AN: Here's the latest chapter for you guys. Working on the next chapter now. Hope you like this update. PLZ R&R!
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Chapter 5
Monica and Ross were up early one Thursday morning. They wanted to finish any last-minute packing before Chandler and his dads came to pick them up for their vacation. Monica packed up the rest of her bathroom essentials as she double-checked that she had packed everything.
She went downstairs with all her bags and saw that Ross had already placed all his things by the front door. She walked into the kitchen to grab some breakfast to take with her and saw Ross there as he ate a bagel.
"Hear anything from mom and dad?" she asked him.
"Not yet," he told her as she grabbed a small bottle of orange juice and a granola bar. "Which is surprising; I figured they would try to stop us from going somehow."
"Me too," she took out her cell phone as she received a text message.
"Chandler?" Ross questioned.
"They're on their way here with Carol and her parents." She told him.
"We'd better meet them outside." Ross told her as they both walked out of the kitchen.
"There you two are," they spotted Jack and Judy coming down the stairs. "We were hoping that you hadn't left yet."
"They'll be here in a few minutes to pick us up." Monica informed them.
"So where will you be staying?" Judy asked.
"We've already been through this over a hundred times," Monica sighed.
"We're just double-checking." Jack assured them.
"Chandler's dads have a house on the beach that they co-own with Carol's parents." Ross told them.
"They're here," Monica looked out the window as Terry's Range Rover and Carol's dad's Mountaineer pull up to the curb.
Ross and Monica gathered their things and started outside with their parents following behind them. Chandler climbed out of the back of Terry's car as he helped them load up their things.
"All right," Charles got out of the car. "Boys will ride with us; girls are riding with the Willick's."
"Got it," Monica smiled at Chandler as he helped her put her things in the back of the Mountaineer.
"We will be making one pit stop two hours from now, so if you think you need to go do it now." George Willick told them. "If we stay on schedule, we should get there by late afternoon."
"I know you two are concerned about what will happen," Adalee Willick approached Jack and Judy. "Here's the number to the beach house. There's two sections to the house; the boys will be staying on one side with Charles and Terry, and the girls will be staying on the other side with us. We will be monitoring them constantly, so you don't have to worry."
"Thank you," Jack took the piece of paper with the number to the beach house. "You kids have fun."
"Bye," Monica barely glanced at them before climbing into the back of the Mountaineer.
"We'll call you when we get there." Ross told them as he shut the door to the Range Rover and they were off.
Monica buckled herself in and settled in for the trip beside Phoebe and Carol. She sighed with relief as they finally pulled away from her house and started the drive.
"Thank goodness," Monica sighed. "I need some time away from them."
"Has it been getting worse since Ross told you about their plan?" Carol asked her.
"They've been nice. Maybe a little too nice." Monica told them.
"Don't worry," George told them. "We're all working on something."
In Terry's car, there was a similar conversation going on. Chandler laid his head back against his head rest as Ross regaled them with the events of the morning.
"Do you think they would've forbid you from coming?" Joey asked him.
"Probably," he told them. "But we would've come anyway."
"Can we stop talking about them?" Chandler mumbled. "This is supposed to be a vacation."
"He's right," Charles told them. "Let's leave them behind for this vacation. There's plenty to keep you all occupied this next week."
"What all is there to do there?" Joey asked.
"There are amusement parks, aquariums, zoos, arcades…" Chandler started listing. "Don't worry you'll be entertained."
A couple hours later, the two vehicles pulled into a rest stop and the teenagers scrambled out and rushed inside. The adults chuckled as they followed them inside. When they were done using the restrooms, they all went to the visitor center to look around and get some snacks and drinks.
"Hey," Chandler met up with Monica as she paid for a smoothie.
"Hey," she smiled at him as they went to look through all the souvenirs.
"So if we can get away by ourselves this week, I have something special planned for us." He informed her.
"How do you plan to do that?" she looked at him. "I imagine that the adults will be watching us like hawks."
"Joey and Phoebe are helping me." He smiled. "So you don't need to worry about anything."
"All right kids," Charles announced. "Time to load up again."
"We're switching vehicles," Terry told them as they all started towards the exit. "So girls with us, boys with the Willick's."
They all made their way back out to the parking lot and they climbed into the vehicles. They got settled in again and they pulled back onto the interstate. They were all relatively quiet for the remainder of the trip; they were all listening to their music or reading on their Kindle or I Pad.
They pulled off the interstate by late afternoon and started driving past all the beach houses. They slowed down and pulled into a driveway of one of the bigger beach houses. They all unloaded the cars and walked inside.
"All right. Boys on the right with us," Terry told them. "Girls on the left with the Willick's. Now go get settled in."
They all went in separate directions and unpacked their things as they explored. It was fully equipped with all major appliances, hot tub, game room in the basement, with sliding doors that opened out onto the beach and led down to the boat dock.
"Are we going out to dinner tonight?" Chandler came downstairs after finishing unpacking and saw the adults unpacking the food in the kitchen. "Or are we cooking it ourselves?"
"We'll go out tonight." Charles told them. "We'll leave in about an hour."
"Cool, I'll go tell everyone." Chandler went back upstairs.
"You know you're going to have to keep a close eye on him and Monica this weekend," Adalee looked at Charles. "They're getting closer."
"As are Ross and Carol." George told her.
"We've already told him that they're not allowed to be in the house alone," Charles told them. "And they have to stay with the others in public."
"We should probably tell the same thing to Carol," Adalee stated.
"We did give him permission to take her out on a date though." Terry told them. "It's an anniversary for them."
"This place is awesome," Joey came down. "Chandler says there's a game room in the basement?"
"Through those doors," George pointed to the door just outside the kitchen.
"Wait for us," the rest of them came downstairs and followed him down in to the basement.
They all walked down and spotted the pool table, foosball table, pinball machines, and couches and chairs situated around a fireplace.
"This is cozy," Monica settled onto the couch with Phoebe and Carol as the guys started playing with the game tables.
"We usually end our days down here," Carol told her. "It gets cold here at night, so we gather around the fireplace to stay warm."
"This week will be fun." Phoebe stated. "I've never been on any kind of vacation before."
"You guys ready?" Carol's parents came down to them.
"Where are we going?" Joey asked as they stopped their game.
"Fantasy Island. We'll have a late lunch and you guys can explore the park before we meet up later tonight."
"Awesome. Let's go." They all walked upstairs and out to the cars again.
They pulled up to the parking lot a little while later and started walking into the park. They walked past all the rides and games until they came to Chef Gator's Grill. They all walked in and placed their orders at the front counter and went to wait for them at a couple tables.
"I'm so glad they have a veggie burger." Phoebe came and sat down with them as they all finished ordering.
"All right, here's the deal." Charles sat down with them. "We'll eat all of our meals together these next few days that we're here. Whatever we're all doing, we'll meet for meals. Then you can go off and do whatever you want, within reason. And you have to be back at the house by ten o'clock at night."
They all nodded in agreement as their food arrived. It was distributed as they all made plans to go to the different attractions for the next couple of days. They all finished their lunch and went off to ride the rides and play some games, promising to meet the adults at eight o'clock at the ice cream parlor.
"Where'd Monica and Chandler go?" Ross looked around.
"Leave them alone," Carol told him. "This is a vacation and they want to spend some time alone while out in public."
"Seriously dude, calm down." Joey told him. "Enjoy your vacation."
"Let's play a game," Phoebe told them. "Ooh, the dart game."
"You can win me something," Carol pulled Ross up to it.
Chandler and Monica purchased their ride tokens and tried to decide what to ride. They walked past the kiddie rides and found the adult rides.
"How about the Giant Wheel?" Monica pointed to the giant ferris wheel.
"No," Chandler shook his head. "I don't do heights."
"Fine, but I'm going to get you on it before this vacation is over." She led him towards the carousel. "We'll go on this."
"All right, but I'm not sitting on any of the sea animals."
"Fine, you can just stand next to me while I ride one." She smiled at him as she pulled him onto the ride and climbed onto a sea horse statue as he stood beside her.
"No pictures." He saw her take out her phone.
"Come on," she pulled him closer to her and snapped their picture.
They all spent the next few hours riding rides and playing games. Chandler and Monica met up with the other four just before they had to meet the adults. They wanted to play one more game before they did though.
"Let's all play this one." Chandler pointed to the line of clown heads.
"How do you play this?" Phoebe asked as they all took seats on the stools before them.
"Aim the water gun in the clown's mouth," Chandler started to explain to her. "That will make the cars up there move, and the first one to get their car to the other end is the winner."
"I am so going to win," Monica told them. "I want that stuffed husky dog up there."
"I don't know," Carol spoke up. "Chandler's always won whenever we play this."
"Well, not this time." Ross stated.
"I forgot how competitive these two were," Joey commented.
The attendant rang the bell and they all started spraying the water. Chandler started to ease back a little so that Monica could win, but he saw that Ross was catching up to her. So he got a little forceful and his car reached the end first.
"And we have a winner!" the attendant announced as everyone got off their stools. "So what would you like?"
Chandler pointed on the top row and she handed him his choice. Monica smiled as he turned around and gave her the stuffed husky puppy.
"Why didn't you get something that you wanted?" she asked as they all started towards the ice cream parlor.
"I knew that if Ross won, we would never get him to shut up about it."
"True story," Carol called.
"I figured if I beat him, I could still let you get what you wanted."
"Well, thank you." Monica smiled at him. "I love it."
They all met up with the adults at the ice cream parlor and each had a small bowl of their choice. They all revealed what they had done that afternoon as they headed back to the beach house. When they all walked in, Chandler went to the kitchen and searched the cupboards.
"Do we have graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate?" Chandler asked as Terry came in.
"We have a bunch." Terry got some out.
"Can we have a bonfire on the beach?"
"Sure," Terry told him. "You know where the firewood is."
"Thanks. Come on guys. You can help me." Chandler went down to the basement to get some wood as Ross and Joey followed him.
"I'll grab us some blankets since it's starting to get chilly," Adalee told them. "Everyone needs to grab sweatshirts to keep warm."
Fifteen minutes later, they were all situated on the beach in front of the house. They were all sitting around the bonfire as they roasted marshmallows and were bundled in sweatshirts or pullovers as they wrapped themselves in the blankets.
"That's your fourth one," Monica commented as Chandler made himself another s'more.
"It's my last one," he bit into it and smiled at her. "Besides, we're on vacation remember?"
"Ok, we old people need our rest," George told them as the adults gathered up all their things. "Wrap it up soon."
"If you're not inside in ten minutes, we're coming out to drag you in. Boys are on breakfast duty in the morning."
"We should probably pack it up." Chandler told them as they watched them go inside. "It may not have sounded like it, but that was a threat. We don't want them to come back out here."
"He's right. Let's go," Carol doused out the fire and they gathered all the blankets and left-over sweets and went inside.
AN: So what'd you all think of this? I hope you like it. I'm working on the next chapter. I hope to post it by next week, but I'm going out of town this weekend for a little relaxation with some church friends. Anyway, PLZ R&R!
