Sorry guys for the long wait, but school is getting crazier every week and I got sick so I haven't had much of a chance to work on the update that much, but thanks for all the reviews.

As Rachel and Ross made their way up the driveway and to her childhood home her nerves began to worsen. She tried to ignore the sick feeling in the pit of her stomach since she was the one who had dragged Ross to accompany her to Long Island. They had visited his parents first who were ecstatic that they were having a granddaughter, but his mother had made it very clear that she would've loved to see the two "friends" together. So after stopping at the Geller household Rachel had decided that she wanted to see her father. They hadn't talked in months and she couldn't even remember the last time she had seen him in person.

It had been very stressful on her because she remembered that they used to have a good relationship, but of course they had always butted heads when it came to the subject of Ross. She let her mind drift back to a previous argument they had gotten into when she was younger.

"Where the hell have you been young lady! Your mother and I have been worried sick!" Her father stood up from his armchair and made his way to her and Rachel almost laughed when she saw how red his face was and decided to play stupid.

"I'm fine dad. It's only 11:49," she said innocently.

"Exactly my point young lady! You're only 15 years old and it's a school night!"

"I'm 17 and thanks for remembering," she scoffed. She rolled her eyes at him which only caused Dr. Green's face to turn red.

"Don't use that tone of voice with me young lady!" Rachel shook her head at him and took a spot on the couch.

"Why does it even matter? I got home safe and sound."

"Because you are still underage Rachel! The fact is that you have a curfew which ended 2 hours ago! We didn't even know where you had gone."

"We only got back late from the city because of the traffic."

"We? Rachel Karen Green please tell me you were not with that Geller boy!" Rachel rolled her eyes again at this. She would never understand why her father was so hostile towards Ross.

"Daddy we didn't do anything. Ross made sure…"

"I knew it! I knew he was a bad influence on you! Sneaking out, coming back past curfew, talking back to me and your mother. That boy is nothing but trouble!"

"Daddy you've known Ross since we were little kids," she argued. At this he shook his head and took a seat opposite from her in his armchair.

"Yes and that's exactly my point. That boy is nothing but trouble."

"Ross is not trouble. He always helps me with my homework and tutors me."

"And why do you think he does that Rachel? Boys his age only have one thing on their mind."

"Daddy you know Ross isn't like that."

"All boys are like that."

"Well Ross isn't," she said defiantly. She folded her arms and pouted, but Dr. Green was done.

"I don't care Rachel. I do not want you seeing him anymore and I forbid you to contact him."

At that point Rachel was halfway up the stairs when she caught the last bit of her father's sentence and turned on her heel to look at him. She was met with an angry look and no sign sympathy in his face.

"What?"

"Oh so now I have your attention. You heard me Rachel, I do not want you talking to him anymore. He's a bad influence and I will not be dealing with it any longer." Her eyes began to fill with tears when she realized that he was serious. They had gotten into many arguments about Ross, but it had never gotten this far.

"You can't do that!"

"Just watch me!"

"Daddy that's not fair! He's my best friend!"

"Find another one!" He shook his head at her once more before leaving to go to his bedroom. She looked to her mother who had just strolled into the room.

"Mom can't you just talk to daddy? It's not fair what he's doing." Her mother just shrugged her shoulders and made her way out the room

"I'm sorry Rachel, but you heard your father."

At that she let out a loud sigh of frustration and ran up the stairs and stormed to her room. She slammed the door with such a powerful force that the noise echoed throughout the house. Her eyes watered when she caught sight of a picture frame that held a photo of her and Ross and she collapsed onto her bed.

"How could he do this to me?"

After 15 minutes of crying she finally lifted her head up and caught site of herself. Her cheeks had tear stains and her eyes were extremely red. She groaned as she laid back down when an idea popped into her head. She was already in trouble with her father so she didn't have anything else to lose. Who cares if she got grounded? She grabbed her purse and took one last look around her bedroom. At least Ross would be happy to see her.

"Rach!" She snapped out of her daydream and saw Ross staring at her with a terrified expression.

"What?"

"I was asking if I could just stay out here. This isn't a good idea. Rachel your father hates me," Ross pleaded as he backed away from the door. He looked to her with another pleading look. He would rather be anywhere but here because he knew Dr. Green despised him with a passion and knew something was bound to go wrong, but of course she ignored this fact.

"Ross stop being such a scaredy cat."

"But Rach he hates me. Remember what happened when I came to take you to prom?"

"Yes I remember Ross and it was an accident."

"But Rach…" She interrupted him when she put her hand up and he fell silent.

"Ross stop being a baby. We're already having one now do I have to deal with you too?" She grinned to herself when he stuck his tongue out as she rang the doorbell. Her fathered appeared at the door and Ross shrunk down at just the sight of him while Rachel stepped forward to greet him with open arms.

"Daddy!" Out of all her sisters Rachel had always been closest to her father and she was always excited when she got the chance to visit.

"There's my little girl. Hmm not so little anymore I guess," he said when he noticed the baby bump. He smiled and pulled her in for a hug, but that quickly faded when he saw Ross standing behind her. He didn't like Ross as a kid and he didn't like him now.

"Hello Dr. Green." Ross nervously put his hand out and Dr. Green gave him a death stare. When he saw Ross's hand move to Rachel's shoulder his face turned red with anger. When Rachel saw her father's expression she frowned. Ever since her parents divorce his temper had only worsened and he didn't have the patience for anything or anyone.

"Daddy let's go inside and take a seat on the couch," she suggested. He nodded and escorted them into the living room, but not before he "accidentally" bumped into Ross. Ross ignored this and left to join them when he overheard Dr. Green.

"Rachel Karen Green I cannot believe you brought him here. I guess your trying to give me a heart attack."

"Daddy we wanted to tell you that we went to the doctor and we found out we're having a girl." Rachel said this in hopes of getting her father to be a little more supportive, but this new round of information does not change his feelings on Ross, who has just taken a seat on the couch.

"It does not change the fact that he's the father," he added snidely as he shook his head in disapproval. Rachel felt Ross tense up beside her and she knew she would have to speak up on him since she knew he wouldn't give Ross a fair chance.

"Daddy please be supportive for me, for us. This is your grandchild." At this statement Dr. Green finally lost his temper and stood up.

"Rachel Green I will not sit here and pretend to be happy for you when I know this whole thing is a mistake! Your mother may have given you her blessing but I will not young lady!"

"Daddy please just try and listen to me for once."

"You know out of all my children I never thought you'd do something foolish like this."

"Because nothing I ever did was good enough for you! You never were satisfied with anything! For once can't you just be happy for me? Why is everything I do never good enough for your standards?"

"Because you always end up in situations like this! I just wonder where I went wrong with you because I thought you were smart enough to not go run off and get knocked up by some guy. What the hell were you thinking?" Rachel was in tears now and Ross stood up from his seat and made his way over to them.

"Dr. Green will you please stop yelling at her. She does not need to be stressed out right now," Ross pleaded in a calm voice, but it only caused her father to turn on him.

"She's my daughter Geller and I'll talk to her any way I please!" When he saw that Dr. Green wasn't going to stop Ross lost his temper as well.

"Rachel is an adult! She can make her own decisions!"

"You stay out of this! This is between me and my daughter!"

"Actually this is between me and Rachel. All she wants is your blessing and you can't even open your eyes to see that this is a good thing." Rachel had now taken her seat on the sofa with a hand on her stomach as she watched in horror as the two most important men in her life continued to bicker. After a while she just covered her ears and tried to block it out, but the fighting continued.

"I knew you were a mistake when I first met you Geller! I must have been out of my mind to let Rachel socialize with someone like you! You were no good then and you're just as useless now! She should be focusing on her career not having a baby! You've ruined my daughter's life!"

"It takes two to make a baby Dr. Green! I would think that as a doctor you would know that," Ross snapped. Dr. Green took a step towards Ross and put a finger to his chest.

"You think you got everything figured out don't you? You may have managed to fool Rachel but I know better. You can try and convince her that this... this mistake is a good thing but..."

"Stop calling our child a mistake!"

"I'll call it what I want to call it Geller! She's my daughter and she's the one that's pregnant!"

"Yeah with our child!"

"You mean that mistake! I just hope for Rachel's sake that it doesn't take after your side of the family!" At this the room became silent and Ross trembled with anger while Rachel looked at her father in disbelief.

"Daddy!"

"I swear if you insult her one more time I'll…"

"You'll what Geller?" He tried to provoke Ross even more by giving him a smug look and it worked. He stepped forward so that he and Dr. Green were no more than a few inches away and that was all it took for Rachel to realize that the situation had gotten out of control.

"Enough!"

"Rachel Green I will not be yelled at in my own house!"

"Daddy you need to understand that Ross and I are having a child. Could you at least try to get along for the sake of the baby?"

"I'll give you my blessing if he's not in the picture Rachel."

"You cannot be serious."

"I'm not joking Rachel. If he's not in the picture then I'll give you my blessing."

"Why are you doing this to me," she asked in a quiet voice. She wiped a stray tear away as her father took her hand.

"Rachel this is the only way I…"

"No it's not! It's just another way for you to control me! I'm not 17 years old anymore and you cannot tell me what to do anymore! Ross is my best friend he's the baby's father! If you can't accept that then I have nothing left to say," she finished.

"Rachel you know how I feel about him."

"Well then you won't be seeing me or your granddaughter anytime soon!" And before her father could speak, Rachel grabbed Ross's hand and led them out the door as Dr. Green watched with a guilty conscience. Ross watched as a tear slipped down her cheek and he also feels guilty when he realizes how he let his temper take over.

"I can't believe he acted like that."

"Rach I'm sorry I didn't mean to…"

"Can we not talk about this right now," she interrupted. Ross nodded as she released his hand and he watched sadly as another tear fell.

Later that night they were back in the city and Ross was lying in bed, replaying the day's events in his head when he heard a soft knock on his door. He sat up when he saw Rachel's head sticking out from behind the door.

"Can I come in?"

"Sure Rach." He patted the empty spot next to him and watched as she practically glided over to his bed and he couldn't help but break out a smile when he saw the baby bump underneath her shirt. She crawled into his bed and sat across from him with her legs crossed and her hair piled on top of her head.

"Tell me what's wrong?" She sighed loudly as she tore her eyes from the ceiling and looked at him directly. She had been holding in her anger and frustration all day, but she knew she could always count on Ross to give her good advice.

"It's just… for once I thought he would be happy for me and it just seems like everything I did was never good enough. I was always kind of jealous of you.

"Why?"

"Because no matter what your parents were always supportive of you and Monica. I couldn't stop thinking about how your dad hugged you when we told them that we were having a girl. My father couldn't even pretend to be happy for me.

"I'm sorry Rach," he said meekly.

"Don't be. I just really thought that he would be happy for me. This is his granddaughter and he sits there and calls her a mistake." Ross leaned over as she rest her head on his shoulder and he rubbed her belly gently.

"He'll come around."

"Do you ever regret this? Do you ever feel like this whole thing was a mistake?" Ross gave her a look of disbelief and shook his head.

"Are you kidding me? This is a blessing Rach. In 4 months we're going to have something that we created and that's all our own. We're going have a daughter and I could never think of her as a mistake. She's our baby Rachel." And for the first time that night she smiled. That smile grew even larger when she saw Ross trying to talk to their unborn child. There was not a doubt in her mind that he would make a great father.

"Do you always have to be such a great friend?"

"Well I do try," he joked. At this they both laughed and she punched his arm playfully.

"Can I sleep in your bed tonight? I really don't want to be alone right now." Rachel didn't need to ask him twice because he was already nodding his head.

"Of course."

He moved over slightly as she scooted herself closet and rest her head on a pillow as Ross wrapped his arms around her while still massaging her stomach.

"Hi baby girl I'm daddy. Me and mommy can't wait to see you," he whispered as Rachel let out a chuckle.

"Ross she can't hear you."

"I know but still it's good to talk to her. Maybe if I talk to her about dinosaurs and stuff she'll be a Paleontologist. We can send her to science camp and everything," he said excitedly and Rachel rolled her eyes.

"Great. Then I'll be stuck with two dinosaur lovers."

"That's a bad thing?"

"It's a wonderful thing sweetie."

"Well I hope she looks just like you Rach. She's going to be so gorgeous." Rachel smiled at this and turned her head slightly to look at him. She moved a hand to his cheek and stared deeply into his eyes.

"Well let's just hope she doesn't get your eyes. You know I can't resist them." She winked at him as she began to fall asleep.

"Good to know."

"Say cheese Rachel."

"Cheese." She gave him a beaming smile as the camera flashed. Ross looked at his camera and was starstruck by how beautiful she looked.

"Six months pregnant and you still take my breath away," Ross breathed as he continued to stare.

They had been taking pictures of her and her growing belly for their baby book. Ross looked at the previous pictures while Rachel took the camera from him and she was alarmed at how large she had gotten.

"Wow I look huge."

"But gorgeous," Ross added. She smiled at this and kissed his cheek. Rachel had been more affectionate with him ever since they had the talk with him about her father and he was slowly regaining his trust with her.

"Rach you need to get dressed. Monica and Chandler are going to be here in 10 minutes and you know how long it takes you to get ready."

"But Ross I can't fit anything," she whined.

"Okay after we're done shopping for the baby stuff then I'll take you shopping." He was surprised when she nearly knocked him over in an attempt to hug him.

"I'm so sorry. I was trying too…"

"It's okay," he chuckled as he kissed her forehead. "Come on let's get you something to wear," he said leading them to her bedroom. He opened the door to her closet and pulled out a revolting sweater.

"How about this?"

When he didn't hear her respond he turned to see her giving him an intense stare. He gulped when he saw her moved towards him and took a step backwards only to bump into a wall. She closed in the distance between them so that their lips were inches apart. Unfortunately they were interrupted by a loud knock on the front door. Rachel pouted while Ross closed his eyes, also frustrated that they had such bad timing.

"I'll go answer the door. You just find something to wear okay?"

A few hours later the group of four were at a baby store to get the last few things for the new arrival.

"Aww Rach look at this one with the footie pajamas. Look how small and adorable everything is. I just want to get everything for her," Monica gushed.

"Oh great. It's bad enough I have Ross, but not you too Monica."

"Well I want to be the cool aunt. No offense, but your sisters are probably going to get her a boat or something."

"That is true," Rachel laughed.

"Oh look at those shoes Rachel! Look how small they are!" Rachel smiled as she watched Monica continue to pick up everything in site for her niece. She glanced at a nearby aisle where she saw Chandler and Ross talking.

"So how has married life been?" At this question Monica's face lit up and Rachel already knew the answer.

"It's still weird you know, having to adjust to be someone's wife, but it's so cool when people call me Mrs. Bing. It's so different from what I thought it would be, but I love it. Just knowing you get to wake up to your best friend every morning is just… I don't know it's amazing," she finished.

"Really?"

"Definitely. Chandler is amazing and I feel like we share with each other more than when we were dating, but you know he still freaks out whenever I mention children or anything to do with babies."

"How did you get him to come here then," Rachel asked with a bit of amusement in her tone.

"I told him we were going to lunch with you guys. Why do you think he's all dressed up?" She pointed and Rachel giggled when she saw Chandler's attire.

"But enough about me how has my niece been? Has she started kicking yet?" Monica moved a hand to Rachel's stomach, but since Ross has been doing this so frequently she didn't even flinch.

"Nope, but she should start pretty soon?"

"And how have you and my brother been?"

"We've been… good I guess. If you can call it that."

"What does good mean?"

"Well you know how we went to Long Island a few weeks ago right," Rachel said looking at Monica expectantly and she continued when she nodded her head. She explained about the meeting they had with her father and the talk she and Ross had shared.

"Oh that's so sweet. Oh and look at the expression on your face. Don't deny it. You love him," Monica teased. Rachel glanced at Ross, who has picked out a lot of dinosaur toys.

"So how have things been between you and Rachel? Have you had one of your famous moments," Chandler asked sarcastically.

"Actually we did have a little moment this morning, but the timing was bad"

"Well what happened?" Ross took a deep breath and glanced out Rachel, who was holding piles of clothes in her hand and it seemed Monica had twice as many.

"We almost kissed and I swear she was mad we didn't. She's been way more affectionate the last few weeks. It's so confusing."

"Well you know what they say about pregnant woman. The hormones make them want to do it more."

"Yeah, but still…" he agreed as he gazed at her wistfully. When he saw her and Monica approach them he dropped everything in his arms which caused Monica and Chandler to snicker.

"Dude you need to relax."

He kneeled down to gather all the toys and was surprised when Rachel also kneeled down to help him. When they both grabbed onto a dinosaur stuffed toy they smiled.

"I see you picked out a lot of dinosaur stuff. You better not try to force that on her Ross," she teased.

"You know you love it." He helped her up and moved a hand to her stomach, worried about her and their daughter

He had been extremely protective of her ever since she had hit the six month mark in the pregnancy and had insisted on doing everything for her. At first she had found it flattering, but they had gotten into a few disagreements since she was so used to being independent, but both had come to an agreement. Rachel would take it easy and Ross would let her have a little bit more freedom.

"Monica and I are going to the coffee house and then we…"

"No I'll go. You stay here and finish shopping and you can meet us at the coffee house. You want a blueberry muffin right?" She smiled at how well he knew her and nodded.

"Thank you." They watched as Chandler and Monica kissed each other goodbye. Ross swore he saw her move an inch toward him before Monica grabbed her hand and pulled her away.

"Thanks for that man. I didn't know if I could take any more of the baby stuff. It's like Monica's obsessed with babies or something."

"I thought you wanted children," Ross asked as he pushed the door to the coffee house.

"I do, but… oh no. Look who it is Ross," he said. He looked to where Chandler was pointing and groaned when he saw his ex girlfriend, Emily. She stood up and walked directly towards them and a moment of silence passed before she spoke up.

"Ross I went to your apartment and you weren't there so I came here since I know you usually hang out here with your friends."

"Why were you looking for me," Ross snapped. Normally he wouldn't have been so rude, but he could not forget how miserable she had made him.

"I needed to talk to you. Chandler can you give us a moment?" Chandler looked at Ross for a second before he shrugged his shoulder and left them alone.

What do you want to talk about?"

"Can we sit first?" He nodded as she led them to a nearby table and another awkward silence passed before she spoke again.

"How have you been?"

"I've been great actually."

"That's good to hear." They had only had exchanged a few words, but he was already tired of her charade and wanted to know her reason for seeking him out.

"Okay what do you want Emily? Why after all these months are you trying to talk to me again and after what you did."

"Ross I'm sorry about that. I know I was a little controlling, but I miss you. We were great together and we were so happy."

"Until you started lying to me."

"I only did it for us."

"No you did it for yourself. You were jealous of Rachel and you wanted to get rid of her and thanks to you I almost lost my best friend," he snapped.

"And I'm sorry about that, but admit it. We were so good together and I know I had some issues with her, but I think we could make it work again."

"No we can't Emily," he stated.

"If this is about her then…"

"It is about her."

"Ross you can't just wait on her for forever. She takes advantage of you."

"She does not take advantage of me. She's amazing and…

"Yes Ross I get it, but don't you miss me?"

"Okay Emily let me set this straight for you. I do not want you. I don't even like you."

"But Ross…"

"No."

"Why not? Why can't you give me a second chance? If it was me I would give you another chance."

"Because in 3 months I'm going to be a father." At this revelation she paled before as a look of shock took over her expression. She shook her head in disbelief before looking up at him with anger.

"Who is she," she hissed.

"You know her actually."

"Rachel." He nodded his head and she rolled her eyes.

"So you break up with me and knock her up. I knew she was a…"

"I think you better watch your mouth before you insult her in front of me," Ross snapped.

"Why Ross? I bet you two aren't even together. Am I right?" He shook his head at her and stood up to leave, but stopped in his tracks.

"Rachel makes me happier than you ever did and I really think it would be the best for both of us if you didn't contact me anymore." She stood up to retaliate, but the door swung open at the moment to reveal Rachel and Monica. Emily smirked to herself and made her way over to them.

"Oh look who it is. Rachel you're as big as a house," Emily spat. She stared at Emily in shock and she turned crimson at her comment. Monica took a step forward and spoke up before Rachel could.

"Trying to beg my brother for another chance I guess. At least try to have some dignity. I though you were better than that, but I guess not," Monica added.

"And your still the same annoying little…"

"Don't even finish that sentence." Chandler took his spot next to Monica and put an arm around her. When Emily spotted the wedding bands she started laughing.

"Oh wow you two got married. I want to see how long that will last," she laughed. At this Monica remained silent, but Rachel spoke up instead.

"Jealous because you didn't get to the knot with Ross huh?"

"If it wasn't for you," she snapped angrily.

"I didn't steal him from you. You're the one who pushed him away. Too little too late Emily."

"We both know you wanted him Rachel and you got him. You steal him away from me and then get him to knock you up." Emily turned away from Rachel with folded arms. "Are you sure it's even your baby Ross. I wouldn't be too sure with her." At this everyone let out a gasp, but before Emily could comment on anything else, Rachel took the iced coffee from Gunther and tossed it on Emily and Ross stood in front of Rachel before she could do anything else.

"You…"

"Leave us alone!" A look of shock covered her face when she saw nothing but anger in his eyes, something that was unusual for him. She shot Rachel another nasty look before stalking off, her hair still dripping of coffee. There was only silence until they heard laughing and they all turned to Chandler

"I know this is a bad time, but Rachel that was so awesome," Chandler snickered. Monica smacked his arm lightly, but also cracked a smile. Ross turned to Rachel and saw that she was still trembling from anger.

"Are you okay?" She ignored his question as she made her way to the door.

"I'm perfect. I just want to go home." He grabbed her coat and followed her out and the rest of the way home was completely silent.