Half of my heart

We thank our fans

Tonight is the PCA awards and FRIENDS is nominated again and so am I myself. We're about 3 episodes into the show and everyone who watches knows that Rachel is pregnant, but Brad and I haven't made the announcement about us yet. I'm really nervous though because this is the first time we're going out and my bump is noticeable if you look for it, which I know people do. I stand in front of the mirror looking at my dress. It's dark blue, with 2 layers of slightly different lengths that go a little below my knees. The top of it is low cut with spaghetti straps so it has class and sexy mixed.

Brad walks up behind me wrapping his arms around me so his hands are resting on my belly "You look beautiful."

I place my hands with his "Thank you." I smile turning around and kissing him.

He moves his hand down a little farther so my dress flattens and my bump is much more noticeable "You look so cute, you should have picked a tighter dress. We're announcing it anyway."

"But that gives away the surprise of it, and I really like this dress, it's comfortable." I stand with him for a minute before walking away to get my shoes so we can leave. We go out to the car that is waiting for us and try to hide ourselves in the back knowing there are paparazzi all over. Knowing that in the next half hour we'll be announcing the pregnancy is making me so much more nervous than I was before. Thank God we're announcing it together because otherwise I don't know how I'd do it.

Brad comforts me by rubbing my back and reminding me that everyone will be excited and happy for us. He promises that we'll try to do it as soon as we can so that we get it over with. We pull up to the carpet and I hear all the cheers of the fans yelling with excitement. Brad gets out first and I follow as we make our way onto the carpet. We pose for a few pictures and take some with fans before walking up to one of the interviewers. I make sure Brad is standing right with me not letting go of his hand.

"How exciting is it that not only your show is nominated, but you are as well?"

"It's so amazing to be recognized. The whole cast is beyond amazing and I'm still in shock that I got nominated separately."

"Is there something you like to do before every award show?"

"Just make sure I had a good night's sleep the night before and eat a good breakfast."

"There are a lot of exciting things coming up on this season of FRIENDS, one of them being Rachel's pregnancy. How are you and the writers going to work on making it all seem real?"

I pause and look at Brad for approval. This could be the best time to announce it. He just shakes his head and smiles, and let's go of my hand to wrap his arms around me, so I go on "Well, actually it's not that hard because I'm going through the same thing."

She looks at me in shock "You mean you're pregnant?"

"Yes, about 4 months. It works out perfectly with this season."

"That's amazing! Congratulations to both of you."

The rest of the crowd must have heard because they all go crazy yelling and congratulating us. Brad and I stand in shock as they take more pictures. We knew everyone would be excited but we didn't expect this. The photographers are furiously yelling our names and we try our best to look at each giving them some good pictures. We walk a little farther towards the end of the carpet and stand there posing for a few minutes. Brad puts his hand on my belly revealing my bump and the crowd goes even more wild. I look up at him to see that he's been looking at me the whole time and lean towards him a little to kiss him.

We make our way into the building and take our seats at the table with the rest of the cast. They all congratulate us again even though they've known since we found out. Since it's the People's Choice Awards, we know that we won, but others don't. We go over what our speeches will be when we're on stage and how we're going to react.

The lights start to dim and the stage lights up. They announce the host and he walks out as the crowd cheers. We all laugh as he says his jokes and the whole opening ceremony starts. He makes jokes about how we've won all other years, about other actors and the awards start. They go through all the movies actors and actresses then get to TV shows. The first one is comedy, which means Friends.

The whole cast stands up once they say our name and we make our way to the stage. The writes follow behind us and when we get there they hold the trophy whilst we all take turns saying something quickly. We all thank the writers for giving us the funny scripts to act out, but most importantly, we thank our fans for supporting us the past 8 years. Our time is up so we all go back stage to get cast pictures and answer a few questions.

They're mostly about Rachel and Ross asking if they'll be getting back together to raise the baby together. We answer in the best way we can, by simply saying we don't know.

We make our way back to the table waiting until they call my category. The host says a few more funny jokes and even uses some other celebrities as props. My category is finally called and they go through all the nominees before announcing my name. Brad leans over and kisses me whispering congratulations and I make my way up to the stage. I get the award from the presenter and look through the crowd until I find Brad and the cast so I can focus on them. I thank each of them for supporting me, especially Brad and then thank my fans before walking off the stage. This time when I walk out with my award everyone is going crazy.

"Do you feel special that you got the award?"

"It's so nice to have, but I'm sharing it with the whole cast. We all deserve it."

"Do you think Ross and Rachel will ever get back together?"

"I don't know. I think they'll try to work things out but whether they get back together or not is completely up to the writers."

"Are you and Brad excited about the baby?"

"Very! We couldn't be happier."

I go back to my seat and sit next to Brad the rest of the night. We're surrounded by great people and great fans. We couldn't ask for more.