It was then that Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe took the boy guppies back to Monica and Rachel's apartment.
"So, Gil, what are their names?" Monica asked.
"This is Goby," Gil said as he put his hands on Goby's shoulders.
"And this is Nonny," Gil said as he shoved Nonny's head.
"Hey, I just thought of something funny. Nonny, Nonny, bo bonny, banana, fanna, fo fonny," Phoebe said in a sing-song voice as she swayed her head from side to side. Nonny thought that sounded funny, so he started to chuckle.
"So, if your classmates wandered away, why didn't you just stay with your group and tell your teacher?" Rachel asked.
"Well, that's partially my fault. One of our missing classmates is my girlfriend Oona. I was trying to be a considerate boyfriend by going after her, and I kinda dragged these other two along," Nonny explained.
"Did you say girlfriend? Um, aren't you a little young to be having a girlfriend?" Monica asked.
"That's a good point. You're in what? Kindergarten? Preschool?" Rachel said.
"We're in preschool. And all three of us have girlfriends. My girlfriend is Molly and Goby's girlfriend is Deema," Gil explained.
Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe were all stunned that such young children were involved in romantic relationships.
"In fact, I'm engaged to be married," Gil joked.
"What?!" Monica and Rachel screamed.
"That was a joke, I'm joking, just a joke," Gil said as he gave a smirk.
"Whew, you really had me going there," Phoebe said.
"Yeah. I was only kidding. I won't ask Molly to marry me until we're at least in second grade," Gil clarified.
After receiving strange looks from everyone, Gil gave an exasperated look.
"You ladies clearly can't take a joke, can you?" Gil says.
Nonny was silently starting at the floor while fiddling with the bottom of his shirt.
"Are you ok, Nonny? You seem a little tense," Phoebe said.
"I'm just...I'm just worried about Oona. This is the longest I've gone without knowing where she is," Nonny mumbled.
Gil loudly cleared his throat. "What?" Nonny asks.
"What about Molly and Deema? Are you worried about them too? What, do you not care about them enough to wonder what they're doing right now?" Gil shouted impatiently.
"Gil!" Goby said.
"Of course I'm worried about them too! Geez, Gil. Why do you have to be such a jerk?" Nonny said loudly.