(They reach the desk. The bored nurse thinks she's heard it all before.)

(Rachel glares at the nurse, who gives Monica a form attached to a clipboard.)

(Monica helps Rachel over to a vacant seat.)

(Monica starts on the form, while Rachel catches her breath and massages her ankle.)

(Feeling a little better, Ross fetches more coffee.)

(Joey begins to contemplate his ill fortune.)

(Joey looks at his friends, thinks a bit more, then realises.)

(Joey gestures to show that he wouldn't dare...)

(They approach the young ladies. Dr. Mitchell consults Ms.Geller's admissions form.)

(Monica and Rachel smile back prettily.)

(There is a knock at the door. Someone turns the music off, then the whole party runs and hides, except for Monica and Rachel who answer their door. Ross stands in the doorway, holding a box, but everyone is too keyed up to notice that it's him.)

(Ross is so startled that he throws his arms up to defend himself. The box takes off, then lands with a squishy thud, its contents oozing out onto the floor. Ross is not pleased.)

(The whole party gathers round as Ross puts the box on the coffee table.)

(As Ross opens the lid, everybody looks at the mess inside.)

(Phoebe quietly wanders in, to join the tableau.)

(The party falls flat. Chandler tries to think of a witticism, but even he can't help...)

(Betty waggles her fingers to say "Hi", but Phoebe feels her birthday has been ruined by her twin.)

(Ross is so moved by his father's charming story, that he stops eating.)

(Monica opens the door for Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Geoffrey.)

(Rachel discreetly coughs to warn her.)

(Rachel joins Monica who is in the kitchen area, opening the wine bottle. Rachel checks that the doctors aren't listening, then lowers her voice anyway.)

(Back at the couch, Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Rosen have concerns of their own.)

(Meanwhile, back at the sink.)

(Rachel brightly limps back across the apartment with glasses of wine for the cute doctors, leaving an open-mouthed Monica in her wake.)

(Rachel tries to hide her alarm, but she squirms in her chair.)

(The doctors don't know what to make of all this.)

(Rachel lets her anger show too. Hideously embarrassed, the doctors drain their glasses in the vicious pause which follows. The telephone rings, but the girls just glower at each other, silently daring the other to move first. Finally both guys jump up, and Michael wins.)

(Monica glares triumphantly across the room, scaring Rachel who also stands up.)

(Completely undone by Monica's verbal destruction, Rachel almost loses her balance as she staggers backwards, eyes agog, gasping for breath, and literally not knowing which way to turn. Finally, she escapes into the bathroom while a resigned Dr. Mitchell looks philosophically at Dr. Rosen who seems about remind him of the good old days at the pagan altar.)

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(Monica smiles a sweet apology of regret, until she's distracted by Marcel as he clambers all over her nice furniture.)

(Marcel changes channel to Bugs Bunny, who is speaking in Spanish.)

(Meanwhile, Rachel has taken another call, from a nurse she'd hoped never to hear from again.)

(All animosity forgotten, Rachel holds the receiver out as she limps quickly over to her friend, who stands up in concern.)

(Rachel goes to her room.)

(Phoebe wants to be angry with Joey, but as she watches him shaking his head in pain and disbelief, she knows that it isn't his fault.)

(Ursula turns in surprise.)

(Ursula points out a vacant table, so the twins walk over, side by side, to sit down. Departing customers walk right past the pair. Sitting at the back, a hungry gentleman looks most annoyed as Ursula sets his meal down in front of her. The girls sit.)

(Ursula is genuinely pleased that her sister has visited her, after so many years. Phoebe hesitates over how best to begin.)

(Ursula picks up a fork and begins eating the meat, while Phoebe removes a present from her bag.)

(She laughs at the childhood memory. Phoebe smiles at being able to make her point.)

(Ursula gets up to fetch a box from her bag by the counter.)

(Ursula puts the box directly into Phoebe's hand. Phoebe brightens.)

(Phoebe opens the box, to find something familiar inside.)

(Phoebe's smile hardens as she packs the cardigan away.)

(Ursula resumes eating her lunch..)

(A waiter comes over for the stolen chicken. Ursula turns to him.)

(The man gives up, shaking his head.)

(Ursula's eyes dance as she laughs and smiles, simply glad to be back with her sister.)

(Trying not to wrinkle her nose, Phoebe smiles back realising it's down to her to make up for her negligent sister. Meanwhile, Ursula still hasn't received her side salad, but when she attempts to attract the waiter's attention, he ignores her.)

(The girls escape with a new form.)

(Instead of scampering, Marcel stretches his neck as much as possible, and makes an unvoiced noise from his throat.)

(The unvoiced hissing continues. In alarm, Ross and Chandler look at the monkey, who is now in some distress.)

(Hearing her brother's voice, Monica gets up to stand behind Chandler, followed by Rachel.)

(Ross and Chandler turn at the voice...)

(..then turn back to the desk when the surprise hits them, and Ross and Chandler whip around once more. Monica and Rachel recoil slightly.)

(Ross's vigorous protest is attracting attention.)

(Rachel, Monica, Ross and Chandler whip around for a second time, in formation.)

(Monica smiles to cover her embarrassment, but Rachel sadly looks away...)

(Phoebe nods as he stands up in delight.)

(Phoebe is almost thrown by this.)

(He sinks to the sofa, saddened by Ursula's ultimatum, while Phoebe follows, touched by Joey's good heart.)

(He looks up at her face and Phoebe, slipping out of character, smiles back at him. Joey's voice becomes soft and warm.)

(Phoebe smiles, when Joey takes her face in his hands and kisses her. Joey gets up to leave but stops suddenly. Phoebe silently shouts "Oh, whoa!!" to herself, and leans back in the sofa to recover, a hand to her tingling lips. A thoughtful Joey is also feeling his lips, so he hesitates for a moment, then returns for a better view, he thinks again, cocking his head from side to side to regard her profile from various angles, then...)

(The door bursts open, and Joey and Phoebe rush in.)

(Ross does not approve of Chandler's daft theory.)

(Ross does approve of this, but he's still not sure. The tiny figure stirs.)

(All of a sudden, Marcel grabs Ross's finger with his whole fist, and he squeezes it, so tight, that Ross finally knows what it is to be a father. He looks up at his friends, who smile encouragingly, Rachel tenderly resting her chin upon Monica's shoulder. Ross realises that Chandler was right and he's gonna make a great dad!)

CLOSING CREDITS

(Rachel points out of the window.)

(The others rush to the window for a look.)

Everyone:'Ewww! (Ewww!)

(Joey enters, happy again.)

(Marcel grabs the remote.)

(Everybody laughs.)

END