Chapter one:
The pact
Disclaimer: I don't own neither "Friends" nor the movie "Crossroads" (in witch this fic is based on).
Warning: this fanfic takes place in the 80's… and in this story I pretend that Phoebe, Monica and Rachel were best friends during their childhood and that Ross became Chandler's best friend in highschool and not in college. None of them knows about Joey yet.
The first time we did that ceremony I came out with was during new years´ eve. Everybody was
expecting the year 1980 to arrive and we could already hear some fire works. Phoebe, Rachel
and me were twelve years old and we have managed to run away from our homes to meet in the forest. We have lighted a fire with the purpose to get some light and to be warm while we have
the ceremony we've been planning for weeks. When the ceremony started I held a box and
started talking very seriously…
Monica- ok then… we all have putted in this box and object that represents our dreams and whishes for the future…. now we are going to bury this box here and we will came back and unbury it during our prom night
Rachel- (protesting) But our prom night is six years away! Came we came back sooner?
Monica- No!… It wont be that interesting that way..
Phoebe- But…. After six years… Will we even remember where the box is?
Mónica- yes... because we have a map (loosing her temper) girls! stop ruining the moment!
Phoebe- ok... ok... lest bury the dam thing.
So… the three of us buried the box and them we promise that we would came back for it during our prom night…. We also promised to be best friends for ever… but unfortunately that was a promise we didn't keep.SIX YEARS LATER………..
PROM NIGTH
It was Friday night and I was nervously getting ready for my prom… I have been waiting for this night for years, I have just putted on my red dress. At that moment, my brother Ross knocked the door and got in my room.
Ross- hi Mon... oh my God.. you are gorgeous!
Monica- Tanks Ross...
Ross- I feel really happy for your graduation… I am so proud of you… You really did it! Not only you got accepted in several good colleges but you also lost a lot of weight. Congratulations!
Monica- Tank you Ross. It feel nice to know that al lees one member of this family appreciates my effort.
Ross- hey... mum and dad appreciate it as well...
Monica- dad does... but mum didn't even showed up to my graduation ceremony
Ross- she wanted to go... but she was sick..
Monica- that is bullshit!… besides… she didn't even throw me a graduation party like she did when you graduated last year.
Ross- who cares about and stupid party?… you are going to college! And you are going to an university so far from here that you will forget about everything… I promise… now go to your prom that you earned it!
I surely earned going to my prom… so I went downstairs to wait for my date. His name was Luke, and he was a really nice boy… my only friend during high school. He was a nerd like my brother, but I have became a nerd during high school too so we became friends immediately. I really care about him and I loved him as my friend… but I didn't love him "that way"… We weren't physically attracted to each other but we had promised to loose our virginities together that night, only because we were ashamed to go to college being still virgins.
While I arrived to the prom whit Luke I saw a really familiar face… the face of someone I haven't seen in four years… my former best friend Phoebe Boffey…. She has dropped out the school and disappeared four years ago… but now was there, and five month pregnant.
Phoebe- Hi MonicaMonica- (shocked) Phoebe! How are you doing? It's been a long time we don't see each other.. What are you doing here?
Phoebe- well.. is prom night. Don't you remember?
Monica- (confused) What are you talking about?
Phoebe- Are we going to the forest to unbury the box after prom with me and Rachel or not?
Monica- You must be joking!…
Phoebe- no... I'm serious.. We made a promise... we promised to go back to the forest and unbury the box so we never forget our dreams… we promise to do it during prom night… I know I didn't graduate or even came to high school but I wanted to go to the forest anyway…
Mónica- I sorry… I can't… I already made plans for after the prom… besides I don't even talk to Rachel anymore…
And while saying that words I left. Since I was gone with Luke, Phoebe tried looking for Rachel... she found her in the bathroom and told her what she wanted.
Rachel- (surprised) That you want to go… where?
Phoebe- To the forest… to unbury the box after prom… as we promised
Rachel- You are crazy! ... That was just a silly promise we made years ago…
Phoebe- Please… lest go when the prom ends
Rachel- no Phoebe... I am going to be prom queen and I will go to celebrate it with my boyfriend who is probably going to propose to me tonight… sorry…
Six hours later the prom was about to be over, Rachel was the prom queen and I was the
queen of idiots…. I regretted my pact with Luke in the minute he started kissing me at that hotel room… now he was with his shirt off and about to take my bra off. I didn't know how to stop him… so feeling really nervous and ashamed I pushed him away…
Monica- Wait! I can't do it ... it feels so wrong
Luke- (protesting) But Mon! we agreed to do this weeks ago and you were happy about it..
I felt disappointed to…. I was to old to be a virgin, and I feel like a looser for not having sex like
the rest of the girls of my age…. But for some estrange reason It seemed worse doing it with
Luke that not doing it at all… I tried to find a solution that worked for both of us.
Monica- Maybe.. mmmm.. maybe I just need to hear the list againLuke- (frustrated) came on! We already talked about it..
Monica- Just one more time.. Please...
Luke- ok (taking a piece of paper from his pocket) we HAVE to do this for three reasons: number one, we are both 18 years old and still virgins… which is really embarrassing… number two.. is prom night and everyone do it tonight… number three… we are best friends and trust each other, which is very important..
Despite the three very good reasons he gave me (reasons that I have already heard when he proposed this pact for the first time), it still felt very wrong.
Monica- I am sorry... but that is not enough... I deserve to make love for the first time with
Someone who actually loves me…and so do you! Don' t worry, we'll find our soul mates…
Then I kissed him goodbye, put my clothes on and left. Surprisingly, that wasn't the first time I did that. Some months ago, I had left another half naked guy alone in a room without getting any of
the sex he expected… But that is another story…
While I was, in vain, desperately trying to have sex with Luke, Rachel was desperately seeking Chip. Rachel and her boyfriend Chip have been named prom queen and king. Now, they were suppose to be having the "we are the best and we rule the school" celebration. But Rachel had no idea where her boyfriend was… Eventually he founded him, she saw him about to have sex with another woman… Rachel angrily slapped Chip and started crying.
Rachel- (in tears) How could you do this to me? And tonight of all nigths!..
Chip- Rach.. Came on! you knew our relationship is not exclusive.. we are not that serious
Rachel- (Really mad) you pig! That is not true and you know it! oh my God!.. I can't believe I actually thought that we would get engaged tonight… I am such an idiot
Chip- (Shocked) What? (getting serious) Rachel... is true that I really like you despite what happened tonight… but I can't marry you…
Rachel- (still in tears) it doesn't matter anymore!.. because now I know that you are nothing but a piece of crap and I never should have dated you in the first place!
After saying that, Rachel left the place and promised to her self that she would never talk to
Chip again.
Half an hour later, Phoebe decided to go to the forest alone. So, she was there, alone in the
dark, with nothing but her lantern. She only regretted that she didn't have the map that they
had made to locate the box. In that moment somebody touched her shoulder. After having the
fright of her life she saw that it was only Monica.
Phoebe- Oh my God you scared me!
Monica- sorry...
Phoebe – Is ok, I'm just glad that you are here..
Monica- And Where is Rachel?
Phoebe- (sadly) She won't came…
Monica- I didn't think she would anyway... ok. lest finish this whole thing...
Phoebe - Do you remember where we putted it?
Monica- Under some tree… over there… (pointing a tree that was a few steps away)
When they looked at the tree that Mónica had referred to, they saw somebody digging. Phoebe aimed her lantern at that person and it turned out to be Rachel.
Rachel - will you come to help me or will you stay there just talking?
To be continue...