Ch.4
Falling Apart
Ross rushed out of the coffeehouse. "No daddy wait" Nickey followed him, at
these words Rachel had slapped Joey.
"I'm happily married what the hell are you doing.?"
"Rachel, I still love, and I know you love me too, don't lie"
"Joey, I'm not lying, I love Ross with all my heart, that's why I took him back.
Joey I thought I loved you. I'm sorry I made you think that but I don't. Ross means
everything to me, you have to except that. We are never, ever going to happen. If anything
ever happened to Ross I'd be devastated. My life couldn't go on without him, and right
now I need to go after him before I lose him. Goodbye Joey " She grabbed Nickey's coat
since she had ran out so fast and then grabbed her coat. "Joey," his head shot up "I think
you should stay away from me and my family for now, we've been through a lot and we
don't need this too." She walked out of the coffeehouse. Joey knew he had to get over
her. He had to, his life wouldn't be normal if he didn't. Joey looked at the door that
Rachel had just walked out of, he knew that would probably be the last time he saw her,
and he suddenly felt his heart feel ... relieved. It was over for good, he now really believed
she didn't love him
Rachel ran her heart out, her mind continued to wonder. How much of that had
Ross saw, would he except that is was nothing. She worried that he married would be
over because of Joey, she hated him right now. She loved Ross how could he do this.
Rachel looked all over she couldn't find Ross or Nickey. She decided to go over to
Monica's.
"Joey kissed me"
"Oh no Rachel not Joey"
"Monica don't worry I told Joey to stay away from me and my family, I love Ross
to much, to lose him"
"Thank God but what are you going to do?"
"I don't know I've looked all over, I can't even find Nickey."
"She's going to get sick, she doesn't have a coat on."
"I'm going to go find her, but do where the rest of the kids are, they weren't with
Ross?"
"I wasn't supposed to say anything but Ross dropped the kids off at your mom's ,
he was going to take you out to dinner tonight, just you and him."
"Oh, God, what have I done" She started to cry, she grabbed Nickey's coat and
left to go find her.
"Rachel it'll be okay" Monica knew she wasn't going to be okay. Joey had came
back for her, she suddenly became very angry at him too.
Rachel finally found Ross, he was at the museum. "How did you find me here?"
"You always said you came to the museum to think because it was the easiest
place to do it."
"So"
"Ross, look, I know your probably really angry but come on Joey, I don't love
him. I love you, he kissed me you can even ask Nickey. I mean you did talk to her right"
"No, she caught up to me and I told her to stay out of it, she didn't need to be
thrown in the middle again... Why?"
"Nickey's not here with you?"
"No, I told her to go with you"
"She never came back to me"
"So you have no clue where she is?"
"No"
"Well, this is just great, how did you lose her
"I didn't lose her she took of after you, then I did too. I went all over trying to find
you and her." there was another long pause and Rachel brought Nickey coat from behind
her back, "Ross"
"What" he looked up noticing her coat. "We'll find her." He took Rachel into his
arms, he was still angry at her but they had a daughter to find.
They looked all over at around eight o'clock Monica called Ross' cell phone. "I
found her, she's at our place."
"I just called your parents, where on earth did you go?"
"Well, I didn't have my keys, and I didn't want to come here in case I saw Uncle
Joey. I am so mad at him, if anything bad happens with mom and dad I'll kill him" Nickey
started to cry and Monica hugged her trying to let her know it would okay.
"Oh honey thank god your okay," Rachel ran over to her and hugged her like she
hadn't seen her in years, "Your so cold but you forehead is burning up do you feel okay?"
"Yea, I'm fine" She was lying, she felt absolutely terrible. Her ears ached, her
throat was swollen, her stomach was turning, it was hard to breath, and she felt very
dizzy. "Are you to okay?"
"Yea, we're fine" Ross couldn't believe Rachel had just said that. He was furious,
she had just kissed Joey, the only reason they had been apart for some many years.
"Chandler, where's my buddy" Joey had walked in and instantly noticed Rachel.
"Joey, what did I tell you"
"Look, Rach, your going to have to live with the fact that these are my friends
too"
"Well your going to have to live with the fact that I love Ross and you need" Ross
got up and walked out, how could she say that after all she had done today "Ross, Ross!"
Rachel took off running right after him.
"Here we go again" Nickey got up to leave but Monica grabbed her.
"You may have fooled your parents but you didn't fool me, I know your sick.
Now lay down, they'll be okay"
"Joey, I think you need to leave them alone for a while"
"Don't tell me you stand by them"
"Ross is my brother, Rachel is the love of his life and they are finally together for
good. Rachel is my best friend and my sister-in-law, she loves Ross and she always will. I
think you need to stay away for a while... from all of us."
"I can't believe your saying this, I'm sure chandler doesn't feel this way"
"Chandler doesn't feel what way?" He kissed Monica on the cheek
"Is this place a swinging door or what" she then went to get some stuff for Nickey.
"Chandler tell me that Ross and Rachel need to deal with me."
"I'm really sorry Joey but I'm with them on this one. They are in love and after all
they've been through they deserve happiness. When you walked out of our lives years ago
you said goodbye to all of your close friendships. Your still one of my good friends, but I
think it's best you stay away. I'm really sorry man" he stuck out his hand, "Bye:" Joey just
slammed the door and left. How could Chandler, his best friend, chandler do this to him.
"Pheebs it's Joey open the door"
"What are you doing here?"
'I came back to sort things out."
"I'm finally over Rachel for good, I know she doesn't love me and I'm fine with
that."
"Are you really?"
He looked deep into her eyes, "Yes." There was a pause of silence "Move to
California with me, let's work it out, if not for our sake, then for our kids,...please"
"Okay" Had she really just said that, she did and she meant it.
~*~
"Ross, Ross, stop"
"What do you want?"
"Why are you so mad, I thought you understood that he kissed me?"
"But you didn't push him away"
"Yes I did, Ross look at me," she grabbed his coat and looked into his eyes, "I
love you and only you, believe me." She kissed.
"Rach, I love you, but you know how I feel about Joey"
"I know I'm so sorry, can we just forget it ever happened?"
"No, but I'll deal with it"
"Thank you, I love you."
"I love you too"
They walked back to Monica and Chandler's talking about how much they loved
each other.
"Hey M"
"Shhhhh!, I just got her to sleep"
"Thanks Monica, where's Chandler?"
"He's helping Phoebe pack"
"Where is she going"
"She moving to California with Joey. Don't worry it's for the best, Joey can be
with the kids and he won't be in the way of you guys."
"Well we better say good bye to Pheebs"
"She said she'd cll you when she got there"
"Oh"
"I think we should get heading home then Nickey and Ben have school tomorrow,
plus she has her first game" Ross said picking his daughter up gently.
"Bye Mon, thanks for everything" they whispered.
Nickey woke the next morning still feeling sick. "Honey, Do you want to got to
school?"
"Mom I have to go if I want to play in the game tonight" Nickey got up and got
dressed.
"Nickey, you remembered I can't be there because I have to take Emma to a check
up right."
"I know it's just, it's the first game I can't miss it."
"Okay but if you feel any worse call me."
At around three o'clock Rachel and Emma were on the way to the doctors when
her phone rang, "Mom, it's Nickey, I got starting server. I wish you could be here."
"I'll see what I can do, okay"
"Okay, I love you"
"I love you too, Good Luck, sweetheart." she hung up the phone, "Nickey got
starting server.
"I wish I could be there"
"Me too, Em"
"Hey call dad and have him go tape it."
"Good idea," she picked her phone, "Hey sweetie it's me Emma and I are on our
way to the Doctors but Nickey called and said she got starting server, will you go and tape
it for us."
"You will thanks, sweetie, bye"
Ross grabbed the recorder and headed down to Nickey's High school. "Hey,
sweetheart, mom and Emma can't make it but, I'm going to tape it and we'll all watch it
later."
"Okay, wish me luck" She felt kind of let down but she wanted to play her heart
out so they could see it later.
"Good Luck, princess" He hugged her and she ran onto the court. She played in
the first game and score 12 points. The second game they lost by two. Now they were in
the final game, Mia, served the ball and the team volleyed it back over. Nickey spiked the
ball and it hit the ground for the winning the final point. The whole crowd started to
whisper things and Ross went go focus back on Nickey but there was a crowd around her.
"Nickey!" She was laying lifeless on the ground and she looked very pale. "Somebody
call an ambulance" Ross was in a state of panic. The ambulance came and the took her to
the hospital. Ross left a voice mail to Rachel, telling her to came as fast as she could. Ross
sat in the waiting room.
"Are you Ross Gellar?"
"Yes."
"Your Nickey's father right?"
" Yea"
"I have some form for you to fill out and I need her full name"
"Her name Nicole Rachel Gellar Green and can you please tell me what the hell is
going on."
"Sir, calm down, your daughter is in one of the worst stages of pneumonia. She
didn't get enough oxygen to her brain, that's why she collapsed. She is now in a Coma.
She will either come out of the coma or..."
"Or what?"
"She may die"
"What?"
"Her brain lacked oxygen for several minutes, now that she in the coma she is
stabilized. The oxygen count in her brain will build up and hopefully make good as new. It
is a hard process though and the chances are small she will fully recover. You told me
earlier she got sick yesterday and for her to get sick this fast her immune system must be
down. So now she must also rebuild that. "
"How long will it take before we know what will happen?"
"Nobody know she will come out of it when her body is ready to. It could be
hours, days, months, or even years."
"Years?"
"I'm sorry sir, I tell you if I find out any further information."
"Can I see her"
"Sure"
Ross walked into the room, Nickey looked as if she was dead. Her face was
glowing with a smile as usual and her eyes were closed so you couldn't see her beautiful
pale blue eyes. She had eyes just like Rachel. Tears started to roll down his cheeks. The
thought of losing Nickey was horrible. The doctor told him she'd have a small chance of
fully recovering and that scared him. Nickey had gotten sick in the first place chasing after
him and making sure he was okay. He decided to try and get a hold of Rachel. He went to
go outside to use his phone but he ran into someone and dropped it. "Oh sorry" he was in
such a state of disbelief he didn't even notice it was Rachel.
"Ross"
"Rachel, oh thank god your here"
"Why, why should you thank god I'm here?"
"It's Nickey"
"What happened did she hurt her wrist or something?"
"Rach I think we should go sit down and talk"
"Why, Ross what happened?"
"Well, Nickey is in the ICU " (Intensive Care Unit)
"Why? How? What? Oh my God"
"Rach calm down, why are you here any ways"
"Emma... had... monthly....test....oh....my.....god"
"Is she okay ?"
"I don't know I came to get her a pop"
"You left her"
"For a second"
"okay, we can't start fighting our kids need us. You go to Nickey and I'll go get
Emma" He started to walk away but Rachel stood there paralyzed in shock just as Ross
had done before. "Rach, It'll be okay we've done it once before we can do it again."
"Why is she here?"
"What?"
"Why is she in the ICU?"
"She has a stage on pneumonia"
"How bad is it?"
"Bad"
"Can I go talk to her?"
"No"
"What why not?"
"She is in a coma"
Rachel stood there in shock, the ICU was bad enough but a coma. How could
Nickey be in a coma, Rachel sent her to school and she was fine. It then suddenly hit her,
instead of keeping her sick child home she sent her to school. "I'm a terrible mother"
"What no your not"
"I sent her to school"
"That doesn't mean anything the doctors said her immune system was down and
that's why she got sick so fast, you had nothing to do with it."
"Will.....she be......okay?"
"It doesn't look good"
"What do you mean it doesn't look good"
"Her brain has a big lack of oxygen and she might get it she might not. It all
depends on her body."
"How soon will we know?"
"It could take quite a while possible even years."
"You mean she might never come out of it?"
"She also has the possibility of dying"
"She....could........die" Ross took Rachel in his arms, he felt so helpless. They both
did.
Falling Apart
Ross rushed out of the coffeehouse. "No daddy wait" Nickey followed him, at
these words Rachel had slapped Joey.
"I'm happily married what the hell are you doing.?"
"Rachel, I still love, and I know you love me too, don't lie"
"Joey, I'm not lying, I love Ross with all my heart, that's why I took him back.
Joey I thought I loved you. I'm sorry I made you think that but I don't. Ross means
everything to me, you have to except that. We are never, ever going to happen. If anything
ever happened to Ross I'd be devastated. My life couldn't go on without him, and right
now I need to go after him before I lose him. Goodbye Joey " She grabbed Nickey's coat
since she had ran out so fast and then grabbed her coat. "Joey," his head shot up "I think
you should stay away from me and my family for now, we've been through a lot and we
don't need this too." She walked out of the coffeehouse. Joey knew he had to get over
her. He had to, his life wouldn't be normal if he didn't. Joey looked at the door that
Rachel had just walked out of, he knew that would probably be the last time he saw her,
and he suddenly felt his heart feel ... relieved. It was over for good, he now really believed
she didn't love him
Rachel ran her heart out, her mind continued to wonder. How much of that had
Ross saw, would he except that is was nothing. She worried that he married would be
over because of Joey, she hated him right now. She loved Ross how could he do this.
Rachel looked all over she couldn't find Ross or Nickey. She decided to go over to
Monica's.
"Joey kissed me"
"Oh no Rachel not Joey"
"Monica don't worry I told Joey to stay away from me and my family, I love Ross
to much, to lose him"
"Thank God but what are you going to do?"
"I don't know I've looked all over, I can't even find Nickey."
"She's going to get sick, she doesn't have a coat on."
"I'm going to go find her, but do where the rest of the kids are, they weren't with
Ross?"
"I wasn't supposed to say anything but Ross dropped the kids off at your mom's ,
he was going to take you out to dinner tonight, just you and him."
"Oh, God, what have I done" She started to cry, she grabbed Nickey's coat and
left to go find her.
"Rachel it'll be okay" Monica knew she wasn't going to be okay. Joey had came
back for her, she suddenly became very angry at him too.
Rachel finally found Ross, he was at the museum. "How did you find me here?"
"You always said you came to the museum to think because it was the easiest
place to do it."
"So"
"Ross, look, I know your probably really angry but come on Joey, I don't love
him. I love you, he kissed me you can even ask Nickey. I mean you did talk to her right"
"No, she caught up to me and I told her to stay out of it, she didn't need to be
thrown in the middle again... Why?"
"Nickey's not here with you?"
"No, I told her to go with you"
"She never came back to me"
"So you have no clue where she is?"
"No"
"Well, this is just great, how did you lose her
"I didn't lose her she took of after you, then I did too. I went all over trying to find
you and her." there was another long pause and Rachel brought Nickey coat from behind
her back, "Ross"
"What" he looked up noticing her coat. "We'll find her." He took Rachel into his
arms, he was still angry at her but they had a daughter to find.
They looked all over at around eight o'clock Monica called Ross' cell phone. "I
found her, she's at our place."
"I just called your parents, where on earth did you go?"
"Well, I didn't have my keys, and I didn't want to come here in case I saw Uncle
Joey. I am so mad at him, if anything bad happens with mom and dad I'll kill him" Nickey
started to cry and Monica hugged her trying to let her know it would okay.
"Oh honey thank god your okay," Rachel ran over to her and hugged her like she
hadn't seen her in years, "Your so cold but you forehead is burning up do you feel okay?"
"Yea, I'm fine" She was lying, she felt absolutely terrible. Her ears ached, her
throat was swollen, her stomach was turning, it was hard to breath, and she felt very
dizzy. "Are you to okay?"
"Yea, we're fine" Ross couldn't believe Rachel had just said that. He was furious,
she had just kissed Joey, the only reason they had been apart for some many years.
"Chandler, where's my buddy" Joey had walked in and instantly noticed Rachel.
"Joey, what did I tell you"
"Look, Rach, your going to have to live with the fact that these are my friends
too"
"Well your going to have to live with the fact that I love Ross and you need" Ross
got up and walked out, how could she say that after all she had done today "Ross, Ross!"
Rachel took off running right after him.
"Here we go again" Nickey got up to leave but Monica grabbed her.
"You may have fooled your parents but you didn't fool me, I know your sick.
Now lay down, they'll be okay"
"Joey, I think you need to leave them alone for a while"
"Don't tell me you stand by them"
"Ross is my brother, Rachel is the love of his life and they are finally together for
good. Rachel is my best friend and my sister-in-law, she loves Ross and she always will. I
think you need to stay away for a while... from all of us."
"I can't believe your saying this, I'm sure chandler doesn't feel this way"
"Chandler doesn't feel what way?" He kissed Monica on the cheek
"Is this place a swinging door or what" she then went to get some stuff for Nickey.
"Chandler tell me that Ross and Rachel need to deal with me."
"I'm really sorry Joey but I'm with them on this one. They are in love and after all
they've been through they deserve happiness. When you walked out of our lives years ago
you said goodbye to all of your close friendships. Your still one of my good friends, but I
think it's best you stay away. I'm really sorry man" he stuck out his hand, "Bye:" Joey just
slammed the door and left. How could Chandler, his best friend, chandler do this to him.
"Pheebs it's Joey open the door"
"What are you doing here?"
'I came back to sort things out."
"I'm finally over Rachel for good, I know she doesn't love me and I'm fine with
that."
"Are you really?"
He looked deep into her eyes, "Yes." There was a pause of silence "Move to
California with me, let's work it out, if not for our sake, then for our kids,...please"
"Okay" Had she really just said that, she did and she meant it.
~*~
"Ross, Ross, stop"
"What do you want?"
"Why are you so mad, I thought you understood that he kissed me?"
"But you didn't push him away"
"Yes I did, Ross look at me," she grabbed his coat and looked into his eyes, "I
love you and only you, believe me." She kissed.
"Rach, I love you, but you know how I feel about Joey"
"I know I'm so sorry, can we just forget it ever happened?"
"No, but I'll deal with it"
"Thank you, I love you."
"I love you too"
They walked back to Monica and Chandler's talking about how much they loved
each other.
"Hey M"
"Shhhhh!, I just got her to sleep"
"Thanks Monica, where's Chandler?"
"He's helping Phoebe pack"
"Where is she going"
"She moving to California with Joey. Don't worry it's for the best, Joey can be
with the kids and he won't be in the way of you guys."
"Well we better say good bye to Pheebs"
"She said she'd cll you when she got there"
"Oh"
"I think we should get heading home then Nickey and Ben have school tomorrow,
plus she has her first game" Ross said picking his daughter up gently.
"Bye Mon, thanks for everything" they whispered.
Nickey woke the next morning still feeling sick. "Honey, Do you want to got to
school?"
"Mom I have to go if I want to play in the game tonight" Nickey got up and got
dressed.
"Nickey, you remembered I can't be there because I have to take Emma to a check
up right."
"I know it's just, it's the first game I can't miss it."
"Okay but if you feel any worse call me."
At around three o'clock Rachel and Emma were on the way to the doctors when
her phone rang, "Mom, it's Nickey, I got starting server. I wish you could be here."
"I'll see what I can do, okay"
"Okay, I love you"
"I love you too, Good Luck, sweetheart." she hung up the phone, "Nickey got
starting server.
"I wish I could be there"
"Me too, Em"
"Hey call dad and have him go tape it."
"Good idea," she picked her phone, "Hey sweetie it's me Emma and I are on our
way to the Doctors but Nickey called and said she got starting server, will you go and tape
it for us."
"You will thanks, sweetie, bye"
Ross grabbed the recorder and headed down to Nickey's High school. "Hey,
sweetheart, mom and Emma can't make it but, I'm going to tape it and we'll all watch it
later."
"Okay, wish me luck" She felt kind of let down but she wanted to play her heart
out so they could see it later.
"Good Luck, princess" He hugged her and she ran onto the court. She played in
the first game and score 12 points. The second game they lost by two. Now they were in
the final game, Mia, served the ball and the team volleyed it back over. Nickey spiked the
ball and it hit the ground for the winning the final point. The whole crowd started to
whisper things and Ross went go focus back on Nickey but there was a crowd around her.
"Nickey!" She was laying lifeless on the ground and she looked very pale. "Somebody
call an ambulance" Ross was in a state of panic. The ambulance came and the took her to
the hospital. Ross left a voice mail to Rachel, telling her to came as fast as she could. Ross
sat in the waiting room.
"Are you Ross Gellar?"
"Yes."
"Your Nickey's father right?"
" Yea"
"I have some form for you to fill out and I need her full name"
"Her name Nicole Rachel Gellar Green and can you please tell me what the hell is
going on."
"Sir, calm down, your daughter is in one of the worst stages of pneumonia. She
didn't get enough oxygen to her brain, that's why she collapsed. She is now in a Coma.
She will either come out of the coma or..."
"Or what?"
"She may die"
"What?"
"Her brain lacked oxygen for several minutes, now that she in the coma she is
stabilized. The oxygen count in her brain will build up and hopefully make good as new. It
is a hard process though and the chances are small she will fully recover. You told me
earlier she got sick yesterday and for her to get sick this fast her immune system must be
down. So now she must also rebuild that. "
"How long will it take before we know what will happen?"
"Nobody know she will come out of it when her body is ready to. It could be
hours, days, months, or even years."
"Years?"
"I'm sorry sir, I tell you if I find out any further information."
"Can I see her"
"Sure"
Ross walked into the room, Nickey looked as if she was dead. Her face was
glowing with a smile as usual and her eyes were closed so you couldn't see her beautiful
pale blue eyes. She had eyes just like Rachel. Tears started to roll down his cheeks. The
thought of losing Nickey was horrible. The doctor told him she'd have a small chance of
fully recovering and that scared him. Nickey had gotten sick in the first place chasing after
him and making sure he was okay. He decided to try and get a hold of Rachel. He went to
go outside to use his phone but he ran into someone and dropped it. "Oh sorry" he was in
such a state of disbelief he didn't even notice it was Rachel.
"Ross"
"Rachel, oh thank god your here"
"Why, why should you thank god I'm here?"
"It's Nickey"
"What happened did she hurt her wrist or something?"
"Rach I think we should go sit down and talk"
"Why, Ross what happened?"
"Well, Nickey is in the ICU " (Intensive Care Unit)
"Why? How? What? Oh my God"
"Rach calm down, why are you here any ways"
"Emma... had... monthly....test....oh....my.....god"
"Is she okay ?"
"I don't know I came to get her a pop"
"You left her"
"For a second"
"okay, we can't start fighting our kids need us. You go to Nickey and I'll go get
Emma" He started to walk away but Rachel stood there paralyzed in shock just as Ross
had done before. "Rach, It'll be okay we've done it once before we can do it again."
"Why is she here?"
"What?"
"Why is she in the ICU?"
"She has a stage on pneumonia"
"How bad is it?"
"Bad"
"Can I go talk to her?"
"No"
"What why not?"
"She is in a coma"
Rachel stood there in shock, the ICU was bad enough but a coma. How could
Nickey be in a coma, Rachel sent her to school and she was fine. It then suddenly hit her,
instead of keeping her sick child home she sent her to school. "I'm a terrible mother"
"What no your not"
"I sent her to school"
"That doesn't mean anything the doctors said her immune system was down and
that's why she got sick so fast, you had nothing to do with it."
"Will.....she be......okay?"
"It doesn't look good"
"What do you mean it doesn't look good"
"Her brain has a big lack of oxygen and she might get it she might not. It all
depends on her body."
"How soon will we know?"
"It could take quite a while possible even years."
"You mean she might never come out of it?"
"She also has the possibility of dying"
"She....could........die" Ross took Rachel in his arms, he felt so helpless. They both
did.