Joey: Hey Phoebe, what are we supposed to be doing?

Phoebe: Joey, how many times do I have to tell you?

Joey: (begins thinking) Um...

Phoebe: Oh, forget it. CHANDLER!

Chandler: (Walks out of his room with bed head) What?

Phoebe: Disclaimer.

Chandler: Fine, the author owns absolutely nothing that is in this story.

Phoebe: On with the football.

The Key

Monica's team was tied with Ross's team. Both ready to score the winning touchdown. As usual the guys were against the girls and both teams were playing strong. Phoebe used her wits to outsmart Joey. Rachel easily got around Ross seeing as they were dating and he had a soft spot for her. The only one with a problem was Monica. Every time Chandler came near she couldn't do anything, but wait for them to make a touchdown.

"Monica, I'm sorry, but... GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!" Phoebe ordered trying to knock some sense into her friend. It was as if her mind was somewhere else. It was like Monica didn't really want the Gellar cup. Which meant that either Monica had changed overnight, or she had gone plain psycho.

Rachel could do nothing but nod. She hated seeing Monica like this. It was really starting to get to her. It was always Monica who Rachel relied because she was the strongest one in the group. Everyone depended on her in some way, but now...

Suddenly a thought struck Rachel, and she knew exactly what she had to do.

As soon as the Chandler caught the ball Rachel charged towards him. Like a bull her small body tackled him to the ground. When she was up again she laughed at him, as he stared up at her in confusion. Janice jumped from her seat at the bench and ran over to his side.

With a laugh she told Janice, "Tackled by a girl."

"Hey that's cheating!" Joey yelled. Good thing Rachel planned ahead of time what she would do. Acting innocent would have been too easy, so she explained it differently.

"That's what he gets for losing my CD player," Quickly, Rachel ran back to the huddle. Befor Chandler could counter, knowing that he didn't have Rachel's CD player.

Rachel smiled when she saw jealous look on Monica's face when Janice tried to comfort Chandler, but then light up when she saw him push her away.

"Are you crazy?" Chandler snapped at the woman who had just tackled him not even two minutes before. Shaking her head Rachel went over her plan. Chandler was going to be reminded of all the annoying things Janice does with a little help from her.

"Yeah, Janice are you?" Rachel asked, a huge smile displayed on her face.

"Well excuse me for wanting to make sure my boyfriend was okay," Janice rolled her eyes as she got back on her feet. Everyone observed as Chandler's eyes went huge. By calling him hers commitment was initiated, and that was enough to cause an alarm to go off in Chandler's head.

"Oh, so that's why you did it," raising a hand to his chin Ross realized what Rachel was doing. As soon as Chandler heard Ross's words he looked to him with a questioning glance. Ross knew better than to say anything. The last time he did his best friend ended up in sweats for almost a week, which was very unhealthy. So, he just shook his head.

Joey decided to interrupt, "Guys, the game!" Finally, the game started again and Monica's team luckily won. After that they went back upstairs only to find that both Monica and Chandler had forgotten their keys.

"TURKEY!" Joey cried pounding on Monica's door in desperation. Janice being as bright as she was, ripped off her fake fingernail and handed it to Ross, who in turn just stared at her.

"It's to get the door unlocked, silly," Janice laughed placing it in the palm of Ross's hand. Immediately Ross went to work on unlocking Rachel and Monica's room, but before he could Monica's hand stopped him.

"Let's just use the spare key," Rachel suggested, and Monica nodded her head in agreement.

"Sure, let's do it the easy way," Joey sarcastically announced. For him using the fake nail made it seem like a James Bond movie. Slowly, Monica walked over to the guys apartment door and lifted up the carpet where the seams were loose.

A memory suddenly popped into Chandler's head, "Wait a second, wasn't I the one who told you, that you should do that." Monica just nodded.

It was about a year before Rachel moved in, and Monica had forgotten her key for the zillionth time. So, as usual, she knocked on Chandler's door so that he'd come open hers. When he did he suggested making a spare key, cutting the carpet, and taping the key underneath. The fact that he had influenced her at all made him smile. In return Monica smiled back.

Phoebe: Oh, there was actually a little fluff in this one.

Ross: Hey guys, sorry I'm late. Rachel and Monica still out shopping?

Joey: Why do girls like to shop so much?

Phoebe: If we told you we'd have to kill you.

Chandler: Read and review please.