FRIENDS (TGP edition)

Help (Chapter 14)

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1. https://33.media.tumblr.com/ec1117c764d0966e8e9206c4cdf3da81/tumblr_mgp1nck8Ja1rbiloko1_500.gif

 2. https://33.media.tumblr.com/fee18c03410e34d4db96346afcf99697/tumblr_mgp1nck8Ja1rbiloko2_250.gif (AYLIN)

 3. https://33.media.tumblr.com/5d9bf76a407a68a2617b2411247d1d81/tumblr_mgp1nck8Ja1rbiloko3_250.gif (BLAKE)

 4. https://38.media.tumblr.com/e35ebcce3750464e69325ba451cdb2de/tumblr_mgp1nck8Ja1rbiloko4_250.gif (SHANNA)

 5. https://38.media.tumblr.com/cf335204f94a6826a8375eb65b82e12f/tumblr_mgp1nck8Ja1rbiloko5_250.gif (CHARLIE)

 6. https://33.media.tumblr.com/e4e93165c334b3b014c4b2583c92249a/tumblr_mgp1nck8Ja1rbiloko6_250.gif (NELLIE)

 7. https://33.media.tumblr.com/ca806c86b43690462eeaab1b4eb789a6/tumblr_mgp1nck8Ja1rbiloko7_250.gif (MICHAEL)

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Shanna, Nellie, Michael and Blake opened the door of girls' apartment. They saw Charlie sitting on a sofa, with face in his hands: "Dude, what happened?" Michael asked. "Where's Aylin?" Shanna added. "She's on her way to Turkey. She went and bought plane tickets and she's already at the airport." Charlie was whispering. They could all se a tears streaming down his face. Michael sat beside him and took his hand: "What happened?" "She left me..." Michael looked at Blake with dead-serious expression. "She did that?" Blake whispered. Charlie nodded. "She said, she said she needed some time to think. That's she's not sure about this anymore and needs to go away. To her family. For a while." "She will be back..." Shanna said: "She will, Charlie. You will see. She loves you." "I'm not sure about that. I doubt she ever did." Charlie walked out. Michael and Blake said goodbye to girls and followed him. Charlie kicked in the wall with her foot, when they were outside. "Can we go to the bar?" he asked his buds. "I'm not sure, that's a good idea..." Michael started and Blake covered his mouth: "Let's go!" Blake hugged Charlie across the shoudlers and they headed towards the bar. Michael sighed and followed them.

"She's not answering." Shanna said with a worried expression. "I don't know, how Mike and Blake were so calm about their break up, but I'm freaking out. When I met them, it was never just Aylin or just Charlie. They were Aylin and Charlie. And they don't know, how to be alone. And we need them to repair the crack in their relationship and... they need to get through that somehow." Shanna was talking fast. Nellie opened the window and looked out. Los Angeles was beautiful. There was something so calm and peaceful about this city. It made her feel inspired. She had done and saw so many things here, she had never done before in her life. "Look," she turned around: "I love Charlie and Aylin to death and I want to fix whatever they had too. But Aylin needs some time to herself. She was just so stressed lately and she needs some time to think, to clear her life up, to spend some time with her loved ones. She WILL be back eventually. She has school here. She has an apartment, friends...life. They will get over this and everything's going to be okay. I can feel that. You can see." Shanna leaned out the window: "I freaking adore you and your calmness, you know?" Shanna smiled. They climbed out the window on the roof. The stars were shining bright and it was hot, spring night. Look on the city was beautiful. All that lights, traffic. The city was alive, but still peaceful. Nellie layed on the roof. Shanna said: "I'm going to get us some coffee and music." she climbed in apartment again. Nellie was staring at the sky. The moon was big. So close... But yet so far away. Nellie could se a plane and something was telling her it was Aylin's. Nellie smiled and whispered: "See you soon, Aylin."

Charlie was drunk. Very drunk. Michael never saw him that drunk in his life. And believe me, Charlie was a party animal. And Michael knew him for a long, long time. Blake wasn't much better. They were in the bar first, but they kicked them out, because Charlie was too loud. They went in the liquor store and Charlie and Blake bought some more. They were sitting on the empty parking lot now. Michael didn't drink. He simply didn't want to. And besides that, it wouldn't end up well, if all three of them were drunk. "Guys..." Michael tried to interrupt them as Blake and Charlie talked and laughed hard. They talked about the stupidest things. Michael rolled his eyes: "Guys. Let's go home, before you do something stupid." Michael begged them. Blake suddenly said: "How's Shanna in bed, Mikey? Is she good?" Michael was horrified: "What?" "Wait, so you are banging her?" Charlie asked with a drunken voice and he and Blake started to giggle. They sounded like five year olds. Michael shook his head. "I bet, she's really loud." Blake mumbled and Charlie laughed again. They were so wasted. "Can you imagine her?" Charlie turned towards light-brown haired boy. "Fuck, yes man, she must be good. Right, Michael?" Michael was sooo embarassed. But the two of them were drunk and they probably didn't know, what were they saying. Charlie said to Blake: "Let's go and break into the liquor store. And steal some more alcohol." "Okay, that's it." Michael stood up. "We are going home. And we are going to school tomorrow. You too, Blake." he grabbed Blake's arm and pulled him up. Charlie was still giggling like a kid: "And so are you." Michael pulled Charlie's arm as well. When Charlie was standing, Blake collapsed on the floor again. He was laughing. "OH, COME. ON." Michael said. He was soooo annoyed. He pulled Blake up again and Charlie sat down. They must think, that's funny and they wanted Michael to be annoyed. Michael glared at Charlie. "That's enough now." he tried to be calm. "Stand up." he said to Charlie. No reaction. "Stand the fuck up." Still no reaction. He pulled his arm again so hard, he was surprised, he didn't broke it. He held Blake and Charlie, so they couldn't fall down again. "Michael, you are such a party-breaker." Blake moaned. "I feel sick." Michael rolled his eyes and said: "You deserve that." "Michaeeeeel." Blake moaned again. "Let me go." "No." Michael was still trying to carry them both. "Michael, let me go, I feel sick." Blake moaned again. Michael sighed and let him go. But Blake started to run and Charlie also escaped him. "GOT YA!" Blake laughed hysterically and high-fived Charlie as the were runinng away. Their steps were unstable and they looked like, they will fall. "Oh, God." Michael closed his eyes. He was a year younger than the two of them and he was the most mature out of them all. He couldn't handle both of them. He needed help, so he dialed Shanna's number.

"I need you to come here and help me get two drunk pigs home." Shanna laughed and Michael felt something weird. It wasn't love, it couldn't be. Or was it? There sure was something, Michael haven't felt before yet. He wasn't sure, what Shanna said, becuase he was to distracted by her laigh, the sound of her voice... But he was pretty sure, she'll show up. After ten minutes, Shanna parked her car. She was in her PJ's and Michael smiled at her softly. "Come in." Shanna pointed her head towards car seat. Michael opened the door and sat beside her. They smiled at each other: "Hi." Michael said awkwadrly. Shanna lauged and she turned the car on again. They were driving for a good couple of minutes as they saw two drunken boys peeing on the sidewalk. "That's disgusting." Shanna covered her mouth. "THEY are disgusting." Michael agreed. They quickly exchanged a glance and laughed. "I NEED to take a picture." Shanna took her phone put of her purse and took a picture of Blake and Charlie. "I will never let them forget about this. Shanna squeaked and Michael smiled at her. He opened the door and got out of the car: "Okay boys, it's over. Let's go." he grabbed Blake and forced him inside the car. Shanna closed the door and Michael did the same with Charlie. Shanna got into the car again and Michael followed them. He locked the door. Blake and Charlie were stupid, immature and drunk enough to open the door, while they are driving. The ride was quite awkward. Blake and Charlie were talking non-senses and giggling all the time. Michael and Shanna rolled their eyes, but they couldn't help themselves, but laugh along. Until Charlie whispered to Shanna: "I heard, he's banging you." and pointed towards the Michael. That was a schock for Shanna, so she nearly crashed the car. When she was stable again, she said: "What? Don't be stupid." "How is he, is he good? If he isn't, I could bang you sometime." Charlie giggled. Shanna knew, he's drunk and he didn't know, what was he saying and she wanted to see Michael's reaction as well, so she said: "He's very good, don't worry about that." she turned to Michael. He was looking at her, with his mouth opened, his cheeks glowing. His face was bright red. And he was adorable. The rest of a ride was kind of awkward. They finally arrived and Shanna parked the car. "Thanks for help." Michael smiled. "Anytime." Shanna looked at him. They carried Blake out the car and he sat on the stairs. They did the same with Charlie as Blake threw up. Shanna looked at him and Michael sighed: "I'm gonna clean that up." he said with annoyed voice. They carried them upstairs and throw them on their beds. Shanna was waiting for Michael in his living room and looked around. She could see the place, where he and Michael made love for the first time. She looked at the sofa and remebered the times, when they were all together watching television there. So many memories... Michael returned and said: "Thanks again. It would be really hard to bring them home without your help." Shanna smiled: "No probs. You can coundt on me anytime, really." there was a moment of awkward silence: "Do you wanna stay over?" Michael asked. "Nah, I'm really tired. Besides, I need to go to school tomorrow. I really don't wanna miss another day." "Tell me about it." Michael laughed. "Same here. I need a rest anyway." he said and he and Shanna said goodbye. Shanna left and Michael went to his room. As soon as he layed down, he could hear screams and crying from Charlie's room. He quickly got off of bed and ran to his room.