rachel green one shots <3

central perk

~• context: you ask rachel out on a date
~• time line: 1994 (you are 23 and rachel is 25, you have known each other for about 2 months)
~• tw/cw: anxiety
~• italics are your thoughts

"alright bye you guys, i'm going to work!" rachel said, putting her coat on. "bye rach!" we all said smiling at her as she walked out the door, still struggling with her coat. "oh my god" i said putting my head in my hands. "you've gotta go for it!" phoebe said, "if you feel like this, you have to tell her" she said. "yeah i guess" i said getting up. "oh hey!" monica said grabbing my arm as i went to leave. "yeah?" i said smiling and looking at her hand on my arm. "good luck" she said with a sheepish grin. rubbing her hand up and down my forearm. "thanks mon" i said giving her a smile and giving her a kiss in the cheek. "im about to get myself a girlfriend" i said as i walked towards the door and put on my coat. "hey! she beat ya!" joey said patting chandler on the back. i laughed at them and rolled my eyes as i walked out the door.

i started panicking on the way to central perk where rachel works as a waitress. i walked in and immediately saw her. she stood out. and in a good way too. she looked up from her notepad and said "hey y/n!" and waved. "uh hey rach" i said quietly as i walked over. "is everything okay?" she said coming out from behind the counter with a worried look on her face. "look, i need to talk to you." i said seriously. "oh! okay..well shall we sit down" she said pulling up a chair. "sure" i said sitting down with her. "okay right, how do i say this..? okay, rach.." i began, my hands shaking like crazy as i spoke. "hey..it's okay" she said grabbing my hands tightly. "i think..i think i have feelings for you. i was wondering if it would be okay if i took you out sometime" i said looking her in her eyes. "oh..well that's certainly unexpected!" she said quietly, "yeah..i would love that" she said with a smile. "really? thats great rach thank you!" i said excitedly. "of course honey" she said. she leaned over and kissed my lips softly.  i smiled into the kiss as we pulled away and kissed again. i finally have what i dreamed of.

a/n: omg! im so sorry i forgot to put an after note on my last chapter!! i really enjoy writing these!! rachel is by far my favourite character from friends next to phoebe ofc but i really wanted a fanfic about her but i couldn't really find any good ones so i decided to write my own! hope u enjoy! 💗💗