Summary: Will a secret Rachel has hidden for 15 years finally come out? If so, will her marriage to Ross be able to survive?

This story takes place in the present time. Ross and Rachel have been married almost a year, and Rachel is 7 ½ months pregnant with their second child. Emma is 3 ½ years old. Monica and Chandler still live in Westchester with their almost two year-old twins. Pheobe and Mike have a one-year old daughter named Sky. Joey is in L.A.

Monday at school, Mandy walked to her usual lunch table deep in thought. She was thinking about what she had discovered this weekend and what it meant. Mandy was so deep in thought that she didn't even hear Josh, the guy she had a major crush on, calling her. Finally, he walked up to her and asked, "Why are you ignoring me?"

"Oh sorry," Mandy sheepishly replied. "I wasn't ignoring you, I was just thinking."
"What were you thinking about?" Josh questioned.

"Oh, just some family stuff. Nothing important," Mandy tried to put him off.

"Alright, well would you like to maybe catch a movie or something this weekend?" Josh asked.

"Um, sure," was Mandy's reply. "I just have to talk to my parents and try to get some of this family stuff sorted out. How about I let you know tomorrow?"

"Well, okay," Josh answered. "I hope you get all of this sorted out."

"Me too," Mandy uttered underneath her breath as Josh walked away.

What had just happened? The guy she had been in love with for the entire school year had finally asked her out, and all she could worry about was family stuff. Why did she have to find this out now?

"What did Josh want?" Kristie asked as Mandy pulled a chair up to their usual table.

"Oh, he just wanted us to go out on Friday, that's all," Mandy casually replied.

"Well, you did say yes, didn't you?" Kristie questioned.

"I told him I would have to let him know because I had to work out some family stuff," Mandy answered as she took a bite out of her hamburger.

"Mandy," Kristie began, "You are not going to be able to enjoy yourself until you do something about this phone number. You have to call her and get it over with."

"Kris, I can't just call her and be like 'Hello, I'm your long lost daughter. Why did you give me up? Would you like to have a relationship with me?' I need to meet her in person. I need to see her face. I want to know if she is where I got my honey blonde hair. I mean, I should have noticed something. Both of my parents have dark brown hair and eyes. How did I wind up as a blonde with blue eyes, and……" Mandy went on until Kristie finally interrupted her.

"Mandy, if you want to know what she looks like why don't you do an internet search for Rachel Green Geller. There is bound to be a wedding announcement or something with a picture. Then you can see all these things without even having to contact her," Kristie reasoned.

"I guess I can try that and see what I can find," Mandy replied.

That afternoon when Mandy got home from school, she locked herself in her room and began her research. When she typed in Rachel Green Geller, the first entry was a wedding announcement from the New York Times. It was dated almost a year ago. "Well, this is it," thought Mandy. "I'm going to see my mother for the first time." When the picture came up on the screen Mandy's heart stopped beating. She was looking at herself, only 15 to 20 years into the future. The same hair, eyes, bone structure, everything. There was no doubt in her mind that she had found her mother. Mandy then scrolled down and began to read the article. It said her mom was the regional director of sales at Louis Vuitton. "Wow, what a cool job!" Mandy exclaimed. She read through the list of unfamiliar names in the wedding party. She wondered if these people were her mom's friends or family. Would that make them her family? Both of Mandy's parents were only children and all of her grandparents had passed away years ago. Mandy had always wanted a large family.

Mandy's heart stopped again when she read the name of the flower girl, Emma Green Geller. That was her little sister! She had a sister! Maybe this could be the family Mandy had always wished for. A cool mom with a fun job and siblings. The man her mom was married to was kinda cute, so he couldn't be that bad either. As Mandy sat staring at the picture of her beautiful mother, a plan began to form in her mind. Who said she had to call her mom? Why couldn't she just go see her? Next week was Spring Break so she would be out of school. Mandy knew her parents would never go for this, not in a million years, so she would have to be sneaky.

The next day at lunch Mandy sat with Kristie working out the final details of her plan. She had some money saved from her birthday and Christmas, so she had book a flight to New York for Saturday morning. Mandy was going to spend the night with Kristie on Friday night and instead of walking home on Saturday morning, she would catch a cab to the airport. She had also used the names and phone number she had to find an address for her mother. It was an apartment in the Village. When she arrived in New York, she would simply take a cab to her mom's apartment. There was no way her mom could say no to getting to know her when she was standing at her front door, right? Just as they were finishing their discussion, Josh walked up to the table. "So Mandy, do you have an answer for me?" he asked.

"I'm sorry Josh, but I can't. I'm going to New York," Mandy replied. "Do you think I could have a raincheck?"

"Definitely!" was Josh's excited answer.

Yep, this is it. I'm going to meet my mom!