第八章 :生日（二）
"This is the first time I celebrate my birthday in the hospital..." Rachel, sitting in the taxi, felt a little complicated.
It is conceivable that having the same birthday as Ross's child would definitely reduce his love for her. After all, one is his biological child and the other is just a good friend. Maybe even Monica would...
Thinking of her annual gifts, Rachel felt a little sad.
Looking at Rachel staring at her beautiful profile outside the car, Jack probably knew what she was thinking.
Good friends will also be jealous. Rachel is not as strong as she will be in the future.
Verbal persuasion will not play a big role. The sense of security established through external objects will be broken sooner or later. Only by building high walls by yourself can you become strong.
A warm and strong arm pulled her into his arms. The chest full of security reminded Rachel of her father, and even the damn tone was very similar.
"Stop watching those idiotic soap operas."
....
"Hey Phoebe, I really didn't mean to leave you..." Joey begged.
"Damn Tribbiani, I said I wouldn't talk to you for a week!" Phoebe yelled at Joey.
Although she didn't receive any punishment for stealing the shoes and spent a wonderful night with a handsome police officer, she was still quite angry about Joey's disloyalty and leaving her.
"Aren't you talking to him now..." Chandler, who was caught in the middle, sighed and said helplessly.
"Yeah!!" Phoebe covered her mouth, glared at Joey fiercely, and turned her head to one side.
"Hey! I warned you! My nephew will be born soon and you can't let him see you still quarreling!!" Monica, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned her head and said seriously.
"You didn't see my parents quarreling when I was born..." Phoebe snorted coldly, then remembered her miserable childhood and softened her tone: "Okay, Tribbiani, I forgive you."
"Really?!" Joey was ecstatic.
The speeding taxi finally arrived at the hospital entrance, and as soon as the door opened, he saw Ross pacing anxiously.
"Is Carol here?" Monica stepped forward and held her brother's hand to relieve his pressure.
"Not yet, Susan said they are already in the taxi, and when she talked to me, she said Carol has secreted mucus, I can't believe I'm going to be a father." Ross's tone was mixed with surprise, but more of uneasiness.
"Everything will go well, I'm going to be an aunt!" Monica gave Ross a hug, and she was also a little excited.
"You guys go upstairs and wait. Rachel and Jack are already here. And..." Ross hesitated. The first sight of Rachel just now made him feel like he was back in college.
"Okay." Everyone comforted Ross and prepared to go upstairs.
"Wait a minute, Monica." Ross called his sister and took out a beautifully wrapped gift from the inner pocket of his suit.Box: "Give it to Rachel for me..."
Monica sighed and put away the gift. She could feel Ross's helplessness.
"Sweetheart, can't you be more quiet?" Jack said while pulling the busy Rachel.
Women's hearts are like needles in the sea. Rachel, who was just sad and sad, has now returned to her quirky appearance and is looking for cute doctors to chat with.
"Can I spend my birthday in the hospital in the future?!" Rachel said excitedly as she sat down.
This is simply her paradise.
"Fortunately, you don't like the cemetery keeper." Jack rolled his eyes at her.
"Hey, I didn't expect you guys to be faster than me... Wow, which socialite is here in the hospital?" Monica, who had just gone upstairs, saw the gorgeously dressed Rachel at a glance and couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Thank you, Monica!" Rachel happily gave her bestie a hug.
"Brother, your gift is so expensive, how can you afford to give ours." Chandler walked to Jack and complained in a low voice.
Rachel was wearing all branded clothes. She could not afford it with her current financial situation. The only possibility was that Jack, the bastard, gave it to her.
"This is an investment, brother. I will rely on you for the next few months."
Chandler's heart thumped. Looking at Jack who was holding him with a pitiful face and Joey who was silly beside him, he began to mourn for his wallet silently.
....
"She hasn't come yet, she hasn't come yet!"
This was the third time. Ross was anxious at this time, worried that Carol had an accident.
"Maybe she will give birth in a taxi."
Chandler's unintentional complaint made Ross even more anxious, and he rushed out immediately.
"Where is Rachel?" Monica asked. Everyone pointed at Rachel who was chatting with a cute doctor. Seeing this, Monica touched the gift in her pocket and decided to wait.
"Hey, what do you think your child will look like when he is born?" Jack brought up a topic to ease the boring atmosphere.
"I will distribute cigars in the delivery room." Joey thought for a while and said that he remembered his grandmother said that his father did the same when he was born.
"Joey has made up his mind to let his child be born in a movie scene from the 1950s." Chandler complained.
"I think Abi will crawl out to dance with me when I play on the street." Phoebe's wild imagination always surprises everyone.
"Here we come." Ross ran over happily and shouted.
Carol, who was pregnant, was sitting in a wheelchair and greeting everyone, and Susan was also carrying something beside her.
"Where have you been? I was so worried!" Phoebe was the first to greet him, showing her strong hypocritical social skills.
To be honest, no one is really familiar with Carol. Maybe only Monica is more intimate. She can come here only because she is Ross's child.
After a few pleasantries,Ross and Susan pushed Carol into the delivery room, and the rest of the people waited outside.
The Knicks game had already reached the second quarter, and except for Joey who was watching the game with great interest, everyone else was a little drowsy.
Looking at the baby being pushed in and out, Monica suddenly had an idea and said, "I want a baby!"
Chandler, who was half asleep, naturally replied, "I'm afraid not today, I have to get up early tomorrow, dear."
Jack pushed Joey: "Joey, call mommy."
Joey, who was concentrating, didn't hear what Jack said at all.
"I want to buy a cup of coffee, do you want to come with me?" Jack stood up, and Chandler and Monica stood up with him.
Joey's attention was still focused on the game on TV.
Hearing someone slandering his favorite team, Joey turned around to debate, but saw a woman with a big belly standing next to him, and swallowed back what he wanted to say.
"Look at your favorite Eun. He can't even shoot the ball into the sea." The lady sat down with her belly.
"Really? Who do you support?" Joey wanted to hear the woman's opinion so that he could laugh at her.
.....
The three people who walked out of the hospital suddenly felt much more sober.
"Hey, why don't we just celebrate Rachel's birthday?" Monica suggested while looking at the cake in the coffee shop.
No one expected that Rachel's birthday would coincide with Carol's delivery day.
"I think it's good, but will Ross and Carol be unhappy?" Jack was a little hesitant. In fact, he had this idea.
"Ross shouldn't mind..." Chandler was not sure.
One is the goddess he has been secretly in love with for many years, and the other is the child who is about to be born. He thinks Ross will definitely pay more attention to the child. He has also experienced the character of the Geller family.
Monica was silent. Indeed, if it was the day she gave birth, she would also hope that all her friends would be happy for her child.
"I can only pray that my little nephew can come out before twelve o'clock, otherwise Aunt Rachel will be unhappy." Monica sighed. When she thought about her nephew and her best friend having the same birthday in the future, she felt a headache for Ross.
Unless...
But when she thought about Rachel's dress today, Monica felt that the silly Ross might be able to catch up with Rachel.
"Hey, where did you go?" As soon as they entered the hospital, they saw Rachel walking towards them.
"I went to buy a cup of coffee and brought it to you all, your cappuccino." Monica handed the coffee to Rachel and then asked, "Honey, I'm sorry that Carol didn't celebrate your birthday today."
The three discussed it and decided to be straightforward with Rachel.
"How can I be unhappy? You don't know, I've never had so many doctors around me on my birthday!" Rachel said excitedly after taking the coffee.
"Oh, sorry, dear, we'll give you a birthday party." Monica hugged Rachel and took outRoss gave her a gift box: "This is the gift Ross prepared for you, and mine..."
"And mine!" Chandler also took out a half-human-high unicorn pillow from behind.
"Thank you, I love you..." Rachel took the gift with some emotion.
Seeing the three of them looking at each other, this was what they had just discussed, even if there was no birthday party, they had to give the gift first, fortunately there was a plush gift shop on the side of the road.
"Oh! I didn't expect Ross to remember..." Opening Ross's gift, there was an exquisite brooch inside.
Just as Rachel was sighing, Chandler quickly slipped in to inform Phoebe and Joey to prepare gifts.
"Remember what?" Monica asked.
"About a few months ago, we passed an antique shop, and I saw it in the window. I told him that my grandmother had an identical one when I was a child. I didn't expect him to remember it." Rachel said with emotion.
Monica naturally knew what her brother was thinking. She just thought to herself, Rachel, Ross has been secretly in love with you for a long time, but he still held back. Confessions like this will be less sincere when they come from other people.
"It's a pity that it doesn't match my outfit today." After saying that, she put the brooch back into the box and turned to Jack and said, "Asshole, where is my gift?"
"Huh?" He naturally wouldn't prepare another gift after giving a set of clothes: "What?"
"I said, where is my gift?" Rachel stared at Jack.
"Hey! You can't be so unreasonable. What you are wearing and carrying on your shoulders are all paid by me!" Jack was shocked. He had never seen such a shameless person.
"Either you give me the money back, or you give me another gift!" She was still upset about Jack 'robbing' her money.
"Monica! You come and judge!" Jack pulled Monica indignantly to block him in front of him.
Monica, who was dizzy from the shaking, shouted to stop the two: "You have to tell me what happened!!"
...
"Have you seen... seen Joey?" Chandler ran back panting and saw Phoebe playing guitar in the hall.
"Just now I seemed to see him follow a woman into the delivery room. Hey, Chandler, listen to the song I just composed..." Chandler pulled her back as soon as she plucked the strings.
"We are going to give Rachel a birthday present here... Monica and I have already delivered it... You also prepare it, I will go find Joey..."
"Oh! Okay..." Phoebe put away her guitar and sat on the sofa, biting her nails and thinking about what to give. She didn't have much money on her, so it seemed that she would give Rachel a song through her best creation.
"Did you see which delivery room Joey entered?" Chandler asked after catching his breath.
"That!" Phoebe, who was about to create a creative idea, pointed in a direction in annoyance.
"See you later!" Chandler ran towards the direction Phoebe pointed without stopping.
Fortunately, there was only one room here, and moneyChandler didn't notice the "Pelvic Examination Department" hanging outside the room, and rushed in without thinking: "Joey!"
"Oh!! My!! God!!... Chandler!! Bing!!!"
Chandler pushed the door open and couldn't believe what he saw.
He saw a woman who made him dream and miss her lying on the bed with her legs spread.
When their eyes met, he was left with panic: "Jen... Janice, why... why are you here? Where's Joey?"
"I should be the one asking you this question, how did you know I was here?" Janice calmed down quickly and stood up slowly.
"I, I didn't know you were here, I... I came to find Joey... you..." Chandler's heart couldn't help beating wildly. He had vowed that he would never have any fluctuations when he saw this woman. Reason told him to go! Go quickly!
"Oh! Chandler, do you believe in fate?" Janice stood up and slowly approached Chandler.
Chandler's heartbeat followed her steps, one step, one beat, until the face that appeared in his dreams countless times approached, and his heart had completely stopped beating.
The two lips gradually stuck together.
...
"Baby, baby, small, fleshy, feels great ♫♫~~"
"Hey! My child is not called Qiaodi! We agreed to name him Qiaodi!"
"You came into this world crying ♫♫~~"
"Oh Chandler, kiss me..."
"There's nothing to be afraid of ♫♫~~"
"What's wrong with the child's father? I mean, if someone is about to give birth to my child somewhere, I am I won't ignore it, you know what I mean..."
"You have a beautiful smile that heals the world♫♫~~"
"You two, be quiet!"
"But how can I forget the scene where my mother committed suicide with a knife in the kitchen♫♫~~"
"La la la la la la la♫♫~~"
"Her ashes and her eyelashes are all in a small jar♫♫~~"
"She came crying and left with a smile♫♫~~"