Sorry it took me so long to get chapter 4 up! I had exams all week..but im finally done, thank god. Well hope you like chapter 4, and merry christmas! : )

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Ross and Rachel just sat there in a trance, lost in eachothers eyes. As Rachel was jerked back to reality she realized how complicated everything was. Monica saw that Rachel had been crying, oblivious to what was going on with her and Ross, and ran over to her side.

"Oh my God Rach, what's wrong?" Monica asked.

"Oh, it's n-nothing, im fine," Rachel responded.

"You've been crying.." Joey said.

"Yeah, well um, me and Chris just had a huge fight, and I was talking to Ross about it and just got a little overly emotional.." Rachel said, pleading Ross with her eyes to go along with her story.

"Y-yeah, we were just talking about her and Chris and she got a little upset, you know Rachel, she always gets emotional" Ross said.

Her friends let it go at that, and went on with the rest of the night like everything was normal. Ross and Rachel tried their best to go along acting like everything was fine. Ross was dying to talk to her about what had hapenned and to help her with Chris. He couldn't stop staring at her. He'd been dreaming of her, just kisisng her once again for so long, he couldn't believe it actually hapenned. Things were so complicated though. Finally Phoebe, Joey, Monica, and Chandler declared that they were tired and went home. Rachel told Monica that she was going to stay a little longer because she wasn't tired yet so that her and Ross could talk. Ross closed the door and turned around to look at her, them alone once again. He didn't really know what to say. He just kept quiet and waited for her to say something.

"Um..thanks for being so nice before."

"Oh, don't worry about it, it was no problem. Listen to me, Rach, you can't keep letting this guy do this to you, you deserve so much more then that. Promise me you'll end it,"

"Oh, I don't know, he'd get so mad..he scared me so much. I've never been more scared of anyone in my entire life"

Ross came closer and looked her in the eyes, "Rachel, you cannot stay with someone who is doing this to you. You have to end it, you have to. I can't let you stay with him. Report him to the police, I don't care, do whatever you have to, you just need to promise me that you'll end it with him. Please, promise me."

"I-I promise.."

"Thank you"

"Um, I think we kinda need to talk about that kiss before.."

"Yeah"

"Look Ross, that was amazing, but.."

"But what? Your breaking up with Chris, I mean I realize things are complicated.."

"Things are just too complicated right now Ross, I can't deal with this right now. We just don't work Ross, when we're together argue nonstop, anyway. It seems like there's just always some force or something working against us. We're just never going to work"

"Don't say that, we can make this work if we try, please Rachel. I-I'm still in love with you!"

"Oh my God.." Rachel said, dumbfounded. All this time, he had still been in love with her. But it just wasn't the right time. As much as she wanted to she just couldn't do this right now..she had to make him realize that it just wasn't going to work. "Ross, this is too much for me right now, don't you understand? I'm engaged, engaged! Yes, I'm going to break up with him, but this is all so stressful for me, do you realize how angry this is going to make him? Do you have any idea how hard this is for me? And then I'm going to have to break the news to my parents. This is the second wedding that they've paid for, that I won't be going to. This is just to much right now Ross, it's too much!"

"You cannot tell me that kiss meant nothing to you. You don't kiss someone like that without feelings behind it!"

"I have to go Ross.."

"Rachel, don't leave like this, please, we can do this!"

"I'm sorry..I just..c-can't deal with this right now.."

"Rachel, come on!"

"No Ross, th-this just isn't going to work, I'm sorry.." she said, her voice barely above a whisper. A tear rolled down her cheek as she turned and walked out the door, leaving Ross behind..the one man that made everything feel okay. She knew for sure now, she was still in love with him, but they could never make it work, especially not now. How could he believe in them so much? He had so much faith in them..how did he know it would all work out? She just knew it never would..would it?

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Well, hope you liked this chapter. I love reviews, so please review it and tell me what you thought. Hope you guys have a great holiday, I'll try and get chapter 5 up as soon as I can.