Hey, thank you for the reviews. Here is the last chapter, the epilogue.
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What Love Can Do
Epilogue.
The 23rd of December, 2019.
"No, come on, Madison!" Emma shrieked, pulling her little sister out of the car, "We've had enough waiting for you tonight! The rest of us wants to go have fun!"
"But I don't want to!" Madison said, doing her best to stay in the car, "Leave me alone!"
"Mom!" Emma yelled, turning around to shoot an angry glare at her mom, dad and two brothers, "What the hell have you done with this girl? What made her genes different form ours?"
"Calm down, Emma!" Rachel said, letting go of her son's hand. She went to the car, and looked at Madison, "Come one Maddie, we want to go have fun?"
"But I want to stay home!" Madison said, crossing her arms, "Why do we have to go here?
"You're not going home, Maddie." Rachel said, "You are coming with us, and your father is going to win you a big, big teddy bear! Is that ok?"
Maddie looked at her mother, tempting on whether or not she should just give up. She knew she wouldn't get them to turn around anyway, but if she kept on denying to go, maybe her mom would offer something bigger. Then she shrugged the thought off. Why would she ruin it for her siblings?
She smiled and hopped out of the car.
"Now, that's my girl!" Rachel smiled.
The kids ran forward and Ross took Rachel's arm, "Am I going to win her a teddy?"
"Yeah…" Rachel said, "You know you would do it anyway."
Ross playfully hit her arm, and they both took their sons hands.
Rachel was holding on to 5 year old Martin, while Ross had a good grab in the wild one of the family, 8 year old Cody.
They entered the carnival like any other family, but the kids were already fighting over which things to do first.
"I want to go to the wheel!" Cody screamed.
"No, way!" Emma said, "I need the bathroom!"
"I want a teddy!" Madison said.
Ross looked at Martin, "And what do you want?"
"Food!" he said, laughing.
Rachel sighed, "Well, I was thinking, you kids could go have fun together. If Emma can take care of you?"
Emma looked at her mother, ready to yell that she most definitely couldn't take care of her three stupid siblings, when she got second thoughts.
Her parents could use some time together, now couldn't they?
"Yeah, I can do that." she smiled, "We'll step by the bathroom, find some food and then try the wheel. Maddie, mom and dad can win you a teddy till we see them again, can't they?"
Maddie nodded.
"Then it's settled!" Ross cheered.
Rachel grabbed Emma's hand, "Thank you honey. I love you."
"I love you too mommy." Emma whispered, and then she took off.
Ross looked at Rachel, "Oh well, Mrs. Geller, what do you want to do first?"
"How about we go for a cup of coffee?"
"Just my thought." Ross said, taking his wife's hand.
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"We'll just sit here until you guys come, okay?" Monica asked, looking at her two oh-so-grown-up kids.
"That's quite alright, mom!" Erica said, sticking her pierced tongue out, "We're not kids anymore."
"No, I know." Monica said, looking at her with an angry glare, "But I don't want you to get hurt. And Jack!" she turned to her son, "Make sure she doesn't do anything like that again, okay?" she nodded towards Erica's tongue.
Jack sighed, "Yes, mom…"
"Now, go have fun!" Monica said.
The two teens hurried out the coffee parlour to get the best use of their night.
Monica bit her lip, "I swear to God, if she gets home with one thing pierced tonight, I'm gonna-"
"Calm down, Monica!" Chandler said, "It's her own decision."
"I just hate it!" Monica said, "She's my daughter, she shouldn't be looking like that."
He shot her a look.
"I'm sorry, I'm letting her decide that herself. I have no say in that whatsoever." Monica corrected herself.
Chandler smiled, "Good. You know I hate it when you correct them."
Monica nodded.
She was glad that her and Chandler had managed to work things out. It hadn't been easy, because there were still so many things they didn't like about each other.
They wanted to raise their kids differently, but they had managed to settle down, and meet each other in the middle. They had gone on a two week vacation to bring back the magic, and that had done the work.
When they came back they had been clingy to each other. They needed each other, they'd realized.
So that was why Chandler had moved back in, to big delight for their kids.
They had come to a final agreement of their differences, and things had been good since then.
It hadn't been a ride without bumps, but it had been worth it.
"So, you want a cappuccino, right?" Chandler said, looking at the card.
"Yeah, and you want chocolate!"
Chandler giggled, "We know each other too well."
"What's too well?" Monica asked.
Chandler sighed, and then the waitress came and took their orders.
They sat in silence for awhile, until Chandler watched Monica frown.
"You've got to be kidding me…" she whispered, her eyes narrowing in on something.
"What?" Chandler asked, he turned around, his eyes searching for the thing she was looking at. When he realized what it was, he froze, "Oh my God!"
"I cant believe it…" Monica said, "What are they doing here? I didn't even know they were in town for Christmas? Should we go talk to them?"
"We haven't seen them in ten years, Monica!" Chandler said, "That would be bloody awkward!"
She shook her head, "Just hope they wont see us then."
But in that moment Rachel turned around, and her eyes cached Monica's.
Her eyes got big, and she nudged Ross in the side, whispering something to him.
He turned around too, and shot them an insecure smile.
...Rachel made a decision, "We're going over there." She said.
"We are?" Ross questioned.
"We have got to talk to them." Rachel said, watching as Monica awkwardly lifted her arm and waved.
Rachel waved back, grabbed Ross' hand and pulled him with her to their table.
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"No, Erica!" Jack said, "Mom is gonna have a hissy fit if you pierce your eyebrow!"
"But Jack!" she said, "I decide that myself! Dad always says so!"
"C'mon!" he said, "Use your money on something else, please? Buy me a hotdog!"
"Fine!" Erica said, "But I'm gonna get one someday, and also a tattoo on my wrist."
Jack rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah, just not today. Let's try the wheel instead, shall we?"
Erica nodded and took off with her brother.
They went in line for the wheel, trying to ignore the fighting kids before them.
"Can't we do something else?" a young girl complained, "It's the fourth time we're trying the wheel! I'm tired of it!"
"But I want to try it!" a boy with brown curls said. Jack found it funny – he actually looked a lot like their mother.
"One more time, Maddie?" the big girl said, "One more time, and we'll go find some food and do whatever you want."
The young girl sighed, "Fine, but I don't want to sit with Cody again, he's tipping!"
The curly head laughed, "And you're a girl!"
"In fact I am." The girl, apparently named Maddie, said.
"But I want a hotdog!" a little boy cheered, looking at the old girl, "A big one! Can I have one, Emma?"
Jack squeezed his eyes shut. Emma…? He nudged Erica in the side, "Rica? Would you look at that girl?"
Erica turned to look at her, "What about her?"
"Doesn't she look like someone we once knew?"
"Who…?"
"Rachel… Uncle Ross' fiancé! It could be their daughter, practically. Her name is Emma too." Jack said.
"No, it cant." Erica said, "Because they live in Florida. Mom said so."
"Yeah…" Jack looked at them again, but his heart kept telling him that it was Emma. It had to be! He made a decision and took a step closer to the four kids, "Excuse me?"
The old girl turned around, and revealed a pair of eyes, he knew he'd seen before, "What?"
"Is your name Emma?" Jack asked, "Emma Geller-Green?"
The girl looked surprised, "It used to be. Now it's just Geller. Who are you?"
"It's me!" Jack said, "Your cousin, Jack Bing!?"
He watched as Emma's jaw hit the floor, "Oh my God!" she squealed, "Jack!"
"Yeah!" he hurriedly embraced her in a huge hug. They broke apart, Emma had tears in her eyes.
"Don't forget me!" Erica mumbled, catching Emma's eyes.
"Erica?" Emma couldn't believe it, "I would have never guessed if you hadn't told me."
"I know, my mom doesn't like my looks." Erica joked. Then she looked at all the other kids, "Now, this is a wild guess, but are these our cousins?"
"Oh!" Emma smiled, "This is Madison, Cody and Martin."
"Hey!" Cody smiled, though he really didn't know what was going on.
"Hi…" Erica said.
"Are you parents here?" Jack asked.
"Yes, yours?" Emma smiled.
"Hmm!"
"Oh God!" Emma realized, having been there when everything happened, "What if they meet?"
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"Hi…" Rachel softly said, looking at her two former friends.
"Hey…" Monica said, awkwardly biting her lip.
"Can we, uh, can we sit?" Ross asked, pointing at the table beside them, "We could talk?"
"Yeah…" Chandler said, knowing they would anyway. Both Ross and Rachel had always been so stubborn!
Rachel and Ross took a seat at the table, and the four of them looked at each other.
No idea what to say.
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"We gotta stop it from happening!" Erica said, "If they see each other, hell will break loose!"
"I know!" Emma exclaimed, "Do you know where your parents are?"
"They are having coffee in this coffee thing-y." Erica said, "Should we go keep them occupied or just get them out of here?"
Emma looked thoughtful, "You know what? First; give me your cell number, I gotta keep contact with you guys."
The twins nodded, writing their numbers at her phone.
"We're heading for the coffee parlour, Jack." Erica said.
"If you say so, Rica" Jack smiled, "Are you guys coming?"
"We'll watch from the outside." Emma decided.
Then all 6 of them rushed off, the youngest Geller-kids not knowing what was going on, just following their sister.
They ended in the entrance to the coffee parlour, and breathed out. Jack and Erica then hugged Emma quickly and went inside.
They approached the table, but were surprised to find their parents chatting with ... Ross and Rachel!?
There was no denying it.
It was their aunt and uncle, and the four grownups were having fun.
"Erica!" Monica smiled, "Jack! See who we met!?"
"Yeah..." Jack smiled, "Uncle Ross, aunt Rachel."
"Hey honey." Rachel smiled, standing up to hug them, "Emma is here too somewhere with her siblings. I should call her and get her to come."
"That's okay, mom." Emma interrupted, having followed everything from the outside, "I already talked to them."
"Ems!" Monica said, hugging her long lost niece.
"Well, this is fun." Chandler commented, looking at the 6 kids.
Ross nodded, "Yup."
"So..." Chandler begun, "How about we all go out for dinner? To catch up? Hear what everyone have been up to?"
Ross looked at him, "Good idea."
Monica and Rachel looked at each other, love in their eyes, "I would really love that."
They all burst out laughing.
So maybe it wasn't such a bad ending after all...
Hmm, so yeah. THE END! Am I proud? No, way ;p I have never been more ashamed of myself. It's the way I've ended this story, it's so pathetic, like I can't even finish it! P!, I have to step up a little. Anyway, thanks to you all for reviewing and reading this, it meant a lot to me. It really did. I hope I didn't disappoint you too much with the end, but I all of a sudden just lost all inspiration. With just a snap of the fingers, and I couldn't even get it back, even though I snapped a thousand times. So what could I do? I just had to end it as soon as possible. I hope to be back with a new story soon though (if I get some inspiration, because I don't want another failure like this one) and maybe it will be soon, or maybe not. We'll see, right? Thanks to all of you once again, and please, I beg you, leave one last review, though this chapter doesn't deserve it.
Laters, Stessa.
