I hope you catches de story, and you tell me your opinions, through them I know if I'm on the right track.

Remember English is not my native language, I hope the translation is correct, I check it, but sometimes I miss some incorrect, sorry.

I repeat, I am not the owner of the characters, I only rely on them for the sheer pleasure of

practice writing stories without any economic interest, and these two characters inspire me.

Chapter 3

It had been about 6 months since he had broken up with Grace, he initially called her a couple of times to see how she was doing, but she was cold and uninterested, so he stopped calling her and she never called him.

One Sunday afternoon, after returning from lunch at Marion's house where she celebrated his 28th birthday, he received a call from his cousin David.

"Man, how are you? "You're still single," David said laughing.

"Hello David, how are you, to your question, yes, I am still single and in no hurry, on the other hand, it seems to me that you are walking to the altar…"

"Yes, the truth is that I am very in love with Michel, and we are making plans. Be careful, you have no excuse not to come to the wedding. You will be my godfather. Besides, the fact that you don't want to return to the city is an idiotic thing that can only be said happen to my cousin "Crazy Chandler" said David amused.

"We'll see when the time comes, but I promise I'll think about it seriously," Chandler replied. In reality, he loved David very much, and that affection that they forged as children might be stronger to take him to New York, he would see.

"Chandler I'm calling to ask you a huge favor…"

"What is it about, maybe David you know that you can ask me whatever you want."

"You know that I am working as a sous chef in one of the most prestigious restaurants in the Cityand a magazine held a contest, and the sous chef who works with me, and another sous chef from another renowned restaurant, won a scholarship to take a course 4 months in London, which is great!!

"Yes David, that's great, I'm going to have you here for 4 months… and what does your girlfriend say…" Chandler asked

"She supports me a lot and she is as happy as I am"

"But you're coming to London with two girls, they won't be jealous, especially knowing how you like to flirt," Chandler said, laughing.

"Look, she is sure of me and I am sure of her, plus she knows the girls and knows that they are just colleagues and friends of me."

"Well, what is the huge favor…?" Chandler asked.

"Man, it's not a problem for me, but for the girls, accommodation in London for four months is difficult, that's why it occurred to me if the three of us could stay at your house, since you have enough rooms, logically the food costs and the rest would be in our charge."

"David, having you in the next room for four months will be a lot of fun, I don't think we'll sleep much, and on the other hand, two girls in my house is not something that usually happens to me, and how are they?"

"Chandler are my responsibility, so you look but you don't touch," David said with a laugh.

"Well, but I asked you how they are, just in case I have to buy sexy underwear…" Chandler answered with another laugh.

"They are both very beautiful, one with black hair and huge blue eyes, and the other with blonde hair and green eyes…"

"Wow, with that description I have no choice but to buy sexy clothes…" Chandler said.

"Well David, to all this, when you are arriving, so I told Miki to prepare the bedrooms"

"Thursday of next week, the 1st. May, we fly at night, so we will be at your house on Friday, May 2in the morning, classes start on May 5"

"David, then tell me the flight and the time of arrival so I will look for them."

"Chandler, as you can think of, there are three of us plus suitcases, we would never get into your"little car", we already decided that we will take a transfer to your house, don't worry, and thankyou in advance for hosting us"

"Friend, it's a pleasure for me that you come home, and on top of that, that you bring me two beauties…" Chandler said laughing and they said goodbye until Friday of the following week.

In New York

One day before David's call to Chandler, in Manhattan, Monica entered Central Perk with a huge smile and shouting to her friends, "Guys, we did it, we won the scholarship, we're going to London for four months!!!

Everyone looked at her surprised and at the same time with huge smiles accompanying Monica's, except Ross. -

"I told them that Gourmet magazine was doing a tour of the main restaurants in the City, they didit for a couple of months, and then they reported on the ten restaurants that had the best serviceand food, and they said that they would grant a scholarship for 4 months in London to the three best sous chefs, and a 4-month scholarship in Paris to the three best Head Chefs.

Our restaurant won two of the sous chef scholarships, one for David and one for me, and the third for a sous chef from another restaurant named Susan. Our Head Chef won one for Paris. Our restaurant took 3 of the scholarships, you see!"

"Mon is wonderful," Rachel said and stood up to hug her and congratulate her. Phoebe and Joey did the same. Only Ross remained silent.

"Ross, what's wrong, you're not happy for me"…. Monica asked him.

"I can't believe you're thinking about going to London, that city is terrible, everyone there is

ridiculously arrogant and lacking in genuine emotions," Ross said with a serious face and standing up to emphasize his speech.

"Look, first of all, the experience that you had with the english and with London was the product of an accumulation of hasty decisions and mistakes on your part. And secondly, I am not traveling to London to marry a stranger, I am traveling to take a cooking course," Monica replied, obviously

upset with her brother for not supporting her in this achievement obtained in her work.

Ross looked at her, waved his fists at her, and left.

No one could understand Ross's reaction, but they were too happy to get involved with his behavior.

"Mon, tell us what the scholarship is like, what it consists of, when you leave…" Phoebe asked with a huge smile.

"The scholarship is for four months, we leave on Thursday night of next week, the scholarshipincludes the flight and registration for the course, but we have to take care of housing andobviously our expenses. Susan, the other winner, met with David and me and told us that she found out that housing is expensive, she finds it difficult to afford it and so do I. But then David

intervened, he told us that he has a cousin who lives in London in a big house with many rooms and he was going to call him to see if we could stay there."

"He told us that he is a very close cousin who moved with his mother to London when he was 11 years old, but that they communicate constantly and see each other from time to time."

"And will the cousin's family accept that three people appear to live in the house?" Rachel asked.

"Look, David didn't say much since we were at work, he only said that he lived alone at his mother's house, who traveled a lot, was almost never at home, and he also told us that they are both very open and would love to have visitors in home" …. "I don't know much more, David assumes that his cousin will agree"

"Mon is wonderful, you will also have the experience of living in someone's house, seeing their customs, that is much more interesting than going to a cold hotel," Phoebe said.

"Yes, I thought the same thing. I just hope David's cousin is nice and not an arrogant and boring englishman…" said Monica

"Mon, maybe he is the candidate of your life…" Rachel exclaimed with a huge smile.

"I don't think so, those things don't happen to me, he's most likely ugly, unkempt, and clumsy."

Everyone laughed at Monica's description of David's cousin.

Mon, how is David, because if they are so close they surely have things in common" Phoebe asked her.

"Oh, David is charming, thin, nice, not very tall, he's like Joey" Monica described him.

"Sorry" …. Joey said offended... "I'm tall..."

Rachel jumped, "Joey you're of average height for men, Ross is tall…"

"Ok, Ok, I understand the difference."

"Well, let's go back to David, first of all, if so, his cousin is probably similar, and secondly, with your description, I can only ask you: What about David?" Phoebe asked.

Monica laughed… "Phoebe, there is nothing wrong with David, first he is just a good co-worker, second, despite his characteristics I am not attracted to him and lastly, most importantly, he is committed and totally in love with Margaret, his girlfriend who he is going to marry next year."

"Ah, I thought there was some possibility there, other than now they will be together for four months… isn't the girlfriend jealous?"

"I have no idea Phoebe, I know her, she is beautiful and if she is aware of how crazy he is for her I don't think she has any fear of losing him, I think he is the one who risks the most by leaving" Monica said laughing.

The next day, when she returned from work, she confirmed that David's cousin, Chandler, is delighted to welcome us to his house.

"Chandler, what a strange name," Phoebe said.

"Yes, it's strange," Rachel confirmed. "Let's hope he's not strange like his name... he has the name of a hermit or a sailor" and the three of them celebrated Rachel's conclusion.

Thursday night arrived, all of Monica's friends and parents came to say goodbye to her, as did Margaret, David's girlfriend, and his mother, Olivia. No one came to say goodbye to Susan since her family lives in Oregon.

The flight was smooth, but the three of them were too excited to sleep…. Monica took the

opportunity to find out something about David's cousin.

He told them, "Look, Chandler had a very difficult childhood, his parents got along terribly badly, when they got divorced things calmed down a little, and a couple of years after the divorce my aunt Nora, Chandler's mother, decided that they would move away to London". "He was 11 years old and suffered a lot from being away from our grandparents and even from me, since we were best friends. To make matters worse, my aunt, because of her work, spent and still spends her time traveling, so he stayed in the huge London house alone with the nanny. But he adapted, heincorporated into that new society since he had the support of Marion, a school teacher who, along with her family, took him under their wings, and became a kind of adoptive parents, he loves them. a lot, and now he is all English…"

"And he is married?" Susan asked

"No, he was living as a couple with Grace, his girlfriend from the university, for I think a little over two years, but they separated several months ago."

"And what does he work on? Monica asked.

"He studied letters and english literature at Oxford." Both girls raised their eyebrows with a surprised look... "Chandler is very intelligent, studious, responsible, he is now a professor of literature and narrative at the University of Roelhampton, one of the most recognized in the area of literature"

Monica thought, "I make no mistake, he must obviously be an arrogant and boring englishman."

And while Monica was thinking, David finished his description.

"But in everyday life, outside of studies and work, he is the nicest, funniest and most sarcastic guy I know"

When they arrived, David told Chandler that they were already on the transfer from Heathrow.

Chandler knew they would arrive soon, he finished shaving, put on his blue suit with a light blue shirt that made his eyes stand out and a silver gray tie, went down to the kitchen, left the jacket on the coat rack, through the window he saw that the day It was clear, after yesterday's rain, it was a perfect spring morning.

Two weeks ago he had turned 28, that day he had celebrated at his house with friends that he hadincorporated into his life over the years, there were about 35 people. The following Sunday he had lunch with Marion, Henry and the eldest son Edward along with his wife and his son Luk, who wasonly two years old and of whom Chandler was his godfather. While Teddy and Jazmin Marion's

other children were out of town.

Like every year, his parents had called him to say hello, Chandler thought "at le ast they never forget…"

He began to prepare breakfast, and enough coffee and tea for the newcomers.

He was all ready when the front door knocker rang.