I wrote this in 2 days I just wanted a Christmas fic, so I wrote it. Hope you enjoy and tell me what you think.~Mel



FOREVER CHRISTMAS





She sat in her beautifully decorated living room, with a Winter Wonderland tree sprinkled with tinsel, looking out the window. She wondered what all the people in the world where doing at this time. It was a time to be with the ones you love. She wasn't with anyone. Her friends were all hanging out in their apartment. They urged her to come hang out with them, but she refused she wanted to wait more. She waited until seven o'clock but it was useless, so she walked on the street to her best friends.
On the street, she saw the same old things: drunks, hookers, and bums, but she also saw Santa Clauses ringing their bells collecting money. She saw storekeepers closing their stores not to be opened until a day later. She walked right to her friends’ apartment and went up. She knocked on the door and was welcomed by four of her close friends. "Did he get here yet?" said Monica her best friend. "Did he call you at least?" asked Phoebe. "No" she answered. "I don't know where he is." She blurted out in tears. Her friend all hugged her comforting her. "Hey what do you say we sit down and watch a movie the time she fly by quicker?" said Monica. Monica put in "It's A Wonderful Life" and they all sat down. Joey lay on the floor while Phoebe, Monica, and Chandler sat on the couch. Rachel sat in the chair.
He sat in his seat anxiously waiting to land little did he know he still had 12 and a half until his plane would land. He sat next to a pretty woman, who was asleep at the moment. He sat and thought about his girlfriend as he gripped the presents he had for her in his hand. He thought about how mad she was going to be because he was not with her right now. He knew she was going to be mad because they had not talked in about three and a half weeks. He missed talking with her and being with her. He was happy she forgave him and they got back together again. He wished he were with her he knew she was crying right now, and that made him want to cry. "What am I doing?" he asked himself hanging his head thinking.
~FLASHBACK~
It was 1996 Rachel and him were sitting on his couch talking about there future. “So you think we will be together in about let’s say five years?” He asked. “I don’t know. Do you mean like married?” she asked him and hugged him. “Well yeah” he answered. “Well I don’t know. Do you want to be?” she said. “Well I guess yeah would you want to be is the question?” he asked her curiously. “Well I don’t know I mean it is kind of hard to think about.” She answered “Why? How come you wouldn’t want to marry me?” he asked “What?” she asked getting upset. “Why are you so afraid of commitment?” he asked her. She sat up and walked away from him by the window. “How can you sit her and question me like this. I-I mean y-you ask me what I think about marriage and I say I don’t know and it is like you put me on trial.” She argued. ‘No I just want to know what are you so afraid of?!” He yelled. “Nothing.” She yelled to him. “What bothers you?” he questioned calming down. “Nothing, I just... It is nothing can we just drop this?” she asked pleading “Sure” he told her, as he made her sit back down, while he turned on the TV. They sat in uncomfortable silence as there fight was put away for a while until the question was brought up again.
~PRESENT~
He just sat and gripped his gifted tighter.
During the movie, she was deep in thought about how her life had changed. She had got back together with Ross over nine months ago. They were really close this time around, trying not to make the same mistakes. Ross had went on a dig in Canada and Greenland for a month, she hadn't seen him and he promised he would be home before Christmas. She knew that it wasn’t his fault if he was late, but she was still upset at the fact that he was not there. "Everytime a bell rings an Angel gets his wings." She was pulled out of her thoughts by the ending of the movie. She looked around and saw Joey asleep on the floor and Phoebe laying on Chandler, but no Monica. She was startled when her best friend came out of the bathroom with no warning. "Your still awake I thought you were sleep.” she said. "Well I can't sleep,” said Rachel. "Oh come on you have to stop he s coming I promise,” said Monica. "Yeah I don't believe in promises anymore, cause no one can keep them." she said starting to tear up. "Hey let's go to Joey's." she invited so they wouldn't wait the others.
Once they got in, they sat on the sofa together. "Here are some tissues." She gave her crying friend feelings sorry for her. " Hey I know something that will cheer you up, I will tell you a story, one about you and Ross." said Monica. "OK." answered a crying Rachel. "Well it was that one Christmas when we went up to your dad's cabin."
~FLASHBACK~
1980 they were nine and ten I think. AT the cabin, you and I were outside playing in the snow and we wanted to build a snowoman, but Ross came outside. "Hey what are you girls doing?" he asked. "Building a snowoman." said Monica "You can't have snowomen." he said "Whey not?" asked Rachel "Because there was never one. There wasn't a Frost the Snowoman." he said "So we are still building one,” said Monica "Whatever" Ross said. They went on playing. Later they are inside playing hide n' seek. Rachel at the top of the stairs was yelling "Monica you are it." "Nu uh Ross is." She yelled back. "No you are." Ross yelled from a not seen area. Monica hen chased a little tiny Rachel around upstairs until a yell was heard a Rachel came tumbling down the steps. She began to cry and Ross, and Rachel’s sisters came rushing out. " What happen?" asked Rachel's older sister, Taylor, who was suppose to be watching them. The crying Rachel couldn’t answer, but Monica came down and did. "She fell down the steps when I was chasing her." "You pushed her down the stairs." yelled Ross. "No I didn't." claimed Monica. "Ok. enough. Rachel go sit down and stop horsing around you guys." said Taylor. She left back to her room. Monica went in the TV room and watched TV when Rachel went into the kitchen and Ross followed to see what she was doing. He walked in a saw I trying to reach into the freezer. "What are you doing?" he asked. "Trying to get some ice." Rachel answered "I'll get It." he said, and got her ice and put it in a bag for her. "Thanks" she told him and sat down. Ross went into the cabinet and got out a cup, put water in it and put it in the microwave, he got out hot chocolate, put it in the cup with sugar and got a cookie and sat it in front of Rachel. "This should make you feel better." he told her and kissed her forehead.
~FADES TO THE PRESENT~
Monica and Rachel are still on the couch Rachel is crying alittle less then before but also smiling a little."I remember that, he was so sweet to me how come I didn't go out with him earlier. Wait! How did you see all that?'' she questioned her friend. "I was peeking in cause I thought you were mad at me." said Monica. They laughed. Rachel turned sad again. "Why isn't he here?" she asked getting angry again. "Sweetie getting mad isn't going to help get him here faster." she told her. "I know. I just need him." said Rachel.
Later
Ross was close now he was about to land. He the woman next to him was awake and they were in a deep conversation. "So what are you doing when you get home." he questioned her. "Well I am going to my sisters and spending the day with her and my brother and their families." she answered. "What about you?" she asked. "I am going to see my sister and friends and my girlfriend. She is probably really upset with me right now." he told her. "Why?" was all she asked. "Because I promised her like three weeks ago, which was the last time I talked to her, that I would be home before Christmas and well it is now two o'clock and well...." he told her sadly. "Awww she will forgive you." she said. "I hope so,” he said. “Make sure all you seats and tray tables are in their down right position.” The flight attendant called over the P.A. Right as the plane landed Ross hugged the woman he got familiar with. He rushed out of the plane it was not that crowded, considering it was Christmas day. After he went through customs, it was 7 o’clock in the morning. Ross had his cell phone out and was paging a cab. He ran to baggage claim, picked up both of his bags, and ran out for the cab he paged. He got in and was on his way home.
Monica and Rachel went back to Monica’s and went to sleep that night. They fell asleep on Monica and Chandler’s bed talking.
LATER
At 7:48, Ross dashed inside his sister and brother-in-laws apartment. He dropped his bags and looked up to find five people staring at him. After about five seconds, he was ambushed with hugs and welcomes. He searched through all of he people but did not find who he was looking for and got sad. “Hey big bro.’ we missed you. What is wrong?” asked his little sister. He snapped out of his daze to answer her. “Where is Rach?” he asked them all. “Oh she is in the bathroom. She just woke up.” Answered Joey his trusted friend. “How is she?” he asked waiting for a response. “She is...right there.” his sisters answer was cut short cause Rachel came out of the bathroom. She saw Ross, you could tell she had been crying her eyes were all red. She didn’t know how to react to him. She hadn’t seen him in month and hadn’t talked to him in three and a half weeks. He watched her and was waiting for her reaction, so far he wasn’t getting a good one. Everyone was quiet knowing something was about to go down. So finally, Ross spoke up. “Hello Rachel. I missed you so much sweetie.” He said. He went and hugged her but got no hug in return. When he let go of her, all he saw was her in tears. “Where were you?” was all she could manage to get out. The rest of the gang saw and knew it was personal so they slowly slid out to the hall. “Sweetie.” Ross said. “Where were you. You promised me.” Rachel cried. Ross felt really bad and began to apologize to his angry girlfriend. “Look sweetie it is Christmas and I am here. See?” he told her. “You said you would be back before Christmas, you know so we could go on our trip, and why did you never call me?” she yelled. “I couldn’t be back. I told you I would try. I couldn’t call you because I was out in the middle of nowhere. I am so so sorry Rach. Come on don’t be mad it‘s Christmas.” He told her hugging her. “Don’t.” she said pulling his hands off her. “Not this time.” She walked to the couch and sat down.
The gang peeked in and saw that they weren’t talking anymore and came in. “So is everything Okie dokie now?” asked Phoebe. Ross looked at her and she recoiled. “I guess not.” Said Monica. “Hey can we open the presents?” asked an impatient Joey. Monica looked at her brother and best friend and saw things weren’t ok. She hoped Rachel would forgive Ross she was just going to have to wait and see. Ross put all his presents under the tree while the others gathered around it. “Wow, Ross those are a lot of presents.” Chandler said. “Yeah well let’s open them.” Ross said. “Ok I figured if we each open a present from one person we cold go around until we reach the end.” Monica suggested. “Ok” they all agreed.
They opened Monica’s first. She gave Joey and Ross really nice sweaters, Phoebe some bath soaps and candles, Chandler a watch and kiss, and Rachel a DKNY dress. They opened Joey’s next. He gave them each 100 dollars, since he was a successful soap star. Phoebe gave them each coupons to a free message and aura cleansing and 50 dollars. Chandler gave Joey and Ross tickets to a Knick game, Phoebe a new table for her messages, and Rachel boots and a purse to go with her dress, and Monica a bracelet and earrings. Rachel gave Chandler a suite briefcase, Phoebe and Joey tickets to see Disney on Ice, Monica a pants outfit that matched her dress exactly, and she gave Ross his presents without looking at him. They were two tickets to the New York premiere of Jurassic Park III and a nice watch.
Ross thanked Rachel and tried to kiss her but she turned her head away from him. He looked down then went for his presents. He gave Monica a beautiful foreign lamp and wineglasses. He gave Phoebe foreign incense and books, Chandler and Joey hats and disks for their Playstations. At last, Rachel he gave her four boxes each going down in size. The first big box had a gorgeous dress in it. The second one had three layers to it; in it was a diamond bracelet, necklace, and earrings. In the third was two tickets to the Virgin Islands. Before she opened the last little box Ross grabbed it and knelt in front of her. “Rach, look at me. Listen to me.” He told her. She started getting teary-eyed trying to look at him. “Ok I know I messed up. I made a promise, I didn’t keep it, and I am sorry. Please forgive me sweetie.” He said as he took her hand. He used the other hand to wipe her eyes, which were about to burst. The others were shocked and Monica had a huge smile on her face. “Sweetie I love you and you love me we can work past this ok” She nodded at him. “Ok the reason I was so late was because I was picking up something in Paris, it is this thing I want to give you but before I give it to you I want to say this.” He cleared his throat. “Rachel you are my angel, I love you more than anything in this world. You give me so much joy. You make me feel like the luckiest man alive. I watch you when you sleep and I see my angel. God sent you to watch over me and he sent me to watch you. And I do I watch you everyday. I want to be with you forever and watch you forever. I want to crawl around in the tank together holding claws when were old. I want you forever. I want to hug you, kiss you, and love you forever. Rachel will you marry me?” he said with tears in his eyes as he opened the last box to show a huge, beautiful three-diamond engagement ring. “Will you?” he asked. All Rachel did was stare at Ross.
The rest of the gang was near tears waiting for Rachel’s answer. Monica was about to answer for her. “Rach?” Ross asked. Rachel got Ross’ face, pulled it to hers, and whispered “yes” and they had the most passionate kiss. The others congratulated them while Ross put the ring on Rachel’s finger. Monica hugged her best friend and future sister tight. Then Ross got Rachel, hugged her, and whispered in her ear “I am yours Forever”.
The End.

I just wanted to write something Christmasy I MIGHT CONTINUE.