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The Story of Our Lives

Chapter 26.

Happy Days

"Okay," Erica said, "Shelly is gonna take the picture, and the rest of us, are gonna smile."

"No Erica." Jack said, "We are gonna look totally angry at the picture we're gonna give mom at her birthday."

Sandra and Emma giggled a little.

"It's a quarter past 3, and I'm not amused." Erica gave them an angry look.

But that didn't stop Sandra and Emma from giggling.

"Are you sure you want me in it?" Gracie asked, "I could take the picture and Shelly could be in it?"

"Shut up Gracie." Shelly smiled, "Do I look like a kid from the gang?"

Gracie shook her head.

"Do you look like a kid from the gang?"

"Okay stop it!" Rachel said, "Just because she's the youngest, doesn't mean you have to spell it out for her. I was the youngest of us, I've been there. That's no fun!"

"Sorry." Shelly smiled, padding Gracie's hair, "You're just so adorable."

"Well, that's any 14 year old girl's dream to hear." Gracie replied sarcastically.

"Okay, be quiet!" Ben told them.

"Aw Ben, we are quiet." Sophie smiled, giving him a loving stare.

They were all gathered in Emma and Erica's apartment the next day.

All the kids were fooling around in front of the bench, while Erica (with no luck, I must add) was trying to control the others.

Rachel, Ross, Joey and Alex were looking at them with smiles on their faces.

They had agreed that Shelly shouldn't be in this picture anyway, 'cause she wasn't a kid from the gang. That would have been the same if Mike or Alex had been in the other picture.

Shelly had been okay with it, she knew it wasn't about making a new group of six people now. It was about finding happiness with all of them, and she didn't belong in a picture like this. But as you heard, Gracie was slightly disagreeing.

"Are you sure you don't want to be in it?" she tried again.

"Shut up Grace."

"Okay," Erica tried again, "Have every girl done their make-up, so we don't have to break to whole thing up like last time, Sophie?"

"Again," Sophie said, "I couldn't be more sorry."

"Don't listen to her Soph." Emma smiled, "It's just that time of the month."

"Too much information!" Mike told her.

"Sorry Mikey." Emma giggled, "Didn't see you there."

"I think Erica wants to say something!" Sandra whispered.

"Oh," Sophie looked at Erica, "Sorry Bing."

"Can't we just do it?" JJ asked, "My legs are sleeping?"

"Yeah we can finish this." Erica said, "If everyone would just SHUT UP!"

"Hey, that's my line!" Shelly whined, but when Erica gave a killer look, she disappeared behind her camera again.

"Now." Erica said, finally getting silence, "Ben, Jack, Sophie and I will be in the back. In the middle is Sandra, Mikey and Emma."

"Excuse me?" Emma interrupted, "Why do I have to be next to two 16 years old? Why cant I be in the back like the rest of you guys? I'm the second oldest!"

"Yeah maybe." Erica said, "But you're really not as tall as the rest of us. You'll be in the middle."

Emma crossed her arms and looked mad.

Erica choose to ignore it, "In the front is JJ and Gracie, okay?"

"Can't I stand too?" JJ asked, "I don't feel like sitting?"

"Just do it JJ!" Sandra told him.

"Get in your positions." Erica said.

But when they all began to move, it didn't end exactly like Erica wanted it.

Ben, Sophie, Jack and Emma ended in the back. With Jack's arm around Emma.

In the middle were the three 16's, JJ, Sandy and Mike.

Gracie was sitting in the front with a big smile.

While Erica herself, ran around to try and fit in the back. But she ended at the floor with a protective arm around Gracie instead.

"All right." Shelly said, "Smile…."

"Now, are you sure you don't want to be…"

They all took a deep breath……

"…in it?"

"SHUT UP GRACIE!"

--

"We'll just sit here until they come home." Monica told Phoebe.

"Monica, why cant we just leave them alone?"

"Because, they're our children!" Monica said, "And I don't even feel like I know them anymore!"

"Monica, how often did you talk to your parents when you were that age?"

"Not often. They were a pain in the ass!"

"Do you think it could be possible that our kids now think that we're a pain in the ass?" Phoebe asked.

"No, that's not possible." Monica assured her.

"I don't think you realise the situation here, Monica." Phoebe said.

"Whatever," Monica exclaimed, "I'm waiting here till they get home."

--

"Did you see our kids back there?" Ross asked Rachel, when they were walking towards Central Perk.

"Yeah, it's like a dream coming true for me." Rachel smiled, "I thought this day would never happen. To tell you the truth, I was dreading the day, but now it's just… perfect." she sighed in happiness.

"It's great to have you back Rach."

"And it's great to be back."

"Good." Ross smiled at her, "Now I know someone who also will be very happy to see you."

"Who?" Rachel asked, "Monica?"

"No…" Ross smiled and opened the door till Central Perk, "Someone who works in here."

"Gunther?"

"Cleaver as always." Ross smiled, "Come on."

--

"It's really good to see that JJ and Sandy have become so good friends with the others." Alex told Joey.

"Hmm-mm," Joey mumbled, "Did you see Ross and Rachel?"

Alex smiled, "You mean the obvious flirting?"

"No-no." Joey said, "They're always like that when they're together, I was thinking about that look they both had in their eyes when they saw Emma chatting with Ben."

"I know." Alex said, "They were so happy."

"Yeah, I know it have been killing them to let them be apart. I mean, Emma couldn't remember Ben, but he must have been remembering her."

"Yeah," Alex sighed, sitting on Joey's lap, "Do you think we should go to bed? We're not young anymore."

"I know, but I have something in my mind."

"You do, do you?" Alex asked.

"Oh yeah, baby." Joey smiled and pushed his wife onto their hotel bed.

--

"Bye sweetie." Jack said, kissing Emma.

"Bye, bye. I'll miss you." Emma replied.

"I'll miss you more, Ems." Jack told her, kissing her again.

"Not possible. I'll miss you the most."

"Makes me wanna puke!" Erica exclaimed from the couch.

Jack and Emma turned around to give her a killer look.

"Shut up." Jack told her.

"Now, I'm not agreeing on the puking or anything." Sophie told him, "But I'm really tired, can we go home now?"

"Of course." Jack said, "See you Ems."

She gave him one last kiss and he was out the door.

Jack caught up with Sophie on the street.

"Oh there you are." she smiled.

"Yeah, I cant say goodbye to her." Jack said, still in a dreamy voice.

"So, it's going well between you two?"

"Yeah…" Jack smiled, "I love her."

"But you just met her."

"I don't care." Jack said, "I love her. It's like… when I'm not with her, I'm not living…"

"Wow," Sophie said, "I think Jack has found his only one."

"Yeah, I don't know. I'm just a little scared of telling her I love her. If she's anything like aunt Rachel, she'll freak."

"That's right," Sophie said, "But on the other hand… if she's anything like uncle Ross, then she'll marry you in a month."

"So what do you suggest?" Jack asked, seeking for advise.

Normally he would ask his sister about these kind of things, but she was very close with Emma. He didn't know if it would be a very good idea.

"Me?" Sophie exclaimed, "I suggest you tell her."

"Just… tell her?"

"Yeah, it'll make you happy, and you'll fell better. And in all it's fairness, I think she loves you too. I can see it in her eyes."

"You do?"

"Hmm," Sophie said, opening the door to their building, "Just tell her, and then… what happens, happens.."

"You're not going to give me your everything happens for a reason speak again, are you?"

"No." Sophie said.

"Thank God." Jack mumbled and pulled the key into their door.

"But if you're not nice to me, I may have to repeat it again…." Sophie began, but she trailed off when she saw their mothers.

"Jack, Sophie." Monica began, "We have something we need to talk about…"

Okay, hope you liked this chapter. I'll soon be here with the next chapter, and they should be coming day-to-day now, 'cause writing is a good escape from everything... My life is a mess right now, but I'm still gonna update, I promise! Remember to leave me a review, okay? Thanks, Stessa.