It has been a month since Paige and Gabe started dating, and it has been going great. They go out every week and talk a lot about themselves together. They were at the point where they were in a relationship, and everyone knows about it except for the families. They know that they are dating someone, but the faces have not yet been inserted. It has gotten so bad for Gabe that his brother and sister were annoying him daily, just for him to bring the girl he was seeing.
"Just introduce her to us, and then you both can leave immediately, no questions asked," Monica bargained with Gabe.
"Yeah, we'll give the heads up for the others not to ask any questions," Ross added.
"Yeah, right, like I'd believe that," Gabe replied with disdain in his voice.
"Hey, trust us, alright? We can be cool, right, Ross?" Monica said, insisting on meeting her younger brother's girlfriend. After nearly an hour of persuasion, he finally agreed to a family dinner with just the four of them first. Ross and Monica celebrated, and Gabe added the condition that they would pay for everything he and his date ordered.
After the talk with Monica and Ross, Gabe then went to the University to do the tutor session. Paige was already there, with others already there, reviewing their notes.
"Gabe, you're late hahahahaha," Paige said while laughing. Gabe then explained why he was late and then extended his session by an hour. By the time they finished, the sun had set, he then dismissed the whole group until the only ones left there were Paige and Gabe.
"So, an interesting thing that happened earlier, Monica and Ross want to meet you over dinner," Gabe dropped on Paige, who was clearing her notes from the session earlier.
"WHAT?" Paige suddenly shouted, clearly shocked at the revelation that Gabe dropped on her, unconsciously making a noise that earned her a few looks from the students that was in the library.
"Why the hell didn't you tell me earlier? I could have left your stupid session to ready myself better, now they will see me in this stupid outfit," Paige then complained to Gabe.
"First off, ouch, I thought you enjoyed my sessions, also, you don't have to worry, you looked great, you're great and awesome and I'm sure they would love to meet you, just prepare for the questions, I made them promise not to ask so much questions but you never know" Gabe said.
"You think so? Yes, I'll make sure to prepare for the tests," Paige said, trying to calm herself down.
"You'll do great, just trust me, they won't bite you," Gabe said, trying to console Paige.
"Well, we are getting them a gift, I don't want to meet them empty-handed," Paige said, while Gabe just nodded, they then go to an open mall to find something to gift both Ross and Monica.
"What do you think about this?" Paige asked, holding a shirt for Ross and a spatula for Monica, given how Gabe described both Ross and Monica's personalities and likes.
"I think it's not suitable as a first gift, I think it just came from me, since I told you what they like, give them each box of chocolates and muffins for Ross, he loved muffins, one time, their office got bribed by a small basket of muffins, he then told that story like a million times before stopping" Gabe said,
"Muffins for Ross, it is, but what about your sister, Monica? I do not want to give her a boxed chocolate." Paige said,
"Give Monica a new book about cleaning, she loves those, I think she has OCD, she can't be calm if something is not clean," Gabe said while describing her sister.
"Book about cleaning? Are you sure? You know I only have one chance to impress your sister cause I want to spend more time with you, not in the library," Paige said,
"Don't worry, they are gonna love you, as I keep telling you, after maybe 1 hour of picking and choosing gifts for Ross and Monica, they finally left the mall, and they then took a taxi to the restaurant they agreed to meet, they arrived a little earlier, so they just relax there for a bit, until unexpectedly Monica arrived with Rachel and Phoebe, seeing this, Gabe stood up and talked to Monica privately with Rachel and Phoebe.
"Mon? What are they doing here? I thought I agreed to do this dinner if only you and Ross are here," Gabe said. while Rachel and Phoebe just smiled at him
"Oh, relax, we won't do anything to embarrass you," Rachel said while grinning.
"Yeah, we don't want your first girlfriend to be scared of us," Phoebe said while also grinning with Rachel. Monica just stood there while mouthing 'I'm sorry, they cornered me,' which Gabe got right away. He then walked towards the table then introduced them
"Paige, this is my sister Monica, her best friends Phoebe and Rachel." Gabe then pointed at Monica which Paige just stood up and hug her, She also hugged Rachel and Phoebe.
"Ohh wow, she's a hugger, " Monica, shocked by the sudden hug of Paige, suddenly said while smiling and looking at Rachel and Phoebe.
"And everyone, this is Paige, my girlfriend" Gabe then introduced Paige to Monica, who she already let go of Monica.
"Hello, it's really nice to meet you, I heard so much about you from Gabe," Monica said,
"Yeah, he's smiling when he mentions your name," Rachel added while Phoebe just nodded her head.
"REALLY? You talked about me?" Paige said to Gabe, who in turn just rolled his eyes at the three girls.
"Well, this is my gift for you. I'm sorry I did not bring enough gifts for everyone, I thought it would only be Gabe, me, you, and your brother," Paige said while giving the gift she brought for Monica.
"Wow, you shouldn't have" Monica said while opening the paper bag, it was a book titled 'The Housekeeper's Handbook of Cleaning' by Sarah J. MacLeod.
"I still did not have this copy, I hear it mentions different kinds of techniques in cleaning, ohhhh thank you, this is a perfect gift, I'm sorry I didn't bring anything for you " Monica said while hugging Paige in her joy, Paige then look at Gabe then mouthed, 'SHE LIKE ME' while Gabe just said 'I TOLD YOU', then they just share stories while waiting for the others, after maybe 30 minutes of waiting, the guys came,
"Ross, Chandler, Joey, this is Paige, Paige this is everybody, now you officially met all of my friends" Gabe said to Paige who just shake their hands and gift the muffin basket to Ross, where Joey just looked at the basket, like he wants to eat it, they then asked if they could be sitted to the host, who leads them to their table