*2 Days Before the Wedding*
Rachel's Point-of-View
Well, these past few months have been a nightmare! When Ashleigh and Brad announced the date, Diane and I almost died. We barely had 5 months to make all the arrangements. I told Ross (and Monica later on) about Sam and Diane's little ordeal, and we are both still struggling to get them back together properly. Sam's trying so hard, and I know that deep-down Diane wants to get back together too, but she just won't cooperate. Now we only have two days left, before Diane publicly announces this at MY daughter's wedding reception. We're running out of ideas, but now that Monica's been clued in, the ideas are coming a lot easier.
The wedding parties have been chosen. Much to Ash's dismay, Joe was not allowed to be her maid of honor, although he was game. Instead Meghan will be recieving that honor. She's going to have Monique, Lily, Claire, and Michelle for her bridesmaids. Joe took a ton of time picking out his groomsmen. But it's come down to Sam, his dad, as best man, and Jacob,Joe, Chris, and Luke as the groomsmen. Elijah will be the ring-bearer and Lucy will be the flower-girl. Today are the final fittings for the wedding gown, the dresses, the tuxes, and everybody else's clothes for people that are special to the kids (Mon, Chandler, Phoebe, Joey, Carla, Woody, Kelly, and Fraiser. (Norm and Cliff couldn't make it)). Ashleigh picked pale blue for the bridesmaids's dresses, so I'm wearing a cream colored dress that's extremely formal but not too stiff. The men are all wearing black tuxes, which will make a beautiful contrast. Ashleigh's going to be so beautiful. Now only if I could get Sam and Diane patched up and back to normal...
Back to normal view
Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, and Diane all waited nervously for Ashleigh to come out of the dressing room. When she did, everybody in the room turned to look, and all let out a sigh. The dress suited her perfectly. Once that was done, Rachel tried on her dress, and it fit too. Diane was going to be wearing a pale pink dress, while Monica would be wearing a simple black dress. Once everything had been fit to perfection and the last minute alterations were made, the 5 made their way back to Monica's house, because there were too many people at Rachel's house for the time being.
Ross, Sam, Chandler, and Joey had sat around Rachel's living room all morning. Strangely enough, there wasn't a game on, but rather the men were having a heart-to-heart about the women in their lives, and they wer all giving Sam advice on how to get Diane back. In a rare moment, however, it was Joey who had the best idea. He had advised, "Sam, if you can tell me the most romantic moment the two of you had when it was just you two, without the kids, then all you have to do is recreate that moment. And Diane will be so in love with you again, that she'll come flying back into your arms, and you can be happy again." Sam and the guys had grinned and agreed, but then Sam said, "That's a FANTASTIC idea Joe, but the most romantic moment between Diane and I was after Ross and Rachel had left that night, engaged, when I admitted that I was in love with her."
Ross jumped up and said, "Hell, no! You're not sleeping with Rachel again! I won't let it happen, sorry dude!" Sam jumped back in, "Dude, calm down, I was only saying... Hey, that next weekend Diane and I took a little trip to the countryside in Maine. We had a hotel room with a mini-bar, and a hot-tub. It was pretty romantic. And she loved it." Joey's eyes lit up and he said, "Well, is that place still around?"
"I don't know for sure, we haven't been there in a couple years, we used to go everytime we had a break. But then, business got busy, and Diane was busy with the kids. But, maybe if I could call and get some reservations after the wedding...."
"Yeah, do that! That would be awesome!"
"Okay, I will."
Sam called the little place, and told the manager who he was, and he wondered when the next time that his and Diane's "special" room was available, and the manager had sighed and said that tonight was all that was available for the next month and a half. Sam had begged, but finally he gave in and said that he and Diane would be there in about 5 hours. The guys frantically ran around the house, packing Sam and Diane up for the night. They would be back just in time for the rehearsal tomorrow. When the girls got back to Rachel's, they were surprised to find the house in total disarray.
Elijah was outside, and when the girls pulled into the drive, he had run upto Rachel and said, "Mommy, mommy, daddy has a supwise for Diane! He's excited! Oh, yeah, mommy? They messed up your howse! Daddy thinks you're goin to be maaaad!" He eyed Diane and said, "You and Sammy are goin to have sooo much fun tonight! Daddy said so." Diane was confused, and she was even more confused when Sam walked up to her, grabbed her, and kissed her straight on the lips. He had three suitcases in his arms, and he piled them into the car, grabbed Diane, picked her up off the ground, said, "It's time you deserve a good time and break before you watch your oldest get married!", and placed her gently into the car. Ross, Joey, and Chandler had all come outside, and along with the really confused women, they waved good-bye to the couple, whom they all hoped would patch everything up.
Inside of the car, Diane and Sam were sitting in silence about an hour into their trip. Then, Sam turned on the radio, and "Unchained Melody" came on the air. Diane stared at Sam for a few seconds, and then she looked at him, and said rather frankly, "Okay, Sam, what the hell is going on here? You know we have to be back in New York in less than 24 hours, so we can attend our son's rehearsal dinner! Just explain please." Sam looked into Diane's eyes, and he could see that even though her facade was against everything, she was longing for him, just as much as he was longing for her. He simply told her, "I love you, Diane! Why did we let the fire burn out? Why can't you admit that we fit together? Why won't you let down the steel shield that guards your heart? I love you so much, I just wanted to do something utterly special before you let your eldest go down the aisle." Before he was finished, Diane was in tears, "Oh, Saaam!" was all that she was able to choke out. Two hours later they arrived at their hotel, ready to start anew on their relationship.
When they awoke the next morning, they were in each other's arms, for the first time in ages. And they were in love again. Sam had breakfast-in-bed delivered, and he fed Diane. When she finally hopped into the shower, Sam called Ross in NYC, who answered the phone sleepily with a, "'Lo???" Sam grinned in the phone and said, "It's Sam." Ross perked up and said, "Well?"
"Well, she's in the shower right now."
"And what does that mean?"
"It means last night was perfect."
"Are you two going to be okay?"
"Yup, we're back together! We'll see you and Rachel this evening to set up for the rehearsal."
"Okay, man, bye!"
"Bye!"
When Diane steppeed back out, Sam was still lying down in the bed. He beckoned her over, and she sat down beside him, and he handed her a small package. She started crying when she opened it--it was ring guards for her wedding ring, gorgeous ones! He grinned at her, and through tears he said, "Diane, when we get back to Boston, for our next anniversary, will you re-marry me? I mean renew our vows?" She grinned, and said, "Yes, I will marry you again." And they kissed.
That evening, after Sam and Diane arrived at the church with barely minutes to spare, but they made it! Rachel was running around like a chicken with her head cut-off trying to make last minute preparations in the church for the next morning. After everything was finished, Diane walke up to Rachel, gave her a hug and said, "Thank you for putting my life back together once again, I needed it this time." Rachel just grinned.
The wedding went by beautifully, and the day ended with Sam and Diane announcing that they would be renewing their vows on their next anniversary. But everyone agreed that the best part of the day, other than the 5-minute kiss at the end of the ceremony, was when Rachel stood up and gave her toast at the reception:
"I never thought that the day would come when my baby girl would finally get married--and I really never thought that she would find such a nice young man. But most of all, I'm more than a little amazed at the funny hand that fate dealt Ross, Sam, Diane, and I over 20 years ago! It's the weirdest thing in the world to know that somewhere something was looking down at us and saying that we all needed to have a special place in our hearts for these other people because one day, we would all be thrown back together again in a whirlwind. Of all the couples in the world, I think it's safe to say that Ross and I, and, Sam and Diane probably had two of the shakiest relationships in the world, and here we are...all happy because of one night of pain and torture... because of each other. This is for Love...for True Love! I'm so glad that fate gave me that night to show me my true love, and more than that, I'm glad fate showed us all the path to true love today, between our daughter and your son! To Sam, Diane, Ashleigh, and Brad... To Love! Cheers!
The rest of the party lifted their glasses, and Sam, Diane, Ross, Rachel, Brad, and Ashleigh clinked their glasses together and said, "Cheers!"
*3 years later*
Sam, Diane, Rachel, and Ross all waited patiently for the news. When the doctor finally came out, he announced a surprise, Ashleigh had just given birth to twins: a boy and a girl. The group hugged tightly, and when the went in, Brad and Ashleigh each were holding a baby. Ashleigh held hers up, and said, "This is Faith Love Gellar-Malone." And Brad held his up and said, "This is "Luke Ernie Gellar-Malone." The new grandparents all grinned. Ashleigh explained the names, "Faith and Love come from what our parents taught us most about in life by loving and believing in each other. Ernie is after Coach. We decided that each child should have both our last names in order to know that they come from two seperate families that have much past, and most of all love." That sent the grandparents into tears, and they all hugged each other tightly, ready to face the next chapter of life together with their two new members.
The end
Rachel's Point-of-View
Well, these past few months have been a nightmare! When Ashleigh and Brad announced the date, Diane and I almost died. We barely had 5 months to make all the arrangements. I told Ross (and Monica later on) about Sam and Diane's little ordeal, and we are both still struggling to get them back together properly. Sam's trying so hard, and I know that deep-down Diane wants to get back together too, but she just won't cooperate. Now we only have two days left, before Diane publicly announces this at MY daughter's wedding reception. We're running out of ideas, but now that Monica's been clued in, the ideas are coming a lot easier.
The wedding parties have been chosen. Much to Ash's dismay, Joe was not allowed to be her maid of honor, although he was game. Instead Meghan will be recieving that honor. She's going to have Monique, Lily, Claire, and Michelle for her bridesmaids. Joe took a ton of time picking out his groomsmen. But it's come down to Sam, his dad, as best man, and Jacob,Joe, Chris, and Luke as the groomsmen. Elijah will be the ring-bearer and Lucy will be the flower-girl. Today are the final fittings for the wedding gown, the dresses, the tuxes, and everybody else's clothes for people that are special to the kids (Mon, Chandler, Phoebe, Joey, Carla, Woody, Kelly, and Fraiser. (Norm and Cliff couldn't make it)). Ashleigh picked pale blue for the bridesmaids's dresses, so I'm wearing a cream colored dress that's extremely formal but not too stiff. The men are all wearing black tuxes, which will make a beautiful contrast. Ashleigh's going to be so beautiful. Now only if I could get Sam and Diane patched up and back to normal...
Back to normal view
Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, and Diane all waited nervously for Ashleigh to come out of the dressing room. When she did, everybody in the room turned to look, and all let out a sigh. The dress suited her perfectly. Once that was done, Rachel tried on her dress, and it fit too. Diane was going to be wearing a pale pink dress, while Monica would be wearing a simple black dress. Once everything had been fit to perfection and the last minute alterations were made, the 5 made their way back to Monica's house, because there were too many people at Rachel's house for the time being.
Ross, Sam, Chandler, and Joey had sat around Rachel's living room all morning. Strangely enough, there wasn't a game on, but rather the men were having a heart-to-heart about the women in their lives, and they wer all giving Sam advice on how to get Diane back. In a rare moment, however, it was Joey who had the best idea. He had advised, "Sam, if you can tell me the most romantic moment the two of you had when it was just you two, without the kids, then all you have to do is recreate that moment. And Diane will be so in love with you again, that she'll come flying back into your arms, and you can be happy again." Sam and the guys had grinned and agreed, but then Sam said, "That's a FANTASTIC idea Joe, but the most romantic moment between Diane and I was after Ross and Rachel had left that night, engaged, when I admitted that I was in love with her."
Ross jumped up and said, "Hell, no! You're not sleeping with Rachel again! I won't let it happen, sorry dude!" Sam jumped back in, "Dude, calm down, I was only saying... Hey, that next weekend Diane and I took a little trip to the countryside in Maine. We had a hotel room with a mini-bar, and a hot-tub. It was pretty romantic. And she loved it." Joey's eyes lit up and he said, "Well, is that place still around?"
"I don't know for sure, we haven't been there in a couple years, we used to go everytime we had a break. But then, business got busy, and Diane was busy with the kids. But, maybe if I could call and get some reservations after the wedding...."
"Yeah, do that! That would be awesome!"
"Okay, I will."
Sam called the little place, and told the manager who he was, and he wondered when the next time that his and Diane's "special" room was available, and the manager had sighed and said that tonight was all that was available for the next month and a half. Sam had begged, but finally he gave in and said that he and Diane would be there in about 5 hours. The guys frantically ran around the house, packing Sam and Diane up for the night. They would be back just in time for the rehearsal tomorrow. When the girls got back to Rachel's, they were surprised to find the house in total disarray.
Elijah was outside, and when the girls pulled into the drive, he had run upto Rachel and said, "Mommy, mommy, daddy has a supwise for Diane! He's excited! Oh, yeah, mommy? They messed up your howse! Daddy thinks you're goin to be maaaad!" He eyed Diane and said, "You and Sammy are goin to have sooo much fun tonight! Daddy said so." Diane was confused, and she was even more confused when Sam walked up to her, grabbed her, and kissed her straight on the lips. He had three suitcases in his arms, and he piled them into the car, grabbed Diane, picked her up off the ground, said, "It's time you deserve a good time and break before you watch your oldest get married!", and placed her gently into the car. Ross, Joey, and Chandler had all come outside, and along with the really confused women, they waved good-bye to the couple, whom they all hoped would patch everything up.
Inside of the car, Diane and Sam were sitting in silence about an hour into their trip. Then, Sam turned on the radio, and "Unchained Melody" came on the air. Diane stared at Sam for a few seconds, and then she looked at him, and said rather frankly, "Okay, Sam, what the hell is going on here? You know we have to be back in New York in less than 24 hours, so we can attend our son's rehearsal dinner! Just explain please." Sam looked into Diane's eyes, and he could see that even though her facade was against everything, she was longing for him, just as much as he was longing for her. He simply told her, "I love you, Diane! Why did we let the fire burn out? Why can't you admit that we fit together? Why won't you let down the steel shield that guards your heart? I love you so much, I just wanted to do something utterly special before you let your eldest go down the aisle." Before he was finished, Diane was in tears, "Oh, Saaam!" was all that she was able to choke out. Two hours later they arrived at their hotel, ready to start anew on their relationship.
When they awoke the next morning, they were in each other's arms, for the first time in ages. And they were in love again. Sam had breakfast-in-bed delivered, and he fed Diane. When she finally hopped into the shower, Sam called Ross in NYC, who answered the phone sleepily with a, "'Lo???" Sam grinned in the phone and said, "It's Sam." Ross perked up and said, "Well?"
"Well, she's in the shower right now."
"And what does that mean?"
"It means last night was perfect."
"Are you two going to be okay?"
"Yup, we're back together! We'll see you and Rachel this evening to set up for the rehearsal."
"Okay, man, bye!"
"Bye!"
When Diane steppeed back out, Sam was still lying down in the bed. He beckoned her over, and she sat down beside him, and he handed her a small package. She started crying when she opened it--it was ring guards for her wedding ring, gorgeous ones! He grinned at her, and through tears he said, "Diane, when we get back to Boston, for our next anniversary, will you re-marry me? I mean renew our vows?" She grinned, and said, "Yes, I will marry you again." And they kissed.
That evening, after Sam and Diane arrived at the church with barely minutes to spare, but they made it! Rachel was running around like a chicken with her head cut-off trying to make last minute preparations in the church for the next morning. After everything was finished, Diane walke up to Rachel, gave her a hug and said, "Thank you for putting my life back together once again, I needed it this time." Rachel just grinned.
The wedding went by beautifully, and the day ended with Sam and Diane announcing that they would be renewing their vows on their next anniversary. But everyone agreed that the best part of the day, other than the 5-minute kiss at the end of the ceremony, was when Rachel stood up and gave her toast at the reception:
"I never thought that the day would come when my baby girl would finally get married--and I really never thought that she would find such a nice young man. But most of all, I'm more than a little amazed at the funny hand that fate dealt Ross, Sam, Diane, and I over 20 years ago! It's the weirdest thing in the world to know that somewhere something was looking down at us and saying that we all needed to have a special place in our hearts for these other people because one day, we would all be thrown back together again in a whirlwind. Of all the couples in the world, I think it's safe to say that Ross and I, and, Sam and Diane probably had two of the shakiest relationships in the world, and here we are...all happy because of one night of pain and torture... because of each other. This is for Love...for True Love! I'm so glad that fate gave me that night to show me my true love, and more than that, I'm glad fate showed us all the path to true love today, between our daughter and your son! To Sam, Diane, Ashleigh, and Brad... To Love! Cheers!
The rest of the party lifted their glasses, and Sam, Diane, Ross, Rachel, Brad, and Ashleigh clinked their glasses together and said, "Cheers!"
*3 years later*
Sam, Diane, Rachel, and Ross all waited patiently for the news. When the doctor finally came out, he announced a surprise, Ashleigh had just given birth to twins: a boy and a girl. The group hugged tightly, and when the went in, Brad and Ashleigh each were holding a baby. Ashleigh held hers up, and said, "This is Faith Love Gellar-Malone." And Brad held his up and said, "This is "Luke Ernie Gellar-Malone." The new grandparents all grinned. Ashleigh explained the names, "Faith and Love come from what our parents taught us most about in life by loving and believing in each other. Ernie is after Coach. We decided that each child should have both our last names in order to know that they come from two seperate families that have much past, and most of all love." That sent the grandparents into tears, and they all hugged each other tightly, ready to face the next chapter of life together with their two new members.
The end