Author's Note: I know this is really soon for another update, but this week is kind of slow. After this week things are going to be pretty crazy for like a month, so I thought I would write while I had time.

Three Weeks Later:

"Hey Rachel, are you ready for lunch?" asked Mandy.

"Yeah, but do you mind if we run by my doctor's office really quick first?" said Rachel.

"No problem, but why do we need to go by the doctor's office?" answered Mandy.

"Oh, I just have to go and get some blood work done before my surgery on Thursday. It shouldn't take but a minute then we can go eat," said Rachel.

After getting Rachel's blood work done, Mandy and Rachel walked to a little pizza place close to the office. They both ordered a slice of pizza and a side salad.

"Are you sure you don't mind watching the kids tonight?" Rachel asked Mandy.

"Not at all, I mean, it's not like I actually have a life here or anything. I don't know a soul here!" said Mandy.

"That'll change when school starts in August. Then you'll be so busy that I'll be lucky to see you once a month," Rachel said.

"No, you'll see me at least once a week because I have to have someone to do my laundry for me!" said Mandy with a laugh.

"Well then you better start being really nice to Ross because laundry is on his list," said Rachel laughing out loud.

"What exactly is on your list?" Mandy asked.

"Um, just the kids!" said Rachel.

"Yeah, I think that sounds like a full list!" Mandy said still laughing.

"Are you sure you can handle them tonight?" asked Rachel.

"Yes, I'm sure!" exclaimed Mandy. "You and Ross just go and have a nice night out. You guys haven't been out alone since your anniversary which was over a month ago."

"Yeah, we have some big plans for tonight because after I have my surgery on Thursday we won't be able to do ANYTHING for a while," said Rachel with a sly grin.

"Sometimes I think you must forget that I'm your daughter, not your friend! I don't want to hear stuff like that," Mandy said with a disgusted look on her face.

"Okay, no more sex talk, I promise!" said Rachel. "Now you're not having sex are you?"

"Rachel," sighed Mandy. "If you must know, no, I'm not having sex, and I don't intend on having sex until I'm in a committed relationship with someone I want to be with. You can say that I've learned a little something from your mistakes."

"Well, I'm glad someone got to learn from all of the stupid decisions I've made in my life," said Rachel. "I don't regret those decisions because they gave me you and Emma, but they are not choices that I want my daughters to make."

"Yeah, I just really want to have my first child after I'm married to the man I want to be with," said Mandy.

"That's exactly what I want for you, Emma, and Bella. It's just so much easier that way," answered Rachel.

Later that night, Ross and Rachel left to go on their date while Mandy stayed home with the kids. Ross had gotten Monica to reserve them the best table at Javu. They were then going to go to a movie and come home and have a little fun of their own. They usually didn't do date nights on a Monday, but since Rachel was having surgery on Thursday they had used this past weekend as a family weekend. When they had finished dinner, Ross pulled a small box out of his jacket pocket. "Rach, I know that it's not a birthday or an anniversary or anything, and I know that this surgery is outpatient and you will be feeling better in a couple of days, but I still wanted to get you a little something. This is for being such a wonderful mother to our three children and for being such a wonderful step-mother to Ben. This is just for being you," said Ross.

Rachel took the package that Ross offered her and opened it. She gasped in shock at what lay inside. They were princess cut diamond earrings that matched her engagement ring. "Ross, you shouldn't have done this," said Rachel. "I mean, we can't afford this. We're supporting four kids!"

"Sweetie, I've been saving for them for a while, and I was just waiting on the perfect time to surprise you with them. I just thought this would be a great time because you weren't expecting anything," said Ross.

"Well, I am definitely surprised," said Rachel. "You will be getting a very nice thank you when we get home."

Back at Ross and Rachel's house, Mandy had finally gotten the kids to bed. She had ordered pizza for dinner, even though she had pizza for lunch; it was what the kids wanted. After dinner they had all settled on the couch and watched Finding Nemo on DVD. Bella fell asleep in Mandy's arms about halfway through the movie, so Mandy went and put her in her crib. When the movie was over Emma and Caleb were still going strong. Mandy let them play for another half an hour then made them both go to bed. The only way she could get Caleb to go to bed was to let him sleep in Emma's room, so she tucked each of them into one of the twin beds, read them a story, and turned out the lights. She then went into her room and shut the door. She knew Ross and Rachel would probably want the house to themselves when they got home, so she got out her laptop, signed on instant messenger, and talked to her friends from back home. She was really beginning to miss home a lot. Last summer she hadn't felt this way because she knew she was going home in August, but when this summer was over she wasn't going back home, she was starting school here in New York. She decided the next day that she was going to talk to Rachel about taking a Friday off of work and flying home for a long weekend. She really missed her parents and her friends!

The next morning Rachel was sitting in her office at work still thinking about the night before and how wonderful Ross was when the phone rang. "Rachel Geller," she said into the receiver.

"Hello, Rachel, this is Dr. Long," said the voice on the other end. "I need to talk to you about something very interesting we found in your blood work yesterday."

"Okay, what is it?" asked Rachel as thoughts of things like cancer began to race through her brain.

"Well, I don't believe we are going to be able to perform that surgery on Thursday," said Dr. Long.

"Why not?" asked Rachel, who was really beginning to panic.

"Well, according to your blood work you're pregnant," answered Dr. Long.

"What!" screamed Rachel. "There must be some mistake, I can't be pregnant again. I mean, I'm getting my tubes tied so I won't be able to have anymore kids, so I can't be pregnant."

"Well, it seems like you are," said Dr. Long. "Why don't you come to my office when you get off of work today, and we'll do a sonogram and see if we can tell how far along you are, unless you want to wait and bring your husband in with you some time later this week?"

"No, I'll come today," said Rachel, still in shock. "I'll be there around 5:30 or so."

"Okay, see you then," said Dr. Long as she hung up the phone.

As soon as Rachel hung up the phone, she burst into tears. This couldn't be happening. How could she possibly be pregnant again! She and Ross always made sure to be so careful. Her mind then went back to the night she returned from her cruise. It must have happened then, she thought. She had no clue what she was going to do or how she was ever going to tell Ross. He had made it pretty clear a few weeks ago that he definitely didn't want any more children. She continued to cry into her hands in disbelief.

Mandy walked into her mom's office a few minutes later with plans to ask Rachel about flying home one weekend soon. She had totally forgotten to ask her on the way to work this morning. When she went into Rachel's office she found Rachel with her head down on her desk, sobbing very loudly.

"Oh my gosh!" exclaimed Mandy, "What's wrong?" She walked over to Rachel and put her arm around Rachel's shoulder.

"Well, I'm definitely not having that surgery on Thursday," Rachel said through her tears.

"Why not?" asked Mandy.

"Well, apparently they can't do it when you're pregnant," Rachel said as she began to cry even harder.

"You're pregnant?" asked Mandy with shock in her voice.

"Yep," replied Rachel. "I'm going to Dr. Long's after work today for a sonogram and to get my vitamins and stuff. You'll have to go with me, is that okay?"

"Yeah, that's fine," answered Mandy, "but are you sure you don't want Ross to go with you?"

"Yeah, I'm sure," said Rachel. "I don't even know how or when I'm going to even tell Ross. I think I may just keep this between us for a while."

"Okay, whatever you want," said Mandy as she gave Rachel a comforting hug.

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