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cyberiad_queen ([personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted) wrote in [community profile] vocab_drabbles2024-01-07 11:45 pm

[Challenge #88: Philistine] Friends: 'Almost Arrested'

Title: 'Almost Arrested'
Fandom: Friends
Author: [personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 220
Characters/Pairings: Rachel Greene, Phoebe Buffay
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to [community profile] anythingdrabble
Summary: "What?! What did she do?"

"What a fun night this is shaping up to be. I just saw Phoebe almost get arrested."

At the sound of Rachel's abrupt announcement, Monica nearly choked on her drink. "What?! What did she do?"

"Well, some guy was rude to her about her music. He said it 'wasn't up his avenue'."

"That is rude, but not enough to provoke Phoebe."

"It provoked her enough to call him a snob," Rachel responded. "And then the guy called her a philistine who should burn her guitar, since she clearly didn't know the first thing about music. You can guess how well that little remark went over. Phoebe may not really have any talent as a musician, but we all know how happy it makes her to play her guitar."

Monica winced, imagining the scenario. "Yeowch. I'll bet that was ugly. I'm amazed that she didn't knock the poor jerk's block off."

Rachel gave her a pointed stare. "What makes you think she didn't?"

"Oh, no," Monica gasped. "She didn't?"

"Right now, that idiot's lying on the sidewalk somewhere, unconscious. And, of course, a cop had to be nearby. Phoebe dropped that 'Regina Phalange' alias of hers, ran like Hell, and I was stuck trying to convince the cop that I'd been minding my own business, and didn't know anything about it!"