Truly glad to hear it, man. If you put the time and effort into it, there's no reason you shouldn't end up with 5+ lbs of top notch stuff. I hope your friends didn't take it personally... but it's probably best for all of you in the long run. You can obviously still support each other during the grow, answer each other's questions... give advice and stuff... just keep your patches separate and unknown to each other. Just because you may trust somebody with your life doesn't mean you should challenge them haha, ya know what I mean?
Good luck with the grow!