Quinn let out a sigh, as she banged on Ella's bedroom door, Fleur and Georgia leaning against the wall, watching.

"You have to come out at some point." Quinn called.

"No I don't!" Ella's voice called back.

"We have pie!" Fleur sing-songed.

The door flung open, making Quinn almost punch Ella as she poked her head out of the small bedroom.

"Is it apple?" Ella asked.

Georgia nodded, "We also got you a cherry pie."

Ella smiled slightly, "Yay." She said, before sitting down at the kitchen table, digging into both of the pies.

"Okay, now will you tell us what's been up with you lately?" Quinn asked, as the girls all looked worriedly at their friend.

Ella sighed, staring into her pie, "I told Jake that I liked him."

"Oh my God!" The girls all cried.

"And then I ran away."

"Oh my... God."

"You ran away?" Fleur repeated.

"Like a huge wuss." Ella nodded.

"Oh, Sweetie." Quinn frowned, she and the rest of the girls joining her at the table.

"I just- I can't face him again." Ella sighed, stuffing her mouth with apple pie.

"Yes you can." Georgia nodded.

"Georgie," Ella groaned, looking at her friend, "I ran away from him."

"Okay, yeah, I see your point."

"What do I do?" Ella huffed, receiving silence, "That wasn't a rhetorical question."

"Oh, right." The teenagers realised.

"I'll talk to him, Ells." Quinn told her.

The blonde girl perked up, "You will?"

"Of course I will." Quinn nodded.

"And don't worry," Fleur reassured her, "Everything will turn out alright in the end."

"Now, once you've finished your pies, get in the shower, because you haven't showered in over a week and you absolutely stink." Georgia told her.

***

Jake was walking down the corridor at lunch, on his way to the cafeteria, when a voice made him freeze.

"Geller! Get your ass over here!" Quinn yelled at the boy, making him turn around and slowly walk towards his friend, who was leaning against her locker, "You're such an idiot, you know that?"

"W-What?" The brunette stuttered.

"Ella," Quinn clarified, "The girl that you've been in love with since the day you met her. She told you that she liked you and then you just let her run away from you."

"Y-You think I should have chased after her?" Jake asked.

Quinn looked at the boy as if he was an idiot - which he was at the moment, "Yes!" She exclaimed, "You should should have gone after her, told her your feelings and then kissed her! Have you never watched a romcom?"

Jake shrugged, "They always make me depressed."

"Yeah, that's fair," Quinn nodded, "But still, you should have gone after her. Instead, she's been locked up in her room with an apple pie."

Jake smiled fondly, "She does love her pie."

"I know," Quinn nodded, "So, go and talk to her."

"It's been a week," Jake shrugged, "I can't just go to her now with a boring speech of expressing my love. It has to be big." He decided.

Quinn smirked, "Now you're talking."

***

"Marcel?" Ella called, walking out onto the roof of the apartment building, "Rachel, how could you lose the damn monkey?" She groaned.

The sound of something dropping made Ella whip around.

"Marcel?"

"Uh, no, actually," Jake muttered coming out of the shadows, "It's me."

Ella swallowed thickly, "Oh."

"W-What are you doing up here?" Jake asked, "Quinn wasn't meant to take you up here for another twenty minutes, damn it." He whispered.

"Rachel lost Marcel," Ella said in a small voice, wrapping her arms around herself to protect her body from the cold, hard wind, "Why was Quinn supposed to bring me up here."

Jake sighed, walking over to the other side of the roof, picking up two cables, "For this." He said, pushing them together, making the roof illuminate as fairy lights that had been strung around lit up.

"Wow." Ella whispered.

"You told me that you liked me." Jake started.

"Thank you for bringing that up." Ella mumbled.

"Was that true?"

Ella looked up, taking a step closer to the Geller boy, "Of course it was."

Jake grinned, "You like me?"

Ella nodded, "Please don't make me say it again."

Jake enveloped Ella into a hug, lifting her off of the ground and spinning her in a circle.

"Jake!" Ella giggled, as he put her down, their faces so close that the tips of their noses touching.

"I have been in love with you since the day we met." He revealed.

Ella's eyes widened, "Y-You what?"

"I'm in love with you, Ella," Jake repeated, "I'm in love with your eyes, your smile, your laugh, the way like to make fun of me. I love how you help me with my school work without making me feel like an idiot and you didn't judge me when I found out about my dyslexia. You've been my best friend for four years and I don't want to be away from you for even one minute. Okay, that last part sounded creepy, but you get it. I love how I learn new things about you everyday and how you never cease to surprise me. I love how-"

"Jake." Ella whispered, shutting him up.

"Yeah?" He asked nervously.

"A much as I adore listening to the reasons that you love me, at this rate, you won't be getting a kiss from me until we graduate." Ella smiled.

Jake chuckled, "I love, Ella Buffay."

Ella grinned, "I love you too, Jake Geller."

Feeling elated, Jake gently took the girl's face in his hands, placing a sweet, loving kiss on the blonde girl's lips.

Pulling away, Ella bit her lip, "Is this the part where you ask me to be your girlfriend?"

Jake let out a laugh, "I thought you'd want to ask."

Ella nodded, "I do."

Jake chuckled, "So do I?"

"Popcorn?" Ella proposed.

The pair laughed, before Jake nodded in agreement, "Will."

"You."

"Be."

"My."

"Girlfriend?"

"Boyfriend?"

The two laughed, before kissing each other again.

"Yes."

***

come in holding hands - phoebe's butt cheek wakes up

The adults of the gang were sat around the couch in Central Perk, when Jake and Ella entered the coffee shop, hands interlocked and smiles on their faces.

"Hey, guys." The teenagers greeted them.

"Hey." The adults greeted back, turning around to look at them, eyes widening at their hands.

"Oh my God!"

"Congratulations!"

They all said to the couple, Joey still sitting there in confusion, before he gasped, pointing at them.

"Couple!"

The group chuckled at the man, before Phoebe started gasping and jumped up from the arm of the couch.

"Oh. Oooh! Ooh! Ooh!" She exclaimed, dancing around, "Ooh! My butt cheek is waking up! Oooh! Ooh!"