BOYS & GIRLS - Chapter 2
The girls entered their bedroom, quickly Phoebe went to the bathroom to brush her teeth while Monica and Rachel sat on Rachel's bed to talk about what just happened
"I have to say Monice, that I wasn't really sure about hang out with your brother and his friends today, but I had a wonderful time"
"I bet you did" said Monica, "Steve spent the whole night flirting with you"
"Yeah, he's so cute" said Rachel with a daydreaming look on her face
Phoebe got out of the bathroom and Rachel and Monice entered to brush their teeths
"I didn't really liked him" said Phoebe "I mean, don't get me wrong, he's H O T, but he doesn't look like a nice person"
"But Pheebs, did you look his eyes?" asked Rachel from the bathroom "he has the most wonderful green eyes I've even seen, how can he not look like a nice person if he looks like an angel"
"I was just saying" said Phoebe "I'm telling you what I thought, just warning you"
Monica got out of the bathroom after Rachel and said "my brother told me you should be careful with him, he told me that Steve is a player, he likes to fool around with as many girls as he can, normally have sex with them and then dump them"
"I can't believe you guys, I like him ok, and if I start to believe that every guy is gonna hurt me I'd never get to date anymore. Beside it's not like I want him to be my boyfriend or anything, you know I don't like that kind of commitments"
*~*
As soon as the 3 guys arrived home Ross couldn't take it anymore and explote, he was really mad at Steve, and not just mad, he also was hurt, cause he 'so called friend' had betrayed him
"AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A FRIEND?" yelled Ross
"Your over reacting buddy, calm down" said very relaxed Steve
"DON' CALL ME BUDDY, I'M NOT YOUR BUDDY!"
"So we're going on a date, it's not a big deal, it isn't like I'm asking her to be my girlfriend, or proposing to her. You still can date her in a couple of months... or weeks, who knows"
"RIGHT, AFTER YOU'VE ALREADY SLEPT WITH HER AND BROKE HER HEART, LIKE EVERY OTHER GIRL YOU'VE DATE!!"
"Look Bro,...."
"I'M NOT YOUR FRIEND, AND DIFFENETLY NOT YOUR 'BRO'" said Ross with his voice full of anger
"Calm down already.... I'm getting tired of this.... she's just a girl, it's not worth jeopardise our friendship just because a girl.... beside, after I'm through with her I'm gonna have a lot of information that can be really useful for you, you know, what she likes, how she likes, where she likes.... if you know what I mean"
Ross couldn't stand any more of the things Steve was saying and punched him so hard that even his fist hurt
"ASSH0LE!!! WHY DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!!.... MY NOSE!!" Yelled the Steve, who was lying on the floor covering his face with his hands
Chandler heared all the yelling coming from downstairs and went down to see what was happening
"Could you cut it off!... I'm trying to sle.... Steve, you're bleading!" said Chandler
"THIS ASSH0LE punched me.... I don't know what got into him!!"
Ross was rubbing his hand, that still was recented by the hit "AND HAPPYLY I'LL DO IT AGAIN!!"
After saying that Ross stormed out the living room, and went upstairs, slaming his bedroom door. Now everything would be harder than he though, he wouldn't just have to fight his own demons to be near Rachel, cause that wouldn't be enough after Steve broke her heart, she wouldn't wanna be near anything that remain her of him, and after all Ross was the one who introduce them, so she probably wouldn't want to see him either. Now he would have Rachel so close, but yet so far... everything was screwed.
But Phoebe had told him that same day that everything will turn out good. "What the hell does she know?", he said to himself.
*~*
The following months were horribles for Ross, wherever he went there were Rachel and Steve. After their first date they keep on seeing each other everyday. Everytime Ross arrived home after classes it was a fact that Rachel would be there. After his fight with Steve they haven't spoke a word to each other, but he was sure that his ex-friend was enjoing seeing how much he was suffering everytime he saw Rachel kissing him or hugging him. What hurt him the most was the day he woke up and saw Rachel having breakfast on the kitchen table by herself. Steve had already slept with her and already was slipping away
"Hey Rachel, did you..... uhm.... slept here?" he asked, not really wanting to hear the answear.
"Hi Ross... yeah.... I did" said Rachel really relaxed
"And.... and where's Steve?"
"He had to go to classes, I'm just finnishing this cup of coffe and I'll be out of here"
"No rush Rach, you can stay as long as you want.... so, 3 months with Steve huh?, I though you hated commitments"
"Isn't crazy what fall head over hills can do to a person?"
"So... so.... you... you're in love with him?" asked Ross, really nervous
"Yeah, I think.... I mean, I feel something very strong for him"
So she was already in love with him, Ross thought, and they've been together for 3 month.... that was weird... at this point in any of the relationship Steve had had ever since he has known him the girl was out of the picture already, but yet somehow he and Rachel seems to be doing it pretty good, she looked so happy. "He hasn't cheated on her" he tought, but how could he be sure, they didn't speak to each other, and Joey and Chandler were also really mad at Steve, he had no way to know if the guy was already seen another girls, but it seemed that he wasn't cause he and Rachel were together all the time. Maybe Steve was doing all this just to pissed him off, but why?, Ross had always been a really good friend to him, he even let him live in his house rent free when he got kicked out the bedrooms.... there simply wasn't a right answer.
*~*
Rachel was happy, Steve was really sweet with her, Monica and Phoebe had been wrong when they told her that he wasn't a good guy. He would go and pick her up everyday after she finnished her classes, he gave her flowers, and when he kissed her, he made her feel like there was nobody else around them. It took her a while to decided to finally sleep with him, they've been together for 3 months when it finally happen. Before Steve she had only slept with one guy, her highschool boyfriend, Chip Matthews, the same guy who broke her heart the day of her prom, when she caught him having sex with Amy Welch, since that day, this whole sex thing had been an issue, cause the only guy she had share that kind of intimacy had betrayed her, hurt her and broke her heart in so many pieces that she couldn't even got them all together once it all happened, she was terrified to get hurt again, but Steve wasn't like Chip or at least that was what she keep on saying in her head over and over again
But this last week he hasn't been calling her or going to pick her up like he normally did, and she was starting to get really worried about it. "Come on Rach, stop thinking so many stupid things, he must be really busy, the semester is almost over, and he sure have a lot of things to do". She entered the bedroom, while Monica was studying and Phoebe was writting something
"Did Steve called me?" she asked
"No Rach, he hasn't.... but why would he called you here?, what about your cell phone?"
"I had to switched it off at a couple of classes, and I thought that he maybe called me here"
"I'm sorry Rach, he hasn't called you" said Monica again
"How long it's been since the last time you guys talked?" asked Phoebe, putting her notebook aside
"I called him yesterday, cause we haven't speak in a couple of days, he said he was kind of busy, that he had a huge test today, and he had a lot of study to do. So he said he was gonna called me today so we can get together this weekend... we haven't seen each other since last sunday
"Wow... a couple of weeks ago you two where together all the time, and now you haven't even been together in almost a week, that's....."
"Weird" said Phoebe
"No it's not weird, it's really normal, cause we are finnishing the semester so he has a lot of test and work to do. I'm gonna go to the library to pick up a book, if Steve calls me tell him I'll be back in 30 minutes or so.... no, you know what, tell him I'll call him when I get back.... thanks"
Rachel grabbed her coat and left the room, even more worried than she was. Phoebe and Monica were also really worried for her friend
"Pheebs, do you think he'll call her?" asked Monica
"To be honest.... I don't think so"
"I'm sure he's cheating on her"
"How do you know that?.... are you psychic too?"
"My brother told me that that was what Steve does, he goes out with a girl for a while till he gets boared and then starts to cheat on her, I didn't believe him at first, but now I think he was right" said Monica
"I've always thought he's one of those guys who aren't worth the try, but Rachel doesn't listen"
"Pheebs, it's not just that, I mean it's not the feeling anymore... I actually saw him with another girl, I haven't said anything to Rachel cause you know her, she won't believe me, she's happy with Steve, she thinks he's different, I don't wanna see her go through the same thing she went with Chip.... I'm gonna talk to Ross to see if he knows something" Monica got up the chair and took her coat, her cellphone and her keys "He knows the guy better than us, and maybe he can convince him to break things up with Rachel without her knowing what is happening"
"Do you think Ross can do something?"
"It's worth trying, I can't stay here without do something, watching my friend gets hurt again. Beside, my brother would do anything for Rachel......wish me luck" said Monica
"Good luck" said Phoebe, and Monica left the dorm
*~*
Ross had his last class at 7, he was so tired that the only thing he wanted to do was get home and get into bed right away, but he was sure that he'd find Rachel making out with Steve in the couch and was really tired of watching that scene over and over again. He decided he was too tired to go to classes, and too broken hearted to watch Rachel and Steve kissing, so he headed to Central Perk to have a cup of coffe and try to relax a little bit. When he entered the coffe house he notice a girl sitting in the couch the gang used to use, when he approced to her could see she was crying, and just when he was standing on her side he could see 'the girl' was Rachel.
"Rach, what happen?, are you ok?" he asked really concern
"Ross, could you please leave me alone? I just wanna be by myself right now"
"Then you shouldn't been on a coffe house at 7 pm. Come on Rach, trust me" Ross sit by her side, and looked into her eyes making her feel like she could rely on him "come on Rach.I'm an excellent listener" he said with a smile on his face. For the first time the words came out his mouth easily, now he was there for her as her friend, not as the guy who has always been in love with her, and that, was a good change
"You are Steve's friend, right?" Rachel started
Ross was almost sure that Rachel was crying because of him, and the anger filled his soul one more time. "You could say so, altough I'm not sure if he knows what 'friend' means"
"Why do you say so?"
"Well Rach, it's a long story, and not that important in this moment, you are the only thing that matters now, so go on"
In that moment Rachel realized how sweet and carring Ross was. She had stopped crying, but you could really hear the pain in her voice "I just can't take it anymore Ross. I just can't handle this. I have the feeling that, that, Steve doesn't love me anymore"
"Why do you say that Rach?, how can he not love you?, you are the most wonderful girl on earth. Just some stupid morron with several mental problems wouldn't love you"
"But you told Monica a couple of month ago that I had to be careful with him, why did you say that for?is it true that he always cheat on his girlfriends?"
Ross didnt wanna be the one to let her down, he wanted to lie to her and told her that Steve loved her more than anything, just to see her smile once again, but he couldn't, he had to be honest. "yeah, that's, that's true,he always does that" his voice trailed a little. Rachel started to cry once again and he felt like it was all his fault, like he was the one cheating on her "Don't cry Rach, I haven't said he's cheating on you. If it helps, I haven't seen him with any other girl. Here wipe those tears from your pretty face" he said offering her a tissue.
Rachel took the tissue and wiped her tears smiling weakly at Ross "thanks Ross. It must be just me then"
"Do you wanna join me with a cup of coffe" asked Ross "you know, to let the bad feelings aside"
"I'm sorry Ross, I can't" replied Rachel"I've gotta go home, Steve is suposed to call me tonight"
"Come on Rach, let's just have one cup of coffe, it's just 7:30, if he doesn't find you at home, he'll call you to your cell phone. What do you say?" begged Ross
Rachel looked at his eyes for a couple of seconds and felt like she couldn't say no to him "ok, just cause you're looking me with those puppy eyes I didn't know you had"
*~*
Monica hurried to get to her brother's house, she had to talk to him to know what was really happening with Steve, she wasn't gonna let him hurt her friend, not again. Monica had always been a girl who wanted to have everything under control, she couldn't bear the idea of her friend been cheated on without doing anything about it. Rachel had always been there for her, supporting her, standing up for her when the other 'popular girls' of the the school started to pick on her, listening to her problems and dreams, and giving her advices about guys. When she decided to lose all her extra weight, Rachel was the only one supporting her and believing she could do it, and when she managed to get her ideal weight, her friend was the first one in hug her and tell her how pround she was. Rachel has always had faith in her, and this was her opportunity to stand for her for the first time. Monica felt that her brother was the only one who could make Steve understand that a good and clean break up would be much easier to handle for Rachel and would hurt her a lot less.
When she finally arrived her brother's house she opened the door with her keys. "I hope they don't get mad at me for entering this way" thought Monica. The house was completly dark from the outside and Monica thought Ross should be by himself and on his room studing,so she decided to enter the house without knocking cause Ross would never hear her from the second floor. When she finally entered the house she saw the kitchen light on and the door closed, so she headed to the kitchen and opened the door.
"OH MY GOD!" was everything she managed to say when she opened the door and saw Steve with a girl who looked nothing like Rachel having sex on the kitchen table. She inmediatly covered her eyes with his hands
"Monica?" said Steve "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
"I WAS LOOKING FOR MY BROTHER. MY GOD STEVE!, GET DRESS PLEASE. I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO MY FRIEND AND IN THE KITCHEN?! DON'T YOU HAVE A BEDROOM??" said Monica still covering her eyes
"Please don't tell anything about this to Rachel" said Steve
"Rachel?, who's Rachel?" asked the girl
"RACHEL IS HIS GIRLFRIEND, well, that's what he said to her at least" replied sarcasticly Monica
"You have a girlfriend?" said the girl slaping him in the face and storming out
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? you know Rachel is like crazy worring about you, and sad cause you haven't called her? what do you want from her? I guess you are breaking up with her right?" Monica screamed at Steve, who looked a bit frightened by Monica's reaction
"No, I don't wanna break up with her. Look Monica, this was a mistake, and it won't happen again. Please, don't tell her anything"
"YOU DON'T WANT ME TO TELL HER ANYTHING? and let you hurt her even more?, are you insane, out of your mind, or you just have problems understaning complicated situations. I'm sorry buddy, but it's either you breaking up with her,or I'm just gonna have to tell her,cause I don't wanna see how you hurt her even more"
"ok, ok, ok" shout Steve "I'll break up with her, happy?"
"YOU HAVE UNTIL TOMORROW!" yelled Monica once again
"ok, I'll do it tomorrow"
*~*
At the Central Perk, Rachel and Ross were still sitting in the couch, both laughing, when Gunther approached to them "We are closing"
"Oh my God Rach, look at the time!" said Ross looking at his watch
"11:30 already?we've been here for 4 hours!" said Rachel amazed
Both got up from the couch and walk out the coffe house
"This was the first time we've ever talked for so long, wasn't it" said Ross, breaking the first silence between them in 4 hours
"I think it was, pretty fun huh? you're pretty nice when you're not all nervous Geller" said Rachel joking
"Thank you very much Greene, under that little brat cover you're pretty nice too" both laughed. "Do you want me to walk you home?" asked Ross
"We're 5 minutes from there, but I wouldn't mind your company" said Rachel, kind of flirting with him, she didn't know why, but she couldn't help it
"I wanna tell you that I had a wonderful time today, we should do this again.What do you say?"
"Of course" said happily Rachel "as long as Steve doesn't mind" the expresion on Rachel's face change once again to sadness and worry, she hadn't thought about him the whole time she spent with Ross
"I'm sorry Rach, I thought I cheered you up"
"You did Ross, is just, I'm scared" said softly Rachel
"Scared of what?"
"Scared of, of, of get hurt again. The only.. the first.. ah!, forget it"
"Come on Rach, I told you about my lesbian ex-girlfriend, now it's your turn to tell me your secret" said Ross smiling
Rachel laugh amazed by the hability Ross had to make her laugh when she was feeling down "ok, the thing is,the thing is I've only slept with two guys.I shouldn't be talking to you about this"
"come on Rach, trust me, you can do it, if it makes you feel any better I've only slept with one woman my entire life, and she turn out to be a lesbian,nothing can be worst than that, believe me" said Ross, trying to give her the strenght to tell him her problem
"Just one woman?really?wow,that's really sweet"
"yeah, for me sex is about feelings, about commitments, and well, she was my first and only girlfriend so. But we're not talking about me here"
"ok,well, I've only slept with two guys, Chip, my highschool boyfriend"
"how could I forget Chip Matthews" said Ross sarcasticly
"yeah, he was a *******, wasn't he? well, I've only slept with him and now Steve. Chip hurt me really bad. I'm scared that Steve could do the same thing"
"Rach, I know Steve, and I don't wanna see you get hurt. Can I be honest with you?"
"Of course Ross, that's all I'm asking you to do"
"I think,I think he's gonna hurt you,I wish I could lie to you,but I can't,I'm sorry Rach". Rachel started to cry again,that was exactly what she was expecting to hear,but didn't want to accept "but Rach,don't cry,watching you like this breaks my heart" Ross hugged her really tight "specially for a guy who's not worth it,please don't cry. You're too good for a guy like him"
Rachel looked up and said "Thank you Ross".Suddenly she felt the need to kiss him,but right before she decided to do it,he wiped the tears of her eyes and kissed her forehead
"I'm gonna go upstairs now"said Rachel"I'm feeling kind of tired.Good night Ross" she kissed him on the cheek and quickly enter the bulding
"Good, Good night Rachel" said Ross while his face turned red
The girls entered their bedroom, quickly Phoebe went to the bathroom to brush her teeth while Monica and Rachel sat on Rachel's bed to talk about what just happened
"I have to say Monice, that I wasn't really sure about hang out with your brother and his friends today, but I had a wonderful time"
"I bet you did" said Monica, "Steve spent the whole night flirting with you"
"Yeah, he's so cute" said Rachel with a daydreaming look on her face
Phoebe got out of the bathroom and Rachel and Monice entered to brush their teeths
"I didn't really liked him" said Phoebe "I mean, don't get me wrong, he's H O T, but he doesn't look like a nice person"
"But Pheebs, did you look his eyes?" asked Rachel from the bathroom "he has the most wonderful green eyes I've even seen, how can he not look like a nice person if he looks like an angel"
"I was just saying" said Phoebe "I'm telling you what I thought, just warning you"
Monica got out of the bathroom after Rachel and said "my brother told me you should be careful with him, he told me that Steve is a player, he likes to fool around with as many girls as he can, normally have sex with them and then dump them"
"I can't believe you guys, I like him ok, and if I start to believe that every guy is gonna hurt me I'd never get to date anymore. Beside it's not like I want him to be my boyfriend or anything, you know I don't like that kind of commitments"
*~*
As soon as the 3 guys arrived home Ross couldn't take it anymore and explote, he was really mad at Steve, and not just mad, he also was hurt, cause he 'so called friend' had betrayed him
"AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A FRIEND?" yelled Ross
"Your over reacting buddy, calm down" said very relaxed Steve
"DON' CALL ME BUDDY, I'M NOT YOUR BUDDY!"
"So we're going on a date, it's not a big deal, it isn't like I'm asking her to be my girlfriend, or proposing to her. You still can date her in a couple of months... or weeks, who knows"
"RIGHT, AFTER YOU'VE ALREADY SLEPT WITH HER AND BROKE HER HEART, LIKE EVERY OTHER GIRL YOU'VE DATE!!"
"Look Bro,...."
"I'M NOT YOUR FRIEND, AND DIFFENETLY NOT YOUR 'BRO'" said Ross with his voice full of anger
"Calm down already.... I'm getting tired of this.... she's just a girl, it's not worth jeopardise our friendship just because a girl.... beside, after I'm through with her I'm gonna have a lot of information that can be really useful for you, you know, what she likes, how she likes, where she likes.... if you know what I mean"
Ross couldn't stand any more of the things Steve was saying and punched him so hard that even his fist hurt
"ASSH0LE!!! WHY DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!!.... MY NOSE!!" Yelled the Steve, who was lying on the floor covering his face with his hands
Chandler heared all the yelling coming from downstairs and went down to see what was happening
"Could you cut it off!... I'm trying to sle.... Steve, you're bleading!" said Chandler
"THIS ASSH0LE punched me.... I don't know what got into him!!"
Ross was rubbing his hand, that still was recented by the hit "AND HAPPYLY I'LL DO IT AGAIN!!"
After saying that Ross stormed out the living room, and went upstairs, slaming his bedroom door. Now everything would be harder than he though, he wouldn't just have to fight his own demons to be near Rachel, cause that wouldn't be enough after Steve broke her heart, she wouldn't wanna be near anything that remain her of him, and after all Ross was the one who introduce them, so she probably wouldn't want to see him either. Now he would have Rachel so close, but yet so far... everything was screwed.
But Phoebe had told him that same day that everything will turn out good. "What the hell does she know?", he said to himself.
*~*
The following months were horribles for Ross, wherever he went there were Rachel and Steve. After their first date they keep on seeing each other everyday. Everytime Ross arrived home after classes it was a fact that Rachel would be there. After his fight with Steve they haven't spoke a word to each other, but he was sure that his ex-friend was enjoing seeing how much he was suffering everytime he saw Rachel kissing him or hugging him. What hurt him the most was the day he woke up and saw Rachel having breakfast on the kitchen table by herself. Steve had already slept with her and already was slipping away
"Hey Rachel, did you..... uhm.... slept here?" he asked, not really wanting to hear the answear.
"Hi Ross... yeah.... I did" said Rachel really relaxed
"And.... and where's Steve?"
"He had to go to classes, I'm just finnishing this cup of coffe and I'll be out of here"
"No rush Rach, you can stay as long as you want.... so, 3 months with Steve huh?, I though you hated commitments"
"Isn't crazy what fall head over hills can do to a person?"
"So... so.... you... you're in love with him?" asked Ross, really nervous
"Yeah, I think.... I mean, I feel something very strong for him"
So she was already in love with him, Ross thought, and they've been together for 3 month.... that was weird... at this point in any of the relationship Steve had had ever since he has known him the girl was out of the picture already, but yet somehow he and Rachel seems to be doing it pretty good, she looked so happy. "He hasn't cheated on her" he tought, but how could he be sure, they didn't speak to each other, and Joey and Chandler were also really mad at Steve, he had no way to know if the guy was already seen another girls, but it seemed that he wasn't cause he and Rachel were together all the time. Maybe Steve was doing all this just to pissed him off, but why?, Ross had always been a really good friend to him, he even let him live in his house rent free when he got kicked out the bedrooms.... there simply wasn't a right answer.
*~*
Rachel was happy, Steve was really sweet with her, Monica and Phoebe had been wrong when they told her that he wasn't a good guy. He would go and pick her up everyday after she finnished her classes, he gave her flowers, and when he kissed her, he made her feel like there was nobody else around them. It took her a while to decided to finally sleep with him, they've been together for 3 months when it finally happen. Before Steve she had only slept with one guy, her highschool boyfriend, Chip Matthews, the same guy who broke her heart the day of her prom, when she caught him having sex with Amy Welch, since that day, this whole sex thing had been an issue, cause the only guy she had share that kind of intimacy had betrayed her, hurt her and broke her heart in so many pieces that she couldn't even got them all together once it all happened, she was terrified to get hurt again, but Steve wasn't like Chip or at least that was what she keep on saying in her head over and over again
But this last week he hasn't been calling her or going to pick her up like he normally did, and she was starting to get really worried about it. "Come on Rach, stop thinking so many stupid things, he must be really busy, the semester is almost over, and he sure have a lot of things to do". She entered the bedroom, while Monica was studying and Phoebe was writting something
"Did Steve called me?" she asked
"No Rach, he hasn't.... but why would he called you here?, what about your cell phone?"
"I had to switched it off at a couple of classes, and I thought that he maybe called me here"
"I'm sorry Rach, he hasn't called you" said Monica again
"How long it's been since the last time you guys talked?" asked Phoebe, putting her notebook aside
"I called him yesterday, cause we haven't speak in a couple of days, he said he was kind of busy, that he had a huge test today, and he had a lot of study to do. So he said he was gonna called me today so we can get together this weekend... we haven't seen each other since last sunday
"Wow... a couple of weeks ago you two where together all the time, and now you haven't even been together in almost a week, that's....."
"Weird" said Phoebe
"No it's not weird, it's really normal, cause we are finnishing the semester so he has a lot of test and work to do. I'm gonna go to the library to pick up a book, if Steve calls me tell him I'll be back in 30 minutes or so.... no, you know what, tell him I'll call him when I get back.... thanks"
Rachel grabbed her coat and left the room, even more worried than she was. Phoebe and Monica were also really worried for her friend
"Pheebs, do you think he'll call her?" asked Monica
"To be honest.... I don't think so"
"I'm sure he's cheating on her"
"How do you know that?.... are you psychic too?"
"My brother told me that that was what Steve does, he goes out with a girl for a while till he gets boared and then starts to cheat on her, I didn't believe him at first, but now I think he was right" said Monica
"I've always thought he's one of those guys who aren't worth the try, but Rachel doesn't listen"
"Pheebs, it's not just that, I mean it's not the feeling anymore... I actually saw him with another girl, I haven't said anything to Rachel cause you know her, she won't believe me, she's happy with Steve, she thinks he's different, I don't wanna see her go through the same thing she went with Chip.... I'm gonna talk to Ross to see if he knows something" Monica got up the chair and took her coat, her cellphone and her keys "He knows the guy better than us, and maybe he can convince him to break things up with Rachel without her knowing what is happening"
"Do you think Ross can do something?"
"It's worth trying, I can't stay here without do something, watching my friend gets hurt again. Beside, my brother would do anything for Rachel......wish me luck" said Monica
"Good luck" said Phoebe, and Monica left the dorm
*~*
Ross had his last class at 7, he was so tired that the only thing he wanted to do was get home and get into bed right away, but he was sure that he'd find Rachel making out with Steve in the couch and was really tired of watching that scene over and over again. He decided he was too tired to go to classes, and too broken hearted to watch Rachel and Steve kissing, so he headed to Central Perk to have a cup of coffe and try to relax a little bit. When he entered the coffe house he notice a girl sitting in the couch the gang used to use, when he approced to her could see she was crying, and just when he was standing on her side he could see 'the girl' was Rachel.
"Rach, what happen?, are you ok?" he asked really concern
"Ross, could you please leave me alone? I just wanna be by myself right now"
"Then you shouldn't been on a coffe house at 7 pm. Come on Rach, trust me" Ross sit by her side, and looked into her eyes making her feel like she could rely on him "come on Rach.I'm an excellent listener" he said with a smile on his face. For the first time the words came out his mouth easily, now he was there for her as her friend, not as the guy who has always been in love with her, and that, was a good change
"You are Steve's friend, right?" Rachel started
Ross was almost sure that Rachel was crying because of him, and the anger filled his soul one more time. "You could say so, altough I'm not sure if he knows what 'friend' means"
"Why do you say so?"
"Well Rach, it's a long story, and not that important in this moment, you are the only thing that matters now, so go on"
In that moment Rachel realized how sweet and carring Ross was. She had stopped crying, but you could really hear the pain in her voice "I just can't take it anymore Ross. I just can't handle this. I have the feeling that, that, Steve doesn't love me anymore"
"Why do you say that Rach?, how can he not love you?, you are the most wonderful girl on earth. Just some stupid morron with several mental problems wouldn't love you"
"But you told Monica a couple of month ago that I had to be careful with him, why did you say that for?is it true that he always cheat on his girlfriends?"
Ross didnt wanna be the one to let her down, he wanted to lie to her and told her that Steve loved her more than anything, just to see her smile once again, but he couldn't, he had to be honest. "yeah, that's, that's true,he always does that" his voice trailed a little. Rachel started to cry once again and he felt like it was all his fault, like he was the one cheating on her "Don't cry Rach, I haven't said he's cheating on you. If it helps, I haven't seen him with any other girl. Here wipe those tears from your pretty face" he said offering her a tissue.
Rachel took the tissue and wiped her tears smiling weakly at Ross "thanks Ross. It must be just me then"
"Do you wanna join me with a cup of coffe" asked Ross "you know, to let the bad feelings aside"
"I'm sorry Ross, I can't" replied Rachel"I've gotta go home, Steve is suposed to call me tonight"
"Come on Rach, let's just have one cup of coffe, it's just 7:30, if he doesn't find you at home, he'll call you to your cell phone. What do you say?" begged Ross
Rachel looked at his eyes for a couple of seconds and felt like she couldn't say no to him "ok, just cause you're looking me with those puppy eyes I didn't know you had"
*~*
Monica hurried to get to her brother's house, she had to talk to him to know what was really happening with Steve, she wasn't gonna let him hurt her friend, not again. Monica had always been a girl who wanted to have everything under control, she couldn't bear the idea of her friend been cheated on without doing anything about it. Rachel had always been there for her, supporting her, standing up for her when the other 'popular girls' of the the school started to pick on her, listening to her problems and dreams, and giving her advices about guys. When she decided to lose all her extra weight, Rachel was the only one supporting her and believing she could do it, and when she managed to get her ideal weight, her friend was the first one in hug her and tell her how pround she was. Rachel has always had faith in her, and this was her opportunity to stand for her for the first time. Monica felt that her brother was the only one who could make Steve understand that a good and clean break up would be much easier to handle for Rachel and would hurt her a lot less.
When she finally arrived her brother's house she opened the door with her keys. "I hope they don't get mad at me for entering this way" thought Monica. The house was completly dark from the outside and Monica thought Ross should be by himself and on his room studing,so she decided to enter the house without knocking cause Ross would never hear her from the second floor. When she finally entered the house she saw the kitchen light on and the door closed, so she headed to the kitchen and opened the door.
"OH MY GOD!" was everything she managed to say when she opened the door and saw Steve with a girl who looked nothing like Rachel having sex on the kitchen table. She inmediatly covered her eyes with his hands
"Monica?" said Steve "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
"I WAS LOOKING FOR MY BROTHER. MY GOD STEVE!, GET DRESS PLEASE. I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO MY FRIEND AND IN THE KITCHEN?! DON'T YOU HAVE A BEDROOM??" said Monica still covering her eyes
"Please don't tell anything about this to Rachel" said Steve
"Rachel?, who's Rachel?" asked the girl
"RACHEL IS HIS GIRLFRIEND, well, that's what he said to her at least" replied sarcasticly Monica
"You have a girlfriend?" said the girl slaping him in the face and storming out
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? you know Rachel is like crazy worring about you, and sad cause you haven't called her? what do you want from her? I guess you are breaking up with her right?" Monica screamed at Steve, who looked a bit frightened by Monica's reaction
"No, I don't wanna break up with her. Look Monica, this was a mistake, and it won't happen again. Please, don't tell her anything"
"YOU DON'T WANT ME TO TELL HER ANYTHING? and let you hurt her even more?, are you insane, out of your mind, or you just have problems understaning complicated situations. I'm sorry buddy, but it's either you breaking up with her,or I'm just gonna have to tell her,cause I don't wanna see how you hurt her even more"
"ok, ok, ok" shout Steve "I'll break up with her, happy?"
"YOU HAVE UNTIL TOMORROW!" yelled Monica once again
"ok, I'll do it tomorrow"
*~*
At the Central Perk, Rachel and Ross were still sitting in the couch, both laughing, when Gunther approached to them "We are closing"
"Oh my God Rach, look at the time!" said Ross looking at his watch
"11:30 already?we've been here for 4 hours!" said Rachel amazed
Both got up from the couch and walk out the coffe house
"This was the first time we've ever talked for so long, wasn't it" said Ross, breaking the first silence between them in 4 hours
"I think it was, pretty fun huh? you're pretty nice when you're not all nervous Geller" said Rachel joking
"Thank you very much Greene, under that little brat cover you're pretty nice too" both laughed. "Do you want me to walk you home?" asked Ross
"We're 5 minutes from there, but I wouldn't mind your company" said Rachel, kind of flirting with him, she didn't know why, but she couldn't help it
"I wanna tell you that I had a wonderful time today, we should do this again.What do you say?"
"Of course" said happily Rachel "as long as Steve doesn't mind" the expresion on Rachel's face change once again to sadness and worry, she hadn't thought about him the whole time she spent with Ross
"I'm sorry Rach, I thought I cheered you up"
"You did Ross, is just, I'm scared" said softly Rachel
"Scared of what?"
"Scared of, of, of get hurt again. The only.. the first.. ah!, forget it"
"Come on Rach, I told you about my lesbian ex-girlfriend, now it's your turn to tell me your secret" said Ross smiling
Rachel laugh amazed by the hability Ross had to make her laugh when she was feeling down "ok, the thing is,the thing is I've only slept with two guys.I shouldn't be talking to you about this"
"come on Rach, trust me, you can do it, if it makes you feel any better I've only slept with one woman my entire life, and she turn out to be a lesbian,nothing can be worst than that, believe me" said Ross, trying to give her the strenght to tell him her problem
"Just one woman?really?wow,that's really sweet"
"yeah, for me sex is about feelings, about commitments, and well, she was my first and only girlfriend so. But we're not talking about me here"
"ok,well, I've only slept with two guys, Chip, my highschool boyfriend"
"how could I forget Chip Matthews" said Ross sarcasticly
"yeah, he was a *******, wasn't he? well, I've only slept with him and now Steve. Chip hurt me really bad. I'm scared that Steve could do the same thing"
"Rach, I know Steve, and I don't wanna see you get hurt. Can I be honest with you?"
"Of course Ross, that's all I'm asking you to do"
"I think,I think he's gonna hurt you,I wish I could lie to you,but I can't,I'm sorry Rach". Rachel started to cry again,that was exactly what she was expecting to hear,but didn't want to accept "but Rach,don't cry,watching you like this breaks my heart" Ross hugged her really tight "specially for a guy who's not worth it,please don't cry. You're too good for a guy like him"
Rachel looked up and said "Thank you Ross".Suddenly she felt the need to kiss him,but right before she decided to do it,he wiped the tears of her eyes and kissed her forehead
"I'm gonna go upstairs now"said Rachel"I'm feeling kind of tired.Good night Ross" she kissed him on the cheek and quickly enter the bulding
"Good, Good night Rachel" said Ross while his face turned red