She brushed her leg up and down his leg underneath the table as they anxiously waited for their parents to arrive, usually it was them who were late, but tonight they had made an effort to arrive early. 'You'll have to stop doing that when our parents come ya know…' Ross told her, aware of the leg rubbing going on underneath the table, knowing exactly what her intentions were, and it was working. 'I'm sorry sweetie, just lately your becoming more and more irresistible to me.' she trailed off, continuing to rub his legs affectionately with the side of her shoe. 'Ross! Rachel!' they heard from across the restaurant, it was Ross's parents, Judy and Jack. 'Mom, dad…' Ross said, getting up to see his parents who he hadn't seen for over 2 months now. 'Rachel, you look stunning…' Judy complimented her, 'We're sorry we're late you guys, the traffic is absolutely manic and seeing as we just came from your sisters, it was hell getting up here.' Jack explained. The four of them sat down now, waiting for Rachel's parents, she knew they would be the last ones to arrive. 'How is Mon?' Ross asked his mother, upset that he hadn't seen his sister in 3 months now. 'Oh she's great, her and Chandler are doing really well with the twins, and I can't believe they are a year old now…' Judy said.
'I spoke to Monica this morning, we had a bit of a catch up, we actually hope to make a visit sometime this month but everything is still a bit hectic lately…' Rachel explained. 'The wedding should be a reason for everybody to get together again…' Rachel told them, she squeezed Ross's hand now, 'We have quite a lot of news for you tonight, when my parents get here, we can start to talk about everything…' she promised them, drawing a smile on both Judy and Jack's faces, they had been waiting for an official date for months, and they had started putting money away for it especially, they were more than confident that this marriage would work.
'Oh, there's Daddy…' Rachel pointed out, her father spotted them in the corner, and she noticed he was looking a bit old lately; after all, he was almost 60. 'So sorry I'm late, you can blame your mother, she didn't quite remember to tell me about tonight until this morning so I've been in a bit of a rush today…' He explained to them, 'How is my beautiful daughter?' he asked Rachel, embracing her with a hug. 'So this must be Jack and Judy Gellar?' he assumed. Ross's parents stood up to greet Rachel's father, 'Nice to meet you Mr Greene', whilst they were greeting one another, Rachel's mother entered the restaurant, dressed in something that even someone at Rachel's age would wear, 'Oh mom…' Rachel muttered to herself, she could tell everybody else was thinking the same thing, but she loved her all the same. 'Hi mom, this is Ross's parents, Judy and Jack Gellar…and you know Ross, and Daddy.'
Rachel's mother shook both of Ross's parent's hands, 'It's a pleasure to meet you and I do apologise for being so late…' Rachel's father had suddenly became quiet with his ex wife's presence, 'Mom, you sit here…and Daddy, you sit in-between Ross and his dad…' Rachel told him, knowing that if they were sat together, a war would more than likely begin.
'I think the plaza would be perfect Daddy…' Rachel admitted to her father, he was willing to book the plaza for them for a whole weekend, it wasn't what Rachel ideally would want, but she told him she would think about it, 'Me and Ross will probably talk more about the place when we get time Daddy, we just know that the date will on May 22nd….'
'Have you got your eye on a dress yet sweetheart?' her mother asked her, 'I would love to help you choose one out, my best friend's daughter owns a wonderful shop full of wedding dresses in new York' she hinted. Rachel nodded along, she had already agreed to go and find a dress with Monica and Phoebe when they all had time, and she already knew where she would purchase it too. 'Mom, I haven't even thought properly of a dress or anything really, but I will do sooner or later, I do know that I already have a shop in mind to look for my dress though….'. Her mother nodded, 'that's fine dear, so, who's going to be your brides maids?'.
'Probably Monica and Phoebe, Emma can be the flower girl, and maybe Jill and Amy if they can fit me into their tight schedule…' she mocked, both of her sisters were too busy with their own lives to really take notice of her, they probably wouldn't attend the wedding. 'I'll make sure your sisters attend the wedding dear, this is going to be the event of the year..'. Ross's parents nodded along, 'we've been waiting for Ross to finally marry the right girl, first it was a lesbian, then he said the wrong name and then…'
'Dad!' Ross cut him off, not wanting to really get into the marriage talk, 'I think everybody already knows of my past wedding disasters don't you?'
Dinner was over by 8pm, after a million questions about the wedding that neither Ross or Rachel could answer yet had been asked, it was time to go back home. ' Thank you so much for coming mom, dad…' Rachel said, as she hugged them both separately, sometimes it still made her ache to not be able to share a real hug with both of her parents, together. 'I wont forget to keep you updated on the plans mom, and dad, I'll get back to you about the plaza, I promise…' She smiled, that was the least she could do for now seeing as he had his heart on it ever since became a woman, but she was aware of the fact that she may have to let him down, she and Ross had both talked about a beautiful hall in Long island, not far from their childhood homes, and not too far from both families and their friends, 'Me and Rachel will be in touch Mom, we're actually going out this Friday to celebrate our first anniversary, do you fancy minding Emma?' he asked his mother, 'of course not, me and your father love company, we haven't had our beautiful granddaughter to ourselves for a long time…'. She hugged her son before both her and Jack left the restaurant. 'Shall I call a cab Rach?' Ross asked her, he had left their car at home because he knew they would more than likely be drinking at the restaurant, 'Sure sweetie, I'll be out in a moment.' she told him, still talking to both of her parents. Ross nodded with a smile, quickly admiring her appearance as she stood with her back to him spending some time with her parents, she sure was stunning with that black dress and her new cut hair, her engagement ring was shining in reflection from the room lights, and that was when it first hit him, he was marrying Rachel, something that had had dreamt about since he was 15. He always knew deep down that they would be together when they first got together, but before then it was such a ridiculous idea to him to even consider Rachel even noticing him as more than a friend. Concentrating back now to her beautiful looks, he thought about children, more children who looked like her, he had to be the luckiest guy alive.
