When life turns to reality

Chapter one: the move, the meet and the accident

This story will is probably being really popular; it's when the gang is in high school. Except I've changed the character of Rachel a little bit, and Monica isn't fat, phoebe and Joey wont be in the plot, but they might appear later

Disclaimer: this show belongs to me in no way!

Rachel grew up in a small town outside new York, was 15 and her family was not rich, but well done by, which means middle class like most of us out there.

She had a mom and a dad, no siblings. She was an only child. She was home schooled because her mom was scared she would get hurt and bullied at school, her mom also thought Rachel being as outgoing as she was would get into bad things like drugs and teenage pregnancies. Rachel's mom was very over protective, and wanted to keep Rachel safe. Rachel's dad on the other hand believed in socializing in the schools with other students and being brought up with the rest of society, her mom naturally refused. Rachel's parents would get in huge fights over this topic, of school and would never agree! They wouldn't even try to compromise.

Rachel was not stupid and not super smart either; she got B's and C's in school. Rachel was good looking and attractive, she was hip. She had long light brown hair, down just past her shoulders with added in highlights for effect. She had bright pale blue eyes, she was a teenager guys at the high schools would fall for, but that doesn't mean they got to.

Monica was also 15 like Rachel and grew up and lived in a small town right outside of New York City, she had a mom a dad and a brother Ross, who was older then her by 1 year.

Monica used to weigh like 200 pounds when she was 13, but lost all that weight when she was 14. Monica is like Rachel when it comes to intelligence. Monica has long black wavy hair, and also beautiful blue eyes and is hip and attractive like Rachel, now for Ross.

Ross is Monica's older brother and is really quite smart, he gets A's and B's in school, he is also really fit, good looking, in his Ross way and into sports, but his favorite is basketball, Ross likes basketball and of course "dinosaurs", or paleontology, and for Ross's parents and chandler they are all still like the characters in the real show.

Rachel was laying on her stomach in bed, in her room with her little laptop in front of her. Of course this laptop is where she did all of her work, she was typing up her last assignment for the year of grade 9. Rachel looked over at her alarm clock, on her night stand, in read in green almost luminescent bright letters 9: 30 pm, Rachel then decided she would finish this report tomorrow, for it was her last. She had a shower and was relaxing; she was excited for tomorrow, is her last day of school and then summer holidays will start and last almost 3 months! As she was getting ready for a shower she heard her parents come through the door yelling " Rachel, Rachel"

So Rachel rapped herself in a robe, and headed down stairs towards her parents.

For the next 2 hours Rachel's parents lectured her and talked to her about moving out of the city to a place called "long island", a small town not far away from new York city, Rachel's dad got a job there to be a doctor because they needed a small clinic to open. Rachel at first refused and protested, but then wondered, she asked a simple, big deal of a question, she asked slowly and politely,

"Will you let me go to the school there, mom?"

Rachel's dad glanced over at Sandra, Rachel's mom and looked serious, Sandra then replied slowly and cautiously,

"Yes, if that's what you would like"

"Good decision Sandra", Rachel's dad applauded

"Whatever Leonard", Rachel's mom replied blankly

Rachel ran up stairs for joy

"Wait young lady, we leave tomorrow night", yelled Leonard after Rachel

"Okay dad", was the only excited response he got from Rachel

Rachel got to her room, jumped on her bed and got in her pajamas.

Rachel was not at all upset about moving because she was home schooled and had no friends, so this was like an adventure and a great change. Rachel glanced over and looked at her digital clock once more, it read 12:02 am Rachel decided to go to bed and drifted off.

The next morning Rachel started to pack everything from her bedroom and bathroom right away, it took her most of the morning and afternoon, when she had just finished her mother called from downstairs

"Rachel Karen green, are you done?"

Rachel seriously, but carelessly responded quickly, "yeah"

Mom stated, "The movers will get your things, a cabs waiting in the front for us, come on, hurry!"

Rachel came down the stairs, and glanced back to the place she once called home, she followed her mother out and shut the heavy door behind her, that was it a new start. Rachel and both her parents climbed into the cab and sat silently as she watched the house she had lived in all her life disappear, Rachel didn't care, she wanted change, friends and to go to a real school. Rachel just sat there silently the whole way, staring out the window watching as the building and light posts went quickly by. Of course they weren't actually moving, but because they cab was moving at a steady pace they passed as though they were moving. Her parents also sat there silent when Leonard, Rachel's dad decided to break the dreaded silence and speak.

"You guys, sweethearts, tomorrow night I have to go to a meeting about the job"

Rachel: okay

Sandra: I'll go with you okay?

Leonard; of course, so Rachel you can stay at home by yourself and get settled in?

Rachel; I guess

Rachel just kept sitting there thinking about how she wasn't really close with her parents they both left for work 5am in the morning and came home 12 o'clock at night and Rachel stayed home alone all day, they were like strangers, she didn't think they loved her, which they did but you know that feeling, like you're a mistake or something, this is how Rachel felt every minute of every day, she needed a friend, not just a friend a best friend, like a second family. Finally the cab came in and parked by the curb and everyone, well the 3 of them piled out in orderly fashion.

Rachel walked into the small 2 story home and liked what she say, then she went outside to the front street and looked to both her left and right, a neighborhood of houses, not apartments, homes, long streets about 10 of them, she walked back in and she was now at her new home. Her parents were hoping to live here for the rest of their lives.

The next week was hectic, even though Rachel only helped unpack her own things, after the hectic week Rachel decided to meet some neighbors, Rachel's mom of course was terrified of the idea and refused so with that Rachel would run upstairs and hide in her new room while her parents fought of the topic being a good parent and freedom, but Rachel's dad soon after the second week in the new town helped Rachel persuade her

Sandra; alright you can go, find some friends…

Rachel: thanks!

Leonard; have fun!

Rachel's mom was thinking, this is a safe town she can be alone by herself, there were only about 200 people living here, in long island.

Rachel walked for about 10 to 15 blocks or streets and saw this girl who looked about Rachel's age, 15 sitting on her door step, Rachel decided to go over and introduce herself, Rachel was really shy though because she had never met many teenagers her age, cause of school and all.

Rachel: hi

Rachel said this through her teeth with a shy smile, then she stood there really nervous and still. Rachel thought this girl looked very friendly and charming, but Rachel had never talked to strangers, her mother would not allow it, Rachel thought again if Rachel's mom was with her she would state, what if this girl was a psycho killer. Monica then broke the silence by asking.

Monica: hey, who are you?

Rachel knew right away that this girl was a friendly type, because she responded with such enthusiasm and cheerfulness, plus to add to that she had a huge smile on her face

Rachel; Rachel, I'm Rachel, I'm new here, I live about 12 blocks away

Rachel was so relieved to have started some sort of conversation with this person, and felt that they might become good friends

Monica: cool, I'm Monica, where are you from?

Good Rachel thought she is returning the conversation which means she must be interesting in getting to know me and that i'm pretty easy to talk to

Rachel: New York City

Monica thought wow, because Monica had never bee there before and I was huge, the only reason she had heard of it id because of the news and her mom would go shopping there every second weekend,

Monica: wow, want to come inside and hang out with my brother and me?

Rachel hesitated at first, should I go in? She thought. Again she began to imagine if her mom were with her, her mom would say, what if she's just pretending to be nice and then gets you in her home and kills you there on the spot, but Rachel thought its Monica, a 15 year old like her she wouldn't do that, so Rachel agreed

Rachel: sure

Monica: come on in!

From that moment on Monica and Rachel became the best of friends and Ross and Rachel, well they knew each other, and Rachel just thought of Ross as Monica's older brother who was pretty good looking and nice to be around.

2 years later, grade 11, summer vacation

Rachel and Monica saw each other all the time and were pretty close, so were Monica and Ross's parents and Rachel's parents, one evening Monica had just gone home for the night and Rachel was left in her house alone she went up stairs all happy, and excited, with jitters because today was the last day of school for grade 11 and summer vacation was here for another 3 months! She looked at the clock it read 10:00pm, she had 30 minutes before her parents would be home, so she took a shower, Rachel was in there longer then expected.

Rachel got out of the shower and heard no one was home and looked at the clock, this time it read 12:00pm Rachel thought

"They are always out of the house and late, but never this late!"

Rachel started to get worried, she thought for a minute her dad was supposed to be home at 10: 30pm and he was going to pick Rachel's mom up from work on the way home, they were just about 2 hours late!

Monica and Rachel are best friends so are chandler and Ross, they all met in 9th grade at Lincoln high. Ross had always had feelings for Rachel since they met, and Rachel didn't know and still doesn't now that they're in 11th grade, going into 12th. .

Rachel then decided to call both her parents cells, neither of them answered! Rachel was now freaking out so she called the police, they didn't know either, so Rachel called the clinic where Rachel's dad worked and they had an answer. Rachel was talking on the cordless phone in her room; she was out of breath from being so frightened

Rachel: do you know where my parents are?

Rachel was so hoping that the clinic could help her fin d her parents, or even better her parents be safe there

Clerk: yeah, sorry, come to the hospital immediately!

Rachel called for a cab and hung up the phone, when the cab arrived Rachel ran out her front door not even bothering to lock the door behind her. She got the cab driver to drive as fast as he could to the hospital, Rachel kept thinking to herself while she was seating in the firm, very uncomfortable cab seat, why did he person on the phone say sorry? Rachel looked out of the corner of her eye and yelled

"Here's my stop!"

Rachel ran through the hospital doors to the front desk; Rachel was out of breath and worried sick more now then ever because she had more then a million questions without answers flying around in her head

Rachel: which room are they in?

Clerk: I'm sorry miss, they are not in a room, and they are gone

It took a minute for the information to register in Rachel's mind, did she hear wrong? She must have.

Rachel: what? What do you mean?

Rachel thought maybe this time she will give me a different answer, you see Rachel was the type of person who believed in miracles and always thought positively, but this time she wasn't so sure

Clerk; they past away, minutes ago………..from a car accident. I'm sorry.

It hit Rachel like a speeding train, Rachel still didn't quite catch on, but she knew the truth, her parents were dead, her mom in heaven, her dad she hoped in heaven too but maybe in hell. Rachel didn't really know, because she didn't realize it until today that we are going up in a world, where everyone has their opinions but no one knows the exact truth. How is it possible that something so small as a heart to seize beating can throw you into this realm of mystery, wondering, and strong beliefs. Rachel surprised herself that she wasn't more sad and upset about this whole situation and what had happened. She was actually guilty, for not crying her eyes out and yelling and screaming and feeling like the world had ended. She stood there and said the first thing she could think of and it just came out of her mouth quickly

Rachel: oh, what do I do?

The clerk at the front desk looked at her a little shocked, confused and surprised, the clerk thought in her head why isn't this girl crying? Why doesn't she show that she at least a little bit sad? This is her Mommy and her Daddy. She would not be alive without them.

Rachel thought to herself, why couldn't I come up with a better question, then what do I do! What will Rachel do though? These are my parents, show them some sympathy! But Rachel told herself, you feel what you feel. And she wasn't angry or sad; she was nothing at the moment.

Clerk: I'll let you talk to the youth nurse here, and she can help you

Rachel: thank-you

You would think Rachel would be more upset about her parents death, but not really because she barely ever saw them like I said before they are like strangers to her. They were like people who just raise her until she can move out. Anyways Rachel spent most of her time at Monica's house with Monica and her family or at school.

Rachel slowly made her way to the youth nurses' office and sat in a seat and waited for the nurse to join her, Rachel had to wait along time, the nurse was busy with another person, or patient, the nurse slowly opened the door and noticed that Rachel was not crying, or sad looking, so the nurse, or youth leader came a took a seat next to Rachel, quietly she said with a lot of sympathy

Nurse: I'm sorry

Rachel; its fine, no big deal

Nurse: (unsure) okay, do you have any close friends you could live with?

This was one of the many questions Rachel wanted to know about and she was going to find out who she would stay with in a matter of seconds, Rachel thought will I have to stay in a orphanage or a foster home? But Rachel hoped she would get to, pick where she wanted to stay, sorry not wanted to stay needed to stay

Rachel; yes, Mr. and Mrs. Gellar, I'm best friends with their daughter Monica

Rachel hoped she would get to stay with Monica because they were her second family, or even her family like I said before she was there most of the time, even on weekends for sleepovers

Nurse: I'll give them a call and see what we can do

Rachel; great

The nurse didn't want to ask any more questions, she just wanted to do what had to be done as the part in her job but she couldn't help but wonder, so she asked.

Nurse: miss, I'm sorry but I have to ask, why aren't you more upset?

Rachel sat there with the nurse for the next 30 minutes explaining everything in her life and how her parents used to argue, how her mom was so overprotective, her home schooling, her new life and going to be new family, the nurse finally understood a bit better and left it at that, to phone the Gellars and sort out the papers.

Rachel was assigned and willing to live with Monica so she signed the papers and Mr. and Mrs. Gellar were here new mom and dad or legal guardians.

Rachel was happy and excited to live with her best friend of 2 years or the Gellar family" until college when Monica, Ross, chandler and Rachel would move out and get dorms for college.

From today on the gang of 4 will have fun together and enjoys each others company

TO BECONTINUED….

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