"I'll take ____" is the phrase we use when we choose one of the options before us. Patrick is basically saying "Between the options of not being in your life and being friends, I'll choose being friends."

Take this seat. Take away. Take this friend. Take this one is yours if you like. Just a meaning of a word, that is not thing special at all. If you don't like this friend, just discard and don't take this. Do you understand this line well now? But I take this one, means I don't discard until to be abandoned by others; otherwise, I don't take at all means I don't admit. Don't take, don't buy, don't like, don't want, don't use, don't involve, don't interfere and don't affect but you may keep in mind without proof is your choice to take as your own or not in legal respect.