Okay, I've feared posting this chapter ever since I begun on the story, but now the time has come. Hope you'll like it ;)

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A New Beginning

Chapter 9.

A Bad Discovery

Rachel and Ross was finally able to talk to each other about the kids and the past, and Rachel had a important question that she needed to ask Ross, and he had something he needed to ask her too.

They sat in the kitchen looking at each other with little smiles creeping across their faces.

"So, I've wanted to ask you something." Ross said.

Rachel nodded a little, having bad feelings about what lay ahead, but she knew they had to talk about everything sometime, yet, she was totally wrong about what Ross wanted to say.

"It's because Christmas is coming up." Ross began, "And I don't know if you've thought of something, because we haven't discussed who should have the kids, or if we wanted to spend the holidays together."

Rachel bite her lip, she hadn't though of that, "Well, what do you think?"

"Hmm, it could be nice to spend it together, I mean, if you don't have any plans?"

"To be honest I haven't thought about it." Rachel laughed, "I mean, I know it's November, but it's just—floopy." she laughed a little, "But it would be nice to be together, I mean, until now we've been able to get along great, haven't we?"

"Sure." Ross said, "Even though I've been kinda annoyed of the kids lately, I guess I just wanted to talk to you, and every time I felt we could, something came up."

"Well, it's not easy having 6 kids, Ross." Rachel said.

"I just think they're old enough to be by themselves when the grown-up talks, aren't they?"

"I suppose." Rachel smiled, "Well, do you wanna spend it here, just us? Or do you might wanna ask for something with Mon, Chan and the kids? Maybe Phoebs, Mike and their kids too? And Joey?"

"It would be great to be with them, but what about our parents?"

"Mine haven't talked about anything." Rachel said, "Seriously, I don't want to be with them, so it's fine with me."

Ross laughed a little, "All right, we can be here, and if the guys want to come, then they can."

"Sounds great, but Monica HAVE to come, I can't cook!"

Ross looked at her, "God, what went wrong for us, Rach?"

Rachel smiled a little, "We don't talk about that, Ross. We tried, but… we couldn't just forgive and forget, right?"

"All though I regret not being able to." Ross said, "I've missed you so much. And Bec has needed a mother."

Rachel nodded, "And about that, I have something to ask? Have Becky gotten her period?"

Ross shrugged, "Gee, I don't know!"

"You don't know if she have gotten her period? Who would she had talked to? Mon?"

"Maybe." Ross said, "She and Jon have had the bathroom to clean, so it's never been an issue."

"I gotta ask her then." Rachel said.

"Why is that so important?" Ross asked.

"What kind of mother am I if I don't know if my 15 year old daughter has her period like she's supposed to?"

"I'm following you." Ross said, "Go talk to her."

Rachel stood up and walked to Rebecca's room. She walked in on her, taking down something from her wall. She watched her for a few minutes, admiring the creation her and Ross' love had made, then she got a look on what Rebecca was taking down.

"What's that?" Rachel said, when she realized what it was.

Rebecca turned around, "Some letters." she said, shy.

"I saw what was written, Becky." Rachel said, "Why would you write such things about me? Selfish? You don't even know me at all!"

Rebecca looked at her mother, "Well, it was your job who made you leave wasn't it? Then it WAS because of you!"

"Maybe my job was ONE of the reasons, but you don't know a damn thing about what was the most important thing!" Rachel yelled and rushed out from her room, already crying. Ross and Clara came upstairs, when they heard Rachel yell.

"What's wrong?" Clara asked.

"Mom." was all Rebecca managed to say, and as soon as the word left her lips, Ross rushed after Rachel into their bedroom.

"What were you guys fighting about?" Clara asked.

"I was taking down those letters I wrote." Rebecca said, "She wasn't meant to see them, ever, but I guess she just wanted to talk to me, and she saw everything."

"Gosh." Clara said, "I hope she is okay, you know, she cries every time she has fights with one of us."

Rebecca looked worried, "I wanna say sorry."

Rebecca left the room, and Clara followed her. They were about to knock on the door, when they heard Rachel say; "I mean, she doesn't even know why we left, Ross! She thinks I'm all selfish!"

Clara stopped Rebecca's hand, itches before it touched the door, and she put a finger on her lips.

"Rach, come on, it cant be that bad." Ross said.

"Easy for you to say, Ross." Rachel cried, "You're not the one who has to listen to everybody telling you how selfish you was, taking the kids away from their father, and you know what? It was actually your fault that we moved!"

"Hey! I wanted you to move out from our house, not dragging my children with you across the world."

"I needed that job, Ross!" Rachel said, "I only took it because you couldn't handle me working with Mark anymore."

"Who's Mark?" Rebecca whispered.

"I don't know." Clara said, "I think we'll find out though."

"Of course I didn't want you to work with that man, Rach! He raped you for God's sake!"

Clara's heart skipped a beat and her and Rebecca's eyes caught each others in a very unbelievable moment.

"Yeah, but that wasn't my fault! And then you threw me out, saying it was! What could I do? I mean, first you make me quit the best job ever, and then you throw me out, giving me no place to live! I HAD to take to first job that was available, right!"

"I'm deeply sorry for that, Rach. You know it!"

"Yeah, that still doesn't give you the right to throw out your wife, I mean, I THOUGHT you loved me?"

"I did, Rach, I swear, so much, you'll never know." Ross yelled.

"Then you should had been more supportive, Ross!" Rachel sobbed, "Going with me to the doctors, helping me more with the baby, no wonder she didn't connect to you the way a baby should, you didn't even change her diaper once!"

"How do you think it feels knowing that one of kids isn't mine?" Ross quietly said.

Clara and Rebecca had heard enough. They walked slowly away and found their way downstairs.

"We have to talk to the others." Clara said, "Someplace else. The coffeehouse in the city! We can take the bus."

Rebecca nodded and called all the other Green-Geller kids… they had to find out who wasn't Ross'.

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When the six kids of Ross and Rachel all where seated in Central Perk, the 4 of them were looking at Clara and Rebecca.

"You mind telling us what this is about?" Joshua asked, "You know, 'cause I was playing football."

"This is WAY more important then football, Josh." Rebecca said, "It's about us, and dad… and especially.." she sighed, "Mom.."

"What's with mom?" Rain asked.

"We better start with the beginning." Clara said, "Here goes: Bec and mom had a fight, not a big one, but mom went crying into her room because Bec called her selfish about leaving NYC those years ago. Mom said that there were other reasons that Bec wouldn't know. Then dad went into console her while we was, we didn't mean to though, ears dropping outside their door."

"How could you do that?" Jonathan asked, "I mean, that was accurately supposed to be a private conversation, right?"

"Shh big bro." Clara said, "We heard mom and dad discussing their life before we moved, all we heard them say was that mom was working with this guy, his name was Mark, and then, don't get too chocked, he raped her."

Gretchen gasped, "Mom got raped?"

Rebecca nodded, "That's not the worst part, we heard dad saying he couldn't deal with the fact that one of the kids wasn't his."

There went a dead silent in the group.

Finally Rain managed to speak; "So one of us aren't dads?"

Clara nodded, "And we didn't hear a name."

"Well, then I guess it's me." Gretchen said.

"Why do you guess that, Gret?" Clara asked.

"Because I'm the last one, right? He threw us out right after the incident."

"That would make most sense." Rebecca said, "Except that you look exactly like dad."

"It cant be Joshua either." Jonathan said, "He have some of dad too."

"I think it's me." Rain said, all of a sudden.

Clara turned her head, "Why?"

"Look at it this way." Rain said, getting tears in her eyes, "Mom and dad have 4 kids, 4 lovely kids they share so much love with. They doesn't need more kids, they don't WANT more kids."

Jonathan nodded, padding his little sisters back.

"Then, the mom gets raped by a guy, they don't wear a condom, she's now pregnant. Of course she had to tell her husband about it, he accepts, knowing that she didn't do it because she wanted to, knowing that she only wanna be with him, that she not cheated. But soon she discovers her pregnancy, they're worried, are the baby the husbands or the rapists? They don't know, maybe they never found out, but the father took distance to the kid, they never got connected the way they where supposed too, sounding like me and dad, huh?"

Gretchen took her hand, knowing she was right about this; "Then what happened?"

"They tried to live as good as they could. They still loved each other. The husband made the woman quit her job, he could support her, they kept loving each other on a ehm, regular basis, if you know what I mean?"

Rebecca nodded.

"And then he can't handle it anymore, the husband. Knowing that baby might not be his'. He throws them out, sending the wife to London, because she cant get any other job. She discovers that she's pregnant, here comes Gretchen."

Clara looked at her; "And not to make you feel any worse, you're nothing like dad at all."

"Hey..." Jonathan said, "If they haven't had a blood test, then they don't know for sure who's baby this is, okay? Maybe Rain IS dads', but just not reminds a lot like him?"

"We need to talk to mom and dad about this." Rebecca said, "We have to know what happened?"

They all nodded. Knowing that this, would probably be something they didn't want to hear.

Okay, so I thought about cuttings this chapter right after Clara and Rebecca heard Ross and Rachel talk, but it would have been a short chapter, and I didn't want to leave you guys hanging ;) And also, the story of how everything happened, might be weird right now to you, but there'll be explanations in future chapters. Please, leave me a review. Thanks, Stessa.