Thanks for the reviews! Here's chapter two, I hope you enjoy it. It's a few months after the announcement, invitations have just been sent for Rachel and Chris's wedding.
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"This is the one," Rachel said, admiring herself in the mirror, wearing a beautiful wedding dress. At the top it was strapless and tight, and had a flowy, beautiful bottom.
"You look so beautiful!" Monica said.
"Chris is gonna love it," Phoebs said.
"Thanks guys. Oh I almost forgot, we need to find bridesmaid dresses for you guys, too!" Rachel said.
"Speaking of bridesmaids, who is going to be the maid of honor?" Phoebs asked.
"uhh well, I duno I haven't really thought about that much." Rachel said.
"Well I think it should be me, I mean I have known you much longer" Monica said.
"Yeah, but if it wasn't for me, you never would have dated Chris. Remember, you weren't sure if you were ready to date again because you weren't totally over Ross, and I told you to get over it and just go out with him." Phoebs said.
"Oh please, Chris and Rachel wouldn't have even met if it wasn't for me working at that old 50's theme restaurant, she was eating there because of me and he came up to her!" Monica said.
"Okay, well I'll just leave you two to decide..I'm gonna go buy my wedding dress!" Rachel turned and went to the fitting rooms to change and buy her dress. She loved both her best friends so much, there was no way she'd have been able to decide that by herself. She smiled to herself as she paid for her dress, thankful to have such great friends.
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Ross was sitting in his apartment, staring at Rachel's wedding invitation.
"Theres no way I can put myself through this wedding, it's hard enough just watching them be together and have to hang out with them..how could I ever watch her get married when I'm still so in love with her. I still can't believe I lost her. This is all so hard,"
He walked over to the kitchen to grab a beer. Suddenly Joey and Chandler walked in.
"Hey what's up?" Joey said.
"You okay man?" Chandler said, seeing how upset his friend looked.
"What? Oh y-yeah im fine.." Ross replied.
"Could you be more upset? What's wrong with you?" Chandler said.
"I'm sorry, It's just..I-I just opened Rachel's wedding invitation.." Ross said.
"So? I thought you'd been over her since she started dating Chris? Ohh pizza.." Joey said, while walking over to grab a slice.
"Well..not quite.." Ross said.
"Oh god, you're still in love with her aren't you?" Chandler asked.
"Well..if not being able to think about anyone else, and the fact that I've pretty much felt like killing myself ever since I heard about the wedding means I'm still in love with her, then yeah, I guess I am." Ross sighed.
"Why didn't you tell anyone?" Joey asked.
"Well, I mean I thought I'd find a way to get over it, but it's just gotten harder and harder." Ross said.
"Well, you're still going to the wedding right?" Joey said.
"I don't know, it might just be too hard. I think I might just talk to Rachel about it later and tell her that I've already used up all of my vacation and sick days at work or something," Ross said.
"Dude, you can't just miss Rachel's wedding, she's one of you're best friends." Joey said.
"I know, but you don't understand, just seeing them together hurts so much, how can I watch her walk down the aisle towards some other guy?" Ross said.
"Do what you want to man, just please think about it. She's gonna be crushed if you're not there, and plus, you're not going to be able to avoid them, especially with them married." Chandler said.
"Yeah, okay.." Ross said.
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Rachel was in her room, getting dressed for her date with Chris, when she heard someone walk in.
"Mon, is that you?" She yelled.
"No, it's Ross."
"Ohh hey, hold on I'll be out in a second" She quickly spritzed some perfume, put on some heels, and walked out of her room.
"Damn why does she always have to look so amazing." Ross thought to himself. Rachel was in red spaghetti-strap dress that went to her knees, and black stilleto heels.
"Hey sweetie, what's up?" Rachel said.
"Oh not much. I got you're invitation today. The big day's coming up pretty soon, huh?"
"Yeah, oh I'm so excited,"
"Yeah, but I'm uh, not really sure that I can um, get off work anymore this year..I've missed work a lot this year."
"Ross, you've missed like one day this whole year.."
"Yeah, well they're uh being really strict about how much work you can miss lately.."
"But Ross, you have to be at my wedding! I don't know what I'd do if you weren't there, you're one of my best friends,"
"I just..don't know Rach,"
"Ross, please try, for me?"
There was a knock at the door. Rachel went over to answer it. It was Chris. He handed her a bouquet of flowers and pulled her into a passionate kiss. Ross wished so much that he could be in Chris's place at that moment. He would give anything to be the one engaged to Rachel, holding her. He loved the way she kissed, the way he felt when he was with her.
"You ready to go, hun?" Chris said. "Hey Ross"
"Hi" Ross said.
"Alright, let me just grab my purse and we can go." Rachel said. "I'll see you tomorrow Ross. Please talk to you're boss and try and get off work. You just can't miss my wedding."
"I'll do what I can" Ross sighed.
"Okay, bye sweetie" Rachel waved and with that she left, with Chris's arm wrapped around her.
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What'd you think of chapter 2? I hope you liked it. Im starting to get an idea where this story is going. Don't worry RnR fans, this is an RR fic, just wait, it gets better. Lol.
