I hope you catches the 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 7

The 4 months had passed, for Chandler and Monica they had actually flown by, each one on their own did not want what they had to end…. Both deep inside knew that there was much more to live, but destiny had turned out that way.

A few days before returning, Chandler asked Monica if she didn't want to stay.

"Love, you know I can't, we both always knew it, just as I know that you can't go to the City since we started I knew I was going to suffer a lot by leaving you, and I assumed it as a cost for spending the best four months of my life, I was never so happy, but…"

Chandler hugged her, "Mon, I didn't think this was going to be so difficult, for me it was also the happiest four months of my life…. In reality, the only happy months of my entire life…"

"And if we agree that you travel every two months and each time you stay a couple of weeks, I will cover the cost of the trip, but we will be able to be together knowing that we will see each other again soon, that the flame will still be there," Chandler proposed with hopeful eyes.

"Chandler, I don't believe in long distance relationships, I know they don't work, we will make it work maybe for a year, but then it will be lost and I think the suffering and wear and tear will be greater" …. "We are living a dream and I don't want it to turn into a nightmare…"

"I don't know how I'm going to live without seeing you every day, without kissing you... without loving you..." Chandler said with glassy eyes.

"me neither, …. But I guess we'll have to learn..."

The flight was scheduled for Friday night, the previous Sunday Marion invited them to lunch.

As soon as Marion saw Chandler, she noticed that look of sadness, loneliness, helplessness, the same look that that boy had when she met him, but she chose not to say anything, he was already a man, and if he preferred to suffer than to break with irrational decision to not return to the place

where he suffered as a child, she couldn't do anything else, she could only lend a shoulder to him when he realized what he lost.

Chandler accompanied them to the airport, he wanted to be with her, smell her perfume until the last minute, he hugged her tightly, kissed her while the tears soaked both of their faces, and he watched her walk away, and he watched her return again and again to her face to give him one last look.

Chandler entered his house, grabbed a bottle of whiskey and went up to his room.

In New York

Monica during the flight felt like her heart was breaking, she had found the man she had always dreamed of, he was perfect in everything, except that he couldn't follow her….

When Monica saw Rachel and Phoebe at the airport she couldn't take it anymore and she started crying inconsolably, she felt that this time she had really lost the perfect man for her life. -

Chandler in London and Monica in Manhattan were mired in sadness and depression. -

Rachel and Phoebe were trying to contain her; Joey didn't know how to make her smile.

But Ross couldn't stop reproaching Monica for having traveled to London, when he had told her not to, and the worst thing was because she had to get involved with a stupid englishman. -

Ross, instead of keeping quiet and hugging her to mitigate the pain she felt, did nothing but talk bad about Chandler.

"You don't realize that all these months he used you, he had a beautiful woman at his disposal in his house, in his bed and he used you until the end…. You don't have to cry for a shitty person…… If he really loved you he would have come to your…… "Ross continued again and again.

"Despite how I ended things with Emily, when I thought I loved her, I traveled to London to be with her, to tell her that I loved her, he obviously doesn't love you, he is an abuser."

"Stop it, Ross, leave her alone," Phoebe shouted. "You don't know him, you weren't there, you don't know how he felt about her…"

"Easy Phoebe, he felt feverish and indulged himself…. Did you not mention that he did the same thing with his previous girlfriend…? He also took her off of him" "He is a son of a bitch, and if I had him in front of me I would beat him to death."

Monica was lying in bed all day, at work she called in sick. -

Everyone had seen Monica depressed, she was a mess when she broke up with Richard, but this time everyone agreed that she was worse, she slept badly, she hardly ate and what she ate she couldn't keep down.

The first week Chandler called her every day, they talked for over an hour at a time, but each call ended with Monica crying.

Rachel told her: "Mon, you have to make a decision, if despite loving him so much you decided to come back, you have to try to start overcoming him, I know it won't be easy, but talking to him every day you will never achieve it…. "You have to let it go, and for that you don't have to talk anymore."

Monica realized that Rachel was right, each call was getting worse day by day.

The next day when Chandler called her, Monica asked him not to call her again.

"Mon, why you don't want me to call you, I need to hear you, know how you are…

"Look, this is torment, when we break up I am devastated, we made a decision, and to continue without hurting each other even more we have to break all contact…. It's the only way we can both move forward... I also love hearing your voice, I'm on the phone... and that can't go on like this. Now we are going to break up and this is goodbye..."

Monica told him through tears.

"Mon please…. I can't say goodbye to you…"

"I'm as sorry as you are, but this is goodbye, I'm not going to answer your calls again, don't insist, if you really love me, don't call me again."

When Monica felt her stomach twist, she ran to the bathroom to throw up the food that she didn't even have in hers.

In London

The next day Chandler went to the university, it was Friday, it had been exactly a week since Monica had been gone and he didn't know how he had managed to go to teach those days.

Obviously the students quickly realized that Dr. Bing was not the same, he did not smile, he did not make jokes, many thought that perhaps he was sick and they worried, but he was so quiet and distant and none of them dared to ask him what was wrong.

When he left college he felt the need to go to Marion's house. In fact, the previous weekend, after Monica left, he had drunk too much whiskey and his hangover lasted until Monday, so he hadn't even called Marion and, strangely, she hadn't called him to check on him either.

In reality, she was desperate to hear from Chandler, she sensed that he was devastated, but it was necessary that he be the one to come.

When Marion saw him enter, she looked at him intently, she approached him and hugged him tightly, and Chandler could no longer hold back his tears.

They both sat on the couch, next to each other.

"Marion, I don't know what to do, I've never felt pain like this, loneliness has never hurt me so much."

"Son, this is another type of loneliness and another type of pain, the loneliness that you suffered as a child was not suffered by a decision of you, your parents or in some way life imposed it on you. But now this loneliness is exclusively your decision and you knew that it was going to hurt you, and a lot…" she told him firmly and at the same time with affection.

"Marion, last night Monica told me that she doesn't want me to call her anymore, that every call destroys her, that she is not going to pick up the phone again, that that was the last conversation, that it was goodbye…"

"I don't understand how in just four months I feel like I can't live without her…. With Grace it was years and I didn't feel anything when she left" Chandler said thoughtfully, while small tears ran down his cheeks.

It devastated Marion to see him like this, "Chandler, it doesn't matter the amount of time they spent together, what matters is the intensity…. This time you are in love, really in love, with fire in your gut, ... you know it well, we have talked about it and we have agreed that you were not in love with Grace, you loved her as you love a friend, and her departure did not hurt you, I think that even relieved you of an obligation that you no longer wanted."

"Son, you fell in love with an incredible woman, beautiful, sweet, passionate, with character, hard working, with a well-defined personality who dreams of a family, of children, of a man who loves her, and also that woman fell madly in love with you, I can't tell you how to get out of this pain, what to do with your life from now on... "

"What is clear is that this time the decision about your life and your happiness is exclusively in your hands," Marion told him as she squeezed his hands tightly and looked him straight in the eyes.

Chandler hugged her tightly and resting his head on Marion's shoulder, he thought for a moment.

Then he turned away from her, gave her a soft smile, a hard kiss on the cheek, said "As always, thank you, Mom Marion," and left.

Marion was paralyzed, he had never called her "mother", although he always said that she and Henry were his adoptive parents... now she felt that she had finally finished the work that she had started 17 years ago.

In New York

Three days had passed since the last time she spoke with Chandler, she didn't know if she had made the right decision, despite the pain it caused her when they cut off the call, she needed to hear him too, that English nod that seduced her so much, but Rachel was right, she couldn't go on like this.

However, she had no strength, in addition to the enormous sadness, she felt exhausted, a little dizzy, she still barely ate, and her stomach was a total mess, as if all the butterflies she had felt during those 4 months were now punishing her for letting them out.

Almost another two weeks passed and both her spirits and her health worsened, until one morning when she got up she fell unconscious on the living room floor.

Rachel got the scare of her life, she ran to call Joey and called the emergency room, when the paramedics arrived Monica was regaining consciousness, they checked her, they told her that her blood pressure was very low. Rachel explained to them that she had been eating little for a few days and that her stomach was upset. The doctors decided to take her to the hospital.

Rachel called Ross and Phoebe and they all gathered in the waiting room until they were told she was coming.

Ross started his tirade again "this is all because of that son of a bitch… I would fly to London to break his face.

Ross!!!"…. "Stop saying so many stupid things," Phoebe reproached him loudly, and she continued in a loud and annoyed voice.

"Understand it once and for all, Monica is an adult woman, when she made the decision to be with him she knew that when the course ended the romance would end, obviously the romance got out of hand and she fell madly in love, but it's not Chandler fault, don't keep insulting him, since she arrived he called her every day, and he stopped doing it because Monica demanded that he not call her anymore."

Rachel added… "Besides, you didn't behave like a saint in your relationships with your girlfriends either, you're ridiculously jealous, you were unfaithful, you got your names mixed up at the wedding…"

Ross looked at them with Geller's worst look and made the first gesture.

Meanwhile Monica had been checked and she was waiting for the results of the blood test.

An hour later a doctor came in. She approached Monica and said, "I'm Dr. Anderson, Mrs. Geller physically we did not find anything, but your blood analysis shows that you are a little anemic and since you are pregnant, we will have to resolve your anemia as soon as possible.

Monica was paralyzed and when she could speak she said "You says I'm pregnant...?"

"Yes, you didn't know, you hadn't noticed the lack...? Because the analysis is conclusive, and now we want to do an ultrasound to establish the duration of the pregnancy and if everything is fine with the baby…" and the doctor continues

"Mrs. Geller, outside are your friends and brother. Do you want someone to accompany you...?"

"Yes, just let Rachel and Phoebe come in."

While the doctor left her alone, Monica tried to understand what was happening…. God was pregnant, something she had always dreamed of, but now, right now with what she was living...

The girls came in "Mon, what's up, the doctor said you wanted to see us and come with you."

Monica started to cry, her friends got scared, "Monica, tell us what's happening," Rachel said anxiously.

"They are going to do an Ultrasound, according to the blood test I am pregnant…." "I'm going to have Chandler's baby," she said between sobs.

The girls looked at each other, Phoebe asked Monica's reaction, "And he doesn't want to have children...?"

Monica, while she was trying to calm down and dry her tears, told them, "Yes, he wants to have children, he loves children, his godson adores him, but I don't think he was thinking about having them now…"

At that moment the doctor entered and a technician with the ultrasound machine.

Dr. Anderson began the exam, her hand went from one side of Monica's belly to the other, at one point she pressed a button and a strong and fast heartbeat began to be heard, Monica covered her mouth and began to cry…. "It's my baby…"

Yes, the doctor said... and running her hand he told her…. "Hey, here's the other heart…"

Rachel with a terrified face said "does the baby have two hearts?

The doctor laughed, … "No ma'am, there are two babies here…"

Monica's hand was shaking and she started crying again "I'm going to have twins.???"

"Yes, ma'am, and because of their size, you are 6 weeks pregnant." "We won't know the sex of the babies until four months." "What I can tell you now is that they look good."

"Well now you have to pay attention to me, I saw in your file that you are a Chef, so I assume that you work hard, stressful days on your feet. We are going to suspend that for now, I will give you a certificate to present at your work. You have anemia and until we reverse that condition, not only should you not work, you should also rest. I'm not telling you to stay in bed all day, lead a normal

life, but without great effort, don't lift a lot of weight, stay inside your house as much as possible, without running, sleeping 8 hours, and if you can take a nap a day better yet, you will also follow the diet that I am going to give you, and we will supplement with medication."

"Sorry, doctor," said Phoebe, "but she hardly eats and for the past few days she has been

nauseated or vomiting."

"Well, then I'm also going to give you a few drops to avoid those symptoms, understand that they will not go away completely, but they will decrease a lot, so Mrs. Geller you have to eat, yes or yes, and especially the foods on the list. Your pregnancy is normal, but if you continue without eating and with the anemia that you have, it can become a risk pregnancy, so you must follow the

instructions to the letter.

"Well, I will see you in a month for a new ultrasound, the nurse will give you the diet, the certificate and the remedies, take care of yourself" "Good afternoon at three…"

Monica remained silent, tears continuing to run down her cheek….

"Mon" said Rachel, we have to go…. What do we say to Ross and Joey…?"

Phoebe spoke up… "Look today let's not say anything, Monica is exhausted and she is not in a position to stand Ross, let's just say that they did an ultrasound and it's just a stomach problem that can be solved with diet and medication. Tomorrow or when Mon is calmer we will talk to them"

They all returned home, the men convinced of the false diagnosis.

As soon as Monica arrived she wanted to go to bed, she didn't have the strength and her head was a merry-go-round of thoughts, in them there was joy, disbelief, surprise, fear, and Chandler all the time.

At dusk Phoebe entered Monica's room and found her looking at the ceiling, at least she wasn't crying now. "Mon, prepare some soup and I'll bring you the drops for nausea. Mon the doctor. She said it was crucial that you eat"

Monica sat on the bed leaning on the backrest, "Yes, okay, I'm going to do everything she said, I don't want anything to happen to the babies…. or god… two babies…. How am I going to do…"?

"Do you want us to talk, or do you prefer to do it tomorrow?" Phoebe asked.

"OK let's talk …"

"When are you going to call Chandler…?" Phoebe inquired.

"I don't know; I actually don't know if I'm going to tell him…"

"Why? you said he wanted to have children… and he loves you."

"Phoebe, if he really loved me he would have come with me…"

"Mon… but now it's different."

"Yes, precisely, if he comes now he would not be doing it for me, because he loves me, but

because he feels obligated for the babies…"

"Mon, you told us that he is a good man, with good feelings, that he likes children, regardless of the reasons that bring him here, I think he has the right to know that he is going to have children, that he is going to be a father, and If he still doesn't come, he has no interest in his children, then it will be clear that he was not the man you thought."

"Phoebe, he suffered a lot from the abandonment of his parents when he was a child, in fact until his adolescence, and once talking about what he suffered, he told me that he was clear that the day he had children…. His exact words were "I would never, ever abandon them or leave them.

alone" "I think he will be interested in his children, I just want it to be out of love for their mother and them, not out of obligation, not to repeat his history"

"Now eat, everything is very recent, think calmly and then you will solve it, but my honest opinion is that you tell him as soon as possible