Rachel Greene sighed as she put the finishing touches on her makeup. She was beaming with joy. She was so happy these days; living in a wonderful apartment with the love of her life and her best friend and her 2 other best friends living just across the hall and another a block away. They were so close and spent every night just hanging out. She had a gorgeous little girl and pretty much her life was perfect. There was nothing missing from it. Not a thing. Rachel put the cap onto her lipstick and went out of her room. She emerged to find Emma, her daughter, playing quietly with her pretend makeup.

"Mommy, when will I be able to put on real makeup like you and aunt Monica?" She asked, looking up at her mother with sparkling eyes.

"Oh honey, aunt Monica and I weren't allowed to wear makeup until we were 16." Rachel replied.

"Well actually, Rach I was 9--" Monica started to say when Rachel nudged her. "teen" she finished.

"Wow mommy, that's not for a while." Emma said looking disappointed.

"Oh don't worry baby, you'll be 16 before you know it!" Rachel said happily, kissing her daughter on the forehead. " Hey Mon, what are you cooking?" She asked, suddenly noticing that she was stirring something. " I thought we were going out tonight."

"Of course we are, I'm just making dinner for Emmie. That nanny of yours can't cook for her life! Emmie deserves a good dinner every once in a while." Monica said, still stirring her soup.

"That's so sweet!" Rachel said. Just then the doorbell rang. Rachel went to answer it. It was Jennifer, their nanny. " Hey, come on in!" Rachel said happily.

"Oh my God, Rachel we have to go! It's 6:30, we're supposed to be at the restaurant at quarter of seven!" Monica said.

"You're right Mon! Okay Jen, just a few things; she should be in bed by 7:30 at the latest. Her dinner is on the stove, all you have to do is turn it off when the buzzer goes off. She doesn't need a bath, she already had one today. We should be back by 10:00 or so. We have to go, so I'll see you later." Rachel said and then directed her attention to the 5 year old strapped to her leg. " Mommy has to go now, sweetie pie. I love you!" She said and gave Emma a kiss on the top of her head. Emma let go of her mother an with tears forming in her eyes, waved goodbye.

Monica and Rachel got to the restaurant on schedule. They met the guys and Phoebe and sat down at their table. Rachel was restless the entire time and she didn't know why. Monica noticed Rachel's worried look on her face and quietly asked her what was wrong.

" I don't know Mon, it's this weird feeling I have all of a sudden. I'm not quite sure why I feel like this. Jennifer's a nice girl, she is a good nanny to Emma but I have this suspicion that something wasn't right tonight." Rachel said, fidgeting with her napkin.

"Rach honey, if you're so worried than just call home, ask how she's doing." Monica said, putting an arm around her friend.

"Okay, but Mon will you come with me?" She asked.

"Of course, let's go." Monica said and they

Rachel put the money into the payphone by the restaurant and slowly dialed the number to the apartment. Silently she prayed that everything would be okay. Finally, she heard a voice answer.

"Hello?" It was Jennifer.

"Jen, hi, it's Rachel. I just wanted to check up on everything, see how everyone's doing. Why is it so quiet over there?" Rachel said.

"Oh, uhmm Emma is asleep." Jen said unconfidently.

"Asleep?" Rachel asked. " But it's 7:00, she should still be awake." Rachel said.

" Relax Rachel, she was just tired." Jen said.

"Well, alright I guess. I'll see you later." Rachel said and hung up the phone. "Oh Mon, I don't like this, Emma never goes to sleep early. I know this sounds weird but she doesn't ever go to sleep before her bed time. I don't know Mon, I don't like this." She said suspiciously.

" Don't worry Rach, if you want we can skip dinner and just go home." Monica said.

"No, no I don't want to ruin our dinner. Let's go eat, I'm sure nothing is wrong." Rachel replied.

The gang ate their dinner, still Rachel was restless but she was trying to have a good time. Finally, when they had finished their dinner, Rachel and Monica parted from Chandler, Joey, Ross and Phoebe to go to their apartment. Ross had to be at the museum early in the morning and since Phoebe lived right next to it, he was going to stay at her place. Ross and Rachel kissed goodbye and Rachel went to get into the car with Monica.

It was about 10:00, right on schedule, when they arrived home. Rachel opened the door to find Jennifer with her bag and keys already in hand, sitting at the table.

"Well, goodbye Rachel, Monica, see you later. I'll get my pay later I have to go." With that, Jennifer sped out the door and Rachel could hear her running down the stairs.

With a sigh, Rachel head into Emma's room to check on her. She was not
expecting she was about to see. Emma was on the floor, face down in a
pool of blood.

"MONICA! OH MY GOD MONICA HELP!!! HELP!!!! MONICA HELP!!!!" Rachel yelled as she bent down, screaming and crying.

Instantly Monica ran into her room and stopped dead in her tracks. "Oh my God!!!!!!!"