Chapter 10:
Legally mine.
Monica and Joey were simply taking care of Emma in Monica's apartment when they saw a very angry Ross entering in the apartment followed by a crying Rachel.
Rachel- Ross... Ross... PLEASE! Don't do this! Ross… listen to me… you are overreacting, he is sorry! It won't happen again… there is no need for you to do that!
Monica looked at them in confusion.
Monica- What's happening?
Ross picked at Emma and grabbed the bag with the baby's stuff while he simply said:
Ross- I'm taking Emma to live with me.
Rachel tried to take Emma away from Ross but he didn't let her.
Rachel- Ross... please … don't take her away from me… you can't just take my baby!
Ross- yes, I can… no judge will let a baby live with a violent stepfather…
Monica looked at they amazed, and finally he understood everything.
Monica- Rachel… Did he hurt you again? How could you let that happen?
Ross was even more shocked.
Ross- again?... He hurt you before?
Rachel- yes... but...
Ross- no buts! I never thought you would take that kind of abuse… I won't let my baby live with a person that does that to you…
By this point Emma was crying because of the tension in the room and Rachel was also crying a river of tears because she was too afraid of loosing her baby.
Rachel- Ross... please, don't do that to me… he would never hurt Emma… I wont let that happen… I love my baby… don't take her away from me.
Ross loved Rachel and he didn't want to hurt her, but his child safety was first.
Ross- save your tears from the court... Emma is coming with me!
Rachel looked at him very angrily. She furiously took Emma away from Ross, and this time he couldn't help it.
Rachel- Don't touch my baby until you have a court order… I am going to call my lawyer...
Ross- you better do that! But go somewhere else because I'm calling my lawyer from here… Rachel- whatever! Joey, Can I use your phone?
Joey started to feel very nervous… he didn't want to take any side.
Joey- well... I ... mmmm…
Rachel took that as a yes.
Rachel- Thank you!
She left with Emma to call her lawyer from Joey's phone. Ross took the opportunity to let go all his anger and he hit a pillow…
Ross- I don't even have a lawyer! My divorce lawyer is retired!
Monica- I'm sure Mike can take your case... the important thing is that you are right… Emma shouldn't live with Dennis.
Monica's support didn't make any difference to Ross, he was still very mad. He couldn't believe Rachel was going to marry a guy that hits her. How could she choose Dennis over him?
Ross was very mad because he would never hurt Rachel… not on purpose… not like Dennis was hurting her…
Ross started hitting the pillows even harder…
Ross- I can't believe Rachel is going to marry Dennis! And maybe she has a baby with him… if she has a boy that would be perfect… because that's what the world really needs… another man who will think hitting a woman is ok as long as he says he is really sorry afterwards…
The phone ring, interrupting Ross's outburst. Monica decided to take the phone call in her room and gave Joey a look that meant: "You deal with him until I'm back".
Joey- calm down Ross... maybe Rachel will leave Dennis now that she might loose Emma because off him.
Ross- what if she doesn't leave him? What if when she leaves him is too late? I made up my mind Joey, I will take Emma away from her… I will if she doesn't leave Dennis…
Suddenly Monica entered in the room crying… but the boys couldn't tell if they were sad or happy tears. All they knew was that she was shocked and overwhelmed…
Ross- What happened?
Monica- well... there are good news and bad news...
That freaked the hell out of Joey… after all what happened he couldn't take any more shocking news…
Joey- oh dear Lord! What happened?
Monica- Erika was in the car accident… but the good news is that she is fine… actually, she gave birth earlier due to the accident… but there were no problems… the babies are fine…
Joey was so happy to hear that everything went well after all that he didn't noticed that Monica used the word "babies" instead of "baby"…
Joey- OH! That's good! And did she have a Joey or an Elizabeth?
At this point Monica started hyperventilating then she managed to say…
Monica- she had both! She had twins!
Joey and Ross stared at each other shocked and confused… TWINS? Was that a good thing or a bad thing?
Joey- wait a minute! Will you adopt both babies?
Monica- of course! I can't split then up! I'm having two babies!
First she sounded scared… but then she started jumping up and down looking overjoyed…
Monica- I'm having two babies! Two beautiful babies! A boy and a girl!
Joey and Ross looked at her excitement and felt very happy for her…. The three of them joined in a tight group embrace.
Ross- I'm so happy you decided to adopt both babies… they will be so happy!
Monica- yes… those babies will grow up together and have each other like you and me…
Monica and Ross had so little age difference that sometimes Monica didn't feel like the younger sister… sometimes she felt like they were twins…
Joey- so… how are the babies?
Monica- fine, considering what happened and the fact that they were born earlier… their Doctor told me that they need to be in the hospital for a while, but they will be ok…
Joey- well… is there is anything I can do for you...
Monica looked down very embarrassed…
Monica- actually… the babies were born in Ohio… so I need to borrow some money to buy a plane ticket and to stay there until I can take them home…
Joey- that's ok… I have savings...
Monica- that's ok... thank you so much… would you come to Ohio with me? I'm too scared to travel alone
Joey- sure... but you shouldn't be scared… the doctor said the babies are ok… and you will be a great mother
Monica- that's not it... I'm scared because… well… what if I go there and Erika says that she wants to keep the babies after all?
Joey- come on! Don't be so negative…. Erika didn't seem capable of doing that… she seemed like she was really determinate to give those babies up
Monica- ok… I will go packing so we can be in Ohio as soon as possible… Ross, you go and help Joey packing because… well… he sucks at it…
Joey looked at her very shocked and insulted by that… but then he simply nodded… Joey- yeah… I do suck at packing… oh…Ross and Joey went quickly across the hall and went into Joey's room to start packing. Ross, noticed that Rachel had left the building and decided to ignore that fact and just worry about his sister's current situation… Because even though he was happy for his sister, he was also worry about her being a single mother with twins.
Ross- Joe.. do you really think Monica will be fine raising two babies on her own?
Joey- of course she will! Besides… she wont be completely on her own… we will help…
Ross- I guess you are right… I mean… you already helped her a lot… thank you for giving her that money and for going with her…
Joey- no problem… she is my best friend…
Ross- I know… what I don't understand is why did she decide to borrow money? If she needed cash she could have just sell her engagement ring…
Joey laughed at that…Joey- sure Ross! Like she is ever going to get rid of her engagement ring… or her wedding ring for what matter…
Ross- well… she should get rid of those rings… and is not like she is wearing them anymore…
Joey- she does wear them… but not in her finger… she wears them on that chain around her neck
Ross- oh… why does she do that to her self?
Joey- because she is still waiting for him to come back to her…
Ross notice how hurt Joey was while saying that and he wondered if maybe Joey wasn't getting too close to his sister… but he decided to forget that thought… After that, they simply continued packing Joey's stuff in silence.
A few hours later, Monica and Joey got to Ohio and they went straight to the hospital...
After seeing Erica and the beautiful twins, a man from the adoption agency gave Monica her some papers to sign and explained her some legal formalities…
Man- don't worry… as she said her self, Erika didn't change her mind about the adoption … she is depressed for loosing her babies, but she wants what's best for them… she still wants to give then to you…
Monica- I'm sorry for her… but I'm so glad she is still going to give me those babies…
Man- she is leaving tomorrow and she said she doesn't want to see them again… because it would be too painful since she can't keep them… but she does want you to call her periodically…
Monica- that's ok... so … can we sign the finals papers?
Man- yes. And Monica, remember what I told you… once Erica signs those papers she has the possibility to change her mind but only for six months…. In six months the adoption will be final and Erica wont be able to do anything about it…
Monica- ok... but the next six months will be the longest months of my life
Four months later…Time actually passed faster than Monica imagined. She was very busy with her twins… those two babies made her very happy and luckily Erica never even tried to get them back and it didn't seem like she was going to. Plus, she was also busy with her job. She had no time or energy to think about Chandler…
A month ago Rachel married Dennis… for some unknown reason they married sooner than anyone imagined…
Ross sued Rachel for complete custody of Emma and they ended up on a long and painful trial… but the trial was about to get to and end…
At that moment, they were all listening to the jury's decision… Monica was holding Emma and sitting in the court room next to her parents, Joey and Phoebe. Mike and Ross were sitting next to a table in front to the judge (the prosecution's table) while Rachel and her lawyer were sitting next to another table (the defendant's table).
Ross drunk some water because he was very nervous and the judge started to speak…
Judge- in the case number 23.567, Ross Gueller versus Rachel Karen Green, the jury decided that the custody of Emma Gueller Green should be given to Mr. Gueller. Ms Green haves the right to visit her child every Sunday as long as she doesn't include her current husband in her visits.
Rachel burst in tears then she got up to say goodbye to her baby. Before saying goodbye to Emma she walked towards Ross and gave him a killer look. Ross tried to apologize…
Ross- Rach... I'm sorry... I didn't have any other choice.
As a response, Rachel took the glass with water that was in Ross's table and threw the water directly in Ross's face.
To be continued...
So… did you like this chapter? I sorry for the mistakes I might have made…
I'm not a lawyer… so I don't know much legal stuff… but I did read that when a woman gives her baby up for adoption willingly she has six months to change her mind… but six months only.
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