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Regret, Confusion and a few aspirins.
She woke to the sound of a vaccum. No, it couldnt be morning time already. She rolled onto her side, her face squashed against her pillow, her hair all over her face.
For a moment she couldnt quite remember the day, was it a friday? Even if it were, there was no way she could go to work today, her head felt like it may explode and she was sure she could feel that feeling of sickness in the pit of her stomach.
She could hardly remember the night before, how did she even get home?
Then she remembered, it was a Sunday. She didnt work till the night on Sunday, so she had the whole day to relax by herself, no getting up early.
Just as she was warming to the idea of having a lazy sunday, Monica was knocking the door. 'Rach...Wake up'.
Rachel moaned from her bed, 'What is it?' She asked, smacking the pillow with her hand. 'What time is it?'.
'Its gone 9...'. Monica told her, bursting into her bedroom. 'I need you to be up for when Ross comes with the cat toys...tell him they're in my room ok?'.
'Its 9oclock? Monica...I'm tired. Please leave me to sleep...', She moaned again.
'How much did you drink last night?'.
'Oh I dont know...a hundred glasses'. Rachel joked, sitting up now. 'Well you've woke me up now Monica, congratulations. I might aswell just get up now...'. She groaned, pulling the duvet back and stepping out of the bed.
'Before you go out, I suggest you take a look in the mirror...' Monica laughed before walking out. 'Seeya Rach...'.
Rachel, confused by the comments stepped out of the bed and walked towards her mirror. Oh god, there was mascara on her cheeks. Even on her head. How?. She sighed as she reached for a wipe. Her head was still pounding so she walked slowly into the kitchen area to find the tablets.
She was getting some sort of dejavu as he stood opposite her, 'Did we speak on the phone last night?' she asked him, 'No, I stayed at Julie's last night...' He told her.
'Oh..' She sighed. Not fully understanding the way she had a stepback when she looked at him, maybe she dreamt about him the night before. 'I havent even checked my messages yet, do you mind if I check here?' He asked her, with the cat toys in one hand.
'Sure..' she nodded, walking into the bedroom where she planned to attempt to get her day started by getting dressed and making herself look reasonably ok for work, she still had makeup smudged all over her face, she dreaded to think what Ross thought of her but he was too kind to say anything anyway.
'Rach, I got a message from you..' She heard him call from the other room.
And then, it all came flooding back to her.
She stood in the doorway, her mouth dropped and her whole body still. 'Whos Michael?' Ross asked. She shook her head, 'No...Ross...' She said, moving from the doorway and quickly jumping onto the sofa, 'Hang up the phone...', Without even thinking she dived onto his body to grab the phone out of his reach so he didnt hear a word. 'Hang up the phone...' She said again, throwing the phone into the sink now. Neither of them said a word.
Not once had he even contemplated standing infront of Rachel as she revealed her true feelings for him, only seconds ago she had admitted to having feelings for him. What did that mean? He just couldnt get his head around the idea, 'You're over me?' He asked her, she stood before him, looking so small and speechless. She sighed quietly and looked at him straight in the eyes, 'Are you over me?' She asked him. They seemed like two teenagers in the playground, admitting their feelings to one another then treating it like some sort of game, asking him this question left Ross feeling lost for words. He knew he wasnt over her, he never was and he never could be, but over the past few months he had Julie to make him see that he could be happy.
He was completely thrown off course now as he remained silent for another few seconds, here he was standing with the woman he had been completely head over heels in love with for years, they had been looking at eachother now for a few minutes. Just as he was about to speak, the buzzer went. Saved by the bell.
Snapping out of his trance, he suddenly realised that his girlfriend was downstairs waiting. He had completely forgotten about everything, Rachel always had that hold of him, she had the ability to put thoughts in his mind, then erase them.
Running quickly to the door, reality hit him. He would have to leave Rachel for now, he couldnt deal with it at the moment, the least he could do was keep one promise to his girlfriend, go and get this cat he had been excited about getting just a matter of time ago but now, he just wasnt in the mood for anything, nevermind buying a cat.
'I cant deal with this right now. I've got a girlfriend, I'm going to get a cat...' He told her, looking at her as though he was drunk, his eyes looked like they didnt belong in his head and the words just seemed to splur out of his mouth. She nodded, she couldnt ask him to stay and talk about things because there wasnt anything to talk about now. She had told him that she had feelings for him, and then she had taken that away by telling him she was now over him. She just didnt know why she had said that to him because she wasnt over him, maybe she thought telling him she was over him would make things less uncomfortable, how wrong she was.
'Ok...' She told him, as he opened the door to leave.
He looked back at her again, 'Cat...' He repeated again, looking at her for another moment, then he walked out leaving her to rethink everything over. She just couldnt think what she would say to him the next time they had to face eachother.Her headache had got much worse now as her thoughts multipled in her mind. If only she could rewind back time.
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