Hi there! Since I won't be able to update "Fix You" in a while I have decided to post this fic I found in my hard disk and which I had completely forgotten about! I'm sure this is the first one I wrote because the grammar mistakes are endless LOL

It is finished and has about 10 chapters so I'll be posting each chapter in the following weeks. (I can't post them all at once because I need to correct the mistakes, but there'll be at least one every week.)

This is a post finale fic and takes place about two years after Rachel decided to stay (although it doesn't have the same timeline as the show since Rachel will turn 40 in my story.)

Warning: this fic contains more drama than my previous ones.

Anyway, I hope you like it and please comments are appreciated.

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May 5th

Rachel was sleeping peacefully when the bright sun light entering through the window woke her up. She extended her arm searching for her man but she found an empty bed. She opened her eyes slowly and lazily looked around; there was nobody. She stretched herself and when she was about to get up the two people she loved the most in the world came in through the door.

"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Mommy, happy birhtdayyy to youuuu" there they were, her man carrying a little cake on one hand and holding their daughter with the other while singing for her; she looked at them amazed; her little girl clapped her hands together, full of happiness and, as she escaped from her father's grip, she ran towards her mother, jumped onto the bed and hugged her. After such tender hug she stood up on the bed and with her small hands squeezing her mommy's face she kissed her all over the place. Her little girl's show of affection made her laugh out loud.

"I love you mommy" Emma said between kisses.

"Hey, don't leave me out of this," Ross complained, jealous of not being part of that beautiful scene. He left the cake he was carrying on the bedside table and joined his daughter in the kissing game. Rachel was laughing uncontrollably because of the tickles that Ross' kisses were generating in her neck. Her four and a half-years-old girl kept kissing her face while laughing along with her mother.

"Emma, give mommy that cow kiss I taught you" Emma smiled naughtily and doing what her father said she slid her tongue all over Rachel's cheek.

"Emmaaa stop it!" Rachel whined while tickling her baby girl.

"Daddy, you too" Emma encouraged her dad, he immediately bended over her and started licking her face too.

"Ewwww, cut it out, you two!" Rachel said laughing and pushing him with no success, Ross grabbed her hands and pinned them against the bed to stop her from moving.

"You're not going anywhere." he warned and licked her cheek again, Rachel shook her head from side to side trying to avoid his tongue. They continued with their game until, accidentally, their lips met, and not missing the chance they kissed passionately before the attentive glance of their daughter, who was giggling sweetly. Ross finished the kiss with a peck on her lips and then looked at his daughter.

"What is my little princess laughing at?" He said as he stood up from Rachel's body and hugged his daughter.

"You and mommy" she said smiling and hugging his daddy around his neck.

Rachel looked at the scene amazed. That little girl was the joy of her life and hearing her sweet laugh was like being in heaven. She finally managed to sit upright on the bed.

"Emma, come with mommy" Rachel told her daughter, opening her arms. Emma smiled, walked toward her and sat on her lap. Rachel hugged her tightly and kissed her forehead.

"I love you cutie!"

"I love you too mommy" she said kissing her back.

Ross smiled and sat next to Rachel then he took the cake from the bedside table and brought it to Rachel, who looked at it as though it was some kind of disgusting bug.

"Hey! Why that look? It's made of chocolate! You looove chocolate."

"It's not the cake what I don't like, it's that stupid number" she said staring at the 4 and 0 on the little cake.

"Well, I can get rid of it if you want" he said knowing that that wasn't the real reason she was upset.

"You know what I mean…at least you could have put candles instead of that ugly number." she reproached him.

"Honey, 40 candles don't fit in this cake…" he said in the sweetest way he could, trying not to anger her.

"See! I'm an old ass."

"Hey, don't blame your beautiful and sexy ass." he joked pinching her thigh, she was about to say something but he changed the topic bringing the cake closer to her face.

"Wanna taste the cake? It smells really really great." he said mischievously, as soon as Rachel brought her nose near the cake Ross pushed it slightly against her face, getting her nose dirty: Emma laughed at her mother's dirty face. Rachel stared at him with her mouth open.

"Damn you Geller!" she said taking the cream off her face "you're dead!" she suddenly took a handful of chocolate cream from the cake and rubbed it all over his face, his expression was priceless and Rachel and Emma couldn't stop laughing.

"Emma…go see some cartoons, I need to fix something here" he said seemingly angry.

"Okay," she replied happily, forgetting about everything going on there the moment her father said cartoons. She got out of the room leaving them alone.

Sitting next to each other, Rachel looked at his partner, who seemed rather serious.

"Are you…mad at me?" she asked, putting an innocent face.

"No…."

"Yes you are" she said wrapping her arms around his neck, and tenderly kissing his cheek "it's not fair, you started it." she said with a sorrowful voice. While she was talking, Ross filled his hand with a big piece of cake and suddenly squeezed it all over her neck and chest. Her jaw dropped in shock while Ross kept laughing rubbing the cake all over her chest and neck.

She glared at him. Before she could take her revenge, Ross put the cake out of her sight and pushed her hands against the bed again, he was above her so she wouldn't be able to move, she gave him a serious look.

"You're mean! I thought you were mad at me!"

"Honeyyy I can't be mad at you" he said smiling and kissing her softly on the lips. She melted with his words.

"Well but I'm angry with you now! Look what you did to me! I'm a mess, even my night gown got dirty" she reproached him.

"I'm sorry…" he said sounding sad and kissing her on the lips "I can fix this up," he said with a mischievous smile while getting up and heading toward the door.

"Where are you g…." she stopped talking the moment she saw him locking the door and coming back to her.

"oh no no no no mister! Don't even think about it…" she said serious

"Shhhh" he shushed her putting a finger on her lips, then he immobilized her again and started licking the chocolate from her neck "mmm this tastes really good" Rachel laughed at his dirty face.

"Enjoy that 'cause you're not getting any further." he looked at her in disappointment.

"C'mon Rach! Let me play a little bit" he pleaded like a little boy. He slid the straps of her night gown down her shoulder and put it down, exposing her chest.

"Ross!" she grumbled while trying to put her night gown back up but he didn't allow it."Em is just outside that door…I don't feel good doing this with her so close"

"honey, she is watching cartoons, you know she forgets the world when she is watching them" he tried to convince her. He leaned down and licked the chocolate from her left shoulder.

"Still…" her voice trailed off. She wanted to stop him but the feeling of his lips on her skin always left her breathless. She moaned softly as she felt his tongue travelling sensually from his shoulder down to her breast. After licking most of the chocolate off her body he looked at her gorgeous face. Her eyes were closed and by her expression he could tell she was enjoying it. Her slightly open mouth looked irresistible to him, those delicious lips were begging for a kiss and he was more than glad to please them; he caught them between his lips and kissed her wildly, with the same desire as if he hadn't seen her in months. She kissed him back with equal passion; she now had her arms wrapped around his neck, bringing him closer to her body. With a quick movement she turned him around, laying him on his back; she straddled him and kissed him again. Some minutes later she broke the kiss and looked at him with a big smile.

"What?" he mirrored her smile.

"I love you" she whispered and after giving him a quick peck on the lips she ran toward the bathroom before he could catch her. He rapidly sat on the bed frustrated and tried to chase her but she locked the door.

"Rachel! How you dare leave this now!" he yelled at the. She bit her lip, leaning on the other side of the door.

"I'm sorry honey, I need a shower, I promise I'll make it up to you tonight" she said half laughing, knowing the state she had left him in.

"Of course you will!" he shouted a bit upset looking down at his sweatpants.

"I love youuuuu" Rachel said out loud smiling

"I see…" he heard her open the shower and the water start to fall. He sighed deeply and after some minutes of "recovery" he went to the other bathroom to have a very-needed shower.

Some minutes later Ross came out dressed and clean, he went back to their bedroom; Rachel was still in the shower so in the meantime he took the rest of the cake to the kitchen and cleaned the bedroom. He was making the bed when his little treasure came in.

"Daddy, where's mommy?" Emma asked, standing still near the door and carrying a paper in her hands.

"She's showering babe, why?" he said while lifting her up from the floor.

"I want to give her my present" she said smiling beautifully. He hugged his daughter tightly.

"She'll be out in a few minutes" he said "and do you know what I'm going to do with you meanwhile?" he said in a funny voice, Emma moved her head from side to side smiling "tickles!" he threw his daughter onto the bed and started tickling her tummy. The little girls giggled loudly while her daddy kept tickling her and blowing in her belly to make funny noises, she shook her little body trying to escape from her daddy's hands.

"Mommy!" she yelled between unstoppable laughter. Right then, a now clean and radiant Rachel came out of the bathroom, she was wearing a breathtaking short black dress and her long honey blond hair down. She stood still with her hands on her hips looking at that beautiful scene.

"What are you doing to my baby?" she smiled as she saw him freeze the moment his eyes met her. He opened his mouth in pure amazement. The little girl, taking advantage of the moment, escaped from her father's arms and ran towards her mom.

"You look….hot!" he managed to say.

"Thank you" she smiled, proud that she still had that effect on him

"Mommy, I made you a present." Rachel looked down at her daughter, who had her arms raised to give her a paper.

"Oh honey! Let me see that" she said picking her daughter up to carry her to the bed with her. She sat with her on her lap and watched the lovely drawing her girl had made.

"I'm going to make some calls, I want you two ready in fifteen minutes okay'?"

"For what?"

"Hello? It's your birthday! Did you think that cake was all you would get? your birthday has just started" he said winking at her. Rachel smiled at him, unable to hide her excitement.

When he left the room her attention went back to the beautiful drawing her daughter had made of her, it was a bunch of colourful irregular lines and figures put together as good as a 4-years-old could manage. The drawing showed the three of them, holding hands and smiling widely, and all around them there were dozens of red hearts. Rachel smiled and hugged her daughter.

"Honey I love it! It's beautiful! Thank you!" she planted a kiss on the top of her head. The little girl smiled proudly . Rachel couldn't take her eyes off her, she was beautiful "just like her mommy" as Ross would say, and in fact, he wasn't lying; Emma was a young copy of her mother, the same big gorgeous blue eyes, the same honey blonde hair and the same joyful smile, but on the other hand, her personality was just all her father's, she was loving, caring, funny, sometimes shy and very intimate about her life just like Ross. She gave her another kiss on the cheek and then got up.

"Let's put this on the fridge and get ready or daddy will get mad at us!" she said as she headed out of the room with her girl in her arms.

AFTERNOON

They were having lunch in one of the best restaurants in the west village, where they had been living together since Rachel had decided to stay; The three of them were having a really good time together, they laughed and talked for hours, and while their little girl gazed at the other kids in the restaurant, they shared some kisses and looks full of love. After eating the dessert, Ross put a blue box out of his jacket, Rachel smiled at him and slowly opened it, she opened her mouth in amazement as she took the necklace out the box. It was a white gold heart-shaped necklace, with a small sky blue diamond in the middle.

"Honey, this is beautiful" she said with a wide smile, she leaned in and gave him a peck on the lips.

"Do you like it?"

"of course! I love it." she said looking at it again.

"Let me put it on you" he stood up and while Rachel gathered her hair in a hand, he put the necklace around her neck.

"Thank you" she said.

"Don't say so till the end of the day, there are more presents to come." he said smiling.

"What are you planning on doing, Geller?" she said arching her eyebrow full of curiosity

"You'll see."

NIGHT

After spending the evening walking by the Hudson River, the happy family headed back to their home. When they arrived it was already dark.

"Honey, could you open the door? I can't find my keys." he said pretending he was looking for them in his jacket.

"Sure" she said without suspecting what was about to happen. The moment she switched the lights on, a great amount of people stood up.

"Surpriseeeeee!" they all yelled at once, Rachel brought her hands to her mouth in genuine shock. The room was packed with her new friends, old friends and her family. She got tears in her eyes, specially seeing her four closest friends there, as they hadn't been in the same room in a long time. She ran in their direction and hugged them, Ross soon joined them; for all of them it seemed like time hadn't passed. After some minutes of emotion and tears of happiness she greeted the rest of the guests.

Some hours had passed and Rachel was sitting on their living room couch, gazing at all her loved people enjoying the party. Monica was talking with some friends when she turned her head and saw her friend from the distance; she could read in her eyes that something was bothering her; she finished the conversation and went towards her.

"Hey! Are you okay?" Monica asked sitting beside her and putting an arm around her shoulders.

"Yeah," she said faking a smile she wasn't feeling. Monica tilted her head.

"Are you sure?" she knew she wasn't telling the truth, they had been friends for over thirty years now and she knew her better than anyone there.

"Yes, I'm just a bit tired, but I'm fine." she gave her friend a kiss on the cheek.

"Okay, let's have fun, it's your 40 birthday honey! You have to enjoy them!"

"God! Don't say that number ever again! It's awful!"

"Sweetie, it's just a number, what matters is how you feel inside, don't be silly! Come on let's dance," she grabbed her friend's hand and carried her towards the main room where everybody was.

Later into the night, almost everybody had left, just her four closest friends remained there, they all were sitting in the living room, talking and drinking; Rachel was on Ross' lap, with her head resting on his shoulder and his arms around her body, also once in a while he gave her sweet kisses on her forehead. Monica was sitting opposite her with a sleepy Erika in her arms, she observed her friend and in spite of what she had said, she could tell she wasn't feeling well. After sharing and laughing at old memories, they all gathered by the door to say goodbye.

"Will you call me if you need something?" Monica said concerned about her.

"Sure! But honey I'm okay, It's just this day, you know I always feel bummed out in my birthday"- Rachel assured her friend.

"Okay, take care." They hugged and said goodbye. Minutes later, Ross and Rachel were alone. They took all the dishes to the kitchen, Rachel was cleaning the counter when Ross hugged her from behind and kissed her neck softly.

"Ready for your next present?" he whispered into her ear. She smiled and turned around, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"There is more?"

"Yeah, and the best one!" he kissed her lips smoothly "wait right here." she watched him exit the kitchen; when he was out of sight she put the plates and glasses in the dishwasher and sat on the counter waiting for him. He entered with an envelope in his hands.

"What's this?" she asked looking confusedly at the envelope.

"Open it!" he encouraged her. She ripped off the envelope and took out two tickets, she looked at them interested, they looked like two plane tickets but she could only read a date and a time. She looked at him confused.

"What's this for?"

"They are tickets for our trip" he grinned.

"But… where? There is nothing written on it…." she found it strange.

"Oh, that's because these are fake, I don't want you to know where we are going just yet."

"C'mon on! Tell me!" she gave him a persuasive look, he wrapped his arms around her waist and put her closer to his body.

"No can't do. I'll tell you tomorrow…I don't want anybody to know where we'll be…"

"So…nobody knows?" she arched an eyebrow.

"Nobody…well, only Monica knows, just in case something happens, and she also will be taking care of Emma for those days so…"

"Em is not coming?" she said a bit sad.

"Honey, it's a trip for both of us, no one else, with nobody who could bother us."

"Tell me more…" she said smiling, she wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a look full of love.

"well…it's a 10-days trip for the two of us, just you and me…..lost somewhere in the planet… naked all day…kissing…making love…just enjoying our company." he whispered in her ear, his breath caressing her skin produced electrical shivers all through her body.

"mmm I'm loving this present already…" she said sensually. "When do we leave?"

"Tomorrow morning"

"Oh…we should start packing then."

"What? Didn't you hear me at all? I told you we would be naked all day" he joked, Rachel laughed.

"I know honey, but what if it's cold there…"

"Then…I'll warm you up with my body" he whispered.

"As good as that sounds, I think we should pack, now."

"Okayyy..."

"I promise you I'll pack the sexiest clothes I have" she winked at him and got off the counter.

"mmh, you know your audience" he said before kissing her sweetly, she hugged him tightly.

"I can't wait to be by ourselves."