Hey! This is my first fic! I'm just kind of new here and I'm pretty much not sure of what I am doing! I just wanted to write and dedicate this fic to the best tv couple in the world: Monica and Chandler! Please read and review. Please review so that I'll know if what I am doing is right!
"I'm sorry Monica. I just think "us" won't work." This was the last thing Chandler said to Monica before she left for Boston. Actually, in his heart and mind, he knows it'll work. Monica is his future, his family, his life. But all of those dreams were washed away when Monica told Chandler that there was a job offering in Boston, as head chef in a 5-star hotel.
It took Chandler a year or so to heal himself from the pain he has gone through. Though not completely healed, he wants to believe that he is. How can he forget the best thing that he ever had? He was ready to give up everything he has to spend the rest of his life with his lady.
Winter of 2000.
"Hello, Ms. Geller, I just want to tell that your application for the position of head chef in Hilton Hotel has been approved, but there is a slight dilemma. The only open position is in our branch in Boston. It is the only position we can offer you. If you are interested though, please give us a call-back." Then the answering machine beeped indicating the end of the message. While the message was playing, Chandler heard everything. What? What's up with Hilton Hotel? Why are they calling up Monica and telling her that her application was approved? Monica never mentioned anything about that? It would be way too important fore her not to tell me this. Chandler was reflecting what the woman on the other line was saying when suddenly Monica arrived from work.
"Hey honey." Monica looked and observed what Chandler was doing. She knew Chandler well. She knows when something is bothering him, and right now, something is bothering him. "Honey, why such a long face?"
Chandler was jolted; he didn't realize that Monica was already in front of him. "No…nothing… its just that message… Um… Mon, did you forget to say something to me? Something that goes by the name Hilton Hotel?" Chandler asked sarcastically.
"Oh my god! How did you know about that? Honey, I'm so sorry, I did not tell you about this because I just think that it would not be important. And besides, I know I'll never get in that kind of place. I'm a good chef but those who work there are way too good. Way out of my league. And if ever I get in to one of those sophisticated, five-star hotels, I would do anything, and I mean everything to stay in that job and live my life bragging to people I'm a chef in a five-star restaurant."
Chandler was silent. He did not know how to tell her girlfriend that her dream job had just left a message asking her to leave New York and start anew in Boston.
"Mon, I.. I think you have a message. Why don't you answer it?"
Monica pressed the play button and the message regarding her dream job played in the background. It could be seen through Monica's face the excitement and pride she felt when she heard it. It was the best day of her life, then she realized, there was one person who was not happy for her.
"Are you gonna take it? Okay, what a stupid question to ask. When are you leaving? Chandler asking Monica, hopelessly wishing that Monica would decide not to go for it cause Boston is not New York.
"Honey, Y... You can go with me to Boston with me?"
"I can't. I have my job here, my friends, our friends! If you could still remember them. I just couldn't leave everything behind. Why don't you wait a little longer, maybe in a month or two there'd be an opening here in New York."
"Chandler, I can't let this opportunity pass. What if there won't be an opening? What if this kind of opportunity comes once in a lifetime? I can't risk that. Its just too hard, and dumb." Monica tried to explain.
"Then there is nothing to talk about. It looks like you already made up your mind. Well then, I guess its good-bye then. Happy trip too…" Chandler left the apartment slamming the door and left Monica all by herself inside.
"Why didn't I just go with her to Boston? We could have had that 'happy ever after' thing. If only I realized that the so called thing-I-can't-leave-behind is nothing compared to her. And now, the only thing I can do is to sit here and think of her." Chandler was telling himself these things. He had never regretted anything more in his life than his decision to stay in New York.
Even though once in a while, Monica would come to visit them or they go to Boston, it's just too painful to see his ex-love-of-his-life to have moved on too quickly. It was as if they shared nothing special; as if they were just goofing around. It was hard for him to believe that.
Every time his and her eyes meet, it's as if they were talking to each other. It was like whispering sweet things to her. But most of the time, she tries to avoid his eye contact which made him believe that she doesn't love her anymore.
Chandler's thoughts were suddenly disrupted when Joey entered their apartment and told to him about the good news. Well, it was not actually that good for him..
"Hey man, have you heard? Monica is coming back! She quit her job there in Boston."
TBC.