Ok so I know it's been over a year since I last updated the story, I was planning updating within a few days but then I got really busy with school and other things and then ended up just abandoning the story. Anyway thank you for your reviews I really appreciate them, and thank you for the criticism. I know my last chapter wasn't very smooth and Ross and Rachel were quite out of character. I've tried to improve this chapter so please let me know how i've done. Anyway I'll shut up now and I hope you enjoy reading.

It had been a couple of days since their conversation and aside from a couple of little kisses they'd exchanged, not much had really happened, for the most part they'd stayed out of each other's way.As they'd decided to take things slow, mostly for Emma's sake, neither of them really knew how to approach the situation. They knew they Well that's what Rachel assumed.

Rachel was sat at her desk at work thinking about Ross... their situation, how they were going to go about it, when the phone rang.

"Hello this is Ralph Lauren, how can I help?"

"Hi Rach it's me." said a familiar voice.

"Oh Ross hi. What is it?" Rachel replied.

"I was thinking if you wanted to maybe... go out for dinner.. tonight at 9, my mom and dad said they could take Emma for the night? It'll give us a chance to talk more about everything yano?" Rachel was actually pleasantly surprised that Ross had taken the initiative to ask first.

"Like a date?!"

"Yeah I guess." Ross laughed.

"Uh, ok!" she said.

"Ok then it's set." said Ross. "I'll meet you back at the apartment later alright." He hung up.

She wondered how the night would play out. I mean they hadn't been on a date in what? 6/7 years? Would it be awkward? Even though they both felt completely comfortable around the each other, this was different. She could really use Monica's advice right now, it really did suck she couldn't tell her. Oh well she knew they both definitely still had feelings for each other and wanted to be together, she guessed she'd just see how it goes.

The door swung open as Ross stepped into his apartment. Tonight was going to be his and Rachel's last (hopefully) first date. Unlike Ross, he hadn't planned anything super special or romantic, just a simple dinner at a restaurant in the city, because he knew they didn't want to make a big deal out of it. Tonight was about talking everything out and moving on from the past before they could officially 'get back together'. Despite this however, he was still extremely excited about their date. He couldn't wait to see Rachel all dressed up and... what might happen afterwards.

"Rach, you nearly ready?" Ross shouted, walking into the living room after putting on his suit and fixing himself up. They were already running late and Rachel was still in her bedroom getting ready. Ah, Rachel. Being on time definitely wasn't one of her strong points. Whilst this greatly annoyed Ross the majority of the time, he also found it quite endearing. It was one of the many things that made her, well, Rachel.

A few minutes later footsteps were heard coming from Rachel's bedroom. Jeez finally, Ross thought, but didn't dare to say out loud.

"Ok I'm ready," said Rachel as she walked into the living room. Ross turned around to look at her. She was clad in a bright red spaghetti strap dress which rested just above her knees. She wore some red stilettos to match and had her brown hair straight.

"Wow you look beautiful." Ross said, genuinely meaning it. To be honest he always thought she looked beautiful even when she was just in her sweats. But tonight, well he hadn't seen her look this good in a while.

"Well, thank you, and you look quite handsome yourself," she said with an adorable little smile.

"Why thank you" Ross replied, in a slightly silly tone as he walked over to her and gave her a peck on the lips.

When they walked into the restaurant, Ross took Rachel's hand as he walked up to the the waiter taking the bookings.

"Good evening sir, what can I do for you?" the waiter said.

"Hi, I booked a table for two, under the name Geller."

"Geller.. ok let me have a look" he said as he looked through the list. After about a minute or so the man looked up, "I'm sorry but I can't seem to find any booking under the name Geller." Ross was becoming aggravated. Tonight had to go well.

"WHAT? Well keep looking!"

"Ross!" Rachel sent him a look. "Don't worry we'll find some place else to go."

"No Rach, I swear I rang up this afternoon and booked us a table," he looked back at the waiter, "under the name GELLER".

"I'm terribly sorry sir I wish there was something I could do but we're fully booked, Friday's are always packed."

"Come on Ross let's just go, it's fine. We can find something else to do." Rachel said, dragging Ross out of the restaurant.

They stood on the sidewalk in silence for a couple on moments.

"Ugh. I just wanted this night to go well." Ross sighed. Rachel shrugged.

"Eh I mean would it really be our first date if something didn't go wrong." Ross chuckled remembering their first, first date at the planetarium. That was such a magical night, the first time he got to make love to the girl he'd been in love with since 9th grade.

"We could find another place to eat?" Rachel suggested.

"Nah, it's getting pretty late and anywhere decent will be full." He paused. "Come on let's just go home. We can order some pizza and hey, I think there's some wine in the fridge."

It was an hour or so later. Rachel's head was leaning on Ross' shoulder as they sat in silence. It was a peaceful silence though, not an awkward one, like they were just appreciating being in each other's company.

When they had gotten back to the apartment they just sat on the couch, ate pizza, drank some wine and chatted about their friends, work and their baby. Them discussing their relationship was yet to come up.

"Rach?" Ross asked, kissing the top of her head. "Can we talk?" Rachel lifted her head up.

"Sure honey what about?"

"You know..."

"Hmm yeah I had a feeling." Rachel chuckled slightly. Ross sat up, he took her hand in his and looked her in the eye.

"Look Rach, I love you. God, I hate myself for taking so long to admit it but I do, so damn much. I wanna be a family, I want Emma to grow up with both of her parents together but most importantly, I want to spend my life with you," seeing Rachel's shocked expression, he stopped himself. "Don't worry this isn't a proposal or anything." Rachel laughed. "I just want you to know exactly how I feel, so we don't make the same mistakes as last time."

"Oh God Ross," said Rachel, her eyes were starting to well up. "I love you too, so much. But.. we can't keep bringing up our past ok? If we want this to work we have to let the whole "break" thing go." They both laughed, realising how pathetic that whole situation was.

"Yes definitely.. and Rach.." he lifted her chin up, "I promise I'll work really hard on not becoming all possessive and jealous."

"I know you will."

They both leaned in as their lips met in a soft kiss. As they parted, they both felt like a huge weight had been lifted off their shoulders.

"So, what now?" Rachel asked, suggestively. Ross leaned in closer to her, so much that their faces were almost touching.

"Hmm.." he kissed her, "Well we do have the apartment to ourselves." Rachel's lips smiled against his.

"I do like the sound of that." And with that they intensified their kiss.

They were lying on the couch, Rachel on top of Ross as they passionately made out. Neither of them had realised until now how much they missed this. Even just being this close together just felt so right and familiar, as if they moulded into one.

Ross let his hands slide down Rachel's, sides while she started fumbling with his buttons on his shirt.

"You taste so good," Ross whimpered as he let his tongue roll over her neck, sucking on it. He sat up so she could remove his shirt.

"Wait.. Ross- Bedroo-" Rachel could barley get her words out but he knew what she meant. He cupped her ass and swiftly picked her up, carrying her into the bedroom.

When they hit the bed, they carried on undressing themselves, and soon enough they were both completely naked. Ross rolled them over so she was underneath, he held himself up above her as his eyes scanned across her body. She was so gorgeous. How could he forget?

Just before things escalated too far, Rachel stopped them. Ross sent her a puzzled look.

"Condom?" She simply said.

"Oh right yeah." He replied, climbing off her to reach over to the nightstand. With the help of Rachel, he then put the condom on and slipped inside of her.

When it was over, they collapsed into each other's arms. Rachel moved her head onto Ross' chest, whilst he subconsciously drew circles on her back.

"That was.. amazing." She whispered.

"Yeah it really was." He whispered back, kissing her all over her head, "I missed doing this."

"Me too."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

With that, they both fell asleep in each other's arms.

So there's chapter two. Right now i'm not really sure where i'm going with this story so if you've got any suggestions lmk, I don't want it to be too cliché and predictable you know? I do want to add the others into the story I'm just not sure how yet. Anyway thanks for reading I hope you like this fic so far, I'll try and update soon.