Chapter Four
There was a knock on the door. "Hey, Emma, that will be your Uncle Chandler!" Rachel said excitedly. It was Sunday morning at last. Rachel had been waiting impatiently for this moment. She could not wait for Chandler to spend more time with her and Emma.
She opened the door. "Hey!" She greeted Chandler.
"Hey, Rach," he smiled and walked in. "Hey Emma!" he said taking Emma from Rachel's arms and cradling her in his. "Are you excited?"
"Yep," Rachel replied as she tidied up some baby toys.
"Actually I was talking to Emma," Chandler said, slightly amused. Rachel felt a bit stupid.
"Oh," she replied and then laughed. "I don't get out much!" Chandler laughed also.
At the park, Chandler pushed the pram that Emma was in. They stopped at a bench and sat down. Chandler took Emma out of her pram so she could appreciate the atmosphere outdoors. Rachel smiled at his natural parenting instincts.
"Thanks for coming out with us today, Chandler," she said appreciatively.
"Well thank you for inviting me," Chandler said as he played about with Emma. Rachel looked on in admiration. She had seen Ross behave like this with Emma but this was Chandler, the guy who had been terrified at the mention of children.
Chandler turned his attention away from Emma and noticed Rachel staring. "Is everything okay?" he asked, worrying that he was holding Emma the wrong way or something.
"Yes, it's perfect," she said lightly. Chandler smiled and continued playing 'Peek-a-boo' with the baby.
Rachel and Chandler had spent a while in the park talking and decided to grab a bite to eat at a nearby cafe.
"So what's going on with you and Ross?" Chandler asked, then took a sip of his Cola.
"Nothing," Rachel answered looking down at the table.
"Oh, come on, you can tell me," he prompted with a smile.
"Well, really, nothing is happening...it's starting to make me really worry as well," she admitted.
"What do you mean?" he enquired sympathetically.
"Well, you know, I don't want to be one of those people..." she trailed off.
"What people?"
"Single mothers." She blurted out. She stared awkwardly past Chandler then made eye-contact with him. "I'm scared of raising Emma alone," Rachel admitted.
"Look, Rach, you're not alone," Chandler said and placed his hand on top of hers on the table. "You've got Ross, and you know that me and the others are always there for you."
Rachel smiled and wiped her eyes with her other hand. "Thank you."
"No problem, you can always count on me, Rach," he said.
"Rachel?" A voice asked behind her, she turned around. "Rachel Green?" the woman asked again.
"Yeeeah?" Rachel answered slowly. "I'm sorry, do I know you?"
"Yeah!" The girl said excitedly with a smile. She was in her mid- twenties by the look of it. "Don't you remember? You use to baby-sit me."
"Halle?" Rachel asked. The girl nodded. "Oh my god! It's been, like, forever!"
"I know! So how've you been?" Halle asked.
"I'm good, I work at Ralph Lauren...and, well, I had a baby," Rachel said motioning towards the pram which was next to the table.
"Oh my, she is beautiful!" Halle said in a very girly way. She turned her attention to Chandler. "You really do have a wonderful daughter and you make a lovely couple!"
Rachel and Chandler exchanged looks and laughed. "Actually, this isn't my husband. Do you remember my friend Monica Gellar? Well this is her husband...and Monica's brother, Ross, is the baby's father. We're not together but we live together...it's kind of complicated!" Rachel explained with a laugh.
"Yeah, it sounds it!" Halle giggled. A man stood at the cafe door calling her name. "Oh, sorry, I have to go, it's nice to see you again, Rachel, I hope we can get together some time..."
"Me too," Rachel smiled and Halle left.
Rachel and Chandler decided to leave the cafe and walk home. They had just reached Rachel and Ross' apartment and were laughing about the conversation with Halle. "I can't believe that she thought we were married!" Chandler laughed.
"Hmm," Rachel said with a short laugh. There was a strangely awkward silence between them which they had never experienced before.
"Well I'd better get back, Monica will be stressing about me," he broke the silence.
"Yeah, of course," Rachel said and put her key in the door. Before opening it she turned back to Chandler. "We should do this again some time, I really enjoyed it."
"Yeah, me too," Chandler said. Rachel leaned into him and gave him a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek. As she pulled away there was some eye- contact. "W-w...well--okay, I have to go," Chandler said taking a step back.
"Oh, okay..." Rachel said, rather taken aback by what had just happened. She watched as Chandler walked away and she entered her apartment, more confused and lonely than ever.
***Okay, so I hope you're not losing interest in the story, I'm trying to make it as interesting as I can : ) I'm partly through the next chapter and I've actually got the whole story planned in notes so there should be more chapters uploaded very soon!
There was a knock on the door. "Hey, Emma, that will be your Uncle Chandler!" Rachel said excitedly. It was Sunday morning at last. Rachel had been waiting impatiently for this moment. She could not wait for Chandler to spend more time with her and Emma.
She opened the door. "Hey!" She greeted Chandler.
"Hey, Rach," he smiled and walked in. "Hey Emma!" he said taking Emma from Rachel's arms and cradling her in his. "Are you excited?"
"Yep," Rachel replied as she tidied up some baby toys.
"Actually I was talking to Emma," Chandler said, slightly amused. Rachel felt a bit stupid.
"Oh," she replied and then laughed. "I don't get out much!" Chandler laughed also.
At the park, Chandler pushed the pram that Emma was in. They stopped at a bench and sat down. Chandler took Emma out of her pram so she could appreciate the atmosphere outdoors. Rachel smiled at his natural parenting instincts.
"Thanks for coming out with us today, Chandler," she said appreciatively.
"Well thank you for inviting me," Chandler said as he played about with Emma. Rachel looked on in admiration. She had seen Ross behave like this with Emma but this was Chandler, the guy who had been terrified at the mention of children.
Chandler turned his attention away from Emma and noticed Rachel staring. "Is everything okay?" he asked, worrying that he was holding Emma the wrong way or something.
"Yes, it's perfect," she said lightly. Chandler smiled and continued playing 'Peek-a-boo' with the baby.
Rachel and Chandler had spent a while in the park talking and decided to grab a bite to eat at a nearby cafe.
"So what's going on with you and Ross?" Chandler asked, then took a sip of his Cola.
"Nothing," Rachel answered looking down at the table.
"Oh, come on, you can tell me," he prompted with a smile.
"Well, really, nothing is happening...it's starting to make me really worry as well," she admitted.
"What do you mean?" he enquired sympathetically.
"Well, you know, I don't want to be one of those people..." she trailed off.
"What people?"
"Single mothers." She blurted out. She stared awkwardly past Chandler then made eye-contact with him. "I'm scared of raising Emma alone," Rachel admitted.
"Look, Rach, you're not alone," Chandler said and placed his hand on top of hers on the table. "You've got Ross, and you know that me and the others are always there for you."
Rachel smiled and wiped her eyes with her other hand. "Thank you."
"No problem, you can always count on me, Rach," he said.
"Rachel?" A voice asked behind her, she turned around. "Rachel Green?" the woman asked again.
"Yeeeah?" Rachel answered slowly. "I'm sorry, do I know you?"
"Yeah!" The girl said excitedly with a smile. She was in her mid- twenties by the look of it. "Don't you remember? You use to baby-sit me."
"Halle?" Rachel asked. The girl nodded. "Oh my god! It's been, like, forever!"
"I know! So how've you been?" Halle asked.
"I'm good, I work at Ralph Lauren...and, well, I had a baby," Rachel said motioning towards the pram which was next to the table.
"Oh my, she is beautiful!" Halle said in a very girly way. She turned her attention to Chandler. "You really do have a wonderful daughter and you make a lovely couple!"
Rachel and Chandler exchanged looks and laughed. "Actually, this isn't my husband. Do you remember my friend Monica Gellar? Well this is her husband...and Monica's brother, Ross, is the baby's father. We're not together but we live together...it's kind of complicated!" Rachel explained with a laugh.
"Yeah, it sounds it!" Halle giggled. A man stood at the cafe door calling her name. "Oh, sorry, I have to go, it's nice to see you again, Rachel, I hope we can get together some time..."
"Me too," Rachel smiled and Halle left.
Rachel and Chandler decided to leave the cafe and walk home. They had just reached Rachel and Ross' apartment and were laughing about the conversation with Halle. "I can't believe that she thought we were married!" Chandler laughed.
"Hmm," Rachel said with a short laugh. There was a strangely awkward silence between them which they had never experienced before.
"Well I'd better get back, Monica will be stressing about me," he broke the silence.
"Yeah, of course," Rachel said and put her key in the door. Before opening it she turned back to Chandler. "We should do this again some time, I really enjoyed it."
"Yeah, me too," Chandler said. Rachel leaned into him and gave him a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek. As she pulled away there was some eye- contact. "W-w...well--okay, I have to go," Chandler said taking a step back.
"Oh, okay..." Rachel said, rather taken aback by what had just happened. She watched as Chandler walked away and she entered her apartment, more confused and lonely than ever.
***Okay, so I hope you're not losing interest in the story, I'm trying to make it as interesting as I can : ) I'm partly through the next chapter and I've actually got the whole story planned in notes so there should be more chapters uploaded very soon!
