- As Ross leaves for China, Chandler accidentally reveals Ross's feelings for Rachel. Joey takes part in a fertility study and is unable to sleep with his new girlfriend.
- Joey is taking part in a fertility study and he really likes his girlfriend Melanie but can't have sex during the study which lasts another week. The friends are having a barbecue for Rachel's birthday but without Ross because he has to go to China for the museum. Rachel unwraps the gift from Ross and its an antique pin exactly like the one her grandma used to have. Chandler lets it slip that Ross is in love with Rachel. Rachel goes to the airport to speak to Ross but he's already gone. Rachel decides to give her and Ross a chance and goes to pick him up at the airport.—Anonymous
- Now Ross' son Ben is born, life returns to its normal chaos. Joey, who rarely repays Chandler's generous 'loans', participates in a well-payed scientific experiment, donating his sperm, but may not use it naturally for a week, so for once his current lover gets to do it 'just for her'. Ross must rush to China for a paleontological opportunity; just then his thoughtful and expensive birthday gift and a slip of Chandler's tongue finally reveal his love to Rachel, who can't decide whether to reciprocate, but rushes after him to the airport anyway...—KGF Vissers
- The museum sends Ross to China to procure a dinosaur bone (they found a bone, we want the bone, they don't want to give up the bone), just before Rachel's birthday celebration. Ross is gone for a week and gives Monica a picture of him to take it to Carol's and show it to Ben, every now and then, so he doesn't forget him. Ross wants to wish Rachel before he leaves, but Rachel is having coffee with a guy names Carl at the coffee house. Chandler advises Ross to get over Rachel and find someone else. Before leaving, Ross asks Chandler to give Rachel his present at the party.
Joey's new girlfriend, Melanie (Corinne Bohrer) wants to sleep with him, but Joey's participation in a fertility study at NYU Medical requires temporary celibacy. he cant have sex for 2 weeks, but it pays $700. There is still one week left in the study, and so the next time Melanie wants to have sex, Joey decides to go down on her (based on advise from Monica, to be there for her). Melanie runs a fruit basket business, The Three Basketeers. Joey goes down on Melanie multiple times.. Melanie says Joey is practically a woman, who gives and gives (the most generous man she ever met), while she pictured him as a typical guy who is just about himself. Melanie has multiple orgasms and Joey tells Chandler all about it. After Joey gets his $700, he goes back to being Joey.
During Rachel's birthday party (Melanie gets her a fruit basket, Chandler gets her a travel scrabble, Joey gifts her a book), Chandler gives Rachel her gift from Ross. It is an incredibly expensive pin that looked just like the one that belonged to Rachel's grandmother. Rachel cant believe that Ross remembered it, as it was months ago. Chandler accidentally lets slip that Ross is in love with her (he says when Ross was in college and fell in love with Carol, he bought her a ridiculously expensive crystal duck).
Rachel is shaken and says this is huge. Monica thinks this is great, but Rachel says she had no idea all this time.. Rachel wants to meet him at the airport, but the gang tells her not to go if she is not sure about what she is going to say. Ross has his heads phones on and boards the plane without hearing Rachel who had reached the gate before the flight left. Rachel sends a message that she loves the present and will see him when he gets back, but it is delivered to the wrong person. Monica tries to elicit a response out of Rachel, but she is not sure.. Rachel thinks she will say yes. Monica says its great as they already know everything about each other, but Phoebe says that its like they are on the 15th date (they are committed). Monica gets obsessive (she accuses him of dumping her brother) when Rachel meets Carl again (the same night Ross is flying back in). Halfway through her date, Rachel decides she has to be with Ross and rushes to the airport, only to see him coming out of the plane with a woman.
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