Rachel sat in the Bing kitchen. She was sipping a cup of latte from Monica's cappuccino maker. Chandler had bought it for her when she said she could make coffee like they did at Central Perk.

"Well how is it?" asked Monica.

"It's good, but not the same." admitted Rachel. "The cookies are better than the ones I used to put the blobbies in."

"Well we are not still living in the city where we can get a coffee at Central Perk anymore, so we will have to make do with this." stated Monica. She changed the topic. "Do you believe that Erica and Jack are soon going to be one year old?"

Rachel thought for a minute, maybe Monica would know what Ross was planning. Monica like Rachel, could not keep a secret. "Yeah , one year ago they were born. Same day that Ross and I got back together." she said nonchalantly.

"We were thinking of having a picnic in the back yard , maybe get a clown or something." Monica said . She had a plot in her mind about the day, but was sworn to secrecy by Ross.

"That'll be fun. And then we can barbecue and Chandler can make veggie burgers for Phoebe and her little one."

"Do you guys have any plans, you know to celebrate that day.?" asked Monica.

"Nope , nothing spectacular, I mean it isn't as if it was the day we got married. We might go to dinner, but if you guys are having this for the twins, maybe we'll just have a toast or something."

"Yeah no big deal." Monica was trying so hard not to spill the beans about Barbados. She knew Rachel would think it was so sweet for them to go back there. But Monica knew of another part of the surprise .

"Well it's getting late and I have a long drive back to the city. It was fun and the cookies were great. " Rachel said as she hugged Monica.

With Rachel gone, Ross could work on the surprise .

"Yeah Sandra, I need her birth certificate. The laws in Barbados said that I need that to get the license. I talked to someone there and they said it could be done as long as I have it. I will drive up tomorrow and get it. Now remember not a word to Rachel. This is her surprise. And mark it on your calendar , May 6. Great. I'll see you tomorrow and don't forget to tell Jill and Amy as well. I'm sure they can find the time to fly to Barbados. Bye." as Ross hung up the phone he smiled and marked off his list.

"Sandra, Jill , and Amy, I do not want to talk to him but I am going to have to." said Ross to himself. Picking up the phone , he dialed the number. "Hello Dr. Green?" at that point the door opened and he hung up the phone.

"So how was Monica's ?" he asked nonchalantly.

"Fine, she got a coffee machine and she is trying to make coffee drinks with it. Not with much success I 'm afraid. Then she told me about her and Chandler's plans for the twins birthday."

"Really?" suddenly he became interested . "You know we kind of have something to celebrate on that day too?" he said. "It's kind of the day we got back together."

"But that's just us and we don't have to do anything big. Just being with you is nice enough. Maybe we can have a nice lunch or something . I mean they were there for Emma's first birthday and we should be there for the twins., considering we weren't there for their birth." Rachel said.

"We were kind of busy that night." Ross said coyly. "You know ."

"That's why we should be there for them." Rachel said as she kissed Ross. Emma ran in the door. "Hi Daaadieeee! How you doin?" she giggled.

"Rachel, she 's saying it again." Ross yelled as he noticed Rachel had gone to the bedroom. "Emma, say gleeba like Daddy likes."

"Yeah baby." Emma giggled again.

"Tribbiani , you're a dead man." mumbled Ross. Ross noticed a cookie in Emma's hand and grabbed it from her . With her loudest little voice , she screamed. "No one touch Emma's food."

"RACHEL! GET OUT HERE!" Ross screamed. "Overnight your child has turned into the female equivalent of Joey Tribbiani."

"It could have been worse, she could have started to make smart ass comments or horror of horror tell boring stories about dinosaurs." Rachel giggled.

"This is not funny, and I am going to forget that last comment." Ross said. "Where could she have picked that up from . He's been gone for almost a year now."

"She did live with him for a year, maybe that's where it came from. I'm sure she'll grow out of it." assured Rachel.

"Yeah that's it." said Ross as he walked away. After he left the room, Emma opened her mouth again.

"WE WERE ON A BREAK!" she squealed.

Rachel looked at her with the most surprised look on her face.

"ROSS EUSTACE GELLER, you get your ass back in here!"

Hope you are enjoying my anniversary story… more fun to come.