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Ross ran into the house and slammed the door yelling, "Rachel! Rach! Where are you?' Emma and Caleb came in right behind him looking around very scared. Ross then heard Bella start to cry so he followed her crying into the master bedroom. When he walked into the room he saw Rachel sitting in the floor with her head in her hands.
"Rach, what's wrong? Are you okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just fell down. I'm going to go lay down," said Rachel.
"You're not fine," said Ross. "Mandy said you blacked out when you were on the phone with her."
"Well, I guess I got a little dizzy," said Rachel. "I just haven't been feeling that well today."
"Here, let me help you up," said Ross as he helped Rachel off of the floor. Rachel grabbed onto his shoulder to keep from falling as she got dizzy once again.
"Okay, that's it," said Ross. "We're taking you to the emergency room."
"No, you're not! I'm fine!" said Rachel. "I'm just going to lay down with Bella and you're going to take the kids back out to the beach to play."
"No, with you being pregnant we have to take you to the doctor," reasoned Ross.
"You know?" Rachel said with shock in her voice.
"Yes, Mandy told me," answered Ross. "Don't get mad at her though, she just thought I might need to know in case you were still blacked out. Why didn't you tell me?"
"I was afraid," started Rachel. "I was afraid because you had said that you didn't want anymore kids, and I was afraid that if I told you it would be real, and I just don't know if I can handle it!"
"Sweetie, it's okay," said Ross as he wrapped Rachel into his arms. "Yes, it wasn't planned, but it will be okay. We can handle it. I don't want to brag, but I think we are pretty good parents. Now, I am taking you to the emergency room to make sure you're okay."
"Okay," relented Rachel. "I guess we better go. I've been sick six times already today and that just seems a little much for morning sickness. I've never been sick this much with any of the others."
On the way to the emergency room Rachel called Mandy back because she knew she was probably worried.
"Hello?" said Mandy.
"Hey sweetie," said Rachel.
"Are you okay?" asked Mandy.
"I think so. We're going to the emergency room to get everything checked out, but I think I'm alright. Also, thanks for telling Ross," said Rachel sarcastically.
"Well, I heard you hit the floor, and I was worried. I thought he would need to know in case he had to take you to the hospital or something," Mandy said nervously.
"It's okay, don't worry," said Rachel. "We've talked, and we're okay. There's still a lot more to talk about, but we have almost eight months to do that."
"That's good," said Mandy.
"Well, I better go because we're pulling into the hospital, but I'll call you later and let you know what we find out," said Rachel.
"Okay, call me later," said Mandy. "I'm glad everything's okay."
Ross dropped Rachel off at the front door and left Bella, who was still asleep, with her. Ross parked the car and brought Emma and Caleb in with him. As he was walking into the door, he realized how funny the three of them must look. He was still wearing his bathing suit and a t-shirt. Caleb was dressed just like his daddy. Emma also had on a swim-suit with just a pair of shorts on over it. The three of them definitely looked like they had just walked in from the beach. He had been so worried about Rachel and so in shock about the new baby that changing clothes had never occurred to him. He still couldn't quite wrap his brain around the fact that he was going to be a father again. It definitely wasn't something he had been expecting, but it was a welcome surprise. He was actually surprised at how excited he was. He also knew that this pregnancy was going to be very hard on his wife so he then and there decided that he was going to be extra loving and supportive these next months. Rachel was going to need it.
When Ross walked in he didn't see Rachel sitting in the waiting room anywhere. He went to the front desk and asked where his wife was.
"They took her on back," the receptionist said. "She's in exam room three."
Ross walked down to exam room three and walked inside with Emma and Caleb following close behind. Rachel was lying on the bed with Bella snuggled up against her.
Ross was fixing to say something to Rachel when a nurse came in to check Rachel's temperature and blood pressure. She also rolled in a portable sonogram machine so they could check up on the baby. Just as the nurse was finishing, the doctor came right in. He asked Rachel lots of questions about what had happened. "Well," he started. "That really doesn't sound like morning sickness to me. It sounds like you may have a stomach virus, so I'm going to take some blood work, do a sonogram to check on the baby, and give you some fluids because I think you may be dehydrated."
"So are Rachel and the baby okay?' asked Ross.
"From what I can see, yes," said the doctor. "A nurse is going to come in and do some blood work, then I'll be back in a few minutes to do the sonogram. After that I may give Rachel an IV of fluids before I let her go home." The doctor then left the room.
"Mommy, what baby is the doctor talking about?" asked Emma. Ross and Rachel exchanged a look before Rachel answered, "Well, sweetie, mommy and daddy are going to have another baby. You guys are going to have a little brother or sister."
"Is the baby in your tummy again?" Emma asked.
"Yes, it is," said Rachel.
"Baby brother?" asked Caleb.
"It could be," said Ross. "It also could be another baby sister."
"Oh man!" said Caleb.
After this the nurse came in to do blood work on Rachel. The doctor then came in to do a sonogram. Ross got tears in his eyes as he looked at his child on the screen. His and Rachel's child. He looked at the screen then looked around at their three children, man they did make beautiful children. He took the children and showed them their new little brother or sister on the screen. They were all excited about the baby!
The doctor came back in and started an IV of fluids in Rachel. "Okay Rachel," said the doctor. "You can go home when the IV is finished, but you must stay in bed and drink plenty of fluids for the rest of the weekend. After a couple of days you should be fine."
When the doctor left Ross asked Rachel, "Do you just want to pack up and go home in the morning so you can get some rest?"
"No," said Rachel. "I can rest just as well here. You and the kids can play outside, and I can lay inside and rest." Just as Rachel finished saying this, her cell phone began to ring.
"Can you get that for me honey?" she asked.
Ross answered the phone and had a short conversation with whoever was on the other end of the line. When he hung up he said to Rachel, "It looks like we're going to have some company. Monica, Chandler, and the kids are on their way down."
"Did you tell them where we were?" asked Rachel.
"Nope," said Ross. "I figured we'd surprise them about the baby when they get here!"
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