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 15
A few weeks later Valentine's Day arrived, it was the first for them.
Chandler was very excited; he had spent the week looking for the right restaurant until he found it.
He told Monica that they were going to dinner that day, she asked where and he told her it would be a surprise.
Chandler put on the blue suit with the light blue shirt that looked so good on him, and Monica wore a black shirt dress with a white collar and cuffs, which she wore with the buttons detached from the neck to the beginning of her breasts where her breasts could be seen. black lace bra, she was so sexy that no one would notice that she was pregnant.
They went to a small French restaurant where they made coq au vin of rooster, like the original recipe, and aligot.-
"Mon, I wanted to come here because this was the first meal you prepared for me in London."
"you remember? Monica said with a beautiful smile. -
"I'll never forget it, but yours was much tastier," Chandler replied with a mischievous smile.
"Then I'll have to do it often," with her huge smile, Monica closed the compliment.
It was a perfect night, although it was cold, after dinner they went for a walk through Central Park, which was full of couples celebrating their love, and when they returned home the "boy" had already woken up and was eager to celebrate.
In early March, Dr. Webber summoned Chandler to his office. -
"Hello Dr. Bing, how are you, I have good news for you, after the summer break, in September you will start as Director of the Chair of Narrative and Creativity"
"Oh…. What good news, you won't regret it…" said Chandler, half happy and surprised.
"I need you to prepare it and give the syllabus to Dr. Wilson so he can announce it on the
billboard. We estimate that at first the class will be taught twice a week, and depending on the interest it arouses in the students, we will be able to extend the days and hours…. Without prejudice to that, do you? Do you want to continue with English Literature classes as an adjunct?" Webber asked.
Yes, as my schedule allows, I want to continue with them, and I will have to see how I do with the ones I teach at NYU. I think I will have to give them up when the cycle ends in June," Chandler said and continued.
"This week I prepare and deliver the syllabus and pedagogical methodology of the courses, I will begin with the basic ones that I will teach in the next semester, and I will also give you the most advanced ones and those that correspond to the postgraduate degree in case there are interested parties among whom "They finished the race by going further." Chandler said enthusiastically.
"Perfect, Dr. Bing, welcome to this faculty in full form" Webber exclaimed.
"Thank you for his trust…"
The men said goodbye with a smile, Chandler's was immense, he wanted to dance with happiness like he did when he was a child and achieved something he wanted. -
When he arrived at the apartment he was elated, hugged Monica, and spun her around on the floor, in fact if she didn't have her prominent belly he would have lifted her into the air.
He told her everything in detail "Mon I have to prepare the syllabi, I'm going to go to the
apartment on Park Av. To look for the background that he had put together for the professorship at RoelHampton."
"Honey, I was thinking that if you sell that apartment where you will put all the boxes you have there…"
"Yes, I thought about it too, I saw that I can rent a storage room, its cost is infinitely lower than the maintenance of the apartment…. I think Mom is right, the sooner I get rid of that elephant the better, we save the money, and when we decide we have to move we look around this area for something we like, in the meantime I put my junk in the storage room" Chandler replied, appearing confident. of the decision, but then he look at her thoughtfully
"Mon, or do you prefer that we move to a house with a white fence in the suburbs? Asked
"When I was younger I thought about the white fence, but now I don't know if I would get used to not living in Manhattan, plus we both have our jobs here, we would waste several hours a day commuting, to make matters worse, with the restaurant schedules I would reach home at dawn and I don't like that possibility. If we need to move, I prefer it to be in the city." Monica reflected.
"Yes, you're right, any neighborhood in this area of Manhattan would be fine…. Well, first we have to put Park Av. up for sale and see how much money we have."
That same day, in the afternoon, Monica and Chandler were at Central Perk telling the girls and Joey about the news about the professorship when Ross entered.
"Hello everyone…" And everyone greeted him
"Chandler, Dad called to tell me that now that the snowfall is over, he wanted to invite you to the country club on Saturday so you can learn to play golf."
"Ross, Chandler plays tennis every Saturday morning," Monica explained.
Well, we can hang out on the golf course for a while and then we can play tennis," Ross replied.
"Love, it's okay, on Saturday I'm going to try to learn some golf and then Ross and I will play
tennis," Chandler told her with a smile.
"I warn you, I miss every second shot," said Ross, embarrassed.
"Well this will be an exchange, your dad teaches me golf and I'll teach you tennis" and Chandler smiled at him.
"Ok, I'll let Dad know we're going on Saturday," Ross said enthusiastically.
On Saturday the three men went to the country club and Jack took them directly to the driving range, and he began teaching Chandler the different clubs, hitting position among other things.
When they finished, the three of them headed to the cafe to chat for a while and have a drink before going to the tennis courts. -
Inside, Jack exclaimed with joy, "Oh, there's Richard and his son Timothy, he came up and told him, I'm glad I haven't seen you in a long time."
As soon as Richard saw Jack, he stopped to greet him, as did Timothy, the friends hugged each other. "Yes I was abroad for several months, I escaped the cold of the City and went to the south of Spain."
Jack, let me introduce you, Chandler, this is Richard, an old friend, his son Timothy.
The men greeted each other kindly.
Chandler instantly related this "Richard" to Monica's ex, she had told him that he was a friend of her father, much older than her, with whom she had dated for about 5 months but that they broke up because they wanted different futures. Chandler was obviously silent about the connection.
On the other hand, Chandler's English accent made Richard think that he must be a friend of Ross's who had been left over from his ill-fated marriage in London and who was on vacation in the City.
Richard asked Chandler which city in England he was from.
"No, I was not born in England, I was born here, on Long Island I think not very far from this Club, but when I was 11 I moved to London" Chandler said.
"But you don't have any American accent left," Timothy commented.
"No, to avoid being called "the Yankee" at school, I made an effort to speak like them and I succeeded. I was not interested in preserving my original accent, I did not plan to return."
"And now, that I'm here, I don't want to change it since the girls like the way I talk," Chandler said with a mischievous smile, looking at Richard.
At that moment Jack got up to go to the bathroom. The three men were left alone, Ross was silent, he wanted Chandler to be the one to talk, he didn't know if Chandler was aware of Monica's history with Richard and he was afraid to say too much.
So you did all your studies there, what did you study…" Richard asked.
"I have a doctorate in English Literature, narrative and creativity"
"At which university…" Richard asked again.
"At Oxford, I finished High School with honors so I had no problems studying there"
"And now what do you do?" Timothy asked this time.
"I was director of the Postgraduate Chair in English Literature, Narrative and Creativity at
RoelHampton University," he answered.
"A friend who studied English Literature told me that RoelHampton is one of the best universities in literature" commented Timothy
"Yes, that's right…" Chandler replied.
"Sorry, did you say that you "were" director of the chair, in the past?" Richard commented.
"Yes, I quit when I moved to New York."
"Ah! I thought you were on vacation… Did you move… did you get a better position here in the City? Richard asked.
"No, I didn't move for work, there are other things besides work that can make a man move" he said sarcastically and looked back at Richard with a mischievous smile.
"And now you're not working," Timothy asked.
"Yes, I am teaching as an adjunct in English literature at Columbia and at NYU, but for the next cycle in September, I obtained the direction of the chair of narrative and creativity at Columbia, which until today did not exist, but they confirmed what I had achieved in that subject at RoelHampton and what I was currently achieving in English Literature classes led them to decide to open the chair. "I'm very proud and excited."
Just then Ross spoke, "he also had a segment on a BBC program where he interviewed new writers."
"Did you leave that too? "Timothy asked.
"Yes, I resigned, but a few weeks ago they called me to tell me that they were studying the possibility of producing it from here with English and American desks, they are in the preproduction stage, I don't know for sure if they will do it, but it would be interesting to interview the American writers."
When Jack returned he asked "What are you talking about…?
"For work," Ross said.
"Chandler, you didn't tell them that you were going to be the father of twins…. "He and Monica are expecting twin girls, they are due to be born in May," Grandpa said proudly.
Richard turned pale and raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect this.
"Jack, personal issues had not come up yet…. Yes, Monica and I are very happy to be together and to be waiting for the girls," Chandler said and remained silent.
There were a few seconds of stony silence until Timothy said, "I congratulate you, I'm happy for both of you…" Chandler thanked him and looked at Richard as if expecting a similar reaction, which, although it took a few seconds longer to arrive, was in identical terms.
Then Ross and Chandler got up and said goodbye since they were going to play tennis.
When he returned home the first thing he did was tell Monica, "I just met your ex Richard…"
Monica looked at him surprised, "where?"
"At the country club cafe…" Chandler answered.
"Mom had told me several months ago that he had moved to Europe…" Monica said surprised.
"Well, it seems that he returned to the city, when I had already moved to the city, and from his expression and paleness, I think he was very surprised when your dad told him that we are expecting twins," Chandler said.
"It was logical that Dad told him, he had no reason to hide it…"
"At first I found it fun to hide it from him, during a large part of the conversation I directed it towards work, avoiding personal topics" …
"Well, this is the second of your ex boyfriends that I chased away, are there many more? Chandler asked with a mischievous smile and winking.
"You are a silly Englishman, no, there is nothing else that deserves my attention or yours" said Monica.
He hugged her, gave her a sweet kiss and told her "they are the fools, they don't have the slightest idea of what they lost…"
A week later in London Marion received a surprising call.
"Hello Marion, how are you, do you recognize me, I'm Cynthia"
"Hello, yes of course, how can I not recognize you, what a surprise, we haven't spoken in almost two years, how have you been for so long…" Marion asked, feeling very surprised, but also uneasy.
"I'm fine, I work a lot at dad's company, but luckily everything is going well. Look, I'm calling you because I wanted to contact Jonathan, Chandler's friend, but they stole my wallet where I had my cell phone and my agenda. I tried to contact Chandler, but someone else has his number. And at
Nora's house no one ever answers, so searching through my papers I found your phone number"
"Will you have Jonathan's phone number?" Cynthia explained and asked.
To Marion her explanation sounded like a lie.
"No, Cynthia, I'm sorry, but I don't have Jonathan's phone number," Marion answered
"So can you give me Chandler's new phone, I don't know why he changed it, they stole it too? Cynthia asked.
Marion didn't know what to say, there was no reason for her not to give Chandler's phone
number, but something told her that this appearance would cause problems.
"No, they didn't steal his phone, I'll give you the new phone, write it down…" Marion answered and gave her the phone.
Cynthia was silent for a moment.
"Marion, are you sure this is the phone, because the country code corresponds to America, and the city code corresponds to Manhattan." Cynthia exclaimed with some surprise.
Marion was silent for a few seconds, she would have to tell her, she had no choice.
"Yes, Chandler moved to New York a few months ago, in September."
Cynthia was speechless for a few moments, even Marion thought she had cut herself off, so she said, "Hello Cynthia, are you there?
"Yes, Chandler moved to Manhattan??? I can't believe it …. "And for good reason," said Cynthia, startled.
Marion decided that that was as far as the information would go, Chandler would know what to say.
"Look, Cynthia, it's a long story and its Chandler who has to tell it to you."
"Wow, quite a mystery, the phobic kid from New York ended up moving there," Cynthia said sarcastically. "Well, I'll call him, but I ask you not to tell him I'll call, I want to surprise him."
"Yes, it's okay, I won't tell him anything," said Marion.
And the two women said goodbye
When Marion hung up, she told herself, I'll tell Chandler right now, he has to be prepared, besides
I don't owe Cynthia any loyalty.