Special Guest
Paget Brewster as Kathy
Jennifer Lopez as interviewer
"A girl like that"
Rachel woke up with a start. She sat up quickly. For a minute she had to remember where she was. She realized that she had fallen asleep on the couch.
Again.
She rubbed her face and stood up. Being Ross's wife wasnt fun. Ross had just hired a maid to clean up. The new maid did everything. Now Rachel had nothing to so since all the housework was being done for her. She had taken to crashing on the living room couch. More recently she'd been falling asleep there.
"God, I'm going to have to get a hobby." She muttered. But what could she do? She didnt do art very well and the one time she crocheted was a disaster. She picked up a newspaper. The answer jumped out at her.
"I could get another job!" She said excitingly. She circled the ad she saw and dialed the phone.
Chandlers Place
Chandler kissed Kathy on the cheek.
"See you later sweetums." She said.
"Not if I don't see you first." Chandler said. He looked up. "Hey Monica."
"Hey." Monica said. "Got your drycleaning." She said holding a large suit in a bag.
"You been coming over a lot lately Monica." Kathy said. "Thats ok. Chandler needs a lot more friends now that Rachel is with Ross 24/7." She smiled at Chandler. "Bye" She waved. He waved back.
Monica followed Chandler back into his apartment. She closed the door. "Ok so when you dumping her?"
He turned. "What?"
"Kathy. I thought at some point you were going to dump her." Monica said. "Please dont tell me I'm wrong!"
"I dunno. I think that might honestly have a chance now." He said.
"Oh my god." Monica said. "Its just me but I thought there was something wrong with Kathy from the start."
"What do you mean?" Chandler said.
"She comes out of nowhere and asks you to have her baby. No warning. No call. No nothing. And expects you to do it."
"Right and I did." Chandler said.
"Do you ever wonder why it didnt work?" Monica asked.
"She said it didnt." Chandler said.
"I don't exactly trust her." Monica said. "She seems too way out there." Monica said. "You talk to her. I'm gonna go now. But please just ask her. You ought to know after all."
"Monica."
"Humor me, ok?" Monica said.
Chandler saw the sincerity in her eyes. "Ok. I will."
"Thank you."
El Fuente Office
Rachel waited in the office to be interviewed. She looked around. El Fuente she gathered was the Spanish version of the popular rap publication. Why she was drawn to this place she didnt know. The door opened and a woman came inside.
Rachel stood up.
"Are you Rachel Green?" The woman asked.
"Yes." She shook the hand the woman had extended.
"Hi I'm Isabel Marietti." She said. "Oh the name, my parents were both Spanish and Italian. You could imagine what holidays were like. Oh have a seat."
"Ah." Rachel said, as if she totally understood. She took a seat across from Isabel.
"So you are here to be a operator for us? Let me tell you about the job. We are just beginning this operation. We sell copies of the brand new spanish versions of The Source over telephone. Once we have a base of subscribers, we will take it out onto the mainmarket. Comprende?"
Rachel nodded.
"Bueno." She said. "Now do you speak spanish?"
"Uh." Rachel went blank. "No. I guess I should leave now." She started for the door.
"Oh no. Please sit down." Isabel said. "Its nothing tough. We have a prepared tele-copy for the phone. All you have to do is read it, and to remember not to say your name here, instead of Juan or Juanita." Isabel said.
"Oh ok." Rachel said. "Reading I can do that." She said to herself. She looked up. Isabel was looking at her. "I guess I said that too loud."
"We need one person for the phones. Please?" Isabel said. "Give it a try, ok?"
Rachel thought for a second. "Ok. I'll give it a chance. I'll start tomorrow?"
"Next week would be better." Isabel said. "The exterminator is coming in tomorrow to get rid of a small rat problem."
"Rats?" Rachel asked.
"Its nothing." Isabel said brightly. "See you next week!"
Rachel stood up and walked out. She turned around as she heard a small "snap" sound.
"Ooh, got another one!" Isabel said picking up a rat trap.
Rachel almost left shoe tracks running out of the office.
Chandlers Place
Chandler opened the front door. Kathy walked in, gave him a kiss on the cheek and sat at the kitchen table.
"You said you wanted to talk to me?" Kathy said.
"Yeah." Chandler said. "I have something to ask you."
"Sure." Kathy said.
"Once I said that you got me to go to the sperm bank just so we could get back together, right?"
"Yeah. Great joke." Kathy sighed.
"Well, something Monica said today made me think that may be more than just a joke." He said.
"Oh my god." Kathy said. "Chandler I'm your girlfriend. How can you believe anything that...that Monica says."
"I've known her longer than you." He said.
"I can't believe you would take her word over mine." She said shaking her head.
"You're dodging the question." He said.
She looked at him. "Ok, I can't lie. It's true. The sample I took from you, I threw it away." Kathy said. "But Chandler we are on our way to being a better couple than ever before. Why should this, this speed bump stop us from going on down the road together for a long time."
"I don't know. You've lied before. I feel more like road kill right now." Chandler said. He opened the door. "You better go."
"Chandler please. Listen." Kathy said.
"Do you think this is easy?" Chandler asked. "Please go, or else it'll just be a lot harder on both of us."
"Ok." Kathy said. "Have it your way. But remember this. You'll never have it like you had it with me." She said.
He slammed the door in her face.
"God, I hope not." He sid to himself.
Rachel ran up the stairs to Chandlers place. She encountered Kathy on the way out. Tears were running down her face.
"Kathy whats wrong?" She asked. Kathy didnt answer her. Rachel looked at the top of the stairs and ran to the top. She knocked on the door.
Chandler abruptly opened it.
"Oh, I thought you were Kathy." He said sadly.
"I saw her leave just now. What happened." Rachel said.
"The baby thing was just a ruse. She tried to get back together with me." Chandler said. "I just broke it off with her."
"Oh my god." Rachel said hugging him. "I'm so sorry."
"Thats ok." Chandler said. "In comparison the only good relationship I've had in a while has been with a dead woman!"
"Thanks a lot!" Rachel said.
"Well yeah that too." Chandler said. "You came here for a reason?"
"Yeah! I got a job!" Rachel said.
"A job?" Chandler said. "Congrats but why?"
"I have nothing to do at home so I might as well not be there. Its nine to five so I'll be home before Ross does. I'll tell him about it tonight."
"Great. So what do you do?" Chandler said.
"Spanish telemarketer!" She said.
"You dont speak spanish." Chandler shook his head.
"Thats ok. Its a prepared script. I think I can handle that." Rachel assured him.
"Wow, sounds like a lot of fun." Chandler said. "When do you start?"
"Next week. Just as soon as they get rid of the rats." Rachel said.
"They can get rid of them real quick. Just try to sell them something and they'll be out of there quicker than you can say Macarena Marathon."
"I'll have to remember that." Rachel nodded. "Are you gonna be ok? I got to tell Ross the news."
"I'm fine." Chandler said. "Really I am."
"Ok. Bye." Rachel said leaving.
Chandler turned and picked up a package off the table. They held Rachels vacation picture with Ross. He looked for a long time at a picture of her by herself. He sighed and put the pictures back in the envelope.
