To the person upset that I keep mentioning Chandler, I can't really apologize for this. He's my male favorite character and as I try to fit all the True Stories together, there may be mentions of him in conversations because he was mentioned in that conversation in another story. He's mentioned here too, so...

After I complete Joey's story, I may go back and rework them to make them fit better.

Please everyone read and review...

October 1995-November 1995

It had been his second twenty sixth birthday celebration. It was something he had gotten used to in his adult years, a birthday with Monica, Chandler, Rachel, Joey and Phoebe followed by another party with Jonathan, Sam, Lizzie, Carol, Susan, Ben and Lauren. Julie was not used to it, of course, and she found it slightly strange.

"I mean, it's just weird," Julie said.

"I know but look, it's complicated and what's wrong with having two parties," Ross said as he grabbed her hand and kissed her. They were walking down the street, walking off their dinner at Lizzie's.

"It's like you have divorced friends," Julie mused. "I did love watching Lauren play with Ben. She's so gentle with him."

"Carol's convinced that they're going to be married one day," Ross said.

"I like Carol."

"Don't like her too much," Ross said, giving her a grin.

"Shush. Hey, at least I didn't have to deal with Rachel."

"She likes you."

"No, she doesn't. I have tried everything to be friends with that girl. I even had a conversation with her about my feelings."

"And?" Ross asked, wondering why he didn't know that.

"She doesn't like me. I think she likes you."

"Did she say that?"

"She kinda said she doesn't like me."

"Did she say she liked me?"

"Of course she likes you," Julie said. "Ross….do you like her?"

That question made him uncomfortable, "she's a friend," he replied. He hoped that would put an end to the conversation.

"I know but...would you want it to be more?"

"No. No, I'm with you. Look, if something was going to happen with Rachel it would have happened. It doesn't really matter. I'm with you."

"Okay."

"We're good, I swear."

Julie nodded as Ross pulled her closer to him. They had been dating for five months and he was definitely falling for her. He loved that she was interested in science, loved that they could study and write papers together. His friends thought he was already done with school. They were always stunned when he mentioned research papers or exams.

"So are we taking Lauren trick-or-treating this year?" Julie asked.

"Of course. I promised her. It's one of my most favorite things to do. I can't wait until Ben is old enough to go trick or treating."

"She's gonna be a very pretty Belle," Julie mused.

"She wants me to be the Beast," Ross said, grinning. Lizzie wanted him to be the Beast as well. Lizzie decided she would be the teacup and Julie would be the candlesticks. He loved Halloween with Lauren and Lizzie. It truly was one of his favorite parts of the year. He did sometimes wish he could share with his other friends but he knew at this point, he had gone too far. Telling the others about Lizzie and Lauren would open up a can of worms he wasn't quite ready to open up.

His twenty sixth birthday celebrations had one snag. Monica. His sister was fired from her job. He knew this would rock her and took her out for brunch a few days later to cheer up. He felt awful for her as she cried over her mimosa and French toast.

"I can't tell our parents."

"I wouldn't do that." Ross said.

"What am I gonna do?"

"Well, I heard your rent is paid for?" Ross said, giving her a grin. Rachel had mentioned that to him, that Chandler had offered to pay some of their rent in addition to his and Joey's.

"Yeah. You heard that?"

"Yep. Rachel told me. Why don't you wanna date him?"

"Well, then that would make me a whore."

"How?"

"I'll sleep with him and then he'll pay my rent? No. I will never date him. You all need to stop this nonsense," Monica said.

"All?"

"Phoebe and Rachel keep threatening to sing a song at my wedding to Chandler which will never happen."

"That sounds amazing."

"Shut up."

"Well, if you get tired of mooching off Chandler, I'll help you out with the bills."

"How, you're still in grad school?"

"Wait, you still know I'm in grad school?" Ross asked, he was always slightly stunned for some reason when Monica or any of them remembered that.

"Yes, I do. Of course. That's a weird thing to say."

"No, no, you guys act like I'm already a doctor."

"No, we don't," Monica said, shaking her head.

"You so do."

Ross grinned at her as he cut into his French toast and took a bite. Monica let out a sigh. She gave a weak smile and sniffled a little.

"Well, you don't talk a lot about school."

"'Cause it's depressing."

"Almost as depressing as much as being fired."

"You'll find something else. I swear. You're an amazing chef. I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. I mean, barring that you don't burn it again."

"You're the worst person. Ever."

"I will help with the bills. Okay," Ross said.

"Thank you. So how was your birthday? Did you do anything with Julie and your other friends? Was Lizzie there?" Monica asked, grinning at him.

Ross nearly choked on his French toast at the sound of Lizzie's name. How in the world did she know that he was still hanging out with her? How long did she know? As he was trying to land on what question to ask, Monica seemed to be able to read his mind.

"Funny how sometimes you don't talk to a friend for years and then they come back and you pick up right where you left off, as if no time has passed at all."

"Fuck, Rachel," Ross muttered, "you don't even have a walk in pantry."

"No, but we can afford a box of Twinkies and now….we sometimes pair it with wine. Hey, I've known for a year and have told no one. So, rest assured your secret is safe but how long-"

"A long time. We were still friends after she and Chandler broke up and...and now we...well, sometimes we're friends with benefits. We haven't had that benefit in a long time, but still."

"Gross."

Ross let out a laugh, "just don't say anything."

"Haven't yet."

"I'm taking Lauren trick-or-treating. I even went with her to her first day of kindergarten. She's sweet. Lizzie and Carol really want Ben and Lauren to get married one day."

"Awww, that would be sweet but why doesn't she wanna hang out with us? Why does it have to be secret?" Monica asked. "Lauren isn't Chandler's, right?"

"No. She said no. I have no clue who the dad is, Lizzie won't say and I guess she doesn't wanna deal with Chander. She figured you could deal with him."

"I'm not dealing with him, you know what, shut up asswipe."

Ross couldn't help but laugh. Maybe it was wrong of him, maybe he should have been more sensitive to his sister's situation, but he just couldn't do it. He was having too much fun.

"Hey, here's a Rachel question….do you know why she hates Julie?" Ross asked.

"She doesn't hate Julie."

"Please."

"I cannot reveal anything Rachel, Phoebe and or I have discussed."

"But you've told Rachel and or Phoebe things we've discussed and Rachel has told you things that she and I have discussed."

"It's different."

"How?"

"They're family," Monica said.

"What are we?" Ross asked.

"Up for debate, quite honestly….I'm still convinced you're adopted."

"Oh, that's you. Mom always loved me best."

"Sadly true. By the way, you're paying for breakfast, right?"

"Of course."

They continued to eat and talk about Monica's financial situation and when Monica tired of that, she began asking more questions about Lizzie. He felt weird knowing that now both Monica and Rachel knew about this friendship but Chandler did not. He wondered how long that would last considering how much Monica and Rachel generally told Chandler. Hopefully, it would last awhile.

It was quickly becoming one of his favorite things to do. He would take Lauren trick-or-treating with Lizzie. Julie was joining them this time as was Jonathan. They would end up at Carol and Susan's to say hi to Ben. Carol and Susan promised more candy to Lauren. He loved walking with the little girl, holding her hand as she walked up to each house and with grin yelled, "trick-or-treat" before being handed candy.

"Ooo, Snickers," Ross said as they walked away from another house where she scored several mini chocolate bars.

"You can't have any," Lauren whined, dressed her Belle costume. She reached up to adjust her brown wig which was falling a little.

"You know, Bell shared," Ross said. He was dressed in his Beast costume which was quite stuffy but he didn't care.

"No she didn't."

"Yeah, she did."

"She didn't share her chocolate."

"How do you know?"

"Because I'm super smart. That's what my teacher says."

"You are, but I still want a Snickers."

"No," Lauren said.

"You know, you are a very bossy Belle," Ross mused.

"'Cause in the story, Belle tells the Beast what to do 'cause Belle is the boss of the Beast and is the one in charge even though the Beast thinks he's in charge, he's not because Belle is. Right, mommy?" Lauren stated as they reached Lizzie, Jonathan and Julie who were standing at the end of the driveway, chatting. Ross cocked his head to the side and looked at Lizzie.

"I'm not sure that's how the story goes," Ross said.

"It does when Beauty and the Beast is about a girl who thinks she can change an angry guy into a handsome prince, I gotta give her the strong female version," Lizzie stated.

"I'm all for that," Julie said.

"But-"

"Just go with it and don't argue," Julie said, cutting him off.

"Okay," Ross said.

"Okay, come on, Ross. I wanna go over there to that house. Let's go," Lauren demanded.

"Can you give me some of your candy?" Ross asked.

"No, stop asking," Lauren said, grabbing his giant pawed hand and pulling him off. Ross looked back towards Lizzie.

"She's a bossy, bossy Belle," Ross said.

"No, only when it comes to tall hairy men trying to steal her candy," Lizzie said.

"Wait, are we talking about my costume or what I look like normally?" Ross asked.

"A little bit of both," Lizzie said.

"I have always found you to be ridiculously hairy. I'm still not buying that you're wearing a costume," Jonathan grinned.

Ross glared at him and grabbed a Butterfinger from Lauren's candy bag and threw it at his head.

"Don't throw candy, that's not nice. Mommy, Ross threw candy," Lauren said.

"It's okay, Lauren. Jonathan is trying to kill the Beast," Ross said.

"What?" Lauren asked.

"Don't give my child nightmares, please," Lizzie said.

"Well, you should have thought of that before you invited us," Jonathan said.

"Seriously," Ross said.

"Ross," Lauren yelled.

Lauren kept pulling Ross' hand and he followed, going with her to house after house until her bag was getting too full and soon they ended up at Susan and Carol's. Lauren was sitting with a pile of candy on the coffee table and the grown ups sitting around her. Ross had taken the head part of his Beast costume off, although he was still sweating inside. He kept trying to reach for candy from the coffee table, only to have Lauren gently move his hand away.

"I don't share candy, okay," Lauren said.

"I don't think you should share candy," Jonathan said.

"Yeah," Lauren said.

"What if I can't get candy," Ross said.

"Don't you have a job?" Lauren asked.

"It's does pay me enough to buy candy," Ross said.

"That's sad," Lauren said.

"Sweetie, why don't you pick two pieces of candy that you can eat right now and then-" Lizzie said.

"Oh, we have Beauty and Beast. You can watch it in our room," Susan said.

"Okay," Lauren said, "but keep Ross away from my candy."

"I will," Lizzie said as Lauren grabbed a Butterfinger and a Snickers from her pile. Lizzie grabbed her hand and she, Susan and Lauren disappeared down the hall.

"Did you like trick or treating?" Carol asked.

"Always. I love watching her grow up. She's like a little person now. I can't wait until we can take Ben trick or treating. Can I take him? I take him and Lauren," Ross said.

"Sure, although by the time he's old enough to go, Lauren might be at age where she feels like she's too old to go," Carol said.

"Never," Ross said as he reached over and grabbed a mini Hershey bar off the table and unwrapped it.

"Oh, Lauren's gonna kill you," Jonathan said.

"She's not gonna remember," Ross said.

"I'm gonna tell her," Jonathan said.

Ross laughed as he took a big bite of the tiny chocolate bar. Soon Susan and Lizzie returned and all the adults were snacking on Halloween candy and chatting. He truly did enjoy these moments and before leaving, he wandered into Ben's room to say goodnight. Ben was now five months old, he was still sleeping. Ross always found the moments of being with Ben bittersweet because they were always so fleeting.

That night, Julie and Ross lay side by side in his bed with Ross reliving the moments of the night. Julie was quiet as Ross kept talking. He was reminiscing about past Halloweens and wondering what next year's Halloween costume would be.

"Well, you are amazing with Lauren," Julie finally said.

"She's a great kid and it kills me you know, Ben, Lauren...I know Lauren isn't my child but….I wish….it's all so temporary. I want a family that's intact. I want to have a kid that i see full time, not just every once in awhile."

"You want kids?"

"Yeah. Don't you?"

"Of course but I mean, not until we're at least done with school."

"That's in three years. I can wait three years. If it's with you. I mean I know we've only been dating for five months but Julie-"

"I love that," Julie said. "In three years."

"So in 1998, when we've graduated….I will propose and-"

"I will say yes. Oh, G-d. Are we crazy to talk about this?" Julie asked.

"No. Look, when you know you know."

"Yeah."

"We should get a cat," Ross said, rather suddenly.

"What?"

"Well, we should prepare for three years from now and I don't think either one of us have time to take care of a dog but if we practice with a cat then in three years, we'll be ready to-"

"Get married?"

"Yeah. Well, maybe you can move in before then. Look, I know it's crazy but after Carol and I divorced….I….I love you, Julie.

"I love you too," Julie said as they leaned in to share a kiss.

It had been a wild five months and maybe it was too fast for some, but for him, it was perfect. Being with someone fit him perfectly. He hated being alone, he loved being that intimate with someone. Julie was his perfect fit and why wait? Why not just act?

"You really are a crazy person," Chandler said.

Ross was telling Joey and Chandler his plan over pizza. It was now the beginning of November and while he knew Joey and Chandler were probably the worst people to tell, he couldn't help it.

"Yeah, dude, why the rush? Is she's pregnant?" Joey asked, "'cause really that's why you get married."

"That's not why you get married," Ross said.

"Yeah, Joe. In Ross' case, you also get married if she's a lesbian," Chandler said.

"I'm not marrying her, at least not now. By the way, Chandler….are you supposed to be eating pizza? I thought Monica had you on a diet."

"Bite me," Chandler said.

"Seriously, man….why the rush? If she's not pregnant then….what?" Joey asked.

"I like her. Why did I think you assholes would understand," Ross said.

"Yeah, why would you tell us?" Joey asked.

"Yeah, 'cause really….that's dumb," Chandler said.

"What about Rachel?" Joey asked.

"What about her? Look, it's not gonna happen with Rachel. If something were to happen, it would have….it's not going to," Ross said. "I want something to happen with Julie. She's it for me."

It was settled. Ross and Julie would get a cat. It would live some of the time with Ross, some of the time with Julie. Maybe by next summer, they could move in together. He imagined proposing, getting married again. He could see himself spending the rest of his life with Julie. It thrilled him that he had found love again. This was it. Maybe it wasn't quite the way he had planned it. He had planned it to be with Carol but this could be even better. He had finally moved on.

Until he hadn't.

He had gone to Monica and Rachel's to check in with Monica and Rachel was curled up on the couch, painfully hungover. She had a horrible date, apparently and Ross wanted to hear all about it. Rachel was just annoyed as she shuffled into her room to get some water and some aspirin from her nightstand. He took that moment to check his messages because he had been at Julie's all night and that's when he heard Rachel's message. Rachel was over him. She got closure. She was with Michael. He wasn't sure who Michael was but he could hear Rachel's slurring voice and felt Rachel jumping on him.

"Oh, no, no….noooooo," Rachel groaned.

"You're over me? When were you under me?" Ross asked as Rachel slid off his back. He wasn't sure what he should say.

"No, no...Ross….I...it's wine, it was wine's fault."

"You have feelings for me?" Ross asked.

"You had feelings for me first," Rachel said.

"How did you know?"

"Chandler told me."

"Chandler. Damn him."

"Ross."

"No, I have to go. I-I have to-I have a cat….with Julie. We're getting a cat."

"I know. But we should...talk."

"I...I can't...no...not now."

"Ross."

"Cat."

Ross look flustered as he walked towards the door and kept looking back at her. He kept walking down the stairs in a complete daze. Rachel Green had feelings for him? Chandler had told her? He looked back at the last five, six months, Julie telling him that Rachel hated him. Rachel had been acting strange lately and soon everything clicked. His mind felt clouded. Rachel Green? It would be amazing. He had always loved Rachel. He had always wanted more from their relationship even when she wasn't there. She was Two Face. Two Face and Science Boy. He needed someone to talk to, but he wasn't sure who. He called Jonathan and Sam. He certainly couldn't talk to Chandler and Joey. Jonathan and Sam met up with him at a Mexican restaurant, which was one of Rachel's favorites. He found that a little odd.

"So Two Face loves you?" Jonathan asked.

"I don't know," Ross said. "I don't-"

"Dude, you've loved her forever," Jonathan said.

"You had a shrine in your dorm room," Sam said

"I had one picture and she was hot. But...I don't know. I'm with Julie. We're supposed to get a cat and….I want a cat and….I mean, I do like Rachel and she's been through so much in the past year and she's….she's working and-and-she's so much nicer than she was in high school and-I don't think she's leaving and-I love Julie and that's real and it's right and….I did imagine-of course-thought about what it would be like but that-I stopped that when it seemed obvious it wouldn't happen and what if it's-"

"What if it's not like the fantasy?" Jonathan asked.

"What?" Ross asked.

"Well, think about it, you've loved this girl from afar forever. You have this whole fantasy. It's like dating Wonder Woman. It sounds incredible but realistically, I bet dating Wonder Woman would be tough," Jonathan said.

"True, she's always out of town, she's fighting crime and….although, I bet hooking up with Wonder Woman would be frickin' awesome," Sam said.

"Oh definitely. That would be wild," Jonathan said.

"Okay, are we talking about Rachel or your weird sex fantasies," Ross said.

"Oh, like you haven't thought about it," Jonathan said.

"No, duh, mine is with Princess Leia and the gold bikini," Ross said.

"Who would look better as Princess Leia? Rachel or Julie?" Sam asked.

"Hmmm," Ross said, imagining it in his head before landing on the fact that they'd both look pretty damn good. He shook his head, "you know what, Rachel was wasted last night. She had a bad date and maybe she just….I don't know."

He truly didn't. He kept going back and forth over what happened. His mind kept whirling and when he met up with Julie later, he couldn't even pick out a cat. He was distracted and needed to talk to Rachel. She was at Central Perk, she was working. After the disastrous cat trip, he told Julie he needed to head home but instead he headed to the coffee house. He saw her closing up. She was alone, wiping the counters as he opened the door and closed it. She seemed lost in her thoughts.

"We didn't get a cat."

Ross noticed as Rachel gasped and turned around. He had startled her. He kept standing there, staring at her.

"That's interesting," Rachel said.

"No, it's not. It's uninteresting. It's the exact opposite of interesting. You had no right to say that you have feelings for me," Ross said.

"Excuse me?" Rachel asked.

"You had no right. I am happy now….with Julie," Ross said and standing there, he was angry. That was the emotion he was feeling although he wasn't quite sure why he was angry. He was angry at Rachel for having feelings, Chandler for telling Rachel, angry that things were now complicated.

"Okay….fine and what do you mean I had no right? You have had a crush on me for how long? You should have told me."

"There was never a moment."

"Bullshit Ross, we have had nothing but moments. I've known you for nineteen years. You had nineteen years to tell me."

"I didn't like you when I was seven. I liked you when I was in ninth grade. It's been less than nineteen years," Ross said although he wasn't sure that mattered.

"Do you have a point?" Rachel asked.

"My point is that I am with Julie and that is it."

"So your feelings for me have just vanished? Or are you just going to ignore them?"

"I've gotten real good at ignoring them."

"You know what, this isn't my fault Ross. So stop yelling at me. I like you. I do and I hate Julie. I hate seeing you with her. I hate watching you kiss her and I hate-"

"So now you know how I felt. How I felt throughout high school listening to you complain about that dumbass, Chip or when you chose Barry over your friendship with me and Monica….or Paolo. What the hell did you see in him?"

"That is none of your business and you have no right to comment on any guy I've dated and you know what, yeah, maybe Chip and Barry and Paolo weren't the greatest guys for me but at least they did something. They didn't just act like cowards and pine from afar like some sort of pathetic loser. Grow a pair, Ross."

"I'm gonna go."

"Fine, go."

"I will," Ross said as he stormed out of Central Perk, leaving Rachel in the dark. He stood in the rain, not sure where to go next. He had never really fought with Rachel, never yelled. He needed to go back in there. He needed to make a move. She was right. Chip, Barry, Paolo, they had all made moves. He had never done that. He had never just seized that moment when it came to Rachel. He turned and saw her, crying on the couch. He had made her cry. He never wanted to make her cry. He watched her as she soon got up, saw him and jumped again. She walked towards the door and opened it. Ross moved in and kissed her, hard. He had wanted to kiss her for so long and it was everything he thought it would be, everything he had dreamt of doing. He had finally made his move.

"Wow," Rachel whispered.

"I've wanted to do that since ninth grade."

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I….I'm sorry I yelled."

"No, I'm sorry too. I should have made my move earlier."

"Yeah, you should've," Rachel grinned as they kissed again. When they parted, he wrapped his arms around her as she kept beaming. "Thank you." she whispered.

"For what?"

"You've always stuck with me. You didn't sell me out. When I had dumped Mon as my friend, you still decided you were mine. You see right through me and it terrifies me but also excites me. Thank you for sticking with me. I guess Chandler was right, the Gellers don't give up on the ones they care about."

"I would never give up on you. I knew you would find your way back to us."

"How?"

"'Cause I just did."

They kissed again and he everything else just vanished. He was with her, he had always wanted to be with her. Nothing else mattered in that moment, just Rachel.

It wasn't until hours later, the impact hit him. He had cheated on Julie. His heart dropped. He had become that guy. He never wanted to be the guy who would cheat on a girl but he had and had cheated with Rachel.

But he wanted Rachel. With help from Chandler and Joey, he had written a list of pros and cons and at the end of the day, he wanted Rachel. It had always been Rachel. After the list had been written, he knew his next step was to break up with Julie. He didn't want to hurt her. He was falling for her, he had made promises and now he had to break them and break her.

"I kissed Rachel," he said those three words to her. They were in her apartment. He confessed and she stared at him.

"You….you kissed Rachel?"

"I'm so sorry Julie."

"But-but I don't understand. You made promises to me. We were going to get a cat."

"I know. I'm so sorry, I'm just so sorry. I love you, I do...I just-when Rachel called-"

"She called."

"She was drunk and told me she had feelings for me and-"

Julie began crying and he did as well. He had crushed her. He didn't want to crush her, he wanted Julie. He loved her, there was nothing wrong with Julie. Julie got him but Julie wasn't Rachel. He knew Rachel. Rachel was his fantasy and she wanted him.

"So you're gonna throw us away because Rachel drunk dialed you?"

"Can we still be friends?" Ross asked, knowing that sounded dumb.

"Fuck you. I never stood a chance, did I?"

"That's not true. I was married."

"To a lesbian."

"I didn't know that. Look, I-I've always liked Rachel and...and if….I dated...I-I didn't-I kissed her and it was wrong of me but….I need-"

"You need to leave."

"Julie, we're gonna see each other at school and I don't want you to hate me."

"Too late for that. You made promises. You told-were you full of shit?"

"I meant every word."

"Until Rachel decided she wanted you. You know, she's a raging bitch."

"I can see how you'd think that."

"Get out of my apartment."

"Julie."

"You need to leave. I can't be around you right now," Julie said getting up and walking into her apartment and shutting the door behind her. He sat alone in her apartment, his heart breaking. He hated that he hurt her.

Eventually, he left and headed back to Monica, Rachel, Chandler and Joey's building where he found Rachel who found the list. The pros and cons, comparing both Julie and Rachel and with that, he lost them both. Rachel was furious with him for writing a list of reasons that he shouldn't date him. They were both gone. That wasn't how any of it was supposed to go.

He ended up walking around alone, for hours. He was freezing but he didn't quite care. He just kept walking until he ended up at Lizzie's apartment. She let him up. It was late, after midnight and she let him in with a glass of wine waiting for him.

"What the hell is wrong you?" Lizzie asked.

"Julie called?"

"Yeah," Lizzie said as they sat on the couch, drinking wine in the dark.

"I lost Rachel too. Chandler helped me make a list to help me decide who to date. Julie or Rachel. Rachel found the list which had all the reasons why I shouldn't date her."

"You're an idiot."

"I lost them both. I like them both. I mean, I love Julie and I love Rachel-"

"You don't love Rachel."

"Yes, I do."

"You love the fantasy of her, Do you really know Rachel? What was on her con list?"

"Shallow, a waitress and she has chubby ankles….which I didn't say."

"And that's stupid but….what's wrong with being a waitress?"

"Nothing and she's not shallow, she's amazing and….I fucked up."

"You did and now it's awkward because I'm friends with her. I'm also friends with Carol."

"I know. I don't know what I'm gonna do."

"You know, I only know the Rachel that I met a couple times when I was at camp. That was years ago….I don't know who she is now. Do you?"

"Yes."

"Okay."

"She's perfect."

"No one is perfect."

"Rachel is. Even her imperfections are perfection. I love that she cries so easily at everything and I love how much she cares and how brave she is and how strong and….I love how funny she is and how she'll tell people her favorite movie is Terms of Endearment but she loves Spaceballs and Weekend at Bernie's. I love how she danced with me at my sister's Bat Mitzvah as part of a bet but she gave me half the money. She's so sweet and…it doesn't matter. I lost her and I lost Julie."

"I'm sorry."

Ross shrugged as he took another sip of wine. The two remained seated, saying nothing. The sounds of rain soon began pelting the window outside and all Ross could think about were Julie and Rachel and he soon thought of Rachel. He needed Rachel, he wanted Rachel. He would have to figure out a way to make things right, he just wished he knew how.