Chapter 24: Oh Boy
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"Here you go, babe." Caleb said when he came back from the queue with a muffin and placed it on the table.
"Thanks." Patricia replied and kissed his cheek happily.
"Aww." Jackie cooed over the couple at the same time Damien scrunched his face up in disgust and said, "Eww."
It was Friday morning, the teens didn't have to go to school today seeing that there was a problem with one of the science labs and it wasn't safe to have students in school. So the three friends and one of their boyfriends decided to start the morning of in Central Perk.
"People are trying to eat." Damien pointed out in disgust and pointed to his plate of bagels, cookies and cake.
Jackie shook her head. "How you don't gain any weight I will never know."
Caleb looked down at his watch before letting out a deep sigh and turning his head to the side to see Patricia. "I have to get the bus."
"Aw, is it time already?" The brunette asked with a small pout playing on her lips.
Caleb nodded his head sadly. He would much rather hang out with his girlfriend and maybe ditch her friends so they could make out or maybe she'd let him go to second base instead of going to his football match.
"Well then…" She replied pressing her lips against his and wrapping her arms around his neck.
Caleb placed his hands on her back before swiping his tongue over her sealed lips. She parted her lips and Caleb thrust his tongue in between her sweet lips. His tongue found hers and twirled them together before giving it a small tug.
"So how are things going with you two?" Jackie asked once the football player left them.
"Great." The other brunette replied beaming.
"Great as in he's an asshole?" Damien asked raising an eyebrow and leaning in. "Or great as in he'll never be as good as Damien and he's an asshole."
Patricia's perfectly plucked eyebrows knitted closer together and her eye slightly narrowed. "Great as in great."
"That's too bad." The pretty boy replied sadly, looking down at his plate of food. A gentle hand tilted his face up by his chin making him look at the girl in front of him.
"You're great, Day." Patricia admitted softly. "I had a crush on you when I first met you."
Damien's pout instantly turned smile when he heard this. "That's good enough for me."
"The gang wants to meet Caleb." The newest friend told her friends, resting her head on her hand.
"Ohh…" Was the response Patricia received from the two, who exchanged looks.
Jackie and Damien knew that Patricia's guardians were very overprotective of her. Ross, Joey and Chandler specifically. What would they say when they met Caleb Smith?
"Guys…that's not what I was hoping for." The brunette told her two best friends, twisting her hands together awkwardly while making eye contact with her friends.
"Well…Caleb has…sort of a reputation and I think the whole state of New York knows that." The smaller girl said slightly tripping up on her words, referring to some of the shit Caleb had done awhile back.
Patricia closed her eyes while nodding her head. She opened them again and looked very serious. "I know, I know. But he says he has changed. I can see that."
"Only if you're sure." Jackie replied placing her hand on top of Patricia.
Damien's eyes went wide before darting over and back from Patricia to Jackie to the hand holding. Shh don't say anything! They might make out!, he thought to himself.
"So we are finally going to meet Patricia's boyfriend." Rachel said to Monica and Chandler, who were sitting on the coach and they nodded their heads in reponse, on her way to the bathroom.
Once the coast was clear Monica and Chandler smashed their lips together and slowly moved them together in perfect sync. It was like they were the perfect match, Ying and Yang. It was like heaven, except heaven wouldn't be as good as this. As soon as they heard the bathroom door creaked open the two parted quickly.
Rachel waltzed out of the bathroom and went back into her room. The secret couple smiled at each other seeing they got away with it.
"We're getting better at this." Chandler admitted, nodding his head while smiling.
Monica nodded in agreement, also smiling. It always got her adrenaline pumping when she and Chandler got away with something like that. She rested her head on his shoulder, sighing happily.
"I wonder what he is like." Rachel called from her bedroom.
"Well, Patricia likes him and she's happy so as long as my baby sister's happy, I'm happy." Monica replied back, slightly raising her voice so her best friend could hear her.
"Also as long as he's not a complete ass and if her treats Patricia with respect, Joey, Ross and I won't beat his ass." Chandler told them.
Caleb raised an eyebrow as he and his girlfriend walked up the stairs hand in hand. "You nervous?"
"A little." Patricia admitted, lying slightly seeing that she was more than a little bit nervous. "I just want everything to go perfect!"
"And everything will." The tall boy said, showing his pearly whites. "So what's the story with second base?" He added jokingly hoping to lighten her spirits.
Patricia laughed a little and smacked his chest playfully at what she hope was a joke. In her eyes there were four bases, and the second base was half way to a homerun and she wasn't ready for that.
She opened the door to apartment 20 and six heads turned from the TV to the door. Patricia led her boyfriend in smiling hopefully. The six friends had to close their mouths to prevent them from dropping.
"This is Caleb Smith." Patricia said, little did she know the six already knew that. "My boyfriend."
Monica was setting the table in the kitchen along with Chandler, Rachel, Phoebe, Ross and Joey while secretly watching Patricia and Caleb on the balcony. The two teens were saying their goodbyes out on the balcony in 'private'.
"So what do you think?" Monica asked in a somewhat quiet voice as she busied herself with setting the table.
"We don't like him." They all –except Phoebe- replied. "We hate him."
"I don't hate anyone." Phoebe admitted, pouring a glass orange juice. She turned around to face the gang. "I just strongly dislike Caleb."
Ross' face fell and his face turned red making him look angry. "Get your tongue out of her throat! Hands off her ass! Hands of her ass!" This made the gang look at the balcony from where they were standing to see Patricia and Caleb making out roughly.
Joey, whose expression matched Chandler's and Ross', hit his fist on the table. "Alright that is it!" He said before standing up along with his two friends but they were stopped by the girls, who ushered them back to their seats.
"What do you think of Smith, Mon?" Rachel asked, raising her gaze from the table to Monica, who was checking the lasagne that was in the oven.
The chef closed the oven door and stood back up before turning around to face the gang, who were all staring at her ready for her answer. She looked down at her hands, which she was twisting together as if there was something she did not want to say or didn't want to believe.
"Well…" The brunette began, raising her head up to face her friends. "I don't want her seeing him."
"Neither do we." They all –except Phoebe- chanted back.
The blonde, who didn't reply along with the others, was looking down at the floor with her arms crossed and an angry expression on her face. She looked up and started moving her arms around as she yelled. "I hate him! He can't come near her! He's bad news! Bad news!"
The gang stared at her in bewilderment. They all knew about Phoebe's temper but she never lost it that bad.
"What happened to not hating anybody?" Chandler asked timidly, avoiding eye contact with her in case he turned into stone.
The weird one took a deep breath in. "Sorry…" Just then Patricia and her boyfriend emerged, oblivious of the conversation the adults were having.
"Well I better go." Caleb announced to everyone.
"Oh really?"
"So soon?"
"Too bad."
Were some of the responses the boy received from the unhappy adults. The football player said goodbye to his girlfriend, who kissed his cheek before he left. Patricia looked at the gang, with a smile plastered on her face.
"Well?" She asked.
The six exchanged looks unsure of whether they should tell the truth or not. They all remembered all the articles in the newspapers about Caleb Smith which linked to drug dealing, stealing, vandalism and violence. Even though there hadn't been a word about him for a month now they weren't sure about him and his influence on their baby sister.
"Do you know about his past?" Ross finally said, answering the question with another question.
Patricia shook her head in disbelief that her Godfather would bring it up. "I can't believe this." She knew every detail about it and she knew he's changed.
"Come on, Patricia you could do way better than him." Chandler spoke up hesitantly and slightly supporting Ross.
"You gotta be joking." The teen deadpanned, shaking her head.
"I strongly dislike him." Phoebe added.
The next hour was spent by the five members of the gang debating with Patricia on whether or not she was allowed to see that boy again. Monica tried stayed out of it but she was called in.
"What about you?" Her Goddaughter asked her finally. "You haven't said a word to me."
"Well…um…" Monica said scratching the back of her neck awkwardly before she continued her tone stronger. "I don't want you to see him anymore."
"No, Monica." Patricia told her firmly, a rebellious right blazing up in the teen's mind, body and soul. "I want to date him. You of all people should support me."
"I would! But he's done drugs." The older brunette replied and continued listing all the crimes Caleb had done.
Two hours more went by and Patricia was banned by all the members of the gang from seeing Caleb.
"I am going to see him again." Patricia yelled back at Ross.
"Fine! Fine, go see the troublemaker again." He shot back heading for the door and he grabbed his coat. "Just don't come crying to me when you're lying in a dumpster."
Patricia laughed bitterly. "Flattery yourself Ross! You'd be the last person I'd go to." With that said he left.
Phoebe, Chandler and Joey made up lame excuses that it was getting late so they better go home. They left and ended up going to the coffee house.
"You can see him if you really want." Monica said so quietly it could be considered a whisper. "Even though I don't want you too. But I love you and if you're happy, I'm happy. But just remember this, 'if you ain't, happy it ain't working'." She added before giving the teen a hug and she kissed her on the forehead. "I'm going to take a nap before dinner."
Rachel bit her lip and went over to Patricia. Rachel had her fair share of Calebs and it never ended well. They broke hearts, got young innocent girls into trouble and worst of all made those girls think they were totally different.
"Patricia, take it from someone who has loved and lost that kind of boy." Rachel said softly, placing a hand on the teen's shoulder. "You shouldn't be with him. It's for your own safety and you're too good for him. But I'm not going to get into your way."
Rachel went over the door and looked back at Patricia. "We need milk, I'll get it."
Patricia let out a huge sigh when the blonde left and she sat down on the arm of the couch. Why couldn't they understand that Caleb made her happy? Why couldn't they just say that Jackie and Damien and the six friends were the only people in her life right now that made her happy until Caleb came along? Why couldn't they understand that she was just trying to give the six of them more time alone without a teen in their way? She knew she was a burden on them all…
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