Hi, everyone, just a little piece about Ross and Rachel's first Valentines day after the finale……
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Ring.. Ring.. Ring…
A cheerful "Hey Sweetie" was answered by a rather lethargic and drawn out "Hi", "What's the matter," she asked, "Nothing just really tired, I'll be home in another hour and half" he answered back knowing full well what she had called him for. "Come on Ross, that the third day in row, what about dinner?" "I'm so sorry sweetie, but these "ass clowns" as you politely referred to them last night (this drew a slight chuckle from her) are leaving tomorrow and I'll be all your for the whole weekend." "I'll take your word for it, now tell me bout dinner" "Eating out" "All right then, bye, Love you, wake me if you want to when you get home", "Bye, Love you too". Rachel sighed as she put the phone down, third night in a row she will be having dinner alone, Emma was already down for the night.
Rachel prepared dinner for herself and situated herself on the couch, flipping the channels subconsciously, her mind was on her reincarnated love of 8 months, Ross had been working exceptionally hard and late for the past couple of weeks, some stupid Paleontology convention was being held in New York, and Ross had been very busy, she was glad it would be over tomorrow and they would at least be able to celebrate their first Valentine's Day together in years in peace. Things had been going fairly well between them, they still had their share absurd fights, but when she thought about it that's what made them work, without the absurd fights they wouldn't be Ross and Rachel and of course the make-up sex that followed. Thinking about which brought a smile to her face, it had been a while, with Ross working so hard they barely had time to talk let alone do other stuff.
They had talked about the past and buried it under their new life, well almost. Rachel still had a little empty feeling inside, she wanted to be married at the very least engaged to the only man she had ever loved back. They had been together for 8 months and the topic of marriage had not been touched, whenever she asked Monica about advice, she just told her its Ross, it'll happen sooner rather that later, but what bothered her the most was "Emily". He had proposed to her in a mere six weeks, and now they had been together for total of 20 months including their first year and he had not even mentioned the word marriage, Did he not think of her as marriage material, Was he finally sick of the concept of marriage, she knew these were childish thoughts but she couldn't help it.
Arrgh, she sighed out loudly and got up, she didn't want to have these somewhat depressing thoughts, she went in and checked up on Emma, who was sleeping soundly, looking like an angel, she thought. Looking at the clock she noticed the time, Ross wouldn't be home for another hour, she thought about possible ways to spend time, Call Monica—No, Pheebs—No, Crash on the couch with a glass of wine—Yes, she went back to reminiscing old times, her mind wandered back to the night they had stayed up all night , talked about what had gone wrong the first time, A particular part of Ross's confession had tugged at her heart strings, for first time she had truly realized what she had meant to him, her eyes got a little moist when she remembered what he had told her.
Flashback
"Rach, I am not going to say anything that excuses what I did, I mean even if I though we were broken up, that in no way justifies me sleeping with someone three hours later. But I just want you to know I never wanted to hurt you." "Its just I had been dreaming of being with you since I was 15 and it was just unbelievable when it finally happened and I swore to myself that I would never let you go, I was living in a fantasy word, but only for me it was real, I mean how many people out there get to live out their one true fantasy, I guess I just wanted our relationship to be like a fairytale, you know, Live happily ever after." "In the end I tried too hard to hold you back, when I really should have been happy that you were finally going to achieve what you had set out to do when you left Barry at the Alter."
End Flashback
That day both of them had talked, cried, and held each other and realized one thing that even thought the break-up had hurt them both very badly, it was a very important part of their past that had enabled them both to grow up and realize that they were truly meant for each other.
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Ross walked up to his home of 5 years, "the ugly naked guys apartment", it was almost midnight , he quietly opened the door so as not wake up the other occupants of his home, he noticed the half full glass of wine on the coffee table, he chuckled lightly, knowing he would find her asleep on the couch, it was one of the many cute little quirks of Rachel, all of which he loved very much, every time he was late, he would always find her crashing on the couch, he knelt down and kissed her forehead lightly, then her nose and down to her lips, she still did not stir, so he picked her up and carried her to their bedroom, laying her down, he tucked her in and went to the bathroom to freshen up. Entering back to the bedroom he went over to his sock drawer and once again checked up on the piece of jewelry that he had been holding on to since the birth of their daughter.
He had wanted to give her that ring so many times, but chickened out fearing she would say its too soon, he didn't want anything to jeopardize their relationship now, he wanted everything to be perfect and that was not the only issue, he had already told her about his Planetarium proposal so he had to come with something equally good if not better to surprise her. He let out a breath that he didn't know he'd been holding and closed the drawer, stripping down to his boxers he climbed into the bed, still pondering how to conjure up a proposal that would as extravagant as his earlier plan but still very personal. As if sensing his presence she cuddled up next to him placing an arm and a leg across him and nuzzled his neck. He placed a hand on the small of her back and hugged her close, He still liked to have his space while sleeping but he figured, cuddling up was a much better option that not having her in his arms at all. Letting go of all his thoughts he fell asleep excited about the coming weekend and Valentines Day.
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This is my first fanfic, constructive criticism is always welcome, will help me improve; let me know what you think….