Oh i forgot in the last chapter. These characters are the property of BKC, Warner Brothers, and NBC..
Monica couldn't believe her eyes. She had to blink them to make sure she was seeing right. He didn't have the familar too much gel on his hair or the Abrecrombie and Fitch look he presently had. His clothes looked like they were from the seventies. His pants were hiked up to his waist and his hair was the familar afro that he sported when he was to take Rachel to the prom.
"Oh my God, he's … he's a geek." exclaimed Monica. He walked past her and she noticed her had a book in his hand. He went into the dining room and sat down with their mother and father.
"Mom, Dad, I will be home a little bit later tonight. There is a lecture at the university about trilobites. I will give you a call if I decide to go somewhere afterwards to get some coffee."Ross said as he got up from the table. He walked over and kissed his mother's cheek before he went out the kitchen door.
"Ross still lives at home?" inquired Monica. "But what about Carol or Chandler. Or Rachel?"
The spirit answered softly, "Ross went to school and got his Phd. He works for the museum because he never got fired for his anger. Chandler and him never really hit it off and Rachel went to school with him, but since he was such a nerd, she wouldn't give him the time of day. He lives in the house he grew up in with his parents."
Monica put her hand up to her mouth,"So are you trying to say that?"
The spirit smiled, "Exactly, there would be no Ben or Emma if it wasn't for you. He never had the confidence with women because the girl he liked made fun of him. Ross was very shy and it was hard for him to talk to girls. By you being friends with Rachel, it kind of broke the ice. Rachel never admitted it in high school, but she even liked Ross back then. She thought he was sweet and funny. When she moved into your apartment, she got to see him for what he was a tender, loving, man who knew how to love a woman unconditionally. And the rest as they say was history." the spirit explained. "But wait there's more..." the spirit walked and lifted her robe again.
Monica saw that it was an office at the museum. Ross was sitting behind a desk and had on it a picture of a woman with dark brown hair. He picked it up forlornly and looked at it. Then he opened his desk drawer and put it away..
"Who was that ? Emily?" Monica asked confused.
"Oh no... if you remember the only reason Ross met Emily was because Rachel asked him to take her out so she could be with Joshua. No her name is Christina and her and Ross just broke up. They had been seeing each other on and off for about a year. She didn't see the relationship going anywhere and refused to be with a man who in his thirties who still lived at home.He loved her very much." the spirit sadly said.
Monica looked at her brother. She remembered the pain he went through after his and Carol's divorce and how he blamed himself for the failure of the marriage. She also remembered trying to console both her best friend and him after the disaster of the break up. He had that same look on his face. Ross was hurting and it killed Monica to see that ,since she knew how happy he was now.
"I could always understand the Rachel thing, but I didn't know it was me who helped him so much." Monica said puzzled.
"Yes, your fights and competitiveness made him more confident and then he would be able to accomplish more. Carol taught him how to love and Rachel gave him the passion he has for life." the spirit smiled.
"But I am sure that Rachel would be just fine." reasoned Monica.
"You just keep thinking that." laughed the Spirit.
The hospital sound system kept playing Christmas carols, but Chandler just sat in the chair bent over. They were still doing tests on Monica and he wondered what was going on.
"You guys, Ross called me, what happened?" yelled Phoebe as she entered the waiting room
"Well it seems that Monica was on a ladder and in the middle of something and she lost her balance and fell and hit her head." Joey explained.
"And she still hasn't come to," added Chandler."They should be bringing us news soon." At that moment, a female doctor came into the waiting room, It was obvous she was a surgeon because she was in scrubs.
"Mr. Bing, hello, I am Dr. Corday, your wife still hasn't come to and frankly we are worried because we have noticed some swelling on the brain. It seems that there is some sort of a clot in Mrs. Bing's brain. What we are planning to do is relieve the pressure , but we will have to operate to do that." the doctor explained. "We'll be taking her to surgery now. I'll let you know when we know more." the doctor slowly walked back down the hall.
"Surgery, I can't believe this," cried Rachel as she hugged Ross.
Chandler couldn't believe it either. This morning Monica was fine and preparing for Christmas. Now she was in an operating room possibly fighting for her life. He just couldn't help blaming himself.
"I guess now that we know its serious I should call Mom and Dad, come on honey." Ross said as he and Rachel went to call his parents about Monica.
"She has just got to be alright Joe," Chandler cried as his best friend hugged him .