Disclaimer: I do not own them.. I'm really sad about it, but what can I do?
A New Beginning
Chapter 3.
A Pretty Big Chock
(This chapter is going between London and NYC)
-- In NYC --
Ross looked at the skirt he was folding. His eyes were fixed on the name. Rachel Green, it said. Rachel Green. He couldn't believe that she had made it. She had her own store. She was famous now.
The other day he and Chandler were watching an award show and one fan had shouted to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; "What are you wearing? You look amazing!"
One of them, Ross wasn't quite sure who, had taken the microphone and said, "Rachel Green."
"Yeah RG." the other one said, "We went to England and bought the dresses ourselves."
"She was very sweet, helping us out." the first one said again.
Ross couldn't believe she was dressing stars. It was unbelievable.
He went up to Rebecca's room and put the clean clothes on her bed. He looked around. There were pictures from her life. But nothing from before Rachel left. They had each taken some of them, and Ross had locked his into a drawer. He wasn't excited about this arrangement, with him, never seeing his other children, but I wouldn't work with them trading schools every year. This had been the best way, Ross kept telling himself that. He looked at her walls. She had small notes sat up with tape, which said;
Mommy, I miss you. Need you more then ever, please come home. Hugs.
And another one said,
God, if you're out there, hear me out. I want my mother! She's the only thing missing in my life. I'm not me if I don't know my background.
A third one said;
Promise me, mom, that you'll come to pick me up a day, just one day, and we could be like mother and daughter.
Ross read a fourth one, he was already crying;
Can you feel the love tonight? I can't. I'm crying over here, mom. Come home to NYC and we can be together. You don't have to love dad, you can't choose if you love somebody, but love me and Jon at least, we're your children. I'm a girl all alone, and I'm surrounded my guys in this house, it's hard. Nobody understand me, aunt Monica is trying, but she is not succeeding. In some way, she's taking a distance from me, maybe it's because I'm like you in too many ways. But I gotta tell you, when I have children, I wont abandon them like you did! It's not right. Here I am, crying again, maybe because my mother was selfish, maybe because she wasn't. I don't know the story, I don't know my mother. I'm not sure if I want to know the story, but I'm sure that I want to know my mother :'( - Love from Rebecca.
"Are you reading my wall?"
Ross got a chock, he turned around. Tears streaming down his face, "Why are you writing stuff like that?"
"That was a night, I was thinking about what I would write if someone told me she would get one letter. I just wrote it, then. Did you like it?" Rebecca said sad.
"Yeah, but your mother wasn't selfish, this was for the best, sweetie." Ross tried to smile.
"Then at least I know that." Rebecca looked at the clean clothes ,"Yeah! My skirt is clean, uh, I have to wear this. Tomorrow I'm going shopping with Monica and Phoebe and I think that Phoebe is brining Lily. I talked to Monica and I could bring Lena and Mary. I can't wait!"
"Wow, that's great. Don't use all your money though."
"I wont daddy."
--
"Hi Monica." Lena said, she loved to talk to Monica because she was a chef and that's what she wanted to be too, "Am I the first one?"
"Yeah you are Lena, come in." Monica smiled.
"Where's Patrick and Gavin? Are they out?" Lena asked.
"Yeah." Monica said, "Chandler and Mike took them and Peter to a Knicks game."
Lena nodded. She was like a part of the family. Not only at Rebecca's house, but at her aunt and uncle's too. It was lovely because she didn't know her own family. Only her mother, whom she lived with, but she was always drunk and didn't have a job, "Aren't Peter and Patrick a little young to that?"
"Nah, they love it. So girls day out, huh?" Monica smiled, "Planning on spending a lot of money?"
"No, we don't have any, but both the girls told me they would like to buy me something today. They're so nice to me."
"Hmm.. I don't know about Mary, but Rebecca is just like her mother." Monica smiled.
"You knew her well?" Lena asked.
"Well, you can't tell Rebecca, okay?" Monica began, "But I was best friends with her. Since we was 6 years old!"
"Wow," Lena said, "You know, Bec really wants to know her!"
"Who wouldn't?" Monica smiled, "Everyone would want to know their mother."
"Not me." Lena said, "I wish that I didn't know mine. She never talks to me. If she's not drunk she's angry all the time. I wish I didn't have to live with her, but it doesn't matter, she'll die soon. The doctor told me last time he called."
"I'm so sorry." Monica said.
"Don't be." Lena said, "He actually told me that today would be the last day after his counts. Her liver isn't working anymore. It can't take the pressure."
"Then why aren't you at home to say goodbye?"
"I don't want to." Lena smiled, "The only thing I'm sad about is that when she dies, I have to go on some institution or something, never having a home. Being an orphan."
"Someone will take you." Monica smiled, "Isn't there any family members?"
"No." Lena shook her head, "I wish my mom would have been like you, all cool and together."
Monica's face lit up, "We can take you!"
"What?" Lena got a smile on her face.
"I really like you." Monica smiled, "And I've always wished for a girl. You know, me and Chandler can't have children, and I doubt they'll let us adopt again."
"Really?" Lena said, getting all excited.
"I'm gonna convince Chandler."
Lena hugged Monica and then Rebecca and Mary came through the door.
"What's going on?" Mary asked.
"I'm gonna live with Monica and Chandler when my mother dies!" Lena shouted.
"What?" Rebecca asked, "Really, Mon?"
"Yeah, if they say go for it, then yeah, and I'm gonna have a daughter!"
"Are you pregnant?" Phoebe said, coming through the door with Lily, "Hi girls."
"No." Monica said, "But Lena can maybe come live with me, Chandler and the boys!"
"Cool, welcome to the family." Phoebe said.
"Can we go shopping now?" Mary asked.
"Yeah, let's." Monica said, and then they walked out the door.
-- In London --
"So Rachel, we have been discussing your question about one more store in London, and we're afraid that we can't give you that. But we have another suggestion."
Rachel looked at Emily Waltham. The woman who had showed her around in London the first days. She had been nice to them and helped Rachel a lot with the kids when they were babies.
"And what's that?" Rachel asked.
"We can get you a store in New York, it's already bought. If you don't want to go yourself, we'll send someone to work for you. There's gonna be a Rachel Green store in New York, can you imagine the money, huh?"
Rachel nodded, "New York?"
"Yes, and you already know that city, so that wont be a problem. Or you can stay here and run it, but it's a new place and stuff, it would be better if you personal went there. Here's no problem, I'll run it and you can come sometimes to visit and help."
"I know that you say it wont be a problem for me, but what about my kids? All their friends are here, they have never been in New York!"
"Never?" Emily was shocked.
"No, we only went to Long Island one or two times. Other times my parents went here!" Rachel said.
"Yeah I know, but don't you have friends back in NYC?"
"I had friends, I haven't talked to them in 13 years."
"Why not?"
"Look, Emily." Rachel said, "There's something I never told you, when I left New York, I didn't only leave my husband, but I left two of my kids."
Emily's hand found her mouth.
"I know." Rachel said, "And that's why we cut all talking. Going back there would mean something I'm not quite sure if I can handle."
Emily shook her head; "Now I'll force you to go. You are gonna see your kids, Rach. For Gods sake, this is so huge. I'll call you all the time and I can come visit to meet your friends and the two kids. You don't know anything about them?"
"A little." Rachel smiled, "Jonathan is the oldest one, he's now 16. And.. don't get too shocked now, Clara has an identical twin named Rebecca."
"What?" Emily smiled, "That's huge. What about your friends?"
"Well my mom knows nothing about them, but I do have my old best friends number."
"Give her a call and ask if she can find an apartment and get it ready for you."
"She wont Emily."
"How do you know that, now Rach?" Emily asked.
"Because she's my ex-husbands sister."
"Call her anyway." Emily smiled, "You have to go in about a week, that's when they start painting and stuff. Since you have to work there everyday, you have to like it."
Rachel stood up, "I have some explaining to do."
-- In NYC --
"What about this one, then?" Mary asked Phoebe.
"No," Phoebe said, "Something with more colours, it's better."
Mary sighed, Phoebe had no fashion sense, but she sure was fun.
Lena received a call. Her mother was dead, then she asked the doctor if he could help them set up things with Monica and Chandler and he said that he would do all he could to help them.
They walked down the street, and Phoebe saw an empty store, "Wonder what's gonna be there?"
"I know!" Mary said, looking at the sign in the window, "Oh my God! Bec, there's gonna be a RG-store!"
"Really?"
The girls started to scream.
"Rachel Green?" Monica said, catching Phoebes eyes.
"Calm down." Phoebe said, "She's not gonna be the one to come, I don't think so, I mean, she probably will because it's new, but don't worry."
"Phoebe, what if she's coming?"
"Then we're gonna take it from there."
--
When Monica came home, she half expected Rachel to sit in the sofa, drinking coffee with Chandler, but it was only Joey.
"What a day." Monica said.
"What's wrong, honey?" Chandler asked,
"They are opening a Rachel Green store down the street." Monica said,
Chandler's eyes grew wide; "Wow, do you think she'll come?"
"I don't know, I expect to ran into her every second. It's just because I miss her."
"We miss her too." Joey said, "But if she do come, there's gonna be so messed up for some time with the kids."
"Oh, and I got great news, Chandler." Monica started.
"What?"
"We're almost sure to get one more kid."
"We are?" Chandler was bursting with happiness.
"Well, it's not a baby. But Lena's mother died today, and she doesn't have family, and I thought ´Lena is nice, we could take her´, so I told her. The doctor wants to help us!"
"Lena, as in Rebecca's friend?" Joey asked.
"Yeah, I know it's a little weird, but how great would it be?" Monica smiled.
Chandler was on board, "Maybe we've missed the first 15 years, but the rest of our lives! She's our daughter!"
Suddenly the phone rang; "I'll take it." Monica said, she walked into the kitchen; "This is Monica?"
"Monica? This is Rachel Green…"
Haha, expecting that, didn't you? I'm really happy about those of you who reads this, uh-uhm, and yeah, the whole Monica/Chandler/Lena thing, can actually happen in real life, believe me:D Eh, and hey! Don't forget to review! Thanks, Stessa.