Okay so guys.. Lemme just tell you that I'm here to tell a story and I'm not going anywhere until I finish it. I also hope that the writers of Wishes and Something More realise how wonderful their stories are going. They definitely should not disappoint their fans by not continuing with them. Anyway... just so you know, you are all in for a very long story in the form of Eternal Love, so hang in there and enjoy reading! Do review :)
A month had passed that undoubtedly proved to be the best for both of them. They got closer and closer with every minute they spent together. When they weren't together, they wanted to be with each other. The bond they shared was stronger than ever. Rachel became a frequent visitor at the Geller household. She quickly won Jack and Judy's hearts too with her personna.
Rachel was sitting on her bed. Tomorrow was their one month anniversary. She was looking forward to spending the whole day with Ross. Since he did everything for the past one month on each of their dates, she thought to shake things up a bit. She wanted to give him a surprise. A surprise that he will remember even when she was not going to be around. This thought saddened her. How was he gonna stay so long without her? Forget him.. what about her? Was she capable of living without him after this amazing one month they shared?
Her trail of thoughts soon stopped when she heard her phone ringing. It was Ross. She straightened herself up and kept her head on the headboard for support. She picked up the call.
"Hey you" Her sad tone difficult to hide.
"Hi. Baby, what's the matter?" Ross was always able to make out her mood after the first word she spoke. He was himself plopped down on his bed.
"Nothing" Ross knew there was something bothering her. But he didn't want to push it. She'll tell me when she feels like it, he thought.
"Alright so I called you up so late because I needed a hint of where we are going tomorrow. I need to decide on my clothes"
She laughed. He always made her laugh. "Ross.. wear whatever you want. I don't think there's a dress code for where we are going"
"Think before you say that, Rach. Maybe I'll wear my shorts if you don't tell me" He said sarcastically.
"I'm sure you'll still look handsome" Rachel said unknowingly.
Ross smiled. "Sweetie, thanks for the compliment. But.. Didn't you think how we'll get over there if you don't tell me the place. I mean I have to drive, you ca-"
"Ross.. slow down.. I'm not gonna tell you. And for getting over there, I've already called a cab at noon. I'll come to pick you up. Fine?" Ross was starting to irritate her with his over curiosity.
"Yeah.. So I guess you have got it all planned"
"Oh yea.. thought it all through" Rachel said proudly.
"Now I'm really looking forward to it.. not only because of our one month anniversary but for this thing you have under your sleeve" Ross said.
"Have patience, honey. I'm sure you'll like it. Now will you let me sleep?" Ross groaned at it. "Oh God.. you always call me up so late and talk to me. Ofcourse I can't resist talking to you. But did it ever occur to you, because of that we sleep so late? I mean I'm a girl and I got to have beauty sleep for my one month anniversary" Rachel started rambling.
"I don't think the beauty sleep makes you look so gorgeous"
"What?" Rachel didn't understand this sentence.
"Sweetheart, you're naturally so beautiful. Inside and out. The best part is you don't know that about yourself. And that's what makes you look even more beautiful"
"Really?" She was touched by his words. She knew he spoke everything with his heart and soul.
"Of course. You're like.. Beauty Personified" Rachel smiled. He continued "Everyday, I wake up and think.. Oh my God, I'm-I'm with Rachel. How lucky am I"
"Not more than me. I'm so lucky to have found you, baby" Rachel said with all the honesty. Ross remained silent. She felt the same way as he felt about her.
"But seriously.. we must go to sleep if we wanna get up for our date"
"Alright. You win. I'll see you tomorrow"
"Goodnight, sweetie"
The next day, the Gellers except Ross were having breakfast. Ross came down and joined his family.
"Morning, Dad.. Hey Mom"
"Good Morning, son" "Come have some breakfast, sweetie"
"Yeah I'm starving"
"Someone's happy than usual" Monica smirked. Ross was continuously smiling. Why wouldn't he? Today was gonna be the happiest day of his life so far.
"Ross.. Sweetie, something special today?" Judy asked curiously. She herself was surprised to see Ross so upbeat in the morning. Before Ross could say something, Monica chirped in. "It's his and Rachel's one month anniversary today"
Jack and Judy smiled. They were happy for their son. Ross felt shy suddenly.
"That is amazing, son. Rachel is a very sweet girl. I'm happy for both of you" Jack said.
"Thanks Dad" Ross took a sip from his juice.
"So... what have you planned for her?" Monica asked.
"Umm.. nothing" Ross replied thinking of Rachel's surprise for himself.
"Well.. that is hard to believe" Monica said.
"Oh.. no. Uhh.. Rachel insisted she plans for the day cos I have been doing everything on our previous dates" Ross said smiling.
"Aww...that is so sweet of her. You're lucky" Monica hugged him while sitting.
"I know" Ross agreed.
Ross was putting on his shoes when his door opened. It was Monica and Rachel.
"Congratulations on the one month, you guys. You have no idea how happy I am for you two" She kissed Ross on the cheek. Then she turned to Rachel "And you... thank you. I don't think I've ever seen him this happy" Rachel hugged her. She and Monica had become really good friends over the month. They used to spend time when Ross and Chandler were out with Joey.
"Okay.. now I'm gonna leave you two alone! See ya" Monica rushed outside.
Rachel was still looking at the door. She felt something cold on her neck. She looked down. She saw an 'R' shaped pendant of stones. Ross moved her open hair over her shoulder to the front and put it on her neck gently. His fingertips grazed the skin of her neck almost teasingly, sending chills down her spine. He hugged her from behind and whispered in her ear "Happy One Month Anniversary"
She smiled. She was doing that a lot lately. "You too" She said with equal softness in her voice. Ross kissed her hair. He walked both of them in front of the mirror while still hugging. His chin rested on her shoulder. Now they were looking at each other in the mirror.
"Do you like it?" Ross looked straight in her eyes.
"Of course I do. I love it! But what does it stand for - Rachel or Ross?" Rachel asked smiling.
"For me.. Rachel, always" He kissed her shoulder skin as she was wearing a tank top. They kept looking at each other for what seemed like eternity. Their moment was broken when Monica yelled from downstairs. "Rachel.. Ross.. the cabbie's getting cranky outside waiting. Get down here"
"We're coming" he yelled back. He grabbed her hand and then they were out.
They were in the cab on their way to the 'mystery place'. They sat close to each other, hugging from the side. Rachel had her head on his shoulder. Ross would kiss the side of her head every now and then.
"Now will you tell me about this surprise of yours?" Ross started looking down at her.
"No no no no, Mister. I'm gonna blindfold you when we're about to get there" She said looking up at him, smiling. She gave him a quick peck on the lips.
"You're such a mischievous girl, Miss Greene"
"Alright now. Close your eyes. I'm gonna put this and soon your wait will be over"
"Okay!" Ross said a little skeptical about the blindfold.
The cab came to a halt and they got out. They were walking on something wooden. Then she helped Ross climb some stairs. Ross could feel the breeze on his cheeks. He was so anxious to open the blindfold. He decided to be patient. After five minutes or so he spoke. "You know I should get a reward for being so patient" But he didn't hear her reply back.
Instead he felt her lips on his. He instantly kept his hands on her waist. He was disappointed when she didn't accept his tongue. She kissed his cheek and took off the blindfold.
What Ross saw left him speechless. He was on a Yacht. That explains the breeze, he thought. "What th- I mean.. This is.. Oh.. God" Ross could not say anything.
Rachel stroked his cheek with her hand and smiled. "Honey, you like it?"
"Are you kidding? I love it. But... how did you even manage to do this?" Ross asked curiously.
"Does it matter?" Rachel asked.
"No but.. alright.. so we're gonna spend our whole day here?" Ross inquired looking around.
"Of course. The food is right there in that picnic basket. And.. We also have privacy here" Rachel said slowly planting a kiss on his nose. She couldn't stop herself from smiling.
"Wow.. You're so great" Ross hugged her.
"Okay so let's go sailing" said a very excited Rachel.
"Wha-? Sailing? I thought we're just gonna sit here talking. We don't even know how to sail" Ross said afraid.
"You don't. I do"
"You do?"
"No.. I just love to keep our lives in danger" Rachel said sarcastically.
"You sure?"
"God Ross.. this is Uncle James' boat. All the Greenes learn how to sail when they are 15"
"Oh.. that was an unknown fact for me"
"Come on. Let's just sail over to that end. Then we'll dive in the water and swim" Rachel said pointing to a side.
Ross just looked at her with a weird expression. "Did you hit your head with a pole? Swimming in these waters without any protection gear.. Have you lost your mind?"
"Ross.. Don't be such a baby. I'm here with you"
"What about my clothes? I've got no extras" Ross tried to convince her.
"And you think I brought my whole wardrobe with me?"
"Well... it's you.. it IS a possibility" Ross said knowing her love for clothes. Both broke into fits of laughter. Rachel slapped his chest playfully.
"We shouldn't waste time" She said while walking over to the control area. Ross followed her.
"Just so you know, I'm doing this only for you"
"Why thank you honey" She kissed his lips. "Now shhh" she kept her finger on her lips.
They were halfway to that end when Ross started to look through the picnic basket. When he found a pack of beer, he knew Rachel brought it for him cos she knew he loved it on a sunny day. He just opened it and walked over to her.
"Whoa.. You're pretty good at it. I'm enjoying myself" Ross said while taking a sip.
"See. You're getting a hang of it"
They reached the end. It was colder there. Ross convinced Rachel not to go in the water. He said "If either of us catches cold, entire day will get ruined" Rachel agreed. She just wanted the day to be beyond perfection. "Alright, lets eat something then"
"That's like my girl" Rachel smiled. She was liking the way the day was turning out to be. It was not the conventional anniversary. But it was so much better. Ross put the sandwiches for both of them.
"Cran-apple or Cran-grape?" He asked showing two juice boxes.
"Grape" Rachel took the juice box and opened it.
"You know, this is so much better than what I could have ever thought" Ross said taking a bite of his sandwich. Rachel just smiled.
"Well, thanks for appreciating this"
"No thank YOU.. for being you. This past one month has been so wonderful I can't even tell you"
"I know.. It's almost like a dream" Ross pinched her when she said that. "Ow"
"Rachel.. it's so real. Just believe it. You're here. I'm here. We're here. Together" Ross said taking her hand and kissing it.
They finished their sandwiches soon after. They decided to sit on the side seats of the boat. Rachel was sitting infront of Ross with her back pressed to his chest. Their hands were intertwined on Rachel's stomach. They were sitting in a very comfortable silence.
"Look Rach.. The sun is about to set"
"Yeah.. I love watching sunrise and sunsets. And today I'm gonna see it with you. This is good" Rachel said rubbing his hand with her thumb.
After watching the sunset, they didn't say anything. Feeling this Rachel spoke softly "Ross?" No answer. "Ross?"
"Yes?"
"Whatcha thinking?"
"You. Always" Aww. When she thought she couldn't be happier, he said the most amazing things to her. She turned around to sit face to face and gave him a kiss.
They were getting to sink in it when Ross pulled away. "What?" Rachel asked breathless.
"There's something I wanna say to you" Rachel looked at him with an expression that said 'it better be worth stopping that kiss' He kissed her nose. "Something I've been meaning to say to you since I first met you" He looked deep into her eyes. "I love you" Rachel smiled. "I love you too" She said stroking his cheek. He leaned in to kiss her frantically. His hands rested on her lower back while hers were playing with his hair. Ross left trail of kisses on her face to her neck. This kiss was going in a direction they had never been to. But both knew they wanted to. God they wanted to!
Ross was sucking on her neck like he was gonna leave a mark. Rachel moaned. His hands were caressing her back, continuously moving up and down. Ross said in between the kisses "I love you Rachel"
"I love you too" Rachel replied equally breathless.
They moved to the floor of the boat still kissing. Soon Rachel took his shirt off and looked at his torso. It was a well built physique. Rachel wanted to lead so she pushed him back down. She started leaving wet kisses on his chest. This was definitely turning Ross on. But being the good guy he was, he held her wrists with both of his hands and looked straight into her eyes "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Rachel ignored his question and continued her actions. Ross started to leave another trail of kisses on her arm. Her skin was so soft. He could not believe he was with RACHEL!
The next morning, Rachel opened her eyes when she felt the sun shining directly on her face. She moved her face to look at Ross sleeping peacefully. How adorable he looked while sleeping! He slept with his mouth open. She did not have the heart to wake him up so she just kept looking at him. She could do this her whole life, she thought.
After what seemed like eternity, she felt the need to look into his chocolate brown eyes. So she kissed him on the forehead, then his nose, his cheek and finally on the lips. "Hmmmmm.. Morning, Sweetie" Ross moaned.
"Hey you" Rachel said in their signature style of greeting. Ross smiled and intertwined their hands, brought them to his mouth and kissed her hand.
"Last night was amazing" Rachel said looking at him sweetly.
"It really was" He said looking into her eyes. They kept looking at each other when Rachel realised they should sail back. "Now help me get dressed if you wanna get back home" She said playfully slapping his cheek. "Alright"
Rachel got dressed first and made her way over to the control area. Ross put his shoes on and went there as well. He went near her and hugged her from behind, kissing her neck. Rachel kept her free hand on the back of his neck. "I missed you" Ross said in between the kisses. Rachel laughed.
"Ross I came here just about.. five minutes ago. How can you miss me?"
"That's what you do to me, baby" Rachel smiled, satisfied with his answer.
"You know you need to stop doing that if we want to get home. Already we are late. We had to get to Long Island like 7 hours ago"
"Nooo... lets just stay here for one more day. I liked having you all by myself. With no disturbances. I'm sure you'll like an action replay of last night" He whispered seductively into her ear kissing her earlobe. She giggled. She was getting to like this new wild side of Ross.
"Certainly I'd like it, Mr Geller but we can do that in Long Island as well, right?"
"Well yea.. but here it's gonna be so much fun. Plus..I'm sure Mon would have taken care of the situation for us. Don't you think? Cos I did too when she was out late with Chan" Ross explained.
"Ross.. we gotta go. My parents are coming this evening" Ross jerked his head up and turned her around. "What?"
"Yea.. They're gonna stay for a few days and then we'll head back"
"Oh"
"Ross.. Sweetie.. I'm sorry. I was not going to say that. I-"
"No uhh.. I'm sorry. I should not react like that. Umm.. but I can't help it Rach. It kills me to even think I won't be able to see you every day"
"I know. I know. I feel the same way but what can we do Ross, huh?"
"Yea.. hey, the college doesn't open for a month. Is there any chance you could extend your stay?"
"I don't know Ross. Maybe. But even if I can, what after that? Sweetie.. a little extra effort, remember?"
Ross nodded. They hugged. Ross said "We will move on Rachel. With each other. I love you" Rachel smiled remembering her words on their second date.
"I love you too" Rachel replied hugging him tight.
By the time they got back to Long Island, they were physically and emotionally exhausted. The cab first dropped Rachel off. Both got out of the car.
"Thanks for making our anniversary so so special, Rachel" Ross said stroking her cheek. His other hand rested on her waist.
"And thank you for making me feel so special whenever I'm with you" Rachel said gazing into his eyes. They were standing infront of the house when a car pulled over to the house. They were completely oblivious to their surroundings. Their moment was finally broken when a man cleared his throat. "Ahemmmm"
They looked towards the man and Rachel let out a "Hi daddy" unknowingly. She turned back to Ross who looked at her with a weird expression. She jerked away from him. "Daddy?"
"Sweetpea" Leonard said firmly.
She came back to her senses and walked over to hug him. She kissed his cheek. "Daddy, how did you get here so early?" Rachel asked nonchalantly.
"Fortunately I didn't get any traffic. So how is my princess?"
"I'm good. Now that you're here, even better" They hugged once again. Leonard looked at Ross.
"Oh.. Daddy.. This is Ross Geller, my boyfriend" Rachel introduced.
Ross walked the small distance to greet him "Good evening, Sir" He offered his hand.
"Hello, Ross. Rachel has talked so much about you"
"I hope all the good things, Sir" Ross said nervously.
"That I will find out soon" Leonard smirked.
"Daddy.. stop it. Now tell me where did you leave Mom?"
"Oh she'll come tomorrow morning. She had some country club thing to attend. But I couldn't wait to see my princess"
"Aww Daddy"
"So where are you two coming from?" Leonard asked skeptically looking at Ross making him nervous.
"Oh.. we uhh.. we just had a.. umm.. brunch date" Rachel answered before Ross could say anything.
"Hmm.. so is he coming in?" He asked looking back and forth at Ross and Rachel.
"No sir.. I should leave, really. You must be tired too" Ross said.
"Okay. Let's go in Sweetie" Leonard looked at Rachel.
"Sure. Bye, Ross" Rachel looked at Ross.
"Take care" "It was nice to meet you, Sir"
"Hmm" Leonard replied.
With that, Ross took off. Rachel and Leonard started walking towards the house. "So you're still with him, I see"
"I told you daddy, he's a good guy"
"Yeah right"
"Daddy.. didn't you like him?" Rachel asked in a high voice.
"What.. I gotta give an opinion based on a five minute conversation!" Leonard said. Rachel did not say anything. At least, he didn't start to point out Ross' faults yet, she thought.
They entered the house to see Jessica watching TV in the living room. "Hey Jess. Look who I brought" Rachel said smiling.
Jessica turned around "Oh my god. Uncle Leo. How are you?" She exclaimed "Its been such a long time"
"Yeah. Where are your parents, sweetie?"
"Dad's at work. He'll be home in a while. And Mom's upstairs"
"I hope Rachel has not been much of a problem to you. It's just she had some last minute problems with her visa otherwise she would be in Paris with Amy" Leonard said while taking a sip of his tea. He was sitting with James in the living room.
"Don't say that. You know we love Rachel like we love Jess. And it's not like when she was 6 that we need to be taking care of her. She takes good care of Jess, controls her"
"Yea.. but who's gonna control her?" Leonard wondered muttering to himself
"What do you mean?" James asked curiously.
"She's dating this guy, Ron or Ros-"
"Ross" James interrupted.
"Yeah.. you know about him?" James nodded. "So what.. they will continue whatever THAT is? I mean.. he lives here! You know, she told me about him when she had just met him and today.. when I saw both of them, it looked quite serious to me. I could see it in their eyes" Leonard said shaking his head.
"Leo.. he's a decent boy. I've met him. I don't know how serious they are. But I'm pretty sure it's not a summer fling for either" James confessed.
Rachel was listening to this conversation that could make or break her day. Her father and uncle however, had no idea she was evesdropping.
"Well yeah.. he seemed alright. Well-mannered as well. But what about my Rachel? She is so innocent at times"
There he goes again, she thought. The problem with her father was he liked the guys she went out with. But he didn't quite like them for her.
"I say you invite him over to know him better. Maybe you could take him out to dinner with Sandra and Rachel. But talk to Rachel first" James suggested while keeping the empty cup back and excusing himself.
Leonard took in what his brother said. "A dinner with the gel boy could do no harm", he said.
It was late at night. Rachel was in her bedroom flipping through a fashion magazine. Her phone rung and she immediately answered without even looking on the screen but somehow she knew who was calling. "Hey you"
"Hey how was your day after I left?"
"The usual. I missed you" Rachel said sweetly.
"I missed you more" Rachel smiled
"Oh you know, I heard Daddy and Uncle James ta-"
"No Rach.. please don't talk about your dad. The way he was looking at me, I felt like I could not breathe"
"Wha-" Rachel chuckled.
"Yes Rachel, he is so intimidating it's not even funny"
Rachel started laughing. She could not believe Ross was that scared of her father after a five minute conversation.
"You're laughing? You're LAUGHING?"
"I'm sorry Ross but this is so funny"
"Oh I didn't know my misery amuses you" He said sarcastically.
"Okay.. humm.. alright. Sorry. I'm not laughing anymore. Hmmmm so.. yea.. anyways.. Daddy said you were a well-mannered guy. And believe me when I say this cos he has never said positive things about my previous boyfriends after the first meeting" Rachel said realising herself. Ross had a different personality, really.
"He really said that about me?" Ross asked not believing her.
"Why would I lie to you, baby?" Rachel whined.
"Okay okay.. Now I feel a little better"
"And yes, we might go out for a dinner with my parents in a day or two. So prepare yourself when Daddy invites you properly"
"Sounds good to me"
"Rach?" "Yes honey"
"You said you had boyfriends. Umm... could we uhh.. talk about them?" He was curious to know but nervous to ask.
"What about them, Ross?"
"Lets start with the number. How many were there before me?"
"You really want to know?"
"I really want to know"
"Okay so.. Chip Matthews.. Billy Drescan.. Pete Carney.. Uhh.. Barry Farber and oh.. last was Paulo"
On the other side Ross was counting on his fingers. "That's five Rachel. You've had five boyfriends before me!? You're just 20" Ross was shocked at the revelation.
"Yes they're 5. But it's not like I was serious about anyone. I mean.. none of them lasted for more than a month. And Paulo.. he was an exchange student from Italy.. just a fling" Rachel explained. Ross remained silent. He didn't know what to say.
"Honey.. are you jealous of them?" Rachel teased.
"Huh.. no.. its just.. I didn't expect the number to be 5"
"You don't have to worry. You're so much better than all of them ever were.. combined" Rachel confessed.
"Really?"
"Of course. I saw something in you at the bar that night we first met. I had never seen that in anybody before"
"And what was that?" Ross inquired.
"I don't know. I have thought about it but could not really put my finger on it"
"Come on. Tell me, sweetie. Why did you accept when I first asked you out for a coffee?"
"Majorly? I'd say.. cos of your eyes. You have these big, chocolate brown eyes. I got lost in them when I saw you staring at me. Then I got to know you and I discovered the puppy dog look. God it's irresistable!" She exclaimed.
"And what else?"
"Oh I don't believe you have time to hear that list. It's quite long" Rachel joked. He laughed.
"You're amazing" He said.
"You're wonderful"
"You're beautiful"
"You're funny"
"You're my angel"
"You're too good to be true"
"You're my dream come true"
"You're th-" Before Rachel could complete the sentence, Jessica took her cell phone and spoke "Alright you two love birds.. I know you are enjoying this little 'complimenting game' but some of us are really trying to sleep. I swear I'll have diabetes if I keep listening to you two talk. It's sweetness overdose you guys!"
She gave the phone back to Rachel with a look that said 'Say your Good night'
"So I guess I gotta hang up now" Ross said surprised at Jessica's speech.
"Yea.. Good night, honey" Rachel smiled.
"Sweet dreams"
"I love you"
"I love you more, baby"