Sorry this chapter took me so long to get up here. I've been very busy with work and last week I was on vacation. Hopefully it won't take this long to get chapter 5 up. Enjoy.
Begins where we left off…
Rachel just made the hardest decision of her life. She's decided to take Ross off life support.
"Well, we, we need to fill out some paperwork before…"
"Right, well lets make it fast before I change my mind, huh?" She keeps telling herself, 'it's all for the best, it's all for the best'. They walk out
They go to the cafeteria. Dr. Hayward has the paperwork that needs to be filled out. Rachel's pretty quiet about all this. They're just finishing up filling out paperwork and Rachel had to sign a few things
Hayward, reassuring her, says, "You know, there is a chance that when we take him off, he could live."
"Don't even talk to me about hope okay? It won't do any good."
"I'm sorry I'm just saying that there is a chance."
Rachel says this quietly; "there isn't a chance in hell that he's going to survive this."
"I'm so sorry Rachel."
"Don't be. This was my decision."
Hayward, gathering up the paperwork, "Okay, so by the end of the week…"
Rachel cuts him off, " No, it has to be tonight. I could have a change of mind by the end of the week okay? So let's just get this out of the way and pull the damn plug."
"Rachel, we can't…"
Rachel raises her voice, "Tonight! Or I'll do it myself. I'm going to go see him, before…" She takes a deep breath and walks out. She goes to Ross' room and sits in the chair next to him. And takes his hand, and begins to talk to him, "Well honey, I made probably the hardest decision in my life. By the end of the night, we're going to pull the plug. Ross you have to be strong, you have to come out of this". Starts to cry hard. A couple of minutes pass. Rachel doesn't get how hard this is for Ross just to wake up. "Damn it Ross just wake up WAKE UP!" She's standing now. Ross slowly starts to stir. (AN: Like I would kill off Ross : ) He slowly wakes up. Not sure of what happened. Rachel also forgot that there might be some post-traumatic symptoms. She's just ecstatic that he woke up.
A very big smile spreads over her face, she's very excited and jittery, "Oh my god Ross! It's a miracle; I knew you were going to come back to us. How do you feel? Oh I'm going to go get Dr. Hayward." About to leave…
Ross manages to talk, angry, he says, "What the HELL are you doing here?"
Rachel's smile drops, shocked at what he just asked, "Um… excuse me?"
"You heard me. So tell me Rachel, does Monica know you're here?"
Rachel, getting scared, "Ross, honey, what are you getting at?"
"Like you even have to ask?"
Rachel's not sure what to think, "Um, let me go get Dr. Hayward."
"Wow Rachel, you're getting fat, whose baby are you knocked up with this time?"
Rachel gets teary eyed, "Ross you know its…yours. I'm going to go get Dr. Hayward."
"Well don't worry about coming back, you're not welcomed."
Rachel leaves shocked and confused. She finds Dr. Hayward at the front desk with Ross' chart. "Dr. Hayward!"
"Hey, is everything okay?"
"It's Ross."
Hayward senses it's bad news, "What?" They both hurry to his room, "Well Ross, you had us worried, how do you feel?"
"My head hurts."
Rachel, trying to help and is scared to death at what happened to him, "Honey where does it hurt?"
Ross hears her, but ignores her, "Doctor, what do you think it is?"
"Well, it could be several things. Does it feel like a headache?"
"It's worse than a headache"
" Well, you probably hit your head so hard, you could have a concussion or even a brain tumor."
"A tumor? That's awful." Rachel not believing it.
Ross is upset that she's there, "I thought I specifically asked you to leave." At that moment his head hurts a lot.
Hayward, feels like he missed something, "Is everything okay?"
"This is what I was talking about"
Ross says, "Doctor, can you please show her out."
Hayward looks at Rachel, "Did you say anything that would upset him?"
"Not that I can think of, I mean we had a heartfelt conversation right before he took his nap that he just had to have. See? I knew this nap was a bad idea." She's getting upset.
Hayward looks at Ross, "Ross? Do you realize that your wife hasn't…
Ross cuts him off can't believe it, " What? She's not my wife! Is that what she told you?"
Rachel is shocked and speechless.
"Ross? I need to borrow Rachel for a sec."
"Go ahead, and don't bring her back either." Rachel looks at him with so much hurt in her eyes. They walk out. Sitting down.
Rachel, wanting answers, "What the hell is wrong with my husband?"
"Can you think of anything you said to him that would upset him?"
Rachel can't think, "No, I told you, nothing so big…"
Hayward continues, trying to get her to think back, "Anything that might of happened in the past, maybe a year ago, 10 years, maybe 20 years ago?"
"No, I would remember something that big."
"I just thought that he might of lost some of his memory."
"There was something else, he asked me whose baby I'm knocked up with this time."
Hayward shocked, but acting calm, for Rachel's sake, "Really?"
"What do you think it is?"
"He could either have a tumor, which would trigger his brain to do all sorts of scary things that we have no way to control, or he might have par amnesia, where his mind gains memory."
Rachel trying to understand, "So what? His mind just all of a sudden has extra memory of stuff that never even happened?"
" Yeah, it's not too common, but we still have some tests to do…"
Rachel insists, " I want to help."
"Rachel, it's obvious that Ross doesn't want you around, and until he does, I suggest you stay out."
Rachel's hurt and begins to cry, "You're right, he doesn't want me in there"
Hayward feels bad, "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. It's just something happened to Ross and we don't want upset him."
"I know"
"I know this has to be hard for you. I can't imagine what you must be going through"
"Can I see him before you start testing though, please?"
"Okay, but if he wants you to leave, then leave."
"I will."
Later, Rachel walks into Ross' room, he's resting his eyes. He hears that someone's there and assumes that it's the doctor.
Ross, his eyes are still closed, "Good, doctor, I'm glad you're here, my head has not stopped…" He opens his eyes and sees Rachel. "What are you doing here?" He asks annoyed.
"How are you feeling?"
"Like you even care?"
Wanting answers, she asks, "Ross, remind me again what it is that I did to hurt you, because whatever it is, I am so sorry."
"How could you forget? You cheated on me?"
Rachel, in disbelief, "What? When?"
Ross is annoyed, and feels like he's had this conversation with her many times, and is mad that they're talking about it now, "It's been 4 years"
"Ross, 4 years ago we had Tyler." (Tyler's their youngest he's obviously 4)
Ross, not wanting to hear anymore of what he thinks are all lies, "Rachel will you please leave?"
"Ross I would never cheat on you. You know that. I love you so much."
"So now you're denying it? You were the one that told me." Calms, "Look I asked nicely, please go, you're making my head hurt."
Rachel is worried and her voice starts to crack, "Ross, honey, you must have had some bad dream or something, because what you told me never happened."
Ross, not believing what she's telling him, "What are you going to tell my next? That Lukas never died?"
Rachel shock, "What! He didn't…he didn't die Ross."
"You're even in denial about his death? Rachel, the therapist said…"
She can't believe how stubborn he's being, "Stop it! Stop saying that! He's not dead okay? Actually he's on his way."
Ross, still not believing it, "You're crazy Rachel."
Raises her voice a little, "I wasn't the one in the car accident Ross!" He doesn't say anything. She calms down and pulls a chair next to his bed and takes his hand, "Look" But he pulls away. She gets very upset now and stands back up. Starts yelling at him, "Okay, I don't know what kind of sick-minded game you're playing with me here, but I surly don't like it! All I want is my husband back!"
Ross realizes something, "Hey I know what you're trying to do here. You know just because I was in a bad car accident doesn't mean you have to try to make me believe that I'm crazy because of it. I know that it happened and you can't fool me."
She's mad at how unbelievably stubborn he's being, which scares her a lot because Ross is never this stubborn unless he's right. "Okay, why don't you tell that to you're sister, better yet, why don't you tell that to Lukas!" She says, trying to make a point.
Ross feels somewhat bad for her, thinking that Lukas is still alive. (You have to realize that Ross really thinks this all happened.) "Rachel, you need help."
She thinks for a bit and out of nowhere she asks, "Ross? What's the date today?"
Ross rolls his eyes and sighs, "Well, I don't know the exact date, but I know that it's September of 2009."
"What? Are you serious?"
"Where are you going with this Rachel?"
"And when did Lukas die?" She asked, wanting answers since it's only 2005.
He rolls his eyes, answers sarcastically, "look, it only shows what a good mother you are if you can't even remember your own sons death."
Lukas walks in at the last sentence Ross said. Shocked, he asks, "What? You guys had a child that died?"
The end. Please Review thanks. How will Ross React? How will Lukas react? Chapter 5 will be up soon!
