Friends...Memories

Joey sat down at the table with his final slice of pepperoni pizza, staring at it with eyes of will, determination and love. 'Oh, you really are one big baby.' He said, smiling at the pizza like it was a gift from heaven, 'Don't worry, today you die for a good reason' he smirked as his eyes closed in on the pizza, his cave-like mouth began to open to take the first bite, when suddenly, there was the sound of a door opening and closing, Joey jumped and threw the pizza in the air, catching it as it gracefully parachuted towards the floor, he looked to see his son coming through the hallway,

'Dad, I'm home!'

'Chandler what did I tell you about disturbing me when I'm in the pizza zone!'

'Oh, sorry'

'You should be! You oughta have a better mind disturbing my zone!'

'Dad, I'm nine, how am I even supposed to know when you're in your "zone" as you call it?'

'Age is not an excuse son, anyway, how was school?'

'Completely flunked the maths test'

'That's my boy!' Joey held his hand out, his son jumped up and gave him a high five. 'How's that girl charm of yours coming?'

'Pretty good, watch this!' Chandler set down his bag, folded his arms and winked at his dad, 'How you doin?'

'That's what I like to see from my best son!'

'Yeah, right, I'm your only son! So dad, are you gonna keep your promise today?'

'Yep, you're still getting a meatball sub for supper tonight!'

'I didn't mean that promise.'

'Oh, well, then which one?'

'The one you made ages ago! You promised me like a month ago that you'd tell me the true reason why you called me Chandler and that stupid bird we have to keep "Phoebe"'

'Hey, don't diss Phoebe, she's a nice duck!'

'Daaaaaad'

'Alright, alright, you come over here next to Daddy and I'll tell you.' Chandler obeyed and popped up next to his father.

'Ok, you're called Chandler because of a best friend I used to have who was actually called Chandler.'

'Cool, do you still see him?'

'Nah, we haven't seen each other in ages. And by the way, the duck is called Phoebe because that was the name of one of my best and sexiest friends.'

'When did you last see them? Did you have any other friends? What were they like?'

'Oh, do they bring back memories...I last saw them three years ago, but it started much longer ago than that...It started long ago, in a different town...'

...TO BE CONTINUED...