Another story that is crying for updates…..here it is…
The walls of the doctors office were filled with pictures of little babies. Thousands of tiny eyes were now staring at the couple. This had been all too familiar to Ross as he remembered seeing Ben with Susan looking on. He had always dreamed of when he would see his first child , but not with his ex wife and her lesbian life partner looking on. Now it was different, it was him and Rachel .
"Hello there Rachel." Dr. Long smiled as she took the chart. " Ten weeks. Let's get a look at this baby." The doctor turned on the machine to warm up and then spread some gel on Rachel's stomach.She shivered and said. "Ooooh that's cold." With the machine humming she took out the instrument and then began to run it up and down. Ross eyes couldn't be taken off the screen as he looked for the little mass that would grow into his child.
"And right here is your baby." The doctor announced. Tears came to the couples eyes. "Oh my ." Rachel sighed. The doctor knew this was always a very emotional moment, so she left the room so that they could share the moment the first time they saw the baby.
"Pretty amazing huh?" Ross said as he held her hand. Rachel strained her eyes. "I can't see it." She cried. She had pretended to see it for the doctor and couldn't say anything because everyone would think she was a bad mother. "But you just said you did." Ross countered. "I lied." She sobbed. Her admission caused her to fall back down on the bed. Ross was determined to have her see the wonderful miracle that he did.
"You see that thing that looks like a little peanut." He took his finger and pointed at the screen. "Yea." She said softly. "Well sweetheart that is it." Rachel strained her eyes one last time and found the little spot. "Well I saw that." Tears now came to her eyes as she took Ross hand and he leaned over and kissed hers. "Wow we have a baby." She said.
"So I see that you have seen the little one. Let's take a picture and then I can give it to you." Rachel felt the machine as it snapped the sonogram and then printed it. "Here you go." Rachel held it in her hand and couldn't stop looking at it. "You know I only took care of one thing in my life, but I wasn't very good at it. I vacuumed up my hamster , Twinkles." She said to Ross.
"You are going to be an awesome mother. I mean when you first came to the city, you were a spoiled daddy's girl and here you are as a executive and independent woman. You are going to love this baby so much and it is going to be everything to you. And the best part is that I am going to be there every step of the way." Ross said as he put his arm around her.
"You do realize that we are going to have to tell our parents now." Rachel said worried of what her father would think of her being unmarried and pregnant. Ross' parents would take it in stride, but her father was another story.
"Well I suppose we could tell them at once. That way …" Ross started .
"You could hide behind your mother when my father goes after you." Rachel finished.
" I don't need to hide behind my mother." Ross said fiercely.
"So my father doesn't scare you?'
"No he scares the hell out of me." Ross admitted.
"We have got to tell them ." Rachel said as the doctor handed her the sonogram. "I will see you in two weeks Rachel." Dr. Long said. As the couple rode down in the elevator, Ross leaned over and gave Rachel a peck on the cheek.
"What was that for?" she asked. "It just seemed like we were a couple that was looking at our baby for the first time. I mean…" Rachel smiled. "I know what you mean and I am feeling the same thing." Rachel leaned over and in the middle of Manhattan , two former lovers pressed lips like they were still in love. "I know we said we wouldn't rush things but I want to think about taking the next step." Ross stopped as they kissed. "You do?"
"We are living together , I am pregnant with your baby, I think all of the signs are here, and you know what ? I am not going to be afraid of my father, because for the first time in my life, I know what direction I am headed." She looked into his eyes and then "I think that things happened for a reason."
"We are going to call them when we get home." Ross said as he put his arm around Rachel. "I can't tell you how much you mean to me." Then they walked with a fast pace back to the apartment.
Several days later, Leonard and Sandra sat on opposite ends of the couch of Ross and Rachel's apartment. Rachel stood twiddling her thumbs as she noticed that Jack and Judy were discussing something with Ross. She tried to listen in, but he just smiled and hurried them both to the kitchen.
"This was your grandmother's engagement ring." Judy said as she took it from her purse. "We kind of were against it at first , because of the whole London fiasco and that awful woman and her family, but then we knew that you would give this to Rachel some day and we have always loved her like a daughter." Ross opened the box and then looked at it.
"It's beautiful Mom." He said as he hugged and kissed her on the cheek.
"We are so happy for you son." Jack said as he shook his son 's hand. "When are you going to do it?"
"At the right time." He said softly . "Now remember you don't know anything." Ross went back into the living room where he sat down next to Rachel. Leonard cleared his throat. "So what is this big pow wow about Dr. Wet Head ?" he barked.
Ross stood up slowly and then he helped Rachel off the couch . She was months away from needing it, but for this announcement , he wanted her by his side. "Well , Rachel and I have something to tell everyone. I want everyone to know that this was totally unexpected and it was a total accident. " He eyed Leonard as he looked at him with his deadly eyes. Sandra was just tired of being in the same room with his ex. Judy and Jack were trying to hold it in , they had been told of this development, so Ross could ask for his grandmother's ring. When they gave it to him, he made them promise to not tell Rachel or her parents.
"About a month ago, Rachel and I were together , we started to drink some wine and then get a little silly.'" He got very nervous as Leonard walked over and stood in front of him. "Geller." He said threatingly. "Are you saying what I think you are.?" He took another few steps toward Ross. "What did you do to my princess?"
Rachel took a breath and then decided to take all her courage to face her father. "Daddy , he didn't do anything . We got together for one night and I got pregnant." She said as she looked down.
"And to my defense, I did have a condom on, but was informed that they are only ninety seven per cent effective." Ross added.
"You know what works even better , Geller, keeping your hands and other things off my daughter." Leonard started to scream. Sandra walked over and took her daughter 's hands . She looked into her daughter's frightened eyes. "Rachel , is this true?" Rachel nodded."Yes , Mom I am pregnant." Sandra didn't know what to say .
"Well what do you plan on doing about this? I mean you knock up my daughter , you cheating son of a bitch." Leonard remembered that Ross had been unfaithful and hurt his daughter before. Judy and Jack had been silent the same time , but now we're sitting on their edge of their seats. They knew what was coming.
"This." Ross said as he walked over to Rachel and took her hand . "Rachel , I love you and your father needs to see how much I really do love you. He needs to know that I will never hurt you again and I will take care of you and that baby the rest of my lives. " he got down on one knee and then he took out the burgundy box. "This was my grandmother's engagement ring. She brought this with her from the old country , it has went from generation to generation, and on this day I want to present it to you, you and I have made a lot of mistakes and something keeps bringing us back together, I said a long time ago , I could see us together and having a future." He opened the box and his parents smiled. "Rachel Karen Green , will you marry me?" The room was silent.
