes again.
The song ended and Ross came back to claim his place next to his wife. Joey and Alex just gazed intently at each other.
Joey knew that Rachel was right, but he still didn't want to ruin his friendship with Alex, not if he wasn't sure of her real feelings and even of his own.
But until he knew, they could at least dance.
"Shall we?" he asked her.
"It will be my pleasure." She replied, smiling with grace.
After the cake cutting – a moment when many tears of joy were shed when people watched Emma, Ross and Rachel cutting the cake while listening to With or Without You – the band resumed the concert.
Ross and Rachel decided to dance again when they heard the beginning of Ring of Fire.
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Love is a burning thing
and it makes a fiery ring
Bringing me the wild desire
I fell into a ring of fire
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Carol and Susan, who had been very busy with Ben and Emma until that very moment, joined them.
"Mind if I cut in?" Susan asked to the newlyweds.
Ross wondered for a second whom she was talking to, but it was pretty obvious that she wanted to dance with Rachel.
"Of course, sweetie!" Rachel chuckled, grabbing Susan's hands.
"I'll keep an eye on you!" Ross ironically stated.
Susan just ignored him and followed the bride, leaving Carol behind with Ross. The two of them spent a few moments to admire the view in front of them, and then Ross smiled at his ex-wife and invited her to dance.
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I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
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"I'm so happy for you two, Ross…" Carol finally confessed him.
"Thank you, Carol. This means a lot to me. And you were just amazing, with both Ben and Emma, I don't know how to thank you for that."
"Oh, don't even think about it. She's my son's sister, which makes her like a second daughter to me."
Ross made a huge smile.
"You know, Susan and I have been betting for years about this day. She lost hopes at some point, but I must say that since you and Rachel got together the first time I had the feeling that you would get married, in spite of your on and offs."
"Well, even if we hit some bump in the road, this is the place I really hoped to end in."
Carol nodded and smiled, she could still read his eyes and she knew that he had never been this happy before.
"There's something I wanted to ask you."
"What?"
"I never really regretted…the way we two broke up…well, you know."
Ross chuckled, "Obviously."
"But I've always wondered…had I never realized that I was a lesbian… if we hadn't split up and I hadn't fallen in love with Susan instead…with Rachel back in your life, you think we would still be together today? Or you reckon you might have been the one to leave me because…well…maybe you would have realized that you were in love with her?"
Ross was caught off-guard by her honest yet difficult question. He had never really thought about this. Rachel had decided to run away from Barry just when Ross's divorce had become official, there were never doubts about the possibility for him and Carol to get back together.
He turned around and his eyes fell on his bride, who was dancing and laughing along with Susan; Rachel had the cutest expression on her face.
Ross didn't want to lie to his ex-wife. He shook his head with a sigh, "Do you really want me to answer?"
Carol's lips curved into a sweet smile, "No, I think I got my answer. It's in your eyes."
"I'm sorry, Carol."
"Don't be!" she interrupted his bad thoughts with a gentle stroke of his arm. "We both ended up with the person we were meant to be with. But I don't regret our marriage, we had a few good years together, and don't ever think that I didn't love you when we got married."
Ross nodded with conviction, "Same here. You know how much I cared about you. You were the only woman I've ever loved aside from Rachel. She knows this, too. Most of all, I'm glad that we got Ben from our union. It was…nice with us, wasn't it?"
Carol laughed, "Yeah, I always remember our marriage with joy. But it's evident that now we are both happier and…more satisfied."
Ross smiled at her, "That's for sure!"
They hugged each other just in time to see their respective wives coming back.
"Hey! You said you'd keep an eye on her, but maybe I'm the one who should check on you." Rachel observed, smiling to make them understand that she was joking.
"I promise, Rachel, you don't need to worry. There's only been place for one woman in the heart of this man, and that is you."
Rachel's expression turned into a sweet one, "Oh, Carol…that's so sweet!" she hugged her.
Susan took a glimpse of Ross, who was definitely enjoying this moment.
She wondered what Carol and her ex-husband had been talking about, almost afraid that she was regretting something.
However, a few seconds later, Carol took her hand and smiled at her, making her heart jump. Susan was a tough woman, but whenever Carol looked at her like that, she completely melted.
Maybe Carol had just clarified something with Ross; she would ask her later.
After another funny conga moment with Copa Cabana – Ross and Rachel had danced and sung in a foolish way – Ross intercepted Chandler's gaze and his friend nodded in response. They both disappeared from view while the Tozzi Sisters were playing another famous song, Runaround Sue. Rachel had enjoyed it immensely, dancing along with Monica and Emma.
When Samuel and his sisters ended the song, all the people in the room were cheering and clapping at them, so they didn't expect for the groom to show up on the stage.
Knowing that the moment had come, the three sisters left the stage after giving Ross a microphone.
"What's going on?" Monica asked her friends.
"I have no idea…" Rachel replied, looking for Phoebe's eyes but realizing that she was oblivious as much as they were.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the groom." Samuel announced.
Ross smiled at him and coughed in the microphone, already nervous for what he was going to do. Chandler was standing beside the stage with Paul, Brian and Larry – the former members of the band – ready to surprise everyone.
"Rachel, this is for you." Ross murmured.
Samuel shared a look with Ross, who nodded at him, then the guitarist introduced a song and he started to play with the drummer and the double bass player.
What the audience didn't know was that Ross would be singing with them.
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There were bells on a hill
But I never heard them ringing
No, I never heard them at all
Till there was you
There were birds in the sky
But I never saw them winging
No, I never saw them at all
Till there was you
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Ross had started to sing with an almost fearful voice, he hadn't sung in front of such a big crowd for years. But after thirty seconds, he became more secure of himself.
Rachel was incredulous.
"I can't believe he's doing this for me…" she said.
Monica sighed right next to her and took her hand. "Is that really my brother? I didn't know he could sing that well!"
"Had we known, maybe we wouldn't have mocked them so much for their ridiculous band!"
"Wasn't Chandler the lead singer?" Phoebe asked quietly, she was really enjoying Ross's performance.
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Then there was music and wonderful roses
They tell me in sweet fragrant meadows
Of dawn and dew
There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No, I never heard it at all
Till there was you
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Samuel started a guitar solo and Ross took his chance to get off the stage. He walked slowly towards a bouquet and took off a blue rose.
All the people were swaying in time with The Beatles love ballad when the groom finally approached his wife, the mic in one hand and the flower in the other.
Monica smiled when she noticed Rachel crying. She took a glimpse of Phoebe and they both left space for Ross to join Rachel.
He gave her the rose and kissed her cheek, making Rachel traveling in time to the day of Barry and Mindy's wedding. She greeted him with the sweetest smile, and then she put her hands behind Ross's back while he concluded the song.
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Then there was music and wonderful roses
They tell me in sweet fragrant meadows
Of dawn and dew
There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No, I never heard it at all
Till there was you
Till there was you
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Rachel's eyes glittered with emotion when Ross sang the last line of the song. While the musicians kept playing until the end, the newlyweds hugged tenderly. Rachel pulled his lips forward for a well-deserved kiss and all the guests clapped in appreciation of what Ross had just done.
Joey and his gang were all yelling at him, many women were wiping away tears that turned into tender smiles when Ross bent to kiss Rachel's belly. Emma shrieked with joy and ran towards her parents, willing to be involved in that moment of happiness.
"Thank you, honey." Rachel whispered.
"I love you all so much."
"Luv you too, daddy." Emma said, holding her father.
Phoebe and Monica were still too emotional, and so were the three singers that had come back to their places in front of the microphones.
"You have to excuse my sisters, they have very sensitive souls."
All the people laughed at the singer's remark.
"Ross's surprise for Rachel was so overwhelming, why don't we all make another round of applause for him? No, wait, for them! Mr. and Mrs. Geller, ladies and gentlemen!"
Ross flushed a bit and looked back at the band, clapping back for their accompaniment during his performance. Rachel didn't want to let him go, all the emotions she was feeling were hard to explain. Even if she lacked of words, though, her eyes were saying very well what she was thinking.
"Well, I hope you're not tired, because we're not over yet. Chandler?"
Chandler smiled and finally jumped on the stage. He gave a high-five to Sam, who moved back and let him stand in front of the guests.
Now it was Monica's turn to be shocked. "What is he doing?" she asked Phoebe and Joey.
"No idea."
"Do you know about this?" she asked her brother.
Ross just smiled in return.
"When Ross asked me what I thought about him singing for Rachel, I said that she would probably throw her bouquet at him."
All the guests started to laugh; almost everyone knew Chandler's sarcastic tone, so they were not surprised by his joke.
"But I also told him that his odds might be good. I'm sure that Rachel appreciated his performance. I wish I had the same idea for my wedding, but Monica would have probably chased me away had I tried to do something that she had not planned!"
Monica glared at Chandler, pretending to be annoyed by his words. She didn't manage to, because she looked at Rachel and Ross who were both laughing at her and she started to chuckle, too.
"Anyway, this is not over yet. As many of you already know, Ross and I have known each other since we were in college. Even if our friendship was mainly founded on unfortunate hair, one of the things that made us very popular was our band, we were called Way! No Way!"
"Oh my God…" Monica began to realize what was going to happen in a few moments.
"I was the lead singer and Ross played keyboards. Paul, Brian and Larry, here, were our guitarist, drummer and bass player. If you're wondering, no, we were never surrounded by groupies willing to sleep with us."
"Speak for yourself!" Ross shouted. Rachel slapped his arm playfully, but she didn't let go of Ross who was holding her from behind.
"Ross wrote many songs for us, most of them were tragic love ballads dedicated to Rachel…To sum it up, Ross was insanely in love with her, but she never reciprocated his attention, not even when he decided to cut his hair and mustache. When later he met Carol, the songs became more joyful…hi Carol!"
Chandler waved his hand at her, and all the people stared at Ross's first ex-wife blushing.
"So, even if Emotional Knapsack would be a hit today, we don't want to get depressed in such a lovely day…that's why after a long wait of 17 years, you will have the reunion you were all yearning for and the Way! No Way! will cover a very famous song for you!"
All the guests cheered and clapped their hands, still laughing for Chandler's speech.
The former members of the band – including Ross – got on the stage and took their instruments. Ross sat behind a keyboard that had just appeared next to Chandler. Brian sat on the stool behind the drums, taking the drumsticks from Ivan's hands.
"First of all I want to thank Samuel; he's going to play the guitar with us. I don't think that Paul could play very well, seeing that he hasn't touched a guitar in 15 years!"
The young singer and his sisters were laughing like crazy, "You're very welcome!"
"This is for our wives but also for all the women in the audience." Chandler concluded.
"One, two, three, four!" Brian counted, taking time with the drumsticks.
When the men started to play, it took the people a few seconds to recognize the song. Then Ross started to move his hands on the keyboard to play the introduction riff and everybody realized which song they would play.
"Toto? Really?" Phoebe asked Mike, wondering if those guys were really capable to play such a beautiful song as Stop loving you.
"Chandler is never going to sing this, come on!" Joey grinned.
When the first verse of the song began, Joey was unbelievably proved wrong.
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Reflections in my mind
Thoughts I can't define
My heart is racing and the night goes on
I can almost hear a laugh
Coming from your photograph
Funny how a look can share a thousand meanings
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"Oh, God, he's good!" Monica yelled.
"He really is!" Rachel chuckled.
Chandler appeared very sure of himself on the stage, singing in front of all those people. Ross noticed with a huge smile that his best friends and wife were all astonished and couldn't believe their ears.
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Well-intended lies
Contemplating alibis
Is it really you or is it me I'm blaming?
A distant memory
Flashes over me
Even though you're gone I feel you deep inside
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"Listen to Ross! Can you believe he's that good? And he bothered us with that ridiculous sound of his while he could have played this!" Joey shouted.
Without realizing, they were all clapping their hands in time while Chandler smiled at Ross, who gave him a short satisfied look.
Before the chorus, Chandler heard the three sisters starting to sing next to him, doing backing vocals in three different tones. He was startled at the beginning, then he remembered how good the members of that band were at improvising. Sam was playing his guitar incredibly well, for a person who had never rehearsed with them.
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Dance beneath the light with that look in your eyes
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Finally, when the chorus began, all the people in the crowd sang together with the band, clapping hands or waving their arms in time.
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I can't stop loving you
Time passes quickly and chances are few
I won't stop 'til I'm through loving you girl
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At the end of the chorus, Phoebe, Joey, Monica and Rachel were so captivated by the band that they started to dance.
Phoebe was dancing along with Mike; Joey was soon approached by Alex. Beside them, Gina and Michael were showing how clumsy but cute they were, and Monica was swinging on her own, still astonished by the groove going on with the band. Chandler smiled at her and began singing the second verse of the song.
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There's a window in the heart
I've tried to look through from the start
You're never really sure what someone else is thinking
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Leonard and Sandra walked towards Rachel.
"Shall we?" the father asked the bride.
"Of course, daddy!" she replied, beginning to dance with him while Sandra twirled around with Emma in her arms.
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Someone's broken something new
Another altered point of view
Just a certain someone's conscience playing
I held it in my hand
I did not understand
What lives inside the wind that cries her name
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Chandler knew that the next part would be tough to sing, but he tried his best. Noticing his effort, Samuel helped him with the highest tune of the verse, singing along with him.
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Trying to catch a shooting star
What seems so close can't be that far
I'm living in a dream that's never ending
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The three sisters sang again to accompany Chandler before and during the chorus.
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Dance beneath the light with that look in your eyes
I can't stop loving you
Time passes quickly and chances are few
I won't stop 'til I'm through loving you girl
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Leonard was grinning from ear to ear, Sandra had never seen him so satisfied. They were both very proud of their daughter, who had finally managed to build a happy life for herself. And Leonard had really changed his attitude during the last couple of days. He was actually glad for Rachel's marriage, and he was showing her how much he cared.
After the chorus, an instrumental section of the song began. Noticing Monica looking at Chandler, Samuel patted him and invited the man to get off the stage to dance with his wife. Chandler complied with a smile on his face. He walked towards Monica and asked her about the kids. She nodded at her parents: Jack and Judy were dancing in the vicinity of the stroller in which the twins were sleeping peacefully.
Ross was still playing when Chandler left the stage; considering that he should be dancing with his wife, Mike kissed Phoebe and left her side to substitute the groom at the keyboards.
Ross became aware of Mike's presence only when he touched his shoulder.
"Go dance with your wife." He suggested with a smile.
Ross smiled back at him and Mike replaced him just in time to perform a solo. Ross found Rachel and Dr. Green and politely asked if he could take his place.
Leonard smiled and backed off; when he saw that his ex-wife was now alone because Emma had decided to go and dance with her brother Ben, he approached her. Sandra looked pleasantly surprised by the gesture and accepted his request to dance together.
Rachel watched the scene with newfound hope for her parents to get back together; even if she wasn't a child anymore and she was a wife and mother, she kept harboring hopes for Leonard and Sandra to find their way to each other again, just as she had managed to do with Ross. If they had moved past their divergences, maybe her parents could, too.
In the meantime, Michael asked Alex to dance with him and Joey joined forces with Phoebe, trying to avoid to bump into her lovely bulky belly. Gina found a new companion in Gunther, just as Susan and Carol stood up from their table to dance together.
By now almost all the couples in the room were dancing: Janice and Sid, Russ and Julie, even Charlie and Benji.
After the long instrumental bridge, full of instruments solos, Samuel eventually began to sing again with his sisters.
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Dancing with that look that's in your eyes
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The singers asked the guests to clap their hands in time.
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I can't stop loving you
Time passes quickly and chances are few
I won't stop 'til I'm through loving you girl
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Rachel chose this moment to give Ross a soft peck. She had never been so happy in her entire life. A year and half ago she had felt alone and desperate of never finding love again. She didn't have a boyfriend and she really thought that her relationship with Ross was over, after that stupid flirt with Joey. She couldn't imagine that being fired from Ralph Loren would activate a series of fortunate events that would lead her to this very day.
"I love you so much." She confessed to her husband.
"Did you enjoy the surprise?" he questioned.
"Immensely."
Instead of dancing wildly for the end of the song, they began to sway slowly, like they were the only two people in the world.
Ross stared at her with an expression that spoke a thousand words. Then he sang the last chorus of the song with a soft feeble voice, so that only Rachel could hear him.
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I can't stop loving you
Time passes quickly and chances are few
I won't stop 'til I'm through loving you
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Rachel's face was shining with happiness. "So, you are my personal Patrick Swayze, now?"
Ross understood her intention to hint at the ending scene of Dirty Dancing.
"Nobody puts Rach in the corner!" he chuckled, paraphrasing the quote.
They both laughed for his joke, then Ross's hands grasped her face and they kissed passionately. They almost didn't notice that the band was singing the last verse of the song.
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Loving you
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The band hadn't finished yet, but Chandler and Monica walked towards the stage to thank the siblings.
"It doesn't matter how much Ross payed for you, it was worth every penny." They chuckled, with Samuel still playing because the song wasn't over yet. "You are too precious for this world!"
The sisters flushed a bit, then they bowed while holding their gowns imitating a very 50s mannerism. Chandler couldn't help but smile at those beautiful ladies.
The six friends kept dancing until the end of the song. Ross and Rachel looked at Monica and Chandler. Then at Phoebe and Joey.
It wasn't more than a glimpse that passed among the six of them, but it was enough to tell the others how they were all feeling.
They were content and incredibly pleased for this wonderful day.
Pleased to be still friends after more than ten years.
Pleased to love their friends so much and always be there for each other.
Pleased to have become a family.
Because in the end, everything started and ended with these six amazing people.
Later that night, Ross and Rachel had finally managed to sit at their table to spend some quality time on their own.
Many of the guests had gone back to the hotel, and so had Jack and Judy, who had called a cab to head back with the twins.
Monica and Chandler were slowly dancing at the sound of a popular ballad, Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite (interpreted by the band in the McGuire Sisters version).
Monica was looking at her brother over Chandler's shoulder, incapable of get rid of her own smile. Chandler noticed this and asked her, "What?"
"I'm so happy for them."
Chandler turned his face in time to see Ross and Rachel eating another piece of their cake. Ross had just put some cream on her nose, making Rachel laugh. He bent to clean her up with a sweet kiss.
"Yeah, me too." Chandler considered.
"I must say…Ross's idea was weird, unexpected and very uncommon for a wedding ceremony, but…"
"But?" Chandler urged her to go on.
Monica smiled at her husband. "But Rachel loved it. Everybody loved it, actually!"
"What about you?" he asked her.
"Well, I think I'm a bit envious because you guys didn't do this at our wedding."
Chandler was grinning, "I knew you'd enjoy this!"
"So why didn't you think about it?" she wondered.
"Well, I had, but then I decided that I wanted Ross to take advantage of the reunion for his tenth wedding."
Monica chuckled along with him, "Oh yeah? Is that so?"
"No…this was all Ross's idea; you know he's a hopeless romantic when it comes to Rachel."
"They are so mushy!"
"Probably." Chandler agreed. "But it was nice to play all together after so many years. And let's face it, even if I had thought about this, you wouldn't have let us play."
Monica nodded, "Knowing myself as I do, you're right. I wanted to have everything under control at our wedding. But I've changed my mind, this was a wonderful idea. And you are such a good singer, honey!"
"Well, thank you, sweetie." Chandler replied, incredulous.
Monica sighed, "Well, don't tell Ross, but this wedding definitely beat ours."
"You think so?"
"Let's be honest. These are Ross and Rachel…" Chandler nodded with a tender smile on his face. "They deserve this. This is probably the third best day of my life, too."
Chandler grinned, willing to know more, "Which were the two best days?"
Monica giggled, "The afternoon that we came back from London…and the day we brought Jack and Erika home."
Chandler shook his head, "You see? This is why I love you. I swear, more and more each passing day."
"I love you too. And hey, listen, if I had let you, what song would you dedicate to me?"
Chandler smiled and took a glimpse of Samuel on the stage. The singer nodded imperceptibly and the band began to play a new tune.
"The best man wants to dedicate this song to the most special woman in his life."
Monica recognized the beginning of the song even before they started to sing.
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Some day, when I'm awfully low
When the world is cold
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight
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She felt a tear forming to the corner of her eyes and she kissed Chandler with gratitude. She had really married the most wonderful man.
At that moment, a very drunk Janice ran and jumped on the stage, screaming.
"Chandler, this is our song!"
Chandler and Monica interrupted their kiss because of Janice's gun-machine-laughter. They turned around to watch her just in time to see the woman falling down from the stage in a clumsy attempt to balance herself during her guffaw.
Sid reached his wife on the floor and tried to wake her up, seeing that Janice was now asleep.
"I'm sorry, I didn't hear…what did she say?"
Chandler and Monica looked back at each other, a huge grin on both their faces.
Ross and Rachel watched the scene too. Ross had an incredulous expression on his face. He looked at his wife, still trying to figure out why they had felt the need to invite Janice in the first place.
"Don't give me that look, you are the one who slept with her!" Rachel reminded him.
Songs:
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Till There Was You - The Beatles
Stop Loving You - Toto
The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra