Rachel's Decision
Chapter 1
It was a cool summer evening and Rachel Green sat alone in her New York City apartment watching TV and waiting for her boyfriend/roommate to get home.
All of a sudden she heard the door creak open. "Joey?" asked Rachel. "Honey is that you?" "No," said a voice. "It's Monica." Rachel turned in the recliner to face Monica. She then got up. It was hard with her pregnant stomach in the way. "Honey you don't have to get up," said Monica. "You're 6 months pregnant. You should get your rest." "I'm fine," Rachel argued. "What are you doing here anyway?" Monica replied, "I was cleaning out the fridge to make room for new food. I had too much good food that I couldn't waste, so I decided to bring it over here." "Well Joey will be happy," Rachel said. "Where is Joey anyway?" asked Monica. "At an audition," Rachel replied. "He called a little while ago and said he was going to be a little late."
After Monica put the food in the fridge, they went over to sit down on the couch and talk. "Have you heard from Ross lately?" Rachel asked curiously.
Ross and Emily had gotten back together 4 months ago. He's spent the past 3 in London with her. They're planning to move back to New York in a few weeks.
"I just heard from him yesterday actually," Monica replied. "Did he ask about me or his daughter?" Rachel asked.
A few months before the whole Ross and Emily thing, Ross and Rachel had too much to drink and ended up sleeping together. About a month later, Rachel found out she was pregnant. A little while later, Ross and Emily bumped into each other on the street. She had been in town visiting friends. They ended up going out on a few dates and finally got back together. When Ross told her about the whole thing with Rachel and the baby, Emily got upset and didn't think she could trust Ross. But Ross reassured her that nothing will ever happen between him and Rachel ever again. Emily was skeptical about it at first but finally decided that she could trust him with it.
"Yes he did," said Monica. "And I told him you and Joey went to the doctor last week and that the baby is 100 healthy." Ok, good," said Rachel. "So when is he coming home?" Rachel asked excitedly. "I think in about 3 weeks," said Monica. "Well I better get back home. Chandler's probably lonely." "Ok," said Rachel. "I'll see you later." "Bye," said Monica as she got up and walked out the door, back across the hall and into her own apartment.
Rachel struggled to get up off the couch. Just then Joey walked in. He saw her struggling and immediately ran over to help her up. "Thanks Joey," said Rachel as he walked her over to the recliner. He gave her a peck on the head when she sat down. "I'm so sorry I'm late," Joey apologized. "There were so many people there and everyone took forever." "It's no problem Joey," said Rachel. "I'll make it up to you tomorrow night. I'm taking you out for dinner." "Sounds great," said Rachel.