Her face was pale, and her lips were red. She was eagerly awaiting Ross's arrival, but Ross sat down, and put his hand to his aching head. He heard the warning bell signal that they would soon be pulling away from the station. He continued to sit as the train signaled the door closing. He watched as the train started to slightly pull away from the station. He saw Gabriella's confused face, and he suddenly felt really guilty. He didn't know what he was doing, it just felt right. He sat watching the bundle under the covers and the window, as Bakersfield slowly disappeared over the rolling hills. Rachel moved, and lifted the covers from her head. She screamed when she saw Ross sitting in the corner, and glanced at her watch.
"It's 9:00! Shouldn't we have already been there?" She asked
"We already passed." Ross smiled slightly.
"You didn't go?" Rachel said trying to hide her excitement.
"No. I think I love you." Ross said as he sat down beside Rachel.
She smiled and leaned over and kissed him.
"Now I know that this was definitely worth it." Ross panted, out of breath.
Rachel wiped a fleck of dirt away from his chin with her thumb, and looked at him with tears in her eyes.
"What about Gabriella?"
"I don't love her. I have to tell her." Ross moaned.
"I suppose you do."
"So, where are we headed?" Ross asked.
"I don't know." Rachel paused. "Where are we going?"
"Where were you going?"
"I was just going to get off at whatever looked good." Rachel answered
"I love that. I would never be able to just pick up my stuff and go anywhere." Ross said admiringly, as Rachel blushed.
"How about San Francisco?" Rachel asked. "It's not too far, and it's so beautiful there."
"Really? Then San Francisco it is." Ross smiled as he kissed Rachel again, and they fell onto the bed.
6 months later
Rachel came down the stairs of their small urban house, not far from Fisherman's Wharf, and the Coit tower.
"Hey baby." Ross said as he kissed her lovingly, and rubbed her pregnant stomach. "It's getting there."
"What?" Rachel asked.
"You're getting bigger everyday." Ross whispered.
"I'm scared." Rachel whispered back in his ear, nervously twisting a ring on her finger.
"About what? You have nothing to be afraid of. I'm gonna be here every step of the way. You know that." He smiled as he kissed her ear.
"I have the best fiancé in the world." Rachel whispered.
"I know. I can't believe we're getting married in 7 months. 6 months ago I was supposed to marry someone else." Ross said incredulously.
"I know." Rachel hugged him closely.
"I love you so much, you know." Ross said.
"I know. I love you too." Rachel smiled at him. He kissed her passionately, and before she knew it, they were making their way blindly into their bedroom, while their lips stayed glued together. What followed was the best thing Rachel or Ross had ever experienced. It was ecstasy.
Later that evening while Rachel lay asleep in his arms, he stayed up watching her breath in and out. It's funny how the little things can mean so much. He felt that with every single breath she took, he was falling even more madly in love with her. He found it impossible to believe how much room he had for love for this particular person. He hadn't had time to grieve over the loss of Gabriella, he had been too busy falling in love with someone else. He breathed in the scent of her hair, and hugged her closer towards his body. The phone suddenly rang from beside him, and Rachel groaned at the noise that had disturbed her from a peaceful sleep.
"Hello?" Ross said as he picked it up.
"Ross?" A mans voice asked.
"Hey Marty." Ross said, as he mouthed to Rachel "it's my boss."
"Hey Ross. Listen, we're having an urgent meeting in a half an hour. We absolutely need you to be here." He said.
Ross groaned lightly. "What time is it?"
"It's only 7:00." Marty said.
"Alright, I'm coming." Ross said as he hung up the phone. "I have to go to work." He said to Rachel.
"Work? Now?" Rachel asked, she was confused.
"Yeah, I'll only be a bit though. I expect you to be up when I get home. " Ross said coyly. He leaned over and kissed her before he got up to get dressed quickly.
"I'll walk you out." Rachel said as she also got up to get dressed.
She walked him to the door and kissed him good bye.
"Hurry home." She smiled.
"Will do." He smiled back and picked up his keys. He ran out the door and over to his car, which stood on the opposite side of the street.
Rachel followed him out onto the veranda and waved at him.
Suddenly, a car came whizzing around the corner, it's bright white headlights blinding Rachel, as she shielded her eyes.
"ROSS LOOK OUT!" She shrieked loudly. He looked up at her, shielding his eyes, right before he was hit.
Rachel screamed loudly, bringing out all of her neighbours.
"ROSS!" She continued to scream as he was thrown up into the air. "ROSS!!!"
She ran out to the center of the road where he lay twitching on the ground, his face and clothes drenched in blood that was seeping out of a wound on his temple. His leg lay at an odd angle, and his arm lay splattered stiffly beside him.
"Ross, honey!" Rachel yelled at him as she hugged his body close to hers, soaking herself in his warm sticky blood. "Ross… please say something." She cried mercilessly. "Ross! Please!" She screamed as a sob caught in her throat. The car that had hit him had pulled over, and the man that had been driving ran over to assist her.
"Jesus!" He yelled as he smacked himself on the head.
Rachel threw herself at him, and began hitting and punching and scratching with all her might.
"YOU DID THIS YOU BASTARD!" She screamed at him as she continued to scratch his face. Before she knew it, she was surrounded with blinking lights as the police and ambulances began to arrive. They pulled her off of the man with great force, and held her to the side. The paramedics ran to Ross's side, who had by now stopped twitching. Rachel pushed them aside and hugged him close to her protectively.
"Ma'am? We need to get to him if you want us to save him! Please move!" A paramedic shouted at her.
"I love you, please don't leave me. This can't happen. I love you so much. Are you just going to leave me and Mark all alone here? Are you going to die on me just like my last boyfriend? Ross…" Rachel cried hysterically into his ear as she buried her face in his shoulder.
"ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE ME ALL ALONE? YOU PROMISED YOU WOULD NEVER LEAVE ME!" Rachel screamed at the top of her lungs as the police dragged her away, so that they could take care of Ross. They picked him up and lay his body out on a stretcher.
"He's gone." A paramedic whispered silently. "He's dead."
"NO" Rachel screamed at the top of her lungs, as she collapsed to her knees and held her stomach. She cried harder then she ever had before. Her whole body racked over with sobs, and she fainted into flashing lights.
"He left me that night, even though he promised he would never." Rachel said as she lit another cigarette with her old bony fingers. "I was left all alone to raise your father. I told myself not to get too close, but Ross was so irresistible, he made it impossible not to fall in love with him. It was just like a night almost 9 years before, when the first man I had ever loved, died. But Ross was a much greater man than he ever was. I loved him more than you could imagine. Every day while Mark grew up, I noticed him becoming more and more like his father. Sometimes it made me laugh, other times it hurt so much that I would cry. I thought it was fate, that it had to be God that brought us together, but when God took him away from me, I wanted to die. But I had to live, I had to live for Mark. He was my whole life, he would become my everything. It still hurts every day to know how happy we could have been, I would have gotten to love him so much more. But I know that he's up there, watching over Mark and me. He hasn't missed anything. I know that he's watching over me every day. My old aching bones won't hold me much longer, and I know that someday soon, I will be with him. We will be together, once again."
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"It's 9:00! Shouldn't we have already been there?" She asked
"We already passed." Ross smiled slightly.
"You didn't go?" Rachel said trying to hide her excitement.
"No. I think I love you." Ross said as he sat down beside Rachel.
She smiled and leaned over and kissed him.
"Now I know that this was definitely worth it." Ross panted, out of breath.
Rachel wiped a fleck of dirt away from his chin with her thumb, and looked at him with tears in her eyes.
"What about Gabriella?"
"I don't love her. I have to tell her." Ross moaned.
"I suppose you do."
"So, where are we headed?" Ross asked.
"I don't know." Rachel paused. "Where are we going?"
"Where were you going?"
"I was just going to get off at whatever looked good." Rachel answered
"I love that. I would never be able to just pick up my stuff and go anywhere." Ross said admiringly, as Rachel blushed.
"How about San Francisco?" Rachel asked. "It's not too far, and it's so beautiful there."
"Really? Then San Francisco it is." Ross smiled as he kissed Rachel again, and they fell onto the bed.
6 months later
Rachel came down the stairs of their small urban house, not far from Fisherman's Wharf, and the Coit tower.
"Hey baby." Ross said as he kissed her lovingly, and rubbed her pregnant stomach. "It's getting there."
"What?" Rachel asked.
"You're getting bigger everyday." Ross whispered.
"I'm scared." Rachel whispered back in his ear, nervously twisting a ring on her finger.
"About what? You have nothing to be afraid of. I'm gonna be here every step of the way. You know that." He smiled as he kissed her ear.
"I have the best fiancé in the world." Rachel whispered.
"I know. I can't believe we're getting married in 7 months. 6 months ago I was supposed to marry someone else." Ross said incredulously.
"I know." Rachel hugged him closely.
"I love you so much, you know." Ross said.
"I know. I love you too." Rachel smiled at him. He kissed her passionately, and before she knew it, they were making their way blindly into their bedroom, while their lips stayed glued together. What followed was the best thing Rachel or Ross had ever experienced. It was ecstasy.
Later that evening while Rachel lay asleep in his arms, he stayed up watching her breath in and out. It's funny how the little things can mean so much. He felt that with every single breath she took, he was falling even more madly in love with her. He found it impossible to believe how much room he had for love for this particular person. He hadn't had time to grieve over the loss of Gabriella, he had been too busy falling in love with someone else. He breathed in the scent of her hair, and hugged her closer towards his body. The phone suddenly rang from beside him, and Rachel groaned at the noise that had disturbed her from a peaceful sleep.
"Hello?" Ross said as he picked it up.
"Ross?" A mans voice asked.
"Hey Marty." Ross said, as he mouthed to Rachel "it's my boss."
"Hey Ross. Listen, we're having an urgent meeting in a half an hour. We absolutely need you to be here." He said.
Ross groaned lightly. "What time is it?"
"It's only 7:00." Marty said.
"Alright, I'm coming." Ross said as he hung up the phone. "I have to go to work." He said to Rachel.
"Work? Now?" Rachel asked, she was confused.
"Yeah, I'll only be a bit though. I expect you to be up when I get home. " Ross said coyly. He leaned over and kissed her before he got up to get dressed quickly.
"I'll walk you out." Rachel said as she also got up to get dressed.
She walked him to the door and kissed him good bye.
"Hurry home." She smiled.
"Will do." He smiled back and picked up his keys. He ran out the door and over to his car, which stood on the opposite side of the street.
Rachel followed him out onto the veranda and waved at him.
Suddenly, a car came whizzing around the corner, it's bright white headlights blinding Rachel, as she shielded her eyes.
"ROSS LOOK OUT!" She shrieked loudly. He looked up at her, shielding his eyes, right before he was hit.
Rachel screamed loudly, bringing out all of her neighbours.
"ROSS!" She continued to scream as he was thrown up into the air. "ROSS!!!"
She ran out to the center of the road where he lay twitching on the ground, his face and clothes drenched in blood that was seeping out of a wound on his temple. His leg lay at an odd angle, and his arm lay splattered stiffly beside him.
"Ross, honey!" Rachel yelled at him as she hugged his body close to hers, soaking herself in his warm sticky blood. "Ross… please say something." She cried mercilessly. "Ross! Please!" She screamed as a sob caught in her throat. The car that had hit him had pulled over, and the man that had been driving ran over to assist her.
"Jesus!" He yelled as he smacked himself on the head.
Rachel threw herself at him, and began hitting and punching and scratching with all her might.
"YOU DID THIS YOU BASTARD!" She screamed at him as she continued to scratch his face. Before she knew it, she was surrounded with blinking lights as the police and ambulances began to arrive. They pulled her off of the man with great force, and held her to the side. The paramedics ran to Ross's side, who had by now stopped twitching. Rachel pushed them aside and hugged him close to her protectively.
"Ma'am? We need to get to him if you want us to save him! Please move!" A paramedic shouted at her.
"I love you, please don't leave me. This can't happen. I love you so much. Are you just going to leave me and Mark all alone here? Are you going to die on me just like my last boyfriend? Ross…" Rachel cried hysterically into his ear as she buried her face in his shoulder.
"ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE ME ALL ALONE? YOU PROMISED YOU WOULD NEVER LEAVE ME!" Rachel screamed at the top of her lungs as the police dragged her away, so that they could take care of Ross. They picked him up and lay his body out on a stretcher.
"He's gone." A paramedic whispered silently. "He's dead."
"NO" Rachel screamed at the top of her lungs, as she collapsed to her knees and held her stomach. She cried harder then she ever had before. Her whole body racked over with sobs, and she fainted into flashing lights.
"He left me that night, even though he promised he would never." Rachel said as she lit another cigarette with her old bony fingers. "I was left all alone to raise your father. I told myself not to get too close, but Ross was so irresistible, he made it impossible not to fall in love with him. It was just like a night almost 9 years before, when the first man I had ever loved, died. But Ross was a much greater man than he ever was. I loved him more than you could imagine. Every day while Mark grew up, I noticed him becoming more and more like his father. Sometimes it made me laugh, other times it hurt so much that I would cry. I thought it was fate, that it had to be God that brought us together, but when God took him away from me, I wanted to die. But I had to live, I had to live for Mark. He was my whole life, he would become my everything. It still hurts every day to know how happy we could have been, I would have gotten to love him so much more. But I know that he's up there, watching over Mark and me. He hasn't missed anything. I know that he's watching over me every day. My old aching bones won't hold me much longer, and I know that someday soon, I will be with him. We will be together, once again."
Thanks for reading, and please leave a review!
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