This is Chapter 2. Hope that you enjoy!
Chapter 2 Spying
It was two weeks after the incident with Ben destroying Monica's apartment and Monica had barely come out of her room since. Every morning, Rachel would run out to buy groceries, but not wanting to take full credit for everything, pitched in a dollar of Monica's money.
"Monica!" Rachel called into Monica's bedroom. "You've got to come out of there. You've only got one hundred seven dollars left in your bank account and not much out here. Come on, Mon!"
Ross entered as Rachel continued to scream and looked at her. "Where's Monica? I've got something for her."
After hearing that, Monica quickly opened the door and looked at Ross. "What is it?"
"Got you out of your bedroom, didn't I?" Ross demanded proudly. "Well, it's from Ben. A uh... sorry card for destroying your apartment. It's kind of messy, but Joey and Chandler helped him write his letters out."
"Really?" Monica asked. "That's so sweet of Ben. He really didn't- wow!" Monica gasped. "Rach, you really had this apartment under control while I was stuck up in my bedroom. It looks really good."
"Thanks," Rachel said. "I knew that something like this was probably going to happen at some point so I took a picture of every room in case one of them got destroyed so I could put it back in order."
"That's great," Monica said, hugging Rachel.
Three days later
Rachel entered the front door of Central Perk to see Ross standing right next to the door staring into space.
"Hey," Rachel said to Ross.
"Hey," Ross responded nonchalantly.
"What's up?"
"Spying."
"On who?"
"Phoebe and Joey!" Ross turned around this time. "They're planning another date and I think that they're beginning to fall in love. "Do you think that it would be okay for me to go after them and watch them at dinner."
"Only if you got a reservation for us," Rachel replied sternly. "You can't just watch from the door the whole time."
The two of them fell silent and they heard Phoebe and Joey talking to each other, just loud enough for Ross and Rachel to hear.
"How about Pablo's?" Phoebe asked Joey suddenly. "We could meet there."
"Yes, we could," Joey agreed. "Uh... see you then?"
"Sure. Okay, well I think that you should be going, because... Never mind."
"Alright," Joey said without asking questions. "Bye."
"Phoebe and Joey?" Rachel sounded shocked, but stopped talking as Joey walked up. She and Ross pretended to have just entered through the front door.
Joey looked at them as though everything was going smoothly. "Good day." Then he left.
Rachel walked over and sat next to Phoebe, while Ross went to get himself and Rachel a coffee. Rachel pretended to not know anything and went quiet. Phoebe tapped her and she turned over and pretended like she hadn't noticed Phoebe was there.
"Oh! Oh!" Rachel gasped as though she hadn't exactly noticed Phoebe. "How are you?"
"Rach, you heard our conversation didn't you?" Phoebe asked.
"Yes," Rachel sighed, admitting it. "I heard... and Ross did too!"
"Phoebe isn't supposed to know that!" Ross said to Rachel sternly. "That was supposed to be between us and... us."
"Well we would have figured it out at some point," Rachel snapped.
"Hey, hey, it's okay," Phoebe assured Ross and Rachel. "Well, not really. I need your help! What am I going to tell Joey? After our first date I think that he's fallen in love with me and I don't know how to tell him that I don't love him back."
"We could spy on your date," Ross suggested.
"No!" Rachel gasped, but her voice was drowned out by Phoebe's.
"Okay. Please come out from your hiding if anything goes wrong."
"We won't need to. We'll meet you there and pretend that we didn't no that you were going to be there and we'll eat at a table far enough away from you, but close enough t you so that we can hear everything. Or almost everything so that we won't seem too nosy." Ross spoke swiftly and Rachel just gaped at him. "Just an idea."
"No! It's a great one," Phoebe said. "Okay, I've got a massage appointment now. Bye."
As Phoebe was leaving Rachel glared at Ross. "Look at what you've gotten us into."
"We were going to spy on them anyway," Ross muttered defending himself.
"Except we weren't going to let them know."
"I know..."
As Ross and Rachel arrived at dinner that night they pretended as though they were surprised and Phoebe smiled at them with acknowledgment, but made sure to change her expression when Joey turned to look at her.
"Hi, Pheebs!" Rachel said, trying to sound surprised.
"Hi, Joey!" Ross said, trying to sound surprised as well.
"What are you doing here?" Joey asked.
"We've been planning this dinner for weeks," Ross said. "Yay!"
"No, seriously?" Rachel had never heard Joey sound so stern, but Ross had so he knew how to deal with it.
"We're sorry, Joe. If you want us to go, we'll go," Ross tried to sound crestfallen and Joey fell for it.
"No, no! Stay. I just thought that Phoebe and I would get to spend a night alone." Joey held Phoebe's hand to try and show his affection for her, but realizing it looked strange dropped it heavily.
"Your seats," a waiter said, walking up.
As the two couples were led to their different tables, which were no more than five yards apart and Ross and Rachel were straining their ears to hear Joey and Phoebe. They pretended to be talking, but quietly, like them.
"Pheebs," Rachel heard Joey said and shuddered as Ross seemed to have a shiver go down his back. Rachel took Ross's hands.
"Oh my," Rachel whispered as Joey kept on talking.
"I think that I'm beginning to fall in love with you." Joey's voice seemed to sting Ross. Rachel felt as frozen as ever, but Phoebe seemed calm about it.
"That's so sweet, Joey," Phoebe said sweetly. "I love you too."
"What?!" Ross and Rachel muttered together. "I thought that she didn't love him," Ross whispered.
"She never said that," Rachel whispered back. "She just asked what to say and that she thought Joey loved- oof!"
Rachel had looked up and seen the two kissing. That was the start of their relationship.
Hope you liked it! I mean, I always wished Phoebe and Joey got together so I decided to put it in. :)
Chapter 3 up soon!