Wow guys! It's been ages since I've continued this, but by popular demand (and some pushing and nagging) I've posted the next part. Please keep those reviews coming, I live on them!
Time Comes Undone
Rachel's eyes flew wide open, and she withdrew herself from her boyfriend's arms and stared at Ross in shock.
"Rachel, honey you okay?" Her boyfriend asked but Rachel stood silent as a tear ran down her cheek.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Rachel asked slightly angrily.
"I didn't seem to have anything left in New York, so I decided to come out for University here." Ross answered in a choked up voice. He felt as though his legs would collapse from under him at any given second.
"You have no right to be here!" Rachel said angrily before she stormed off, leaving Ross in a puzzled daze.
"Hey! Hey!" Ross yelled at her as he ran after her. "You have absolutely NO right to be angry with me! You're the one who left! You know how worried I was about you?"
"You're right, maybe I have no right to be angry, but the question would be why aren't you angry?" Rachel asked him in a huff.
"I am. I hate you with all my heart for what you did, but it's hard to hate someone who you've loved for 7 years!" Ross said as she kept walking away from him in a hurry.
"What?" Rachel stopped in her footsteps.
"You heard me. What did you think all that stuff was about in your bedroom? Did you think I was like Chandler?" Ross asked.
"What are you talking about? You obviously don't know what love is." Rachel responded as the tears continued to slide down her face.
"Are you crazy? If there's one man out there who knows that meaning of the word love, it's me." Ross said.
"Well, maybe that's why I ran away! I don't want anything! I don't want sympathy!" Rachel yelled as a small crowd began to gather around and watch.
"Well, yeah I'm sure that's why you're doing so great here! I stumble into you making out with a guy my first 5 minutes on campus! I guess that explains a lot, doesn't it?" Ross fought to keep his voice steady, as he didn't want to lose his temper.
"You have no right to analyze my life! I don't remember you being such a bastard when I last saw you." Rachel said angrily.
"I don't ever remember you being this bitchy. Especially when you spent all of high school laughing and making fun of me." Ross' face was quickly turning red. Rachel had had enough. The tears were freely streaming now, and she took her hand and slapped him across the face. There was a chorus of 'ow's' from the crowd surrounding them. Ross absorbed the blow for a second and gave Rachel a cold hard stare that seemed to scare her.
"Did it ever occur to you that I might have wanted to come here to get away from you Ross?" Rachel asked him softly.
"I hope we don't ever see each other again then. I'm sorry for caring about you enough to give a damn." Ross threw at her coldly as a single tear slid down a cheek.
Rachel looked down sadly as Ross parted his way through the crowd and made his way to the dorms.
"Wait, Ross I'm sorry!" Rachel called out, but it was too late. Ross had already disappeared inside the building, away from her.
Ross grabbed his stuff in a hurry and began to shove it back into his suitcases, desperate to be anywhere but here. He could call Monica up right this second and tell her he was coming home… there was no reason to be sad anymore. When Ross replayed the last thought over in his mind he fell onto the floor, sobbing miserably. How had a life so perfect… so… infinite become such a mess? He had worked hard all of his life… he had never worked as hard as he had to get here. To get to UCLA where the palm trees were supposed to erase all of his problems. This was the land of the stars after all. Ross took a minute to gather his breath and noticed he had left the door wide open. He got up and locked it, returning to his bed where he lay down in a mess of sweat and tears.
"This is not what I want… this is not what I want!" Rachel said as she paced back in forth in the courtyard. The crowd had dissipated but everyone was still watching her. Rachel's boyfriend Jake watched her in horror… stunned by how his seemingly perfect girlfriend unraveled… all her mysteries had come alive.
"My-my parents and sisters died in a car crash an-and… Ross… Ross is Monica's sister and Monica…" Rachel paused to smile slightly. "Monica is my best friend. I went to live with them and then Ross… I couldn't take it anymore, I just couldn't!" Rachel sobbed and Jake ran to pull her into his arms.
"Shh… shh. It's okay sweetie. It's gonna be okay." Jake murmured in his ear.
"It's not! It will never be okay, because he's here and that means that every time I see him I'm gonna remember my dead family and everything I left behind and it's—it's just too much!" Rachel continued to cry hysterically.
"I don't hate him… I don't hate him. I had to leave because I was falling for him and I couldn't let that happen! I couldn't let him die in a car crash with our kids! I couldn't… I couldn't…" Rachel sobbed onto Jake's shoulders as he stroked her head comfortingly, with a troubled gaze on his own face.
Wow that really took a long time! Thanks to all those people who reviewed and kept pushing me to continue this fic, especially Danny! Well anyhoo, sorry it's a bit short , but if you guys keep those reviews coming and keep pushing me, I'm sure the next part won't take as long as this one did;) Thanks to all you amazing people, Pathen11, goose4322, lebbythegreat, Alli, rnr forever (yeah!), Cassy, Tamara, Kathy, Cathy and everyone else who reviewed! Please don't forget to review again, ;)
Barbara
Time Comes Undone
Rachel's eyes flew wide open, and she withdrew herself from her boyfriend's arms and stared at Ross in shock.
"Rachel, honey you okay?" Her boyfriend asked but Rachel stood silent as a tear ran down her cheek.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Rachel asked slightly angrily.
"I didn't seem to have anything left in New York, so I decided to come out for University here." Ross answered in a choked up voice. He felt as though his legs would collapse from under him at any given second.
"You have no right to be here!" Rachel said angrily before she stormed off, leaving Ross in a puzzled daze.
"Hey! Hey!" Ross yelled at her as he ran after her. "You have absolutely NO right to be angry with me! You're the one who left! You know how worried I was about you?"
"You're right, maybe I have no right to be angry, but the question would be why aren't you angry?" Rachel asked him in a huff.
"I am. I hate you with all my heart for what you did, but it's hard to hate someone who you've loved for 7 years!" Ross said as she kept walking away from him in a hurry.
"What?" Rachel stopped in her footsteps.
"You heard me. What did you think all that stuff was about in your bedroom? Did you think I was like Chandler?" Ross asked.
"What are you talking about? You obviously don't know what love is." Rachel responded as the tears continued to slide down her face.
"Are you crazy? If there's one man out there who knows that meaning of the word love, it's me." Ross said.
"Well, maybe that's why I ran away! I don't want anything! I don't want sympathy!" Rachel yelled as a small crowd began to gather around and watch.
"Well, yeah I'm sure that's why you're doing so great here! I stumble into you making out with a guy my first 5 minutes on campus! I guess that explains a lot, doesn't it?" Ross fought to keep his voice steady, as he didn't want to lose his temper.
"You have no right to analyze my life! I don't remember you being such a bastard when I last saw you." Rachel said angrily.
"I don't ever remember you being this bitchy. Especially when you spent all of high school laughing and making fun of me." Ross' face was quickly turning red. Rachel had had enough. The tears were freely streaming now, and she took her hand and slapped him across the face. There was a chorus of 'ow's' from the crowd surrounding them. Ross absorbed the blow for a second and gave Rachel a cold hard stare that seemed to scare her.
"Did it ever occur to you that I might have wanted to come here to get away from you Ross?" Rachel asked him softly.
"I hope we don't ever see each other again then. I'm sorry for caring about you enough to give a damn." Ross threw at her coldly as a single tear slid down a cheek.
Rachel looked down sadly as Ross parted his way through the crowd and made his way to the dorms.
"Wait, Ross I'm sorry!" Rachel called out, but it was too late. Ross had already disappeared inside the building, away from her.
Ross grabbed his stuff in a hurry and began to shove it back into his suitcases, desperate to be anywhere but here. He could call Monica up right this second and tell her he was coming home… there was no reason to be sad anymore. When Ross replayed the last thought over in his mind he fell onto the floor, sobbing miserably. How had a life so perfect… so… infinite become such a mess? He had worked hard all of his life… he had never worked as hard as he had to get here. To get to UCLA where the palm trees were supposed to erase all of his problems. This was the land of the stars after all. Ross took a minute to gather his breath and noticed he had left the door wide open. He got up and locked it, returning to his bed where he lay down in a mess of sweat and tears.
"This is not what I want… this is not what I want!" Rachel said as she paced back in forth in the courtyard. The crowd had dissipated but everyone was still watching her. Rachel's boyfriend Jake watched her in horror… stunned by how his seemingly perfect girlfriend unraveled… all her mysteries had come alive.
"My-my parents and sisters died in a car crash an-and… Ross… Ross is Monica's sister and Monica…" Rachel paused to smile slightly. "Monica is my best friend. I went to live with them and then Ross… I couldn't take it anymore, I just couldn't!" Rachel sobbed and Jake ran to pull her into his arms.
"Shh… shh. It's okay sweetie. It's gonna be okay." Jake murmured in his ear.
"It's not! It will never be okay, because he's here and that means that every time I see him I'm gonna remember my dead family and everything I left behind and it's—it's just too much!" Rachel continued to cry hysterically.
"I don't hate him… I don't hate him. I had to leave because I was falling for him and I couldn't let that happen! I couldn't let him die in a car crash with our kids! I couldn't… I couldn't…" Rachel sobbed onto Jake's shoulders as he stroked her head comfortingly, with a troubled gaze on his own face.
Wow that really took a long time! Thanks to all those people who reviewed and kept pushing me to continue this fic, especially Danny! Well anyhoo, sorry it's a bit short , but if you guys keep those reviews coming and keep pushing me, I'm sure the next part won't take as long as this one did;) Thanks to all you amazing people, Pathen11, goose4322, lebbythegreat, Alli, rnr forever (yeah!), Cassy, Tamara, Kathy, Cathy and everyone else who reviewed! Please don't forget to review again, ;)
Barbara