Kaylee POV

"I'll see you tomorrow" I say grabbing my bag and giving Mary a hug before leaving the shop, looking forward to my tea at the café, it thankfully doesn't take too long before I get to the café and make a beeline for the counter,

"One cup of tea please" I say to Gunther, he smiles and nods, I look in time to see Joey come in,

"Hey Joey, how did your date go?" I ask, him coming over to stand beside me,

"Went really well thanks" he says ordering his drink too, I pay for my drink but wait with him for his drink,

"Has Estelle found you any more jobs?" I ask,

"Yeah I've got two auditions for next week" he says paying for his own drink and we go to sit down on the couch in front of the coffee table.

"So how do you think Monica's date went?" I ask, not realising that twenty minutes later I'm about to find out.

- 20 minutes later -

"Of course, it was a line!" Joey says, I look to him then to Monica, feeling sorry for her, how can a guy be so horrible?

"Why? W-Why would anybody do something like that?" Monica asks,

"I assume we want an answer more sophisticated than: 'To get you into bed'" Ross says, I kick his shoe at this from where I'm sat on the sofa, him looking at me confused but I just shake my head men can be disgusting.

"Is it me? Do I have some kind of beacon that only dogs and men with severe emotional problems can hear?" Monica asks while walking around the settee, stood beside Joey now.

"Alright, come here, give me your feet" Phoebe says, Monica sitting on the couch besides me and takes her shoes off for Phoebe to massage.

"I just thought he was nice, you know?" she says, I wrap my arm around her shoulders her putting her head on my shoulder and I rest mine on hers in comfort,

"I can't believe you didn't know it was a line!" Joey says while laughing, but at this I throw him off the arm rest, I'm going to have to teach him about sensitivity.

"Guess what?!" I look behind me when I hear Rachel seeing her come over to the couch,

"You got a job?" Ross asks, looking excited for her, I look to her for her answer,

"Are you kidding? I'm trained for nothing. I was laughed out of twelve interviews" she says, I frown in confusion at this, she's very happy for someone who failed twelve interviews.

"You're surprisingly upbeat" Chandlar says, I nod in agreement,

"You'd be too, if you found these john and lennon boots on sale, fifty percent off" she says putting the bag beside Monica who looks at the box, I look to her as she looks to me, both knowing the same thing, this girl has no job, so she obviously didn't pay for these on her own, she's still relying on her father.

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"How well you know me" Chandlar says, I smirk at this,

"They're my 'I don't need a job. I don't need my parents, I've got great boots' boots," she says, hugging one of said boots to her chest,

"How did you pay them?" Monica asks,

"Credit card" she says,

"And who pays for that?" Monica asks, us both looking to her in question, both of us knowing very well who pays her credit cards.

"Um…My father" she says, looking and sounding very guilty.

"Alright, let's do this" I say, all of us getting up and Monica leading Rachael out with her bag,

"What are we doing?" Joey asks, walking beside me as Monica and Rachael are in front of us,

"We are going to give Rachael a wakeup call into the land of independence" I say, he slowly nods at this but I can tell that he doesn't know what I mean, so I lean to his ear and whisper,

"We're going to get her to cut up on her credit cards so she won't be relying on her father's money anymore" I say, he gives me a "Oh" look and nods in understanding.

-Monica's apartment-

I'm sat on the surface of the kitchen counter, watching as everyone sits at or around the table, on top of the table is all her plastic cards and a pair of scissors, Monica and I already explained what she has to do, only she obviously feels like she cant do it.

"Oh god, come on guys is this really necessary? I can stop charging any time I want" Rachel says,

"Come on Rachel you can't live off your parents your whole life" Monica says, I nod in agreement at this,

"I know that. That's why I was getting married" she says, I roll my eyes at this

"Give her a break. It's hard being on your own" says Phoebe, I smile gently at her, no-one here had a rougher time growing up like Phoebe did,

"Thank you" Rachel says, apparently thinking that Phoebe is on her side,

"Your welcome, I remember when I first came to this city, I was 14. My mom had killed herself and my stepdad was in prison. I didn't know anybody here. And I ended up living with this albino guy who was like - cleaning windshields. And then he killed himself. Then I found aromatherapy. So I know exactly how you feel" she says, I try to stop from smirking because considering Rachel's upbringing, she should be feeling a hell of a lot of guilt at feeling like she cant live off her parents anymore when the woman in front of her didn't even have a mother or a father,

"The word you're looking for is: 'Anyway'" I glare at him for this, suddenly handed a cup of tea from Phoebe after she comes over to where I am sitting, I smile at her for this, they think she doesn't understand a lot of things but she isn't stupid – far from it!

"You ready?" Monica asks, handing Rachel the scissors,

"No – no - no, how can I be ready? "Hey rach, you ready to jump out of the plane with no parachute?" - come on I can't do this" Rachel says,

"You can - I know you can" Monica says,

"No, I don't think so" Rachel says,

"You made coffee, you can do anything" Ross says, though I see Chandlar brining the now dead plant that he had poured the coffee she made this morning into, hiding it in his folded arms, I smirk at this.

We all start to say "cut" to her, and she does start to cut one up,

"You know what? I think we can leave it at that - kind of a symbolic gesture" she says, starting to get up, but Monica brings her back down,

"Rachel, that was a library card" Monica says, I chuckle at this, then we all start our chorus of "cuts" again and she really does cut them all up.

"If you listen closely, you can hear a thousand retailers scream" Chandlar says, I laugh at this, us cheering when they are all cut up, Monica stands and wraps an arm around Rachel's shoulders,

"Welcome to the real world! It sucks! - You're gonna love it" she says, at this I start to finish my drink and both me and Chandlar and Joey leave the apartment saying our goodbyes.

"I'll see you guys in the morning" I say, giving Chandlar a hug as well as Joey, going down the stairs and making my way to my apartment, its thankfully not that far from here, is across the road from the central perk café on the second floor, it's nowhere near as big as Monica's, I have a living room adjoined with the kitchen, a good-sized bedroom, a nice bathroom and I have a little balcony. It's my home and I love it.

- Next morning at Central Perk -

I smile happily leaning against the sofa sitting on the floor with Monica on one side of me and Chandlar on my other side, me being happy because I have a nice hot cup of tea getting me ready for my shift later at work

"I can't believe what I'm hearing here" says Joey from his chair,

"Can't believe what I'm hearing here" Phoebe sings, drawing my attention,

"What? I said -" but Monica is interrupted by Phoebe copying her but more in a musical style like she did with Joeys words,

"Would you stop?" Monica says, looking to Phoebe, who looks up surprised,

"Was I doing it again?" she asks, us all saying yes in answer,

"I said you had a nice butt. It's just not a great butt" Monica says, I smirk at this,

"Ah you won't know a good butt if it came up and bit you" Joeys says, I laugh at this, the picture in my head,

"There's an image" Ross says,

"A funny one" I say giggling, Chandlar flicking my hair I look to him seeing him smirking so I know he feels the same,

"Would anybody like more coffee?" Rachel asks, I look up in surprise, when did – oh! She works here now good for her!

"Did you made it, or are you just serving it?" Chandlar asks, obviously still apprehensive about her home-made coffee,

"I'm just serving it" she says,

"I'll have a cup of coffee" they all say, ha! Not me I'm a tea lady, very british even though I'm not from England.

"Kids, new dream. I'm in Las Vegas." Chandalr says,

"Miss, more coffee?" a guys asks from near the door of the café, I look to Rachel and see her handing the jug of coffee to another guy, looks like she is going to be in need of more training from Gunther,

"Okay, Las Vegas. I'm in Las Vegas. I'm Liza Minnelli" he says, and just like that I am listening intensely to my brothers weird crazy dream.