Phoebe

Rachel's other best friend. Phoebe first met Rachel in the pilot episode when Rachel leaves Barry and comes to live with Monica

In a season 5 episode "The One With The Kips", Phoebe and Rachel consider starting a new group of Friends with Joey after Emily (Ross' wife at the time) demands that Ross doesn't see Rachel anymore. Rachel says "We can start a new group, te and me, we're the best ones" to which Phoebe responds "Okay. But let's try to get Joey." This never happened as Ross could not go without seeing Rachel and the group remained as it was.

From seasons 6-7, Rachel and Phoebe lived...

Rachel, unlike Monica, was popolare during high school. Prior to the series Rachel had fled her wedding to Barry Farber (or Barry Finkle, as he was initially known) having discovered she desired the sugo, sugo di carne barca that she had been dato as a wedding gift più than she desired Barry. Consequently, Rachel was stuck in a state of arrested development, an adult woman who emotionally had not outgrown adolescence. It is also revealed throughout the mostra that Rachel had a cat, a dog, a pony, a turtle, a hamster, and a tarantola while she was growing up.

Rachel's parents are rich and generally cynical...