"Rachel, could you please babysit Ben tonight?" Ross asked into the phone, "It's just that Carol and Susan are away for the weekend, Monica is due any day now, Chandler has to stay with her and I've got a lot of marking to do?"

"Yeah I'm fine with that," came the reply, "Just bring him over when you need too."

...

2 hours later and Ben and Ross were at the door of Joey and Rachel's apartment. Ross knocked once and waited for about 2 seconds before just walking in. "Hey, Rach? We're here," he called looking around for Rachel. 2 seconds later she came out of her room, "Hey Ross, hey Ben." She looked tired and slightly worried but as soon as she saw Ross looking at her funny she plastered a huge fake smile on her face. Most people would fall for this immediately however Ross knew his ex better than that. He knew that something was worrying her, he just didn't know what. "You okay Rach?" he asked, though he already knew what the answer would be- "Yeah, why wouldn't I?" Yeah he was right; he knew that she was going to say that! He answered with a shrug of his shoulders. He looked down at Ben and told him to behave, before he gave Rachel a hug of thanks and left the apartment. He wished he could stay for longer, to try to work out what was wrong with Rachel, but he really did have a lot of marking to get through.

...

Rachel was sitting watching Ben play Mario Kart on Stevie the TV. His little face was adorable when it lit up when he won a race. She loved Ben like he was her own...she just wished that he was her own. Rachel and Ross had broken up 3 years previously; they had been on-off since then. She did love him but things just kept on happening. She was engrossed in her thoughts when Chandler came running through the door. "MON...I...CA...baby!" was all he managed to shout before running back out of the apartment to aid his- now in labour- wife. Rachel froze for a minute, not knowing what to do, then picked up the phone and dialled Ross' number. "Ross, Monica is in labour, Chandler's taking her to the hospital just now. Do you want to come over and pick Ben up, or should we just meet you there?"

"Oh my God! My little sister's in labour! Ehhhh I'll just meet you there," Ross replied, "I'll get there as soon as I can!"

"Okay, I'll just take Ben down now then. See you there."

Rachel hung up the phone and looked over to Ben.

"Come on Ben, we're going to go to see Aunty Monica and your new baby cousin!"

"Yay!" came Ben's reply. Rachel looked around the apartment. She grabbed a bag and stuffed a few of Ben's toys into it; she figured he'd need something to do once they got to the hospital. Making sure Ben had his jacket and shoes on she grabbed his hand and the bag and walked out of the apartment.

Once they were outside the apartment block, Rachel dragged Ben over to her car. She had only gotten the car a few months ago. It was still looking like a "new" car should, clean and without a scratch to be seen. She opened the back door and strapped Ben in. She knew that he was too small for not needing a booster seat but she didn't have one and didn't have the time to find one for him. As long as she didn't crash no one would find out and she wouldn't get into any sort of trouble.

She slammed the door and ran around to the driver's side before wrenching open her door and clambering in. Rachel pushed the key into the dashboard and pushed her foot down on the ignition. The car started and they were soon speeding down the highway on the way to the hospital.

Rachel knew that she was driving slightly over the speed limit but she desperately wanted to see Monica before she actually gave birth. She looked over her shoulder back at Ben and noticed that he looked a little scared but otherwise okay.

Suddenly Ben's expression of slightly scared changed to one of full on petrified, mixed with shock and worry. Rachel turned around quickly to see what he was so scared about when she realised that while she had been looking back at Ben she hadn't been paying attention to the road. The car had began to move sideways and was now about to fall off the edge of the highway! Rachel pushed down hard on the brake, while wrenching the steering wheel in the other direction but it was too late. The car had began to tip over the edge of the highway, which at that point was about 200 metres above the road running along beside it. She tried with all her might to get the car to turn back onto the highway but all of her efforts seemed to be failing. She screamed as the car tilted, so that the only thing keeping them falling 200 metres was the back wheel of the car; which was slowly slipping. She heard Ben's cry of fright and felt the car fall. The last thing she saw before she fell into darkness was little Ben's face.