Chapter#3
A busy day in the West side of Manhattan. People going through their lives, working, having fun with friends, having s*x, drinking, smoking, and of course doing crime, after all, this is Manhattan, where the Hell's Kitchen is situated in.
But in the midst of this chaos, one blonde woman who wears a white t-shirt that were covered by an odd patterned dress is walking in the middle of a street, her atmosphere gives a childish and innocent vibe like a sunflower that was greeted by the sun.
"Hey Lizzy," Phoebe greets,
"Hey, weird girl," Lizzy, a homeless woman greeted back.
"I brought you alphabet soup," Phoebe said as he took out the food inside her bag,
"Did you pick out the vowels?" Lizzy inquired.
"Yes, but I left in the Y's, because, you know, "Sometimes Y." Phoebe said,
"Umm, I also have something else for you," Phoebe said as she grabbed something from her bag
"Saltines?"
"No, but would you like a $1000, and a football phone?" He asked Lizzy as he passed a small enveloped to Lizzy,
"What?" Lizzy was confused, she took the envelope and checked it, only to be shocked that there was really a money in it.
Lizzy gave the money back to Phoebe, but Phoebe said that she don't want it, so in repaying Phoebe, she decided to give her a tin foil hat which Pheobe again refused, in order to settle the matter, Phoebe requested a soda and that they're even if Lizzy bought her one.
A few minutes later, after buying the soda,
"Keep the change," Lizzy said to the vendor.
"Thank you Lizzy," Phoebe thanks Lizzy,
"Sure you don't want a pretzel?" Lizzy asked Phoebe
"No, I'm fine. Thanks." Phoebe replied with an innocent smile.
"See yo- Hey!"
However, what they didn't know is that someone tailed them the moment that Phoebe mentioned to Lizzy about giving her $1000 and that someone is a crook. The crook, seeing that he have a chance to steal the envelope by surprising them, he managed to steal it.
"Hey, Stop that!" Phoebe shouted to the burglar only to see that the burglar who was running was stopped by someone.
A man, early in his 20s wearing black sunglasses and a black long sleeve, tripped the burglar by using his long cane, signifying that he is blind.
"Agh!" The burglar whimpered as he stood up only for the blind man's cane to hold him down on the ground, his face slapping the hard cement.
"Give it back." The blind man ordered.
"Fine! Fine! Let me go, it hurts!" The burglar shouted as he toss away the envelope containing the money.
"You jerk!" Lizzy said while taking the envelope and then kicked the burglar in the face, knocking out the burglar in the process.
"Thanks." Lizzy said as she took her leave.
"That's amazing how did you do that?" Phoebe asked, bewildered.
"Years of practice miss," The man said.
"Ah! I'm Phoebe," Phoebe said misunderstanding the man's sentence.
"Phoebe Buffay," she said as she raised her arm for a shake only for her to suddenly realize her mistake.
"Oh! Right, your blind," Phoebe said as she forcibly took the man's hands and shook it...
"Okay...I'm Matt. Matt Murdock, nice to meet you, Phoebe," Matt said, finding Phoebe odd, but in a good way,
"Anyways, is there something I can do to thank you? Oh! Right, you can have this soda can, I didn't open it yet," She said as she offered the soda to Matt.
"No thanks Phoebe, but you should get that check though," Matt said causing Phoebe to be confused.
"Why?" Phoebe asked as she opened the can and found that there was a...thumb inside.
"Huh."
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Central Perk, a famous coffee house in NYC Manhattan, West side. For others that's what they'll see the coffee house for, but for me? It is the hangout place of the Friends gang.
I mean they literally live there! In every episode of the Friends, no episode is that place not in the scene, except of course when they go to a trip like the one in London and Las Vegas, and right now...I'm standing at it's door step, it's like, all my stress and negative energy is leaving in my body just by being in the proximity of it.
I opened the door with a look of resolved. The moment that the air inside hit my nostrils, it's like I'm in a really peaceful place. The coffee aroma is outstanding, now I know why it's a famous place.
Once I was able to get a view of my surroundings, there I saw them, sitting at their favored spots. Ross, Joey, Chandler, and Monica.
"Anything for you dear?" A voice resounded behind me and when I took a look of who it was, I saw her,
'Oh? So she's already here huh,' I thought in realization.
Standing before me is a beautiful young woman with blue eyes, and a slim figure.
'Rachel Green'
"Yeah I'd like for some muffin and espresso, please," I replied with a smile on my face making Rachel flustered, as she took her leave and made her way to where Monica and the gang is.
I took a seat in a free nearby chair and took my Stark phone out, though I'm not really using it because I'm watching them with my peripheral vision while listening to them discreetly.
"Hottie 6'o clock!" I heard Rachel shouted in a whisper making the gang look at me.
Chandler being a jokester and sarcastic, leaned in to her and replied with,
"Just keep whispering so he can hear you!" Copying Rachel's whisper shout.
"Pfft-" I almost laugh but was able to stop myself, but it turns out that it's futile because Chandler heard it and back away in his seat while saying,
"I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything"
The moment that he took a seat, a voice of a woman resounded in the entrance of the coffee shop.
"Hey, guys!" The woman, whom I assumed to be Phoebe just from her voice shouted making the gang greet her back.
"Hey, Phoebe!, Hey Pheebs!"
"Look what I've just found!" She said, only then was I able to notice, that she was not alone.
A man wearing a sunglasses while holding a cane indication that he was blind, was with her. From the looks of it, it looks like Phoebe drag him here from the awkward smile that the man got.
"Oh my god, Phoebe, who did you kidnap?" Chandler said with exaggerated fearful face.
"Kidnap? It's not that, look! There's a thumb in my soda can!" Phoebe exclaimed as she she let the gang see the pink soda can.
"A thumb?!" Ross shouted with disgust.
Phoebe answered by nodding.
"EWW" The group of friends reacted while making disgusted faces.
"I know, I know, I opened it up and it was floating in there... like this tiny little hitchhiker."
While their having their conversation, I eyed the man that Phoebe brought and quickly avoided my stare once I recognized him.
'Matt Murdock' I thought in shock.
Will the other marvel tv show be here too? I thought they're a whole new other universe, sh*t.
I better calm my heartbeat down or I will be too f*cking suspecious.
.............
"EHEM, Phoebe?" Monica said while gesturing her eyes at Matt Murdock.
"EHEM, Monica?" Lizzy said, but when she eyed Monica, only then did she realize that she brought someone.
"Oh, right! Guys this is Matt, Matt this is Monica," Phoebe said to Matt introducing her,
Monica raise her eyebrows for a greet.
Phoebe continued,
"This is Joey,"
"Hey, nice shades," Joey greets,
"I know right," Phoebe replied to Joey when staring at Matt as she continued,
"This is Rachel,"
"Hello!"
"Ross,"
"Nice to meet you."
"Chandler,"
"Hey," Chandler said as he raised his eyebrow.
"They're my friends, Matt." Phoebe said while facing Matt.
"Nice to meet you all, friend's of Phoebes'," Matt said as a greet.
"Right!~, I brought Matt here because he's an Attorney," Phoebe said,
"Still a student," Matt muttered correcting Phoebe,
"so I thought, maybe he can help me in solving this...thumb crime scene," Phoebe said ignoring Matt's comment while looking at the soda can.
"Crime scene? Maybe it's just a contest Pheebs, you know, like 'collect all five'?" Chandler said in a joke sarcastic tone.
"Or an accident, considering that the company that manufactures that soda, is only around the Hell's Kitchen, anything can happen..." Mattt added.
"...." The group of friends grew quiet.
Hell's Kitchen is a known place for it's numerous crime, so its only normal for them to understand what Matt is talking about.
"That's why, I volunteered to help Phoebe, I know the ins and out of Hell's Kitchen, and I'm a student that knows a little about the legal proceedings that Phoebe need to take, to solve whose thumb is that." Matt continued,
"You're right, thank you for helping Phoebe, Matt, we don't exactly have an idea on what to do with that either, Phoebe may got complicated with something if we don't handle that properly," Monica said,
A few seconds of uncomfortable silent befall on the group.
"Yeah...does um, anyone wanna see?" Phoebe said breaking the silence,
"No, thanks," The group said while making a face of disgust.
"So, is there somewhere where I can sit and have a drink?" Matt said,
"Ohh, here, you can sit here with me," Joey said while moving aside.
"Ohh, right, you can't see, wait a sec." Joey said in realization as he grabbed Matt at the waist and drop him to the vacant part of the couch...
"Joey?!" The others said dumbstruck at what Joey did.
"It's okay haha, other people think of me as a glass just because I'm blind, so its a breath of fresh air that Joey and all of you, are treating me a little differently,"
"Oww, you know what, you can come here, anytime Matt, this place is like our second home and they've got great drinks here," Phoebe said,
"Yeah," The group of friends agreed.
"It's also good y'know? Because, now, I'm not the only smart guy in here, if you know what I mean, HAHAHA," Ross added with a weird smile and laugh as he eyed the others who's staring at him in a hateful glare.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Ross shouted like a crybaby.
"HAHAHAHA. snort*, snort*" The group of friends laugh,
"Yeah...you guys are a little different..." Matt muttered with a refreshed smile on his face while listening to the laughters of the people who came in his life, unexpectedly, but pleasantly.
While they're having their conversation, Noah, who's sitting behind them is holding the fast beating of his heart, with visible veins on his forehead.
"...She already forgot my drinks, didn't she?" He muttered with a clenched smile.
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