One and Only

Sometimes Your Plans Don't Work Out

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I hope you all enjoy the following chapter.

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CHAPTER 11

"Rach, phone!" I hear my sister Jill's voice from downstairs. I put down the nail polish and run down towards the living room.

"who is it?"

"some...Eric"

"Eric?" I frown in confusion, searching in my head for a known face to put to that unfamiliar name. I take the receiver from her hands still wondering. "hello?"

"hey..." His unmistakable voice draws a huge smile on my face.

"hey you" I manage to say through my ample smile.

"how are you?"

"wait a sec" I cover the receiver and turn to my annoying sister who, of course, is still next to me, ears well opened in hopes to catch new information that she could use later to blackmail me. I know her too well. "I've got the phone, you can go now" I say with intended edginess.

"who's Eric? Your new boyfriend?" she asks casually, as if my previous sentence had been intended for the wall behind her.

"Go-a-way"

"only if you let me wear your black miniskirt this weekend" she says putting her hands on her hips.

"deal" I immediately accept. "bye-bye now" I see her smile proudly and leave the living room with joyful little jumps. I quickly close the door and let my weight fall on the couch as the smile reappears on my face. "sorry I kept you waiting, had to get rid of a bug"

"one of your sisters?"

"bingo!"

"so...are we bug-free now?"

"hu-uh"

"I miss you..." he says in the sweetest tone of voice.

"aw, I miss you too...Eric!" I hear his cute laugh on the other side of the line "what's this name change due to mister?"

"just in case your father picked up the phone, you scared the hell out of me the other day"

"smart move, so from now on I should call you Eric on the phone?"

"you better, you don't want to put my life at risk, do you?" I giggle at his seriousness.

"I think I exaggerated a little, he is not THAT bad"

"can I see you this afternoon?" Ross suddenly says, making it sound more like a beg rather than a question.

"gosh, I really would love to...but I'm afraid I can't today, my mom wants me to accompany her to some social activity at the country club, boring to death but I can't get out from it" I say resentful. "I'm sorry sweetie"

"damn...just when I'm all alone at home"

"don't tell me that please, god knows I'd love to there with you right now, what about tomorrow? Tomorrow I'm all free for you"

"Rachel! Monica is here" I hear my mom's voice yell from afar. I quickly stand up from my spot in the living room couch.

"honey I'll call you back, I think your sister is here, love you, bye" Monica is here? I turn around to find both of them entering the living room side by side.