Joey stood by the counter as he ate out of the pizza box. He looked forlornly at the Bings door where a dish of chicken marsala waited for him in their freezer. Mona was coming over for some of the Joey lovin.

"Hey Rach, boy do you look hot" smiled Joey at his roommate. "Date tonight?"

"Yep." she smiled.

"Really with who?" he asked.

"Ross." she answered simply.

"That's great Ross who?" he said.

"Ross, Ross Geller, you know he comes over here and drinks beer with you." Rachel tried to explain remembering it was Joey.

"Oh Ross,." he laughed. "Wait are you guys back together?" he asked.

"This is our first date." Rachel said. There was a knock at the door. "Looks like my date is here." she opened the door and Ross was standing there holding a bouquet of lilies .

"After all this time, you remembered my favorite flower." she said as she sweetly kissed him on the cheek. "I'll just put these in water and we'll go. I'm starving." Rachel said as she walked to the kitchen.

Mona entered the door. "Hey Joey, I told you I would come over." she smiled until she saw Ross. "Oh it's you , the guy who left me at the wedding. We keep showing up in the same places." she said with a bitter face.

"Let's be going now." Ross said as he closed the door.

At Sorrentino's , the couple sat down as the waiter came out.

"I would like a glass of white wine and the lady would like a mineral water. It isn't going to bother you that I am drinking is it?" Ross asked.

"No." she said as the waiter walked away.

"I normally wouldn't but for the day I 've had. " he started. "First of all this one kid had asked for an extension on his paper for the third time and then the Dean called me into his office and you wouldn't believe the …"

"Ross I know we are dating again, but please, I just want to enjoy this evening, not be bored to sleep okay?" Rachel said.

"Okay, all that matters to me right now is you." he held her hand. "So Mon knows, when is the rest of the world going to find out about our little one?"

"Oh we are going to tell everyone I guess." Rachel sighed.

"I just want to shout it from the rooftops that Rachel Green is having my child." Ross smiled.

"That is going to go over real big with our parents. Oh my God, I am going to have to tell my father." Rachel exclaimed. "And I 'm unmarried and pregnant."

"And let me know when you do that, so I can go out of town." said Ross.

"You are going to have to face him eventually." Rachel said.

"My parents are so easy , first they will shake their heads for me getting someone else pregnant and then they will be happy." Ross said.

The waiter set the glasses in front of them.

"I would like to propose a toast to a new beginning and to Baby Geller." Ross said.

"Hold it." said Rachel. "Baby Geller?"

"That is my name isn't it?" Ross said.

"But it's not mine. I thought we agreed to take it slow." Rachel said.

"We kind of are working with a deadline of nine months, Rachel."he said impatiently.

"I thought we agreed, no pressure." she said.

"I already had to let someone else name my child. I want this to be my child. No one but mine.' he said.

"I forgot that, I'm sorry." Rachel said. "To Baby Green- Geller then." she said as they toasted.

"I hope our food gets here fast. I am starving." Rachel said. "Since I am eating for two. Oh God what if I get as big as Monica was?"

"Then I would love you because you are still my Rache." he smiled.

Following the dinner, he walked her to Joey's front door.

"This has been such a beautiful evening." sighed Rachel.

"I know, it's like we were two people just going on a first date and it's nice and they can see something ahead." Ross said as he held her hand and gazed into her blue eyes.

"Thank you Ross for understanding. I told you to just let things go slow." Rachel said. "I almost get a feeling you are not going to have to wait for long." she said as her lips were drawn to his.

"Rachel, I told you I'd wait." he said as his lips brushed hers and then his hands moved to her hair and down her back.

"Ross?" she said as she kissed him.

"Yeah."

"Do you think I could spend the night at your place tonight? I really don't have anything tomorrow." Rachel said as she broke the kiss.

"I think that could be arranged." Ross smiled. He put his arm around her and walked her down the hall. This could be a very special night.