Beyond Friends Episode Eleven - "It happens everyday"
Guest stars
CC - Monica
DS - Ross
MLB - Joey
LK - Phoebe

"Baby, Baby"

Chandler found it hard to even carry himself up the short flight of stairs to his apartment he was so tired. He could barely put the key in the door. Suddenly the door slowly swung open like it was pushed by a faint breeze. Someone had unlocked the door.
"Rachel must be here." He thought as he entered. To his exhausted surprise, Rachel was not there to greet him. She always sat in her overstuff chair sitting with her legs crossed trying to do a word puzzle with no help what so ever from him. But today she wasnt there to figure out the six letter word for whatever she was stuck on at the moment. Instead Joey was there, he immediately perked up.
"Hey there!" He said.
"Hey!" Joey said getting up and doing their bouncing greeting dance.
"What are you doing here?" Chandler asked.
"Well I have some great news!" Joey said. "You remember my soap opera?"
"Never miss it."
"Well, " Joey said dismissing the fact that he knew that Chandler had not seen five minutes of his soap "Days of our restless children." "I've been nominated for an emmy!"
"All right!" Chandler said as they hugged. "But wasnt the show cancelled last week?"
"Thats the beauty part." Joey said leaning in close as if the next thing he was gonna say was a big secret. "If we win, the news in the biz say we may get a second chance!"
"Great!" Chandler said. "But what does that have to do with me?"
"Well, I need a date and I thought I would ask Rachel, if it were all right with you." Joey said.
"You'd have to ask Ross."
"They're back together again?"
"Again." Chandler said. "What was the problem? Yasmine Bleeth turn you down again?"
"How did you know that?" Joey peered out at Chandler.
"Rachel saw it in a tabloid shes insists she was only reading the horoscope in."
"Of course."

Later on

Rachel and Ross stood outside the apartment saying they're good byes for the evening.
"I love you more." Rachel said between kisses.
"Nooooo. I love you more." Ross said.
Joey watched through the peephole.
"She's taking her time saying goodbye to Ross there. Didja notice that?" Joey said backing away. "She takes any longer it will be tomorrow."
Rachel opened the door. She waved to Ross as he went down the stairs. She sighed and pratically floated her way across to the her chair. "Hi Joey." she said dreamily, after noticing him on the couch.
"Hey." Joey said.
"Hey," Rachel said snapping to attention. "This is weird. It almost feels like the way it used to be. Me and Monica visiting you two over here. What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to ask a favor of you." Joey said. "I need a date to take to the daytime emmy awards. Im nominated for an award."
"Thats great but I thought they cancelled the show." Rachel noted as Chandler started to cook dinner.
"They did, but if I win something maybe they will un-cancel it."
"Oh." Rachel said. "But why ask me, Yasmine Bleeth cancel again?"
Joey tried to ignore that. "Everyone asks me that."
"Ahhh." Rachel got up and hugged Joey. "You big lug, of course I'll go with you."
"Great!" Joey said.
"But I will have to talk to Monica in the morning." Rachel said.
"You work for Monica?" Joey chuckled. "Doing what?"
"I'm a waitress." Rachel said looking dignified, but that only made Joey laugh harder. "Stop laughing or I'm not coming." Joey abruptly stopped.
"Sounds good." Joey said. "But either way I'm leaving tomorrow night."
"Ok." Chandler said. "I got something to do tomorrow anyway."
"What?" Joey asked. Rachel looked at Chandler.
"I volunteered to help Phoebe with her kids tomorrow." Chandler said. Joey started to laugh again.
"Sorry." Joey said. "Can I be in a better mood than I am now?" He shook his head.
"Now the hard part." Rachel said going into her room. Chandler and Joey followed. She swung open her closet and faced the two guys. "I have nothing to wear."
"You gotta be kidding." Joey and Chandler said together as they left to allow her time to make up her mind.

The next day

Rachel carefully chose the right moment to ask Monica if she could have the next day off she so she could go to the awards show with Joey. She decided not to ask when Monica was putting out a table started by a cherrys jubilee that had gone strangely awry.
"Hey Rachel, could you help me pick up the rest of the table?" Monica said lookng at Rachel.
"Sure." Rachel said starting to pick up the plates. "Monica I have something to ask you."
"Bout what?" Monica said piling dishes in Rachels arms.
"Can I have tomorrow off?" Rachel asked. Monica almost dropped a dish.
She thinks for a minute. "Joey asked you to go to the awards cermony did he?"
"How did you know?"
"He asked me too, and I knew just one of you was gonna say yes. So yes, you can have tomorrow off. After all the partying you'll need to sleep in."
"Oooh, youre such a good boss-friend!"
"In fact, have the rest of the day off, you deserve it." Monica said taking the dishes back.
"Really? You can handle it here?"
"Sure, how many freak fires can you have in one afternoon?" Monica said looking at the table where the cherrys jubliee had been.
"Great!" Rachel said running to grab the phone to catch a cab.

Chandler pulled up in front of an apartment building and parked. He placed his head on the steering wheel and sighed."How do you get yourself into these situations Chandler?" When he didn't give himself a satisfactory answer he got out of the car. He ran up the stair two at a time and knocked on the door to the Phoebes apartment. She opened the door. She was wearing her favorite flower dress. She had one of her two chidren balanced in one arm.
"Hi!" Phoebe said hugging Chandler with her free arm. "So good to see you after so long!"
"I know!" Chandler said. "That kids getting big." Phoebe had twins. Sunrise Vision and Sunset Ecstasy were their names. Phoebe said thas what she wanted to name the children but everyoen knows it was the drugs talking. She wanted to have a natural chilbirth but she had to have a C-section. It was a rough couple of hours, but Phoebe, being the trouper she was, pulled through with flying colors. Phoebe was holding Sunset in her arms. Sunset took Chandlers finger and began to suck on it.
"She likes you." Phoebe smiled. Then Sunset bit down hard. Chandler tried to show that it didnt hurt but it really did."Well, maybe not."

Later that night

Chandler sat on the couch with a large towel draped on his shirt. Phoebe came in and removed the towel and rubbed some lin-seed oil or something on a spot where Sunrise decided to throw up her baby food. Phoebe moaned as she saw that her homemade stain remover wasnt working.
"Okay, take off your shirt."
"Phoebe!" Chandler said. "We hardly know each other."
"I want to throw it in the landry." Phoebe said throwing Chandler an old plaid shirt. "This belonged to Frank but it got too big on him."
"Thanks." Chandler said pulling the shirt on. He looked around as he straigthened out his shirt. "Hey what time is it?"
"Almost eight. Why?" Phoebe said giving Chandler a plate of food. "Dinner."
"What is this?"
"You forget I'm a vegetarian?" Phoebe chatised Chandler who smiled. "This is a veggie burger. More importantly its a Phoebe burger."
"Ah." Chandler said eating a little of it. "Joey is nominated for an emmy for the soap opera he was in." Chandler said clicking on the tv.
"Great!" Phoebe said. "Looks like they are gonna present the award now."
"And now to present best supporting actor on a soap, Susan Lucci and Michael E Knight." The announcer says. Chandler pretty much tuned out the pointless banter between the two stars of "All my childen", at least till the presented the nominees.
"And the nominees are..." They showed a picture of each nominee, then they moved to Joey. He smiled at the camera and grabbed Rachels hand. But Chandler strangely paid attention to Rachel. She looked gorgeous. He put his chin on his hand and watched. Too bad Phoebe in her infinite wisdom, failed not to notice Chandlers sudden change in mood.
"You're in love with her." She said bluntly.
Chandler did a double take. "What?" He said as they announced the winner. Joey had won and he gave Rachel a big hug as he practically bounded to the stage. "What do you mean?"
"I mean you love Rachel. I can see it in your eyes, and you know how a persons eyes can be a window to someones soul." Phoebe said. "Plus youre drooling. Careful, I never did scotch-guard this couch." Phoebe said removing Chandlers veggieburger plate and moved to the kitchen. "It's only a matter of time before she finds out." She continued.
"Shes with Ross." Chandler said.
"Well, you could tell her your feelings now and see what happens or what until something happens and it just comes out." Phoebe said. "Either way, someone is gonna be affected by this." She paused. "I oughta write someone this down, this stuff is golden!"
Chandler sat and watched Joey recieve his award. He hugged Susan Lucci and kiss the award girl on the lips and walked up to the mike.
"I wanna thank all my co-workers. And the network, and of course I wanna thank Rachel for coming to this with me. And most of all I wanna thank my good friend Chandler Bing, hes out there in tv-land tonight, for being such a good friend and for always being there! Youre a great friend!" Joey said as the music started to drown him out. Chandler sat back and sighed.
"A great friend?" Chandler thought. "Would a great friend be in love with another best friends girl?" When he couldnt think of an answer he drank a little more milk and laid back and fell asleep.