Chapter 9:
Rock, paper or scissors?
Maybe it was because she felt lonely, or maybe it was because she always remembered Richard fondly…for whatever reason, Monica didn't hesitated for a second and she had sex with Richard.
After all, Richard was the love of her life before London…
Now it was pretty clear that she didn't love Richard anymore… but she still had sex with him…. It was just "comfort sex". After that she felt deeply sleep…
Richard, on the other hand, was quite awake… he was too confused to sleep… ever since he got together with Monica the first time his life had been an "emotional roller coaster": they had a short period of intense happiness, then they broke up and he had been miserable, after that they got together again only for one week… but after that she fell in love with Chandler and Richard didn't stand a chance… Richard will never forget when he had lunch with Monica and she looked so happy because of his upcoming anniversary with Chandler…. After seen her so in love with someone else Richard went to Africa to try to get her out of his mind… but her memory never left him… and when she decided to marry Chandler, Richard knew he had lost her for ever and he had been devastated….
But now Richard was there… in Monica's bed… with his sweet darling in his arms… Richard looked at her hand… she was still wearing her wedding ring and her engagement ring… why didn't he noticed it before? Well… because he was too madly in love with her to see the truth: Monica would never get over Chandler…. And Richard couldn't help wondering… Could he cope with Monica breaking his heart one more time?
The next morning…The morning light woke Monica up. She looked everywhere but Richard wasn't in her room. Actually, he wasn't even in the apartment.
When she got up and went to the kitchen Monica saw a post-it that was stick to her refrigerator… the post-it had one short message written: "I'm sorry, I can't, don't hate me"… Monica immediately understood what that meant…. She looked at the flower vase that had the red roses that Richard gave her and, using all the angriness and the frustration she had been repressing for months, she throw the flower vase (plus the roses) to the other side of the room. Then she burst into tears looking at the broken vase… it looked so much like her marriage… like her life…
Meanwhile, in the Central Perk.
Ross was holding Emma and talking to Phoebe, Mike y Joey. Phoebe and Mike were sitting on the orange couch, while Joey and Ross were sitting in the chairs that were in both sides of the couch.
Ross- I'm telling you guys… Rachel's boyfriend is totally insane!
Joey pretended to be very shocked while he heard that…
Joey- you don't like Rachel's boyfriend? That's unbelievable!
Ross- I'm serious, he is crazy! He started yelling over nothing yesterday morning… he is insane…
Phoebe- no way! You are overreacting
Ross- I'm not! I'm telling you… All Rachel did was offering a cup of coffee when I went to her apartment to pick up Emma… but Dennis totally freaked out!
Joey- (in disbelieve) he freaked out because Rachel offered you coffee?
Mike- no way!
Ross- way! He saw Rachel and I chatting and he started yelling that Rachel was his now…. That I might be Emma's father but he is Rachel's boyfriend….
Phoebe- and what did you do?
Ross- well... after yelling at me he started yelling at Rachel, so I picked up Emma and got the hell out of there.
Phoebe- you let them alone while they were having a fight?
Ross- of course... it wasn't my business. Didn't you notice anything weird when you saw them yesterday?
Phoebe- no! Rachel and Dennis just came to our house and celebrated San Valentine's day like nothing happened…
Joey- but that's weird… I mean, couples that just had a great fight don't go to Valentine's parties… they just don't!
Mike- yesterday they acted so normal… not like they had a fight that same morning…
Joey- Rachel looked fine… well except for that cut she had next to her right eye
Ross- (surprised) she had a cut next to her eye?
Joey- she said that Emma was playing with some scissors and she tried to take them away from her but she cut her self accidentally.
Mike- but other than that she seemed fine… she and Dennis looked like two lovebirds
Phoebe- well… but that's what they do… they have major fights and minutes later they are like nothing happened…
Ross- but what I'm supposed to do? Not talk to Rachel anymore? Am I supposed to stop being her friend because Dennis doesn't like it?…
He looked to his friends looking for an answer… Phoebe raised his arm defensibly…Phoebe- don't ask me! I have not idea how to handle a friendship with an ex … when I'm done with a guy I'm done with a guy!
Ross- what are you taking about? You got together twice with Mike… and with David you got back like three times…
Mike- (to Joey) I don't care… because she married me…
Phoebe- I know that I had "on and off relationships"… but I never keep in touch with an ex while we are still separated… David and I are not friends… I didn't invite him to my wedding… I didn't say "David" at the altar…
Mike- And I appreciated it…
Ross- is not that simple for me Phoebe… I have a baby with Rachel… I can't just ignore her and cut her out my life…
Phoebe- I not saying you should do that… but you should accept that everything is over between the two of you…
Ross- I accept that…to me she is just my friend who happen to be the mother of my child…
Phoebe- I don't think you are really over her…
Ross was about to protest. But in that moment Rachel entered in the coffeehouse… she looked surprisingly happy and she was wearing sunglasses. When she took off the sunglasses Ross saw the cut next to her right eye…
Rachel- hello guys!
They all greeted Rachel and she took Emma from Ross and sit in the orange couch with the baby on her lap.
Phoebe- how are you Rach?
Rachel- great! I have excellent news…
But before she could tell the news, Monica entered in the coffee house very angrily.
Monica- you will never believe what's just happened!
Rachel- hey! I have news too… and they are definitely bigger news than yours…
Monica sat next to Rachel, and talked in a very challenging voice.
Monica- don't be so sure… I bet I have the bigger newsRachel grinned and made her announcement happily…
Rachel- Dennis proposed to me and I said yes! I'm engaged!
Rachel showed her hand, in which she had a beautiful engagement ring. But before everyone could react to that, Monica took the note Richard left her out of her pocked and put it over Rachel's ring.
Monica- I slept with Richard last night and the he dumped me using a post-it… I'm sorry Rachel, but paper covers rock...
Joey- I can't believe Richard did that, Mon! Do you want me to kick his ass?
Ross- yes… and I will help you, Joe!
Joey- Ross... having to save you from Richard's beating so he doesn't kill you is not very helpful
Phoebe- Mike can help too! It will be like his initiation to be an official member of our gang
Mike- ok... I am in...
Joey- but guys... we can't go all to beat an old man… that wouldn't be fair… I'll go to beat him by my own.
Monica- no one is gong to beat anybody! Richard didn't do anything wrong… I wanted to have sex with him because I was sad… and he never promised me anything… I don't even want to get back together with him… I was just upset because a note is a horrible way to say goodbye… he should have told me in my face this morning that he didn't want to get back with me...
Joey- well... maybe he doesn't deserve to have his ass kick… but Chandler surely does
They all looked at him in shock after he said that.
Ross- Chandler?
Joey- exactly… he was the one who promised to be with Monica forever…
Rachel- I could definitely hurt his homosexual face whit my big diamond… is the bigger diamond I have ever seen.
And just like that, Rachel made the conversation turn about her surprising engagement and her gorgeous engagement ring.
Finally, Ross and Rachel were left alone. Phoebe and Mike left saying that they had to go to work and Monica and Joey took Emma upstairs in order to give Rachel and Ross some privacy.
Rachel- so... are you surprised?
Ross- like you wouldn't believe... Rachel... I thought that you and Dennis were on a fight… he seemed very mad yesterday morning…
Rachel- oh... no! he wasn't really mad… Dennis is just like that when he doesn't like something… he yells a little, he throws some things… but after that he is completely charming again.
Ross- wow... and was he angry even after I left the apartment?
Rachel- oh yes… He yelled... he threw some things and then he left to think things over, but after that he came back very sorry for what he did and he proposed to me!
Ross- what did you mean when you said "he threw some things?
Rachel- well… he was so angry… he grabbed the first thing he saw and threw it at me…
Ross- wow… I can't believe it... Rach… what was it?
Rachel- he threw a scissors that happened to be there…
Ross looked at her in shock.
Ross- oh my God! That is why you have that cut next to your eye! How could he hurt you like that? Dennis is insane!
Rachel- Ross... he didn't mean to hurt me, he was just very nervous.
Ross started to get very worry… if Dennis was capable of throwing some scissors directly to Rachel's face, who knows what else he might do?… Rachel looked at Ross very nervously, and Ross never looked so serious in his life.
Ross- how could you accept his marriage proposal after what he did?
Rachel- because he was very sorry for doing that… after our fight he left to think things over… and when he came back he begged my forgiveness, and he proved to me that he really loves me… he promised me that he will never hurt me again..
Ross- and you believed him…
Rachel was so uncomfortable that she tried to make a joke… like Chandler would do…
Rachel- well… he gave me this diamond… and rock beats scissorsRoss heard enough… he got up very angrily and started walked to Monica's apartment with a decision on his mind. While Rachel chased him, desperately begging not to do what he was planning.
To be continued…Which are Ross plans? Will those plans save Rachel from Dennis? And what's more important Does Rachel want to be saved? If you want answers to those questions all you have to do is review. PLEASE! I'm begging you! Is was hard to me writing this story (being a mondler fan and all) and it took me a lot of time… it will take you so much less to write a review and send it.
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