It's Never Too Late
I do not own these characters.
(This story takes place at the end of TOW Rachel Has a Baby)
Was Janice right? Was she really going to be alone in all of this? But Ross was with her now, and everything seemed to be going okay. Maybe something could still happen. "You know what I was, I was thinking about?"
"Huh?"
Here goes nothing. "Umm…that kiss before we left the apartment. That was some-something huh?"
Ross knew something like this would happen. Just because they had a baby together didn't mean there were feelings between them. What had the others been telling her?
"Yeah. Yeah, it really was. But we…we gotta be careful. We…we can't let that happen again, y'know?"
She paused for a moment. "Right."
At least she seems to understand. "I mean we don't want to go down that road do we?"
Rachel thought about what Ross was asking her. Did she really? This was Ross. But things seemed to be different lately. "Well..I-I don't know. maybe?"
"Wha..What?"
"I mean, would it really be so terrible to try dating again?"
He was stunned. "You're not serious are you?"
"Well, yeah."
The room was silent as dozens of thoughts entered their heads.
Back together? Why does she want to get together now? I've moved on, she's moved on. Why all of a sudden does she want to start things up again?
Why doesn't he want to try to make things work? We just had a baby together, that's got to mean something.
Ross just couldn't handle everything that was going on. "Oh! I forgot to get you a soda!" he said and left the room.
Rachel couldn't believe it. Maybe Janice was right.
--
On his way to the vending machine, Ross bumped into Phoebe.
"What's with you? You act all stressed."
"Rachel wants to get back together."
"What?! Oh that's great!"
Was she kidding? "It's not great. She's not thinking straight at all. Doesn't she remember what happened last time we dated and broke up? We couldn't even be in the same room. And..I don't want that to happen again."
"Who says you are going to break up?"
"Well if she decides to go on another break.."
"Oh get over it already! Obviously she has."
Unwilling to listen to Phoebe's lectures, he headed back to the room.
"You're her lobster!" she shouted at him.
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When he walked in, Rachel was admiring their sleeping baby. "Hi."
"Hi."
"Listen," she began. "I think you're right. Maybe it's best if nothing more happens between us."
"It would probably best."
Rachel let out a sigh. "Yeah."
Ross hated seeing her so upset. Especially when he was the cause of it.
"Listen, Rach," he said sitting next to her on the hospital bed and resting his hand on her shoulder.
And when she looked into his eyes, all of their history seemed to come flooding back to him. Suddenly he remembered how much he loved being with her; as a couple.
"Let's date again."
"What?"
"I want to date you again."
"Really?"
Ross leaned over and kissed her. "Never been more sure in my life."