Disclaimer: I do not own FRIENDS nor anything pertaining to the show. If I did, I would be rich and living in my winter home in Paris. I also don't own "Baby Einstein" or related products. (Appears in this chapter)

A/N: Hello, everyone. Thanks for clicking on my new story. This idea just sort of came to me as I was watching my season 10 DVDs, so I've decided to get it down on paper. For those of you who haven't seen my work before, I have many stories, mostly in the 7th Heaven section, but my latest was a Gilmore Girls fic titled "Expecting". Feel free to check any of my other stories out! Well, enough of this chatter…on to the story!

The One After The Finale

Chapter One: A New Beginning

This story takes place immediately after the finale, following the FRIENDS coffee stop.

Chandler Bing looked around the empty house that surrounded him. It felt so strange to know that this was where he and his wife and children would be living from now on. There would be no more crazy city life…no daily Central Perk stops…much less of his friends he had grown so used to seeing all the time. He turned around as he heard the click of the stroller coming through the door, pushed by his wife. Inside were his kids…their kids. Everything had happened so fast. Suddenly he and Monica were in their new home, with their babies…twins. Monica moved past the stroller and walked over to Chandler, melting into his arms as soon as she reached him. After a minute of silence, she looked up at him.

"So…this is it." She said quietly.

"Yeah, it is." Chandler replied. The couple looked out the front door as their moving truck pulled up, full of their belongings. "Ready?" Monica nodded.

"I'm ready. She pushed the stroller containing her sleeping infants out of the way of the door before following her husband out to begin moving their things in. First came the boxes, most neatly labeled with their contents. The moving truck seemed to be like Mary Poppins' bag as more and more boxes appeared, seeming to never end. After all of them had been cleared out and stacked in the front room of the house, the furniture had to come in. The movers helped carry in the couch, the table and fridge, and many, many other items.

As they brought in the bed frame, Erica began to cry in her stroller. Monica hurried over and lifted her up, cradling the newborn in her arms. She made her way through all the boxes into the kitchen where her she had placed her purse and diaper bag, which contained a few empty bottles, and formula powder. She made up a bottle and pushed the front through Erica's lips. The baby immediately closed her eyes and began to drink out of the bottle. Monica smiled. She knew that Jack would surely be waking up hungry any minute, but for now, it was nice to be able to just focus on one.

By the time that Erica had finished with her bottle, the movers were all through. The house looked as if it had been taken over by the odds and ends that the couple owned. Monica carried Erica back out into the main room where the stroller was, amazed that little Jack was still asleep. Chandler walked over and touched her arm softly.

"I was thinking we could get these baby swings set up first, so that the twins will be happy while we're sorting through all of this." He suggested, and Monica readily agreed. She looked down at her son in the stroller, and like clockwork, he opened his eyes and began to cry. She shifted Erica over into her left arm, then carefully lifted up Jack in her right. She quickly smelled the stench that her son was emitting and laughed.

"Looks like someone needs a new diaper!" She cooed at him, grabbing the diaper bag and pulling out the portable changing cloth, diaper, and wipes. She spread the cloth out on the floor and laid Jack down on it, who began moving his arms and legs around quickly, whimpering. Monica placed Erica in the stroller for a minute while she changed Jack's diaper. She then picked her daughter back up and laid her down on the changing pad as well. "Might as well get both of you nice clean diapers." She said, as she unsnapped the bottom of Erica's yellow onesie she quickly changed her daughters diaper as well, then looked down at her babies laying side by side. She smiled and picked them both up.

"One down, one to go!" Chandler cheered, motioning to the swing that he had already set up. The swings had been a gift from Monica's mom and dad, who had gone all out the second they heard that they were grandparents again. They had purchased the swings, as well as two beautiful cribs for their grandson and granddaughter. The swings could be lying down, or sitting upright for when the babies were older, and swung from left to right. Monica placed Erica in the finished swing and turned it on, watching her little one rock back and forth. She tossed out the dirty diapers and cleaned up the diaper pad and wipes quickly before fixing a bottle for Jack, who proved to be hungry as he guzzled down the formula. She sat down on the sofa, which was currently in the middle of the family room, near the swing, and relaxed while her baby ate. After he was done, and the other swing was ready, Monica placed him in it and cleaned up the bottles. With a sigh, she looked at her husband.

"Well, we better get started on all of this. Did they put the mattress on our bed yet?" Chandler nodded. "Good. Then why don't we get the cribs set up in the nursery?"

"OK. They're already in there." The couple walked into the nursery where the mostly assembled cribs sat. "It was great of your parents to help out with these." He said, and Monica agreed. They put on the rollers at the bottom of each crib leg, put the mattresses in, then placed the brand new sheets onto each. For the final touches, they put the stuffed animals the babies had received from all their parents' friends into the cribs. The nursery was the room that the little girl of the previous owner's family had lived in, and it had a lovely shade of pale yellow paint on the wall, perfect for twins of different sexes. They set up the rocking chair next, along with the changing table, while periodically checking on the babies, who were still rocking back and forth in the swings. After they were done setting up the nursery furniture, Monica quickly put sheets on she and Chandler's bed, then went out to the family room where Chandler was sitting on the sofa holding Erica and Jack. She stopped in the doorway for a moment, just to watch. Her eyes welled up as she took in the sight. She and her husband were finally parents. They hadn't expected twins, and she knew it would be a challenge…but they were up for anything.

Back in the city, Rachel Green tiptoed out of the room that had been transformed into her daughter's nursery. The decision to move back in with Ross was an easy one, and moving she and Emma's things over hadn't been hard. Ross was sitting on the sofa as Rachel made her way over to him, sitting down facing him on his lap, and passionately kissing him.

"Is Emma asleep?" He asked. Rachel nodded with a smile. The couple continued to kiss and stood up while doing so. They pulled off one another's clothing as they stumbled into the bedroom where they proceeded to celebrate Rachel's decision to stay in New York. She had already called and taken back her job at Ralph Lauren (to a less than happy sounding boss), and felt completely settled in already. When Rachel awoke the next morning in Ross' arms, she smiled softly and kissed his cheek, and down his chest. He awoke with a laugh and pulled her back up for a romantic kiss before leaning over to look at the clock.

"Whoa, I have to go!" He cried, jumping out of bed while putting on his boxers, then quickly dressed. Rachel frowned and sat up.

"You have to work today?" She asked, her voice pouty.

"Yes." He answered, putting on his tie and kissing her quickly. She kept her lips out for a moment after he pulled away, expecting more of a kiss, but it never came. She got out of bed and slipped on her nightgown and robe, then followed Ross out of the room. He grabbed his wallet then ran back over to Rachel, kissing her once more. "I have to go…but…I love you. Last night was amazing. I wish that I didn't have to leave, but…" She smiled sadly at him.

"I know. Go. Hurry back." They kissed and he left. Rachel sighed and started towards the nursery, where Emma was sitting up in crib, playing with her mirror that played music when buttons were pushed. The little girl's face immediately lit up when she saw her mother. Rachel smiled and lifted her daughter out of her crib. "How's mommy's girl?" she asked the two year old, carrying her out into the kitchen and placing her in her high chair. "What do you want for breakfast?" She asked.

"Cereal!" Emma cried, which in reality sounded more like 'si-wee-oh'. Rachel smiled and pulled out the cheerios: her daughter's favorite. She filled a small plastic bowl will them, and poured some milk in, grabbing a baby spoon and giving the food to her daughter. Emma giggled as she ate her breakfast, making a mess all the while. Rachel brewed a pot of coffee and ate a bagel while she waited for it to be ready. Soon she filled her coffee cup and wiped off her daughter's face and high chair tray. She lifted Emma out of her chair and carried her over to the living room where she put on a "Baby Einstein" video, which her daughter loved, and set out a few toys for her. She cleaned up the rest of the cereal and milk quickly, then sat down on the sofa behind her daughter and drank her coffee. She smiled when Emma erupted into laugher over her movie. The little girl spun around to face her mother.

"Did you see, mama?" She asked with a big smile. Rachel laughed.

"Yeah, I saw. Cool!" Emma cheered and turned back around. A few hours later, while Rachel was cutting up some turkey and an apple for her daughter's lunch, the apartment door opened. Rachel looked around the corner, and smiled to see Ross walking through the door. "What are you doing home so early?"

"I decided to come back over my lunch break." He smiled and kissed her. Rachel gave Emma her lunch plate then turned back to Ross, who held out a bag from Central Perk. "I brought lunch". Rachel smiled and she and Ross sat down at the table by Emma's high chair.

"Honey, thanks! I'm starving!" She said with a smile, eagerly accepting the sandwich he had brought her. He got out one for himself and began to eat it as well. As she looked around the kitchen, she couldn't help but smile…she, her daughter, and her daughter's father all eating in one room, like the happy family she hoped that they would one day be.

A/N: Hey everyone, thanks for reading my first chapter! Please review, and let me know what you thought of it. If people liked it, I will continue to write. Phoebe and Mike will also be appearing in this story, as will Joey, though he won't appear as much as the couples.