Joey finally opened the door and said his famous pickup line to greet Daphne. "Hey, how you doin'?"
Daphne, however, seemed to be completely uninterested in his greeting and rushed past him into the apartment. "Ready to get this over with? Who are you again?"
"It's Joey. Joey Tribbiani," Joey reminded her. "So nice to finally meet you." He tried to shake her hand but she pulled her hand back.
"Don't touch me, your hands are probably filthy!" Daphne said rudely.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm just…" Joey stammered. "I'm just such a huge fan of yours, I've seen all your movies…"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Daphne interrupted him. "I know you probably have a crush on me since I am the hottest woman alive according to People magazine."
"Actually it was sexiest woman alive," Joey flattered her.
Daphne didn't seem to care. "Potato, potato, okay, can we get working? I have a very important eyelash curling appointment in an hour."
"Oh sure," replied Joey, "but my friends are dying to meet you, would you mind, it'll just take a minute." Joey gave her a hopeful face.
"All right, bring them in, I do love my fans, NOT," Daphne reluctantly replied while taking a seat on the couch.
Joey called out to everyone, who had been impatiently waiting in the hall, that they could come in now. Within two seconds, Monica, now holding Phoebe's dog Foo-Foo, Rachel, Phoebe, Ross, and Chandler raced in to meet the movie star.
Monica quickly whispered to Chandler, "I can see where your eyes are looking, and her eyes are much higher up!"
"Sorry, but can you blame me?!" Chandler whispered back.
"All right, but don't get used to it!" Monica shot back.
Rachel was the first to introduce herself. "Oh my gosh, Ms. Starr, it's such a pleasure to meet you, I'm such a big fan!" She started to reach out her hand, but Joey stopped her.
"NO! She doesn't like to be touched!"
"Oh, I'm so sorry…" Rachel stammered.
"Thank you Jimmy," Daphne said in an irritated way.
"It's Joey," he corrected her.
Chandler quickly whispered to Joey, "Everything seems to be going well, Jimmy!" he joked.
Joey elbowed him and whispered back, "Shut up, she'll lighten up and fall in love with my charm soon! 'How you doin'' never fails!"
Daphne interrupted their little whisper argument. "What's this dog doing here? I'm allergic!"
"Oh, she's mine, her name is Foo-Foo," Phoebe explained with a friendly smile.
"GET IT OUT OF HERE!" Daphne started to raise her voice. "My eyes might start to swell up, and then there goes the eyelash curling appointment!" By now, Daphne was almost throwing an adult temper tantrum.
Phoebe quickly took action. "Geez, sorry, I'll take her." Monica handed Foo-Foo over to Phoebe and Phoebe quickly left to take Foo-Foo across the hall.
Daphne started to calm down again, but she was still very irritable. Ross finally decided to jump in and greet Daphne.
"You look very nice today, Ms. Starr," he complimented her. "I'm…"
"Save it for the next one, cowboy," Daphne cut him off, still acting very agitated. She was used to living a luxurious life where she could get away with treating people like crap, but it didn't seem to bother any of the friends. They were probably too mesmerized by her celebrity power to care. Ross, in particular, was too flustered by being in her presence to pick up on her disinterest in any of them. He tried to compliment her again.
"Could I at least have your autograph?" he asked naively.
Rachel cut in this time, realizing Daphne's rudeness. "Oh, Ross, she probably wants to get back to work."
"I don't mind giving your boyfriend my autograph," Daphne cut in, surprising everyone. "I love that powerful feeling I get when I give out my autograph," she finished, sounding incredibly egotistical.
Rachel cut in again, trying not to sound too rude even though she wanted to be. "He's not my boyfriend," she said emphatically, motioning to Ross. "We used to date, but…" she trailed off.
"Are you kidding me?" Daphne said loudly, surprising everyone with her sudden interest in her fans. "Look at the way he's got his hand on your shoulder, honey! Maybe he's not your boyfriend anymore, but I'll bet he certainly wants to be!"
Ross looked down at his hand on Rachel's shoulder, blushing and quickly removing his hand. "What? That's ridiculous! I don't want to be her…boyfriend!" Ross said defensively and in the high pitched voice he unconsciously uses when he's lying. He pandered on. "Totally…ridiculous!"
Rachel looked at him kind of funny, trying to collect her thoughts. She didn't hate the idea that Ross possibly had feelings for her again, but she also felt a little uncomfortable because she never really did get over Ross either. Her mind started going wild with thoughts. Does Ross want us to get back together? Do I want us to get back together? Why do we have the worst timing? We got married in Vegas, now we're divorced and might start dating again? Do I really want to go down that road again, even if I still love Ross?
Rachel realized someone was trying to talk to her, so she shut off her brain for a minute and snapped back to reality.
"Rachel, are you okay?" Monica was asking. Everyone else was staring at her. Ross's cheeks had turned bright red by now.
"Yeah, just remembered I have some work to catch up on, so I'll catch you all later, okay? It was so nice meeting you Daphne," Rachel quickly said while bolting out the door. She had some major thinking to do.
