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Ross was wandering around outside the hospital premises. After he told Emily they should break off the engagement, she had called a cab, and said she was going to pick up her stuff, and leave for the London the next morning. This upset Ross greatly, but he knew he had made the right decision. All Emily had cared about was herself, and didn't even think about Ross's friends, some of the most important people in his life.
As he neared the main entrance of the hospital, he noticed a young couple coming out. A baby, swathed in a bundle, lay in the woman's arms, her husband walking proudly beside her.
"That would've been Rachel and I if things worked out," Ross thought. He sighed sadly to himself, looking back one last time, before entering the hospital.
He sighed sadly to himself as he looked back one last time before entering the hospital with Rachel's food.
"I wonder what's taking Ross and Emily so long," Chandler commented. "They've been gone for like, an hour!"
Rachel frowned at the mention of Emily. She had slept for about half an hour, then awoke, feeling pretty good, and was now sitting propped up on her pillows with her close friends all around her. Except Ross, of course, but Rachel wasn't really sure what she felt about him right now.
"I'm sure they're ok," Phoebe assured Chandler. "I bet they'll be back any second now." As if in answer to Phoebe's words, the door opened and Ross came in…alone.
"I swear I'm psychic!" Phoebe exclaimed, at first not noticing the absence of Emily.
"Hi." Ross said mournfully as he entered the room.
"What's wrong dude?" Chandler asked in a sarcastic tone.
"Emily and I just broke up," Ross replied quietly.
Dead end silence went throughout the room as nobody spoke. Soon, a tall, middle-aged man in bifocals entered the room.
"Oh good, Miss Green, you're up," Dr. Harland said. "How do you feel?"
"Good," Rachel whispered, still shocked over Ross breaking up with Emily.
The doctor checked Rachel's iv, before exiting the room.
"I'll let you visit with your friends now, and I'll come check on you in another little while," Dr Harland said kindly right before he left. Rachel could only nod.
There was silence for a few moments after the doctor had gone.
"You-you broke up with Emily?" Monica finally asked, staring at Ross, who was still standing near the door.
"Uh-huh," Ross replied. "It wasn't gonna work, I mean, she didn't even care that Rachel could have been--" he broke off his sentence as he realized Rachel was still in the room.
"We'll talk later," Monica said, going over to Ross and patting him on the shoulder.
"Rachel?" Joey asked suddenly. "Um…what did happen to you…that night…after you left?"
Rachel's face tensed up, remembering that horrible night. It was all a blur, she barely remembered details…but she knew exactly what had happened.
"Rach?" Joey asked. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm ok," Rachel replied, finding her voice. "But I--I don't wanna talk about that night. Not yet. I don't want to remember, it was just so awful…" Rachel's face crumpled up and she burst into tears.
"Oh my god, Rachel, I'm so sorry, I didn't--" Joey said in panic. He tried to comfort Rachel, but she just shrugged him away. Joey looked over at the others for help.
"Rach, it's ok, Joey didn't mean to get you upset," Monica said soothingly, giving Rachel a hug. "Why don't you try to go to sleep again?" she suggested. Rachel lay back down on her pillow obediently, and was soon asleep.
That evening, Rachel, still physically and mentally exhausted, was asleep in her hospital bed. Everyone except Monica and Chandler had gone home to get some sleep. Monica hadn't wanted to leave Rachel, and Chandler had said he'd stay to keep her company.
"I'm glad Rachel's ok," Chandler said, breaking the silence in the room.
"Oh, I am too," Monica said. "Just to think that she could have---" Tears welled up in her eyes as she imagined what could have happened to Rachel if she hadn't been found in time.
"Shh, it's ok, everything's fine, Rachel's fine…" Chandler said consolingly. He wrapped his arm around Monica's shoulders and started stroking her hair. Then he realized what he was doing and quickly withdrew his arm.
"No, it's ok, you don't have to stop…" Monica said quietly, looking at Chandler in an odd way.
"What?" Chandler asked, confused. Monica said nothing for a second, and then she leaned over and kissed Chandler…
