Welcome to newest story! Based around the fabulous show that is FRIENDS that lasted from 1994 to 2004! Now, if you are like Mere and Pancake who haven't seen ANY episodes, I suggest you go on YouTube and look up some clips. It's the best show in the world!
So, the guys will not be racecar drivers. Sorry, but it would be really hard to work with the plot if it was like that, but I promise that they will race in the near future! Now for some background info on our main characters.
Full Summary: Thorough everything that Life may throw at you, weather it be divorce, marriage, unplanned pregnancies, marriage, divorce, break ups, heart breaks, marriage, divorce, marriage, adoption, teenagers, first kiss secrets, sneaking around over protective brothers, (and yes, I know I repeated some things multiple times. One character does not have it easy with being married 4 times and being divorced three times) and anything else life will throw at you. You can always count on your friends to make it better. They will always be there for you.
Character Profiles!
Lightning McQueen, son of Lawrence and Lizia McQueen. Lightning is the extremely geeky character who tends to be melodramatic at times and is the wet towel of the group but when he does have something funny to say, it's usually pretty good. (He resembles Ross from the show.)
Thunder McQueen, daughter of Lawrence and Lizia McQueen. Thunder is the twin sister to Lightning. She is also the best friend of Sally and Maria. She is exactly like her brother, only less geeky. She has OCD and freaks out over the slightest thing. (She resembles Monica from the show.)
Trent Carrera, son of Luke and Ba Nee Carrera. Trent is of Vietnamese decent. He always acts before he speaks and always ends up sticking his foot in his mouth. (He is his own character.)
Sally Carrera, daughter of Strip and Lynda Weathers. She has a twin sister and tends to stretch the truth about things, like how they were NOT on a break. (Reference to a future chapter.) She and her sister took her mother's maiden name so as to not be known as the Weather Twins. (She resembles Rachel from the show)
Maria Carrera, daughter of Strip and Lynda Weathers. She is cool, calm, and collective, and is always available as a shoulder to cry on. (She resembles Monica from the show)
Chick Hicks, son of Rick and Carlley Hicks. Unlike most of his mother's marriages, Rick and Carlley's lasted very long and they are still married. He tends to have gay moments and his friends like to take advantage that his name is Chick. He is very over protective of his sister and ends up chasing Mater down the street when he found out that they were together. (Resembles a mix of Chandler and Phoebe from the show but he shares plot lines with Ross.)
Holley Shiftwell, daughter of Howard and Carlley Shiftwell. As Chick's older half sister, Holley is strong willed and not easy to manipulate. She is quick to formulate plans. She grew up in the Hicks household with her brother other brother Finn. She is older than Chick by five years, but younger than Finn by 10. She became a secret agent with Finn but retired when she became pregnant with Molley and Danney. (Her personality is all her own but she shares some plot lines with Monica.)
Finn McMissile Jr., son of Finn and Carrley McMissile. As a secret agent, he spends a lot of his time on missions, but when he does have time to visit his step brother and his friends, you can bet things are gonna get pretty funny and messed up. He is 10 years older than Holley and 15 years older than Chick.
Emily Turbo, daughter of Steveno and Katherina Turbo. She is emotional and sometimes distraught. She grew up with the Carrera twins, Lightning, Mater, Chick, and Francesco. (She is a mix of Rachel and Phoebe from the show with a bit of Chandler in her.)
Tiln Mater Jr, son of Tiln and Taylor Mater. Mater is a carefree person and dose what he pleases. Even though he had to grow up faster than his friends when he became a father at the age of 19. (His personality is all his own.)
Taylor Mater II, daughter of Tiln Mater Jr. and Mildred Rivera. She is but a teenager when she enters the New York scene, living at her Father's apartment that's right next door to her honorary family. Taylor works as a musical entertainer and usually performs at Central Perk and other places. She shares a close relationship to Vera Red, her manager. (She is a character all her own but has plot lines similar to Phoebe)
Mildred Rivera, daughter of Ramone and Flo Rivera She left town after giving birth to her daughter, she will make appearances in the story once Taylor becomes a common character.
Vera Red, Family is apparently unknown. She is of Hispanic decent and Taylor looks up to her as the mother she never had. Vera is a successful recording contractor and signs Taylor a contract.
Francesco Bernoulli, son of Francis and Francesca Bernoulli. He is a ladies man and is very over protective of his sisters, and often sleeps a lot with women. He turns on his Italian accent as a way to seduce women. (His personality is all of Joey's, who is the resident Italian on the show.)
Drake Tyler, Owner of the Central Perk, he holds a huge crush on Sally and worships the ground she walks on. He would do anything just for Sally to appreciate him, including hiring her friend when she needed a job. He holds a strong dislike for Lightning and often serves him sabotaged coffee.
Miles Axelrod, He was engaged to Emily Turbo. He makes a few appearances in the story. (Resembles Barry from the show)
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters that you recognize! Maria Carrera is the property of MereMcQueen314 and Emily Turbo is property of Pancake3298. I only the minor characters that make appearances though out the story!
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TIME FOR THE INTRO SONG!
So no one told you life was going to be this way.
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's DOA.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.
But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.
You're still in bed at ten, the work began at eight.
You've burned your breakfast, so far, things are going great.
Your mother warned you there'd be days like these,
But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees.
That, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.
No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me.
Seems like you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me.
Someone to face the day with, make it through all the rest with,
Someone I'll always laugh with, even at my worst, I'm best with you.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.
But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.
In the bustling city that was New York, there was a coffee shop that was known as Central Perk. It was the best place to get together with friends and to drink some of the best coffee this side of the City.
Inside the coffee shop, there was a plush red couch surrounded by two brown chairs with a large coffee table in the middle.
Sitting on the couch was Chick Hicks, Maria Carrera, and Sally Carrera. Sitting in the chair closest to the wall, was Francesco Bernoulli, their suave Italian friend.
The friends were currently in a heated discussion.
"There's nothing to tell! He's just some guy that I work with!" Maria was saying to her friends.
"That's what I said when I started going out with Kiel."(pronounced Kyle) Said Sally as she took a sip of her coffee, "When we broke up, Drake ended up firing him because he kept creeping on me at work." She said, just as Drake came up to her.
"Sally, you're here to work, not to sit and talk with your friends." Drake said starring at Sally as if she was Aphrodite.
"I know, but I'm on my break. Besides, Mindy is doing a great job on her own." She said, motioning to the short brunette waitress with blue eyes who clearly looked overworked.
"You're right, just don't make your break too long, Sal." Drake said before patting her shoulder and heading back to the counter to man the register.
"Didn't you break up with him yesterday?" Maria asked her sister once Drake left.
"Yea, you're point?" Sally asked as her sister just stared at her.
Francesco interrupted, "C'mon, you're going out with the guy! There's gotta be something wrong with him!" Francesco exclaimed to his friend.
"So does he have a hump? A hump and a hairpiece?" Chick asked, causing his friends to look at him weirdly.
"Okay, everybody relax. This is not even a date. It's just two people who are friends going out to dinner and not having sex." Maria said to everyone, looking at her sister for help.
"Sounds like a date to me." Chick said as he bit into a chocolate chip cookie.
"Guys, give her a break." Sally said, finally caving into her sister's glare.
"Alright, so I'm back in High School, I'm standing in the middle of the cafeteria, and I realize I am totally naked." Chick said to his friends. The same thing on everyone's mind, How in the hell did we get to this topic?
They all stared at Chick for two seconds before Francesco spoke.
"Oh, yeah. I had that dream." he said.
"Then I look down, and I realize there's a phone... there." Chick said, drifting off and staring at his friends.
Francesco, being the first to catch on, spoke, "Instead of...?" he said, not knowing how to carry on with the sentence.
"That's right." Chick said, praising his Italian friend.
"Never had that dream." Francesco said, taking a bite out of Chick's cookie.
"Dude! That's my cookie!" Chick said, trying to make a grab for the double chocolate chip cookie. Francesco smiled and licked the base of the cookie.
"Here you go, Chick." He said, handing the cookie back to him.
"Thanks, bro." Chick said before taking a bite out of it.
"EW!" The two girls exclaimed, with horrified expressions on their face.
"That's just gross, man." Francesco said as Chick continued to eat his cookie with a shrug of his shoulders.
"A cookie is a cookie." Chick said.
"Anyways," Chick continued on while eating the cookie. "All of a sudden, the phone starts to ring. And it turns out it's my mother, which is very weird, because-" Chick finished chewing his cookie before continuing on with his sentence, "she never calls me!" he exclaimed.
Before anyone could get a word in, Lightning entered the coffee shop. His plain red tee was in a mess and his hair looked like it hadn't been combed in days. His eyes were bloodshot and he was wearing two different coloured shoes.
Lightning approached his friends and plopped down on the empty chair next to Sally, "Hi." He said in a monotone voice as his eyes drooped to the floor.
"This guy says hello, I wanna kill myself." Francesco said, gesturing to Lightning with his hands.
"Are you okay, sweetie?" Sally asked, putting a hand on her friends shoulder.
"I just feel like someone reached down my throat, grabbed my small intestine, pulled it out of my mouth and tied it around my neck..." he said in a depressed tone.
"Cookie?" Chick asked, reaching over the two girls and presenting the half eaten cookie on a plate to Lightning.
Lightning gave him a look and cringed, "Nah, no thanks, bro." Lightning said as Chick took back the cookie and ate it.
Sally turned towards their friends, "Carla moved her stuff out today." She explained to them. Sally looked towards her friend, "Let me get you some coffee." She said as she got up and went to the counter.
Chick began blowing cool air and snapping in front of Lightning's face.
"No, no don't! Stop cleansing my aura!" He yelled at Chick, who shrugged at the technique he was taught from his parents. "No, just leave my aura alone, okay? I'll be fine, alright? Really, everyone. I hope she'll be very happy in her life."
"No you don't." Sally said, returning from her coffee run and presenting Lightning with his favorite drink, a French Vanilla coffee.
"No I don't, to hell with her, she left me!" Lightning said, his voice cracking as he took a sip out of his coffee and quickly placed it down.
"Ow, ow, ow, hot, hot, hot, hot!" Lightning said as he stuck his tongue out and waved his hands to cool it off. "Curse my super taster abilities." He declared
"And you never knew she was a lesbian..." Francesco said, trying to have his friend see the bright side of this dim topic.
"No! Okay?! Why does everyone keep fixating on that? She didn't know, so how should I have know?" Lightning said, his voice raising a bit as he continued waving his hands to cool off his tongue.
"Sometimes I wish I was a lesbian..." Chick sighed, as everyone looked at him. "Did I just say that out loud?" he questioned his friends.
"Yea, Chick, you did." Maria said, causing everyone to burst out laughing.
"Well, Chick, I would hope you would be a lesbian, then maybe you could get a date with an actual chick." Francesco said as Maria chuckled.
"Okay. Okay, laugh it up why don't you?" Chick said, crossing his arms and turning his head away from his friends.
"Looks like Chick has his monthly visitor." Sally chuckled.
"Yea, right along with you and your sister." Chick snapped back.
Francesco, not wanting to see the furry of the Carrera twins to be unleashed, changed the subject back to Lightning. "Alright Lightning, look. You're feeling a lot of pain right now. You're angry. You're hurting. Can I tell you what the answer is?
Lightning threw his hands up in the air, "What, Francesco?" Lightning asked. "Enlighten me!"
"Strip joint!" Francesco said, "C'mon, you're single! Have some hormones!"
"I don't want to be single, okay? I just... I just- I just wanna be married again!" Lightning said, throwing his hands out in exasperation, looking at the door in hopes that he would some how be married again.
Just then, a woman wearing a wedding dress ran into the coffee shop and quickly looked around. She had wavy brown-bronze hair and aqua coloured eyes.
"And I just want a million dollars!" Chick exclaimed, looking at the door in hopes that a million dollars will come strolling in and jump into his arms.
"Dude, it doesn't work that way." Said Lightning.
"Emily!?" Francesco said, getting up and walking up to his long term friend.
"Oh God Francesco! Hi! I just went to your building and you weren't there and then this guy with a big hammer said you might be here and you are, you are here!" She said in an on sought of emotions as she hugged her childhood friend in a death grip.
"Can I get you some coffee?" Asked Mindy.
"She'll have a De-caff." Francesco said, knowing that when Emily was in this state, the last thing she needed was something that was caffeinated.
"Oh my god, Sally, Maria, Lightning!" Emily said, seeing her old school friends. Sally and Maria launched out of their seats and hugged their old friend. When the twins pulled away, Emily looked at Lightning with worry.
"Hi." Lightning said in a defeated sigh before turning his head away from his High School friend.
Emily gave a look of concern at Lightning, knowing this was completely out of character of him and she turned her attention to the twins, who shook their head, meaning they would explain it to her later.
"Oh, Emily, this is our friend, Chick." Sally said, trying to divert the topics.
Emily gave a smile Chick who was sneaking a cookie from Maria's plate.
"No! Bad Chick, bad!" Maria said as she swatted his hand away from her cookie.
Sally got up and went to sit on Lightning's armrest, her legs crossed and staring at her long time friend. She motioned for her friend to take a seat.
"So," Sally began when Emily was comfortably seated, "you wanna tell us now, or are we waiting for four wet bridesmaids?" She asked.
"Oh God..." Emily said, rubbing her face with her hands and trying to compose her breathing. "Well, it started about a half an hour before the wedding. I was in the room where we were keeping all the presents, and I was looking at this gravy boat. This really gorgeous Lamauge gravy boat. When all of a sudden-" But she was interrupted when the waitress came with her coffee.
"Sweet 'n' Lo?" Emily said before continuing on with her conversation.
"I realized that I was more turned on by this gravy boat than by Miles! And then I got really freaked out, and that's when it hit me: how much Miles looks like Mr. Potato Head. You know, I mean, he always looked familiar, but... Anyway, I just had to get out of there, and I started wondering Why am I doing this, and who am I doing this for?
Emily faced Francesco, her parents had been best friends and he was practically her brother, "So anyway, I just didn't know where to go, and I know that we have kinda drifted apart after high school," She said, now looking at he Carrera twins and Lightning, "but you're the only people I knew who I knew still lived here in the city. I knew where you lived," she said to Francesco, "but not where Maria and Sally were."
"Who wasn't invited to the wedding." Maria said pointedly.
Emily's smile faded, "Ooh, I was kinda hoping that wouldn't be an issue..."
After finally leaving Central Perk, the gang wounded up in Maria's Apartment. A Soap Opera was on in the living room while Emily called her father.
"Now I'm guessing that he bought her the big pipe organ, and she's really not happy about it." Maria said, totally engrossed in the television show they were watching.
"Daddy, I just... I can't marry him! I'm sorry. I just don't love him. Well, it matters to me!" Emily said, arguing against her father. She paced the kitchen, still clad in her elaborate wedding dress.
"Ooh, she should not be wearing those pants." Chick said as he criticized the girl's clothing choice on the TV.
"Yes, because Chick knows all about women's fashion." Sally quipped, making Chick stick out his tongue at her.
"I say push her down the stairs!" Francesco shouted as the two female characters began lashing it out at each other.
The twins, Lightning and Chick looked at each other in a moment of thought before shouting "Push her down the stairs! Push her down the stairs! Push her down the stairs!" They're cries were answered when the other girl pushed her down the stairs, causing the friends to cheer.
Emily sighs, "C'mon Daddy, listen to me! All of my life, everyone has always told me, You're a shoe! You're a shoe, you're a shoe, you're a shoe!" The gang turned around upon hearing Emily shout that she was a shoe. "And today I just stopped and I said, What if I don't wanna be a shoe? What if I wanna be a- a purse, y'know? Or a- or a hat! No, I'm not saying I want you to buy me a hat, I'm saying I am a ha- It's a metaphor, Daddy!" Emily said, rubbing her temples furiously.
"You can see where he'd have trouble." Lightning told her, Emily shot him a glare and he quickly backed away.
"Look Daddy, it's my life. Well maybe I'll just stay here with Maria.
"Well, I guess we've established who's staying here with Maria." Maria said. During the time spent in the coffee house, Maria had told Emily how she and Sally no longer lived together since Sally wanted an apartment closer to Central Perk so that she wouldn't have to wake up so early.
Emily sighed, "Well, maybe that's my decision. Well, maybe I don't need your money. Wait! Wait, I said maybe!" Emily said quickly.
Emily slammed down the phone, breathing heavily.
"I got it." Sally said, getting up from the couch and going to the kitchen to get a brown paper bag and handed it to her friend.
"Just breathe, breathe… That's it. Just try to think of nice calm things..." Maria said as she put a hand on her friends shoulder.
"Raindrops on roses and rabbits and kittens," Chick began singing. He paused for a second as he thought of the lyrics. The guys stood up from the couch and walked to the kitchen and sat down at the table. The girls stared at Chick as he began singing again, "bluebells and sleighbells and- something with mittens... La la la la..." The girls blinked at Chick, hoping he was done. When nothing came out of his mouth, Emily spoke.
"I'm all better now."
Chick smiled at the guys, "See! I helped!"
"Yea, by singing a song that chicks sing." Lightning said.
"But don't you remember, Light? He is a Chick!" Francesco said, causing the two boys to crack up.
"Oh why don't you two just get a room all ready." Chick quipped.
"You do know you sang it wrong." Maria said after the boys were done with their teasing, "its Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens."
Chick snapped his fingers and smiled, "Brown paper packages tied up with strings. These are a few of my favorite things!" Chick sang.
"Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels. Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles." Maria sang.
"Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings. These are a few of my favorite things."
Chick took the next verse, "Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes," he sang, twirling around a support beam.
"Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes." Maria said, taping Chicks' nose and eyelashes.
"Silver white winters that melt into springs." Chick sang.
"These are a few of my favorite things!" The two sang.
"When Chick is singing, I feel my ears bleeding. I wish right now that I could be sleeping!" Francesco sang.
"When your love life's DOA, because your wife's gay." Lightning sang.
"When you don't know what to do, so you sing along too." Emily sang.
"When all your friends are idiots, and you wish they were robots." Sally sang.
Then they sang in unison, "I simply remember my favorite thing. And then I don't feel, so bad!" the said.
The six friends all looked at each other, "This doesn't live the apartment." Chick said.
"Agreed." They said in unison. Francesco silently pulled out his iPhone and accessed Facebook.
"You putting it on Faebook?" Lightning whispered.
"Technically we're still in the apartment." Francesco said.
"Nice." Lightning said as he high fived his Italian friend.
"You would know the song lyrics, Maria." Lightning said trying to divert the attention away from Francesco so he could post in peace.
"Well, I'm not surprised that Chick knew the words. Chicks dig that song." Francesco said as Chick stuck his tongue out.
Sally rolled her eyes and sat next to Emily whose face had turn back to her grim expression that she wore before everyone had started singing, "Okay, look, this is probably for the best, y'know? Independence. Taking control of your life."
Francesco smiled and walked over the couch where Emily was sitting, "And hey, if-a you ever-a need-a anything, you can-a always come to-a Francesco. Me and Chick live across the hall-a. And-a he's away a lot." He said with a wag of his eyebrows, turning on his Italian accent that he was so skilled at using.
"Bad Francesco! Stop hitting on her! It's her wedding day!" Maria scolded the Italian like he was a dog instead of a human, which, if we were to be honest, he was.
"What, is that like a rule or something?" Francesco asked, looking at his friends, who shrugged.
Emily gave a small laugh, "Same old Francesco, I see." She said.
Just then the lobby door buzzed and Chick went over to it. He pushed the talk button.
"Please don't do that again, it's a horrible sound." Chick said into the device
"It's, uh, it's Paul." Said the voice, Paul.
"Oh!" Maria exclaimed, "Buzz him in!"
"Who's Paul?" Francesco asked as Chick buzzed him in.
Lightning spoke, "Paul the Wine Guy, Paul?"
Maria adverted her eyes, "Maybe." She said, before making her way towards the door.
She was almost to the door when Francesco stepped into her path, "Wait. Your 'not a real date' tonight is with Paul the Wine Guy?"
"He finally asked you out?" Lightning asked in an excited tone.
"Yes!" Monica cheered as she death gripped Lightning in a death hug.
"Ooh, this is a Dear Diary moment." Chick said in a dreamy voice.
"Then why don't you go across the hall and make an entry in yours." Francesco said.
Maria looked over at Emily, "Emi, wait, I can cancel..." Maria said.
"Please, no, go, I'll be fine!" Emily said with a wave of her hand.
Maria looked towards Lightning, "Are, are you okay? I mean, do you want me to stay?"
"That'd be good..." Lightning said, his voice high and cracking.
"Really?" Maria asked in a horrified tone. Sally walked over to Lightning slapped the four-eyed ginger's arm. Hard.
Lightning shot her a glare, "No, go on! It's Paul the Wine Guy!" he said in his normal voice. He quickly turned around and gripped his arm. "Ow." He mouthed as he rubbed it.
Emily turned towards Francesco, "I'm confused, does he drink it, sell it, or just complain a lot?" Francesco shrugged his shoulders as everyone lined up in the kitchen to meet Paul the Wine Guy.
Just then, there was a knock at the door. Maria walked the five feet towards the door and opened it, revealing Paul.
Paul was a medium height man with slight muscle. He had messy blonde hair and deep blue eyes.
Maria smiled, "Hi, come in! Paul, this is..." Maria said, drifting off, not knowing how to introduce everyone who was standing in a line and just staring at Paul. "Everybody, everybody, this is Paul.
"Hey!" Said Chick.
"Paul!" Said Sally, who had met him before.
"Hi!" Said Lightning.
"The Wine Guy!" Francesco exclaimed.
"Hey!" Said Emily who just looked around after speaking.
"I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name. Paul, was it?" Lightning said.
Maria stepped aside to let Paul enter, "We have two seconds before it gets crazy." Maria whispered to Paul.
"Ooh, I just pulled out four eyelashes. That can't be good." Chick said, looking at his hands. He quickly brought his hand down and discarded the eyelashes on to the floor.
"Wow, that is some emergency, Chick. What ever will you do?" Francesco said, causing Chick to glare at him once more.
"Bye guys!" Maria said, quickly exiting her apartment.
Lightning turned towards Emily, "So Emily, what're you, uh... what're you up to tonight?" he asked her. Sally cocked her head and looked at Lightning, wondering if he was actually trying to make a move on her friend. Well, granted she was his friend too, but she was her friend first. Francesco slowly walked over to her and whispered in her ear.
"I see a little green monster." He said, Sally glared at him and pushed him away. Francesco laughed as he retreated back to his seat. It was no secret that Sally had harbored a small crush on Lightning since they were in High School. Though she knew it was awkward due to the Girl Code: A girl must never date a girlfriend's brother. She and her sister had been best friends with Lightning's twin sister, Thunder, who was currently out of town on business.
"Well, I was kinda supposed to be headed to Italy on my honeymoon, so nothing really!" Emily said, giving a sigh.
Lightning nodded his head, "Right, you're not even getting your honeymoon, God… No, no, although, Italy, this time of year... talk about your…" Lightning sat in thought for a while. "Uh…giant lizards...? Anyway, if you don't feel like being alone tonight, Francesco, Chick, and Sally are coming over to help me put together my new furniture.
Chick, in a very sarcastic voice, spoke, "Yes, and we're very excited about it." He said.
"Your gonna help them put together furniture?" Emily asked Sally.
"More like babysitting. Don't want any one to break an arm like last time." Sally said, staring at Chick.
"Hey! My hand slipped!" Chick said.
"You were carrying a box of cookies to the dorm room." Lightning said.
"Dude, how did you do that, again?" Francesco asked.
"I don't even remember." Chick said, exasperated, "I think Mater tripped me."
"You guys still keep in contact with Mater?" Emily asked, surprised.
"Yea, he's actually visiting home right now, wanted to see how his daughter was doing." Lightning explained. When Mater was 18, he had gotten his girlfriend, Mildred, pregnant. When Mildred gave birth, she left town. Mater raised their daughter, Taylor, with the help of his parents and Flo and Ramone, Mildred's parents, along with other people who lived in their small town.
"Gosh, I haven't seen Taylor since she was a baby." Emily said having been good friends with Mater.
"She's quite the young lady, beautiful and talented." Chick said.
"She is, she wants to be a singer and she's getting there." Lightning said, selecting a framed photo on the end table and showing the picture of his goddaughter to Emily.
"Wow, she's really grown up. She looks more like her daddy than Mildred." Emily said.
"And that's a good thing. I don't know what Mater would do if Taylor ended up being the spitting image of Mildred." Lightning said.
Okay! That's all folks I don't want to get to many words in there as we are already over 5 thousand words! I've never done that on the first chapter! I do hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it! I look foreword to the reviews you will lead me! I hope I made you laugh! I don't want to make it too long for you all, so please drop me a review and tell me what you guys think!
Outtakes!
I originally had Sally be the one who was getting married, but then I thought that the entire gang would have attended the wedding.
When I had the idea above, I thought of making Maria and Lightning siblings, but decided instead, to keep him being a twin to his sister, Thunder, who I am still debating weather or not she will make any big appearances besides being mentioned during conversations.
While singing My Favorite Things, Emily's original line was "I left my own wedding, plus I hated the plate setting." It was taken out because I didn't feel like it flowed with the song since everyone else's line started with 'When.'
As some of you may be wondering, Holley WILL make an appearance in the future. When Mater comes back into the scene, you can bet that Holley will soon to be followed.
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard