Hi there! I'm sorry I haven't updates for a while...I actually got back
from the beach 5 days ago...but I've been really busy. And yes, it is
possible to go to the beach here...it never gets cold!! I live in Bangkok,
Thailand!!(I'm not Thai...) Anyway...here's the next part for ya guys who
read this!!(
~*When All Hope Is Lost*~
Ross woke up the next day with sun leaking into the room. --He looked at the clock on the wall, which showed 6:00am. He stood up slowly and climbed out onto the balcony. He felt the fresh cool wind blow against his face and he stared out at the city he called home. It felt so foreign for him, since he spent most of his time sulking at home or working hard hours on the set. It felt good to finally just relax and take a long break. He yearned to go and take a nice calm walk down in the park, but he knew that it most likely he would be seen and mobbed again. Just standing here was fine anyway, he thought. Suddenly he felt somebody walk up and stand beside him. He glances over and sees Chandler standing there. He looks back out at the already busy streets below.
Chandler: Good morning Ross...what are you doing awake so early?
Ross: Just thinking...(pause) I haven't been able to do this since...well, a very long time...
Chandler: Why? Dont you actors have ANY time for yourselves?
Ross: Well yeah...but that I use for going over lines, and feeling sorry for myself...
Chandler: (sarcastically) oh grreeaatt...(seriously) If acting is giving you too much pressure, why are you still continuing?
Ross: That's what I asked myself everyday...and the truth is that actually, acting is practically my life...it's the thing that kept me going...(pause) I really would have killed myself if I had a boring job AND a depressing life...
Chandler: I always thought actors were happy people...
Ross: Chandler-you KNOW that is not true...we're the ones with the MOST pressure in life...
Chandler: I still dont get why you chose acting?
Ross: I dont know...it's just one thing I'm good at...or at least people THINK I'm good at...
Chandler: You're good at a lot of things Ross...you just never tried...
Ross: I didn't want to...my life was screwed up already...I quit school on my second year of college...and my grades had been terrible...
Chandler: You know Ross...(pause) finding out about your problems made me think a lot...everyday I thought about where you were...and HOW you were...I was really worried...because I knew you weren't the type of person...and I was pretty scared.
Ross: Wasn't the type of person?
Chandler: You were always smart Ross...I never thought you'd do such a thing...come on Ross...you're smarter than that!
Ross: yeah--! But with all the pressure...what would I have done??
Chandler: Gotten help?
(Ross turns away from Chandler and looks down at the streets)
Ross: I know that what I did was bad...but I'm over that now...I did eventually get help...and I'm clean.
Chandler: You still smoke...
Ross: What?
Chandler: Monica told me that when she "found" you at the club you were smoking with some friends before that...
Ross: how would she know? I only saw her on the dance floor...
Chandler: I dont know...(pause) but do you?
Ross: Sometimes...
Chandler: Why? I thought you were "clean"?
Ross: What are you trying to do to me?!
Chandler: Nothing...I'm just asking...
(silence follows)
Chandler: Why were you so depressed? I mean, it couldn't ALL be pressure by the fans and work...
Ross: To tell the truth...I lacked friends...I lacked somebody being there...to tell me that everything would be okay...and that everything was fine. I needed love...(pause) did you hear about the girls?
(Chandler nods)
Ross: I never really thought it was bad...but now I do...I mean, it wasn't love...I just was so desperate...
(Chandler nods again)
Chandler: If it was friends you needed, how come you never bothered to find me and Mon?
Ross: I was scared, pretty much. I didn't know what you would say...and well, I didn't want to go back. To tell the truth, I never thought I'd see you two again...
~~
Rachel had told her husband that she was going to NYC. It's now the next day, and we see her in the plane. She's sitting there, reading a magazine, but it doesn't really seem like she's concentrating much. She flips the page and her eyes go wide. We go to the magazine and see it's all about Ross. Like everything that has happened-the suicide, the drugs, the break...everything. Rachel looked away from it after she finished reading it. Something inside of her told her it was her fault...but she really didn't know why. Suddenly another thought hit her, and she knew what was going on. Destiny was at work again...she had to find him...NO. She loved Chris-didn't she? It was too hard to decide. Would Ross do all the things that Chris was doing now? Would he leave so early in the morning...and arrive late at night, leaving her to worry? No, he wouldn't. [she looks down at the article again] Yes. He would. He was an actor...he had millions of fans...he had to stay at work for many many hours, working on movies and shows. He would be more gone than Chris-wouldn't he? Why was she thinking about this? This wasn't right...she was comparing her husband, a man who she had been together with for ten years- to a man who had only existed in her past-but somehow, everything she was thinking, seemed to be right... [she looked out the window and at the big city they were approaching. She was home.]
~~
(we go to C&M's apartment and see Ross and Chandler sitting at the kitchen table. Monica walks into the door)
Monica; Hey guys...oh yeah, Chandler...I tried calling you at the office...and you weren't there-and then Ross, I tried calling you here to check if Chandler was HERE but no one answered either!! I was worried...
Chandler: You're always worried...
Ross: We went to a baseball game...!
Chandler: Yup. I came back from work...I was bored.
Monica: (blankly) You were bored?
(Chandler nods)
Monica: What kind of person leaves work because he's bored?
Ross: A person called Chandler?
Chandler: (chuckles) It doesn't matter Mon...I just told my boss I was feeling sick...and Ross was also bored...so we decided to go see the game instead of watching it on TV!
Monica: Right...okay...next time PLEASE tell me...
Ross: OKAY Mon!
(silence)
Ross: Why dont we go out to dinner? Come on...my treat...
Monica: No...it's all right Ross...we'll-
Ross: Come on...lets go! We've got lots of catching up to do!
Chandler: Okay!!
Ross: All right then! Go get ready! Lets go party!
Monica: Riight...
(fades out)
~~
Rachel was picked up at the airport by one of the people from the New York branch. She had told Rachel that they would have to go straight to a dinner from the airport. She would be her "partner" until she went back. They would have to have dinner with some other 'important people' to discuss the opening of the new store. Rachel didn't exactly want to go out to dinner, but she didn't think she would exactly have a choice. The whole time in the car, she sat in silence, staring out the window at the city she used to call home. Here she was, and she couldn't believe it.
~~
(Ross, Chandler and Monica walked into the restaurant and Monica began to smile. It was so big, and so elegant.)
Monica; Wow Ross...
Ross: This is like my favourite restaurant...
(they walk to that waiter guy who normally stands by the door[like you see in movies])
Waiter: Mr. Geller! Nice to see you again!
Ross: hello...um...there's 3 of us...
(the waiter guy peers at Chandler and Monica curiously)
Ross: (clears his throat) Is there space?
Waiter: Of course! Follow me...!
(they follow the guy who leads them to a table for four, near the back)
Waiter: this is all we have...
Ross: Great!
(they sit down and are given menus, and they begin talking)
~~
(Rachel sat in the car nervously now)
Rachel: Um...am I dressed properly?
(lady looks at her)
Lady: Yes, you're all right...(pause) Okay...we're here...we're a few minutes late...so lets go!
(Rachel stared at the lady as she got out of the car. She wasn't going to enjoy this stay very much...)
(she got out of the car slowly and followed the lady into the posh restaurant. It was a very bright place, and Rachel didn't like it. She liked places that fit her mood-so that meant she would have to go to a cemetery or something....she thought bitterly to herself. But right when they got to a table with a few others sitting around, she shook their hands and put up a fake smile. This was going to be one LONG dinner)
~~
(Monica, Chandler and Ross laughed and laughed, remembering things that happened back in their teen years, when their lives still were "perfect")
Monica: (takes a drink of her wine) Excuse me guys...I gotta go visit the ladies room! (she smiles and gets up)
(we follow her into the bathroom and she looks into the mirror, a small smile on her face. She stands there, just staring at the mirror. She then washes her hands and turns to the paper towels. A bathroom stall opens and a lady walks out and turns on a sink. She splashes water onto her face. Monica looks quickly into the mirror again. Her smile widens when she sees the woman splashing water into her face. The woman then lifts up her face and turns the sink off. When Monica sees her face her smile disappears and is taken over with a horrified look. She woman notices her staring at her and looks at her, then she begins to back away. It's Rachel.)
Monica: Rachel????? (takes a step towards her)
(Rachel backs away more)
Rachel: Please...Mon...leave me alone...
Monica; What are you doing here?
Rachel: I-I-I can't talk to you!! (she backs up more and hits the wall, so now she's leaning against it)
Monica: Where have you been?? How come we haven't heard for you for so long?
Rachel: I-I-I dont have time for people...
Monica: (hurt) What? How long does it take to pick up a phone and call once in a while?
Rachel: You dont understand...you NEVER will understand...
Monica: Rach-
Rachel: Stop it! Just, leave me alone!
Monica; Please Rachel...just talk to me!!
Rachel: You will NEVER understand...
Monica: I will...
Rachel: No! Just-
Monica: What happened to you? You're not the Rachel I remember...
Rachel: She's gone!! Okay?? I've gone through much...she will never be back...EVER.
(Monica stares at Rachel and Rachel stares back, tears beginning to fall from her eyes)
TO BE CONTINUED...
Hey guys. I hope you didn't really already know that I was going to make them meet up in that restaurant...I hope that it wasn't that obvious...I've been kinda going through this tiny writers block thingy...heehee! Well...please review! I'll get the next part up as soon as possible!! Thanks for reading! Please tell me what you think-no flames please!
~rachel
~*When All Hope Is Lost*~
Ross woke up the next day with sun leaking into the room. --He looked at the clock on the wall, which showed 6:00am. He stood up slowly and climbed out onto the balcony. He felt the fresh cool wind blow against his face and he stared out at the city he called home. It felt so foreign for him, since he spent most of his time sulking at home or working hard hours on the set. It felt good to finally just relax and take a long break. He yearned to go and take a nice calm walk down in the park, but he knew that it most likely he would be seen and mobbed again. Just standing here was fine anyway, he thought. Suddenly he felt somebody walk up and stand beside him. He glances over and sees Chandler standing there. He looks back out at the already busy streets below.
Chandler: Good morning Ross...what are you doing awake so early?
Ross: Just thinking...(pause) I haven't been able to do this since...well, a very long time...
Chandler: Why? Dont you actors have ANY time for yourselves?
Ross: Well yeah...but that I use for going over lines, and feeling sorry for myself...
Chandler: (sarcastically) oh grreeaatt...(seriously) If acting is giving you too much pressure, why are you still continuing?
Ross: That's what I asked myself everyday...and the truth is that actually, acting is practically my life...it's the thing that kept me going...(pause) I really would have killed myself if I had a boring job AND a depressing life...
Chandler: I always thought actors were happy people...
Ross: Chandler-you KNOW that is not true...we're the ones with the MOST pressure in life...
Chandler: I still dont get why you chose acting?
Ross: I dont know...it's just one thing I'm good at...or at least people THINK I'm good at...
Chandler: You're good at a lot of things Ross...you just never tried...
Ross: I didn't want to...my life was screwed up already...I quit school on my second year of college...and my grades had been terrible...
Chandler: You know Ross...(pause) finding out about your problems made me think a lot...everyday I thought about where you were...and HOW you were...I was really worried...because I knew you weren't the type of person...and I was pretty scared.
Ross: Wasn't the type of person?
Chandler: You were always smart Ross...I never thought you'd do such a thing...come on Ross...you're smarter than that!
Ross: yeah--! But with all the pressure...what would I have done??
Chandler: Gotten help?
(Ross turns away from Chandler and looks down at the streets)
Ross: I know that what I did was bad...but I'm over that now...I did eventually get help...and I'm clean.
Chandler: You still smoke...
Ross: What?
Chandler: Monica told me that when she "found" you at the club you were smoking with some friends before that...
Ross: how would she know? I only saw her on the dance floor...
Chandler: I dont know...(pause) but do you?
Ross: Sometimes...
Chandler: Why? I thought you were "clean"?
Ross: What are you trying to do to me?!
Chandler: Nothing...I'm just asking...
(silence follows)
Chandler: Why were you so depressed? I mean, it couldn't ALL be pressure by the fans and work...
Ross: To tell the truth...I lacked friends...I lacked somebody being there...to tell me that everything would be okay...and that everything was fine. I needed love...(pause) did you hear about the girls?
(Chandler nods)
Ross: I never really thought it was bad...but now I do...I mean, it wasn't love...I just was so desperate...
(Chandler nods again)
Chandler: If it was friends you needed, how come you never bothered to find me and Mon?
Ross: I was scared, pretty much. I didn't know what you would say...and well, I didn't want to go back. To tell the truth, I never thought I'd see you two again...
~~
Rachel had told her husband that she was going to NYC. It's now the next day, and we see her in the plane. She's sitting there, reading a magazine, but it doesn't really seem like she's concentrating much. She flips the page and her eyes go wide. We go to the magazine and see it's all about Ross. Like everything that has happened-the suicide, the drugs, the break...everything. Rachel looked away from it after she finished reading it. Something inside of her told her it was her fault...but she really didn't know why. Suddenly another thought hit her, and she knew what was going on. Destiny was at work again...she had to find him...NO. She loved Chris-didn't she? It was too hard to decide. Would Ross do all the things that Chris was doing now? Would he leave so early in the morning...and arrive late at night, leaving her to worry? No, he wouldn't. [she looks down at the article again] Yes. He would. He was an actor...he had millions of fans...he had to stay at work for many many hours, working on movies and shows. He would be more gone than Chris-wouldn't he? Why was she thinking about this? This wasn't right...she was comparing her husband, a man who she had been together with for ten years- to a man who had only existed in her past-but somehow, everything she was thinking, seemed to be right... [she looked out the window and at the big city they were approaching. She was home.]
~~
(we go to C&M's apartment and see Ross and Chandler sitting at the kitchen table. Monica walks into the door)
Monica; Hey guys...oh yeah, Chandler...I tried calling you at the office...and you weren't there-and then Ross, I tried calling you here to check if Chandler was HERE but no one answered either!! I was worried...
Chandler: You're always worried...
Ross: We went to a baseball game...!
Chandler: Yup. I came back from work...I was bored.
Monica: (blankly) You were bored?
(Chandler nods)
Monica: What kind of person leaves work because he's bored?
Ross: A person called Chandler?
Chandler: (chuckles) It doesn't matter Mon...I just told my boss I was feeling sick...and Ross was also bored...so we decided to go see the game instead of watching it on TV!
Monica: Right...okay...next time PLEASE tell me...
Ross: OKAY Mon!
(silence)
Ross: Why dont we go out to dinner? Come on...my treat...
Monica: No...it's all right Ross...we'll-
Ross: Come on...lets go! We've got lots of catching up to do!
Chandler: Okay!!
Ross: All right then! Go get ready! Lets go party!
Monica: Riight...
(fades out)
~~
Rachel was picked up at the airport by one of the people from the New York branch. She had told Rachel that they would have to go straight to a dinner from the airport. She would be her "partner" until she went back. They would have to have dinner with some other 'important people' to discuss the opening of the new store. Rachel didn't exactly want to go out to dinner, but she didn't think she would exactly have a choice. The whole time in the car, she sat in silence, staring out the window at the city she used to call home. Here she was, and she couldn't believe it.
~~
(Ross, Chandler and Monica walked into the restaurant and Monica began to smile. It was so big, and so elegant.)
Monica; Wow Ross...
Ross: This is like my favourite restaurant...
(they walk to that waiter guy who normally stands by the door[like you see in movies])
Waiter: Mr. Geller! Nice to see you again!
Ross: hello...um...there's 3 of us...
(the waiter guy peers at Chandler and Monica curiously)
Ross: (clears his throat) Is there space?
Waiter: Of course! Follow me...!
(they follow the guy who leads them to a table for four, near the back)
Waiter: this is all we have...
Ross: Great!
(they sit down and are given menus, and they begin talking)
~~
(Rachel sat in the car nervously now)
Rachel: Um...am I dressed properly?
(lady looks at her)
Lady: Yes, you're all right...(pause) Okay...we're here...we're a few minutes late...so lets go!
(Rachel stared at the lady as she got out of the car. She wasn't going to enjoy this stay very much...)
(she got out of the car slowly and followed the lady into the posh restaurant. It was a very bright place, and Rachel didn't like it. She liked places that fit her mood-so that meant she would have to go to a cemetery or something....she thought bitterly to herself. But right when they got to a table with a few others sitting around, she shook their hands and put up a fake smile. This was going to be one LONG dinner)
~~
(Monica, Chandler and Ross laughed and laughed, remembering things that happened back in their teen years, when their lives still were "perfect")
Monica: (takes a drink of her wine) Excuse me guys...I gotta go visit the ladies room! (she smiles and gets up)
(we follow her into the bathroom and she looks into the mirror, a small smile on her face. She stands there, just staring at the mirror. She then washes her hands and turns to the paper towels. A bathroom stall opens and a lady walks out and turns on a sink. She splashes water onto her face. Monica looks quickly into the mirror again. Her smile widens when she sees the woman splashing water into her face. The woman then lifts up her face and turns the sink off. When Monica sees her face her smile disappears and is taken over with a horrified look. She woman notices her staring at her and looks at her, then she begins to back away. It's Rachel.)
Monica: Rachel????? (takes a step towards her)
(Rachel backs away more)
Rachel: Please...Mon...leave me alone...
Monica; What are you doing here?
Rachel: I-I-I can't talk to you!! (she backs up more and hits the wall, so now she's leaning against it)
Monica: Where have you been?? How come we haven't heard for you for so long?
Rachel: I-I-I dont have time for people...
Monica: (hurt) What? How long does it take to pick up a phone and call once in a while?
Rachel: You dont understand...you NEVER will understand...
Monica: Rach-
Rachel: Stop it! Just, leave me alone!
Monica; Please Rachel...just talk to me!!
Rachel: You will NEVER understand...
Monica: I will...
Rachel: No! Just-
Monica: What happened to you? You're not the Rachel I remember...
Rachel: She's gone!! Okay?? I've gone through much...she will never be back...EVER.
(Monica stares at Rachel and Rachel stares back, tears beginning to fall from her eyes)
TO BE CONTINUED...
Hey guys. I hope you didn't really already know that I was going to make them meet up in that restaurant...I hope that it wasn't that obvious...I've been kinda going through this tiny writers block thingy...heehee! Well...please review! I'll get the next part up as soon as possible!! Thanks for reading! Please tell me what you think-no flames please!
~rachel