And I Feel Home
by Tina
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"Why has Ross Geller been calling you so much?"
Rachel looked up from the sanduich she was making straight at Amy.
"Yeah, thanks for all the messages, by the way" she replied, sarcastically.
"Are you dating him?" Amy laughed at the absurdity of her own question, being joined by their youngest sister, Jill.
"Yes" Rachel shot them a deadly look, rejecting the joke.
"What?!"
"You're dating Ross?"
Rachel looked at her mother, who had just drawn her atention from training the new maid. Rachel was too upset to take better notice...!
"Yes" she looked at her watch. "Which remindes me, I gotta go meet him in a few minutes. I'm having dinner at the Gellers'"
Rachel simply informed, taking her sanduich and leaving her mother and sisters confused in the kitchen.
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"Hi, sweetie"
Rachel made her way across the room towards Ross.
"Hey" he replied with the sweetest smile on his face.
They kissed very softly.
"How are you?"
"Good, now." She smiled back at him. "You?"
"Good"
She finally tore her eyes away from him to look at Monica, who was watching them.
"Hey, Mon"
"Hey" her voice was sort of distant, not amused.
She kept her arms around Ross, hugging his torso protectively and finally noticed Chandler's presence. It was hard to understand how that boy always managed to blend with the rest of the livingroom, as if invisible. Specially with that dumfounded look he wore.
"Wow, so he wasn't making it up!" he whispered in amazement.
Ross took one arm from Rachel just long enough to hit Chandler.
"Shut up!"
Chandler seemed to snap out of the transe he was in. Rachel looked closer... he looked familiar. Sure, she remembered spending two Thanksgivings with him already, but there was more... Hmmmm.
"Hi" she simply said to him.
"Hey"
She kept looking at him for a few more seconds. Since nothing else was spoken - oh, well, boring - she turned back to look at Ross.
"How was your week?"
"Long..."
She smiled at him, knowing exactly what those big brown eyes meant. He didn't have to actually say it.
"Really?"
"Yeah..."
Chandler sat back on the couch, next to Monica. Rachel looked at the t.v..
"What are you guys doing?"
"Just watching t.v."
Rachel sat on the couch, bringing Ross to join her. She tugged to his hand and leaned against his chest. It seemed like her affection towards him had multiplied since the last time they'd seen each other.
Monica watched and looked away.
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Rachel looked at her own reflection on the mirror for the millionth time that night - it seemed - before entering the party. Her shoulder-lenght redish-brown hair was half up, her bangs framing her face gracefully. Her make up just strong enough to go well with her classy yet casual black dress that went down to her knees. There was slit up one leg and Ross' hand was also strategically well placed on her waist. She rested one of her own on top of his.
Chandler and Monica followed them, dressed just as nicely. Chandler, as Ross, was wearing a suit with no tie and Monica was wearing a red dress. The party was being held at the back of Ross and Monica's Aunt Sylvia's house. It was a rather large yard and a stage had been set up, where a band of teenagers played. Rachel recognised some as being Amy's High School friends.
"Is your cousin Jessica friends with Amy?" she asked Ross.
"As far as I know, Amy makes her life a living hell"
"Oh"
Ross noticed the hostility of his words and panicked.
"I mean, I-"
Rachel placed her other arm around his waist and stroked it.
"It's okay, Ross"
He fell silent and sighed.
"So, kids, what's to do here?" Chandler asked.
Before anyone could answer, an old couple approached and a gorgeous boy around Ross' age approchaed. He had dirty blond hair and green eyes. Rachel looked at him and yet again felt like she had seen him before.
"Ross, Monica, there you are!" the woman said, catching up to them and hugging Monica imediately. "Uh, and who are these young beauties you've brought along?"
Ross smiled from ear to ear and looked at Rachel.
"This is Rachel, my girlfriend"
The blonde guy's smile looked rather seductive to Rachel.
"I remember her. Monica's sweet sixteen..."
Rachel looked at Ross and saw panic on his face. She was confused just untill she recollected it herself. Riiiight... Monica's cousin, how could she have forgotten it? Good kisser.
"Hi Rachel" he offered her a hand.
She awkwardly shook it.
"Hi, Charlie"
She placed her hand back to cover Ross', stroking it a couple of times. Then she rested it on his stomach, rubbing it softly, as if to silently asure him she was his girlfriend now. He looked down at her as the conversation went on, on the side, with Monica and Chandler.
"Wanna get something to eat?" even a sentense as random as that could be spoken with a high level of tenderness, as the simple words lightly escaped from her lips.
He smiled at her.
"Sure"
Hand in hand, they approached a large table where Judy and Jack were sitting among other adults.
"Oh, there they are" Judy announced. "Sylvia, that is Rachel, who I've been telling you about"
Rachel blushed.
"Mo-om!"
Rachel placed a hand on Ross' chest and lightly patted it.
"It's okay"
After being introduced to everybody in the table, possibly in the intire party, Rachel finally returned to sit next to Ross.
"Sorry about that" he shyly told her.
"Sweetie" she placed a hand on his knee "don't worry about it, really. I kinda like this"
"Really?"
"Hmhum"
He smiled at her. Very slowly and uncertainly, he leaned closer and planted a shy kiss on her lips. Rachel managed to smile even more.
Chandler and Monica were finally released from her aunt and uncle's conversation. Charlie had long ago managed to slip away, excusing himself for something. Whatever, at this point Monica didn't care. She was nervously shifting her body from one side to the other, trying to ease the thick tension that filled the air. The last time she'd been alone with Chandler was exactly the time she'd cut off the tip of one of his toes, about a month before.
'Okay, say something!' she thought to herself 'What?? Not about his toe! Anything but his toe!'
"Hm, that's crazy about Ross and Rachel, huh?"
"Yeah, tell me about it. I swear I really didn't believe him untill I've seen it with my own eyes"
Monica looked over and saw them kissing.
"Great, there goes my prospect of having Rachel make me company tonight..."
"Funny, that's exacty the opposite for me, now"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, not tonight, but since Ross was with Carol a lot before they broke up now we get to hang out more back in college"
"Nice..."
"Anyway, I can make you company!"
Monica smiled shyly at him. Without taking notice, her eyes looked at him up and down and it made her take longer than usual to answer.
"Okay"
"You don't have a knife with you right now though, do ya?"
Though he was clearily joking, Monica spot a hint of true fear in his voice.
"No" she blushed.
Rachel sipped Ross' glass of wine and looked around.
"I'm gonna go freshen up"
Her hand resting on his knee gave it a light squeeze.
"We've just got here"
"What's your point?"
He chuckled and she smiled.
"I'll be right back"
"Sure"
"Can you point me the directions?"
"Oh, right, there on the pool deck"
"Thanks"
Rachel set his glass down and stood up. Ross watched as she walked away and disappeared behind the pool house.
"Nice to see you again!"
"Oh damn!" Rachel startled. "You scared me!"
Charlie approached her quite straight foward-ly, but she backed away. She knew exactly what he wanted. Maybe go a little farther than the 3rd base they'd reached their last encounter.
"C'mon, Rachel, we had fun last time"
"Charlie, get lost"
Rachel tried to walk away, be he held her back.
"I know you better than this"
Rachel chuckled.
"Oh, guess what, you don't. You've just met me once, like, whoa, six years ago, was it?"
"Still, I know better." He approached again, but this time Rachel didn't back away. She looked up at his eyes, they were so charming. "No one will know" he whispered.
But before he could take the next move - which Rachel well knew would be to kiss her right away - she stepped back.
"Sorry"
She turned around and returned to Ross' table, completely forgetting about the freshening up bit. Well, maybe... just maybe... her intentions were to really just run into Charlie by herself...
'Still got it' she thought to herself.
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Hmmm, many plans. Many, many plans. Not much free time though. Or patience and the right mood to write! But I'm trying here! You know what helps getting me in the mood? lol, reviews! Yes! Also, I've decided that the C&M will be very light! Sorry, it's hard for me to write about them... plus, there are like a gazillion fics about them out there! So...! :) Anyway, cya next chapter!
by Tina
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"Why has Ross Geller been calling you so much?"
Rachel looked up from the sanduich she was making straight at Amy.
"Yeah, thanks for all the messages, by the way" she replied, sarcastically.
"Are you dating him?" Amy laughed at the absurdity of her own question, being joined by their youngest sister, Jill.
"Yes" Rachel shot them a deadly look, rejecting the joke.
"What?!"
"You're dating Ross?"
Rachel looked at her mother, who had just drawn her atention from training the new maid. Rachel was too upset to take better notice...!
"Yes" she looked at her watch. "Which remindes me, I gotta go meet him in a few minutes. I'm having dinner at the Gellers'"
Rachel simply informed, taking her sanduich and leaving her mother and sisters confused in the kitchen.
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"Hi, sweetie"
Rachel made her way across the room towards Ross.
"Hey" he replied with the sweetest smile on his face.
They kissed very softly.
"How are you?"
"Good, now." She smiled back at him. "You?"
"Good"
She finally tore her eyes away from him to look at Monica, who was watching them.
"Hey, Mon"
"Hey" her voice was sort of distant, not amused.
She kept her arms around Ross, hugging his torso protectively and finally noticed Chandler's presence. It was hard to understand how that boy always managed to blend with the rest of the livingroom, as if invisible. Specially with that dumfounded look he wore.
"Wow, so he wasn't making it up!" he whispered in amazement.
Ross took one arm from Rachel just long enough to hit Chandler.
"Shut up!"
Chandler seemed to snap out of the transe he was in. Rachel looked closer... he looked familiar. Sure, she remembered spending two Thanksgivings with him already, but there was more... Hmmmm.
"Hi" she simply said to him.
"Hey"
She kept looking at him for a few more seconds. Since nothing else was spoken - oh, well, boring - she turned back to look at Ross.
"How was your week?"
"Long..."
She smiled at him, knowing exactly what those big brown eyes meant. He didn't have to actually say it.
"Really?"
"Yeah..."
Chandler sat back on the couch, next to Monica. Rachel looked at the t.v..
"What are you guys doing?"
"Just watching t.v."
Rachel sat on the couch, bringing Ross to join her. She tugged to his hand and leaned against his chest. It seemed like her affection towards him had multiplied since the last time they'd seen each other.
Monica watched and looked away.
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Rachel looked at her own reflection on the mirror for the millionth time that night - it seemed - before entering the party. Her shoulder-lenght redish-brown hair was half up, her bangs framing her face gracefully. Her make up just strong enough to go well with her classy yet casual black dress that went down to her knees. There was slit up one leg and Ross' hand was also strategically well placed on her waist. She rested one of her own on top of his.
Chandler and Monica followed them, dressed just as nicely. Chandler, as Ross, was wearing a suit with no tie and Monica was wearing a red dress. The party was being held at the back of Ross and Monica's Aunt Sylvia's house. It was a rather large yard and a stage had been set up, where a band of teenagers played. Rachel recognised some as being Amy's High School friends.
"Is your cousin Jessica friends with Amy?" she asked Ross.
"As far as I know, Amy makes her life a living hell"
"Oh"
Ross noticed the hostility of his words and panicked.
"I mean, I-"
Rachel placed her other arm around his waist and stroked it.
"It's okay, Ross"
He fell silent and sighed.
"So, kids, what's to do here?" Chandler asked.
Before anyone could answer, an old couple approached and a gorgeous boy around Ross' age approchaed. He had dirty blond hair and green eyes. Rachel looked at him and yet again felt like she had seen him before.
"Ross, Monica, there you are!" the woman said, catching up to them and hugging Monica imediately. "Uh, and who are these young beauties you've brought along?"
Ross smiled from ear to ear and looked at Rachel.
"This is Rachel, my girlfriend"
The blonde guy's smile looked rather seductive to Rachel.
"I remember her. Monica's sweet sixteen..."
Rachel looked at Ross and saw panic on his face. She was confused just untill she recollected it herself. Riiiight... Monica's cousin, how could she have forgotten it? Good kisser.
"Hi Rachel" he offered her a hand.
She awkwardly shook it.
"Hi, Charlie"
She placed her hand back to cover Ross', stroking it a couple of times. Then she rested it on his stomach, rubbing it softly, as if to silently asure him she was his girlfriend now. He looked down at her as the conversation went on, on the side, with Monica and Chandler.
"Wanna get something to eat?" even a sentense as random as that could be spoken with a high level of tenderness, as the simple words lightly escaped from her lips.
He smiled at her.
"Sure"
Hand in hand, they approached a large table where Judy and Jack were sitting among other adults.
"Oh, there they are" Judy announced. "Sylvia, that is Rachel, who I've been telling you about"
Rachel blushed.
"Mo-om!"
Rachel placed a hand on Ross' chest and lightly patted it.
"It's okay"
After being introduced to everybody in the table, possibly in the intire party, Rachel finally returned to sit next to Ross.
"Sorry about that" he shyly told her.
"Sweetie" she placed a hand on his knee "don't worry about it, really. I kinda like this"
"Really?"
"Hmhum"
He smiled at her. Very slowly and uncertainly, he leaned closer and planted a shy kiss on her lips. Rachel managed to smile even more.
Chandler and Monica were finally released from her aunt and uncle's conversation. Charlie had long ago managed to slip away, excusing himself for something. Whatever, at this point Monica didn't care. She was nervously shifting her body from one side to the other, trying to ease the thick tension that filled the air. The last time she'd been alone with Chandler was exactly the time she'd cut off the tip of one of his toes, about a month before.
'Okay, say something!' she thought to herself 'What?? Not about his toe! Anything but his toe!'
"Hm, that's crazy about Ross and Rachel, huh?"
"Yeah, tell me about it. I swear I really didn't believe him untill I've seen it with my own eyes"
Monica looked over and saw them kissing.
"Great, there goes my prospect of having Rachel make me company tonight..."
"Funny, that's exacty the opposite for me, now"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, not tonight, but since Ross was with Carol a lot before they broke up now we get to hang out more back in college"
"Nice..."
"Anyway, I can make you company!"
Monica smiled shyly at him. Without taking notice, her eyes looked at him up and down and it made her take longer than usual to answer.
"Okay"
"You don't have a knife with you right now though, do ya?"
Though he was clearily joking, Monica spot a hint of true fear in his voice.
"No" she blushed.
Rachel sipped Ross' glass of wine and looked around.
"I'm gonna go freshen up"
Her hand resting on his knee gave it a light squeeze.
"We've just got here"
"What's your point?"
He chuckled and she smiled.
"I'll be right back"
"Sure"
"Can you point me the directions?"
"Oh, right, there on the pool deck"
"Thanks"
Rachel set his glass down and stood up. Ross watched as she walked away and disappeared behind the pool house.
"Nice to see you again!"
"Oh damn!" Rachel startled. "You scared me!"
Charlie approached her quite straight foward-ly, but she backed away. She knew exactly what he wanted. Maybe go a little farther than the 3rd base they'd reached their last encounter.
"C'mon, Rachel, we had fun last time"
"Charlie, get lost"
Rachel tried to walk away, be he held her back.
"I know you better than this"
Rachel chuckled.
"Oh, guess what, you don't. You've just met me once, like, whoa, six years ago, was it?"
"Still, I know better." He approached again, but this time Rachel didn't back away. She looked up at his eyes, they were so charming. "No one will know" he whispered.
But before he could take the next move - which Rachel well knew would be to kiss her right away - she stepped back.
"Sorry"
She turned around and returned to Ross' table, completely forgetting about the freshening up bit. Well, maybe... just maybe... her intentions were to really just run into Charlie by herself...
'Still got it' she thought to herself.
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Hmmm, many plans. Many, many plans. Not much free time though. Or patience and the right mood to write! But I'm trying here! You know what helps getting me in the mood? lol, reviews! Yes! Also, I've decided that the C&M will be very light! Sorry, it's hard for me to write about them... plus, there are like a gazillion fics about them out there! So...! :) Anyway, cya next chapter!