Heyo! I decided to continue this one, since I love it so much! And yes, I
AM planning to put Rachel in this, cause I'm just sooooooooooo nice!! Ya
know, just a while ago, a friend of mine stuck a Nutella jar in the
microwave because she claimed it was frozen.....woohoo, big mistake! The
whole thing blew up!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And the microwave was on fire,
and there was chocolate everywhere. And while her mom was going crazy and
panicking, my friend was licking chocolate of the walls. Man, what an
idiot!! Heehee.
Family Portrait
Ross lay in his bed alone several hours after the talk he had had with Melanie. He felt both sad, and he also felt alone. Beth wasn't home- she had gone to work that morning announcing that she would be home very late. Ross looked over at the clock and saw that it was only 8pm. That wasn't late for him anymore. Monica and Chandler were downstairs watching TV, but Ross didn't feel like joining them. They were to 'happy' all the time......and he hated it. He wanted to be with Melanie........he wanted her to forgive him, and be happy again. But he knew that he was practically asking for a miracle. As Ross stared up at the ceiling, he remembered Melanie's last words, and as he did, a pain inside of him-inside his soul, struck so hard he could hardly breath.
"I cried because I didn't have you...........but suddenly, I saw you again....and it was like my wish had come true......I had you again.......but then I thought; if I have him near me now, why am I still crying?"
It hurt so much........just that little sentence. He was her father.....and he knew it; she knew it........but suddenly, he didn't feel like it anymore. He felt like a stranger to her......he felt like he hardly knew her anymore. He didn't know who she was. He didn't know anything about her..............and that feeling scared Ross the most.
~~
(Rachel was awaken by the phone ringing, and she waited a few more minutes before slowly getting up and answering it.)
Rachel: Lo? (pause, silence) Heelllooo?
Melanie's voice: (barely a whisper, sounds like she's been crying) Mom?
Rachel: Melanie! [screen splits, and we see Mel lying on the bed in the same position she was before]
Melanie: Sorry for calling so late but-
Rachel: No, it's okay. (pause) What's wrong? You sound weird.....
Melanie: Oh mom, it's terrible. Ugh, I dont belong here.
Rachel: What's wrong? Bad new step-mother-to-be?
Melanie: Ugh, I dont care about her. And about Maggie......but-
Rachel: Who's Maggie?
Melanie: Some stupid blonde chick he's replacing me with......anyway-
Rachel: Replacing? What are you talking about?
Melanie: Miss I'm-so-perfect Beth had a daughter. Hip-hip-hooray!
Rachel: Oh Mel, I'm sorry.
Melanie: I dont care. They all deserve each other!
Rachel: What happened?
Melanie: Mom, remember long ago, when I turned 13.......and I asked you if I could go on a date? And you said okay, but you were hesitant, and you told me to watch out cause sometimes men can be pigs? (chuckles a bit)
Rachel: (chuckles too) Yeah......but uh, what does-
Melanie: (trying to hold back tears) Well I realised something today.........
Rachel: What's that?
Melanie: (chokes on tears) Dad is a jerk! A jerk for everything he has done......and for every single thing he said in the past, and every single thing he has said wrong right now, in the present! (she begins to sob)
Rachel: Melanie, oh my God. Dont cry, please dont! I told you not to go.......I warned you!
Melanie: I thought he was different you know............I mean, yeah he left me, but still! (pause) I always thought that you didn't love me mom......(Rachel tries to say something, but Melanie goes on) but I have now realised that the person who I loved the most, and who I thought loved ME the most........hates me.
Rachel: he doesn't HATE you!
Melanie: Right. What ever! Well, if he doesn't hate me, then I hate him. He is NOT my father, and he doesn't deserve to be. (pause) You know what mom? I'm coming home. Forget about this stupid wedding......forget about DAD! Can we just go back to a normal life? Without trying to remember or dream about how it would be with dad? Because you know what? He doesn't deserve to be with us.......and I hope you share my view!
(silence follows, and it stays for a while)
Rachel: (whispers) Come home baby.......
~~
After a while, Ross had found his way downstairs and was now pacing around the kitchen, once in a while glancing at the phone. When he heard voices in the living room which he knew weren't the TV's he went in there. There he saw Melanie. When he walked in, she looked up, but immediately looked at Chandler and Monica again.
Chandler: What's up Mel?
Melanie: I want to go HOME.
Monica: What?
Melanie: You heard me, home!
Chandler: But Mel......
Ross: (clears his throat) If she wants to go.....let her!
(Melanie glares at him)
Melanie: Please Uncle Chandler......I have to go home. I want to go to mom......I dont want to stay here..........this might be the cause of my death!
Monica: (shocked she's saying all this in front of Ross) Melanie, stop it!!
(Chandler looks over at Monica and shakes her head)
Chandler: Mel, come with me.......(he gets up and walks with Mel into the front hall. After a minute or two, we hear the front door slam)
Monica: Ross, just ignore her. She's been really evil lately ........I think she's just really disturbed.
Ross: Monica!! Just.......just.......shut up, will you?
(he walks out, leaving Monica dumbfounded)
[we fade to Chandler and Melanie sitting on the front porch steps]
Melanie: I talked to him.......and then I talked to my mom. He's a jerk, and I want my mom.
Chandler: Listen to you child! You sound like a little baby!
Melanie: Chandler!!
(silence)
Chandler: (quietly) Well, there's the first sign that you're growing up. What ever happened to (scrunches up his face in a baby way) (squeaky voice) Uncle Chandler.
Melanie: (looks down) I don't think many teenagers go through what I'm going through........
Chandler: Well, then I guess not all teenagers are special.
Melanie: (shoots him a look) I'm not special.........(pause) Aunt Monica doesn't like me very much, does she?
Chandler: What?! Where'd you get that?
Melanie: I don't know. (pause) Not that many people like me........
Chandler: (puts his arm around her) I know one person that does..........
(she looks at him and smiles)
Chandler: Oh, not me. (she shoots him a look again) Your dad.
Melanie: (looks away) He's not my dad.......
Chandler: Melanie, he's sorry. He really is...............he wants to change the past, to make everything right. But he knows he cant, and he's facing it. And you have to too. He's now moving on.......and so should you.
Melanie: Oh I moved on! Right when I saw his FACE.
Chandler: See.
Melanie: Look, uncle Chandler. I know that you're my dad's 'best friend' and all, and you want him happy. But what about me? What about how I feel? (pause) I want to go home.
Chandler: (quietly) Fine.
Melanie: Yeah?
Chandler: yeah. I'll get you some tickets..........you'll fly out tomorrow.
Melanie: Thank you. (pause) I love you uncle Chandler......you really understand me........
(she kisses him on the cheek and then gets up and walks into the house)
Chandler: (looks up at the sky) I try........
Ross: What?
Chandler: Whoa! (he looks up) Ross, you scared me.
Ross: Soooo.....what?
Chandler: (Shakes his head) I cant stop her Ross.......this is what she wants........
Ross: Yeah it is.......but you're a 'grown up' you can handle it!
Chandler: No, I cant. (pause) I feel sorry for her. And she's going through hell now Ross......and I'm not going to let her stay here and rot in it. Because she doesn't belong in hell.
(with that he stands up, pats Ross on the shoulder and walks to the door)
Chandler: And Ross, even if she did, or she might.........I wont let her.........because I, for one, love her way to much to do that to her.
(he walks into the house, and we go to Ross' face. He looks really sad, and his eyes are filling up with tears. He looks up at the sky as we slowly pan out from him until he's a little speck in our view. Then, we fade out.)
**TO BE CONTINUED**
Hey, I hope you liked that, and I hope that wasn't that sad. I'm sniffing away........but I dont think I'm crying......heehee. Its just my cold. UGH. Anyways........please review and be nice!! Next part will be up soon..........I hope.
Feb. 6, 2003
Chapter 7
Family Portrait
Ross lay in his bed alone several hours after the talk he had had with Melanie. He felt both sad, and he also felt alone. Beth wasn't home- she had gone to work that morning announcing that she would be home very late. Ross looked over at the clock and saw that it was only 8pm. That wasn't late for him anymore. Monica and Chandler were downstairs watching TV, but Ross didn't feel like joining them. They were to 'happy' all the time......and he hated it. He wanted to be with Melanie........he wanted her to forgive him, and be happy again. But he knew that he was practically asking for a miracle. As Ross stared up at the ceiling, he remembered Melanie's last words, and as he did, a pain inside of him-inside his soul, struck so hard he could hardly breath.
"I cried because I didn't have you...........but suddenly, I saw you again....and it was like my wish had come true......I had you again.......but then I thought; if I have him near me now, why am I still crying?"
It hurt so much........just that little sentence. He was her father.....and he knew it; she knew it........but suddenly, he didn't feel like it anymore. He felt like a stranger to her......he felt like he hardly knew her anymore. He didn't know who she was. He didn't know anything about her..............and that feeling scared Ross the most.
~~
(Rachel was awaken by the phone ringing, and she waited a few more minutes before slowly getting up and answering it.)
Rachel: Lo? (pause, silence) Heelllooo?
Melanie's voice: (barely a whisper, sounds like she's been crying) Mom?
Rachel: Melanie! [screen splits, and we see Mel lying on the bed in the same position she was before]
Melanie: Sorry for calling so late but-
Rachel: No, it's okay. (pause) What's wrong? You sound weird.....
Melanie: Oh mom, it's terrible. Ugh, I dont belong here.
Rachel: What's wrong? Bad new step-mother-to-be?
Melanie: Ugh, I dont care about her. And about Maggie......but-
Rachel: Who's Maggie?
Melanie: Some stupid blonde chick he's replacing me with......anyway-
Rachel: Replacing? What are you talking about?
Melanie: Miss I'm-so-perfect Beth had a daughter. Hip-hip-hooray!
Rachel: Oh Mel, I'm sorry.
Melanie: I dont care. They all deserve each other!
Rachel: What happened?
Melanie: Mom, remember long ago, when I turned 13.......and I asked you if I could go on a date? And you said okay, but you were hesitant, and you told me to watch out cause sometimes men can be pigs? (chuckles a bit)
Rachel: (chuckles too) Yeah......but uh, what does-
Melanie: (trying to hold back tears) Well I realised something today.........
Rachel: What's that?
Melanie: (chokes on tears) Dad is a jerk! A jerk for everything he has done......and for every single thing he said in the past, and every single thing he has said wrong right now, in the present! (she begins to sob)
Rachel: Melanie, oh my God. Dont cry, please dont! I told you not to go.......I warned you!
Melanie: I thought he was different you know............I mean, yeah he left me, but still! (pause) I always thought that you didn't love me mom......(Rachel tries to say something, but Melanie goes on) but I have now realised that the person who I loved the most, and who I thought loved ME the most........hates me.
Rachel: he doesn't HATE you!
Melanie: Right. What ever! Well, if he doesn't hate me, then I hate him. He is NOT my father, and he doesn't deserve to be. (pause) You know what mom? I'm coming home. Forget about this stupid wedding......forget about DAD! Can we just go back to a normal life? Without trying to remember or dream about how it would be with dad? Because you know what? He doesn't deserve to be with us.......and I hope you share my view!
(silence follows, and it stays for a while)
Rachel: (whispers) Come home baby.......
~~
After a while, Ross had found his way downstairs and was now pacing around the kitchen, once in a while glancing at the phone. When he heard voices in the living room which he knew weren't the TV's he went in there. There he saw Melanie. When he walked in, she looked up, but immediately looked at Chandler and Monica again.
Chandler: What's up Mel?
Melanie: I want to go HOME.
Monica: What?
Melanie: You heard me, home!
Chandler: But Mel......
Ross: (clears his throat) If she wants to go.....let her!
(Melanie glares at him)
Melanie: Please Uncle Chandler......I have to go home. I want to go to mom......I dont want to stay here..........this might be the cause of my death!
Monica: (shocked she's saying all this in front of Ross) Melanie, stop it!!
(Chandler looks over at Monica and shakes her head)
Chandler: Mel, come with me.......(he gets up and walks with Mel into the front hall. After a minute or two, we hear the front door slam)
Monica: Ross, just ignore her. She's been really evil lately ........I think she's just really disturbed.
Ross: Monica!! Just.......just.......shut up, will you?
(he walks out, leaving Monica dumbfounded)
[we fade to Chandler and Melanie sitting on the front porch steps]
Melanie: I talked to him.......and then I talked to my mom. He's a jerk, and I want my mom.
Chandler: Listen to you child! You sound like a little baby!
Melanie: Chandler!!
(silence)
Chandler: (quietly) Well, there's the first sign that you're growing up. What ever happened to (scrunches up his face in a baby way) (squeaky voice) Uncle Chandler.
Melanie: (looks down) I don't think many teenagers go through what I'm going through........
Chandler: Well, then I guess not all teenagers are special.
Melanie: (shoots him a look) I'm not special.........(pause) Aunt Monica doesn't like me very much, does she?
Chandler: What?! Where'd you get that?
Melanie: I don't know. (pause) Not that many people like me........
Chandler: (puts his arm around her) I know one person that does..........
(she looks at him and smiles)
Chandler: Oh, not me. (she shoots him a look again) Your dad.
Melanie: (looks away) He's not my dad.......
Chandler: Melanie, he's sorry. He really is...............he wants to change the past, to make everything right. But he knows he cant, and he's facing it. And you have to too. He's now moving on.......and so should you.
Melanie: Oh I moved on! Right when I saw his FACE.
Chandler: See.
Melanie: Look, uncle Chandler. I know that you're my dad's 'best friend' and all, and you want him happy. But what about me? What about how I feel? (pause) I want to go home.
Chandler: (quietly) Fine.
Melanie: Yeah?
Chandler: yeah. I'll get you some tickets..........you'll fly out tomorrow.
Melanie: Thank you. (pause) I love you uncle Chandler......you really understand me........
(she kisses him on the cheek and then gets up and walks into the house)
Chandler: (looks up at the sky) I try........
Ross: What?
Chandler: Whoa! (he looks up) Ross, you scared me.
Ross: Soooo.....what?
Chandler: (Shakes his head) I cant stop her Ross.......this is what she wants........
Ross: Yeah it is.......but you're a 'grown up' you can handle it!
Chandler: No, I cant. (pause) I feel sorry for her. And she's going through hell now Ross......and I'm not going to let her stay here and rot in it. Because she doesn't belong in hell.
(with that he stands up, pats Ross on the shoulder and walks to the door)
Chandler: And Ross, even if she did, or she might.........I wont let her.........because I, for one, love her way to much to do that to her.
(he walks into the house, and we go to Ross' face. He looks really sad, and his eyes are filling up with tears. He looks up at the sky as we slowly pan out from him until he's a little speck in our view. Then, we fade out.)
**TO BE CONTINUED**
Hey, I hope you liked that, and I hope that wasn't that sad. I'm sniffing away........but I dont think I'm crying......heehee. Its just my cold. UGH. Anyways........please review and be nice!! Next part will be up soon..........I hope.
Feb. 6, 2003
Chapter 7