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"Oh, hey Ross what are you doing here?" she asked casually.

"Well I just finished eating dinner with my friend and I just happened to see that you were alone, so um hey," he finished talking and intently looked at her, he noticed she was wearing a pair of jeans and a simple top but still he saw her as the most beautiful girl in the world. "so do you mind if I... take a seat"

"Oh yeah sure, sit down, Chip just left he's gone to play poker with his friends" Rachel rolled her eyes.

"I'm guessing from the tone of your voice, that's not something you liked" Ross kid. She gave him a cute smile, which made Ross' heart skip a beat. "Yeah not particularly"

"I'm sorry, I'm sure you'd rather spend your night with him than with a boring old geek like me" he said nonchalantely.

"Hey you're not a geek, you're just really smart and you're certainly not old," she said looking straight at him. "Yeah sure, that's like saying you're not insanely beautiful" -oh crap, did I just say that out loud, oh god she's gonna leave, maybe she liked it- he averted her eyes and took a fry. Rachel sat there stunned, -had Monica's brother just said she was beautiful- She was blushing, she was confused at the effect his words had on her, she was more than used to being called beautiful. But here she was sitting across Ross Geller blushing for being called beautiful.

After a rather uncomfortable silence Rachel broke the ice. "Anyway you're not a geek, I'm telling you."

"Yeah whatever, I don't really care about that anymore," He said confidently "so um, would you like to have some fries,"

"Thanks" she said as she took one. "No problem, so Chip's out playing poker?"

"Sadly, yes he is, do you know how to play?" She asked.

"Well as a matter of fact I do, do you?"

"Well as a matter of fact I do not," she said imitating him. He let out a cute chuckle, Rachel smiled to herself. "Okay, well I was thinking um maybe you could teach me how to play..."

"You want to learn how to play poker?" he scratched his hair, she nodded. "well yeah, of course I'll teach you"

"Rachel's face lit up, really?, oh my god thanks, and um while we're on the subject of teaching, I'm kind of," she paused and looked down.

"Kind of what?" he asked rather eagerly. "Well I'm flunking biology and I heard you are like awesome in this subject, so would you mind like tutoring me please Ross," she almost begged looking at him with pleading eyes.

"Well, yeah, I'd love to and I've got a lot free time lately so why not? I'll do it" He said cheerfully, he thought about all the time he would have next to Rachel."Really, that's great, thankyou so much, you're a life saver Ross" Ross snapped out of his daze and calmly answered back, "yeah no problem, Rach" there was a short pause, Rachel looked at him intently "I'm sorry u-u-um Rachel or Ray Ray or you know wha-a-atever, I'm sorry can I call you Rach?," Ross stammered nervously -nice save idiot, that was so smooth-Ross mentally kicked himself. Rachel chuckled, Ross was so adorable and innocent.

"Well my friends usually call me Ray or Ray Ray and my parents call me Rachel, but nobody really calls me Rach, but you know I kind of like it, Rach" she said joyfully.

"Okay, I also like Rach" he thought for a second and went red" the name I mean, I I I'm not sa-ying I I li-ke um"She giggled at his nervousness, and interrupted him saving him from the embarrassment"Ross I know what you mean, relax".

"Oh okay, so then hey Rach, I'm Ross and you can only call me Ross cause there's really not a shorter term for it."

She giggled, that giggle sent Ross to heaven. "There aren't any shorter names but I can still call you Rossy, do like that little Rossy" she said wanting to tease him.

"Oh no, don't you dare call me that," "Why? you don't like it, it's sooooo cutee Rossy, my little Rossy"

"Woman! don't kid with me, I won't tutor if you call me that" Ross said seriously, making Rachel burst into laughter, he joined her. Suddenly the laughter faded away and there was silence, they were looking at each other. The eye-contact made Ross nervous so he looked down at his lap.

"Anyway," Rachel said, in that instance they both reached for the remaining chip on the plate, there hands touched.

"Oh sorry" Rachel said, "Oh no, no you take it", "oh no I don't want it take it", "split it?" He asked

"Yeah sure" Ross split the last fry in half and handed her one. "Thanks" she said not breaking contact with his beautiful eyes.-Wow, his eyes are adorable, too bad he's got that bad afro and mustache on his face, if you could call it that at all.- she thought to herself.

Rachel was surprisingly enthusiastic about Ross teaching her biology, she felt an unfamiliar tingling go through her body.

"Hey, so do you wanna go for a walk, I mean it's still early and you know you only live once, but only if you want know it's cool."

"Yeah sure that'd be great," Ross' face lit up once again, as he was expecting rejection. "But don't you think that saying you only live once is a bit exaggerated for a walk in the park Ross?"she said. Ross chuckled. And answered back"You know it's crazy out there, it's a one in a lifetime opportunity, so lets go" And with that they left the restaurant.

They walked around the park, talking, laughing generally having a good time. They sat down on a bench and continued their conversations. It was now dark outside, time had gone by flying. It was still warm but at night it would usually get a bit chilly. They decided to head back home as it was already quite late.

"Wow it's pretty cold now, don't you think?" Rachel hinted.

"Nah, I'm good, it's not really that cold." He said trying to sound strong and confident. In actual fact he was feeling a bit cold but he didn't want to admit it to her, he would've sound so weak.

"Well I'm feeling quite cold, I mean I didn't even bring a jacket," She said even more obviously. Ross still didn't catch the hint that he should give her a jacket.

"Mhm, they said the temperatures would be dropping this week, but I'm not really noticing the change." He said, leaving Rachel even more confused, was he doing this on purpose. They kept on walking in silence when Rachel disturbed the silence by saying "So if you're not feeling cold, could you lend me your jumper, I mean you're not even wearing it"

"Oh, shit sorry, I hadn't realized that" He gave her his jumper, "Here you go, by the way you could've asked me directly..." He said in a mysterious tone. "Thanks" She put on the jumper, it was obviously bigger than her size, but she liked it. She liked the smell and the warmth his jumper gave off. She felt so comfortable in that jumper.

"I love this jumper it feels so comfortable" she admitted.

"Really? Well it looks great on you, well you could wear a garbage bag and still be gorgeous" he answered back. There it was again, her cheeks had gone red, she was blushing furiously and she still didn't know how he had that effect on her. Luckily it was dark and he didn't notice.

They finally reached the Green's residence, it was a bit bigger than Ross' house. They both stood there before the path to the house door. It was a bright night, the moonlight was shining on them, that strange white light that made both Ross and Rachel really comfortable. And then darkness, all around them it was so enhancing.

"This is me," Ross stopped to look at her. "Thank You so much for saving my night, ... Again"

"No problem Rach, you kind of saved me from a night of... Family Fun" he exaggerated the family fun bit.

"Well you're welcome for that, but seriously I had a great time with you tonight" Ross just nodded his head in agreement. "So um about the tutoring thing, thanks so much, but when do you want to do it?"

Ross had completely forgotten about that, "How 'bout after school? I've Mondays and Wednesdays free, and Fridays if you're willing to give them up,"

"That sounds great, Mondays and Wednesdays but I'd have to say I'm not sure I'm willing to give up my Fridays, but maybe, you never know I might love learning biology."

"Well then it's settled, so where do you want to meet after school?"

"Kay, we can meet just outside school and come to my house together, if you don't mind. And my parents won't be at home and my sisters will probably not even notice your presence."

"Yes, that sounds great, see ya on Monday."

"That's great, can I as you for one last favor?" Ross nodded, " do you mind if we keep this a secret, it's just I haven't really told anyone that I'm flunking biology."

"Sure, don't worry about it, anyway see ya on Monday"

But before he could leave Rachel jumped on him and gave him a hug. He replied to it as soon as he smelt her coconut scented a few seconds of pure bliss for Ross, they broke apart. And just like the other night, she stood on her tiptoes and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. "Bye". She was walking up the path towards her house when she realized she was still wearing his jumper.

" Wait Ross your jumper." She called out him. Ross quickly spun around and directed himself towards her, "keep it, it might keep you warm" he said nonchalantly. Then he spun around again and headed back towards his house.

Rachel stood there a bit shocked but she was smiling. She grabbed the hem of the blue jumper and she took it off. She pressed into her chest and whispered thanks. Then she raised it a bit and smelt his scent again it enticing. She loved it.

Rachel went inside. She said goodnight to her parents and barely acknowledged her two sisters. She went upstairs straight to her room. She went into the bathroom and brushed her teeth. Then she changed her jeans to a pair of pajama pants. She took off her top and bra. She didn't bother to wear the pajama top, instead she wore Ross' jumper to sleep. She had really liked that sweater, she found it quit comforting so she decided to sleep with it. And with that she got into her bed, turned the lamp off and with a unknown smile on her face drifted off to sleep.

Ross reached his home five minutes after dropping Rachel off at her house. As he entered his parents were watching t.v while Monica was up in her room listening to music.

T" Hey, son." Jack greeted Ross.

"Hi dad, hi ma." He said joyfully.

" What have you been up to? it's quite late son" his enquired.

"Nothing much" Ross answered neutrally.

"You're awfully cheery, did you meet some one?" Judy looked up at her son expectantly.

"Nah, just went out for dinner with David and then when he left I decided to walk through the park, kind of like to clear mi head a bit." He said trying to hide his cheerfulness and keeping his promise to Rachel.

He went upstairs, blasted up the stereo and changed into his pajamas. He got into his bed and started to read a book but he couldn't concentrate on anything as he was still in heaven. He still couldn't believe what had happened the last few days. And with that thought he turned the stereo off, put the book back and delightfully fell asleep.

This was definitely something special.