FRIENDS (TGP edition)

Don't you remember? (Chapter 19)

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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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The doctor approached Nellie and Blake. "Sorry to interrupt you two." he smiled at them. "But you can take him home. Just be careful with him." the doctor waved and walked away. Michael was standing in the doorway, leaning his head on the door. It felt horrible. His head was empty. And he was confused, scared and sad. "Excuse me?" he turned around to face the guy in the bedroom, who was crying. Why was he crying? Michael was wandering, what happened. How was his life before? He just wanted to cry. "How do I leave this building?" No matter, how sad and guilty Charlie felt, that made him chuckle, but he quickly stopped himself. Nellie entered the room: "We will take you home, okay?" she wanted to take Michael's hand, but he moved it. "Um, no?" he said. God knows, what that people could do with him. "Come on, Mike. Let's go." Blake pointed towards the door with his head. Michael was just standing there. That was horrible. Suddenly, beautiful blonde girl, he saw before entered the room. She looked like she was crying. Who was she? She looked the most devastated out of them all. "Come on, babe..." the girl breathed and offered him her hand. Michael took it. She had a different influence on him. And did she call him babe? Was she his... girlfriend? Nah, no way. All kinds of thoughts were running in Michael's head. As they were walking through the hospital, he was looking around constantly. He felt like he's going crazy. They finally approached Charlie's car and they all sat in it. Charlie was driving and the ride was quiet. Michael felt awkward. He didn't know, what to say or do. He was stuck in the car, with four unknown people. The blonde girl was leaning on his shoulder, still holding his hand. She smelled like berries. For the milisecond, Michael found this scent familiar, but it soon all went blank again. She looked at the girl, but she was looking through the window. He could see tears streaming down her face and he felt bad. But he was clueless. The car stopped and they all stepped out. Michael pulled the blonde girl away and said: "Look, I can't tell what's going on. I have no idea where I am, or who am I, or who are you..." he exhaled and continued. "But I feel some strange connection with you. Correct me, if I'm wrong, but I trust you. Tell me, what's going on, becuase right now I'm just really, really confused." he laughed. Shanna smiled and hugged him tight. Michael returned the hug and he could feel warmness. Love, maybe? "I will tell you everything, Michael." Shanna breathed in his ear. He could feel strange tingling all over his body. "Let's go inside." she kissed the corner of his lips, as she lead him inside. They came in boys' apartment. "Welcome home, dude." Blake smiled and patted his shoulder. Michael looked around. Was this his home? And where were his parents? "Let's all sit down." Nellie said. "Let's just... talk for a bit." They all sat down. Michael could feel all eyes on him. "So..." Nellie started again. "I don't even know, how to start with everything, but okay... Hello..." Blake and Charlie chuckled. Awkward Nellie was so cute. "My name's Nellie Veitenheimer." he offered Michael her hand. He took it and they shook hands. Blake and Charlie thought, that was silly idea at first, but they were interested, what was Nellie preparing. "I moved here in Los Angeles couple of months ago. Because of college. I'm pretty new here, but I met five amazing people, who also became my best friends. I live in apartment just down the street and my roommates are Shanna and Aylin." Michael was staring at her. "Okay..." he said looking from one to another. Nellie smiled: "Let's go on." she nodded the Blake. "Uhm... Okay..." he thought that was stupid. "My name's Blake Jenner. I live in that apartment with you and Charlie. I had that stupid dream... I always wanted to be an actor, but I decided... actually just a couple of days ago, that I will finish my school first." he stopped and continued: "I'm actually a bit of an asshole." they all laughed. "Good to finally admit that." Shanna smiled. It was good idea to label themselves, actually. Maybe Michael would remeber them sooner that way. "I'm Charlie." Charlie's voice broke. He looked guilty. He still felt guilty. "I also live in here. I-I..." his voice broke again: "I had a girlfriend... Her name was Aylin. We were dating for pretty long time. I guess you won't remeber, but you two got along really well. She's with her family in Turkey now, but she'll come back... I hope..." "Man, are you talking about yourself or about Aylin?" Blake rolled his eyes as Nellie punched his leg. "Shut up." she said with a glare. Shanna was sitting, looking at the floor. She was quiet. "Shanna?" Nellie looked at her. "I actually want to talk to him in private, if I could? Please?" they all nodded. They understood. "Let's go to my apartment, Michael." she took his hand yet again and they walked out. When they disappeared, Blake pulled on his hair. "That was completely stupid, Nellie!" "IT WAS NOT!" Nellie defended herself. "The doctor said, we need to talk about our memories, who are we. And we need to give him some time!" "I'm going to call his parents." Charlie decided. "No you are not." Blake blocked his way. "We are gonna help him. WE, okay? His parents were never really there for him. I mean, they always loved him, but they were always to busy to care. When we were in high-school, he was always home alone, becuase his parents were at work. He doesn't need them right now. He needs us..." Nellie was schocked. So, Michael also had family problems? She felt, she's the only one here, who's getting along well with her family. Then she remembered, she didn't call her mom today and she really wanted to hear her. So she excused herself and stood up.

Michael and Shanna were walking down the street. "We will go to my place now, alright?" Shanna was talking constantly. "And we can order some Chinese, if that's fine by you?" she looked at him. "Alright." he said quietly, looking at the floor. "Oh, come on. Talk to me! Tell me, what you want to do!" Shanna was still smiling. Michael just shrugged his shoulders. "Okay, we are here." Shanna unlocked the door and stepped inside. "Come on." she motioned. Michael stepped inside and she saw Shanna calling someone. "Yeah, hello." she said cheerfully. "I want to order two portions of cup noodles. Yeah. Okay." she told the adress and hung up. "The dinner will be there in twenty minutes. Michael couldn't take his eyes off her. They sat down on couch. "So..." Shanna started. "Do you want to hear our story? It's kind od weird, but still very beautiful on it's own way." she smiled. Michael nodded. "Okay. My name's Shanna Henderson. We have known each other since high school. You were in high school in Chicago and I came in my junior year, because I was in a foster care. We met there, but we didn't hang out much. I finished high school and came here in Los Angeles. Blake, the guy you met before came to school here too. You and Blake were always best friends, seriously. You were toghether all the time. Anyway, I got that apartment and my roommate became Aylin. The girl Charlie was talking about before. Charlie, on the other hand, was Blake's roommate. And Aylin and Charlie started dating. Blake and Charlie became close friends and that's how me and Aylin met Blake. Well, I knew him before, but never really had a chance to get to know him. After a year, you came in Los Angeles too. You are a year younger, than us and Blake was always talking, how awesome L.A. is, so you decided to go to school here too. You became Blake's and Charlie's roommate and you also met me and Aylin. The five of us soon became best friends. We were together everywhere. Oh, God... All the parties we've been to... That was amazing." Shanna laughed. "Anyway..." she continued: "We were hanging out a lot and we really had so much fun! And than, Nellie came here too. She's eighteen, just like you. We all quickly clicked and she also became one of us. Blake and her kind od like each other, but Blake is... Well, Blake, so I don't know, how that will work out. Charlie and Aylin broke up. I'm not sure why, but I didn't have a chance to talk with her about it, because she went to Turkey. She will be back. I mean, she needs to get back, because witout her, something is missing in out group. And Charlie is devastated. But I will tell you more later. So... Now breathe, because you will hear our story..." the doorbell interrupted Shanna's speech. "That must be our dinner. Wait a second." she opened the door and paid the delivery guy. "Here it is. You can eat that, but be careful. It's hot." she smiled and handed a large cup to Michael. "Okay, where are we now? Ah, that's right. So, you and me became really close friends... And one day... It was the day, Nellie came here, I remeber that." Shanna laughed. "We kind of... did it." "Did what?" Michael looked at her with full mouth. "We slept together." Michael almost choked on his fool and Shanna continued: "I feel really embarassed right now, when I'm telling you this, but I think you need to know." she laughed. "We sort of agreed to become friends with benefits. And it was going pretty well, until I realized... I have feelings for you. Yup, I fell in love with you hard." she laughed again. "And I was afaird to tell you... Because I thought, you are taking me just as... Special friend. But I was wrong. That night when Aylin left, Charlie and Blake got really, really drunk. And you needed some help to take him home and you called me. I helped you and the next morning I told you about my feelings." Shanna wasn't laughing anymore. Michael could swear, he saw tears in her eyes. "...You... You told me you loved me too and it was perfect and everything, but..." Shanna started to cry. Michael was just sitting there, he didn't know what to do. He was staring at her as he felt his heart break in thousands of pieces. "I didn't know, that Charlie was so drunk the night before, that he threw something in your head or something. And he punched you... And you were just trying to help him... Because he was so devastated about Aylin..." she wiped her tears. "I was happy, when you told me you loved me. And I went to school. But you passed out in one of your classes. And when you woke up, you couldn't remeber a thing." Michael hugged Shanna tight. That could explain the connection, he felt towards that girl. And that could also explain, why that Charlie guy was crying. He hugged her even stronger, but he suddenly broke the hug and looked deeply in her eyes. They were still full of tears and he could feel tears, streaming down his face as well. He quickly wiped them off, he didn't want to look weak. The was silence. Intimate, hurtful, but still some kind od beautiful silence. After minutes, that felt like hours, Michael touched Shanna's face lightly as he whispered: "You are beautiful." Shanna sobbed. "I love you, Michael." she breathed. There was a silence again. "You still don't remeber anything, do you?" Michael shook his head. "Come here, let's go to sleep." Shanna took his head as they walked into Shanna's bedroom. Shanna laid down and Michael laid beside her. He hugged her over her waist as they closed their eyes. They could both feel warmth and closeness. Shanna exhaled. "Everything's going to be okay in the morning." she whispered.