Ross stood by the window as he looked out at the Charles River. The phone was cradled on his shoulder. Rachel sat in the chair anxiously awaiting the result of the phone call. "Are you absolutely sure Donald?" he said as his voice sunk. "Yes, I know you had to replace me sometime. Well if there are any openings let me know." Ross put down the phone sadly. "They have a replacement for me." He said as he sank into the chair.
"You know you don't have to go back to New York. You could stay here in Boston. I could get a job at Jordan Marsh and …." Rachel tried to be optimistic.
"No , our place is in New York near our friends and families. I am just going to have to get a job for the time being. I mean , we are going to need money for the baby." Ross was trying to think, but he had a PhD and he could if he had to , work as waiter or at a store. "You won't be able to work much longer." A thought crossed his mind, he had also let go of his apartment. Now he would have to find somewhere to live as well. Where would they live?
"There is something else, Rachel. I subletted my apartment and now I can't get it back. If I go back to New York , I will be homeless." Ross sat down and looked at his girlfriend. She just sat with a same smile on her face that always told him that everything was going to be alright. "I am sure that the guys would let you live with them. " she said touching his skin on his wrist."But you and I should be together. I mean we are going to have a baby." He said reciprocating the touch.
Rachel got up and stretched as she paced the hardwood floor. "I think maybe even Monica would let you live with us. " Ross looked at her with shock. "Are you kidding? She griped all the time when you and I were dating before and I was there all the time." This did ring true in Rachel's ears. Another thought crossed his mind. "Rach? Are we back together?"
"What do you mean? You dumped a girl and made her cry. I assume that means that we are seeing each other again.' Rachel said unsure. "I mean that I am making all these plans of going back to New York and I don't even know if you even want to be together again." Ross tried to reason with her.
"I never stopped loving you. I may have wanted to hate you for cheating on me, but there has never been another man who has treated me better than you have." Rachel stumbled over to the man who was bent over with his head in his hands. He ran his fingers through his dark hair in frustration. "I want us to raise this baby together. I might even think about more.' She said teasingly. She ran her tongue across her lips. "It is very weird , ever since I have gotten into these last few months. I have been super horny." Ross knew this was his cue.
"Oh really." He raised an eyebrow. "And what did you want.?" He said teasingly as he ran a finger up her arm and then nuzzled her neck. "Did you want this?" He took his lips and then pushed them to hers . "Mmmhhh." She mumbled as she kissed his mouth. Then he moved his lips to her breast. "And how about this?" he said as she felt his five o clock shadow across her tender chest. Then he tenderly laid her down on his couch and carefully placed his body over hers .He nuzzled her and then he started to grab for his drawer as he still kissed her.
"What are you doing?" Still having his lips on her. "I am trying to find a condom. Rachel motioned down to her stomach. "I think you are out of the woods Ross." He went back to Rachel and kissing her.
The next morning the sun rose on the city of Boston. Ross woke up he looked over to see Rachel still asleep. He pulled on a pair of plaid lounging pants and then headed to the small kitchen. As he let her sleep, he broke an egg and then started to fry some bacon and poured some orange juice into a glass. The floor felt cold as the early morning chill hit the wooden floor. He shuffled through the apartment to find his slippers. The noise caused Rachel to stir. "Huh ."
"I wanted to let my girls sleep.' He said as he carried the tray over to the couch. "You fell asleep and I didn't have the heart to move you, so I laid down next to you." Ross placed the breakfast in front of her. "I never eat this much, you know that." Rachel protested and then pushed the tray away. "But you are eating for two." She scrunched up her nose and looked at him in her cute way. "Could you Be any more adorable? But honey the smell right now is making me sick." She pushed him and the tray aside and then leaped from the couch , clutching the blanket around her naked body.
Ross went to the bathroom and saw Rachel leaned over the toilet as she threw up. He kneeled beside her and rubbed her back and held her hair as she continued to get sick. "I know it's bad now, but soon it is all going to be worth it." He whispered. "We are going to be parents."
The thought struck his mind and then he realized that he was not only going to have no where to live, but no job , and he was also going to be a father.