Hi there! Uh, I just want to say that Rachel being pregnant will be a problem, considering her age (thank you, for reminding me) and I'll just make her a little younger than she would be, I kinda thought she was, anyway, soo... Maybe she'll have to be around 40- 41- 42, I know that's still dangerous, but you know, better then her being 50 and pregnant, am I right? Anyway, thanks for the reviews.
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A New Beginning
Chapter 14. An Unexpected Christmas Present
"Hi, you've reached Monica, Chandler, Gavin, Patrick and Lena's. We're not here right now, but leave a message, and we'll call you back"
Damn, Rachel thought, she then collected herself and said; "Hi, it's Rachel. Monica? I really need to talk to you. Call me as soon as you get this message. I don't care it it's 3 o'clock in the morning, this is important. REALLY important.. bye"
Rachel hung up the phone, the one time she needed Monica the most, she wasn't home. Rachel lay back at her pillow and breathed out. The fever was gone, so was the headache. She hadn't gotten her period like she was supposed to. In 8 months she would be a mother again. Ross and the kids didn't know anything, she wanted to be sure before she worried them. As she still threw up all day, she pretended to have fever and headache too, just so Ross wouldn't be suspicious.
He was taking good care of her. He didn't let her leave the bedroom, only if she needed the bathroom, that's why she needed Monica. She had to ask her to buy a pregnancy test till when she came on Christmas eve. She didn't know how else she would manage to get the result. Rachel whished that Monica would call soon, tomorrow they would come for Christmas, she also needed to have time to buy it. Rachel began to think back, when had they conceived? Then a thought hit her; they hadn't used a condom the first night. They had been so eager to get into each other that they've completely forgotten. She smiled, she knew she was a bit old to have another baby, but she couldn't wait. This baby would symbolise the beginning. She knew her and Ross would get together now. They just have to figure out how they'd make it work.
She got a shock when her cell phone rang; she looked at the display, Monica. Rachel sighed in relief.
"Hi Mon!"
"Rach, what's wrong?" Monica sounded concerned, "You sounded freaked out at the message"
"I am freaked out!" Rachel said, "I need you to buy something for me"
"Why cant you buy it yourself?" Monica asked, sounding annoyed.
"Because Ross wont let me leave the house, because I have to flu" Rachel said.
"I'm sorry" Monica said, "What do you need me to buy?"
Rachel sighed, "A home pregnancy test"
Rachel heard Monica loose the phone, then she heard it being picked up again, "What?"
"I'm pretty sure that I'm pregnant Mon" Rachel said.
"Oh my God!" Monica yelled, "How? Who have you been with?"
"That doesn't console you right now Mon, okay? You have to buy it before tomorrow and none of the others can see it. Make it as a present and I'll open it later on, that's easiest"
"Okay," Monica said, "I'll go get one now"
"Thanks Mon, I love you"
"I love you too. And, I know it's not my business, but what do you want the result to be?"
Rachel smiled, "I know I'm a bit old, but I kinda hope it's positive"
"I know!" Monica screamed, "Me too. I'll see you, Rach"
Rachel hung up the phone, now she just needed to wait.
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Rachel had been showering, and dressed up a little bit. The kids and Ross was wearing really nice clothes, but Rachel was not. She needed to look like she was ill, and the best way to do that was wearing not fancy clothes. The first people to show up was Phoebe, Mike, Lily, Peter and Joey (who had been driving with them). They walked in and Rachel greeted her friend.
"Don't get too close aunt Phoebe" Rain told Phoebe, "Because mommy has the flu"
"Oh, I'm so sorry Rach"
"Yeah, well, that's the way it goes, huh?" Rachel smiled. She went into the living room and sat down the sofa. She needed to calm herself a bit. When Monica, Chandler and the kids came, Monica went into her and gave her thumbs up. Rachel smiled and soon after they were eating dinner.
"This really tastes good" Clara said.
"For who of you who haven't had a meal with Clara yet" Ross informed, "She eats more then the rest of the kids together"
"Hey!" Clara said, then she caught Rachel, "Aren't you hungry mom?"
Rachel looked at her food, it was chicken, she was almost throwing up at the table, "No I don't feel well"
"Rachel?" Ross said, "It's been quite long you've had the flu, you need to go to the doctors soon as possible"
"Okay" Rachel whispered, "Is it okay if I go and lie down at the couch?"
The others nodded and Rachel walked away. Soon as she felt the couch under her, she fell a sleep.
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Around 10 o'clock, they woke her up. It was present time. They always opened them at 24th, it was easier for the children, plus, the grown-ups always talked till long after midnight, and then it was the 25th.
"Rachel sweetie?" Phoebe said, "We're going to open the presents now"
Rachel sat up, "Uh um, sorry I fell a sleep"
"That's okay" Chandler said, he was sitting at the floor with Gavin and Patrick, they were getting impatient. They just wanted to open the presents.
"Then let's open" Rachel said. She wrapped herself into a blanket and sat down next to Gretchen and Lily at the floor. The kids got to open their presents first. There were a lot. They were also 11 kids, so it wasn't that hard to think it took time. When the kids were done, they all sat around the grown-ups, wanting to watch them open up, except for Patrick and Peter, who were a sleep.
"I think Rachel should have the first present" Monica said, bursting to know the answer, "And from us!"
She handed Rachel the present. Rachel on the other hand, was slightly annoyed with the fact that Monica brought everybody's attention.
"I'm gonna open this one later" Rachel said.
"No mom!" Clara said, "You need to open it now, you have to!"
"Clara, I don't want to, okay?"
"Come on, Rach!" Phoebe said.
Rachel gave Monica an ´I'm-gonna-kill-you ´-look and started to open up. When she was done, she made a big thing outta sounding surprised, "Monica? Why the hell did you give me a pregnancy test?"
"Uh" Monica thought for a second, "Just because I want you to find a boyfriend, it's kind of a secret message, you know"
Mike laughed, "You two are crazy"
Rachel stood up, "You guys can open up, I'm not feeling well. Just gonna lie down for a sec., then I'll come again"
"Of course" Monica said, knowing what she wanted.
Rachel left the room, and Monica looked at the others, "Let's open!"
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Rachel's hands was holding the pin so she couldn't see. She sighed. You have to do it, Rach. Just look at it! Rachel felt herself shaking, when she turned the stick around, and saw that it was blue. Great, you're gonna be a mother. Uh, when are you gonna tell them? Do it now, Rach. Get it over with, it'll be a good present too. Just do it.
Rachel threw the test in the thrash and walked down stairs with her hand on her still trim stomach. The thought of life growing in there amazed her. She quickly removed her hand when she entered the living room.
"Are you feeling better?" Chandler asked.
Rachel nodded and walked towards Ross, she pulled him up, so they were standing next to each other.
"What's going on, Rach?" he asked, nervous.
"Give me your hand" Rachel said, and he did so, with everybody's eyes on them, Rachel placed his hand on her stomach, "Don't be mad at me" she sighed, "But I have a pretty strong feeling that in 8 months, I'm gonna be a mother again"
The whole living room gasped and Rebecca stood up, "Are you saying that you're pregnant?"
Rachel turned around, "Yeah…"
"Oh my God" Gretchen said, "Is 6 not enough for you mom?"
"Who have you been screwing?" Phoebe asked, totally forgetting that the kids were there.
"Phoebe!" Mike said.
"Sorry" Phoebe smiled
"So, it's really positive?" Monica asked, standing up, giving Rachel a hug.
Rachel nodded, "Pretty much. But I already knew, though. I threw up all the time, I couldn't eat chicken, I couldn't even look at Clara's ice-cream"
"Were you even planning on telling me?" Ross asked, kind of angry.
"Now Ross and Rachel have no chance again" Joey mumbled.
Rachel laughed, "Sure we do. It's Ross'!"
The room gasped again.
"Oh my God!" Jonathan said, "When did this happen? And when did you two think it was possible to tell your children that you were back together?"
"Well, then…" Ross said, "I've been thinking of doing or not doing this, but as it is now, I have something to ask you again?" he got down on one knee, "Rachel Karen Green, will you marry me? … Again?"
The living room gasped the third time that night, and Rachel just laughed and said; "Of course I'll marry you – again!"
Rebecca and Clara stood up and began to scream. Monica hugged Phoebe. Joey punched Chandler on the arm and Ross kissed Rachel. He lifted her up and twirled her around.
"Stop" Rachel laughed, "This cant be good for the baby, you know"
"I'm sorry" Ross said.
"How come you've been thinking on proposing when we didn't even tell people we were together again?" Rachel asked.
"I just wanted to make sure you stayed in New York this time" Ross smiled.
"Well I do" Rachel sat down, then she looked at her 6 silent children, "Aren't you gonna say something to me?"
Gretchen come to her mom, "I'm gonna be a big sister! I'm not gonna be the youngest one anymore. Thank you, mom!"
Rebecca and Clara didn't really know what to say, then Clara said, "I'm happy about you two getting together again, I mean! Hallo, you're getting married, this is huge, but OH MY GOD! Aren't you a little to old to become a mom again?"
Rachel smiled, "I've thought about it myself too, Clara, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm gonna. This wasn't planned as you can hear, I got myself into this, and I'm getting myself out of this… just like with Rain and Gretchen"
"Hey!" Rain said, smiling though, "I think it's great mom. Congrats"
"Yeah, this is good" the boys smiled, "And we're gonna be a family again"
"Yeah" Rachel said, taking Ross' hand, "We are"
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When everyone were a sleep that night, Ross silently crept into the bed next to Rachel.
"Someone is missing his fiancé" he whispered.
"And some other one is missing hers too" Rachel giggled back, then she got serious, "Look Ross, I have to tell you something"
"What?" Ross asked scared.
"It's about what happened back then when we got divorced"
"I know" Ross said, "I'm sorry I was an ass…" he sighed, "I know Mark didn't rape you if that is"
"You do?" Rachel asked.
Ross nodded, "I could easily live with you when I thought he'd raped you. I know you were hurt, but at least you haven't been cheating. But then one day I was in the city, I saw Mark talking to this guy. It was around a year after it happened, you know? And then, I heard him tell the guy what really happened, and I freaked!" Ross sighed, "I couldn't believe that you've cheated on me. My brain didn't really think about the fact that I've done the same to you too. I tried to make my peace with it, but after a couple of days, I couldn't stand to be in the same room as you, and that's when I threw you out"
"Why didn't you say something, Ross?" Rachel whispered as she began to cry.
"Because it was a year since it happened, it would only hurt you to bring it up again, 'cause I knew that it'd only been one time. And of course when I threw you out, you didn't have a place to stay, and you didn't have a job, so you took the job in London. Then, when I realised that you'd swallowed your pride back then and forgiven me, because you loved me, it was too late. You've already moved and signed the divorce papers. There wasn't anything I could do"
"You should have called me Ross" Rachel said, "I missed you like crazy. And I would have flied back right then if you've said that you'd forgive me"
"I was an ass…" he smiled, "But I've already told you that. But still, I am really sorry"
"I am too" Rachel said, "And just for the record, it was only one time it happened. And it didn't mean anything to me. I was drunk. It was that Christmas party when you were sick and I went on my own. I got totally wasted, first time I drunk alcohol after Joshua's birth, so I drunk too much. Then Mark started kissing me and soon we were at his office. I didn't think Ross. Sorry I ruined our marriage"
"It's okay Rach" Ross smiled, "Now everything is forgiven and forgotten, and we're gonna start anew" he placed his hand on her stomach, "I cant believe we're gonna have a new baby"
"No, me neither" Rachel said.
She leaned in and kissed him.
"The baby is the symbol of a new life" Ross whispered.
"Of a new begging"
Okay, so explanations for all the stuff which happened back then. This was the last chapter, except, I'm posting an epilogue, probably tomorrow, I think. Leave me a review. Thanks, Stessa. :D