Authors Note: See I posted this one within hours! Anyway, its a really good chapter, but shorter than the others. I'm going to post it, but be aware that I may add to it slightly. If I do, I'll let you know. Enjoy!

"Phoebe, please try to understand. I am not allowing you to invite some random massage client to Rachel's party." Monica rolled her eyes. Why hadn't she thought of the party idea? Then she would have been in control of the plans and Phoebe would be powerless.

"Why not? Are you like the…um…official party guest list controller person?" she paused, waiting for a response. When Monica just rolled her eyes, she responded with, "I didn't think so!"

"You want to know why not? Because it's Rachel's party. That's why not. Not yours – hers. You can invite Mike. That is all."

"Fine, but just so you know I didn't want to invite that client anyway!"

Monica rolled her eyes. She loved Phoebe, but sometimes she was difficult to say the least. "Then why have you been arguing with me about it for the last 20 minutes?"

"I well, wanted to, um, see if you had…changed, but err, you haven't so…yeah, I'll be leaving now." Monica watched her get up off the couch, and storm out the door of Central Perk. Nobody noticed. Nothing Phoebe did anymore drew stares – everyone knew her too well.

***

"Dude, what are you going to do about Rachel?" asked Joey.

Ross and Chandler just stared at Joey. "Since when do you call me dude, Joey?"

"Since this morning. Now I was thinking…"

"Wait, you can think?" Chandler interrupted.

"Ha-ha, very funny, Mr Wisecracking Wiseass. So anyway, Ben is what, like 5 now?"

"10 actually," corrected Ross.

"Yeah, but I was really close." Ross rolled his eyes. "Anyway, with Ben getting older, I knew he would need a cool uncle to talk about women with soon, so I decided I needed to act more his age so it would be easier for me relate to him. And what better person to do that, than an actor?"

"That is a valid question, Joe. Shall we ask his father?" Chandler turned to Ross. "Can you think of a better person to console your son in his time of need?" Chandler joked sarcastically.

Ross thought about it for a moment. "Yeah, about that Joe. You're my best mate and all, but I just think that you shouldn't talk to Ben. EVER. I mean, given your record with women…you just shouldn't."

Joey stood up and marched towards the door. Just before he left, he called out, "Phoebe would have let me!"

Ross turned to Chandler. "Can you believe he was actually saying those words?"

Chandler started laughing. "Yeah, actually I can. It's Joey. He does this all the time. Remember when he wanted a new walk, or to play an 18 yr old at the age of 30?"

Ross started laughing too. "Yes, I remember."

***

"Joey, what are you doing here?" asked Phoebe.

"Getting a muffin. Ross and Chandler were being mean to me. Muffins always cheer me up." Joey smiled, before stuffing the entire muffin in his mouth.

Phoebe just starred at him. "It's a good thing you're pretty."

***

"Monica, what are you doing?" asked Rachel as she watched Monica flick through her note pad.

"Trying to find something. I know I wrote it in here somewhere." She continued to flip through the pad.

"Monica, what are you-?"

"Here it is. I found it. Rachel, when you began dating Ross you told me how you felt about him. I wrote it down. I knew you'd need it someday and I was right." Monica smiled at Rachel. "Take a seat."

Rachel sat down, wondering what she could have said that had made Monica so happy.

"On the 2nd of September, 1996, you said to me: 'I really can't put into words how much Ross' friendship and love means to me. Mon, he's the reason why I have faith. He has a way of making me brave, of making me smile, of making me laugh. I am happier now than I've ever been and he's the reason why. He shares in my passions, even when they're not his, he listens to me ramble even when I'm not making sense and he accepts me for who I am. I love him so much. Mon, I think he is 'the one'. I think I found 'the one' that everyone searches for; their true soul mate. Monica, he is the one I'm going to spend the rest of my life with, I just know it.'" Monica paused to let the words sink in.

"Mon, when did I…?"

"Say it? One day before you broke up. Twenty four hours, Rach, that's all. You had no idea that overnight it would all be over. Once I went back and read over this, I finally understood what you meant about not being able to hate Ross. This just proves how immensely in love you really were. I feel this way about Chandler now, and if he did what Ross did to you, I know I could never hate him. I finally understand how you felt."

"Ok, so you understand. But Mon, what does this have to do with anything?"

A huge grin spread across Monica's face. "This quote is going to save your relationship with Ross."

Rachel looked confused. "I don't understand."

Monica looked slightly disappointed that Rachel didn't get it. "Rach, what you said to me, it demonstrates how much you loved him. Hasn't nearly every problem between you two stemmed from the fact that Ross was jealous of Mark?"

"I suppose, but Mon-" Monica cut Rachel off.

"Rachel, if you said this to me just hours before you broke up, doesn't that prove that Mark meant nothing? For you to have said these things to me, in the midst of you already having problems with Ross, you must have really meant it. You weren't just caught up in the whirlwind of first love - you were thinking clearly. The passion of love was not clouding your mind – because in the days leading up to the break up, there was no passion. You were caught up at work and Ross was extremely jealous – you barely saw each other. Rachel, what you said to me will fix everything. Every problem you've ever had, this will fix it."

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