Rachel crawled out of the bed. She opened the closet and pulled out an outfit. The bedroom was still dark, so she turned on the light. Unfortunately, someone else noticed the light as well.
"Rachel!" Ross cried out. "I don't have to be up yet."
"Sorry, some of us have to go to work, we don't have summer vacation." Ross grumbled and pulled the covers over himself.
"You should be getting up anyway. Our daughter should be waking soon." Ross dragged himself out of bed and stretched. "There better be coffee if you want me up." He went to the kitchen and poured a mug of coffee.
Rachel took a quick shower and wrapped a towel around her head. She wrapped the towel around her body as well. Quickly walking into the kitchen , she grabbed a cup as well.
"Well that is a nice sight to see in the morning." Ross purred. "I would like to see more."
"I can't believe you are this horny this early in the morning, Ross Geller. Now I have no time for this right now and do you want Emma to be damaged." Rachel said.
Almost at that moment, little Emma crept into the living room where her parents were having one of their many discussions. She was wearing a pair of pink pajamas and dragging her new toy.
"Marcel hungry, me too." She yelled.
Ross took his daughter into his arms and then he carried her into the kitchen.
"Well do you want some mites because that is what Marcel eats."
Rachel almost ready and putting an earring in, "It is too early in the morning for the Discovery Channel, so could you just make her a bowl of Froot Loops , and spare me the lecture."
Ross turned to her. "Boy, you are a bitch in the morning. I forgot that.." He turned to her sincerely. "Rachel , could you please tell me what is wrong?" Rachel couldn't hold it any longer. "I am nervous okay. I am scared to death of this whole arrangement. I want things to go right. You should know when I am scared or nervous, then I just resort to be being bitchy."
"Now I know we are both on eggshells right now, but just be yourself Rachel. We are both going to make mistakes and everything won't be perfect, but we know each other and I know this is going to work because as Phoebe said. "we're lobsters who will walk with their claws linked together in the tank."
Rachel put her arms around him "And that's why I love you, because you are the same sweet guy who treats me so well and also makes my toes curl. So what do you have planned today?"
"Well I thought Emma and I would go to the baby store and pick out a big girl bed because she is almost two years old." Ross leaned down to his daughter. "How about it Emma, wanna go shopping?" Emma leaped up and down. "She's your daughter alright, mention the word shopping and she jumps." He laughed.
Rachel grabbed her briefcase and then it dawned on her, baby store. "Baby store? You mean the baby store where we got all this stuff? With the baby store whore?"" She slammed down the briefcase.
"Calm down. I am going there with my daughter and if she comes onto me , I will just say that I am spoken for this time." Ross picked it up again and then smiled. "I will call you when we are ready for lunch and then we can have lunch together."
Rachel breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't have to worry at all. Taking one last sip of her coffee, she started to the door. Halfway there she realized something, she hadn't said good bye yet to her baby and her boyfriend.
"I can't believe I forgot my Emma-wemma." She leaned down and gave her a kiss. Ross came over and took her face in his hands. "Have a good day at work. Don't worry about anything. I'll see you later."then he kissed her. Startled by this, all Rachel could do was say bye.
"Okay Miss Emma. Let's get you dressed and fed." Ross said as he picked up his daughter. Emma knew something was different too. Before it was always pack a bag, let's go see Daddy. Daddy would spend time with her and then she would go home to Uncle Joey's . Now she was seeing her daddy more and more. Rachel even worried when she moved out after the whole phone number fiasco, that Emma would think of Joey more of a father than Ross. Emma dearly loved her father and just as Leonard had Rachel then Ross would have Emma.
They walked down the street to the baby store. Oddly enough, the same clerk was there. When she saw him come in, she licked her lips and unbuttoned her blouse a little.
"Hi Ross." She said breathy like Marilyn Monroe. Ross looked at her and then he could see that what Rachel feared was absolutely right.
"Is this your little girl? My she is pretty. What's her name?"
Emma popped up. "I'm Emma." "the clerk smiled. "Boy youre smart, I can see she takes after you, Ross."
Ross had enough. "Look , I know we went out and we had a nice time, but things are different now. Emma's mommy and I are together now, so you are just wasting your time." The clerk licked her lips again. "So why are you here then.?"
"I am here to buy a toddler bed for my daughter." He said. The clerk just shirked and then she led them to the section with the beds. There were beds with Disney characters, and animals, but Emma picked out a white wicker bed .
"Are you sure sweetie?" asked Ross. Emma nodded her little head. She also picked out some sheets with little ponies on them, and little farm animals because they reminded her of the little pets that Uncle Joey had.
Rachel had spent the whole morning on the phone. Now it was time for lunch. She picked up the phone and then her head started to spin.
"Oh my God, what's wrong.?" She ran to the bathroom and started to throw up. Wiping herself with a paper towel she had wet, she patted her face. She looked in the mirror and then she stared at her face. "No it was just exhaustion or the flu." She laughed it off. Then she looked down at her stomach. She had a feeling. Her period hadn't come in a month. She ran her manicured fingers over her stomach and stopped.
Was she?