Meant To Be
A/N: I just want to thank everyone for their reviews. I hope you like this chapter.
Ross and Rachel talked all night long about anything and everything. After eating Emma woke up again and they brought her out in the living room with them. They were talking to her and playing with her as much as you can with a three day old infant. She eventually went back to sleep and they put her in the nursery. Rachel was to tired to start cleaning up the apartment so her and Ross just sat on the couch, cuddling and watching tv. Rachel eventually fell asleep on Ross' chest with her feet up on the couch. He had his arm protectively around her waist and was just looking at her sleeping form. He couldn't stop staring at her. He loved this feeling he had when she was around him. It seemed like he hasn't stopped smiling since he met her on the train. His thoughts were interrupted by the crying of Emma he heard over the baby monitor. He didn't want to wake Rachel up, she looked so tired. Besides he knew how to take care of a baby. He got up and laid Rachel's head on the pillow and wrapped a blanket around her. "Okay Emma I'm coming." He got her bottle ready and walked into her room. Rachel woke up a few seconds later after he entered the nursery. She was about to go check on Emma but she heard Ross' voice over the baby monitor. Rachel stayed on the couch and listened to what Ross was saying and had a smile on her face.
"It's okay sweetie, I'm here." He went over to the rocking chair after changing her diaper and fed her her bottle. Ross began speaking to Emma in a baby voice. "I bet my princess is hungry, huh. Yes you are. Emma you are so beautiful. You know who else is beautiful, your mommy. I like your mommy very much. Yes, I do. You are so lucky to have her Emma. She is going to take such good care of you. You know who else is going to take care of you. Me. Well, I hope I get to take care of you. I know it's crazy and you really don't know what I'm saying but you mean so much to me Emma. And so does your mommy. I hope I will get to be around and watch you grow up. You are going to be such a heartbreaker when you grow up and probably have the greatest style. Rachel is your mother, isn't she. I want to be with you all the time."
Rachel was listening to Ross the whole time. Her eyes were welling up and a few tears found there way to her cheeks. She couldn't believe how much Ross cared about Emma and wanted to be with her. Rachel wanted Ross to be with Emma and her. She liked him so much. He meant so much to her she couldn't explain it. They have only known each other for three days but she knew he was someone special and she wasn't going to let him go.
Once Emma fell asleep he left the room. He was surprised to see Rachel sitting up on the couch looking wide awake. "Hey, did you just wake up? I didn't want to wake you so I changed Emma and gave her a bottle. I think she's down for the night."
"Thanks Ross, you're so great." He made his way over to the couch and sat next to her. She rested her head on his shoulder. Rachel needed to tell him what she just heard and how she felt the same way about him. "Ross?"
"Yeah?' She lifted her head up so she can look straight into his eyes. "I heard what you said to Emma, and I just want you to know I want you to be around here with me and Emma for a long time."
Ross was a little embarassed that she heard everything he just said but he was so happy. They just sat there for a few minutes letting the moment sink in. Ross couldn't take it anymore, he just had to kiss her. He started to lean down towards Rachel and he gently pressed his lips against hers and began to kiss softly, just exploring each other's lips. He finally broke the kiss and just looked into her eyes. She didn't want the moment to end so she sat on his lap straddling him on the couch. She leaned in and kissed his lips again, but this time with much more force and she put her arms around his neck. This time she didn't want the kiss to end so she opened her mouth to let Ross slip his tongue in. Ross got the idea and deepened the kiss. Rachel moved her hands into his hair and he started to run his hands up and down her back and thighs. She loved his touch. Eventhough she had pants on feeling his touch still did so much to her. They started moaning into eachother's mouths and things were heating up fast. Rachel had to control herself and not take this too far. Emma was in the next room and the doctor told her she couldn't have sex for six weeks. She had to stop now or she wouldn't be able to later. After sucking on his bottom lip for a few seconds, reluctanly she broke the kiss. Ross opened his eyes to see her staring back at him. They were both breathing heavily trying to catch their breathes. "Ross, you know I can't do anything for 6 weeks."
"I know, I just want to kiss you, and hold you, and be with you." She couldn't believe the man in front of her. He was so perfect. She rested her forehead against his and looked into his eyes. She asked, "what did I do yo deserve you?" He gave her a soft gentle kiss. "You were born." She didn't know how he did. He always said the right things. She got off his lap and wrapped his arms around his body and buried her face in his chest.
"You are so wonderful Ross. You are like no other man I know. You've only met me a few days ago and here you are helping me with Emma. I don't know any other man that would ever do that. You are just so incredible."
"Yeah, I know." She knew he was kidding but she still gave him a slap across the chest and looked up at him. He smiled at her and said, "Rach, I want you to know that you and Emma are very important to me. I will always be here for you whenever you need me and I'm not going anywhere anytime soon." She gave him a quick peck on the lips and brought her head back to his chest. He stroked her back lovingly and kissed her hair. They sat like that for the rest of the night until they fell asleep just enjoying the moment of being in each other's arms.
Rachel woke up the next morning to the sounds of her daughter crying in the next room. She found herself still being in Ross' arms with him sound asleep. As Emma's cries grew louder he started to stir and opened his eyes and was ready to get up. Rachel kissed his chest and patted his stomach and said, "Go back to sleep. I'll get her." Ross wasn't going to say no to this. He was back to sleep in a matter of seconds. Before going in Emma's room she looked back at him and got caught in a trance. He was so sexy to her and she couldn't get enough of him. She was brought back into reality when she heard Emma's screams.
"I'm sorry sweetie, mommy's coming." Rachel walked into her daughter's room. "Good morning beautiful." She picked Emma up and brought her over to the changing table and changed her diaper. "Are you hungry sweetheart? Let's go into the living room and get you a bottle." She carried Emma and brought the bassient with her. She made her the bottle and sat on the couch next to Ross who was still sleeping. "We're going to have fun today, aren't we Emma. I'm going to make this place so beautiful for us Ems. You are going to be so happy here." Emma just looked up at her with her big blue eyes which were identical to Rachel's. "Emma you are so beautiful and I love you so much. You are my angel." She kissed Emma's forehead and finished feeding her.
"Emma, should we wake Ross up so you can play with him? I think that is a very good idea." She put Emma in the bassient and walked over to Ross. She sat next to him and started kissing his neck. When she felt him stir she then gave him a few butterfly kisses across his face until she reached his lips. She looked up at him and his eyes were still closed but she saw the slightest smile on his face. She knew he was awake and what he wanted. She finally kissed his lips and when she felt some action on his side she broke the kiss and smiled. Ross opened his eyes and smiled back at her. She said, "Good morning."
"It sure is." That was cute so she gave him another kiss.
"Emma wants to play with you."
"Are you sure it's not you who wants to play with me?" That earned him a slap across the arm but she was smiling. Ross got up and went over to see Emma and picked her up and kissed her. "Good morning, princess. Did mommy give you some breakfast?"
"Ross would you do me a favor?"
"Of course. Anything."
"Can you watch Emma for me while I take a shower."
"Of course. Why don't I make you breakfast while your in the shower."
"Okay, but theres only one problem. I have no food."
"That is not a problem. I'll just go over to Monica's and get some stuff."
"You mean she won't mind you just going over there and taking her food."
"Not at all. We've been going over there unannoucned for like 8 years. And believe me she will not mind me taking food. Joey did it all day long. Just hold Emma for a second and I'll fo get some." He gave Emma to Rachel and left. He came back a few minutes later.
"Okay, I got some eggs, milk and some bread." Rachel walked over to him and handed him Emma. "That's great. Thank you." She gave him a kiss and made her way to the bathroom. Ross put Emma in her bassinet so he could start cooking breakfast. By the time breakfast was ready Rachel came out of the bathroom.
"Oh, honey it smells great. I could really get used to this."
"well get used to it baby, I'm here to stay." They shared a laugh and ate their breakfast together. "Ross?"
"Yeah"
"I was just wondering...if...maybe...you can come over when my mother and sisters are here. It would really mean alot to me if you were here with me."
"Of course, Rach. I will do anything for you and if you want me to be here I will be."
"Thanks Ross." She leaned over the kitchen counter and gave him a kiss. They finished eating breakfast and Ross cleaned up the dishes while Rachel played with Emma. "Okay, now I have to go home and take a shower and get dressed." He made his way over to the door and was getting his jacket on. Rachel was a little disappointed because she didn't want him to leave yet. "You'll be over later to help me unpack with Monica, right?"
"Of course I will be here." He was making his way over to Rachel when there was a knock at the door. "Now who could that be?," Rachel asked.
"I bet it's Monica ready to begin the day."
"Are you serious? It's like 9:30 in the morning."
"well, that's Monica". Ross went to answer the door and sure enough it was Monica. "Hey Ross, what are you doing here?" She made her way into the apartment. "Monica, it's 9:30 in the morning. Why are you here so early?"
"We have to get started. Everyone else will be over in about an hour." Rachel was confused, "Everyone?"
"Yeah, Chandler and our friends Phoebe and Joey." Ross was so excited. "Great, Joey's coming!"
"Yeah, Chandler's at the airport now picking him up." Ross was still a little confused, "Why was Joey in town?"
"Actually he is staying here for the time being. He never caught a big break in L.A. and besides he missed everyone so he is going to live with Phoebe for a while since he sold this place."
"Okay, well, I'll be back within the hour. I have to go home and change." He made his way over to Rachel and kissed Emma on the head. "Bye, princess. I'll be back soon." He then looked at Rachel, "Bye you."
"Bye you." He gave her a quick kiss on the lips and left after saying goodbye to Monica. Monica made her way further into the apartment and faced Rachel with a smile on her face. "So you and my brother, huh." Rachel began smiling at the thought of her and Ross together. "He is such a great guy and so sweet and he is so great with Emma."
"Yeah, my brother is the best. He is such a caring person and he is fun. But I have to admit he is a little nerdy at times when he is talking about dinosaurs."
"Yeah, I know. But I love how passionate he is about it. And to be honest I don't really mind the stories."
"Wow, you must really like him if you can tolerate his stories without falling asleep."
"I really do."
"This is so great. You are perfect for my brother and I bet he just adores Emma."
"He really does. He is so gentle with her and he is so cute the way he talks to her." Rachel took notice the way Monica couldn't take her eyes off of Emma. "Would you like to hold her?" Monica got a huge smile on her face. "Okay" Rachel put Emma in Monica's arms and she started rocking the baby back and forth and was just staring at her.
"You and Chandler don't have any children right?" Monica's smile turned into a slight frown the instant Rachel mentioned this. "No not yet. Chandler's not really ready to have kids. I mean I would love to have one right now but it's Chandler. I know it's because he is scared he will be a bad father but he says it's because he wants more time with me for himself. It's so frustrating because I know he would make a great father." Rachel made her way over to Monica and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Dont worry sweetie. I'm sure he will be ready soon. Just hang in there. You're time will come and when it does I know you will make a great mother."
"Really?" Rachel gave her a big smile and nodded. "Thanks Rach. You know it's funny I don't usually talk about this with too many people and we just met but I feel really comfortable with you."
"I feel the same way."
"I'm really glad you moved in next door and are with my brother."
"Me too. So um... how did you and Chandler meet?"
"well, he was Ross' college roomate and when we first met I was really fat and I heard him call me that so then I lost a ton of weight. Ross stayed his friend over the years but I didn't see him again until me and my brother moved into the city. He lived here with his roommate Joey. We just became really great friends over the years and we realized we had feelings for each other and took our friendship to the next level. We got married almost a year and a half ago and now here we are."
"Wow, that's quite a story. You've known him for a really long time."
"Yeah we have. So now tell me, how did this happen with you and my brother?"
"Well, I was coming home from my mom's in Long Island and I just made it to the train on time. You're brother was sitting right near the door and when I got on the train our eyes locked. The train started to move and I lost my balance and Ross grabbed my arm so I wouldn't fall. He offered me his seat and we just got to talking. When we arrived in the city he asked me to go out for lunch and then my water broke so he rushed me to the hospital. I wanted him to stay with me so he was by my side the whole time and then we came here and he stayed over and now here we are."
"That's great. Good thing you made it to the train on time or you would have never met him. It was fate."
"I guess so." They just kept talking about everything and really got to know eachother until Emma started to get fussy and needed a diaper change. "I think my baby girl needs to be changed."
"oh, do you mind if I do it."
"Be my guest." They walked into Emma's room and Monica changed Emma. "I bet it's funny watching Ross do this."
"He's actually really good at it. To be honest he seems to enjoy it." They both let out a chuckle. "I bet. He is a really great father to Ben. When he was a baby he loved doing everything like this. It always broke my heart when he had to give him back to Carol and Susan. He face always looked heartbroken. He loves Ben so much."
"I'm sure he's a great father. It's actually funny. He kind of acts like a father to Emma and I like it. You never know, maybe someday he will be her father."
"WHAT! You want Ross to be Emma's father?"
"I know it sounds crazy because we only known each other for what, 5 days, but I have never felt this way about anybody before. He is so amazing to both of us. He was with me the whole time during the birth and stayed with me last night because I was scared. I couldn't ask for a better man to be with me and Emma." Monica hugged Rachel.
"Oh my god, this is so great. You two are perfect for each other. I couldn't of asked for anyone better for my brother than you."
There moment was interrupted when they heard voices coming from inside the living room. They left the baby's room with Monica still holding Emma. It was Ross and three other people Rachel didn't recoginze. Ross said, "Look who I found in the hall." He walked over to Rachel and introduced her to everyone. "Rach, this is Phoebe, Chandler, and Joey. Everyone this is Rachel and this one over here (he walked over to Emma and Monica gave her to him) is Emma," He kissed her head and than walked back over to Rachel.
Phoebe said, "Rachel she is gorgeous. I could just eat her up." Everyone looked at her. "Don't worry. I won't." Joey finally made his way over to Rachel.
"How you doin?" Everyone stared at Joey and Ross gave him a look that could kill. Rachel just responded, "I'm fine."
"WHAT?!" Joey was shocked. No woman ever acted that way when he said that to them. They were usually all over him. Rachel had no idea what was going on. She just answered his question and she was so confused by his reaction. Monica finally jumped in and said, "Joey, don't hit on her. Rachel is with Ross." Rachel looked up at Ross and he kissed her on the head.
"Oh, so that's why you acted that way. No woman would turn me down if they were single. Believe me." Rachel could already tell Joey was a womanizer but she could also tell he was very sweet by looking in his eyes. "I'll take your word for it. Nice meeting everyone. Thank you so much for helping me today. You have no idea how much I appreciate this."
"No problem," said Monica. "It is our pleasure to help, right guys?" She looked at everyone waiting for them to answer. They answered with not much enthusiam except for Phoebe. "This is going to be so much fun. You are just what we need to finish off our group. Now we have three girls and three guys. Plus, your aura is a really great color. Rachel just stared at Phoebe after that last remark. She thought Phoebe was a little out there but she could tell she was a sweet and genuine person. "Thanks Phoebe."
Monica had enough of the chit chat. "Okay, enough with the intorductions. Time to get to work. Anyone have any ideas on how we should get started?"
Rachel replied, "well we could first start with..." but was soon interrupted by Monica, "okay, how about we do this. Me, Phoebe, and Rachel are going to unpack her and Emma's clothes. Ross, Chandler, and Joey, you stay out here and start unloading the heavy things out of the boxes."
Chandler groaned, "Do I have to?" Monica knew he was trying to get out of it and she knew what would make him help. "NO... how about you stay with Emma and take care of her." Chandler freaked out. He could not take care of a baby, at least not yet. He ran over to lift a box. "Would you look at all of these boxes. C'mon let's get started."
"Yeah, that's what I thought. Okay, everyone to positions." Rachel then said, "Okay let me just feed Emma. She's starting to get fussy. I'm sure she'll stay asleep for a few hours."
"Don't worry sweetie. I'll do it. Go with the girls."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. Now hurry up and go before the big vein in Monica's head pops." Rachel laughed and gave a quick kiss to Ross. He then fed Emma and she soon fell asleep. He put her to bed and started unpacking.