Ross and Rachel: What happens next?

Chapter 15

"Ross! Hurry up. We're gonna be late!" Rachel shouted from the living room

It was Emma's birthday party.

Ross was still getting ready in the bathroom.

"Come on. How long does it take you to get ready?! I got myself and Emma ready and I'm still done first" She shouted again

Ross casually walked out of the bathroom, "It takes effort to look this good"

"Mhm... Sure. So anyway, we're supposed to be at Monica's by 1.30 ... What's the time now?" Rachel asked

"Umm... 1.35. Why are we having it at Monica's again?" He replied

"Urgh! Because their house is bigger than ours, we've been through this before! We need to go, People are gonna start arriving before we've finished setting up!" She said, as she gathered all her bags and picked up Emma and ran out of the door.

"Rach, calm down. Everything's going to be fine." He gently kissed her on the lips

"That's easy for you to say, you're a man. You don't care about lateness or organisation"

"I think you've been spending too much time with Monica... Anyway the stress isn't good for the baby" He placed a hand on her stomach.

She thought for a minute, "Yeah, you're probably right..."

"But I don't care! We're gonna throw a good party for Emma since it didn't go according to plan last year" She continued as she ran down the hallway.

They arrived at Monica's and started putting the party decorations up, set out the food, and got the cake ready all before the guests started arriving.

"We did it! And we still have 5 minutes to spare!" Rachel said

"I told you it would all be fine, Rach" Ross smiled. She smiled back and kissed him.

"Hang on, where's Emma?" Monica asked

"Oh she's right..." Rachel turned to point at her, but realised she wasn't there, "Well she was there a minute ago! Where did she go?!"

"She can't have gone far" Monica said starting to look for her

"Emma? Emma?!" Ross started to shout as he went round looking for her

They all went looking.

"Erm, Rach? I found her" Chandler said from another room

Rachel ran to find her. Emma was sitting on the floor opening her presents from Ross and Rachel and Monica and Chandler. Emma smiled and laughed at Rachel when she saw her.

Rachel gasped, "Emma!! What did you do?!" She picked up Emma, who was sitting among loads of wrapping paper.

Emma laughed again as if she knew she was bad. Rachel couldn't help but laugh. She was annoyed, but she couldn't be mad at Emma.

"Well I guess she knows what her presents are now!" Ross chuckled

"Oh well, I think she's too young to understand the concept of presents yet" Rachel laughed

Just then, Phoebe and Mike arrived.

"Hiiii!" They said as she came through the door

"Hi! We're in here!" Monica replied

Phoebe came in and hugged everyone.

"Wow Pheebs, you're getting really big! How far gone are you?" Rachel said, putting her hands on Phoebe's stomach

"Almost 6 months" Phoebe replied smiling, "You're starting to show too! You must be about 4 months by now"

"Yep, 4 months yesterday" Rachel said smiling at Ross

They all smiled because they were happy for Phoebe and Rachel.

Phoebe looked around the room, "Hey what's all this - " She gasped, "Did you start the party without us?!"

"Noo! Emma found the presents and decided to help herself" Ross said

"Ah, she's cleverer than you thought" Phoebe joked

They all went into the living room, and soon enough Joey arrived.

"Hi Joe!" Rachel said as she got up to kiss him. He kissed her back then picked up Emma

"Happy Birthday Emma!" He said as he kissed her, "I can't believe she's two already"

"I know, me either" Ross smiled, "She's growing up so fast"

Just then, a woman walked into the room, and Joey went over and put his arm around her waist.

"Er, who's this?" Monica asked

"Guys, I'd like you to meet Sarah, my girlfriend" Joey stated, proudly

"Aww, that's so sweet! How long have you been together?" Phoebe said

"Two weeks" Joey said, smiling at Sarah

"Aww. Well it's a pleasure to meet you Sarah" Ross said

They all smiled at Joey and Sarah.

"Sit down Joe, and help yourself to some food. We'll do presents when mine and Ross's parents arrive... Even though there's not many left now" Rachel said

A little while later, Jack and Judy and Sandra and Leonard arrived.

"Oh yay, you're all here! Now we can do presents" Rachel said, clapping her hands together.

"Oh wait, mom, dad... Can you be in the same room together without arguing?!" Rachel asked

"Yes, yes, we'll be fine..." Sandra said as she gave Leonard a look.

Ross went to get Emma's presents that he had re-wrapped and put them on the floor next to Emma.

"There you go Emma, now you can open them for real!" Ross said

Emma opened the first one from Ross and Rachel. It was a doll. Emma smiled and laughed and bounced up and down as this time she knew she was allowed it.

"I guess she likes it then!" Ross chuckled

Then she opened the one from Monica and Chandler. It was a fairy costume.

"Oh my god, it's so cute!! Thank you guys!" Rachel said as she held it up against Emma, "Emma come here, you're gonna wear it now"

She put it on her and gave her the magic wand that came with it. Emma jumped around the living room pretending she was a fairy.

"I'll take that as my thank you!" Monica laughed

They opened the rest of the presents. They consisted of: cute clothes, teddies, toys and some books.

"Thank you for all the presents guys!" Rachel said as she went round and hugged everyone.

They played some party games with Emma until it got kind of late, and Emma was tired. They all said goodbye and went home.

"The party actually went okay this year!" Rachel said when they were driving home, "Emma certainly enjoyed it" She turned round and saw Emma asleep in her car seat.

"And we've still got more of this to come" Ross said smiling, as he put his hand on Rachel's stomach.

"I can't wait" Rachel said, smiling back as she kissed Ross on the cheek.

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So this chapter is pretty bad, sorry. I had to rush it :/

Okay guys, I have an idea for a new storyline. I've had this idea since before I started writing this fanfic but I didn't intend to put it into here at the start.

It's basically involves Emily and a new character that's never been in friends before...

I'm not sure how people are gonna react because I know everyone hates Emily. But I wanted to know if you would prefer if I did it in this fanfic or start a new one about that character, and carry on this fanfic as usual. If I include it in here, it won't be all about them, it will still be about Roschel :)

So let me know what you think! Also, if you're enjoying this fanfic so far xxx