Authors Note - OK, Thanks to everyone who reviewed chapter 6! This is
chapter 7, and this is where things start to get a little interesting!!!
Right now I'm not sure how long this one will be, cos I need to finish my
art coursework, so depending on how fast I can type depends on how long
this is!!! Right this is Chapter 7 - Enjoy!!!
P.S I am not thankful to someone called HOW COULD U, who said I should not be writing angst fics, basically cos they suck. They also pointed out that I killed Georgia, Ella and Monica. This person reviewed after chapter one. If they are reading this I just want to say to them, when a story has more than one chapter wait until the end before you jump to conclusions!! If you had bothered to read on you would know (like every other person who reviewed the story) that Monica and Ella don't die. I'm sorry if you didn't like the first chapter, but no one forced you to read it. As for not liking angst fics about comedy, I'm sorry but it actually says under the title that it's a DRAMA. This would normally give people a clue that maybe it wasn't going to be a laugh a minute! Again I'm sorry if you didn't like it, but hey!! I don't really care about you opinion. You're probably just some sad little person who can't write to save their lives and gets their kicks by bad mouthing other peoples work. Just GET A LIFE!! Right, sorry about that - On With The Fic!!!!!
Monica moaned "Chandler ."
And Joey froze.
~*~*~*~*~*
Joey looked at Monica. He tried desperately to find a reason for why Monica had said what she had said. But the only one he could think of was the only one he didn't want to hear. That Monica still thought of Chandler. That Monica was still in love with Chandler.
~*~*~*~*~*
Monica looked down at her knees, to ashamed to even look Joey in the face. Joey, her best friend. Joey who had looked out for her. Joey who had been her protector. Joey who had laid himself on the line tonight. Joey who, judging by the look on his face, had just had his heart broken. Monica silently willed Joey to say something, anything that would break this tension. Eventually her prayers were answered.
"I think I should go"
Monica wanted to say something. To tell him no, tell him they should talk about this. Try again. But deep down she knew that wasn't what she wanted. She didn't want to leave it at that though, she didn't want them to part on bad terms. She searched her brain for something to say to him, anything would do....
"Where are you going?" great.
Joey looked at her, "I'll probably stay at Ross' tonight. I'll be back tomorrow morning though. Don't worry" With that he gave her a small smile and left the room. Monica heard him open the door a few minutes later, at almost the exact same time as Ella.
"Hey!" Monica heard her yell, "You goin somewhere fun Joe?" Joey just crumbled a reply and left. Monica could just picture the look on Ella's face, it was the same one that Chandler would have been wearing. A few minutes later Ella entered her mother's bedroom, a glass of water in her hand. Monica smiled and motioned for her daughter to sit down. "So" she asked trying to keep her voice even, "How was it?"
Ella smiled at her mother, "It was OK. We went for coffee. Talked mostly"
"Good" Monica replied, "As long as you had fun"
Ella looked into Monica's eyes, searching for a sign that she was OK with this. She wanted to know her dad, but not at the expense of losing her mum. She took a deep breath and just blurted out her next sentence,
"Youwannameethim?"
"What?"
"Do you want to meet him?" Ella asked, keeping her eyes on the bed spread.
"I don't know sweetie, there's a lot of history there"
"Yeah" Ella replied hotly, "Mine"
"I'll think about it. Right now I need to sleep." Then as a second thought Monica added, "You turning in?"
"I might go and see Emma"
"OK, don't be late back" * I'm gonna say that Rachel and Emma live across the road for this to work *
Ella nodded and walked out of her apartment, her building and across the road to her cousin. Two minutes later she was knocking on her door. Emma answered wearing her pink patterned pyjamas and a bemused expression. Ella wasted no time in barging into the apartment and demanding to see Rachel.
Emma gave her a strange looking before asking, "Why?"
"I just need to speak to her OK?"
Emma had known Ella long enough to know that arguing would not work. She grudgingly walked into her mom's room and fetched her back in to the living room where Ella was pacing nervously.
"Hey El" Rachel greeted her nervously, "What's up? Is it your mom?"
"No" Ella stated simply, "I need to speak to you.."
"Sure what about?" Rachel replied
"My Dad"
Rachel looked at Ella, trying desperately to come up with an excuse not to tell Ella about Chandler. She knew Monica had been selective about the history she had told her daughter, and she didn't want Ella to think Chandler didn't love her. Rachel looked into Ella's eyes and in a second realised how important this was to her. She needed to know the truth - sooner rather than later. She took a deep breath and motioned for Ella to sit next to her.
"Ella, " She began, "This may take a while so can you please save your questions till I'm done?"
Ella just nodded. Rachel took this as a sign to start.
"Right, well I guess you know the history of your mom, dad, me and uncle Ross?" Ella nodded again.
"Well your mom and dad were best friends, and I mean best friends. They were so close it was unbelievable. But on night they got drunk and slept together. They realised they needed each other as more than just friends and for the next few years things went exactly how you would expect them too. They moved in together, got engaged, got married and tried to get pregnant. But after a year they found out it was unlikely they'd ever have children. Your mom was devastated, but I think your dad was worse. He'd never wanted children that much but I think being told he could never have them made him want them so much more. After a year of trying they gave up. Said they would leave things to chance. They did and chance paid them a favour. They had you. You were always your dad's favourite. I mean you've never been called Elizabeth in your life, you've been Ella since you were a few days old. But your dad always said you were his little Lizzie." Ella smiled at this, vaguely remembering being called Lizzie.
" Then a year later your sister was born. I don't suppose you can remember Georgia? No? Well you and her were inseparable. When she could walk she would follow you everywhere, and you would do anything for her. It was so sweet watching the two of you together - it made me wanna sleep with your uncle Ross again, just to give Emma a little brother or sister. Your parents really had the perfect life. Then, when your were 6 and Georgia had just turned four, you all stayed up late to watch a movie. Then your mom put you to bed while your dad made you some warm milk to help you sleep. But before it was ready you were both fast asleep. So you parents just went to bed. Four hours later your house was on fire. The milk had bubbled over and set fire to some oil. It had spread through the kitchen and the living room. Your mom smelt it and tried to wake your dad up. She went to get you and Georgia while your dad rang the fire brigade. She managed to get the mattress from your room out of the window and told you and Georgia to jump out. You jumped but Georgia was scared, she refused to leave your mom's side. Eventually she had to try and make a run for it. She got to the front door before she stopped to help Georgia. A beam from the ceiling fell on them. Georgia died instantly and your mom lost the use of her legs." Rachel finished
"I had no idea" Ella replied bemused, "I never knew how it all went"
"Your dad blamed himself for Georgia's death, and for what happened to your mom. He thought if he had called the fire Brigade quicker, or if he had tried to help instead of just leaving then they would both be alright now. He couldn't stand being around your mom, seeing her in bed and grieving for her daughter, thinking it was all his fault. Eventually he couldn't take it anymore and he left. You and your mom had to move in with Joey and the rest, as they say, is history"
Ella just stared at Rachel. Unable to take everything she had just been told in. She had always known she had a sister. And that her dad had left after some fire, but she had never known all this. Her dad blamed himself; she wondered if that was the real reason he left. After seeing him tonight he just didn't seem like the type of person who would abandon his family because of guilt. But what amazed her the most was how her mom had managed to cope all these years. Ella just couldn't imagine how she would feel if the person she loved left her alone, grieving, in a wheelchair and with a small child. Her mom really was the most amazing person she knew.
Ella realised she had not spoken for about 10 minutes and that both Rachel and Emma were looking at her with strange expressions on their faces. Ella suddenly jumped up and hugged them both, nearly knocking them backwards as she launched onto them. "Thank you" she whispered in Rachel's ear.
Rachel just nodded, a slight tear in her eye as she hugged her niece, and as she released her and watched her almost sprint from the apartment toward the street outside, she said a silent prayer that Ella was going to do the right thing.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Monica was still awake when her front door was slammed open. She felt her heart catch in her throat as she heard then run through her living room and into her kitchen. She slid further down under her covers, hoping if they came in they would presume she was asleep and leave her alone. She also silently cursed Joey and Ella for leaving her alone when she was about to be robbed and murdered. She remained crouched there as she heard her door slam open. She held her breath as the intruder walked over to her bed and with one quick swoop, pulled the covers from her head.
"Mom, you still awake?"
Monica breathed a sign of relief. It was only Ella.
"Yeah, why is something the matter?" she asked, her mothering instincts taking over immediately.
"No" Ella replied quietly, "I just wanted to tell you that I love you"
Monica smiled as she and Ella embraced, "What did you do at Emma's?" she asked, confused, "Did she change you for another daughter?" she teased gently.
Ella laughed slightly, "I just wanted to say that you mean more to me than anyone in this universe ever could, and if seeing my dad makes you unhappy then I won't see him again. I promise"
Monica suddenly understood. Rachel had told her. Monica felt Ella in her arms and knew how much seeing her dad had meant to her. If she was willing to give all that up for Monica then, then. then Monica had no reason to be jealous.
"You can see him" she whispered
"You mean it?"
"Yes, but don't expect me to want to meet him anytime soon. I'm gonna have to sort some things out before I can do that OK?"
Ella merely nodded and continued to hug her mother. For the first time in her life she felt truly happy.
Authors Note - OK!! That's this one done! I hope you like it and I'm sorry it took so long. But now that Ella knows all about Chandler the next part can happen! Also if any of you have any ideas please tell me, cos the ending for this is already written, but I need a few more chapters until I can get to there, so if you have any ideas at all please tell me. Thanks for reading!!
~Friends Babe~
P.S I am not thankful to someone called HOW COULD U, who said I should not be writing angst fics, basically cos they suck. They also pointed out that I killed Georgia, Ella and Monica. This person reviewed after chapter one. If they are reading this I just want to say to them, when a story has more than one chapter wait until the end before you jump to conclusions!! If you had bothered to read on you would know (like every other person who reviewed the story) that Monica and Ella don't die. I'm sorry if you didn't like the first chapter, but no one forced you to read it. As for not liking angst fics about comedy, I'm sorry but it actually says under the title that it's a DRAMA. This would normally give people a clue that maybe it wasn't going to be a laugh a minute! Again I'm sorry if you didn't like it, but hey!! I don't really care about you opinion. You're probably just some sad little person who can't write to save their lives and gets their kicks by bad mouthing other peoples work. Just GET A LIFE!! Right, sorry about that - On With The Fic!!!!!
Monica moaned "Chandler ."
And Joey froze.
~*~*~*~*~*
Joey looked at Monica. He tried desperately to find a reason for why Monica had said what she had said. But the only one he could think of was the only one he didn't want to hear. That Monica still thought of Chandler. That Monica was still in love with Chandler.
~*~*~*~*~*
Monica looked down at her knees, to ashamed to even look Joey in the face. Joey, her best friend. Joey who had looked out for her. Joey who had been her protector. Joey who had laid himself on the line tonight. Joey who, judging by the look on his face, had just had his heart broken. Monica silently willed Joey to say something, anything that would break this tension. Eventually her prayers were answered.
"I think I should go"
Monica wanted to say something. To tell him no, tell him they should talk about this. Try again. But deep down she knew that wasn't what she wanted. She didn't want to leave it at that though, she didn't want them to part on bad terms. She searched her brain for something to say to him, anything would do....
"Where are you going?" great.
Joey looked at her, "I'll probably stay at Ross' tonight. I'll be back tomorrow morning though. Don't worry" With that he gave her a small smile and left the room. Monica heard him open the door a few minutes later, at almost the exact same time as Ella.
"Hey!" Monica heard her yell, "You goin somewhere fun Joe?" Joey just crumbled a reply and left. Monica could just picture the look on Ella's face, it was the same one that Chandler would have been wearing. A few minutes later Ella entered her mother's bedroom, a glass of water in her hand. Monica smiled and motioned for her daughter to sit down. "So" she asked trying to keep her voice even, "How was it?"
Ella smiled at her mother, "It was OK. We went for coffee. Talked mostly"
"Good" Monica replied, "As long as you had fun"
Ella looked into Monica's eyes, searching for a sign that she was OK with this. She wanted to know her dad, but not at the expense of losing her mum. She took a deep breath and just blurted out her next sentence,
"Youwannameethim?"
"What?"
"Do you want to meet him?" Ella asked, keeping her eyes on the bed spread.
"I don't know sweetie, there's a lot of history there"
"Yeah" Ella replied hotly, "Mine"
"I'll think about it. Right now I need to sleep." Then as a second thought Monica added, "You turning in?"
"I might go and see Emma"
"OK, don't be late back" * I'm gonna say that Rachel and Emma live across the road for this to work *
Ella nodded and walked out of her apartment, her building and across the road to her cousin. Two minutes later she was knocking on her door. Emma answered wearing her pink patterned pyjamas and a bemused expression. Ella wasted no time in barging into the apartment and demanding to see Rachel.
Emma gave her a strange looking before asking, "Why?"
"I just need to speak to her OK?"
Emma had known Ella long enough to know that arguing would not work. She grudgingly walked into her mom's room and fetched her back in to the living room where Ella was pacing nervously.
"Hey El" Rachel greeted her nervously, "What's up? Is it your mom?"
"No" Ella stated simply, "I need to speak to you.."
"Sure what about?" Rachel replied
"My Dad"
Rachel looked at Ella, trying desperately to come up with an excuse not to tell Ella about Chandler. She knew Monica had been selective about the history she had told her daughter, and she didn't want Ella to think Chandler didn't love her. Rachel looked into Ella's eyes and in a second realised how important this was to her. She needed to know the truth - sooner rather than later. She took a deep breath and motioned for Ella to sit next to her.
"Ella, " She began, "This may take a while so can you please save your questions till I'm done?"
Ella just nodded. Rachel took this as a sign to start.
"Right, well I guess you know the history of your mom, dad, me and uncle Ross?" Ella nodded again.
"Well your mom and dad were best friends, and I mean best friends. They were so close it was unbelievable. But on night they got drunk and slept together. They realised they needed each other as more than just friends and for the next few years things went exactly how you would expect them too. They moved in together, got engaged, got married and tried to get pregnant. But after a year they found out it was unlikely they'd ever have children. Your mom was devastated, but I think your dad was worse. He'd never wanted children that much but I think being told he could never have them made him want them so much more. After a year of trying they gave up. Said they would leave things to chance. They did and chance paid them a favour. They had you. You were always your dad's favourite. I mean you've never been called Elizabeth in your life, you've been Ella since you were a few days old. But your dad always said you were his little Lizzie." Ella smiled at this, vaguely remembering being called Lizzie.
" Then a year later your sister was born. I don't suppose you can remember Georgia? No? Well you and her were inseparable. When she could walk she would follow you everywhere, and you would do anything for her. It was so sweet watching the two of you together - it made me wanna sleep with your uncle Ross again, just to give Emma a little brother or sister. Your parents really had the perfect life. Then, when your were 6 and Georgia had just turned four, you all stayed up late to watch a movie. Then your mom put you to bed while your dad made you some warm milk to help you sleep. But before it was ready you were both fast asleep. So you parents just went to bed. Four hours later your house was on fire. The milk had bubbled over and set fire to some oil. It had spread through the kitchen and the living room. Your mom smelt it and tried to wake your dad up. She went to get you and Georgia while your dad rang the fire brigade. She managed to get the mattress from your room out of the window and told you and Georgia to jump out. You jumped but Georgia was scared, she refused to leave your mom's side. Eventually she had to try and make a run for it. She got to the front door before she stopped to help Georgia. A beam from the ceiling fell on them. Georgia died instantly and your mom lost the use of her legs." Rachel finished
"I had no idea" Ella replied bemused, "I never knew how it all went"
"Your dad blamed himself for Georgia's death, and for what happened to your mom. He thought if he had called the fire Brigade quicker, or if he had tried to help instead of just leaving then they would both be alright now. He couldn't stand being around your mom, seeing her in bed and grieving for her daughter, thinking it was all his fault. Eventually he couldn't take it anymore and he left. You and your mom had to move in with Joey and the rest, as they say, is history"
Ella just stared at Rachel. Unable to take everything she had just been told in. She had always known she had a sister. And that her dad had left after some fire, but she had never known all this. Her dad blamed himself; she wondered if that was the real reason he left. After seeing him tonight he just didn't seem like the type of person who would abandon his family because of guilt. But what amazed her the most was how her mom had managed to cope all these years. Ella just couldn't imagine how she would feel if the person she loved left her alone, grieving, in a wheelchair and with a small child. Her mom really was the most amazing person she knew.
Ella realised she had not spoken for about 10 minutes and that both Rachel and Emma were looking at her with strange expressions on their faces. Ella suddenly jumped up and hugged them both, nearly knocking them backwards as she launched onto them. "Thank you" she whispered in Rachel's ear.
Rachel just nodded, a slight tear in her eye as she hugged her niece, and as she released her and watched her almost sprint from the apartment toward the street outside, she said a silent prayer that Ella was going to do the right thing.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Monica was still awake when her front door was slammed open. She felt her heart catch in her throat as she heard then run through her living room and into her kitchen. She slid further down under her covers, hoping if they came in they would presume she was asleep and leave her alone. She also silently cursed Joey and Ella for leaving her alone when she was about to be robbed and murdered. She remained crouched there as she heard her door slam open. She held her breath as the intruder walked over to her bed and with one quick swoop, pulled the covers from her head.
"Mom, you still awake?"
Monica breathed a sign of relief. It was only Ella.
"Yeah, why is something the matter?" she asked, her mothering instincts taking over immediately.
"No" Ella replied quietly, "I just wanted to tell you that I love you"
Monica smiled as she and Ella embraced, "What did you do at Emma's?" she asked, confused, "Did she change you for another daughter?" she teased gently.
Ella laughed slightly, "I just wanted to say that you mean more to me than anyone in this universe ever could, and if seeing my dad makes you unhappy then I won't see him again. I promise"
Monica suddenly understood. Rachel had told her. Monica felt Ella in her arms and knew how much seeing her dad had meant to her. If she was willing to give all that up for Monica then, then. then Monica had no reason to be jealous.
"You can see him" she whispered
"You mean it?"
"Yes, but don't expect me to want to meet him anytime soon. I'm gonna have to sort some things out before I can do that OK?"
Ella merely nodded and continued to hug her mother. For the first time in her life she felt truly happy.
Authors Note - OK!! That's this one done! I hope you like it and I'm sorry it took so long. But now that Ella knows all about Chandler the next part can happen! Also if any of you have any ideas please tell me, cos the ending for this is already written, but I need a few more chapters until I can get to there, so if you have any ideas at all please tell me. Thanks for reading!!
~Friends Babe~