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chapter...uh...5? I hope ya'll like it. Review please.
~Where the Heart Is~
Chapter 5
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As Rachel let go of Monica, Monica looked away and cleared her throat.
Rachel: uuh...I think I have to go now...
Monica: Oh...okay. See ya. (the phone rings and she picks it up) Hello? Oh...(fake enthusiasm) Hey Kerry!
Rachel: (gets up slowly and mouths) bye.
(Monica waves as Rachel exits the room)
(out in the hall. Rachel is walking towards the stairs when a bedroom door opens and Ross, along with Chandler walk out of it.)
Ross: hey Rach...
Rachel: 'Lo.
Ross: Uh...this is Chandler...
Rachel: (coldly) I know.
Chandler: Hello....
Ross: Uh-sooo....going home?
Rachel: Ya...
Ross: Well...all right then...I wont keep you...
Chandler: Yeah...run home to your little family...
(and with that Rachel turns to the stairs and walks down. She opens the front door and walks down to the sidewalk)
boys voice: Rachel!
(Rachel turns around and sees Ross running after her)
Rachel: What? Come to insult me?
Ross: Huh?
Rachel: Right.
(she begins to walk)
Ross: Look, dont mind Chandler...he's always joking around...
Rachel: Joking around?? He always hurts my feelings?
Ross: THAT hurt your feelings??
Rachel: Not exactly...but what about all the OTHER things?? Everyday, Ross. What does he have against me anyway?
Ross: I-I- You know what...I have NO clue! (chuckles)
Rachel: Riiiight. Anyway...go back to Chandler, whatever. Why are you following me home?
Ross: he can stay with Monica.
Rachel: Okay, but why are you walking me home?
Ross: Dunno.
Rachel: Well, now that you are, I have a question for you.
Ross: What about?
Rachel: Monica.
Ross: (surprised) Monica?!
Rachel: Yeah. Why do you hate her so much?
Ross: Hate her? Oh, I dont HATE her...she's just, annoying. She's just, so mean to me. She's always pissed off at me for no reason, and she's always yelling at me.
Rachel: Maybe you should TALK to her?
Ross: Why are you telling me this??
Rachel: I dont know. I think that she's just lonely...
Ross: Lonely? She's on the phone with her friends 24/7 anyway!
Rachel: (sighs) Never mind. Just, please, if she annoys you, dont do anything back-she's your sister...remember that.
Ross: SO?!
Rachel: (begins walking faster) One day, you might end up regretting everything!
Ross: Hey, I love my sister as much as the next teenager., but you're going way over board here!
Rachel: Byyee Ross!
(Ross stops walking as he watches Rachel walk away. He looks really confused, and he stands there shaking his head.)
~~
(later on, in the Geller household. Ross is in his room, listening to the radio and lying flat on the bed staring at the ceiling. Rachel's words keep repeating in his head 'One day, you might end up regretting everything!' He shakes his head. What was she talking about? Why did she suddenly take it all so seriously? I thought that she also didn't like Monica that much? Ross suddenly gets up and walks out the door, heading towards Monica's room. We fade to Monica's room where we see her standing in front of a long mirror, where she can see her whole body. She's examining herself, the radio playing softly behind her. Suddenly the door opens and Ross sticks his head in and watches her. She's now looking down at herself, so she doesn't notice him. Then she looks up in the mirror and sees Ross. She gasps and turns around)
Monica: What do you want dweeb?!
Ross: Dweeb? (laughs and walks into the room, plopping down on the bed)
Monica: What are you doing? This is MY room! Leave me alone!
Ross: Patience sister, patience. Cant your own brother talk to his own SISTER?
Monica: Get OUT!
Ross: What so you can look at yourself in the mirror more?! (in a squeaky voice) Oohh..I'm Monica...all I do is talk on the phone with my prissy, stuck up friends and look at myself in the mirror. Oh noo Kerry! Oh noo Phoebe! I'm fat! I gained one kilogram...HELP!'
Monica: (quietly) shut up!
Ross: help me! plleeaassee!!
Monica: (normal tone) shut up!!
Ross: You better go on a diet Monica...or else no boy will like you! Oh NO! This is BAD! Very very BAD!
Monica: (yells) SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (tears begin to well up in her eyes and she moves towards the wall behind her) Shut up...please...leave me alone!! (she slides to the floor against the wall)
Ross: (shocked that she took it that way) Monica? I was just joking...come on, you know I was!
Monica: Go away...
(Ross gets up and goes over to Monica. He sits down beside her and she moves away)
Ross: What's wrong?
Monica: I know I'm fat...you dont have to tease me more!
Ross: (blankly) Fat? Monica, you're not FAT!
Monica: Yeah I am...look at me!!!
(Ross looks at her and then for the first time, he had taken a good look at her, and he noticed how thin she really was. He then realised what was wrong)
Ross: Monica, you need to eat more! You're so thin!
Monica: excuse me?! I thought you said I was-
Ross: Dont mind that. Oh God Monica, I should have noticed before! You need help!
Monica: No I dont! Thank you very much Ross, but I can take care of MYSELF!
Ross: No Monica, you cant. Look at you! You're killing yourself. Come on, get up!
(Ross stands up and extends his arm out for Monica and Moncia takes it, sniffing. Ross pulls her up.)
Monica: Ross, please dont tell mom and dad.
Ross: What, why?
Monica: they'll call me stupid, they'll insult me...(barely a whisper) as usual...
Ross: Oh Mon. Does anybody know about this?
(Monica looks up at him and then looks down again)
Ross: No one?
Monica: (quietly) Rachel.
Ross; Rachel knows? How?
Monica: I told her
Ross: But you barely know her! What about your friends?
(Monica shakes her head)
Ross: You trusted Rachel? Above all your friends? You barely even know her!
Monica: I know...but when we started talking, I-I-I just trusted her right away.
~~
(later on, Ross is in his room. He is again, lying on the bed and staring up at the ceiling. He then reaches for something beside him and we see its a phone. He dials in a number and puts the phone to his ear)
Ross: hello? Rachel?
Rachel: (v/o) Who's this?
Ross: It's Ross.
Rachel: Oh. How'd you get my number?
Ross: I found it in Monica's room...
Rachel: Oh. This may sound rude and all...but why'd you call?
Ross: Oh, right. I just wanted to thank you.
Rachel: For what?
Ross: For be-friending my sister...and for making me realise some things...
Rachel: Befriending?
Ross: Yeah...anyway, I listened to your advice...I talked to her. And man, did I figure out some stuff I didn't know. Sooo, Monica tells me that she told you.
Rachel: Told me?
Ross: (suddenly sounding really helpless) Rachel...I dont know what to do...I love my sister...she means a lot to me...and her sickness-it's just, (pause) ruining her.
Rachel: Oh Ross-
Ross: I just noticed now, how thin she suddenly looked like! And I hate it! I hate seeing her like that. I dont really know what to do.
Rachel: Well, neither do I. How did you figure out? Did she just tell you?
Ross: Uh-not exactly.
Rachel: What then?
Ross: I was teasing her about always looking in the mirror. And I made fun of her, imitating her voice, saying that she was fat and all.
Rachel: Oh God.
Ross: And then she started crying, and I was just so shocked.
Rachel: nice job
Ross: Shut up.
Rachel: Hey, I got to go now. But just-act nicely around her. If she still talks to me at school, then I'll see what I can do. I dont think she likes me that much...
Ross: What?? Rachel, you're the ONLY person she has told! Not even her friends know. She told me that right when you two started talking, she knew that she could trust you. (pause) what did you guys talk about anyway?
Rachel: Oh, nothing. I got to go..bye Ross. See you.
Ross: Hey Rach-?
Rachel: hhmm?
Ross: thank you
Rachel: For what?
Ross: For making my sister feel like she really has a REAL friend.
(we fade to Rachel's house, and it's right after Ross said that. And before we fadfe out, we see a tear run down Rachel's cheek.)
~~
TO BE CONTINUED...
Well, there you go!! Chapter 5...all ready! Hehe. I hope you guys liked it...if you have any nice comments or anything...please review and tell me! I'll try to put up the next chapter soon...it'll be hard, since I also have to other fics to continue (Voices from the Past and That Night We Shared) but I'll try!! Thanks for reading, and bye bye!!!!!!
~Where the Heart Is~
Chapter 5
~~
As Rachel let go of Monica, Monica looked away and cleared her throat.
Rachel: uuh...I think I have to go now...
Monica: Oh...okay. See ya. (the phone rings and she picks it up) Hello? Oh...(fake enthusiasm) Hey Kerry!
Rachel: (gets up slowly and mouths) bye.
(Monica waves as Rachel exits the room)
(out in the hall. Rachel is walking towards the stairs when a bedroom door opens and Ross, along with Chandler walk out of it.)
Ross: hey Rach...
Rachel: 'Lo.
Ross: Uh...this is Chandler...
Rachel: (coldly) I know.
Chandler: Hello....
Ross: Uh-sooo....going home?
Rachel: Ya...
Ross: Well...all right then...I wont keep you...
Chandler: Yeah...run home to your little family...
(and with that Rachel turns to the stairs and walks down. She opens the front door and walks down to the sidewalk)
boys voice: Rachel!
(Rachel turns around and sees Ross running after her)
Rachel: What? Come to insult me?
Ross: Huh?
Rachel: Right.
(she begins to walk)
Ross: Look, dont mind Chandler...he's always joking around...
Rachel: Joking around?? He always hurts my feelings?
Ross: THAT hurt your feelings??
Rachel: Not exactly...but what about all the OTHER things?? Everyday, Ross. What does he have against me anyway?
Ross: I-I- You know what...I have NO clue! (chuckles)
Rachel: Riiiight. Anyway...go back to Chandler, whatever. Why are you following me home?
Ross: he can stay with Monica.
Rachel: Okay, but why are you walking me home?
Ross: Dunno.
Rachel: Well, now that you are, I have a question for you.
Ross: What about?
Rachel: Monica.
Ross: (surprised) Monica?!
Rachel: Yeah. Why do you hate her so much?
Ross: Hate her? Oh, I dont HATE her...she's just, annoying. She's just, so mean to me. She's always pissed off at me for no reason, and she's always yelling at me.
Rachel: Maybe you should TALK to her?
Ross: Why are you telling me this??
Rachel: I dont know. I think that she's just lonely...
Ross: Lonely? She's on the phone with her friends 24/7 anyway!
Rachel: (sighs) Never mind. Just, please, if she annoys you, dont do anything back-she's your sister...remember that.
Ross: SO?!
Rachel: (begins walking faster) One day, you might end up regretting everything!
Ross: Hey, I love my sister as much as the next teenager., but you're going way over board here!
Rachel: Byyee Ross!
(Ross stops walking as he watches Rachel walk away. He looks really confused, and he stands there shaking his head.)
~~
(later on, in the Geller household. Ross is in his room, listening to the radio and lying flat on the bed staring at the ceiling. Rachel's words keep repeating in his head 'One day, you might end up regretting everything!' He shakes his head. What was she talking about? Why did she suddenly take it all so seriously? I thought that she also didn't like Monica that much? Ross suddenly gets up and walks out the door, heading towards Monica's room. We fade to Monica's room where we see her standing in front of a long mirror, where she can see her whole body. She's examining herself, the radio playing softly behind her. Suddenly the door opens and Ross sticks his head in and watches her. She's now looking down at herself, so she doesn't notice him. Then she looks up in the mirror and sees Ross. She gasps and turns around)
Monica: What do you want dweeb?!
Ross: Dweeb? (laughs and walks into the room, plopping down on the bed)
Monica: What are you doing? This is MY room! Leave me alone!
Ross: Patience sister, patience. Cant your own brother talk to his own SISTER?
Monica: Get OUT!
Ross: What so you can look at yourself in the mirror more?! (in a squeaky voice) Oohh..I'm Monica...all I do is talk on the phone with my prissy, stuck up friends and look at myself in the mirror. Oh noo Kerry! Oh noo Phoebe! I'm fat! I gained one kilogram...HELP!'
Monica: (quietly) shut up!
Ross: help me! plleeaassee!!
Monica: (normal tone) shut up!!
Ross: You better go on a diet Monica...or else no boy will like you! Oh NO! This is BAD! Very very BAD!
Monica: (yells) SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (tears begin to well up in her eyes and she moves towards the wall behind her) Shut up...please...leave me alone!! (she slides to the floor against the wall)
Ross: (shocked that she took it that way) Monica? I was just joking...come on, you know I was!
Monica: Go away...
(Ross gets up and goes over to Monica. He sits down beside her and she moves away)
Ross: What's wrong?
Monica: I know I'm fat...you dont have to tease me more!
Ross: (blankly) Fat? Monica, you're not FAT!
Monica: Yeah I am...look at me!!!
(Ross looks at her and then for the first time, he had taken a good look at her, and he noticed how thin she really was. He then realised what was wrong)
Ross: Monica, you need to eat more! You're so thin!
Monica: excuse me?! I thought you said I was-
Ross: Dont mind that. Oh God Monica, I should have noticed before! You need help!
Monica: No I dont! Thank you very much Ross, but I can take care of MYSELF!
Ross: No Monica, you cant. Look at you! You're killing yourself. Come on, get up!
(Ross stands up and extends his arm out for Monica and Moncia takes it, sniffing. Ross pulls her up.)
Monica: Ross, please dont tell mom and dad.
Ross: What, why?
Monica: they'll call me stupid, they'll insult me...(barely a whisper) as usual...
Ross: Oh Mon. Does anybody know about this?
(Monica looks up at him and then looks down again)
Ross: No one?
Monica: (quietly) Rachel.
Ross; Rachel knows? How?
Monica: I told her
Ross: But you barely know her! What about your friends?
(Monica shakes her head)
Ross: You trusted Rachel? Above all your friends? You barely even know her!
Monica: I know...but when we started talking, I-I-I just trusted her right away.
~~
(later on, Ross is in his room. He is again, lying on the bed and staring up at the ceiling. He then reaches for something beside him and we see its a phone. He dials in a number and puts the phone to his ear)
Ross: hello? Rachel?
Rachel: (v/o) Who's this?
Ross: It's Ross.
Rachel: Oh. How'd you get my number?
Ross: I found it in Monica's room...
Rachel: Oh. This may sound rude and all...but why'd you call?
Ross: Oh, right. I just wanted to thank you.
Rachel: For what?
Ross: For be-friending my sister...and for making me realise some things...
Rachel: Befriending?
Ross: Yeah...anyway, I listened to your advice...I talked to her. And man, did I figure out some stuff I didn't know. Sooo, Monica tells me that she told you.
Rachel: Told me?
Ross: (suddenly sounding really helpless) Rachel...I dont know what to do...I love my sister...she means a lot to me...and her sickness-it's just, (pause) ruining her.
Rachel: Oh Ross-
Ross: I just noticed now, how thin she suddenly looked like! And I hate it! I hate seeing her like that. I dont really know what to do.
Rachel: Well, neither do I. How did you figure out? Did she just tell you?
Ross: Uh-not exactly.
Rachel: What then?
Ross: I was teasing her about always looking in the mirror. And I made fun of her, imitating her voice, saying that she was fat and all.
Rachel: Oh God.
Ross: And then she started crying, and I was just so shocked.
Rachel: nice job
Ross: Shut up.
Rachel: Hey, I got to go now. But just-act nicely around her. If she still talks to me at school, then I'll see what I can do. I dont think she likes me that much...
Ross: What?? Rachel, you're the ONLY person she has told! Not even her friends know. She told me that right when you two started talking, she knew that she could trust you. (pause) what did you guys talk about anyway?
Rachel: Oh, nothing. I got to go..bye Ross. See you.
Ross: Hey Rach-?
Rachel: hhmm?
Ross: thank you
Rachel: For what?
Ross: For making my sister feel like she really has a REAL friend.
(we fade to Rachel's house, and it's right after Ross said that. And before we fadfe out, we see a tear run down Rachel's cheek.)
~~
TO BE CONTINUED...
Well, there you go!! Chapter 5...all ready! Hehe. I hope you guys liked it...if you have any nice comments or anything...please review and tell me! I'll try to put up the next chapter soon...it'll be hard, since I also have to other fics to continue (Voices from the Past and That Night We Shared) but I'll try!! Thanks for reading, and bye bye!!!!!!