I Know You By Heart
Author's Note: This fanfic is a one off, but if I get some good reviews I may do a Rachel one as well. The song is I Know You By Heart by Eva Cassidy.
UPDATED - If you don't like this, don't review. Bad reviews are pointless. I welcome criticism but there's no need to insult me. I know I've made Ross rather harsh, so don't tell me that, I know. But it was needed for the purpose of this story, so it happened.
Premise:What does Joey feel when Rachel leaves?
Disclaimer:I do not own Joey, Ross or Rachel, although I wish I did.
Midnights in winter
The glowing fire
Lights up your face in
Orange and gold
He stared at her picture, which was illuminated by the lamplight in the otherwise dark room.
She was beautiful. Joey, curled up in his barcolounger, closed his eyes and pictured her face. It still made him smile, even after all these years.
He remembered walking down the street with her, hands together, kicking the leaves that lay on the pavement. She had been happy then. Like she was now.
The only difference was, she wasn't here. With him.
I see your sweet smile
Shine through the darkness
It's line is etched in
My memory
His brain played a moving image. She was laughing. That was when she looked the most beautiful.
The darkness encircled him, but picturing her face banished it again. Even though she wasn't here, she still protected him. She cared for him still. He knew that.
Just not in the way he wanted.
So I'd know you by heart
His mental image of her was perfect. Every movement, look, expression true to life.
Mornings in April
Sharing our secrets
We'd walk until the
Morning was gone
He'd enjoyed every second of their time together. He could remember nowhere he'd been that hadn't been one hundred times better with her there.
She'd been happy with him. But then she had been snatched away by what people called her "true love".
He knew he should hate this person, for taking away his happiness, but he didn't. He'd known it would happen. But that doesn't mean he'd wanted it to.
We were like children
Laughing for hours
The joy you gave me
Lives on and on
Memories of her flashed through his head. The kiss in Barbados...... when he'd first told her how he felt...... she'd even put a book in the freezer for him......
Everyone told him he'd get over her, that he'd meet someone else, but the truth was, he didn't want to. He clung onto it, loving her, because remembering her was the only thing that made him happy.
'Cause I know you by heart
He never saw her anymore: he wasn't allowed to. But she was still his - in his head.
I still hear your voice
On warm summer nights
Whispering like
The wind
He heard her voice: gentle, soft, loving. It enveloped him, warming him up: he was with her again.
Then the charade dropped. He was alone, as he always was, as he would always be, as he was meant to be.
You left in Autumn
The leaves were turning
I walked down roads of
Orange and gold
He cried.
He remebered the day she left: he didn't even get a chance to say goodbye. A note. That's all her "true love" had allowed her to give him. And even that had been closely monitored, it was clear.
Dear Joey,
I'm sorry. Ross is the one I should be with.
We've moved to Boston.
Don't try to call.
Rachel
I saw your sweet smile
I heard your laughter
You're still here
Beside me
Everyday
The letter had lots of crossed out words, and was dotted and smudged with tears.
He held it to his chest. Even though it was the thing that had hurt him most, it was his last memory of her, and he cherished it.
'Cause I know you by heart
Six years. Six years and he hadn't seen her, or spoken to her. He should have moved on. But he couldn't. And he didn't want to.
The woman he wanted was her, and if he couldn't have her, he didn't want anybody.
'Cause I know you by heart
He knew this isn't what she'd she'd want. She want him to be happy.
But he couldn't. He loved her.
He held the letter to his chest, stared at her picture, and cried.
Author's Note: This fanfic is a one off, but if I get some good reviews I may do a Rachel one as well. The song is I Know You By Heart by Eva Cassidy.
UPDATED - If you don't like this, don't review. Bad reviews are pointless. I welcome criticism but there's no need to insult me. I know I've made Ross rather harsh, so don't tell me that, I know. But it was needed for the purpose of this story, so it happened.
Premise:What does Joey feel when Rachel leaves?
Disclaimer:I do not own Joey, Ross or Rachel, although I wish I did.
Midnights in winter
The glowing fire
Lights up your face in
Orange and gold
He stared at her picture, which was illuminated by the lamplight in the otherwise dark room.
She was beautiful. Joey, curled up in his barcolounger, closed his eyes and pictured her face. It still made him smile, even after all these years.
He remembered walking down the street with her, hands together, kicking the leaves that lay on the pavement. She had been happy then. Like she was now.
The only difference was, she wasn't here. With him.
I see your sweet smile
Shine through the darkness
It's line is etched in
My memory
His brain played a moving image. She was laughing. That was when she looked the most beautiful.
The darkness encircled him, but picturing her face banished it again. Even though she wasn't here, she still protected him. She cared for him still. He knew that.
Just not in the way he wanted.
So I'd know you by heart
His mental image of her was perfect. Every movement, look, expression true to life.
Mornings in April
Sharing our secrets
We'd walk until the
Morning was gone
He'd enjoyed every second of their time together. He could remember nowhere he'd been that hadn't been one hundred times better with her there.
She'd been happy with him. But then she had been snatched away by what people called her "true love".
He knew he should hate this person, for taking away his happiness, but he didn't. He'd known it would happen. But that doesn't mean he'd wanted it to.
We were like children
Laughing for hours
The joy you gave me
Lives on and on
Memories of her flashed through his head. The kiss in Barbados...... when he'd first told her how he felt...... she'd even put a book in the freezer for him......
Everyone told him he'd get over her, that he'd meet someone else, but the truth was, he didn't want to. He clung onto it, loving her, because remembering her was the only thing that made him happy.
'Cause I know you by heart
He never saw her anymore: he wasn't allowed to. But she was still his - in his head.
I still hear your voice
On warm summer nights
Whispering like
The wind
He heard her voice: gentle, soft, loving. It enveloped him, warming him up: he was with her again.
Then the charade dropped. He was alone, as he always was, as he would always be, as he was meant to be.
You left in Autumn
The leaves were turning
I walked down roads of
Orange and gold
He cried.
He remebered the day she left: he didn't even get a chance to say goodbye. A note. That's all her "true love" had allowed her to give him. And even that had been closely monitored, it was clear.
Dear Joey,
I'm sorry. Ross is the one I should be with.
We've moved to Boston.
Don't try to call.
Rachel
I saw your sweet smile
I heard your laughter
You're still here
Beside me
Everyday
The letter had lots of crossed out words, and was dotted and smudged with tears.
He held it to his chest. Even though it was the thing that had hurt him most, it was his last memory of her, and he cherished it.
'Cause I know you by heart
Six years. Six years and he hadn't seen her, or spoken to her. He should have moved on. But he couldn't. And he didn't want to.
The woman he wanted was her, and if he couldn't have her, he didn't want anybody.
'Cause I know you by heart
He knew this isn't what she'd she'd want. She want him to be happy.
But he couldn't. He loved her.
He held the letter to his chest, stared at her picture, and cried.