Chapter 4-
Jemma opened her eyes slowly; She sat up and looked around the room. The apartment was silent, She didn't even remember falling asleep but someone had placed a blanket over her.
Her stomach was growling as she hadn't had anything to eat since breakfast and it was now probably lunchtime and she needed to use the bathroom badly but she had no idea where it was.
She stood up and looked around her, There were so many photo frame spread across the room, There were paintings hanging from the walls and what looked like dinosaur bones were on display in a bookcase.
She walked over to a side table and looked at the spread of photos, Many of them were of her Dad, Rachel & Emma but there were also a couple of other people, She saw a wedding photo of a man and a woman who looked a little like her dad, Another photo of the same couple but this time with a baby and a little boy, She saw another photo of a pretty blonde woman who had her arms wrapped around a man, All were smiling in the photos, They all looked so happy.
She saw a big blown up photo of a baby who she guessed to be Emma, dressed as a fairy hanging on the wall alongside a blown up photo of her Dad and Rachel, standing with their arms wrapped around each other in front of a cake saying 'Congratulations'.
Jemma decided they must be relatives or close friends, because there were so many of the same people, She then saw a photo of six people all sitting on a couch, her Dad, Rachel plus the 4 other older people in the other photos, It must have been taken a while ago because her Dad had a different hairstyle and Rachel had very long blonde hair, they all looked younger too.
She wondered what the people in the photo were like, would she meet them and would they like her?? She'd never had a proper family, it had always just been her and her mum plus whomever her mum was dating at the time, She'd never even met her Mum's parents or relatives.
A proper family was something she'd always wanted, She had a family with her mum but she wanted a family that had a mum, a dad, some brothers and sisters, a grandma & a Poppy, Maybe some cousins..
She used to ask her Mum for a brother or sister but her mum always avoided the subject and told her to go play in her room, so she just gave up.
Her need to go to the toilet took over and she tiptoed over and looked in the kitchen, not sighting anyone so she walked quietly into a hallway where she assumed the bedrooms & bathrooms were.
There were 4 doorways going off the hallway, 3 were shut and one wasn't.
She quietly opened the door of one room, not sure what to expect and saw an airy light yellow painted Nursery, with a teddy bear trim around the top of the wall. There was a crib in one corner, change table, chest of drawers, and bouncer, rocking chair all spread out over the room plus a mountain of other stuff in the centre. The room obviously wasn't finished yet in preparation for the new baby.
She peeked into the room with the door open and saw a brightly coloured room, painted purple and pink with rainbows on the walls and various fairies and stuff hanging from the roof. It was a beautiful little girls room, absolutely gorgeous compared to her room back home, which was painted a yucky cream colour, and had hardly any furnishings and toys compared to this one.
She saw Emma sleeping in the Princess bed over in the corner, her eyes closed tightly as she sucked her thumb. She tiptoed over and stood looking at her as she slept, her little sister. She'd always wanted a little sister; someone she could play with and talk too and now all of a sudden she had one.
She didn't want to be responsible for waking her up so she quickly left the room and was standing in the middle of the hallway when Rachel opened one of the doors and came face to face with her.
Rachel stifled a scream, as she saw her, not expecting her to be just standing there
"Sorry" said Jemma "I didn't know where anyone was"
"That's ok," said Rachel "We were just in the bedroom
Jemma stared at Rachel for a moment; She was a very beautiful lady. It was obvious why her dad was in love with her
Rachel noticed her looking at her "What? Is something the matter?"
"No" said Jemma "You're just so pretty"
Rachel laughed, "Oh, Thankyou Jemma, You're a beautiful little girl yourself"
Jemma blushed but had a smile on her face "I..um.I needed to use the bathroom but I can't find it"
"Oh, it's right in here," said Rachel, pointing to the doorway next to the Nursery
"Thankyou" said Jemma politely
She smiled at Rachel as she went in, closing the door behind her.
Rachel stood in the hall for a second, looking at the closed door, Jemma seemed to be a really nice little girl. As a mother herself, She couldn't understand how Chloe could just take off like that and leave Jemma here with total strangers, Even though she said that she was doing it for Jemma's sake and that she wanted to sort herself out, who's to say that she was even going to come back? Who was to say that Chloe wasn't in Australia right now, taking drugs and having a good time while her daughter tried to understand why she had been left in NYC alone to meet the father she'd never had.Rachel knew that there could be 2 endings to this, Chloe could come back in a few months a totally changed person, clean and happy and take her daughter back or she could not come back at all and totally break this little girls heart. She hoped it wasn't the latter.
Jemma came back out a few minutes later, looking and feeling more relaxed. She didn't expect Rachel to be standing in the hall still but she was.
"So." said Rachel "Ross...I mean, your Dad is just on the phone to his work at the moment, do you want me to show you around the apartment?"
"Yeah" said Jemma "I didn't even know where the bathroom was before"
"Well this is mine and your Dad's bedroom" said Rachel, pointing to the closed door "And you obviously know where the bathroom is now"
Jemma nodded and followed Rachel a few feet down the hallway
"This is Emma's room," said Rachel quietly, pointing in the door
"It's so pretty," said Jemma quietly "I love purple"
"And this is the Nursery" said Rachel "Not finished yet but we're getting there"
"Are you having a boy or a girl?" asked Jemma
"We're going to be surprised," said Rachel "Ross wants a boy but I think it's a girl..He thinks he knows everything and he usually does but this time I think he is wrong"
Jemma giggled "What will you call her if she's a girl?"
"I really like Madelyn Ava," said Rachel "But it's not set in concrete yet..Ross wants Riley for a boy"
"I had a friend called Riley in Chicago" said Jemma "He was my best friend"
"That's nice" said Rachel "Who was your best girl friend?"
"Ami" said Jemma "She cried when I left"
Her lips trembled a little as she thought of her friends back home and a lone tear slid down her face
"It's tough isn't it?" said Rachel. She touched Jemma's shoulder "When you leave a life behind, I know what it feels like to leave behind Friends and come somewhere new"
"How?" asked Jemma
"I haven't always lived in city," said Rachel "I used to live on Long Island but when I was 25, I decided to get away, leave it all behind and move into the City..Start again basically"
"Weren't you scared?" asked Jemma "NYC is scary and I've only been here a little while"
"I was" said Rachel "But I knew your Dad from High School, I caught up with him and Monica, Met Phoebe, Chandler and Joey and now, Years later here I am. It was the best thing that happened to me"
"Who's Monica, Joey, Phoebe and Chandler?" asked Jemma "Are they the people in the photos?"
"Monica is your Aunt..She is your Dad's sister," said Rachel "Chandler is her husband so that makes him your Uncle and Phoebe and Joey are our close friends"
"In the Photos?" asked Jemma "Does that mean I have cousins? Those kids in the pictures?"
"Yeah" said Rachel "Daniel and Courteney. Daniel is 3 and Courteney is nearly 1"
Jemma's face brightened "Wow, I've never had any cousins before"
Ross came out of the bedroom and saw Rachel and Jemma in the hallway
"Hi Jemma" he said, "Did you have a nice nap?"
"Yes" she replied, "I don't even remember falling asleep"
Ross laughed, "What's going on here?"
"Rachel was telling me about my Aunt and Uncle and my cousins" said Jemma "I never had any cousins back home"
"Would you like to meet your cousins?" asked Ross
"Really?" asked Jemma
"Yeah" said Ross "It's about time you got to know your family in the city"
"My family!!" said Jemma softly as she heard that word
"How about we take you over to Monica and Chandler's tomorrow" said Ross "Surprise Everyone"
"What if they don't like me?" said Jemma
"Of course they'll like you," said Ross "They're going to love you"
"Sounds ok to me," said Rachel
"Good" said Ross, He put his arm around Jemma's shoulders hesitantly but she didn't pull away from him so he knew it was ok.
"I don't know about anyone else, but I am absolutely starving," said Rachel "I'm eating for two and right now, both of us have to eat. Are you hungry Jemma?"
"A little" admitted Jemma
"I'll make us some sandwiches," said Ross, heading into the kitchen "I'll make one for Miss Emma too seen as she should be awake soon"
"No I'll make them," said Rachel, grabbing his arm "I'll bring them into you and Jemma in the lounge room"
Ross smiled as he realised she was encouraging him to sit down with Jemma and have a chat
"Ok, Thanks Honey" said Ross, kissing her "We'll sit down in the lounge won't we Jemma?"
"Ok" said Jemma.
She followed Ross into the lounge where they sat down on the couch, A few moments of silence passed before Ross spoke
"So, What kind of things do you like to do?" he asked Jemma
"Um..I like to draw" said Jemma "I used to like riding my friends bike back home, I didn't have a bike so Ami used to let me ride hers a lot"
"What else?" asked Ross
"Uh..I like watching Cartoons..When Mom used to go out at night time, I used to sit and watch Bugs Bunny so I wouldn't get scared" said Jemma "If I was laughing, I wouldn't feel scared"
"She used to leave you alone at night?" asked Ross
"Only for a few hours" said Jemma "Her and Robert used to go and meet one of their friends at night time, She always came back after a little while and bought me some Lollies or something"
Ross couldn't believe what he was hearing, What sort of a careless mother went out at night and left her 10 year old daughter home alone, So she could go out and score.
"What about school?" asked Ross, changing the subject "Do you like school?"
"Yeah" said Jemma "I won the spelling contest at school just before I left, Mom said that she would take me out for dinner but we never ended up going coz Robert took her purse with her money in it"
"Oh" said Ross "So you like school then?"
"I do," said Jemma "It was fun being with other kids and my friends, I like learning about Animals and reading books. I didn't like coming home and having to be alone when school finished though"
"Wasn't you Mum ever home when you finished?" asked Ross "Never?"
"Not really" said Jemma "Robert used to be home sometimes but I didn't like being at home with him so if he was, I'd go next door to Mrs Wilkinson's house, She'd make me cookies and we'd play games until Mum came over to get me"
"Why don't you like Robert?" asked Ross, not knowing if he wanted to hear the answer
"He was mean," said Jemma "He'd yell at Mum and me all the time, He was always grumpy and made fun of me because I'm short"
"That's not very nice," said Ross "I'm sorry you had to deal with that"
"I'm used to it," said Jemma "I used to pretend that one day, you were going to come and rescue me and we would run away with Mum, and we'd be a family. You, Me and Mum..It never happened though.You never came"
"I never knew Jemma," said Ross "I didn't even know that you existed until today, If your Mum had of told me that you were born, I would have been apart of your life earlier"
"I didn't know that you were my dad until I found a piece of paper in Mum's closet when I was 8. It had your name on it as my father. My birth certificate or whatever" said Jemma "I showed it to Mum and she yelled at me for going to into her closet and then she told me about you"
"I promise to you, that if I had of known, I would have been there" said Ross
"I kinda thought you didn't love me," said Jemma "Mum didn't tell me that you didn't know about me, so I just thought that you didn't want me"
"That's not true," said Ross "I do want you, because you are my Daughter"
Jemma smiled a little "I can call you Dad can't I?"
"Of course you can," said Ross "I'm your Dad aren't I?"
"Mum told me before I got out the cab here that you would fall in love with me the second I smiled" said Jemma "Mum says I can melt anyone's heart with my smile"
"You do have a beautiful smile," said Ross "Both my daughters have beautiful smiles"
"Thankyou" said Jemma "When are you and Rachel getting married?"
"Oh who knows" said Ross "We've been going to get married for 4 years now, it will happen soon though I hope..Maybe once the baby is born"
"I hope it's when I'm still here," said Jemma
"Did your Mum tell you when she's coming back?" asked Ross "What exactly did she tell you about why she was going away for awhile?"
"She told me she needed to get away and that I couldn't go with her" said Jemma "She sad that she needed to get away from Chicago for awhile and that I was going to be staying in New York with you while she was gone"
"Right" said Ross
"She promised me that she'd come back," said Jemma
She began to get a little tearful "Did she tell you she wasn't coming back?"
"No, No of course not" said Ross
"She will be back," said Jemma "I know my Mum and she will be back,"
Rachel coming into the lounge with some plates on a tray interrupted them, and Jemma wiped her eyes with her sleeve
"Here we go," she said, putting the tray on the coffee table "Do you like Ham and Cheese Jemma?"
"Yes" she said, she took the plate out of Rachel's hand "Thankyou"
Rachel looked at Ross, wondering what they had been talking about. Jemma still looked teary and her cheeks were red.
He looked back at her and mouthed "Later"
She nodded "I'm just going to go and wake up Emma"
"Can I come and help wake her up?" asked Jemma, standing up
"Uh, Sure" said Rachel "Come on"
Jemma followed Rachel into Emma's room and watched as Rachel opened the blinds, flooding the room with light. Emma still didn't stir.
Rachel watched as Jemma knelt down beside Emma's bed and tickled her nose softly
Emma eyes opened slowly and she yawned sleepily as her eyes locked with Jemma's
"Jem Jem" said Emma, sitting up
Jemma laughed "Is that what you want to call me? Jem Jem?"
"Uh huh" said Emma
"Ready for lunch Baby?" asked Rachel, who was standing in the doorway "Peanut butter and Jelly?" asked Emma hopefully
"Yep" said Rachel "But you have to get out of bed first Sweetie"
Emma grabbed Jemma's hand and Jemma helped her out of bed.
"Come here and I'll help you put your Dress on and brush your hair," said Rachel, grabbing a Sundress off the chair
"I can do it,"said Emma "But Jem Jem can stay and help me"
Rachel looked at Jemma "Do you want to help her?"
"Sure" said Jemma.
"Well I'll leave you to it then" said Rachel.
She left the room as the 2 girls began to bond even more; it was obvious that Emma loved the new member of the family.
Rachel went back out into the lounge room where Ross was sitting, eating a sandwich.
"Did you have a chat?" she asked, as she sat down next to him
"Yeah" he said, "It's was nice"
"What did you talk about?" asked Rachel
"Just about wether she liked school or not" said Ross "A little about her Mum and Robert, I really wish I knew what went on in Chicago, She says things were ok but I can't imagine a child living with 2 junkies having an OK life.It just doesn't seem right you know"
"Yeah, I know," said Rachel "I don't think that she's too affected by it though"
"Do you think?" said Ross "I don't know, Children can hide things really well, Like how they are feeling and what bothers them etc"
"We can only wait and see" said Rachel "She hasn't even been here for a day yet, just wait and see"
"I know," said Ross "Where is she by the way?"
"She's in Emma's room," said Rachel "She's helping her get dressed and brush her hair"
"Aww" said Ross "That's nice"
"It is" said Rachel
"Do I detect that someone is feeling ok about this?" asked Ross, tickling Rachel's fat belly
"I guess I am," said Rachel "You were right before, I need to get over it."
"Good" said Ross "I know this isn't easy for you Honey but knowing that you will be here and that you're doing ok makes me feel so much better, the last thing I want is you feeling stressed and upset, Especially at this time, You've got to look after yourself and the baby now"
"Tell me something I don't know," said Rachel "I'm really ok"
(Emma's Bedroom)
Jemma was sitting on the floor in front of Emma's dollhouse, playing with one of the wooden characters.
"This one is Mummy," said Emma "But this Mummy isn't having a baby like my Mummy"
"Where's Daddy?" asked Jemma
"Ahh" said Emma, looking around and finally picking up a man "HERE!!!"
"That doesn't look like Dad," said Jemma "Our Dad has black hair"
"Your Dad?" asked Emma "My Dad"
"Your Dad is my Dad too" said Jemma "I'm your Big Sister"
"Huh?" said Emma, confused "Where you been?"
"I used to live in a place called Chicago," said Jemma "With my Mum"
"My mummy isn't your Mummy then?" asked Emma
"No" said Jemma
"Oh" said Emma.She gestured around at all the dollhouse characters "Which one do you want to be your Mummy then?"
"Umm, My mum doesn't need to be in this house," said Jemma "We'll just play with your Mum and our Dad, You and me ok?"
"Ok" said Emma cheerily
(Lounge Room)
"What are they doing in there?" asked Rachel as her and Ross relaxed on the couch
"Who knows," said Ross, smiling as he could feel the baby kicking beneath his hand which was resting on Rachel's stomach
"Shouldn't we go see?" asked Rachel, standing up "Their lunch is going to be going stale right now"
She pulled Ross up by the arm and they walked quietly through to Emma's room, the door was shut over slightly and Rachel pushed it open quietly.
They could hear chatter behind the door, Emma and Jemma were still sitting on the floor, playing in front of the Dollhouse and chattering
"See" said Ross with a smile "Two sister playing together"
Rachel nodded and put her finger to her lips, She pulled Ross away from the door and back into the lounge room
"It's going to be ok," said Ross "I know it"
AN: I hope this chapter was a little more to everyone's liking, I included more Jemma as someone suggested.Thanks for the suggestions and please Review..Next Chapter will be up within a few Days..Jemma meets the rest of the Gang.
Jemma opened her eyes slowly; She sat up and looked around the room. The apartment was silent, She didn't even remember falling asleep but someone had placed a blanket over her.
Her stomach was growling as she hadn't had anything to eat since breakfast and it was now probably lunchtime and she needed to use the bathroom badly but she had no idea where it was.
She stood up and looked around her, There were so many photo frame spread across the room, There were paintings hanging from the walls and what looked like dinosaur bones were on display in a bookcase.
She walked over to a side table and looked at the spread of photos, Many of them were of her Dad, Rachel & Emma but there were also a couple of other people, She saw a wedding photo of a man and a woman who looked a little like her dad, Another photo of the same couple but this time with a baby and a little boy, She saw another photo of a pretty blonde woman who had her arms wrapped around a man, All were smiling in the photos, They all looked so happy.
She saw a big blown up photo of a baby who she guessed to be Emma, dressed as a fairy hanging on the wall alongside a blown up photo of her Dad and Rachel, standing with their arms wrapped around each other in front of a cake saying 'Congratulations'.
Jemma decided they must be relatives or close friends, because there were so many of the same people, She then saw a photo of six people all sitting on a couch, her Dad, Rachel plus the 4 other older people in the other photos, It must have been taken a while ago because her Dad had a different hairstyle and Rachel had very long blonde hair, they all looked younger too.
She wondered what the people in the photo were like, would she meet them and would they like her?? She'd never had a proper family, it had always just been her and her mum plus whomever her mum was dating at the time, She'd never even met her Mum's parents or relatives.
A proper family was something she'd always wanted, She had a family with her mum but she wanted a family that had a mum, a dad, some brothers and sisters, a grandma & a Poppy, Maybe some cousins..
She used to ask her Mum for a brother or sister but her mum always avoided the subject and told her to go play in her room, so she just gave up.
Her need to go to the toilet took over and she tiptoed over and looked in the kitchen, not sighting anyone so she walked quietly into a hallway where she assumed the bedrooms & bathrooms were.
There were 4 doorways going off the hallway, 3 were shut and one wasn't.
She quietly opened the door of one room, not sure what to expect and saw an airy light yellow painted Nursery, with a teddy bear trim around the top of the wall. There was a crib in one corner, change table, chest of drawers, and bouncer, rocking chair all spread out over the room plus a mountain of other stuff in the centre. The room obviously wasn't finished yet in preparation for the new baby.
She peeked into the room with the door open and saw a brightly coloured room, painted purple and pink with rainbows on the walls and various fairies and stuff hanging from the roof. It was a beautiful little girls room, absolutely gorgeous compared to her room back home, which was painted a yucky cream colour, and had hardly any furnishings and toys compared to this one.
She saw Emma sleeping in the Princess bed over in the corner, her eyes closed tightly as she sucked her thumb. She tiptoed over and stood looking at her as she slept, her little sister. She'd always wanted a little sister; someone she could play with and talk too and now all of a sudden she had one.
She didn't want to be responsible for waking her up so she quickly left the room and was standing in the middle of the hallway when Rachel opened one of the doors and came face to face with her.
Rachel stifled a scream, as she saw her, not expecting her to be just standing there
"Sorry" said Jemma "I didn't know where anyone was"
"That's ok," said Rachel "We were just in the bedroom
Jemma stared at Rachel for a moment; She was a very beautiful lady. It was obvious why her dad was in love with her
Rachel noticed her looking at her "What? Is something the matter?"
"No" said Jemma "You're just so pretty"
Rachel laughed, "Oh, Thankyou Jemma, You're a beautiful little girl yourself"
Jemma blushed but had a smile on her face "I..um.I needed to use the bathroom but I can't find it"
"Oh, it's right in here," said Rachel, pointing to the doorway next to the Nursery
"Thankyou" said Jemma politely
She smiled at Rachel as she went in, closing the door behind her.
Rachel stood in the hall for a second, looking at the closed door, Jemma seemed to be a really nice little girl. As a mother herself, She couldn't understand how Chloe could just take off like that and leave Jemma here with total strangers, Even though she said that she was doing it for Jemma's sake and that she wanted to sort herself out, who's to say that she was even going to come back? Who was to say that Chloe wasn't in Australia right now, taking drugs and having a good time while her daughter tried to understand why she had been left in NYC alone to meet the father she'd never had.Rachel knew that there could be 2 endings to this, Chloe could come back in a few months a totally changed person, clean and happy and take her daughter back or she could not come back at all and totally break this little girls heart. She hoped it wasn't the latter.
Jemma came back out a few minutes later, looking and feeling more relaxed. She didn't expect Rachel to be standing in the hall still but she was.
"So." said Rachel "Ross...I mean, your Dad is just on the phone to his work at the moment, do you want me to show you around the apartment?"
"Yeah" said Jemma "I didn't even know where the bathroom was before"
"Well this is mine and your Dad's bedroom" said Rachel, pointing to the closed door "And you obviously know where the bathroom is now"
Jemma nodded and followed Rachel a few feet down the hallway
"This is Emma's room," said Rachel quietly, pointing in the door
"It's so pretty," said Jemma quietly "I love purple"
"And this is the Nursery" said Rachel "Not finished yet but we're getting there"
"Are you having a boy or a girl?" asked Jemma
"We're going to be surprised," said Rachel "Ross wants a boy but I think it's a girl..He thinks he knows everything and he usually does but this time I think he is wrong"
Jemma giggled "What will you call her if she's a girl?"
"I really like Madelyn Ava," said Rachel "But it's not set in concrete yet..Ross wants Riley for a boy"
"I had a friend called Riley in Chicago" said Jemma "He was my best friend"
"That's nice" said Rachel "Who was your best girl friend?"
"Ami" said Jemma "She cried when I left"
Her lips trembled a little as she thought of her friends back home and a lone tear slid down her face
"It's tough isn't it?" said Rachel. She touched Jemma's shoulder "When you leave a life behind, I know what it feels like to leave behind Friends and come somewhere new"
"How?" asked Jemma
"I haven't always lived in city," said Rachel "I used to live on Long Island but when I was 25, I decided to get away, leave it all behind and move into the City..Start again basically"
"Weren't you scared?" asked Jemma "NYC is scary and I've only been here a little while"
"I was" said Rachel "But I knew your Dad from High School, I caught up with him and Monica, Met Phoebe, Chandler and Joey and now, Years later here I am. It was the best thing that happened to me"
"Who's Monica, Joey, Phoebe and Chandler?" asked Jemma "Are they the people in the photos?"
"Monica is your Aunt..She is your Dad's sister," said Rachel "Chandler is her husband so that makes him your Uncle and Phoebe and Joey are our close friends"
"In the Photos?" asked Jemma "Does that mean I have cousins? Those kids in the pictures?"
"Yeah" said Rachel "Daniel and Courteney. Daniel is 3 and Courteney is nearly 1"
Jemma's face brightened "Wow, I've never had any cousins before"
Ross came out of the bedroom and saw Rachel and Jemma in the hallway
"Hi Jemma" he said, "Did you have a nice nap?"
"Yes" she replied, "I don't even remember falling asleep"
Ross laughed, "What's going on here?"
"Rachel was telling me about my Aunt and Uncle and my cousins" said Jemma "I never had any cousins back home"
"Would you like to meet your cousins?" asked Ross
"Really?" asked Jemma
"Yeah" said Ross "It's about time you got to know your family in the city"
"My family!!" said Jemma softly as she heard that word
"How about we take you over to Monica and Chandler's tomorrow" said Ross "Surprise Everyone"
"What if they don't like me?" said Jemma
"Of course they'll like you," said Ross "They're going to love you"
"Sounds ok to me," said Rachel
"Good" said Ross, He put his arm around Jemma's shoulders hesitantly but she didn't pull away from him so he knew it was ok.
"I don't know about anyone else, but I am absolutely starving," said Rachel "I'm eating for two and right now, both of us have to eat. Are you hungry Jemma?"
"A little" admitted Jemma
"I'll make us some sandwiches," said Ross, heading into the kitchen "I'll make one for Miss Emma too seen as she should be awake soon"
"No I'll make them," said Rachel, grabbing his arm "I'll bring them into you and Jemma in the lounge room"
Ross smiled as he realised she was encouraging him to sit down with Jemma and have a chat
"Ok, Thanks Honey" said Ross, kissing her "We'll sit down in the lounge won't we Jemma?"
"Ok" said Jemma.
She followed Ross into the lounge where they sat down on the couch, A few moments of silence passed before Ross spoke
"So, What kind of things do you like to do?" he asked Jemma
"Um..I like to draw" said Jemma "I used to like riding my friends bike back home, I didn't have a bike so Ami used to let me ride hers a lot"
"What else?" asked Ross
"Uh..I like watching Cartoons..When Mom used to go out at night time, I used to sit and watch Bugs Bunny so I wouldn't get scared" said Jemma "If I was laughing, I wouldn't feel scared"
"She used to leave you alone at night?" asked Ross
"Only for a few hours" said Jemma "Her and Robert used to go and meet one of their friends at night time, She always came back after a little while and bought me some Lollies or something"
Ross couldn't believe what he was hearing, What sort of a careless mother went out at night and left her 10 year old daughter home alone, So she could go out and score.
"What about school?" asked Ross, changing the subject "Do you like school?"
"Yeah" said Jemma "I won the spelling contest at school just before I left, Mom said that she would take me out for dinner but we never ended up going coz Robert took her purse with her money in it"
"Oh" said Ross "So you like school then?"
"I do," said Jemma "It was fun being with other kids and my friends, I like learning about Animals and reading books. I didn't like coming home and having to be alone when school finished though"
"Wasn't you Mum ever home when you finished?" asked Ross "Never?"
"Not really" said Jemma "Robert used to be home sometimes but I didn't like being at home with him so if he was, I'd go next door to Mrs Wilkinson's house, She'd make me cookies and we'd play games until Mum came over to get me"
"Why don't you like Robert?" asked Ross, not knowing if he wanted to hear the answer
"He was mean," said Jemma "He'd yell at Mum and me all the time, He was always grumpy and made fun of me because I'm short"
"That's not very nice," said Ross "I'm sorry you had to deal with that"
"I'm used to it," said Jemma "I used to pretend that one day, you were going to come and rescue me and we would run away with Mum, and we'd be a family. You, Me and Mum..It never happened though.You never came"
"I never knew Jemma," said Ross "I didn't even know that you existed until today, If your Mum had of told me that you were born, I would have been apart of your life earlier"
"I didn't know that you were my dad until I found a piece of paper in Mum's closet when I was 8. It had your name on it as my father. My birth certificate or whatever" said Jemma "I showed it to Mum and she yelled at me for going to into her closet and then she told me about you"
"I promise to you, that if I had of known, I would have been there" said Ross
"I kinda thought you didn't love me," said Jemma "Mum didn't tell me that you didn't know about me, so I just thought that you didn't want me"
"That's not true," said Ross "I do want you, because you are my Daughter"
Jemma smiled a little "I can call you Dad can't I?"
"Of course you can," said Ross "I'm your Dad aren't I?"
"Mum told me before I got out the cab here that you would fall in love with me the second I smiled" said Jemma "Mum says I can melt anyone's heart with my smile"
"You do have a beautiful smile," said Ross "Both my daughters have beautiful smiles"
"Thankyou" said Jemma "When are you and Rachel getting married?"
"Oh who knows" said Ross "We've been going to get married for 4 years now, it will happen soon though I hope..Maybe once the baby is born"
"I hope it's when I'm still here," said Jemma
"Did your Mum tell you when she's coming back?" asked Ross "What exactly did she tell you about why she was going away for awhile?"
"She told me she needed to get away and that I couldn't go with her" said Jemma "She sad that she needed to get away from Chicago for awhile and that I was going to be staying in New York with you while she was gone"
"Right" said Ross
"She promised me that she'd come back," said Jemma
She began to get a little tearful "Did she tell you she wasn't coming back?"
"No, No of course not" said Ross
"She will be back," said Jemma "I know my Mum and she will be back,"
Rachel coming into the lounge with some plates on a tray interrupted them, and Jemma wiped her eyes with her sleeve
"Here we go," she said, putting the tray on the coffee table "Do you like Ham and Cheese Jemma?"
"Yes" she said, she took the plate out of Rachel's hand "Thankyou"
Rachel looked at Ross, wondering what they had been talking about. Jemma still looked teary and her cheeks were red.
He looked back at her and mouthed "Later"
She nodded "I'm just going to go and wake up Emma"
"Can I come and help wake her up?" asked Jemma, standing up
"Uh, Sure" said Rachel "Come on"
Jemma followed Rachel into Emma's room and watched as Rachel opened the blinds, flooding the room with light. Emma still didn't stir.
Rachel watched as Jemma knelt down beside Emma's bed and tickled her nose softly
Emma eyes opened slowly and she yawned sleepily as her eyes locked with Jemma's
"Jem Jem" said Emma, sitting up
Jemma laughed "Is that what you want to call me? Jem Jem?"
"Uh huh" said Emma
"Ready for lunch Baby?" asked Rachel, who was standing in the doorway "Peanut butter and Jelly?" asked Emma hopefully
"Yep" said Rachel "But you have to get out of bed first Sweetie"
Emma grabbed Jemma's hand and Jemma helped her out of bed.
"Come here and I'll help you put your Dress on and brush your hair," said Rachel, grabbing a Sundress off the chair
"I can do it,"said Emma "But Jem Jem can stay and help me"
Rachel looked at Jemma "Do you want to help her?"
"Sure" said Jemma.
"Well I'll leave you to it then" said Rachel.
She left the room as the 2 girls began to bond even more; it was obvious that Emma loved the new member of the family.
Rachel went back out into the lounge room where Ross was sitting, eating a sandwich.
"Did you have a chat?" she asked, as she sat down next to him
"Yeah" he said, "It's was nice"
"What did you talk about?" asked Rachel
"Just about wether she liked school or not" said Ross "A little about her Mum and Robert, I really wish I knew what went on in Chicago, She says things were ok but I can't imagine a child living with 2 junkies having an OK life.It just doesn't seem right you know"
"Yeah, I know," said Rachel "I don't think that she's too affected by it though"
"Do you think?" said Ross "I don't know, Children can hide things really well, Like how they are feeling and what bothers them etc"
"We can only wait and see" said Rachel "She hasn't even been here for a day yet, just wait and see"
"I know," said Ross "Where is she by the way?"
"She's in Emma's room," said Rachel "She's helping her get dressed and brush her hair"
"Aww" said Ross "That's nice"
"It is" said Rachel
"Do I detect that someone is feeling ok about this?" asked Ross, tickling Rachel's fat belly
"I guess I am," said Rachel "You were right before, I need to get over it."
"Good" said Ross "I know this isn't easy for you Honey but knowing that you will be here and that you're doing ok makes me feel so much better, the last thing I want is you feeling stressed and upset, Especially at this time, You've got to look after yourself and the baby now"
"Tell me something I don't know," said Rachel "I'm really ok"
(Emma's Bedroom)
Jemma was sitting on the floor in front of Emma's dollhouse, playing with one of the wooden characters.
"This one is Mummy," said Emma "But this Mummy isn't having a baby like my Mummy"
"Where's Daddy?" asked Jemma
"Ahh" said Emma, looking around and finally picking up a man "HERE!!!"
"That doesn't look like Dad," said Jemma "Our Dad has black hair"
"Your Dad?" asked Emma "My Dad"
"Your Dad is my Dad too" said Jemma "I'm your Big Sister"
"Huh?" said Emma, confused "Where you been?"
"I used to live in a place called Chicago," said Jemma "With my Mum"
"My mummy isn't your Mummy then?" asked Emma
"No" said Jemma
"Oh" said Emma.She gestured around at all the dollhouse characters "Which one do you want to be your Mummy then?"
"Umm, My mum doesn't need to be in this house," said Jemma "We'll just play with your Mum and our Dad, You and me ok?"
"Ok" said Emma cheerily
(Lounge Room)
"What are they doing in there?" asked Rachel as her and Ross relaxed on the couch
"Who knows," said Ross, smiling as he could feel the baby kicking beneath his hand which was resting on Rachel's stomach
"Shouldn't we go see?" asked Rachel, standing up "Their lunch is going to be going stale right now"
She pulled Ross up by the arm and they walked quietly through to Emma's room, the door was shut over slightly and Rachel pushed it open quietly.
They could hear chatter behind the door, Emma and Jemma were still sitting on the floor, playing in front of the Dollhouse and chattering
"See" said Ross with a smile "Two sister playing together"
Rachel nodded and put her finger to her lips, She pulled Ross away from the door and back into the lounge room
"It's going to be ok," said Ross "I know it"
AN: I hope this chapter was a little more to everyone's liking, I included more Jemma as someone suggested.Thanks for the suggestions and please Review..Next Chapter will be up within a few Days..Jemma meets the rest of the Gang.
