The New Beginning - The Story of Ross and Rachel

The One With The Talk

The morning after the gang said their last goodbye to the iconic purple apartment. Ross woke up and saw Rachel sleeping next to him. He still find it hard to believe what is happening for the past few days. This is it. They finally managed to tell each other how they really feel. No more messing around, this time they really meant it.

"Hi..", Ross said as Rachel slowly opened her eyes.

"Hi..you..", she replied with the biggest smile on her face.

He landed a kiss on her forehead and asked, "So..What do you want to do today?"

"Well, first I have to call Paris to clear out few things and ship back all my stuff.. And, my mom gonna drop off Emma at 11 and then I free I guess?"

"Okay, what about I make us dinner later after Emma asleep?"

"Okay, sure"

He then kissed her and went to the bathroom.

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Later that night, Emma was sleeping, Ross cooked dinner for the two of them, he even set up some candles, romantic music, and even bought Rachel her favorite white lilies bouquet. Everything seems perfect, like it should be. As they enjoying their dinner and talk about Emma, Rachel suddenly changed it to a particularly topic. A topic that they both know they have to talk about at some point.

Rachel held both of his hand and said,

"Ross?"

"Yes?"

"You know at some point we have to talk about the stuff that has been happening for the past seven years, right?"

Ross suddenly felt anxious, because he knows what she's referring to. He then took a sip of the wine and answered.

"Y-yes"

"But first I need to point this out. I didn't bring this up to blame anyone, I just want to make everything clear before we do anything further with us. I love you Ross, and I want to be with you."

"I know what you mean. I love you too." He then kissed her.

She took a deep breath and continued

"Okay, first, about the 'we were on a break' thi-"

Ross suddenly interrupted and said, "It is my fault, even though we were on a break, I should not do that to you. I couldn't take it back, but I am really sorry for that, I'm also sorry for blaming it on technicalities and worse, I blame you."

"It is not entirely your fault. I should not told us to take a break in the first place."

"But still.. If I just go home that day ..."

Ross paused as he tried to find the next word to say. Rachel put both of her hands on his cheeks, lift his face and looked at him in the eyes.

"Hey, Look at me Ross.. Whatever happened between us that time already happened and we cannot change anything. I made peace with it and I forgive you for it. So you better stop joking around about 'we were on a break' thing again. Okay?"