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- 3rd P.O.V -
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Chandler's apartment was packed, people mingling and dancing with beers in their hands, the crowd kept increasing as no one wanted to go to Monica's boring party. And those somehow did, Phoebe smuggled them out to Chandler's and Joe's party.
In the midst of all dancing, Bryan and Wanda walked up to Rachel who along with Ross were having a really hard time with her father.
"Bryan!" Ross shouted with his voice almost breaking down.
Bryan chuckled at Ross's condition and decided to help him out.
"Hello Sir, you must be Dr Greene, Rachel's father," Bryan spoke with respect, but inwardly his ego that he didn't know he had were tingling.
If his emotions still have sway in his decision, he wouldn't be even able to speak like that to Rachel's father specifically knowing his unpleasant personality.
And as for Rachel's Father, he got overwhelmed by Bryan's presence and completely forgot to speak.
"And you are?" Dr Green finally snaps back when he felt Bryna shaking his hand firmly.
"Daddy, he's Bryan and that's his wife Wanda, they just moved upstairs," Rachel answered her father's question, who nodded and took his hand back silently.
Seeing him getting overwhelmed by his presence and becoming silent, Bryan decided to question him.
"Dr Greene, what's your speciality?"
"Excuse me?" Dr Green questioned back in slight confusion.
"I mean, what kind of doctor are you?" Bryan clarified.
"Ahh! I'm a Vascular Surgeon." Dr Green answered, a little embarrassed. As a perfectionist, he felt like an idiot for asking such a stupid question."
"Ohh, I'm also quite interested in that field," Bryan said as he lead Dr Greene towards one of the unoccupied rooms.
"You know about this field?" Mr Greene questioned, shooting Bryan a sceptical look.
"Yes. I may not look like it, but I have a PhD in Biology, biomedical engineering." Bryan calmly replied as both he and Dr Green entered the room. Leaving behind a stupefied Ross and flabbergasted Racheal who couldn't wrap her little head around the fact that her rude daddy was so easily handled.
"Giggle~ let's go and enjoy the party." Wanda spoke with a small smile which broke the couple from their stupor.
"Yeah…" Ross responded, his tone extra sluggish than usual seeing Rachel's father liking Bryan so quickly.
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~Monica's party.~
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"Listen you guys, I don't mean to be a pain about this but, um, I've noticed that some of you are just placing them on. You wanna push the caps until you hear them click." Monica said as she demonstrates. Gunther starts to walk to the door as he didn't come here to play such games.
"Gunther, where are you going?" Monica stopped Gunther with question who turned back and replied. "I um, was sorta thinking about maybe..."
"No. No, you can't go. No this is fun. Come on we're just getting started. Here, here's your marker." Monica rudely cuts him off as she walked up to him and handed him another pen.
Phoebe saw the whole thing and decided to smuggle him as well.
"Listen if you wanna go, just go." Phoebe discretely whispered in Gunther's ears after Monica walked back.
"No, she'll yell at me again." Gunther dejectedly replied back.
"Alright, I can get you out," Phoebe whispered again, tlike a suspicious uncle offering candies to Lolis.
"What?" Gunther shouted, almost alerting Monica.
"Shh. In a minute, I'm gonna create a diversion. When I do, walk quickly to the door and don't look back." Phoebe placed her index finger on her lips and quieted him down before explaining her master plan
"Okay." And like an innocent Loli, he accepted to go with the suspicious uncle.
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~ Back in Chandler and Joe's apartment ~
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Ross was pacing outside Chandler's room anxiously, he was having a mental breakdown seeing Bryan so easily interacting with Rachel's father, and holding a conversation that Rachel's dad was genuinely enjoying. They were even calling each other by their first names-FIRST NAMES! Not to mention Rachel's father was laughing alongside Bryan-Laughing!!! In his entire life Ross has never seen Rachel's dad laugh.
"You can do this, You can do this, You can do this!!!" Ross encouraged himself and barged into the room, making the talking duo turn their head in his direction.
"I can't do this…" Ross muttered, losing all his courage at Rachel's dad's frowning face.
"Hi, Dr. Greene. So, uh, how's everything in the uh, vascular surgery....game?" Ross spoke, trying to pull himself together.
"It's not a game Ross, a woman died on my table today." Rachel's dad replied, his frown deepening.
"I'm sorry. See that's the good thing about my job. All the dinosaurs on my table are already dead." Ross joked awkwardly, trying to lighten Rachel's dad's mood, only to receive a fed-up sigh from him.
"Sigh~I think I need a drink…"
"Oh, here, I, I'll get it for ya. Whad'ya want?"
"Scotch."
"Scotch. Alright, I'll be back in 10 seconds with your scotch on the rocks in a glass." Ross said and started exiting the room.
"Neat." Rachel's father said, making Ross pause and turn around
"Cool," Ross replied cluelessly.
"No no no, no no no, neat, as in no rocks." Rachel's dad rudely explained, which annoyed Ross slightly, at the difference between Bryan's and his treatment.
"I know!!!" Ross shouted and started walking again, only to stop again.
"Yes?" Ross questioned while looking at Bryan's handsome face, which made him even more annoyed.
"Can you get me a drink too, scotch neat same as Leonard," Bryan answered with a smile, his casually calling Rachel's dad Leonard gave Ross, an emotional damage.
"Same as Leonard…Got it!" Ross nodded with a weird face and finally left the room.
"I can't believe how my little girl fell for this idiot," Leonard said while shaking his head.
"Chuckle~ come on he's not that bad." Bryan defended Ross with a smile, making Leonard snort.
"It's not about him being good or bad…ahh just forget it, you will understand when one day your daughter brings home a boyfriend," Leonard explained in a frustrated tone. His words made Bryan fell in deep thought, imagining a mini Wanda with purple eyes coming up to him, and introducing some snobbish boy.
"No…" Bryan muttered darkly.
"Never!" Bryan declared firmly, but Leonard didn't hear as the sky outside suddenly *Krackled!!!* loudly alongside Bryan's firm declaration, like The Heavens itself acknowledging his word.
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~ Back at Monica's party ~
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Phoebe is talking to a guy and two girls at the party. Offering them salvation from the 6th grader's birthday party.
"Ok, ok, she's taking the trash out, so I can get you out of here, but it has to be now, she'll be back any minute," she said while cautiously surveying her surroundings.
"What about my friend Victor?" Girl 1 questioned nervously.
But Phoebe ruthlessly denied her. "No, only the three of you, any more than that and she'll get suspicious."
"Alright, let me just get my coat." Girl 1 relented immediately, betraying her friend.
"There isn't time. You must leave everything. They'll take care of you next door." Phoebe denied again, letting them know the urgency and severity of their situation.
"Is it true they have beer?" Girl 2 questioned with a hopeful tone as they exited the door.
"Everything you've heard is true," Phoebe answered, giving them a reassuring smile.
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~ Meanwhile in Chandler and Joey's party ~
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"Could you guys please try to keep it down, we're trying to start a Boggle tournament." Monica barged into the apartment and shouted loudly, making people stop dancing.
Chandler and Joey also stopped dancing and started laughing at Monica's words.
"You, and you, you're supposed to be at my party. And Gunther! What are you doing here?" Monica pointed at every people that Phoebe smuggled, and her eyes finally stopped on Gunther who was dancing with two hot chicks.
"Um.." Gunther muttered and gestured to the dance floor.
Just as Monica was going to shout at him, Phoebe enters with the three people she got out.
"Ok, welcome to the fu-oh," Phoebe spoke while guiding the trio, only to pause when her eyes landed on the enraged Monica.
"Phoebe!!!"
"Alright, I'm sorry, but these people needed me. They work hard all week, it's Saturday night, and they deserve to have a little fun. Go."
"Ya know, my party is fun. I mean, maybe it's a little quieter, less obvious sorta fun but, you know, if people would just give it a chance…"Monica said in a hurt voice as he slowly retreated back, only for volleyball to hit her in the head from behind.
"Hey! Monica can I join your party." Like an angel's call, an excited voice called Monica, who turns back and saw Wanda with her eyes sparkling like a small girl.
"Yesss!!!" Monica replied with an equally excited voice, making Wanda's smile widen.
Wanda has never been to birthday parties like Monica's. And like any girl growing up, she wanted to have and go to birthday parties like that, unfortunately, she never got the chance as she passed her childhood in Sokovia, and when she joined Avengers, she only attended those fancy parties where everyone has a glass of Champaign in their hands and stiff smile on their faces.
So, with a smile on her face Wanda followed Monica who looked equally happy leading someone who genuinely seemed interested in her party.
Many followed them, or more like Wanda, but Monica stopped them and slammed her door on their faces while saltily saying. "Go back to your generic every Saturday night party!!!"
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- Bryan's P.O.V -
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Leonard and I were talking in my new apartment's living room.
I brought him here because the party was too loud for us to enjoy our rather enjoyable conversation which really surprised me honestly.
I was really biased towards Leonard because I know his personality from the show, but the thing was I saw him from the eyes of the Friends group which showed him as a rude controlling perfectionist father and husband, but it did not show the reason behind it. For example today a patient died at his operation table which obviously disturbed him, but he still decided to come to his daughter's birthday party, even though said daughter didn't invite him.
Interaction with Leonard give me a new perspective of not judging the characters I know through the eyes of a narrator who only focused on the stories of their protagonist and his journey.
I mean Naruto's most villains having their own fanbases because their stories behind becoming villains were shown in filler chapters. If didn't very few would have liked Itachi and Obito.
*Knock-Knock* suddenly someone-well Monica knocked on my door, startling Leonard who was quite drunk from all the neat Scotch he drank from my collection, its good that I reduced the potency of the alcohol, or he might have…exploded.
"Yes?" I questioned Monica with a smile.
"Bryan…Can you sing a few songs on my party?" Monica hesitatingly asked.
"Sure." I quickly replied as Wanda has already contacted me to accept her new friend's request. She wanted to help Monica achieve her desired best birthday party.
"Eh? Really?" Monica asked with a dumbfounded expression, making me chuckle and repeat.
"Thanks, Bryan!!! Come downstairs in 10 minutes, I'll have everything ready." Monica said and quickly left, not before giving me a quick thankful hug.
"Your wife will be jealous," Leonard commented behind me, massaging his forehead.
"Ohh I know, but I love seeing her getting all possessive of me," I replied to Leonard with an amused smile, who snorted saying "Young love" or whatnot.
10 minutes later I walked downstairs to perform.
I asked Leonard to follow me, but he denied saying he was too drunk to go in front of his sweet peas.
Anyways, I went to Monica's party and start singing the songs for the gathered crowd, and people who were standing outside Monica's apartment, apparently the petite brunette can hold quite a grudge, but I soon ignored all that and focused on Wanda who had a warm smile throughout the whole concert.
I sang five songs, starting with Say you won't let go by James Arthur and ending with Photograph by Ed Sheeran.
After I finished the last song the crowd dispersed and returned to their homes. Wanda and I also went to our apartment where Leonard has already left after he became sober enough to drive to his house, of course, he didn't forget to say goodbye to Rachel…which also led to Joe ending up kissing Rachel's mom again to prevent her from meeting her ex-husband, ahhh plot…
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