Rachel awoke to a bright light shining through the window, it was their first morning at the Bahamas and Rachel could hardly wait to be lying on a sun bed with the sun beaming down at her.
She looked beside her where Ross was peacefully sleeping, and rightly so as they had arrived only 6 hours ago at 2am, she would leave him sleeping she thought.
She bent her neck slightly backwards as she positioned herself exactly opposite the window so the sun would shine on her, she didn't want to move as it felt such a perfect moment.
She was almost falling into a light sleep when she heard the cries of her daughter who was across the room in her crib. 'Ok sweetie…' Rachel said quickly releasing herself from the sheets. 'I suppose you want feeding angel, mummy will fix you something delicious up.' Rachel promised as she made her way over to the crib.
Emma was growing up every day; it was almost enough for Rachel to cry when she looked at her, it was almost unbelievable that she had been in their lives for almost a year. It felt like much longer sometimes as Rachel found it difficult to remember what life was without her.
She lifted her from her crib, both arms wrapped around her whilst Emma rested her head on her mothers shoulder,' We'll leave Daddy sleeping and we'll go and get some breakfast' Rachel told Emma as she padded off quietly to the kitchen.
The kitchen consisted of everything they would need for 2 weeks, Rachel was even pleased to see the hotel had included a high chair for Emma to sit in,' You even have your own chair sweetheart.' She pointed out as she placed her daughter in the pink spotted highchair positioned at the table with 4 other chairs.
'I don't know about you Emma but I could definitely settle well here…' Rachel said as she began to prepare their breakfast.
'Dadddddddaaaaaaa!' Emma yelled as she bounced in the chair throwing both arms up with excitement. Rachel turned around to see what all the fuss was about already guessing that Ross must be up.
'Hey you..'
Ross was stood in the centre of the doorway with his shoulder leaning against the doorframe. 'You sleep well?' he asked her.
Rachel nodded,' I did actually, I didn't want to wake you though…'
'I heard you move about earlier but just didn't have the energy to move myself!' Ross said as he let out a cute laugh.
'Pancakes?' Rachel offered.
Ross nodded,' Please…'
Emma was staring at her father in admiration,' How is my special little girl?' he asked her as he knelt down beside her to plant a kiss on her head. Emma let out a squeal as she squeezed his finger tightly.
Ross laughed as his daughter attempted to bite his finger with her harmless gums,'Im glad you don't have teeth sweetheart.' He laughed.
At the beach, the sun was scorching as the gentle wave from the sea came in every few minutes making Rachel and Ross's feet wet where they were lying on the sand. 'Isn't it just lovely?' Rachel said after a few minutes of silence between them. It was so perfect that neither of them cared about speaking, they just wanted to appreciate the moment.
Ross nodded,' It is…'. He reached into their bag as he spoke, 'Sun lolly?' he asked as he handed her a orange flavoured ice lolly.
Rachel smiled as she took the lolly from his hand,' Thanks sweetheart…'.
Ross took one for himself and positioned himself so his back was facing the sun,' I hate it when the sun is in my eyes…' he moaned.
Rachel shook her head,' I don't care where the sun is, aslong as its shining down on me…' she said before biting into her lolly ice which was already melting with the heat. 'Do you want a suck Emma sweetheart?' she asked her daughter who was sat in her pram facing her parents with an umbrella over her pram to protect her from the sun. Rachel gave her the chance to have a suck from her lolly ice,' Its nice isn't it sweetheart?' she said. Emma squealed as if to agree with her mother.
'You know something?' Ross began now sitting upright. 'The factors on the sun lotion aren't always correct, I was reading something years back where it said about a young girl using the highest factor but she still got skin cancer…'
Rachel smiled adoringly as she listened.
'Am I boring you?' Ross asked, noticing the look on her face, not sure whether her smiling was out of laughter from his knowledge or not.
'Course your not boring me…' She told him,' Continue…' She smiled.
'Really? You used to hate my boring stories…' He reminded her.
'Well…Things change don't they?'
Ross grinned,' Have to say Miss Green…' He said before kissing her gently on her nose,' I agree…' he finished.
After a few hours in the sun, they decided it was time to head back to the hotel otherwise they would end up being 'frazzled' as Ross had said himself. 'What are we going to do tonight then?' Rachel asked him as they packed up their things at the beach.
Ross was seeing to Emma, making sure she was comfortable in her pram,' Whatever you want Rach…'.
'I quite fancy a meal or something…' She told him. 'Do you fancy it?' She asked.
Ross nodded as he took hold of the pram before taking hold of her hand,' Sounds good to me…' he smiled squeezing her hand as they made their way back to the hotel, which luckily was only 10 minutes away.
'Can I just go to the toilet first?' Ross asked as they reached outside the beach.
Rachel nodded,' Course…'
He handed over the pram to her as he made his way into the men's room, Rachel leaned against the wall whilst she waited with the pram in her hands, and She noticed that Emma had fallen asleep. She stroked her head and began to rock the pram to and fro.
Surrounding her were groups of people either heading to the beach or walking back to their hotels with towels wrapped around them and sand in their hair, She noticed a middle aged woman opposite her with a child on her hip. Rachel almost felt as though she recognised this woman from somewhere but couldn't quite make her out as her back was facing her.
She moved away from the wall to try and see the side of this woman's face, as she was almost sure she knew her.
The woman turned half way round, revealing half of her face.
She had short brown hair and was talking quite loudly to her partner; Rachel noticed that she had a British accent. She squinted to try and make out her face because the sun was blocking her sight.
The woman turned fully round now revealing her whole face, Rachel put her hands to her mouth and gasped.
It was somebody she knew, It was Emily. Ross's Ex. The woman who practically hated her.
