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 20

The following week they made a preliminary guest list that would be more or less 80 people, they went to make a reservation at The Loeb Boathouse, they chose the menu and the wedding cake, the cake for the girls and the decoration that they offered.

Chandler called his parents, Aunt Olivia, Marion and six of his friends to let them know and invite them, although they would receive the formal invitations later.

Monica had an idea of the type of dress she wanted, she had seen it in a boutique in London, she was looking through magazines to see if she could find something similar in the City.

Rachel obviously wanted her to wear a more sophisticated dress, she took her to all the bridal fashion houses, and while Rachel liked them all, none of them looked good on Monica.

One afternoon, Chandler was already home when Monica returned from shopping with Rachel,

"Hello Mon, how are you? "Your mom left as soon as I arrived, she had a commitment tonight"

"Yes, she had asked me to arrive early, luckily you arrived, Rachel made me visit many stores, she made me try everything, but nothing that I liked. A dress I saw in London stayed in my mind. -

"Monday after New Year we could travel to London, the girls are older, we stay at Mom's house, we can visit Marion to make sure they come, although she promised me on the phone. I can also see my friends from Oxford and from the school, the closest ones and see if they can come to the wedding. And while you're at it, see if you find the dress of your dreams. I think that 10 days will give us everything"

"It's not a lot of expense, now that we're on the topic of getting married and then Emma's operation."

"Mon we can do it, and I would also like to use mom's suite again," he said with his mischievous smile.

"Yes, of course, as long as she's not there…?"

"Don't worry, she's never there,

They arrived in London, Miki had prepared everything, she had even bought milk for the formula and baby food. -

They accommodated the girls in one of the rooms on the third floor and they settled in the Suite that brought back so many memories for them. -

And although the girls were one floor below,

they had the intercom and on the other hand they were already sleeping all night.

The first thing they did was visit Marion who was waiting for them with Henry and the whole family. Everyone was in love with the girls who passed from one arm to another, happy with the life of receiving so many of the same.

Chandler picked up Luk, he was huge, he hadn't seen him in almost two years. Now Luk spoke perfectly and the first thing I asked him, "Uncle Chan, do you love those girls more than me".

Chandler smiled, "Luk I don't love them more than you, I love them differently, I love you because you are my first nephew, and I am your godfather, the girls because they are my daughters, but I care about the three of them a lot..." Luk smiled in agreement with the answer.

One afternoon Marion and Jazmín, her daughter, accompanied Monica to look for that dress that had impressed her so much.

They took the opportunity to talk about Emma's operation, and Marion did her best to reassure Monica that everything would be fine.

Chandler took advantage of that afternoon to meet up with three of his friends. They hadn't seen each other in two years, and although they kept in touch via email, seeing each other in person was different. They had a few beers and began to remember anecdotes from school, about the girls they liked. Two of them had recently gotten married, none of them had children yet, Jonathan was the bachelor of the group and who, according to what he said, "had many girlfriends."

Chandler invited them to the wedding, and they all agreed to go.

Another afternoon he met up with two boys and a girl, that were his friends from his time at Oxford, all single, who were joking with Chandler because he had succumbed. But he assured them that it was the best thing that had happened to him, he loved Monica and his daughters. He also invited them to his wedding in New York and they promised to go.

Another day he invited both groups of friends to dinner at a restaurant with their partners, those who had them, so that they could also meet Monica, since, although several had met her during their stay in London, others had not been introduced.

The girls would be left in the care of Marion, who could not have received a better gift.

The dinner was a success, Monica was happy to see Chandler so enthusiastic, laughing and enjoying the presence of his friends... "all as English as him"... Monica thought he had great, close friends in London, a couple of them were like his brothers, she realized how much he had left

behind to be with her and felt selfish for not having done the same for him, her loved Chandler, that he did for her.

In the meantime, and after visiting several stores selling wedding dresses, she found one that, although it was not the one she had seen, was the same style and fit her perfectly.

The day of departure arrived, the two had had wonderful moments, and although it hurt them to leave, there were no tears since everyone knew that in a few months they would all be together again.

A couple of months after the girls' birth, Helena had traveled to meet his granddaughters and Monica, the woman who had gotten his son to move to New York, and he had fallen in love with them.

Monica loved him sense of humor and the love he showed for the girls. Since that trip,

Helena came to the City every two months, so a very good relationship was forged between them.

To tell the truth, Monica felt more comfortable with Helena than with Nora, but she would never tell that preference to anyone, least of all Chandler, although it wasn't necessary, he had already noticed it.

The months passed quickly between preparations for the wedding, Emma's check-ups and interviews with the therapist, but the day finally arrived.

The rehearsal dinner was really fun, Chandler's friends were so witty, friendly, talkative, obviously they couldn't be different from Chandler and Helena was also very nice and funny

The wedding turned out perfect, Monica was beautiful, Chandler's legs trembled when he saw her coming down the aisle with Jack.

Emma was in Marion's arms and Hanna was in Judy's.

They both said their vows that made more than one person cry and everyone applauded at the end of the ceremony.

"The reception was very fun, nothing solemn, between Joey, Chandler's friends, Helena and Chandler himself everyone had a wonderful time dancing and laughing. At one point they stopped the music and sang happy birthday to the girls and between dad and mom they helped them blow out the 1-year-old candles.

It was such an emotional wedding during the ceremony and at the same time relaxed and fun during the reception, that no one would ever forget that day.

The girls were too young to be left in the care of the family for a big honeymoon, so they decided to have a 4-day honeymoon in Vermont, in a romantic cabin. And they left the dreamed honeymoon in Paris and Florence for later.

After returning from their small honeymoon, they kept thinking that the operation was

approaching, although at all times they received the support of Dr. Sanders, whom they had been visiting with the girls every 15 days as they had scheduled. The Dr. had asked some of those visits to also be accompanied by the grandparents and uncles, all those with whom the girl had frequent contact so that they could become familiar with the therapeutic help that they would have to do with Emma.

The first week of June Emma's operation took place.

All the friends went with Monica and Chandler to be there for them.

They were both super nervous and worried, after all, they were going to operate on a girl who was barely one year and one month old, and like any operation it involved risks.

The intervention lasted 2 and a half hours, and according to Dr. Harrison it was a success. They discharged her the next day, but Emma was obviously in pain, she didn't want to eat, she wanted to touch her wound, so Monica had her in her arms all the time.

After three days the pain stopped.

Now they had to wait a month to remove the stitches, and after healing they would be able to place and connect the sound processor.

Then during the following months Emma needs adjustments to be made to optimize the functioning of the implant. -

Also immediately after the placement of the processor, sessions began with a speech therapist, to help her understand the sound information and interpret the stimuli received.

Her parents and Hanna had to attend these sessions, two a week. It was necessary for her to learn to recognize the sounds and voices of her parents and sister. The grandparents and uncles also had to attend several sessions since they were possible caregivers for her and they had to know

how to talk to and address Emma. -

The complete help of Monica and Chandler while they were at home was very necessary so that the therapist could evaluate the progress, they had to get her used to being in places with background noises and test how she heard in those places, control what noises bothered her, what her sounds were babbling if they were reactions to when they spoke to her, calling her by name, pointing to her so that she would assimilate that that voice was addressing her, first pointing to her and then calling her from afar.

Grandparents and uncles also had to carry out this task when they were at her house.

Given the rapid intervention to solve the problem plus speech therapy, Emma managed to develop listening skills, identification of sound sources and speech.

In September Emma had begun to identify the voices of her family members, and when they spoke to her she would try to babble.

By then the girls were already a little over a year old and Monica wanted to start working, she missed her profession, and she also had the full support of Chandler, who always repeated to her that Dr. Sanders had told them that it was very important for them continued with their normal lives, except that Monica didn't want to work night shifts, since late in the afternoon, when Chandler got off work, they had two weekly appointments with the speech therapist, and she also wanted to stay at her house. in the afternoon and evening to encourage Emma.-

Through contacts, she obtained, starting in November, a position as Head Chef in a small restaurant in Tribeca, which she only attended during the middle of the day, since it was an office area with little nighttime activity furthermore, the restaurant was closed on Sundays.

Since none of them would be home during the morning and part of the afternoon, they decided to hire the services of a nanny to cover them during the day. They talked to Dr. Sanders and she recommended a woman in her 50s who had taken care of several kids with implants and knew how to treat and take care of them, she was very efficient.

The family adapted to the new dynamic of Monica's work and realized that the nanny was very competent.

Also in September of that year, Ross and Rachel's wedding took place; Rachel's father had arranged for it to be held at the Plaza Hotel.

The previous month Ross was a nervous wreck, he confessed to Monica that everything had been so difficult with Rachel, that he was afraid that in the end something would happen that would prevent it.

Monica reassured him, "brother, Rachel loves you very much, and nothing that could happen at the wedding, at the ceremony, at the reception, no inconvenience, is going to stop you from getting married, at the Plaza or wherever and anyway, everything is going to be perfect, the Greens are not going to allow anything to fail, "they will even close all the bathroom windows" and they will make you repeat your vows hundreds of times so that you don't get the wrong name." Monica laughed while "Ross sent him an icy look and made his well-known gesture."

The wedding was perfect, Rachel was beautiful in a beautiful Carolina Herrera dress, Phoebe and Monica were her bridesmaids wearing elegant dresses in a very soft pinkish beige color, and Joey

and Chandler were Ross's groomsmen. The three men were wearing Jackets, although Chandler stood out for the elegant manner with which he wore the jacket.

Monica and Chandler had left the girls with the babysitter to attend the wedding more relaxed.

In November the girls were already walking from one place to another, touching everything, climbing on the couch with their hands dirty with food, leaving their toys everywhere, their house was in complete disarray.

When Chandler came home from work he did what he could and Monica spent Sunday trying to fix and clean everything, so that chaos would return on Monday.

Thanksgiving was approaching, the previous Sunday they were still in bed when Chandler told her

"Mon, it's time to move…"

Monica looked at him surprised. -

"Yes, look, we need an apartment or a bigger house, in this area, we need four bedrooms, and for me a desk so I can bring my books and I don't have to go to the warehouse every month to look for some that I need. A large room where we can set up an area for the girls to be in with their toys, and not like now when they are everywhere, on Tuesday I almost fell when I stepped on one of them, a patio, a large kitchen for you would be ideal"

"I'm sad to leave this apartment, I love it…. but you're right, girls are a whirlwind, we live cleaning, putting away toys, and they are still little to teach them to do it themselves..." said Monica

"And we should also go see some good daycare, not now, but from the age of two, for a few hours, so they will also socialize with other children, especially for Emma it will be very good, thetherapist already told us" he continued with his ideas Chandler

"Okay, you're right, but first let's start looking for what to buy."

Chandler had sold the Park Av. apartment at an excellent price, and they began the search, after several Sundays looking at properties they fell in love with a recently remodeled townhouse, with a garden where they could have barbecues and a terrace - the facade and layout were similar to the one in London, it even had ample space on the top floor, next to the terrace, with a half bathroom, so that Chandler could have his office and, on the other hand, on the ground floor Monica had a comfortable kitchen, living room and dining room, and a sector to use as a playroom

for the girls. On the second floor there were three bedrooms for the children. And obviously on the third floor a large suite with a fireplace that they planned to enjoy a lot.

The house was just a 6-minute walk from Central Perk.

Monica offered Phoebe to move to apartment 20, since, although it was larger than her

grandmother's, it was under the regulated rent regime, so she would pay less. Phoebe was happy with the move.

In March, a month after the purchase, they were ready to move, since they had only had to make small repairs in the house, such as putting safety doors at the beginning of the stairs, the girls were very restless and were afraid that they would fall, in especially Emma who shouldn't hit the sound processor.

The move was tiring, but they were happy with all the space they had gained. The girls still shared a room, to separate them I would expect them to be a little older.

Chandler was able to bring the boxes of books and bought some shelves that he installed in his office.

The first thing they did once they settled in was organize a barbecue to which they invited all their friends and family.

The family dynamic in the new house continued, Monica went to work according to her morningshift, and all de family adapted to the new dynamic of Monica's work and realized that the nanny was very competent care of the girls.

Chandler did not stop stimulating them, both equally, until one afternoon, after repeating "dad" so much, Hanna said it…. and Chandler hugged her with joy and pride, and a moment later, evidently imitating her sister and wanting a hug from Chandler, Emma also said, with some difficulty, "daaaaa."

Chandler couldn't believe it, because Emma and Hanna, like a little parrot, started repeating "daaaaad" "daaaaaa" laughing.

Chandler didn't wait a minute, he called Monica to tell her. Monica's tears fell… Emma had spoken…. And although deep down in her selfish heart she would have preferred that the first word had been "mom," she was happy for him beloved Chandler, who seemed elated on the phone.

That night they celebrated Emma's progress, they knew that she was a strong girl and nothing would stop her.

In mid-April, Chandler proposed to Monica that they go on a honeymoon trip alone.

"Look, last summer because of Emma's operation we couldn't take vacations, and in fact the whole of last year was hard for us and we completed it now with the move. -

That's why I was thinking that we could take a trip."

And the girls?" Monica asked.

"Mon, for no more than 15 days they can be left in the care of your parents, with the help of the nanny, even with the help of Phoebe and Rachel."

"I'm afraid to leave them, especially Emma, plus Rachel is pregnant and she won't be able to do much," said Monica.

"Love, the psychologist has already told us many times that we have to lead a normal life, not overwhelm them, or postpone our life as a couple…. And it would only be 15 days... after the girls' birthday and to celebrate our anniversary "alone", to have our postponed honeymoon trip..."

"And where would we go?" Monica asked.

"I thought we could go to Paris for 7 days, you always told me that you dreamed of visiting Paris and tasting its food… and then going to Florence for 7 days"

"Mon, I accompanied mom a couple of times to Paris, when I was a teenager and while she was doing her presentations, since I was alone almost all the time, as usual…, I went for a walk a lot, you're going to love it, and I also went once in Florence with her, it seemed like a magical city and I would like us to tour it together." "they are both so romantic…"

Monica was silent for a moment, she was afraid to leave the girls, but she also really wanted to have time alone with Chandler, without worries, without work, and enjoy those places with him.

They made the necessary arrangements with the babysitter, and with Judy Jack and Phoebe they agreed that the three of them would move to the new house since they would have better control of the girls.

On May 4, after celebrating Emma and Hanna's two birthdays, Chandler and Monica left for their delayed honeymoon.

Obviously they both really enjoyed the trip, especially the romantic and extremely hot nights.

And obviously so much romanticism and so much "heat" had its consequences.

A month after returning from the trip, Monica began to feel nausea and other symptoms similar to those she had had with the girls.

Before telling Chandler about her suspicions, she took the test and she tested positive,

Chandler received the news with so much joy that he started dancing with Emma in her arms that she laughed when she saw her dad so happy.

They did all the check-ups and after five months they found out that they would have a boy who Monica immediately said that she wanted to be called Daniel Chandler, and obviously the dad agreed.

In February of the following year, Daniel was born.

Everyone had come to accompany them, friends, family, Nora, Marion, Helena, no one was missing.

Chandler was worried that Monica would suffer another postpartum depression, but the doctor reassured him that they would give her medication to prevent any hormones from going crazy again.

This time the arrival home was calm, the parents enjoyed the new baby, and the almost 3-year-old sisters couldn't stop caressing their little brother.

Chandler's life had begun with a lot of loneliness, but along the way he met people who cared about him and who allowed him to forge a personality that was kind, loving, fun, and strong enough to leave behind his immature stubbornness and pursue love wherever he went, even to New York.

Love swept away his deep-rooted fears, simply because love is stronger.

End