August 15, 2004
"Ross! Hurry up!" Rachel exclaimed as she hurried about the bedroom, trying to get into comfortable clothes for her doctor's appointment. She was having a sonogram to see if the babies' sexes could be determined. Ross and Rachel had wanted to wait until the birth, but both were very excited and they felt like they absolutely had to know.
"I'm hurrying!" Ross called back, pulling Emma out of the bath water and wrapping her in a towel. He rushed into her nursery and put her on her bed. He slipped on some training pants and a sundress. He slipped her shoes on and picked her up in his arms, swinging her around to sit on his hip. "Hold on a second!" He grabbed the keys off of his dresser top and, and he hurried down the stairs with Emma.
Rachel was waiting at the front door, searching her purse for her cell phone. She dialed Monica and Chandler's phone number as she hurried out to the car.
"Hello?" Monica asked as she answered the phone. Rachel could hear Erica and Jack crying in the background.
"Sorry to bother you, Mon," she began, "but I just wanted to tell you that Ross and I want to stop by after the doctor's appointment."
"Oh! Are you finding out the babies' sexes today?" Monica asked eagerly.
"Yeah, hopefully! We'll see you later, Mon."
"Bye sweetie!" Rachel hung up and buckled herself in as she got into the car. Ross loaded Emma into her car seat and got into the car as well. He drove off quickly and looked at the clock.
"We've got ten minutes to get there," Ross said with an exhausted sigh.
"Well I've been ready for an hour."
"I'm sorry, but Emma needed another bath."
"Who's the one that let her get dirty in the sand box again?" Rachel inquired.
"Alright . . . alright. You're right. I should have been watching her. But we're going to get there on time. We won't be late."
"I hope not. I don't want to have to reschedule or get in any later than we are now."
"We won't. Don't worry. We'll get there!" Ross stared at the road and gripped the steering wheel so hard that his knuckled turned white. He felt like he was taking Rachel to the hospital for the birth. He and Rachel had been very tense over the past few days, because Rachel had started to get horrible morning sickness. It hadn't been too bad, but she had been sick at least five times a day for the past three days. Rachel had been extra- cranky, and Ross had been very on-edge, because he knew that Rachel's mood- swings were going to start up at any moment.
"You don't have to yell," Rachel replied, crossing her arms. She leaned her head back and put her hands over her face. "Pull over."
"What?"
"Pull over!" Ross pulled over to the side of the road. Rachel opened the car door and leaned out. She began to vomit, and Ross rubbed her back sympathetically.
"Mama?" Emma asked curiously from the back seat. Rachel coughed a bit and Ross handed her a napkin. She wiped her mouth and took a bottle of water from her purse to rinse her mouth out with. When she was refreshed, she closed the car door and leaned back in her seat. Ross rubbed her knee and Rachel groaned.
"I have six more months of this."
"It'll get better. Remember, it wasn't bad with Emma."
"Yeah, but I'm having twins. It's going to be twice as bad."
"That's not necessarily true . . ."
"Just drive, Ross. We're already late." Ross decided to stay quiet for his wife; because he knew she was very agitated. So, he drove carefully to the hospital with his very nauseated wife in the front seat, and his daughter in the back.
As soon as they arrived at the hospital, Rachel hurried in to see the doctor, and Ross got Emma out of her car seat and went in after his wife. He found her exam room and walked in with Emma. He put the little girl in a chair and handed her a baby doll to play with.
"You feeling better?" Ross asked Rachel. She smiled and nodded. Her mood- swing was obviously swinging in the pleasant direction at the moment.
"Yeah. I'm better now." She put her hand on the small bump of her stomach. "Dr. Long is running late anyway. I guess we made it in time then."
"Good," Ross said with relief. He put his hand on Rachel's stomach and she held his hand. "I love you, Rach."
"I love you too."
Dr. Long knocked on the door and stepped in. Rachel already knew what to do. She lifted her shirt a little so that the doctor would be able to do a sonogram.
"Hello Gellers," Dr. Long said with a smile. She looked over to see Emma. "Hello Emma. I haven't seen you since you were born. My you're getting big."
"She's two now," Rachel said proudly.
"Wow," Dr. Long said, shaking her head. "It's amazing how fast they grow, isn't it?"
"Yeah it is."
"Any morning sickness?"
"A lot," Ross muttered.
"Yeah," Rachel chimed in. "I've been having horrible morning sickness."
"Try drinking some herbal tea," the doctor replied. "It can help with the nausea."
"Okay. I'll try that." The doctor started the sonogram machine and Emma stood up on the chair. She wanted to see. Ross picked her up.
"Come here, Emma. You want to see the babies, don't you?" Emma nodded vigorously.
"So do you two want to know the sexes?" the doctor inquired. Ross and Rachel looked at each other.
"Well, we've been going back and for between wanting to know and not wanting to know."
"Well, do you have a particular fancy at the moment?"
"Well . . ."
"I want to know," Rachel replied.
"Yeah. Tell us."
"Alright," the doctor said quietly. "Let me see. Oh here we go. They should both be the same sex because they're identical, but I'll make sure just in case."
Rachel looked at Ross for a moment and he was staring anxiously at the screen. She hadn't seen him so nervous and happy since the day that Emma was born.
"Okay. Congratulations. You're having . . . two daughters."
"Oh my God . . ." Rachel whispered with tears in her eyes.
"Look, Emma. Those are your sisters on the screen," Ross said proudly. "Can you wave to them?" Emma waved one of her arms and looked at Ross.
"Babies!"
"Yes, babies," he answered. He leaned down to kiss Rachel.
"Two girls, Ross . . ."
"Hey, you're not disappointed are you?"
"No," Rachel replied with a smile. "We'll have a boy some other time." Ross got a panicked look on his face for a moment, but he knew that it would happen eventually.
Later that evening, Ross and Rachel entered Monica and Chandler's home. Phoebe was sitting on Mike's lap on the couch. Monica was sitting next to them with Jack on her lap. Chandler was sitting in a chair with little Erica in his arms.
"Hey guys!" Phoebe exclaimed with a wave when the Geller family arrived.
"Hey Pheebs," Ross replied.
"So, do you have any news on the babies?" Monica asked.
"They're healthy," Rachel said with a smile.
"Did you find out what they are?" Mike asked.
"Yep," Ross and Rachel replied together.
"Aren't you going to tell us?" Chandler asked.
"Maybe," Rachel replied. Everybody looked at them with impatience.
"Alright!" Ross exclaimed. "Rach, you tell them."
"We're having twin girls!"
"Oh congratulations!" Everyone hopped up to hug the expectant parents. Monica grew teary-eyed at the thought of getting two more nieces.
"I can't believe I'm going to have three nieces! This is so exciting!" She looked at Emma. "What do you think of getting two little sisters?" Emma only smiled at her favorite aunt and held her arms out to her.
"We just wanted to stop by and let you all know. We need to get home and have dinner. We'll be over tomorrow after work," Rachel promised.
"Alright. Congratulations again," Chandler replied with a warm smile. Ross and Rachel left with Emma. They were so excited, and all of the way home, they discussed their expanding family and thought of the two new Geller girls that would be entering the world in a few months.
"Ross! Hurry up!" Rachel exclaimed as she hurried about the bedroom, trying to get into comfortable clothes for her doctor's appointment. She was having a sonogram to see if the babies' sexes could be determined. Ross and Rachel had wanted to wait until the birth, but both were very excited and they felt like they absolutely had to know.
"I'm hurrying!" Ross called back, pulling Emma out of the bath water and wrapping her in a towel. He rushed into her nursery and put her on her bed. He slipped on some training pants and a sundress. He slipped her shoes on and picked her up in his arms, swinging her around to sit on his hip. "Hold on a second!" He grabbed the keys off of his dresser top and, and he hurried down the stairs with Emma.
Rachel was waiting at the front door, searching her purse for her cell phone. She dialed Monica and Chandler's phone number as she hurried out to the car.
"Hello?" Monica asked as she answered the phone. Rachel could hear Erica and Jack crying in the background.
"Sorry to bother you, Mon," she began, "but I just wanted to tell you that Ross and I want to stop by after the doctor's appointment."
"Oh! Are you finding out the babies' sexes today?" Monica asked eagerly.
"Yeah, hopefully! We'll see you later, Mon."
"Bye sweetie!" Rachel hung up and buckled herself in as she got into the car. Ross loaded Emma into her car seat and got into the car as well. He drove off quickly and looked at the clock.
"We've got ten minutes to get there," Ross said with an exhausted sigh.
"Well I've been ready for an hour."
"I'm sorry, but Emma needed another bath."
"Who's the one that let her get dirty in the sand box again?" Rachel inquired.
"Alright . . . alright. You're right. I should have been watching her. But we're going to get there on time. We won't be late."
"I hope not. I don't want to have to reschedule or get in any later than we are now."
"We won't. Don't worry. We'll get there!" Ross stared at the road and gripped the steering wheel so hard that his knuckled turned white. He felt like he was taking Rachel to the hospital for the birth. He and Rachel had been very tense over the past few days, because Rachel had started to get horrible morning sickness. It hadn't been too bad, but she had been sick at least five times a day for the past three days. Rachel had been extra- cranky, and Ross had been very on-edge, because he knew that Rachel's mood- swings were going to start up at any moment.
"You don't have to yell," Rachel replied, crossing her arms. She leaned her head back and put her hands over her face. "Pull over."
"What?"
"Pull over!" Ross pulled over to the side of the road. Rachel opened the car door and leaned out. She began to vomit, and Ross rubbed her back sympathetically.
"Mama?" Emma asked curiously from the back seat. Rachel coughed a bit and Ross handed her a napkin. She wiped her mouth and took a bottle of water from her purse to rinse her mouth out with. When she was refreshed, she closed the car door and leaned back in her seat. Ross rubbed her knee and Rachel groaned.
"I have six more months of this."
"It'll get better. Remember, it wasn't bad with Emma."
"Yeah, but I'm having twins. It's going to be twice as bad."
"That's not necessarily true . . ."
"Just drive, Ross. We're already late." Ross decided to stay quiet for his wife; because he knew she was very agitated. So, he drove carefully to the hospital with his very nauseated wife in the front seat, and his daughter in the back.
As soon as they arrived at the hospital, Rachel hurried in to see the doctor, and Ross got Emma out of her car seat and went in after his wife. He found her exam room and walked in with Emma. He put the little girl in a chair and handed her a baby doll to play with.
"You feeling better?" Ross asked Rachel. She smiled and nodded. Her mood- swing was obviously swinging in the pleasant direction at the moment.
"Yeah. I'm better now." She put her hand on the small bump of her stomach. "Dr. Long is running late anyway. I guess we made it in time then."
"Good," Ross said with relief. He put his hand on Rachel's stomach and she held his hand. "I love you, Rach."
"I love you too."
Dr. Long knocked on the door and stepped in. Rachel already knew what to do. She lifted her shirt a little so that the doctor would be able to do a sonogram.
"Hello Gellers," Dr. Long said with a smile. She looked over to see Emma. "Hello Emma. I haven't seen you since you were born. My you're getting big."
"She's two now," Rachel said proudly.
"Wow," Dr. Long said, shaking her head. "It's amazing how fast they grow, isn't it?"
"Yeah it is."
"Any morning sickness?"
"A lot," Ross muttered.
"Yeah," Rachel chimed in. "I've been having horrible morning sickness."
"Try drinking some herbal tea," the doctor replied. "It can help with the nausea."
"Okay. I'll try that." The doctor started the sonogram machine and Emma stood up on the chair. She wanted to see. Ross picked her up.
"Come here, Emma. You want to see the babies, don't you?" Emma nodded vigorously.
"So do you two want to know the sexes?" the doctor inquired. Ross and Rachel looked at each other.
"Well, we've been going back and for between wanting to know and not wanting to know."
"Well, do you have a particular fancy at the moment?"
"Well . . ."
"I want to know," Rachel replied.
"Yeah. Tell us."
"Alright," the doctor said quietly. "Let me see. Oh here we go. They should both be the same sex because they're identical, but I'll make sure just in case."
Rachel looked at Ross for a moment and he was staring anxiously at the screen. She hadn't seen him so nervous and happy since the day that Emma was born.
"Okay. Congratulations. You're having . . . two daughters."
"Oh my God . . ." Rachel whispered with tears in her eyes.
"Look, Emma. Those are your sisters on the screen," Ross said proudly. "Can you wave to them?" Emma waved one of her arms and looked at Ross.
"Babies!"
"Yes, babies," he answered. He leaned down to kiss Rachel.
"Two girls, Ross . . ."
"Hey, you're not disappointed are you?"
"No," Rachel replied with a smile. "We'll have a boy some other time." Ross got a panicked look on his face for a moment, but he knew that it would happen eventually.
Later that evening, Ross and Rachel entered Monica and Chandler's home. Phoebe was sitting on Mike's lap on the couch. Monica was sitting next to them with Jack on her lap. Chandler was sitting in a chair with little Erica in his arms.
"Hey guys!" Phoebe exclaimed with a wave when the Geller family arrived.
"Hey Pheebs," Ross replied.
"So, do you have any news on the babies?" Monica asked.
"They're healthy," Rachel said with a smile.
"Did you find out what they are?" Mike asked.
"Yep," Ross and Rachel replied together.
"Aren't you going to tell us?" Chandler asked.
"Maybe," Rachel replied. Everybody looked at them with impatience.
"Alright!" Ross exclaimed. "Rach, you tell them."
"We're having twin girls!"
"Oh congratulations!" Everyone hopped up to hug the expectant parents. Monica grew teary-eyed at the thought of getting two more nieces.
"I can't believe I'm going to have three nieces! This is so exciting!" She looked at Emma. "What do you think of getting two little sisters?" Emma only smiled at her favorite aunt and held her arms out to her.
"We just wanted to stop by and let you all know. We need to get home and have dinner. We'll be over tomorrow after work," Rachel promised.
"Alright. Congratulations again," Chandler replied with a warm smile. Ross and Rachel left with Emma. They were so excited, and all of the way home, they discussed their expanding family and thought of the two new Geller girls that would be entering the world in a few months.