More than Just Friends

Chapter 11

It was a normal afternoon and the majority of the group, with the exception of Monica, was sitting around Central Perk, just chilling and hanging out. Joey and Phoebe were seated around the small table while Chandler took the armchair. Ross and Rachel sat on the orange couch together, unbeknownst to the others, holding hands between them.

As the group continued with their small talk suddenly the front door rang open and their last member entered the coffee house. Monica spotted her friends sitting around the couch and joined them.

"Hey Mon," the group chorused when they saw her.

"Hey guys," Monica greeted before going over to Chandler and sitting on his lap. "Hey, honey."

"Hey, baby." They kissed and Monica turned to take a sip of his coffee.

"So Mon, you excited? Your wedding is in just over a month," Phoebe pointed out.

Monica smiled and rubbed her fiancée's arm. "I sure am. I can't wait to marry you."

"Hey, woah, wait. Don't I get a say in this?" Chandler joked, earning a slap on the arm.

"Actually, speaking of our wedding, I was thinking," Monica said, turning to the group. "Since Chandler and I will be pretty busy come next month, with the wedding, and the honeymoon, and everything else..."

"Alright, we get it Mon. You're getting married," Ross rolled his eyes and Rachel snickered next to him.

She cleared her throat and blushed slightly from embarrassment. "Right, sorry. Well basically I was thinking that maybe we should all go out on a group vacation or something. London was fun when we went and so was Vegas, so why not make this an annual thing?"

"Well some of us didn't get to go to London," Phoebe pouted. "Some of us were busy nursing three babies inside of them."

"Ok, but you did kind of have some fun being pregnant and all, so technically we all did enjoy that period of time when we went to London," Monica countered.

Ross suddenly raised his hand. "I didn't have fun in London," he stated blankly, earning small chuckles around the group. Rachel rubbed his arm sympathetically.

"Look, guys you're missing the point. We're all going to be busy in the near future so why not take a short vacation together before then?" Monica asked.

"I don't know about you guys but I'm in," Joey said and she smiled at him.

"Awesome! See? Joey's into the idea!"

"Ooh, ooh, count me in too," Phoebe chimed in. "I'm done sitting out for our group trips."

"And of course I'm coming along," Chandler added, hugging Monica from behind. "I think this might be a perfect getaway for us before our wedding."

As the other's talked, Ross discreetly leaned over and whispered into Rachel's ear. "You know... this trip might be the perfect getaway for us too."

She smiled and squeezed his hand, turning to Monica. "Alright Mon, I'm in."

"Me too," Ross said, squeezing her back. "As long as you give me some days to tell work, I should be fine."

"Great!" Monica beamed. "So how about we leave in a few days? It will give us time to ask for time off work and for us to pack and stuff."

"You got an idea of where we're going?" Chandler asked.

"Well I was just about to get to that. Where do you guys want to go?"

"Let's go to the Bahamas!" Joey suggested.

"Um... I don't know if I can get that many days off work..." Ross trailed off.