Ross sat as his desk, thinking about the night before with his Rachel, she sure knew how to please. He smiled as he looked at the picture of his amazing girlfriend that sat on his desk, it was taken a few years ago and if possible, she looked even better now when she was older.

It was just 12am, he hadn't eaten much at all today so he thought about having an early lunch down at the canteen, just as he was finishing his lesson plan on his computer for his lecture, his phone began to ring.

'Hello, Dr Gellar….'

'Ross…its Chandler'

'Hey dude' Ross smiled, thankful that it was a familiar voice instead of a complete stranger asking him to attend a meeting, 'what's up?' he asked him, Chandler didn't normally call him at work, and when he did there was usually a reason.

'Nothing much, I just wanted to let you know what your little niece or nephew is perfectly healthy, me and Monica went for our first sonogram this morning, it was amazing…'

'Oh Chandler, I'm so happy for you both…'

'I know, it was a bit bizarre actually, knowing that we had a child growing inside Monica's stomach after all this time….'.

'Gee Chan, don't start crying on me will you?' he joked, 'I do know how you feel man, been there before…'

'Yeah, you have two so I'm really counting on you for the advise man..'

'Advise? You wont need it…'

Chandler laughed. 'Do you not know me?'

Ross decided not to answer, he knew that Chandler would be an amazing dad and he knew Chandler would find that out for himself.

'I'm going for dinner tonight with Rachel's father..' Ross told him.

'Whoah, you prepared to be beaten up?' Chandler joked.

'As if I'm not nervous enough man, I know that guy hates me…'

'Show him tonight the reasons why he should like you man, I'm sure when he knows your serious about Rachel, he'll be shaking your hand..'

'That's what it is…he thinks that I'm just messing around with her, that's why he hates me…'

'Maybe…'

'No, its definitely why Chandler, I need to prove to him that I am not just fooling around, I am serious…'

'I know you are, but it's going to be hard to prove to her father, and he's not a reasonable man…'

'I know how I can get him to believe me..'

'How?'

'I'm going to propose to her…'

'What? Tonight?'

'Yeah…tonight'

'Whoah dude, you sure your ready?'

'I've been ready for my whole life, I'm not just doing this for him to believe me, I'm doing it for Rachel…we both want it'

'Good luck man, even though you wont need it…she loves you, she'll say yes..'

'I know she will…listen, keep this to yourself, don't even tell Monica, you know what she's like.'

Chandler nodded, 'Sure, I'll keep it a secret…Hey, Rachel is here now with Monica, they are talking about the babies…'

'Ok, don't even let anything slip Chandler, I'll hunt you down…'

Chandler laughed. 'Not that speech again.'

'Tell Rachel that I'll be home in about 2 hours, I'm going to try and leave work early.'

'Ok dude, Bye'

'Bye'

He put down the phone. He had just made a huge decision; he was going to propose to Rachel, his Rachel.

'I really think you need to think about this Pheebs, getting back with Mike means that you mightn't ever be married, is that what you want?' Monica asked her,' I don't think it is what you want…'

Phoebe stirred her tea with the spoon, staring inside the cup hoping for an answer. 'I don't know Mon, I just…I just love him so much'.

'I think you should do what your heart tells you Pheebs.' Rachel said, 'Maybe Mike will change his mind when he realises how much you love each other, and maybe marriage isn't for everybody…'

'He told me that he wanted to get back together and we would see where things went, so at least he's giving me hope of getting somewhere you know? He hasn't written off marriage altogether, he told me that he has been thinking about it again and he would marry me if things went well but it wouldn't be for a while…'

'Pheebs? What's the problem then huh? You love mike and he mightn't be offering you marriage now, but he may well do in the future.' Rachel told her, 'Look at me and Ross.'

'Yeah your right, but its kind of different with you guys, you've always loved each other and you even have a child…'

'Go and see Mike now Pheebs.' Monica ordered her, 'You guys need to talk it over…'

Phoebe got up from her chair, 'Your right, thanks girls.' she walked out of the apartment ready to make her decision with Mike and their future.

'So Rach, when's your sonogram?' Monica asked, going back to the baby talk they had been discussing earlier. 'Were you not supposed to be going last week?'

'Yeah, but we moved it to this week, Thursday in fact…'

'I really had no idea what those things were like until I went today, pretty amazing…'

'My first sonogram was quite hilarious, I couldn't even see the baby.' she laughed, 'hopefully this time that wont be the case.'

'Are you finding out the sex?'

'No, me and Ross decided last night to wait till the birth, we wanted it to be a surprise this time…'

'We're going to wait too I think, its nice to know sometimes whether it's a girl or boy, but I think it would be better waiting till its born.' Monica stroked her stomach, 'I'm so happy Rach…'

Rachel couldn't help but smile. 'I couldn't be happier for you guys, you've been trying forever and I really think this baby is a miracle…'.

The moment was soon spoiled by Joey's entrance, 'you guys! You should see my finger, it can bend!' he told them, he shown them his new skill like a child when they first rode a bike. 'Cool huh?'

Rachel and Monica couldn't help but laugh, 'When will you grow up huh Joe?' they both asked, 'maybe this move to LA will have an effect to your maturity.'

'Yeah yeah…I might be dumb but I sure attract women even more lately, the girl who stayed last night loved the whole finger bending thing, that's how I won her round…'

'Well done you Joe' Monica joked.

'Your just jealous because you never get to experience the Joey love.'

Rachel laughed. 'I would love to stay and watch more of your finger bending Joe, but I got to go home and get ready for dinner with Ross and my father tonight…'

'Doesn't your dad hate Ross?' Joey asked.

'Hate? No…Dislike. Yes…' she corrected him.

'Right, well have fun!' Joey told her, 'Mon, where's Chandler?'

'Oh, he's in the bath as far as I know…trying out the new bath salts' she told him. Rachel left the apartment, both excited and nervous for tonight's meal, she just wished her father would like Ross.