Thanks for the reviews. This chapter should be mainly just some fluff, I think.
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A New Beginning
Chapter 7.
A Family Game
"Okay, so what are we eating?" Rain asked her mother.
"Ask your father."
"You've only been here like 6 hours and you're already making orders for me to do?" Ross asked.
"Ross, I'm sure you remember that I can't cook." Rachel defended herself.
They where all sitting around the kitchen table and discussing what to do, when Rain brought dinner up.
"Haven't you learned how to do that?" Ross asked, "How did you eat? How did you feet my children?"
"Pizza!" Rachel said.
"Everyday?"
"Almost." Joshua said, "Can we have pizza today?"
"I'll call." Jonathan said.
"We have to order a lot." Gretchen said, "We're like 8 people."
"We are 8, hon." Rebecca said. She'd already fell in love with her little sister.
"Well, it seems to me like Gretchen got ONE thing from you Rach." Ross laughed.
"What?" Rachel asked, dreading the answer.
"The ability of not being able to put two and two together and get the outcome to be four!" Ross laughed even more.
"Yes, that's mommy!" Rain laughed.
"You just laugh of me, Rain." Rachel smiled, "But you aren't a single bit better yourself."
"Uh, I have an idea!" Clara said.
"What's that?" Joshua asked.
"Mom and dad should write questions about us and them, and then us, the children should answer them. It could be a fun way to get to know each other better, right?"
"Uh, let's do that!" Rebecca laughed.
"Yeah." Gretchen smiled, "And it have to be mom and dad as judges and then London versus NYC!"
"Good idea." Jonathan smiled, "Mom and dad, you have to go make questions."
Ross nodded and pushed Rachel up to his room, where they had really much fun, remembering old times.
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"All right," Rachel smiled, settling down next to Ross on his couch, "We're ready."
"And we're full!" Clara said, "We ate all the pizza!"
"Wow, you're nice, huh?" Ross said.
"Okay, sit down." Rebecca said, "Jonathan on this side with me, and the rest of my sisters and a brother on the other side, okay?"
They sat down and Ross took a board and sat it up. (A/N. Imagine like the one in "The one with the Embryos", okay? Just a little different)
"This is the first round, so we're gotta get through a lot, but remember; when we're done, we know a lot more about each other, than before, okay?" Rachel began.
Rain nodded confirming, she wanted to win this game!
"These are the categories." Ross said, "´Stupid habits´, ´School´, ´Friends´, Who did this…?´ and ´Stuff you just need to know!´. Understood?"
"Of course dad!" Gretchen said, "We're not idiots!"
"Okay." Rachel said, "NYC begins!"
"We'll take ´Who did this…?´." Jonathan said.
"Okay," Rachel read, that was her category, "One of the girls once got locked out of the apartment in just underwear, who did this?"
Rebecca looked at the faces and saw a smile trembling in Clara's eyes, but she got the feeling that it wasn't her; "I think it's Rain."
"You do?" Jonathan asked, "My first guess would be Clara, but let's say Rain."
"Rain is correct!" Rachel smiled, "Point to NYC."
"London?" Ross asked.
"´Friends´." Joshua smiled.
"Okay." Ross laughed, "Who is Jonathan's best friend? Is his name Dan, Hans or Klaus?"
"That's gonna be a guess." Clara said, "Shall we guess…? Hmm, Klaus?"
The other three nodded and Ross said, "Sorry folks. His best friend is named Dan."
"What kinda name is Klaus?" Rebecca said.
"Bec has a crush on him." Jonathan explained.
"Hey,…" Rebecca whined, "Cant we just pick a category?"
"Yeah, ehm, ´Stuff you just need to know!´."
"Okay," Rachel said, "Gretchen has a favourite dinosaur, which one is that?"
"The same as dad's!" Rebecca smiled, "I heard him tell her!"
"Well, correct again. London, you're gonna need points." Ross smiled.
This was so nice, the family he had always wanted. With the woman he had always wanted. It was perfect, except one little detail, they weren't married anymore. It just felt right in spite of that.
An hour later they went to a special round called, ´Mom and dad´.
"I guess this is so we can find out how you two got together?" Rebecca asked, really excited.
Rachel nodded, "Yes, this is a complicated history, there goes way back, so it's gonna take time. We're not asking each team, we're building this up as a story, and if some of you know what I'm gonna say or an answer to a question, then raise your hand, okay?"
The children nodded and Rachel began her story: "Once upon a time, there was a boy named Ross. He was his parents first born, and they thought that his mother was unfertile, but luckily enough they got him, they called him a what? –Medical marvel, a lucky coincidence or a the most wonderful child on earth?"
"Uh, I have a guess!" Gretchen said, she raised her hand before Rebecca or Jonathan, (who actually knew the answer) got a chance to do so, "I think it's medical marvel, isn't it, dad?"
"Wonderful guess, Gret, that is correct!"
Gretchen smiled and winked eyes with her dad.
Rachel continued, "When he was around three years old, he got something he wasn't quite happy with. His little sister was born. They named her Monica. On Monica's first birthday, something really funny happened; Ross wasn't happy with all the attention that people were giving his sister, so he did something, that his future wife laughed really hard at, actually she laughed so hard that there came wine out of her nose…"
The children laughed, and Rachel continued, "What did he do? – Dressed up as a woman, pulled in his testicles or ran away so his parents had to call the police?"
Rebecca raised her hand; "He dressed up as a woman, Monica told me about it!"
"Unfortunately Becky honey, that wasn't that day, what happened then?"
Clara laughed, "I'll say testicles and don't believe it!"
"Well start too!" Ross said, "'Cause that's the right answer!"
The whole living room burst into laugher, and they couldn't get hold on Rachel before about 20 minutes later.
Later, when they got to the part with the wedding, Rachel asked them the last question; "Okay, they got married a beautiful day not long after they got engaged. They didn't want to waste their time together, because they were pretty sure, as was their families and friends, that they would be together forever. What was their wedding song? – "What a wonderful world" by Louis Armstrong, "2 in 1" by Danny Elmo or "Because you loved me" by Celine Dion?"
Rain raised her hand, "´Because you loved me´! I love that song, it has to be that one!"
Rachel shook her head, "Nope, honey I'm sorry."
Rebecca smiled, "It's ´2 in 1´, I know it."
Ross smiled, "And how did you figure that…?"
"Because I listen to it all the time, and you cry all the time." Rebecca said.
Rachel looked at her, "Do you have it?"
"Yeah, I'll go get it?"
Rachel nodded and Rebecca was back two minutes later with a CD. She plopped it in the player and Ross looked for an answer in Rachel's eyes, he didn't get one. But he got a smile though, telling him, that something amazing was gonna happen. He knew it wouldn't be like that, maybe she just needed to do this for herself. For him, no. For them.
She grabbed his hand, "Dance with me?"
He nodded and the kids grabbed each other too. Rebecca and Gretchen. Joshua and Clara. Jonathan and Rain.
The song started to play and Ross put an arm on Rachel's back. It was weird, dancing with her to that song. He started to remember their wedding day all those years ago…
Everything starts with a kiss
Everything starts like this
We are in love, I can tell - two souls in one
"I couldn't be more happy on this day, that the woman I'm standing next to, is you Rach. The truth is, that I've wanted you since I was fifteen, it was hard though. You were this popular, beautiful girl, you are still those things, except, that… now you're a woman, and on top of that; you're my woman. Now that I finally have you, I'm never, ever letting you go. I couldn't live without you, and a lot of people say that, but in my case, I know, so does everybody else, that it's true. You're centre in my world, Rach. I cant wait to share the rest of my life with you. I cant wait until we can buy our first house, have our first child. We both want a big family, but not just a big family, I want a big family with only you. If I haven't had the possibility to have that, I don't think I would had had it at all. I love you."
For you I'm the one, and I know
More than a friend, just let me show
I can be sensitive I promise - two souls in one
"Ross… I've known you for so many years, that I cant count. I've always known that you had some love for me. I've just always been too bitchy to realize what a great guy you are. Back in high school I only talked to you because you were Monica's older brother and I was like a part of your family, but then, couple of years back, I took a short, and lovely, I got this outcome, I couldn't be happier. I left all that my parents wanted me to have. They didn't think I could have it with anyone else then Barry, but I guess they were wrong. That decision is the best I've ever made. And from now on, I don't have to wonder about stuff like that anymore. Now I just know, that you're here with me, and that you love me. As, I hope, that you know, that I'm here for you too, and that I love you."
Two souls in one we are in love
Two souls in one no stars above
Two souls in one I love you my girl
"My best friend and my brother! I cant believe you guys are finally getting married. When you first started going out, I was too smart to actually hope that it was going to get this far, but after just a couple of weeks, I wasn't stupid enough to see it wouldn't. Now we're here, I cant wait until I actually can be my best friends kids aunt. Just the way I would had been if she had married any other guy, but with the different that, this time, I'm related by blood!"
I just came by to say hey
There you were standing looking okay
I gave you a hug and I felt two souls in one
"Lobsters. That's all I'll have to say. You guys will know what I mean, right? Because I was right. Phoebs was right, I'm always though. I hope that you two, will have a lot of baby lobsters, 'cause I'll be very happy, to be their not related aunt, which is just as good as the real one, okay? Remember that... I love you guys!"
Two souls in one we are in love
Two souls in one no stars above
Two souls in one I love you my girl
"Dude, you finally got your Rachel, huh? I gotta tell you Rach, it wasn't easy surviving collage with his air cleaner AND his non-stop talking about you. But I guess it went deeper though, we're here aren't we? I made a promise to you guys, no jokes at the wedding, but I know you didn't mean it. I've made you a book, Monica helped me, where you can read all the best Chandler stories. All those where he screw up, but I've also put in extra stuff from the rest of us. I hope you'll like it, and oh, Rachel? Stop crying now, I didn't even say that I love you guys yet. But I do!"
Touch me again
Touch me like this
Touch me my girl just like the first kiss
I want to be together, with you forever, I will!
"Rachel; you're so hot! Ross; you're so geeky. I wonder why Rach went out with you, but I guess she can see something I cant. I'm really happy for you guys, and uh Rach, if this in some way, I really cant imagine though, shouldn't work out, I'm always here to console you."
Two souls in one we are in love
Two souls in one no stars above
Two souls in one I love you my girl
When the dance was done, Ross had tears in his eyes. He wouldn't show though, so he excused himself to the bathroom and Rachel knew why. She had felt the tears in her hair.
Okay, so the song is not the best one, but in some way I really love it, and I heard it while I was writing, so it seemed right to use that one. If you haven't heard before, you really should. It's wonderful. Remember to leave me a review, thanks, Stessa.