When life turns to reality
Chapter 2
In movies, during funerals, it's always raining, and everyone is in, but it seemed that today was the most beautiful day of the year, the sun was peaking from the fluffy white clouds, and it was one of those weather situations that could only be described in children's story. Monica dressed in a black dress and a black coat with her black hair pulled up into a ponytail. Rachel was tired, and dressed in a burgundy red dress, and felt like she was going to throw up. Monica had her hand on Rachel's shoulder, trying to comfort her. But really all anyone needed to say to Rachel, was that it was okay that she felt nothing at all.
"…Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust." Repeated over and over in Rachel's ears, to the point of ringing. Her head hurt, her neck hurt and her stomach hurt. She told Monica and Monica said;
"It's just a reaction to the death of your parents, Rach."
But she knew it wasn't; she could hardly hold the daffodils and baby's breath and when she put the flowers down on her father's grave, she discretely vomited.
Her face turned bright red with embarrassment. Ross felt so
"I threw up on my parent's coffin." She squealed, "That's horrible."
"It's all right, they know you love them."
"But I don't."
"Rachel" Monica was appauled.
"My Daddy slapped me. They were ashamed of me."
"How? My parents my best friends, my role models."
"Well, mine weren't. They are the reason I'm alive, but nothing more."
"They fed you, they kept you alive." She enforced.
"And they hurt me, they did not love me." Rachel said evenly.
Monica's eyes filled with tears, how could anyone not love a child?
Two months earlier
Rachel was so scared to be living with Monica, Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Gellar, or jack and Judy, as they preferred to be called, at first of course she was excited and happy to be living with her best friend and her friends family, sort of her family.
But now she felt like she didn't belong and she was intruding, ruining their life, getting in the way and making things bad and worse then they were already. But the truth was the Gellar's loved her and would do anything to help her, but Rachel didn't feel this way, at least not at the moment. The Gellar's if I haven't already mentioned are also well done by and are middle class, so there life wasn't that bad, not bad at all actually.
Rachel just sat still in the waiting room of the clinic and waited for jack and Judy to pick her up and take her to what was now her new home and home for good. People who came in kept staring at her as they walked by, Rachel didn't know why they were staring at her, she thought the clerk most of told people, Rachel couldn't take it any longer so she locked herself in a bathroom stall and cried. Not because of her parents death, but because of to much change all at once, I guess right now for her everything seemed bigger then it actually was, her life was actually great, she was so lucky. Rachel made herself happy again by thinking of her future and college, she straightened herself up and went back to sit down and wait with a huge smile of gladness and happiness on her face.
Jack and Judy parked the car in the parking lot and came in to meet Rachel, they were happy, they thought of it this way, Rachel was there most of the time, so why not forever its not that big of a change, well not for the Gellar's. But for Rachel it was huge.
Jack and Judy walked through the sliding doors and saw Rachel sitting there still, with the same huge happy smile she had before; they were also surprised, just like everyone else. They came up to her, gave her a hug and made her feel very welcome. On the way home Rachel was so hyper, that Judy decided it would be a good time to go over rules and regulations and her standards, Rachel knew most of them already but Judy just wanted to refresh her memory.
Jack was the one driving so he pulled into the driveway in the front of their home and came around to open both Judy and Rachel's doors, Rachel walked in and found Monica and Ross sitting on the couch in their living room, anxiously waiting for her to arrive. When they saw her, they got up sprinting over and of course Monica was the first to ask all the questions, Rachel thought to herself, she should of called Monica from the clinic. Jack and Judy left the three of the teenagers in the living room alone to talk.
Monica: how are you?
Monica wanted to know everything, every detail and all the bits and pieces
Rachel; fine, actually great
Monica and Ross were both confused as were many people who talked to Rachel that night isn't death supposed to be painful and heart breaking? Is what the 2 of them thought
Monica: what happened?
Rachel: they died in a car accident, almost immediately!
Ross; you don't look very upset about it!
Rachel: that's cause I'm not, I know its kind of selfish but they weren't a big part of my life, so it's not hard to see them go
Ross; what do you mean?
Monica; yeah tell us, now!
Ross and Monica both really wanted to know what was going on in Rachel's head so Rachel again told her infamous story about her parent's fights and arguing, home schooling, never seeing them and how the Gellar's were her second family
Monica: oh yeah I see what you mean now!
Ross: yeah I remember you mentioning something like this once before
Monica; so you're okay?
Rachel: perfectly happy and okay
Ross; great lets go set up your room, the movers dropped your stuff by the house when you were at the clinic and now its upstairs in your new room
Monica: follow me
Rachel; thanks you guys so much!
Ross: whatever, any time
Monica: hurry!
Monica and Rachel went to Rachel's new room and unpacked Rachel's things.
Ross went off to his room thinking about how the girl he loved now was living with them and had a room right next to his. Ross couldn't help but feel a slight feeling that he did have a good chance with Rachel, because of what had happened in the last 5 hours.
Ross decided to get involved in what Rachel and Monica were doing so he would be near Rachel and be the grateful Ross that Rachel would see, the one that will help her unpack and always be there for her.
Ross went next door to the next room where Rachel and Monica were and knocked on the door twice, Rachel opened the closed door; Ross was on the other side and took a step in.
Rachel: yes Ross?
Monica: Ross: what do you want?
Monica said this a little irritated because, well you know Monica she's always clean and tidy an on schedule, and when Ross interrupted their packing, she was losing valuable minutes.
Ross; I was wondering if you guys needed help?
Ross was very hopeful and cheerful and a little shy when he asked this, he was waiting for an answer when Monica snapped
Monica; no
Ross looked at Rachel and was hoping that she would let him help. Cause Ross wanted to be round Rachel as much as possible now and be a best friend to her, or a boyfriend some day
Rachel looked at Monica with a glare and then smiled at Ross and sweetly replied
Rachel: yeah I would love your help
Ross smiled, his shy glad, kind of geeky but very cute smile and picked up a box and started to help when Monica stopped
Monica: I think I'm going to stop for a while you 2 can handle it and finish up without me, right?
Rachel; duh
Ross; of course
Ross and Rachel both giggled at their stupid responses and Monica was partly amused and rather annoyed by the corny comments, Monica left the room and closed the door behind herm the reason Monica left was because she knew of Ross's feelings for Rachel and wanted to give him some alone time to be with her and also so they could be alone together. Monica always thought to herself what it would be like to see her best friend and her brother together, sometimes Monica thought it was a great idea and others not so much. You see if Ross and Rachel got together Monica would always be caught in the middle of everything they did. Monica wanted to see Ross and Rachel happy, not fighting so if they were together and happy that would be good and if they were together and fighting all the time Monica would not like it and it would be bad.
Monica went downstairs to get drinks for everyone and was on her way to the kitchen, when she stopped outside the door, to listen to one of her parents conversations, she knew she shouldn't listen in but she had to sometimes, she liked to know things only she knew are Ross and Rachel didn't have a clue about, Monica heard the conversation like this.
Judy: are we going away this summer?
Jack: of course, to the cabin?
Judy: do you think it's a good ides?
Jack: what do you mean? We always go every year
Judy: well we have Rachel this year
Jack: oh yeah
There was silence, now this was a conversation Monica was allowed to hear so she decided to get into the conversation and interrupt the silence and add her thoughts. Monica walked quickly into the kitchen to the fridge to get the drinks like she hadn't heard a thing, Monica spoke
Monica: so are we going away this summer, you know to the cabin? Ross Rachel and I really want to go together!
Jack looked at Judy and Judy looked at jack, they decided they will go, it will be good to get away from here and it would especially do Rachel some good, Monica then called Ross and Rachel downstairs because jack and Judy had to tell them their plans. Ross and Rachel came running down with big smiles on their faces and their bodies full of energy. They then walked into the den and sat on the couch with Monica to listen to their parents, what was going on? They thought.
Judy: okay you al knows how we go away every year?
Ross: yeah
Jack: well we are going to the cabin again this year
Rachel; great!
Judy: and Ross, you can bring chandler if you would like?
Ross; awesome, I'll call him! When do we leave?
Jack: 2 days, you better all pack!
Judy: go on!
Ross, Rachel and Monica ran upstairs, they were done Rachel's room, so Ross called chandler and chandler was allowed to come, they all packed and were going on vacation for 3 weeks!
Once Ross had hung up the phone and had invited chandler to come he wandered off to his room thinking about how, they were all going away together and they weren't just going this year, they were going with Rachel. See the kids, or teens shared a small cabin and the parents, which would be jack and Judy got the bigger one down the way, Ross was jumping for joy, this summer was going to be the best!
Monica was also nervous this year about going away, because she sensed that Ross and Rachel would fall for each other and start dating over this 3 week trip, though Rachel had no feelings for Ross and had no idea what was going through Monica and Ross's heads, she was happy to get away for a while and be with her friends and family. Rachel was still oblivious of Ross's feelings for her, even though chandler, Ross and Monica knew, she didn't, but will her feelings for him sprout and grow over time?
The morning of the vacation came, everyone gathered their things and met downstairs, outside in the front, in the driveway.
Jack and Judy only had a truck so they took it and Ross, Rachel, Monica, and chandler would have to and could sit in the back open truck part, which they loved to do.
Jack hauled and put everything in the truck and gathered snacks for the gang to eat on the way up there, they also brought pillows, a blanket and a music player, they all piled in the back with jack and Judy in the front and they pulled out of the driveway and they were off! Vacation had finally come, but what will happen next?
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