Chandler and Monica stood by the security area. His hand was resting on the stroller with the two little babies sound asleep. Both of them were the picture that Monica had always dreamed of, she was now a mother with two children. A smile crept on her face as she noticed how Chandler had settled into fatherhood so quickly. He kneeled down to the carriage and pulled the blanket over one of the sleeping infants.

"If I would have never seen it, I wouldn't have believed it." Monica said."Chandler Bing , dedicated father." She leaned over and gave him a kiss. "Look they just landed."she screamed excitedly as she looked at the arrivals of the flights .

They stood and watched as the passengers came down from the gates and baggage claim. There was just too many people for them to try and spot who they were looking for. Finally Monica recognized them and ran to see her best friend and brother coming down the ramp.

"Rachel," she squealed. Monica ran with her arms stretched out and embraced her. Rachel hadn't seen her since the night she left when Jack and Erica came home from the hospital, so she was glad to see her dear friend. "I have missed you so much." Rachel said as she embraced her. "I know, I have so much to tell you." Monica smiled.

"Nice homecoming for your brother." Ross said sarcastically. Monica realized that in her excitement of seeing Rachel, she forgot about Ross coming back as well. "I'm sorry."she said embracing him. "I just saw you sooner than Rachel."

"Aunt Monky," squealed little Emma. Monica leaned down to the stroller that Ross was pushing and picked up her little niece. "Hi there sweetie, boy you're a big girl now. You want to go see your cousins?" Emma nodded and then Monica carried her to where the babies were sleeping.

"Baby?" Emma said as she pointed.

"Yes Emma, this is Jack and this is Erica. They were born on the night before Mommy went to Paris." Monica explained. "And you remember this guy." She squealed "Unky Chandy." Chandler bent over and took her from Monica. Emma gave him a kiss. "Unky Joey?" she asked.

"We'll see him later." Rachel said as she walked over the carriage. "So there they are. They have grown so much since I have seen them." She smiled down at the sleeping babies. "Hey there stranger." She said as she hugged Chandler.

"Welcome home Rachel." he smiled .

"It's good to be home."she sighed. "But I am kind of tired. I tried to nap on the plane but it was a long flight."

"Rach that's because we are still on Paris time. You got more sleep than I did and you're still tired? " Ross asked.

"Well you guys probably want to get out of here and rest then." Monica said as the group started to move away from the door. "Chandler why don't you go and get the van?' " she suggested.

"You got a van since I left?' Ross asked.

"Of course, with two babies we couldn't have managed with just the Porsche. Besides we are suburbanites now, we had to have a van." Monica said as the blue Winstar pulled up. Chandler got out and loaded the strollers and then all of Ross and Rachel's luggage. Everyone then climbed in the van.

After the long drive from the airport, the van pulled up to the familiar apartment building. It seemed strange to be in front of their old apartment. Ross got out first to go up to his apartment. When he opened the door he heard someone scream. "Surprise." Phoebe, Joey , and Mike were there.

"Hey guys." He said as Phoebe ran to hug him.

"Where's Rachel?" she asked.

"Here I am , oh you guys." She sighed as she saw the banner that Mike made WELCOME HOME RACHEL . " I love it." Everyone came through the door after that.

"Bonjour ." Phoebe said. "Hey your not a French bitch."

"Rachel I missed you. " Joey cried as he ran toward Rachel. "I missed you too Joey." She smiled knowing of the feelings that he once had.

"Hey you can stay in your old room." Joey said excitedly.

"Joe, she's staying with me." Ross said matter of factly. "And I hate to spoil this homecoming but we have three very tired people who have jet lag."

"Now you're the French bitch." Said Phoebe to Ross.

"No they have had a long flight and we can visit later." Mike said as he led his wife out of the apartment. "Welcome back Rachel." He said as they walked out.

"Come on Joe, let's go get some coffee." Chandler said as he and Monica walked out next. The babies were still asleep and Monica was glad for that.

Ross took Emma into her room. He had taken special care in making it nice for when she came to visit her daddy. The walls were painted pink with a big girl's bed on one side and a regular bed on the other for Ben.

"Emma not sleepy." She said as she yawned.. Ross took her dinosaur from her arms and laid her in the bed . Not five minutes went by and she was fast asleep. Rachel came in and looked down at the sleeping baby.

"How could I have been so cruel?' she said. "To keep this little girl from her daddy who loves her so much." Emma 's little chest went up and down as the dinosaur was back in her hands.

"Let's go lay down." Ross said as he put his arm around Rachel. She had the look of contentment on her face as they walked toward his bedroom. This had to have been the happiest she had been in months.

Rachel was home.

Hey everyone I know it has been ages , so I just wanted to say that this story will be getting the update first... i have some great ideas and a story about why Michael is so smart...after all it is not a Tribbiani trait as well as some really great holiday stories... I 'm back so please review...