Disclaimer: I don't own Friends, sucks doesn't it?

Author's note: I know it's been a really long time since I updated anything but I'm getting back into it now, I've missed it

It had been a week since the night in the apartment when Ross had proposed to Rachel and since then they had both immersed themselves in phone calls, not telling anyone what was going on just yet but inviting all of their closest friends over for dinner that night. Monica and Chandler were coming into the city, Joey was seriously thinking about bringing pizza as an appetizer, and Phoebe and Mike were pulling themselves away from their frequent bouts of trying to get pregnant.

At around 6:55 that cold New York Thursday night Monica, Chandler, Jack and Erica arrived at the Geller-Green residence.

Monica knocked three times and the door was answered.

"Leave it to you guys to be here early," Rachel said with a laugh.

"Well we would have been here sooner but Chandler didn't follow the system in getting Jack ready to go, so I had to take care of them both," Monica said with a slightly annoyed glance in her husband's direction.

"They're babies Monica, we don't need a system in getting them ready," Chandler sighed and Rachel wondered how many times they had had that conversation in the two weeks since the birth of their twins.

"Well come on in," said Rachel as she stepped to the side of the door frame.

At that moment Ross walked in saying, "How do you think we should tell everyone that we're engaged because I'm not really sure – Monica, Chandler, when did you guys get here?"

Monica set down the car seat that held her two week old son and ran to Rachel enveloping her in a tight hug.

"You're getting married, again! That is so great! How? When?" Monica said in a rush.

"Last week," Rachel said with a content smile spreading across her lips. "We were planning to tell you all tonight, but you got here early and Ross here didn't look around the room before opening his mouth, so please, when we tell Joey, Phoebe and Mike, please act surprised? I don't want them thinking that we told you guys first because we love you more or something."

"Right, mum's the word," said Monica.

"Where's Emma?" asked Chandler. "She still hasn't met her little cousins."

"She's in her room, I'll go get her," said Ross as he turned and started towards his daughter's nursery.

"Have you guys told Ben yet?" asked Monica.

"Yeah, we have. Ross, Emma and I went over there a few days ago and told him that we were getting married, he seemed pretty happy about the whole thing," Rachel said with a smile as she thought back to the day they had told her future stepson.

"What did the big man say?" asked Chandler, sitting down and taking his daughter out of her carrier and placing a bottle in her waiting mouth.

"He looked up at Ross and said, 'This is getting confusing. Now I have one daddy and three mommies.' It was so cute though."

"Aw, he sees you as his mom, that is so sweet," Monica said as she took Jack out of his carrier and placed him on a portable changing pad to check his diaper.

"Yeah, so how are you guys doing? How's the new house?" Rachel asked.

"It's great, it really is, it was time to get out of our apartment," Chandler said. "I mean don't get me wrong, the apartment was fine for just Monica and myself but now that we have two little Bings to look after, it was time for a change of scenery, it just wasn't big enough for the four of us. It wasn't big enough for the twins to grow up in."

Ross walked in holding his young daughter in his arms, she was still yawning after her nap.

"Dada, babies!" exclaimed Emma. "They wittler than me!"

"Yes sweetie, they're littler than you," Rachel laughed as she reached her arms out to her smiling baby and took her in her arms. "These are Auntie Monica and Uncle Chandler's babies. This is Jack and Erica; they're your little cousins Em."

Emma clapped her hands and smiled happily.

At that moment there was a knock on the door and the second Ross opened it three familiar faces walked through. Joey, Mike and Phoebe all piled in and surrounded the two small families already seated in the living room.

The rest of the night went smoothly, they ate and they drank and Ross and Rachel finally got around to telling everyone about their engagement and five teary eyed people surrounded and hugged them. Phoebe, Monica, and Rachel made plans to go look at dresses, and the men talked about yet another bachelor party for Ross. All the plans had to be made quickly, very quickly. Ross and Rachel had decided to get married in just two months time. And so far, only they knew the reason why they had to hurry.