Chapter 11: A Tragic Misunderstanding
Emma slid down to the bathroom floor. Tears continued to roll down her cheeks. The image of Matthew and Hannah kissing and him leading her to room filled her head. She couldn't believe that Hannah had lied to her. Emma's eye lids grew heavy and she began to feel very tired. "I'm sorry 'she whispered as she closed her eyes.
Some time later Ross and Rachel walked into the apartment. Ross wrapped his arms around Rachel's waist" "You know" he whispered as he kissed her neck. "Lucy is sleeping over at Mon's with Abby and I'm sure Emma is asleep by now" he said kissing her again. Rachel smiled. "Okay you go ahead I'll be there in a minute" she said winking at him. Ross grinned and darted to the bedroom.
Rachel shook her head and laughed as she headed to the bathroom. She walked in and found Emma slumped against the tub. "Oh my God Emma" she screamed. "Ross!" she yelled as she knelt down by her daughter. Ross came running into the bathroom. 'Rach honey what's wro..." he stopped when he saw Emma on the floor. Rachel looked up at him with tear filled eyes. "I...I found this on the floor" she cried handing him the empty pill bottle. "Oh my God" Ross whispered. He ran from the room to call 911.
A few minutes later the EMTs arrived. Hannah was walking to the kitchen when she saw the ambulance outside her cousin's building. She gasped when she saw her uncle Ross letting the EMTs into his apartment. "Mom, dad" she yelled. Monica and Chandler came into the room. "Shh you'll wake up your sister and your cousin" Monica said softly. Hannah had been looking out the window. She turned to look at her parents. Tears were in her eyes. "Mom, dad there's EMTs at Uncle Ross and Aunt Rachel's they...they just put Emma on a gurney" she cried.
Monica gazed out the window. She gasped Hannah wasn't kidding. She ran to the phone to call Rachel. A minute later Monica hung up the phone and looked at her daughter and husband. "Oh my God" she whispered. "What mom what happened to Emma" Hannah asked. "She...She took a bunch of sleeping pills" Monica whispered as tears filled her eyes. "Mom is...is she going to be okay" Hannah cried. "I don't know honey" she whispered. "I...I told Ross we'd meet them at the hospital I'm gonna call Joey and Pheebs" Monica said going back over to the phone.
Hannah couldn't understand what was happening. She and Emma had a great talk and forgave each other. They were bestfriends again so why would Emma try to take her own life. Hannah began to sob. Chandler pulled her into his arms. She buried her face in his shoulder. "She can't die daddy" she sobbed. "Shh its okay baby, Emma will be okay" Chandler whispered as he gently stroked her hair.
Monica walked over to them. Her eyes red and tear filled. "Joey and Pheebs are meeting us at the hospital and your mom is coming to sit with Abby and Lucy" she said to Chandler. He just nodded and extended his hand to her pulling her into his arms too.
Nora Bing arrived and Monica, Chandler, and Hannah left. As they walked through the lobby Hannah saw a letter hanging out of her mailbox. She pulled it out. She recognized Emma's handwriting. She stared at it for a few seconds before putting it in her purse.
Once at the hospital a nurse with long dark curls led the Bings to the waiting room. They walked in and saw Ross and Rachel clinging to each other as they cried and in Rachel's hand was a crumbled piece of paper. Next to them sat Joey and Phoebe. "Rach how's Emma" Monica asked. "I...I don't know they kicked us out" she sobbed. "She...she wrote this "Rachel cried handing Monica the crumbled paper. Monica looked down at it. "Read...read it" Rachel said in a shaky voice.
Monica cleared her throat and read. "Mom and Dad I want to tell you I love you both so much so please don't blame yourselves for what I've done. "I've been a horrible person and done some horrible things to some people I really love and I just couldn't live with myself anymore. Uncle Chandler and Aunt Monica I love you both so much please be there for mom and dad. Uncle Joey and Aunt Pheebs I love you guys too and be there for mom and dad too and Hannah I loved you like a sister I hope you'll always be happy. Love Emma." Monica was crying by the time she finished the letter.
Hannah sat alone in the corner watching the six hug and cry together. Hannah reached into her purse and pulled out Emma's letter. She opened it. "Hannah I know about you and Matthew I saw him go into your room don't worry I'm not mad I hope losing your flower as Aunt Monica calls it was everything you dreamed of I know now that you said you'd break up with him to spare my feelings and that you two are really in love. I don't want to stand in the way of that please don't blame yourself this was for the best I was horrible to you I nearly killed you and for that I am truly sorry. Goodbye Hannah may you and Matthew find great happiness together." Love Always Emma.
Hannah burst into tears. Emma had seen Matthew kiss her and lead her to her room and she thought they'd done it. "No!" Hannah whispered. "Oh Emma" she cried. "You had it all wrong" she said as she reread the letter. "We didn't do it we broke up" she whispered as she folded the letter and put it back in her purse. If Emma died it would be all her fault.
Someone came into the room. The six friends looked up and saw that it was a doctor. "Mr. and Mrs. Geller" the doctor asked. Ross squeezed Rachel's hand. 'We're the Gellers" he whispered. "How's...how's Emma" he asked. The doctor sighed softly. "Mr. and Mrs. Geller we pumped your daughter's stomach and right now she stable but her brain was deprived of oxygen for some time" she said softly.
Rachel and Ross gasped. "Is...is she going to be okay "Rachel stuttered. "Mr. and Mrs. Geller I'm afraid your daughter is....
Chapter 12...Coming Soon
Emma slid down to the bathroom floor. Tears continued to roll down her cheeks. The image of Matthew and Hannah kissing and him leading her to room filled her head. She couldn't believe that Hannah had lied to her. Emma's eye lids grew heavy and she began to feel very tired. "I'm sorry 'she whispered as she closed her eyes.
Some time later Ross and Rachel walked into the apartment. Ross wrapped his arms around Rachel's waist" "You know" he whispered as he kissed her neck. "Lucy is sleeping over at Mon's with Abby and I'm sure Emma is asleep by now" he said kissing her again. Rachel smiled. "Okay you go ahead I'll be there in a minute" she said winking at him. Ross grinned and darted to the bedroom.
Rachel shook her head and laughed as she headed to the bathroom. She walked in and found Emma slumped against the tub. "Oh my God Emma" she screamed. "Ross!" she yelled as she knelt down by her daughter. Ross came running into the bathroom. 'Rach honey what's wro..." he stopped when he saw Emma on the floor. Rachel looked up at him with tear filled eyes. "I...I found this on the floor" she cried handing him the empty pill bottle. "Oh my God" Ross whispered. He ran from the room to call 911.
A few minutes later the EMTs arrived. Hannah was walking to the kitchen when she saw the ambulance outside her cousin's building. She gasped when she saw her uncle Ross letting the EMTs into his apartment. "Mom, dad" she yelled. Monica and Chandler came into the room. "Shh you'll wake up your sister and your cousin" Monica said softly. Hannah had been looking out the window. She turned to look at her parents. Tears were in her eyes. "Mom, dad there's EMTs at Uncle Ross and Aunt Rachel's they...they just put Emma on a gurney" she cried.
Monica gazed out the window. She gasped Hannah wasn't kidding. She ran to the phone to call Rachel. A minute later Monica hung up the phone and looked at her daughter and husband. "Oh my God" she whispered. "What mom what happened to Emma" Hannah asked. "She...She took a bunch of sleeping pills" Monica whispered as tears filled her eyes. "Mom is...is she going to be okay" Hannah cried. "I don't know honey" she whispered. "I...I told Ross we'd meet them at the hospital I'm gonna call Joey and Pheebs" Monica said going back over to the phone.
Hannah couldn't understand what was happening. She and Emma had a great talk and forgave each other. They were bestfriends again so why would Emma try to take her own life. Hannah began to sob. Chandler pulled her into his arms. She buried her face in his shoulder. "She can't die daddy" she sobbed. "Shh its okay baby, Emma will be okay" Chandler whispered as he gently stroked her hair.
Monica walked over to them. Her eyes red and tear filled. "Joey and Pheebs are meeting us at the hospital and your mom is coming to sit with Abby and Lucy" she said to Chandler. He just nodded and extended his hand to her pulling her into his arms too.
Nora Bing arrived and Monica, Chandler, and Hannah left. As they walked through the lobby Hannah saw a letter hanging out of her mailbox. She pulled it out. She recognized Emma's handwriting. She stared at it for a few seconds before putting it in her purse.
Once at the hospital a nurse with long dark curls led the Bings to the waiting room. They walked in and saw Ross and Rachel clinging to each other as they cried and in Rachel's hand was a crumbled piece of paper. Next to them sat Joey and Phoebe. "Rach how's Emma" Monica asked. "I...I don't know they kicked us out" she sobbed. "She...she wrote this "Rachel cried handing Monica the crumbled paper. Monica looked down at it. "Read...read it" Rachel said in a shaky voice.
Monica cleared her throat and read. "Mom and Dad I want to tell you I love you both so much so please don't blame yourselves for what I've done. "I've been a horrible person and done some horrible things to some people I really love and I just couldn't live with myself anymore. Uncle Chandler and Aunt Monica I love you both so much please be there for mom and dad. Uncle Joey and Aunt Pheebs I love you guys too and be there for mom and dad too and Hannah I loved you like a sister I hope you'll always be happy. Love Emma." Monica was crying by the time she finished the letter.
Hannah sat alone in the corner watching the six hug and cry together. Hannah reached into her purse and pulled out Emma's letter. She opened it. "Hannah I know about you and Matthew I saw him go into your room don't worry I'm not mad I hope losing your flower as Aunt Monica calls it was everything you dreamed of I know now that you said you'd break up with him to spare my feelings and that you two are really in love. I don't want to stand in the way of that please don't blame yourself this was for the best I was horrible to you I nearly killed you and for that I am truly sorry. Goodbye Hannah may you and Matthew find great happiness together." Love Always Emma.
Hannah burst into tears. Emma had seen Matthew kiss her and lead her to her room and she thought they'd done it. "No!" Hannah whispered. "Oh Emma" she cried. "You had it all wrong" she said as she reread the letter. "We didn't do it we broke up" she whispered as she folded the letter and put it back in her purse. If Emma died it would be all her fault.
Someone came into the room. The six friends looked up and saw that it was a doctor. "Mr. and Mrs. Geller" the doctor asked. Ross squeezed Rachel's hand. 'We're the Gellers" he whispered. "How's...how's Emma" he asked. The doctor sighed softly. "Mr. and Mrs. Geller we pumped your daughter's stomach and right now she stable but her brain was deprived of oxygen for some time" she said softly.
Rachel and Ross gasped. "Is...is she going to be okay "Rachel stuttered. "Mr. and Mrs. Geller I'm afraid your daughter is....
Chapter 12...Coming Soon