Monica fluffed the pillows on the couch and dusted the coffee table. She noticed that the floor was a little dull and headed for the cabinet with the cleaning supplies.

"Gee you shouldn't have fussed." Chandler commented. He put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her. Monica looked up at him. He smiled." Take it easy, Mon, the place looks great." She was suddenly reassured. Monica turned to face him.

"You don't under stand , it is my mother and nothing I do is ever right. She is just going to remind me that her perfect child is marrying the perfect girl and I have no one.. Monica started to moan. Chandler realized what he needed to do and put his arm around her to give her a hug. He needed to be there for her. She felt so good in his arms Then when he heard a door open he immediately pulled away.

The other bedroom door opened to reveal Rachel nervously running around in a slip. She ran past the couple and realized that Chandler was standing there. Embarrassed, she dashed back in her room.

"Hey do I smell lasagna?" Joey grinned when he walked in the door. Heading for the oven he had a mission. He was going to eat. Monica's job was to stop Joey from his mission. She ran to the other side of the room and positioned herself in front of the oven. "Touch it and die, Tribbiani!" she bellowed. Joey had a terrified look as he backed away and ran back to his and Chandler's apartment. "I'll see you later." He said. Chandler just shrugged his shoulders. After all it was Joey.

Ross entered the apartment in a blue suit . He was beaming , yet nervous. His dark hair had too much gel in it and sweat poured from his hands. In one hand he was holding a bag with Godiva chocolates and a bottle of Scotch.

"Way to kiss ass my man." Chandler grinned. "What is all this?"

Ross explained nervously, "I uh didn't exactly make the best impression on her dad. So I am hoping this will make up for it. And Rachel is just like her mother , so I am giving her candy."

"Does this mean she is going to exchange it?' At that point , Rachel came out fully dressed and threw her arms around his thick neck. Kissing him, she sighed.

" You look so handsome, my Jewish prince."

Ross gave her an adoring look and returned the complement . She batted her eyelashes at him coyly. Noticing the bag, she took out the bottle of scotch.

"Honey, Daddy was very impressed with you. There is nothing to be nervous about and you don't have to bribe him." She said with assurance.

Suddenly there was another knock on the door. The door opened to reveal Judy and Jack Geller. Judy was beaming with pride as she ran to hug her son. She almost ran over her daughter in her hurry to show how she felt towards Ross. Judy could only go on and on about how happy she was that Ross and Rachel were getting married.

"This one is going to work." Judy smiled. She embraced Rachel as well, and called her the daughter she never had. Chandler could see the tears in Monica's eyes as her mother once again made her feel like crap. Jack gave Monica a sympathetic look and went to hug his daughter. "How about a Monicuddle?" Monica 's expression melted as her father hugged her and smiled. For the life of him, Jack could never understand why Judy treated Monica this way. He walked toward the oven and opened it. "MMm that sure smells good and I bet it tastes great." He smiled. "I cant wait to eat."

Judy looked at the lasagna with distain. "I hope that you remembered your father's cholesterol."she said . Ross could even see that his sister was not being treated fairly. "I know this is going to be good and healthy." Ross said as he looked at Monica sympathetically. Chandler wished he could do something , but this was not the right time.

Next the Greens entered the apartment. Ross nervously took out the bag and handled the wrong present to Rachel's parents. He handed the box of chocolates to Leonard and the scotch to Sandra. Rachel shook her head after she realized her fiancés mistake.

" Gee sweet pea, I thought you knew your mother liked martinis." Leonard said as he held the candy. Ross realized his mistake and switched the presents. Sandra just smiled and said. "Ah Leonard, the boy is just trying to be nice. Leave him alone. I think it is sweet." She then leaned over and gave her future son in law a kiss on the cheek. "Just think our little girl is getting married and this time its for good." Sandra smiled.

"Yea , she is marrying the boy who always tried to look in our window." Leonard said eyeing Ross who had an embarrassed look.

"And a doctor too." Sandra said with pride.

"A doctor of dead things , Sandra, not people." Leonard snidely said. Rachel stood by Ross as she was trying to make him feel better. She couldn't believe how mean her father was being to Ross.

"Young lady , I am still paying bills on the last time you found the love of your life. So if you are going to pull anymore stunts, I am not shelling out a cent for this travesty. I still cant believe my daughter is marrying a grown man who plays with dinosaurs." Leonard said shaking his head.

"Daddy , this is different . I didn't really love Barry and I love Ross. He does not play with dinosaurs but teaches people about them. Maybe someday he will even get to be a teacher." Rachel defended Ross and then smiled at him.

Monica was glad to give her best friends a break. She pulled open the oven and announced that dinner was served. Taking the pan of lasagna from the oven , she cut it into sections and put some on a plate for Joey. She took the salad from the fridge and set the bread on the table. Finally , everyone had settled down to enjoy the meal. Monica had out done herself.

"This is delicious sis, you have to teach Rach to cook this."Ross said as he winked at her.

"My Harmonica is a great cook . You should be a chef , sweetie." Jack gobbled up the lasagna and cleaned up the sauce with the bread."

"I would like some more bread." Sandra asked.

"How about it , wethead." Leonard laughed. Rachel had it.'Daddy! I want you to get use to it. Ross and I are getting married and there is nothing that is going to stop us." She ranted. Leonard didn't know how to treat this new demonstration of bravery . Rachel had never stood up to her father , she was also actually afraid of him. This must be what love does. It makes you stronger than you ever thought you could be.

Leonard was silent. Sandra was so glad that her ex husband was put in his place. "I think the lasagna is delicious. Better than any restaurant I have been to."

Judy couldn't leave well enough alone. "I think that maybe the sauce might be a little too spicy for my taste." She added. Chandler stood up . He had it with Judy's tearing apart of her daughter. It may not be his place, but he cared about Monica and couldn't stand to see her hurt for another minute.

"You know, your daughter worked hard on this dinner. She was up at dawn and at the farmers market to get tomatoes to make the sauce. She went to the bakery and bought bread that was freshly made. She cleaned this apartment from top to bottom and made a pie as well. She cut the vegetables for the salad by hand and cut the radishes into roses. She wanted to make sure everything was perfect for this dinner and all you have proceeded to do is make her feel bad. She may not have gotten some damn PHd but she is one of the best chefs in Manhattan." Chandler was out of breath after his tirade. Monica looked at him with adoring eyes . Everyone was startled with this declaration. Judy was finally speechless. Ross began to wonder what was going on. Jack just smirked and then continued to eat. The only noise that could be heard was the scraping of the metal on the plates.

Chandler had done it. Monica began to wonder what would come next.