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 11
Once alone in the apartment, they agreed that he should go get his suitcases from the hotel and in the meantime she was going to make room for him in the closet of her bedroom, and with quite a bit of embarrassment she showed him the closet in the living room that was full of things from her grandmother one on top of the other without any order.
"Mon, don't think about taking those things out alone, when I get back we'll do it together, yocan't make any efforts. "
"Honey, does that suitcase and the two suit holder contain all your clothes?" Monica asked.
"No, in the suitcase I brought what I might need now due to the autumn weather and in the two suit holder, these are the clothes that I will need for the interviews, the rest I sent to the apartment on Park Av, I will bring them as I need them."
"… So I'm going to get everything and close the account at the hotel, please wait for me in the closet."
"Ok," Monica answered and she approached him to kiss him, at first it was tender and then it got warmer… at one-point Chandler pulled away from him and said,
"If we continue like this I will be left without clothes… in both senses of the phrase…" And she smiled.
"Go away now, we have a lot to do, not just with the closet," Monica told him with a mischievous smile, raising her eyebrows.
Chandler left eager to get back quickly.
Not even 5 minutes had passed when Monica, from the bedroom while she was making space in the closet, felt a knock on the door.
She went to answer it thinking it was Chandler who had forgotten something, but when she opened the door she ran into Ross.
Monica ushered him in and he went directly to sit on the couch, Monica sat on the other end against the crook of her arm in silence, letting him talk.
"Mon…. "Forgive all the stupid things I said last time, since you said you were going to London and the worst, the most serious of all, when I told you to get rid of your babies.
But for months I can't handle the anger that has settled in my brain and in my heart since
"London", I blame London for what happened, when the fault is totally mine, as you clearly told me, for rushing, for not to think, for making a mistake at the wedding, for trying at all costs to get Emily to come back."
"… I feel like a complete failure… I want to love and be loved, to have a family and I feel like that dream is getting further and further away…" "… Maybe I envied you when it seemed like you had achieved it, I got very angry with Chandler when you came back I thought that you had also failed, now I know that you succeeded and with all my heart I feel happy for you..."
"But the anger hasn't gone away, neither has the feeling of failure, I didn't tell anyone, not dad or mom, not you, not my friends, since February I've been suspended from the Museum…"
Monica opened her eyes. "What are you saying? What are you talking about? Oh god, Ross, what happened?"
"Remember when they stole my turkey sandwich… I was very angry, again I was the one who lost…. another failure, and Phoebe at the cafe wrote me the kind of note it was supposed to put in my food."
"I did this for a couple of months, and also because of my anger I began to treat my colleagues badly. In mid-February my boss called me to ask me what was happening to me. I downplayed it, that it was all because of a sandwich they had stolen and my boss ended up confessing that it was him and since the sandwich was big he threw part of it in the trash."
"I got angry, I yelled at him about everything, and I ended up in the infirmary, the doctor gave me a painkiller and told me that I had to do therapy, I got angry again, they ended up giving me an injection, When I woke up they told me that they were giving me a year of medical leave with the condition that I do therapy… I only went to a few sessions and left it"
"I was too ashamed to tell you, I was devastated… a friend got me an internship as an adjunct professor at NYU and I am working part time there…"
"Ross, for God's sake, how did you not tell me anything…. We tell each other everything …. We are more than brothers, we are best friends, the same with the other three, we would have helped you, and obviously how you reacted to me you still haven't gotten over it, Ross you need help, not only from us, but also professionally, it is dangerous for your physical and mental health. Keep it up, promise me you'll treat yourself."
"As for the rest, you are not a failure…. You have a beautiful son who loves you, you have parents who adore you, you have unconditional friends and, although you two are so stupid not to want to admit it, you have a woman who loves you and whom you love... Both of them will one day mature and achieve it, I'm sure."
Monica approached her brother and hugged him tightly, tears fell from both of them. -
When they separated Monica told him "Ross, let us help you, tell everyone what happened, we will all be there for you, you can't go through this pain alone, we always help each other in difficult circumstances, we are family. Tell mom and dad, they love you and will help you, know that they are unconditional to you."
"But I'm going to embarrass them!!
"I think they will be surprised, they consider you unbeatable and perfect, but the minute they will run to help you, they will understand that you are just a human being who suffers" "Let me find out about a good therapist? Monica asked him.
"Okay, I'm going to do what you say, loneliness didn't help me, it's a bad advisor, and I took it out on the person who has helped me the most during my life, my little sister... Joey made me see it yesterday... "He's a good friend…" Ross stated with a small smile.
"Ross, Chandler must be arriving soon, he went to the hotel to get his suitcases, we are going to live here together."
"And Rachel?" asked
"She's moving in with Phoebe, that will be in a few days, in the meantime the three of us will live here, then in Rachel's room we will set up the nursery for the babies" Monica answered.
"And Chandler accepted that you were pregnant, he wasn't scared?"
"No, at first he was surprised, but he quickly became happy, he told me that he came with a plan, to live together, get married and have children, now one of those stages has simply moved forward and is well received," Monica answered and continued.
"He really wanted to have children so he could be for them the father he didn't have. His childhood was terrible, nothing like ours, his parents fought all the time and, furthermore, as each one led his own life, he was left alone for days with the maid or the nanny, he even lived like this, alone, in the London house. One of his teachers cared about him and she and her family became like adoptive parents, and there he learned what a real family is like and how children are treated, and he wants to be like them."
"He is really a good man…!" Ross reflected.
"Yes, and he is about to arrive, do you want to meet him? …. That is if he speaks with an
undoubted English accent…. Although he is American, he was born on Long Island like us"
"Yes, of course I want to meet him…"
"I know that Joey liked him very much, surely the three of you could be good friends, he is very nice and funny, I don't doubt that he will make you smile a lot" "Do you want a coffee in the meantime...? Monica asked.
"Yes of course"
"I'm also going to make tea, Chandler prefers tea," Monica added.
"Like Emily"
"Ross, please forget about that woman, Chandler is not Emily, even if he talks like her and they both like tea…. "Don't be prejudiced" Monica scolded him.
Ross smiled, "ok little sister, if he loves you and makes you happy, I'm sure I'll accept it, even if I try to get him to talk like us again, finally he's American, I'll have to give him classes" and he laughed
Monica rolled her eyes.
A few minutes later Chandler knocked on the door, Monica ran to open it, he was carrying a
suitcase and two suit holders. He came in with a huge smile, he gave her a soft kiss on the lips and said "Finally here I am."
Monica hugged him and said, "leave your suitcases there, I want to introduce you to my brother Ross."
Chandler's face turned a little red, he knew that Ross didn't have a good opinion of him, but hoped he would change when he saw that he really loved Monica very much.
Ross got up from the couch and approached while Chandler also walked towards him, they shook hands, looking into each other's eyes, and greeted each other with a Hello.
Monica invited them to sit at the table and served hot drinks.
"Mon," said Chandler, "the tea is delicious, what did you put in it?"
"Nothing, until tomorrow we buy the one you like, I added more leaves and a pinch of cinnamon"
"Wow…. I love it!!! And he gave Monica a huge smile.
Ross saw the constant exchange of looks and smiles between them and realized that they really loved each other.
The conversation turned a little about Chandler's history, his studies, his work, the plans he had to find a job in the City, his taste in sports. -
Ross told him about his current job teaching at NYU, about Ben, about his favorite hockey team.
A couple of hours later Monica prepared a light meal for the three of them and after lunch she reminded Chandler that they needed to clean out the closet. Ross offered to help and was surprised at how much stuff his sister had accumulated there.
They were placing things in boxes to take them down to the sidewalk, surely soon there would be nothing left.
Monica carefully cleaned the cupboard and they decided that the next day they would buy shelves and stands to make it a spacious closet where Chandler could store his clothes.
Monica asked him what he would do with the books. –
Ross asked him "do you have many…?"
"Yes, many, I left a large part in London, since I could do without them, but I had to bring a good amount, for now I will accommodate them in what was my childhood room in the apartment on Park Av." Chandler commented.
"Your mom never uses it, right?
"No, she hates it as much as I do, in reality although the property is good, large, with four
bedrooms and a suite, well located, on a high floor, bright, with a beautiful terrace, the
distribution is old and the decoration is horrendous, lots of gilding, mirrors. Shortly after we moved there, Mom wanted to sell it, but my grandfather, knowing how Mom was with money, bought it and put it in her name and mine, since I was minor she couldn't sell it. And when I came of age she was no longer interested in selling it, she had made a fortune with her books, so she left it there. It now serves as my storage room…" and he laughed
Chandler took his suitcases to Monica's room and arranged some of his clothes in the space she had made for him in her closet.
In the middle of the afternoon friends began to arrive.
They were surprised to see Ross at Monica's house and also how he had a good exchange with Chandler.
In reality, Phoebe had noticed that Chandler was very nice and seductive man, evidently
this personality had served to trap Ross.
Ross approached Phoebe, took her hand and said, "Phoebe, everything is okay, you did what I deserved, you defended my sister and for that I am grateful." Phoebe hugged him.
Monica took Ross aside and told him it was time to come clean to her friends.
"But Mon, there's Chandler too."
"Look, he is my partner, the father of my children, he will soon be part of this gang, and he also suffered a lot for many years and had to go through several traumas, the last one was returning to New York, moving to the City, when he had sworn he would never do it, so I think he and Phoebe are probably the ones who understand you the most."
Everyone gathered in the room, and Ross stood and told them that he needed to talk to them and confess something.
When Ross finished, everyone was silent, paralyzed by the story, Rachel had tears on her cheek, she got up, went to Ross, grabbed his face and gave him a soft kiss, and said "You are not a failure and you are not alone, "Not for me or for any of us, I don't want you to think like that again, I love you" and they kissed softly.
Monica's smile didn't fit on her face, Chandler hugged her against him and kissed her on the
temple. Everyone stopped to hug Ross and give him encouragement.
"I promise I will start therapy, I want to be well and leave this stage behind," said Ross.
Chandler also stood up, stood next to Ross, "Look, we just met, but you have no idea how I understand you, don't hesitate to come to me when you need relief or company, I'm here for you."
After a few moments to recover from what they had heard, and with Ross cuddling with Rachel, Joey yelled at them that he was hungry, so they ordered the pizzas they had promised.