Here's chapter five! R&R please!
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Rachel took a deep breath and opened up the door to Chris's apartment. This was it, it was now or never. She was going to end things with Chris once and for all. Her hands were shaking as she turned the doorknob. No turning back now..
"Hey Chris" Rachel said. As she looked at him, she decided that he looked pretty sober, which was a good sign.
"Hey Rachel, what's up? You sounded a little weird on the phone"
"Well, I need to talk to you about something, here maybe we should sit down" she said, gesturing towards the couch.
"Okay, what's going on?"
"I don't really know where to start..look, Chris, I just don't think us getting married is such a good idea anymore.."
"And why not?!" he said, his temper rising.
"Chris look at this!" she said, rolling up her sleeve, revealing bruises from their fights "This shouldn't happen every time we get into a fight!"
"So what? Rachel, I only do that because I love you! Don't you see, if it were anyone else I wouldn't do this because our stupid fights wouldn't mean anything. But you..you I love with all of my heart and I'll do whatever I have to to have you!"
"Were you like this with your ex-wife?"
"Yes, you see, once you have my ring on your finger, you are mine. I get very protective."
"Chris, I'm sorry, if you really loved me you wouldn't hurt me like this! This isn't normal, I shouldn't have to worry about getting beat up by my fiance for talking to my guy friends!"
"What do I have to do to show you how much I fucking love you!" Chris walked to his liquor cabinet and poured himself a shot of pure vodka, "I hurt you because I love you, and I will have you!" Another shot, and another, and another and before long he was pretty drunk.
"Chris stop, your scary when your drunk!"
"I don't care. You bitch, you can't leave me! You have MY ring that I gave you on your finger!"
"Not anymore!" Rachel said, taking off the ring and throwing it in his face, before making a dash for the door. Chris grabbed the back of her shirt and pulled her back before she reached the door. He pulled her very close to his face.
"Not so fast, my love! You will marry me, and you'll like it!" he said, slapping her across the face. Rachel started to cry.
"See, you don't hurt the people you love! This isn't love, this is you on some power trip. I don't care what you do to me I won't marry you!"
"Oh yes you will!" he threw her against the wall and lifted his hand to strike again. Rachel realized she had to do something, he had never been this mad before. He was holding her arms above her head with his right arm, and his left was preparing to strike her in the face again. Before he could make another move, she kneed him with all her might in the stomach, causing him to keel over, and then stabbed him in the foot with her high heel. She seized this opportunity, and raced out of his apartment, never looking back.
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She was too exhausted to go back to the apartment and be bombarded with questions from Monica. She headed towards Central Park for a walk to clear her head. She was so relieved to have finally gone through with it. She shivered every time she pictured how tortured and angry he looked when he was about to hit her. She didn't want to think about it anymore. It's all in the past now. She tried to think of something else and let her mind wander. She found her thought all leading to one thing. Ross. She hated the way she left things with him yesterday. She didn't want things to be like that, and right now she wanted more then anything just for him to hold her and make everything alright. Suddenly she didn't care how complicated things were, how much they fought. She needed him. So what if they had an occasional fight? Suddenly she realized that was true love, when you drive eachother crazy half the time, but put up with all of the stupid little things because you're so in love. When you take the time to fight and work things out because you actually care. She realized that if she really didn't love him, she really wouldn't care, wouldn't take the time to fight with him so much. It was starting to pour, and she didn't want to go back to her place yet. She had to see him, so she quickly left the park and made her way to his apartment.
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Ross was driving himself crazy pacing around his apartment. Rachel had left him a message telling him that she was going to Chris's apartment to break it off once and for all. He was home when she called, but couldn't bring himself to answer the phone. He couldn't believe how she wasn't even willing to give them a try. He knew she cared. That kiss was amazing, he just knew how she felt. He just wasn't so sure that she knew. He was scared to death that something was going wrong over at Chris's. He didn't know what he would do if Chris severely hurt her. He was losing his mind thinking about everything that could happen to her. He needed to get out of his apartment. It all jus reminded him of everything that hapenned last night, and what was going on right now over at Chris's. He grabbed his coat and left his apartment building. It was raining, but he didn't really care. He wasn't even quite sure where he was going, he was just going wherever his feet led him. He desperately tried to think about anything else but her, but it wasn't exactly working. But then, he turned a corner and there she was, standing before him in the rain, soaking wet. He had no idea what she was doing there, but he was so glad to see her.
"Hi" she said quietly.
"Hi"
"I, uh, broke up with Chris, just like I promised."
"I'm glad" he said, looking down.
"Ross, I'm so sorry about everything that hapenned yesterday..I was just so.."
"I know, it's okay."
"I love you, Ross"
"I know that, too" He said, moving closer. She was shivering from the rain. But even though her make-up was running, clothes all wet, and hair a mess, she had never looked more beautiful to him. He kissed her at that moment with more love and passion then he had ever kissed anyone before. She was his lobster and they were finally reunited. That night, standing there in the pouring rain kissing her, Ross finally found happiness for the first time since they had broken up. He was finally with her, and everything was going to be okay. But little did they know, Rachel was far from rid of Chris yet. He wasn't going to give up on her that easily..
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So, what'd you think of chapter 5? It's my favorite one so far, just because I'm such a huge RR fan and I love them together. Well, please review and tell me what you thought!