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"Hey Mom, how are you feeling?" Leonard green asked concerned
Rachel's grandmother had been suffering from heart problems for along while now, but had insisted on coming with them, she didn't want miss seeing her first granddaughter walk down the aisle.
"I'm fine, Is everything all right with Rachel?" Leonard Green's mother Isabella asked Leonard again. She had noticed her beloved granddaughter look lost since the day their whole family had arrived in 'Hawaii'. She had asked a million times but no-one had informed her the reason why all of a sudden the wedding had to be pre-poned and they had to fly out on a day's notice. Since the day of their arrival she had noticed Rachel the Grand Daughter she adored the most look like a fish out of water, she was not her normal bubbly self, spreading the warmth and laughter only she could with a few choice words.
"Yes, Mom, she's fine she's just having a difficult time dealing with the sudden changes, but she's fine I talked to her." Leonard Green assured again, concentrating back on the newspaper he was reading.
"Okay, if you say so." She replied back sounding anything but convinced.
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"Delivery for Rachel Green." The voice shouted out as she was coming out of the bathroom of the room she was sharing with her little sister Jill.
Tightening the knot on her towel she headed towards the door anticipating another bouquet from Barry. He had been sending her flowers almost once every couple of hours since the day before yesterday when she had convinced him to celibate until their "wedding night". Somehow the though of sleeping with Barry wasn't very appealing any more, it sent a little shiver down her spine every time she though about it and not in a good way.
She opened the door and noticed the bell boy, he had almost the same chocolate brown eyes she'd been dying to see again, in the last couple of days she'd thought about him, thought about him A LOT. Even though she had tried to convince herself otherwise, she was certain now that she was in love with him, but it could….
"Miss…." Her train of thought came to a screeching halt when the none too pleased looking bell boy shoved the pen and paper in front of her to sign for the package.
"Sorry, here" she said as she handed him back the signed sheet of paper.
He handed her the package and walked off muttering something about his thankless job.
Her gaze finally reached the box lying beside her feet, there was no card on it, or any address specified, and only thing written on it was Rachel Green in big block letters. She couldn't recognize the handwriting, but she knew off the bat it definately wasn't Barry's.
As she peeled off the wrapping paper the familiarity of the box came into the spotlight.
It was the same one, the one she'd left for him. Suddenly her hands were moving at a much faster pace, not caring about the wrapping paper; she tore open the contents of the box. It was the same, except for one addition a little piece of paper, which had something scribbled on it.
As she reached for it she knew her life would never be the same again.
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Chandler subconsciously shook the snow from his black wool coat and boots as soon as he entered Monica's Manhattan apartment. It didn't take long before the solid white flakes tuned into a small puddle of water as the apartment's heater took effect. He immediately rushed for the dry rags he knew Monica kept to clean up the mess. If one thing he knew about the woman he loved, it was that everything should be clean, not just clean but 'MONICA-CLEAN'.
Having cleaned up the mess he looked around but did not spot anyone.
"Mon… Monica?" he said out loud but still didn't get any response.
He had informed her about his arrival today and was surprised to find that she wasn't home. He shrugged it off and went into the bedroom to place his bags.
Coming out back to the living room he spotted the plate on the coffee table, it had a half eaten friend egg laying on it. He went over curios, it was still hot. She must have just left before I got here. He concluded as he moved towards the bathroom to freshen up.
He was just about to zip back up when his eyes moved to the trash can and the sight scared the bejeezus out of him.
"OOWwwwwww…." He shouted out as soon as he realized he had zipped up a wee bit too fast.
It was a Pregnancy test.
He quickly moved over and picked it up.
It was positive.
It couldn't be; they'd used protection 'Every time'.
"She couldn't be cheating on him could she?"
"Maybe it wasn't Monica's; yeah it could be Phoebe's." He thought
No.
Phoebe was a vegetarian, so she wouldn't be eating eggs.
Monica would have had to just have taken it, and she freaked out and the half eaten plate of food outside did nothing but confirm his suspicion.
He heard some noises outside, someone hurriedly entered the apartment, and before he could even contemplate his next move the person was standing right in front of him with another Pregnancy test, but it was an unused one.
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Rachel paced up and down, he was late he was… she looked at her watch again.
58...59...a whole minute late.
She had everything ready, ever since she'd read the note, she'd been bouncing up and down with joy, she had called Monica and Phoebe and they had told her everything and now she was ready as well. Ready to get out of there, ready to turn over a new leaf, ready to live life by her rules and that was what she was going to do. The first step was to get out of 'Hawaii' and then they would see where it went from there.
Two Minutes.
She reached for the note again, reading it for the umpteenth time and making sure she was at the right place, at the right time. She sat back down on the bench next to the coconut tree and wondered where he was, he said in the note to be there sharp at midnight. Suddenly a though came to her mind, felling giddy like a teenager in love for the first time, she picked up a sharp little stone and carved the shape of a heart on the tree trunk and wrote R&R in the center.
"It looks nice" she heard someone whisper, she recognized the voice immediately, but didn't turn around.
"You're late." She whispered back still not tuning around.
He placed a hand on her shoulder; the touch sent a chill down her spine all the while filling her heart with serene warmth she hadn't known existed until this moment.
She tilted her head so her cheek was resting on the knuckles of his hand which was still placed on her shoulder.
He finally tugged on her shoulder turning her around, even though they both had a million questions going around in the minds, they didn't say anything. Their eyes were locked in a cavernous gaze; somehow the questions each of them had dissipated, just by looking into each others eyes.
He finally leaned in, cupping her face he pulled her into an intense and heated kiss; Fury had no match for the passion the two felt right there in that moment as they shared the powerful kiss. Her hands moved from his waist into his hair as she pulled him even closer (if possible). They finally broke breathless from what had been the most momentous kiss either of them had ever shared.
She buried her nose in the nook of his neck, taking in his scent, as she tightened her grasp around his waist. He took in the familiar scent of her coconut shampoo, as he placed a soft kiss on her forehead. His eyes finally reached the bags that were lying next to the tree she had just carved their names on.
"Are these yours?" he asked her motioning towards the bags.
"Yeah" she answered back.
"Are you planning on going somewhere?" he asked raising his eyebrows
"What?"
"I though we were going, you know, getting out of here." She continued
He chucked, as much she loved the sound of him laughing, she was getting more mystified by the second. When she received the note the first thing that came to her mind was "running the hell away from here and starting off fresh somewhere else with Ross."
"Rachel, he started holding her chin and turning her head towards him, I love you."
"I love you too, Ross, but we need to get…" she trailed off as he placed a finger on her lips to silence her.
"I am not here to steal you Rachel."
"Huh" was all she could say perplexed
"We will leave and we will leave together, but not like this."
"What are you saying, Ross?"
"Just wait and watch babe." He said winking and leaned down to kiss her again.
"I'll see you tomorrow" he continued after the kiss, as he left her standing there still confused as to what exactly he was up to.
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I've got some good news (for me) and bad news (for you), I just got a new Job and am moving to another city(end good news), I will try to wrap this fic off within the next week or so, the other fic, promise to get back to it in a months time once I am settled in…
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