Thanks for the reviews. I changed a little in the last chapter, or so, but it's not important anyway. Hmmf, this chapter will be short too. Please bear with me?

Disclaimer; I don't own Friends. I love them, and I own all ten series, but if I actually did own them in real life, I would be so, so happy. ;p

What Love Can Do

Chapter 16.

"Ross?" Rachel questioned, looking up at him, from the floor, where she was sleeping.

"Yeah," he said, popping his head over the couch to smile at her.

"Were you serious?"

"Serious?" Ross didn't understand, "About what?"

"Yesterday?" Rachel sighed, "When you said that we could move?"

"Well, I was just…" Ross trailed off, realizing something, "You want to move?"

Rachel fidgeted with her hands, "I was thinking about it…" she whispered, "There's this friend of mine, she lives in Florida, and I was thinking… We could move there, maybe? I thought a lot about it, we could start over. Away from Monica and Chandler. Then they would have their space to figure their things out. I'd actually thought about moving out there after you and I broke up. I could do that anyway, but you could come with me?"

"Are you serious?" Ross asked. The thought was actually really tempting.

Rachel nodded, "It's not that I don't love Mon… I just.. I think all of us need our space?"

"I think you're right." Ross concluded, "When can things be arranged?"

"Right now." Rachel said, smiling, "I can let my mom take care of the house until it's sold. We can stay at a hotel until we find something out there. We will sell all our stuff, or you know… I don't know what you've done with it after you took it, but… We could leave tomorrow already. Or tonight!"

Ross sighed and looked her in the eye, "You know what….? We're doing it. We can use this. Start over."

Rachel nodded, and leaned in and kissed him. Then she pulled off, "I'll pack my things."

--

Phoebe smacked the phone down and looked at Mike, "She is an idiot!"

"What?" he questioned, "Who is?"

"Monica!"

"But I thought you were supporting her, and that it was Rachel you hated?" Mike chipped.

"Yeah, in the case, but in the question of Monica and Chandler's relationship, it's definitely Chandler I'm with!"

"O-kay…" Mike said, "Why?"

"I just talked to him!" Phoebe said, "God, I hate Rachel! She's ruining Monica and Chandler's relationship. Chandler called me because he didn't know what to do. Rachel had just called him up and told him that her and Ross was back together, which I knew because I helped Ross yesterday, but he was so crushed! He told me they'd agreed to be friends, but maybe a part of him were hoping that…" she trailed off.

"And what happened?"

"They're moving!" Phoebe exclaimed, in a way that was so un-Phoebe.

"Who is moving?"

"Ross and Rachel!" Phoebe said, "To Florida! Can you believe it? They're just running away… Urgh, it's probably all Rachel's idea!"

"Don't jump to conclusions, Phoebs" Mike said, trying to calm her down, "Maybe it was Ross idea?"

"Yeah, right." Phoebe sarcastically replied.

Mike shrugged, "You need to figure this out, Phoebe. These people have been your best friends for so long. You don't want to lose them, do you?"

Phoebe looked at Mike and shook her head.

No, she didn't want to lose any of them… even Rachel.

--

Rachel knocked on the door, and waited patiently for someone to open.

Finally the door opened and revealed Joey in sweatpants.

"Hi honey!" Rachel greeted him with a hug.

"Hi." He awkwardly padded her back, "What's up?"

"I'm here to see Chandler." Rachel said, smiling at him, "Is he in his room?"

"Yeah, it's over there…" Joey trailed off, pointing at a closed door.

"Thank you." Rachel smiled and went for the closed door. She took a deep breath.

… Rachel knocked on the door, with her heart half the way up her troth.

Oh, how she whished that he wasn't mad, but that was probably to good to be true.

He was probably furious with her.

She waited a few seconds, and by the cue of his voice, she opened the door.

"Hi" she whispered.

Chandler looked up, "Oh hi" he said, smiling.

She was surprised by his friendliness, but took it as a good sign. She went into the little room and closed the door. She spun around to take in the surroundings of his new home; "This is nice" she smiled, her voice slowly raising from above the whisper she'd begun with. She turned to look at him and sat down on a chair by a table. "Is this working okay for you?"

Chandler nodded, "Yeah. Good thing Joey moved back to New York though, 'cause where else should I have lived?"

"Staying with Ross and I would definitely be out of the picture since he's ready to kill you" Rachel said. Even though it was a serious problem, she couldn't help but smile. "How's everything going between you and Mon?"

"I don't know" he honestly said, "I called her yesterday, the kids misses me"

"Don't you think you should go out there and talk to her?"

"No" Chandler said, "She's so mad, but who can blame her? She's very angry with you too, you know"

Rachel looked down at her hands, "I know," she said, "But there isn't much I can do about it"

"What about Ross. How's he-?"

She cut him off, spinning her hair around her finger, "He's okay, I guess. He understands. At least that's what he says. Or else he just knows that I'm the only one who will ever want to be with him, and that makes him forgive me"

"That's probably it" Chandler said, "You were a bitch, you know"

"I know" Rachel giggled, "I was thinking of something… Maybe I should take a drive to Westchester tomorrow and try and get Mon to listen to me. To make her see things from my perspective" she looked thoughtful, "She isn't usually good at that, but I will have to try"

"If you succeed, give me a call" Chandler said, "'Cause then I'll take a drive out there too and try"

They sat in silence for awhile, until Rachel broke it with a sigh.

"Have you heard from Phoebe?" she asked.

"Yes" Chandler smiled, "She stepped by yesterday and said that she supports me"

"Weird" Rachel said, "She hasn't called me or anything. No contact, nothing"

"She told me she thinks you're a bitch" Chandler said, "She says that what you did to Ross the time he needed you the most, was unacceptable. She does not want to be friends with you anymore"

"Oh…" Rachel's face dropped, "That's one more person I have to make up with then"

Chandler rolled his eyes, "You're in a awfully cheery mood, considering everything?"

"You know," Rachel said, standing up to look out of the window, "I do not have time to be sad or mad. I'm already half through my life, and what happened with Ross made me realize that maybe I wont be here long. I could die tomorrow, never wake up, or I could walk out of here and get killed by a thief who wants my wallet. Anything can happen, and I want to enjoy my life"

Chandler watched her every move, amazed by this new person she'd turned into. How grown-up the silly cheerleader from Long Island suddenly was. How mature she sounded when she spoke. He liked this new side of her.

Though, he wasn't sure if he was ready to say goodbye to the old naïve Rachel yet.

"That's true" he finally answered, "But maybe life isn't life if you aren't sad sometimes, you know?"

"That's certainly a question of how you see life" Rachel turned around to send him a loving gaze, "I think that maybe life is just a series of moments, and you have to grab those of them you want to remember when you're old and grey"

"Maybe you're right" Chandler said, "We'll see" He sighed, "How's Ross training going?"

"It's going better" Rachel smiled, knowing this was a touchy subject for him to talk about, "He'll be good soon. Then we can go on with our lives. Emma really missed him all this time, you know. But it's better now" she sat down next to him and took his hand, "Chandler?" she said, already tears in her eyes, "I'm sorry I screwed up so bad. I want you to know that I'm sorry. I believe I made a mistake, and now I'm with Ross again, and your marriage with Monica is history. I'm sorry"

"Rach" Chandler said, "You didn't make a mistake. Not at all. Monica and I had troubles way before you got in the middle. If you did anything, you did us good. We had to have someone tell us that we didn't live the ordeal life. I mean, we barely even talked. We were caught in a groove, and life was getting nowhere"

Rachel squeezed his hand and let her tears fall, "Okay. Thank you. I needed to know that"

Chandler nodded and kissed her hand, "I know, I know"

"Do you even think things will be the same again?" Rachel asked, laying back on his messy bed, "You know, when everything has settled a bit? In a couple of years?"

"No" Chandler honestly said, "It wont. I think it will be better, in some way. If Monica and I make up, we will be better. And you and Ross will get married, and you will have more kids, Rach. Don't worry"

"But you need to know that I'll always be sorry for screwing up so badly, even though you said I did nothing"

"It's okay" Chandler smiled, "I think that Mon will forgive you if you really regret, and you do"

Rachel smiled and stood up, "Anyway, I better go. I told Ross I was going shopping. And now I've been away for almost and hour, and I have not bought anything. I'll have to figure something out"

"Yeah" Chandler stood up and followed her to the door.

"Well, bye then" Rachel said, shaking his hands.

"Bye" Chandler whispered.

Rachel turned around to leave, but by the sound of his voice, she stopped.

"And Rach" he said, talking to her back, "You need to know that…" he trailed off, "That if I could go back in time, and do all this over again, you know, not do it, I wouldn't. I wouldn't do this over again"

"Thank you" Rachel said, a tear running down her cheek, "I needed to know that too"

"Yeah" Chandler said, and then he closed the door.

Times had certainly changed.

… Rachel sighed again. That had been some conversation.

She was glad that he hadn't mentioned the move her and Ross was doing the next day. It would have tensed things more than they were.

She placed a hand on her still flat stomach. She didn't even know how many people who knew she was pregnant. She wasn't even sure that Chandler knew.

"Are you okay?" Joey's voice startled her, and she turned around to shoot him a sad smile.

"Yeah," she whispered, "I will be."

"So…"

This was awkward.

"I will say goodbye now, Joey." Rachel said, and hugged him, "Not just for today, but for a long time. Ross and I are moving tomorrow."

"You are?"

Rachel nodded.

"Where?" Joey asked,

"Florida." Rachel just said, "I have a friend there."

"But shouldn't you make up with Mon first?"

"I'll go out there tomorrow before we leave, but I think it'll be useless. We'll see." She shrugged.

"Then, say goodbye to Ross and Emma from me?" Joey said.

"Of course." She smiled, then she hugged him once more and left the apartment.

Yeah I know, one more freakishly short chapter. Sorry about that. I'm expecting two more chapters to this story. So yeah! After that I'm gonna take a short break, write my HSM story, and then I have a few ideas for some R'n'R romance. Anyway, leave me a review, please? Thanks, Stessa.