Okay this is my first fan-fic EVER but I always read them so I decided to
try to write one! I love Ross and Rachel and they better get back
together!! But until they do, I'll just write about them! Okay this is like
an alternate TOW Ross & Rachel Take A Break and then what could of happened
after if the break was never taken. (lol that didn't really make sense but
you'll see what I mean.;)
It's Always Been You
Ross sits on the couch waiting for Rachel to come home from work. He feels really bad about going to see her when she told him not to. He should've stayed home and had dinner by himself. He didn't feel that way- - he was just convincing himself that he did. God, why did he do that?? He cannot let Rachel control their relationship. He had to stand up for himself and tell Rachel how he feels. "God, that sounded like it was a line from one of those damn "you've got problems" books," he said to himself. Just then Rachel burst through the door looking really mad. Without even talking to him she walked to her room to put her coat and piles of work down. Then she came out and said with a sweet voice," Now about tonight..." "You were busy and you were, you were stressed. I know it's okay." What the hell was that? I have to tell her how I feel. How I just wanted to spend our ANNIVERSARY together! "I was giving YOU a chance to apologize!!" screamed Rachel. "Me!! For what? All I did was go to my girlfriend's office because it was our anniversary night. You should be thanking me for caring about our relationship enough to do that," exclaimed Ross. God what am I doing? I don't want to screw this up. I love her so much. "What, thanking you?? Oh my god Ross." "Rach listen." Ross interrupted, not wanting to know what she was about to say. "I'm really sorry. I.uh.I just wanted to be with you sweetie. I love you so much. You know I'd never intentionally do anything to make you mad. I had a crappy day and I thought that maybe if I went and saw you.I.uh.would feel better," there he'd said it. "Still you had no right to just come to my office." Rachel feels terrible but doesn't want to give in because she's still mad. "You don't bring a picnic basket to someone's office unless maybe they're a park ranger! And thanks for starting that fire too. It helped me out a lot. I have to re-due that paper that took me 2 hours yesterday 'cause you burned it up!" "AGAIN I apologize Rach. Excuse me for wanting to see my girlfriend on our anniversary night, boy what an ass am I," cried Ross. "But I told you, I didn't have the time!" said Rachel. "Yeah, well you never have the time. I mean I don't feel like I even have a girlfriend anymore, Rachel." "What, Ross what do you want from me? You want me, you want me to quit my job so you can feel like you have a girlfriend?" "This is the most I've seen you all week and you've. Rachel, you've got to realize that that's just a job. It's not your whole life," Ross pointed out. "JUST A JOB! Ross do you realize this is the first time in my life I'm doing something I actually care about. This is the first time in my life I'm doing something that I'm actually good at. I mean, if you don't get that...!" cried Rachel. "No, hey I get that, okay, I get that big time. And I'm happy for you, but I'm tired of having a relationship with your answering machine! Okay, I don't know what to do anymore!" admitted Ross. "Well neither do I!" agreed Rachel. "Is this about Mark?" questioned Ross. "Oh my god," said Rachel obviously shocked. "Okay it's not." "I cannot keep having this same fight over and over again Ross, no, you're, you're, you're making this too hard," complained Rachel. "Oh I'm, I'm making this too hard. Okay, so what do you want me to do?" Ross asked angrily. "I don't know, I don't know. Urrrgh! Look, maybe we should take a break," Rachel said only half meaning it. "Okay, okay you're right, "said Ross not really understanding what she meant. "Let's ah, let's take a break, (goes to the door) let's cool off, okay, let's get some frozen yogurt, or something." (Opens the door) "No. (Ross is standing in the doorway.) A break from us," said Rachel with a sad, distant look on her face. (Ross looks at her with a combination of sadness and anger in his expression, and then leaves slamming the door behind him.)
As Rachel watched Ross slam the door her anger totally washed away and she felt only sadness. She realized that she had no right to have been mad at him. She should've been everything but mad when she saw Ross at her office door with a picnic basket. She should've thought it was sweet, romantic and oh she could go on and on. But oh god that job stressed her out. It was all she'd been doing the last couple of weeks, Ross was right about that. She would find more time to spend with him - - she just had to. Ross was the best thing going on in her life. She loved him so much, more than she ever loved a guy. Even Barry. Uggg. The thought of Barry made her shudder! Ha to think she ever loved him!! God what was she doing spending valuable seconds thinking about Barry. She had to go and find Ross. Tell him that she was SOOO sorry and how much she loved him and how she doesn't want to take a break. But as she ran into the hallway the image of Ross's sad and hurt face (right before he slammed the door) came into her mind. She thought how she's the one who made him make that face. She felt terrible. As Rachel started down the hall she screamed, "Ross! Ross I'm sorry." Ross didn't answer and she knew he probably wasn't even in the building at all. She tried to fight the lump in her throat and kept screaming Ross's name. Instead of walking to his apartment or downstairs to the coffee house she sat down, right there in the middle of the hallway and started crying hysterically. [Scene with Rachel crying fades out and we see Ross sitting at a barstool with the same SAD expression on his face that Rachel had in the previous scene-- minus the tears!] Ross is sitting with Joey and Chandler telling them about his fight with Rach. "It was terrible. And then I tried to make her see that it was just a job and she totally flipped out!" said Ross as he finished off another shot of liquor. "Whoa man!" said Chandler "Why'd you say that?" "Yeah you know how much she wanted that job. Were you trying to make her mad?" wondered Joey. "No. Well.uh.(after a long pause) I should just accept the fact that we're broken up. I mean if one person wants to break up then you break up," thought Ross. "Ross what're you saying? Rachel was probably just stressed out 'cause of her job," suggested Chandler. "She is probably at her apartment now wondering why she said that." "Yeah man it's you and Rachel," pointed out Joey. "You'll get through this." "Ohhh I dunno guys," said Ross un-sure of what to do. "I'm probably gonna have to think about this." "What's there to think about Ross?" questioned Chandler "You guys have been through everything together. Are you just going to throw all of that away? I mean seriously, think about everything you guys have done together. We have to go but you think about what I said." "Yeah and maybe you wanna talk. (Just then Joey spotted a tall, pretty women with a black mini skirt walk by) "Heeey. How you doin'?" (He looked back to see Ross glare at him and a guilty look spreads across his face.) "Ahh sorry man. You should talk to Rachel." "Yeah you really should," agreed Chandler. "Good luck with the Rachel thing Ross but I kind of gotta run," admitted Joey. "Where you going Joe? I thought we were going to." (I don't know what they were gonna do. You decide!!) "Can't, sorry Chandler. "Joey interrupted (He starts running out of the bar screaming) "Hot girl, hot girl!" "Some people never change do they?" said Chandler with a laugh.
[Scene fades out and we see Rachel talking to Monica and Phoebe in M&R's apartment. She's still crying, just not as hard anymore.] "Oh my god you guys! What should I do?" Rachel asked when she finished telling the girls what happened. "Ummm. Oh! You should have a bonfire and burn everything he ever gave you!" said Phoebe excitedly (Monica and Rachel gave her looks like WHAT??) "Phoebe she's not mad at him. She wants to get back together with him," Monica reminded her. "Ohhhh. Well.uh.don't.uh. do that then," Phoebe said. "We'll think of something. Don't worry honey," said Monica comfortingly. "But Mon I am worried," said Rachel. "You know how much I love your stupid brother and I messed everything up!" "You probably shouldn't have said those things but Ross is a good guy, he'll forgive you," said Phoebe. "Yeah I hope so," said Rachel still worried. "I can't just sit here worrying. I have to find him." And without saying another word she leapt off her chair and ran out the door. [Scene with Rachel fades out and we see Ross sitting alone at the bar.] "I don't know, maybe they're right. I can make Rachel change her mind. We've been through SO much it can't just be over." He thought out loud. "Are you alright?" asked the bartender. "Uh yeah I'll be okay," said Ross not even embarrassed at all. [Ross starts to think of all the things he and Rachel went through together. (That could only mean one-thing.flashbacks!! Yay!)] (In his mind) He sees Rachel coming through the door in a wedding dress. Then Monica is introducing Rachel to everyone, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, and then she re-introduces her to him. When he goes to shake her hand the umbrella he was holding opens and hits her. Smooth. (He chuckles to himself and the bar tender gives him another weird look.) Then he sees them fighting in Central Perk before their first kiss.then there's the kiss.she's a real good kisser. Then there's (tow the list) when he tells Rachel that he broke up with Julie and she says "really?" And Ross says "Really. It's always been you Rach." (I thought that was the sweetest thing! Hence this title!) We see (still in Ross' mind) Ross and Rachel kissing on the floor of the planetarium, the first time they.you know. The first time they said that they love each other. On Rachel's birthday (tow the two parties.disaster) before he takes her into her apartment when she thanks him for the earrings then he thanks her for being born and they kiss very passionately as they're walking into the apartment. Then we see them kissing again before they go to Ross' museum charity event (tow no one's ready). Finally we see them in Ross' bed talking about fantasies and Ross brings up the Princess Leia Fantasy so next we see Rachel dressed up as Princess Leia. (Again Ross chuckled) "You'd have to love someone a lot to wear that!" he thought out loud. (Again.the bar tender looks over!) Ross knew she loved him a lot. He loved her more than he ever loved anyone. He couldn't let one stupid fight break them up. Ross knew he had to look for her. But where?
It's Always Been You
Ross sits on the couch waiting for Rachel to come home from work. He feels really bad about going to see her when she told him not to. He should've stayed home and had dinner by himself. He didn't feel that way- - he was just convincing himself that he did. God, why did he do that?? He cannot let Rachel control their relationship. He had to stand up for himself and tell Rachel how he feels. "God, that sounded like it was a line from one of those damn "you've got problems" books," he said to himself. Just then Rachel burst through the door looking really mad. Without even talking to him she walked to her room to put her coat and piles of work down. Then she came out and said with a sweet voice," Now about tonight..." "You were busy and you were, you were stressed. I know it's okay." What the hell was that? I have to tell her how I feel. How I just wanted to spend our ANNIVERSARY together! "I was giving YOU a chance to apologize!!" screamed Rachel. "Me!! For what? All I did was go to my girlfriend's office because it was our anniversary night. You should be thanking me for caring about our relationship enough to do that," exclaimed Ross. God what am I doing? I don't want to screw this up. I love her so much. "What, thanking you?? Oh my god Ross." "Rach listen." Ross interrupted, not wanting to know what she was about to say. "I'm really sorry. I.uh.I just wanted to be with you sweetie. I love you so much. You know I'd never intentionally do anything to make you mad. I had a crappy day and I thought that maybe if I went and saw you.I.uh.would feel better," there he'd said it. "Still you had no right to just come to my office." Rachel feels terrible but doesn't want to give in because she's still mad. "You don't bring a picnic basket to someone's office unless maybe they're a park ranger! And thanks for starting that fire too. It helped me out a lot. I have to re-due that paper that took me 2 hours yesterday 'cause you burned it up!" "AGAIN I apologize Rach. Excuse me for wanting to see my girlfriend on our anniversary night, boy what an ass am I," cried Ross. "But I told you, I didn't have the time!" said Rachel. "Yeah, well you never have the time. I mean I don't feel like I even have a girlfriend anymore, Rachel." "What, Ross what do you want from me? You want me, you want me to quit my job so you can feel like you have a girlfriend?" "This is the most I've seen you all week and you've. Rachel, you've got to realize that that's just a job. It's not your whole life," Ross pointed out. "JUST A JOB! Ross do you realize this is the first time in my life I'm doing something I actually care about. This is the first time in my life I'm doing something that I'm actually good at. I mean, if you don't get that...!" cried Rachel. "No, hey I get that, okay, I get that big time. And I'm happy for you, but I'm tired of having a relationship with your answering machine! Okay, I don't know what to do anymore!" admitted Ross. "Well neither do I!" agreed Rachel. "Is this about Mark?" questioned Ross. "Oh my god," said Rachel obviously shocked. "Okay it's not." "I cannot keep having this same fight over and over again Ross, no, you're, you're, you're making this too hard," complained Rachel. "Oh I'm, I'm making this too hard. Okay, so what do you want me to do?" Ross asked angrily. "I don't know, I don't know. Urrrgh! Look, maybe we should take a break," Rachel said only half meaning it. "Okay, okay you're right, "said Ross not really understanding what she meant. "Let's ah, let's take a break, (goes to the door) let's cool off, okay, let's get some frozen yogurt, or something." (Opens the door) "No. (Ross is standing in the doorway.) A break from us," said Rachel with a sad, distant look on her face. (Ross looks at her with a combination of sadness and anger in his expression, and then leaves slamming the door behind him.)
As Rachel watched Ross slam the door her anger totally washed away and she felt only sadness. She realized that she had no right to have been mad at him. She should've been everything but mad when she saw Ross at her office door with a picnic basket. She should've thought it was sweet, romantic and oh she could go on and on. But oh god that job stressed her out. It was all she'd been doing the last couple of weeks, Ross was right about that. She would find more time to spend with him - - she just had to. Ross was the best thing going on in her life. She loved him so much, more than she ever loved a guy. Even Barry. Uggg. The thought of Barry made her shudder! Ha to think she ever loved him!! God what was she doing spending valuable seconds thinking about Barry. She had to go and find Ross. Tell him that she was SOOO sorry and how much she loved him and how she doesn't want to take a break. But as she ran into the hallway the image of Ross's sad and hurt face (right before he slammed the door) came into her mind. She thought how she's the one who made him make that face. She felt terrible. As Rachel started down the hall she screamed, "Ross! Ross I'm sorry." Ross didn't answer and she knew he probably wasn't even in the building at all. She tried to fight the lump in her throat and kept screaming Ross's name. Instead of walking to his apartment or downstairs to the coffee house she sat down, right there in the middle of the hallway and started crying hysterically. [Scene with Rachel crying fades out and we see Ross sitting at a barstool with the same SAD expression on his face that Rachel had in the previous scene-- minus the tears!] Ross is sitting with Joey and Chandler telling them about his fight with Rach. "It was terrible. And then I tried to make her see that it was just a job and she totally flipped out!" said Ross as he finished off another shot of liquor. "Whoa man!" said Chandler "Why'd you say that?" "Yeah you know how much she wanted that job. Were you trying to make her mad?" wondered Joey. "No. Well.uh.(after a long pause) I should just accept the fact that we're broken up. I mean if one person wants to break up then you break up," thought Ross. "Ross what're you saying? Rachel was probably just stressed out 'cause of her job," suggested Chandler. "She is probably at her apartment now wondering why she said that." "Yeah man it's you and Rachel," pointed out Joey. "You'll get through this." "Ohhh I dunno guys," said Ross un-sure of what to do. "I'm probably gonna have to think about this." "What's there to think about Ross?" questioned Chandler "You guys have been through everything together. Are you just going to throw all of that away? I mean seriously, think about everything you guys have done together. We have to go but you think about what I said." "Yeah and maybe you wanna talk. (Just then Joey spotted a tall, pretty women with a black mini skirt walk by) "Heeey. How you doin'?" (He looked back to see Ross glare at him and a guilty look spreads across his face.) "Ahh sorry man. You should talk to Rachel." "Yeah you really should," agreed Chandler. "Good luck with the Rachel thing Ross but I kind of gotta run," admitted Joey. "Where you going Joe? I thought we were going to." (I don't know what they were gonna do. You decide!!) "Can't, sorry Chandler. "Joey interrupted (He starts running out of the bar screaming) "Hot girl, hot girl!" "Some people never change do they?" said Chandler with a laugh.
[Scene fades out and we see Rachel talking to Monica and Phoebe in M&R's apartment. She's still crying, just not as hard anymore.] "Oh my god you guys! What should I do?" Rachel asked when she finished telling the girls what happened. "Ummm. Oh! You should have a bonfire and burn everything he ever gave you!" said Phoebe excitedly (Monica and Rachel gave her looks like WHAT??) "Phoebe she's not mad at him. She wants to get back together with him," Monica reminded her. "Ohhhh. Well.uh.don't.uh. do that then," Phoebe said. "We'll think of something. Don't worry honey," said Monica comfortingly. "But Mon I am worried," said Rachel. "You know how much I love your stupid brother and I messed everything up!" "You probably shouldn't have said those things but Ross is a good guy, he'll forgive you," said Phoebe. "Yeah I hope so," said Rachel still worried. "I can't just sit here worrying. I have to find him." And without saying another word she leapt off her chair and ran out the door. [Scene with Rachel fades out and we see Ross sitting alone at the bar.] "I don't know, maybe they're right. I can make Rachel change her mind. We've been through SO much it can't just be over." He thought out loud. "Are you alright?" asked the bartender. "Uh yeah I'll be okay," said Ross not even embarrassed at all. [Ross starts to think of all the things he and Rachel went through together. (That could only mean one-thing.flashbacks!! Yay!)] (In his mind) He sees Rachel coming through the door in a wedding dress. Then Monica is introducing Rachel to everyone, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, and then she re-introduces her to him. When he goes to shake her hand the umbrella he was holding opens and hits her. Smooth. (He chuckles to himself and the bar tender gives him another weird look.) Then he sees them fighting in Central Perk before their first kiss.then there's the kiss.she's a real good kisser. Then there's (tow the list) when he tells Rachel that he broke up with Julie and she says "really?" And Ross says "Really. It's always been you Rach." (I thought that was the sweetest thing! Hence this title!) We see (still in Ross' mind) Ross and Rachel kissing on the floor of the planetarium, the first time they.you know. The first time they said that they love each other. On Rachel's birthday (tow the two parties.disaster) before he takes her into her apartment when she thanks him for the earrings then he thanks her for being born and they kiss very passionately as they're walking into the apartment. Then we see them kissing again before they go to Ross' museum charity event (tow no one's ready). Finally we see them in Ross' bed talking about fantasies and Ross brings up the Princess Leia Fantasy so next we see Rachel dressed up as Princess Leia. (Again Ross chuckled) "You'd have to love someone a lot to wear that!" he thought out loud. (Again.the bar tender looks over!) Ross knew she loved him a lot. He loved her more than he ever loved anyone. He couldn't let one stupid fight break them up. Ross knew he had to look for her. But where?