I may not have the next chapter up until Monday night, because of loads of school work, but I hope you enjoy this one.

The next day for lunch Rachel and Monica decided to meet in Rachel's apartment, their kids would have a play date and the two would discuss what had happened last night. Monica was also going to stay there to watch Emma while Rachel was gone to her appointment.

"Wow…so much has changed in here" Monica stated as she really took a good look around the apartment. The walls were all painted white, and of course with the addition of Rachel's dark mahogany tables, and leather furniture the place had taken on a whole new feel.

"Yeah I guess whoever brought the apartment before me wasn't a big fan of the purple" Rachel laughed

She had ordered Chinese for the two, which was placed neatly on two plates in the kitchen. Rachel still was not a very good cook…so why even try.

The two sat down at the table and talked to their kids for a while.

"This is nice" commented Rachel "I mean we never go to do the whole, 'Mom' thing together. Its fun!" Rachel smiled while looking over at Emma , Erica, and Jack who were playing with blocks in the living room.

"It really is, Im so glad your back" Monica replied, sincerely meaning it. "Hey you know what else is great?"

Rachel looked up from her plate "Whats that?" She said in between chews.

"Now that youre living here, I could give you great cleaning tips for this apartment, you know what to use on the wood, how to do the ceiling and the bathroom tiles…and-"

"Monica" Rachel sent her a look. Changing the subject to what was really on her mind…and getting Monica away from anything that had to do with cleaning, she decided they should talk about Ross and what happened the night before. "So um Mon, Im really sorry about having Ross call you yesterday…was he mad that you didn't tell him about me being in the city?"

Monica shrugged it off "I mean at first yes, but after I had convinced him I just found out that morning…no so much. He was pretty pissed off though, he said he ran into you and Emma when he was with Bonnie…that must have been awkward."

Rachel ran her fingers through her brown hair, a nervous trait that she had not lost over the years "Yeahh well…it was. But um, hm, I don't think I'm going to have to worry about Bonnie anymore"

Monica sent Rachel a look "What do you mean…" laughing, "You didn't shave her head again did you?"

Rachel smiled "Noo, not this time. " Rachel paused briefly not getting serious " I guess after you got off the phone with him, Bonnie must have came over and broke things off because I was back in town. Ross came over here really mad, and started to blame me for their break up."

"…Oh no" Monica said slowly "-But this time you didn't even do anything sweetie!"

Rachel shrugged "I don't know, when he first came in, my back was to him, and then I turned around…and everything changed. I started yelling at him, for god even knows what." Rachel laughed "I couldn't even tell you what I said last night, I was just so mad at him for blaming me, I went off. I think at one point I told him to get a lawyer or something to deal with Emma…who knows" Rachel trailed off "Anyway, then I started to cry, and he came over and put his arms around me."

Monica smiled at her friend.

"And I swear Mon, at that moment I never wanted him to let me go ever again, I felt so secure in his arms." Rachel smiled reminiscing.

"This is so exciting Rachel!" Monica exclaimed "The four of us can go double dating now and everything!!"

Rachel laughed "Hold on! Hold on!" she paused "We aren't back together or anything?"

"What?! Why? Rachel…youre crazy about him…you're carrying his child!"

"I know I know, and that's just it. There is too much at stake now…we've decided we're going to start over." Noting Monica's confused expression Rachel continued "Basically, we're going to start dating again and then go from there, you know not jump into anything. I want it to work this time Mon, so bad."

Rachel had never wanted anything more in her life, and to have it at her grasp was almost a scary thing. She didn't want to screw things up, not this time.

Monica nodded her head as if she understand "That's probably a good idea" suddenly she seemed to remember something that had been on her mind "Hey, did he mentioned anything about the Emma situation?"

Rachel shook her head "Things like that are all things he and I need to talk about again we've decided. I want to get that all out of the way before we get into anything. I want him to know just how sorry I am." Rachel smiled "You should have seen them together the other day…they both looked so happy."

Monica reached over to grab her friends hand "That's really wonderful."

The two sat there and chatted for a little while longer until there was a knock at the door. Rachel slowly got up, pregnancy was beginning to take a toll on her mobility, and walked to the door.

Standing before was Ross holding a single lily in his hand.

Rachel smiled and leaned against the door frame. He had that dopey smile on his face that she adored. He walked inside the door and leaned in to give her a hug, kissing her on the cheek. Taking the flower from his hands, she smiled and brought it to her nose to take in its scent. Her eyes followed him as he walked over to greet his daughter with a kiss on the top of her head; he then did the same to his niece and nephew.

She looked over at Monica who was giving her a thumbs up, Rachel laughed to herself at her corny friend. She couldn't believe how at this time just one day before she was miserable, and now…everything was changing.

"Ready to go?" Ross asked as he walked back over into the kitchen.

Rachel looked at Monica and gestured at the mess left on the kitchen table "Mon, I don't want to leave you with this mess"

"No! No, go!" Monica's eyes lit up "You know I love to clean"

Rachel and Ross laughed, there was no denying this. "Umm sure thing Mon" Rachel replied "Well be back in about an hour"

With that the two left the apartment.

Rachel looked around the room, eyeing all the charts on the wall passing the time waiting for Dr. Long to arrive.

A moment later Ross arrived in the room with a coffee in his hand , he smiled at her as he stood behind her. "Remember the last time we were here?"

Rachel smiled "Yeah…maybe this time Ill see it" She laughed.

"Oh god, and those hormones and mood swings…"Ross trailed off..

"Shut up Gellar!" Rachel snapped, and then laughed joking around "They really haven't been as bad I don't think"

If Ross didn't want so badly for things to work out between the two of them he would usually make a comment about how he wouldn't know since he hadn't seen her for 7 months. He didn't want to ruin things before they even got started so he just smiled at her and nodded his head.

Moments later Dr. Long walked in, her faced buried in Rachels chart.

"So Rachel, I understand you were living in Paris for sometime" Dr. Long say studying the chart.

Rachel cleared her throat "Yeah, for a while I was working with Louis Vutton," she paused and laughed "…and then I found out about this"

Dr. Long looked up and her eyes immediately went to Ross "…Is this the father?"

Rachel nodded her head as Ross leaned over to shake the doctors hand. "Ross Gellar" he introduced himself.

"Dr. Long" Rachel interrupted "You remember Ross, Emma's father."

Dr. Long stared at Ross for a while and then began to nod her head "…Right, the one who constantly fought with you" she said reminiscing the last time the two of them were in her office together.

"Hm, yeah…that would me the one" Rachel replied uneasily running fingers through her hair. She cleared her throat "Anyway, Dr. Long, I was wondering if you could tell us the sex of the baby today. Now that Ross is here I'm finally ready to know."

Dr. Long nodded, and set the equipment up for Rachels sonogram.

The two proud parents eagerly awaited the news they were so curious to find out. Ross looked down at Rachel who in this moment looked so nervous it put a small smile on his face. He loved how emotional she ways, and had always been.

Rachel felt a soft hand reach for her own, with a click glance up she smiled at Ross taking his hand. This was a big moment for the both of them.

"Okay, this is your baby" announced the Doctor as she wheeled the screen closer to the two. "And it looks like….it's a boy" she announced smiling.

"A boy!" Ross exclaimed softly, a smile lighting up his face. He looked at the woman next to him who was staring at the screen, and felt the urge to kiss her. If things had been different he wouldn't have thought twice about this action, however, at the time being he didn't want to take things too far.

"Ill leave you two alone" said Doctor Long, smiling before she left the room.

Ross looked back over at Rachel and noticed she was still quiet "Do you need help seeing it again?" Ross said joking around, while squeezing her hand.

Rachel smiled "No," She said softly "Im just so…happy"

Ross brought their entangled hands towards him and kissed the top of her hand, she looked up at him smiling before resting her head on his shoulder.

It was here that she felt home.

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