Chapter eight:
Rachel entered the waiting room confused. She couldn't believe Monica had amnesia. She sat down on one of the many hard hospital waiting room chairs and tried to figure out how all this had happened to two of her best friends. It just wasn't fair. They lose their only son and now Monica has amnesia. Plus there's that possibility that she may not get her memory back which would mean that she would never be able to remember her relationship with Chandler or her son and two daughters.
"Rachel?" Ross said snapping her out of her daze. She looked around and saw all of her friends huddled around her. "Rachel, what's wrong?"
"Monica…" Rachel trailed off unsure how to tell everyone.
"What, what about Monica?" Joey prompted her.
"She has amnesia. She doesn't remember any of us. She doesn't even remember her name." Rachel finished a tear sliding down her cheek.
"I'm going to go see her." Ross said.
"No, Ross, the doctor said to wait until he talks to us before visiting her anymore." Rachel said.
"Well then I'm going to go talk to Chandler. He deserves to know what's happening to his family. He doesn't even know about Matthew." Ross didn't even wait for Rachel to respond. He headed in the direction of Chandler's room.
"Hey, Ross. Thank god you're here, I am so bored."
"Chandler, I need to tell some things about the crash."
"Is Monica alright? Matthew and the girls? They're okay, right?" Chandler said his voice panicked, his face worried.
"Umm, I don't know how to tell you this, but umm, well, Matthew's car seat wasn't hooked in right," Ross said tears beginning to well up in his eyes, "and umm, when the crash happened he went forward." Ross said the tears falling freely now.
"No, no, no, no," Chandler was repeating over and over tears flowing down his cheeks.
"He didn't, he didn't make it Chandler. I'm sorry." Ross said crying harder.
Chandler was sobbing now. Ross hugged him and they cried together. Ross could hear Chandler whispering, "This can't be happening, this can't be happening." But it was, and Chandler knew it was.
Ross sat with him for a half hour talking to him and trying to get his crying under control. That was when he realized he still needed to tell Chandler about Monica.
Chandler had stopped crying, although his eyes were still moist with unshed tears.
"Umm, Chandler there's one more thing."
Chandler looked up at Ross cautiously. He wasn't sure he could handle anything else.
"Monica,"
Chandler didn't even let him finish. "Please tell me she's okay." Chandler begged quietly, "I don't know what I'd do without her."
"She's okay Chandler. She has amnesia, though. She doesn't remember anything, not even her own name."
Chandler's eyes widened in shock. "Will she get her memory back?"
"The doctor says that most amnesia patients do get their memory back, but there is a possibility that she won't." Ross explained.
Chandler nodded his head in disbelief. "Are Lauren and Maddy okay?"
"Yes, they're fine. I think they both just have broken arms."
Chandler nodded his head. "Ross, you think you can leave me alone for a while? I just need to be alone with my thoughts."
"Yeah, sure, but I'll be back later to check on you."
"Okay. Thanks, Ross, for telling me."
Ross smiled slightly. "I thought you had a right to know."
"Thanks."
*
Later in the waiting room, Rachel was sleeping with her head resting on Ross' shoulder. Ross was reading a magazine, Joey was also asleep, his mouth wide open snoring lightly. Phoebe was sitting next to Ross cleansing his aura.
Dr. Williams entered and Ross and Phoebe jumped up. After her pillow jumped away, Rachel woke up a frown on her face. She was about to yell at Ross for waking her up, when she saw the doctor.
"I want to talk to you guys about Monica's condition."
Ross shook Joey awake, so he could hear what was going on.
"Monica has amnesia. Now the chances of her getting her memory back are good, but there is a chance that that won't happen. I wanted to talk to you about what you can say to her about herself and you guys, and your past. You can tell her your names and who you are to her. You can tell her who her parents are, and big details in her life, but don't tell her what her personality is like. Let her figure that out by herself. You can tell her that she is married to Chandler and tell her about her kids and major things that have happened to her, but don't elaborate. If you tell her too much, she could create false memories. It may be a little weird at first, but she'll get used to you." Dr. Williams finished. "Any questions?"
"When can we see her?" Ross asked.
"Right now if you want. And Joey and Phoebe are allowed to see her now, too."
The doctor walked away, as the group of friends walked to Monica's room.
TBC…Please review! I know it's been a long time, but I'll try to get the next chapter up soon! If you have any ideas for this fic, please tell me! Thanks!