Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot and any characters not related to Friends.
A/N: I cannot apologise enough for the delay. It was not my fault as i did send this to my beta about three weeks ago but she was too busy (with a certain new boyfriend to get it ready for all of you lovely reveiwers so i apologise and here it is! Another thing, after discussing the still unfinished chapter 6 with my beta (and good friend) I think i may have to bump this up a rating not that im going to do graphic stuff or anything just as a precaution for language etc. I just thought id let you know incase there's a problem with that.
Rachgellergreen: I love getting your reviews, they're so much fun. Anyway the whole 'Officer and a Gentleman' thing came to me when I was actually watching it but I loved it because it did fit. The outing of Jack was going to be later but needed it for chap 6 so it had to be done now. Please keep reviewing!
Merry-2004: The reunion of the gang was my fave too!
ButterflyDreamz711: I just made up a name in the end but thanks for your review!
Kirsty: Thanks for your review and I'll try to write more friends stuff in the future.
OTHlover: Thanks again for your review.
Telaka: Ha ha I was right, you were wrong! Some beta reader you are!
BroadwayDiva: Phoebe originally said Lesley but I thought it was funnier with Chandler. Glad you like!
Emma: Such a coincidence with your name huh? Any way thanks for all your info for some reason I always thought it was a girl but I used another name anyway.
And on with the show!
Chapter 5: Revelations and Janice!
Emma and Aaron stayed in the café for hours until they were the last two people there and the manager wanted to close the place.
"Okay so Aaron Litman Geralnick, what don't I know about you… Oh your birthday!" said Emma.
"April 20th," replied Aaron. "What about you Emma Geller?"
"Umm April 20th," said Emma in shock. "Coincidence huh?"
"Yeah… Okay – parents/siblings names," said Aaron.
"My Mom and Dad are called Rachel and Ross and my brother is called Ben – you?"
"My Dad is called Stan, my sister's name is Natalie my brothers are Jamie and Ryan. And oh yeah, my mom's called Janice," replied Aaron.
Emma tried not to look shocked at the mention of this name but her face said it all. She opened her mouth slightly as if she was going to say something but no words were coming out. When Aaron saw this he asked her what was wrong but she brushed it off by asking more questions.
"Do you need a ride home? I have my brother's car," asked Emma.
"Yeah that'd be great thanks," replied Aaron.
They finally got to the car park after continuing to ask each other stupid, meaningless questions. Emma still couldn't get the name Janice out of her head. 'But then again there could be millions of women with the name Janice…' she thought. Eventually they reached Bens car. Aaron was surprised to find a mini.
"What's up?" asked Emma, seeing the shocked look on his face.
"Nothing, I just thought that it would have been a Porsche or something, not a mini," replied Aaron.
"It may not be a Porsche but it's Ben's pride and joy," said Emma as she opened the car. "And if you want a ride in a Porsche I'll steal my uncle Joey's car next time." As soon as the words left her she regretted them. 'Next time? What if there isn't going to be a next time, stupid Emma!' she thought. She was even more taken aback however by Aaron's response,
"Yeah that'd be cool," he said.
"Okay then, I'll take it when he's not looking," she replied cooly but inside her heart was doing sumersaults.
"Is he as attached to his car as your brother is to this thing?" Aaron asked.
"More," she replied. "My Dad told me once that he found the keys to some guy's Porsche and spent the whole day pretending that it was his!"
"He sounds funny."
They spent the entire journey telling each other meaningless stories until they finally arrived at Aaron's house. It was a nice house, very similar to Monica and Chandler's and very close to Ben's 'That'll be handy,' she thought. 'No Emma, you're getting ahead of yourself!'
"So… I guess this is it then huh?" said Aaron.
"Yep," replied Emma slightly sad sounding.
"So do you wanna meet up tomorrow night?" he asked. "We can go see 'An Officer and a Gentleman' if you like."
"I can't tomorrow," she said even more sadly. "My Uncle Joey's just back from L.A and we're having this kinda dinner/party thing for him, but the next night's good."
"Okay then," he replied. Then as she turned away he kessed her. This time it was more passionate than before but it felt right for both of them. '
As Emma opened her eyes slightly she saw a ghostly looking woman standing at the window. She had black hair and was very pale in complexion. She let out a small scream.
"Baby bro' shut your girlfriend up!" said the woman.
"Hey don't worry. It's just my sister Natalie." Aaron said reassuringly.
"Oh okay, I'm sorry I screamed," said Emma apologetically.
"Hey that's okay sweet cheeks," replied Natalie. "Mom just wanted me to find out who was in the nice car."
"Okay well I'm coming now," replied Aaron. "Same time Saturday?"
"Yep definitely," she replied as Aaron got out of the car. "And this time I choose the movie."
And with that she smiled happily and drove away
"Hey she's cute bro," said Natalie as they walked towards the house.
"Yeah she is," said Aaron dreamily.
"Come on lets get you inside Lover Boy."
As they entered both of Aaron's brothers ran to meet him.
"Mom's coming," said Jamie.
"She wants to know how the date went," finished Ryan.
All four of them quickly but quietly ran upstairs away from their mother. When they got to Aaron's room they ran in and sat down on the bed.
"So I'll sit on the floor then," said Aaron sarcastically.
"So is she hot?" asked Jamie.
"None of your business," replied Aaron.
"So she is then," said Ryan.
"She is quite cute," said Natalie from the corner.
"Something you wanna tell us Nat?" asked Jamie.
"Girls can think other girls are pretty just as much as guys can," she replied.
"Okay so" Jamie was interrupted as two girls suddenly climbed in through the open bedroom window. One was Kirsty who had been Aaron's best friend since birth. The other was Siobhan, her sister who was currently dating Jamie. Kirsty sat down next to Aaron while Siobhan promptly sat on Jamie's knee.
"Who was that girl I saw you with at the mall?" asked Kirsty.
"Hi to you too Kirst'," replied Aaron.
"That was his new girlfriend, umm what's her name?" asked Ryan.
"Emma."
"That's a cute name," said Siobhan.
"Was that the girl you told me about?" Kirsty asked. Aaron nodded. "So what did you take her to see?"
"White Noise," he replied.
"You took her to see a horror on your first date!" said Siobhan in shock.
"I told him to do that," said Kirsty. "So did my plan work?"
"Yeah it worked very well, but she's choosing the next movie," said Aaron.
"Next movie!" said Natalie with a sly smile "Hey good goin' little bro'"
"Hey kids you want anything to eat?" said a very familiar voice from behind the door. Janice.
"No thanks Mom I ate while I was out," replied Aaron. After him another five 'no's' came and Janice left, but waited outside to hear everything.
"So when's the next date?" asked Kirsty.
"Saturday. Her uncle's just home so they're having a party tomorrow." Aaron replied.
"Well that's good since you're working tomorrow," said Ryan.
"I am?"
"Yeah just like you do every Friday!" he replied.
"Do you need picked up tomorrow Aaron?" said Janice from outside again.
"Yeah. That'd be great Mom," said Aaron and then whispered, "Does she ever go away?"
"Nope!" replied everyone else.
"So this girl you're dating?" started Janice now standing in the doorway.
"What about her?" asked Aaron.
"What's her name?"
"Emma."
"Who are her parents?"
"Ross and Rachel Geller."
Janice suddenly stopped talking (a rare occurence) and similarly to Emma she opened her mouth shocked before uttering those immortal words "Oh. My. GAWD!"
"What?" asked the kids.
"Nothing sweeties. You guys better get to bed/ home – wherever the hell you wanna go."
When everyone had left, Aaron sat in his room with so many things on his mind. Emma, their next date, and why his mother reacted the way she did to Emma's parents just like Emma had to his...
After Emma dropped Aaron off she went over to Ben's to return his car. She really didn't want to as she loved the car and loved driving in it. Especially with Aaron…
Aaron. The date had gone better than she could ever have imagined except for the fact that rather than the lovely story of a sailor, she had to watch a film about a man hearing the voice of his dead wife. Oh how fun!
She arrived at Ben's sooner than she thought. All those thoughts of Aaron must've taken longer than she expected
As she walked into her brother's apartment she was faced with the most peculiar sight. Her three cousins were sitting on the couch with a shocked expression on their faces while her brother and his girlfriend could barely contain their laughter.
"You told them, then?" asked Emma.
"Yep, the only movement they've made since is from the kitchen to here," replied Claire.
"You're getting married…"said Jack slowly.
"And you're pregnant," Erica finished while she looked at Claire.
"Wait," said Logan as he turned to look at Emma, "YOU KNEW!"
"And you didn't tell us!" said the twins in unison.
"Sorry must've slipped my mind," said Emma feigning innocence.
"And she's my sister, so course I told her first," said Ben.
"Okay, okay we'll get back to Emma in a minute." said Jack, finally taking charge of the situation. "Do you two realise that you're only 24 and have your whole lives to do this!"
"Yes we do, but why wait?" asked Claire. "Okay the baby wasn't exactly planned but it couldn't have come at a better time!"
"Exactly and we'd rather have our bridesmaids/groomsmen happy about this!" said Ben.
"Whoa, whoa, wait a minute! Bridesmaids!" asked Erica.
"Groomsmen?" added Logan.
"Yeah well Emma's going to be maid of honour, I want Jack to be my best man, Logan I want you to be my other best man/usher type thingy and Erica the other Bridesmaid," replied Ben.
"What about Gilda and Austin?" asked Logan sarcastically.
"Flower girl and Page boy" replied Claire. "We're telling everyone else at Joey's dinner thing tomorrow."
"Okay we're very happy for you and everything but it's now Emma's turn to spill." said Erica suggestively.
"Spill what?" she asked feigning innocence again.
"THE DATE!" yelled the other five people in the room.
"Oh, that."
"Yes that," said Jack strongly.
"What do you wanna know about it?" asked Emma sneakily.
"Everything!" said Jack and Erica together.
"Well, we went to a movie and them we had a hamburger."
"What movie?" asked Jack.
"White Noise. His choice not mine but I get to choose the next one."
"Next one?" asked Erica.
"Okay the date went very well."
"Why the hell did he take you to see White Noise on your first date!" asked Jack in shock.
"He said that his friend told him that taking a girl to a horror is the best way to get them to hug you on the first date."
Claire turned to Ben. "So that's why we went to see The Exorcist."
Ben's face suddenly turned red as he tried to speak, but no words came out before he turned to Emma. "So when's the next date little sis?"
"Saturday. We were gonna go out tomorrow but Uncle Joey's thing is tomorrow and I think he says that he works on Friday."
"So now that that's out of the way, are we going home?" asked Erica.
"Yeah I'll drive you guys," said Ben.
On the drive home everyone was surprisingly quiet but the feeling that Jack and Erica were up to something spoke enough volumes. Logan was first to be dropped off, followed by Emma and then finally Erica and Jack.
"What are you two up to?" asked Ben as they got out of the car.
"Nothing Daddy," said Erica.
"Nothing at all," continued Jack.
"We promise," said the two of them together.
"Okay well keep it that way," said Ben very fatherly.
As they entered the house they found their parents and Uncle sitting on the couch.
"Hey did you guys have fun at Ben's?" asked Monica.
"Yeah it was good," replied Jack and then upon seeing everyone looking at him asked, "What? Do I have something in my teeth?"
"So vain and also so gay!" replied Erica sarcastically, hoping that her twin would get the message.
"Oh, that, yeah I expected more of this," said Jack as he and Erica sat down. "So what do you wanna know?"
"When? How? Why?" said Chandler babbling.
"Okay here we go in answer to question number 1: I've always been gay, probably I realised when I was 12; number 2: it's not something most teenage boys wanna discuss with their father and 3: why? Cos I find men unbelievably sexy."
"Go to bed, both of you," said Chandler. "And lets never talk about this again"
"Okay Dad," replied Jack.
When they reached the top of the stairs they went into Erica's room and sat on the bed.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" asked Erica.
"About Aaron?" he asked. "I think we should."
"Emma would kill us though."
"Yeah she probably would, but come on it'll be fun!"
"Okay we'll go tomorrow," replied Erica. "But if she gets mad it's your fault."
(A/N: I was gonna leave it here but I'm not that nasty so on we go…)
Erica and Jack got up early to make their plan of action, and everyone was suspicious.
"It's not like them to be so quiet," said Monica to the others.
"Maybe it's the whole Jack with men thing," replied Joey. "Remember Chandler told them not to mention it again."
"Mmm, maybe…" said Monica.
"Do you think they're talking about us?" asked Erica.
"Yep, definitely," replied Jack. "So are you ready?"
"Yeah hang on," she replied, "Mom, we're going out for a while."
"Okay but remember and be back for 7," replied Monica.
"We will," the twins replied in unison.
"Don't you just hate it when they do that?" asked Phoebe.
"Yeah."
Finding Jack and Erica Bing at the mall wasn't an unusual occurrence, but today they weren't shopping or seeing a movie – they were watching. Watching their cousin's new boyfriend. They'd never done this before but this one was different. He could have history they didn't know about and over the years the twins had seen Emma hurt by the men she really cared about. This time it wasn't going to happen.
"Do you realise that we have never seen Aaron, and have no way of knowing who he is?" Erica asked her brother.
"Yes I did realise that, but, Emma's described him and told us that he works in the music shop," he replied.
"So?"
"So they also wear name badges in that store. How many Aarons' can there be in that store that fit Emma's description?" Jack asked.
"Good point," replied Erica.
They didn't quite have to go as far as the music store to find him. They decided to stop off in the same café where Emma and Aaron had spent half their date in, and found him there. With another girl. It seemed like the logical solution to sit next to them and listen in but they left before they could. So they followed the next logical solution. Follow them.
The twins follwed them right next to the music store where they saw him hug the girl and watch her leave before they entered the store. For the first time they saw him properly
'Emma sure knows how to pick 'em,' Jack thought and Erica thought exactly the same. 'He's gorgeous.'
But they were also under the misguided belief that he was cheating on Emma.
"Hey come with me, I just had an idea on how we can talk to the cheating hunk," said Jack as they walked over to the counter where Aaron was standing.
"Hi, how can I help?" asked Aaron.
"Ooh very polite" said Jack as camply as he possibly could.
"Well that's my job" replied Aaron.
"Okay then, well I wonder if you could help me. I'm looking for a soundtrack for my cousin."
"Which one?" asked Aaron.
"An Officer and a Gentleman," replied Jack. "It's her favourite, especially that song at the end, oh what's it called?"
"Up Where We Belong?" Aaron suggested, then suddenly realising who they the twins were.
"Oh that's the one! Have you seen the movie?" asked Jack.
"No but I'm going to tomorrow. You know I thought we'd be together longer before I met Emma's family," said Aaron. "Jack and Erica right? So is this the 'What's he like day' or some thing?"
"Yeah, it is, and we don't like it when we find out that he's cheating on our cousin already!" said Erica angrily.
"Excuse me?"
"We saw you earlier with that girl, looked very cosy!"
"Erica would you shut up!" said Jack.
"Okay for your information that was my best friend Kirsty. She never has been and never will be my girlfriend."
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to" said Erica embarrassed.
"That's okay."
Before they could talk more Janice walked into the shop and came right up to Aaron.
"Sweetie, I'm just doing a little shopping before you come home so if you still want a ride I'll be here all afternoon," she said.
"Thanks Mom. Umm this is Jack and Erica, Emma's cousins," said Aaron.
"Jack and Erica – so you're Monica and Chandler's kids huh?" she started. "Although you don't look a thing like them."
"We were adopted," said Jack. "How do you know our parents?"
"Oh honey I know your father very well, as do I know Emma's father very well. I never got that kind of intimacy with Joey though. Oh well I suppose two outta three aint bad."
"Mom please don't!" said Aaron in disgust.
"Ooh sorry Mr Grouchy. Anyway how is everybody?" asked Janice.
"They're fine. Uncle Joey's just back from LA actually, we're having a kind of dinner thing for him tonight," replied Erica not realising the implications that those words would have.
"Oh. My. Gawd!. That's just perfect. I know Aaron and I will come too! What a perfect way for everyone to get together again!"
"Uh, Mom, we weren't invited." said Aaron seeing the shocked looks on Jack and Erica's faces.
"They don't mind do you?" said Janice.
"Umm…" said the twins.
"See, that's settled. We'll even bring Natalie and the boys! Is seven okay?"
"Uh…" replied Jack.
"Perfect!" said Janice as she walked out of the shop.
"We better go," said Erica.
"See you tonight then," said Aaron, totally embarrassed by his mother's actions.
"Yeah…" replied Jack still in total shock.
Erica and Jack both ran from the store and tried to get home as quickly as possible. Neither said anything to the other. They knew they were going to be in some serious trouble for this.
When they walked into the house everyone was there. They both looked as white as a sheet.
"Kids what's wrong, are you sick?" asked Monica worriedly.
"No, Janice is coming to dinner!"
A/N: This is the longest chapter I have ever done! 3000 words! Anyhoo, thanks for the help with the name. In the end I just named her after one of my friends (who is also a Goth) Please review!
