Threatened

I hope you catches them, and that you tell me his opinions, through them I know if I'm on the right path.

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

I reiterate, I do not own the characters of Friends I only rely on them for the pure pleasure of writing stories without any economic interest, and Monica and Chandler inspire me.

CHAPTER 3

Sunday March 27

On Sunday around noon everyone arrived at apartment 20 for brunch.

As soon as Chandler entered Monica jumped in front of everyone.

"You were totally wrong; the blonde woman you saw with Richard is his daughter Michelle!

"Is Michelle in town?" Rachel exclaimed.

"No, she already left, she came for a few days with the baby, since she stayed at her mother's house, Richard invited her to dinner a couple of times, Chandler saw him with her and thought he was cheating on me."

"Understand, you said those two Fridays that he would play poker with his friends and I ran into him at the restaurant with the blonde, I'm sorry I misunderstood the situation," Chandler replied, a little annoyed by the way Monica had spoken in front of everyone, since he had not told anyone anything.

"Richard is right, when you saw him, why didn't you go and say hello? A gentleman would have done that and he introduced you to his daughter, but instead you preferred to spy on him," Monica replied, clearly angry.

"I didn't spy on him," Chandler said.

"Yes, you did it. It may be that the first time was a coincidence, but you yourself told me that you suspected something and on the second Friday you went on purpose to spy on him" Monica yelled at him.

"I'm sorry, I thought he was cheating on you and I didn't want to hurt you," Chandler said.

"It's either that or you're trying to ruin my relationship," Monica said in a defiant tone.

"How can you say that, you know me, you know you're my best friend, I would never do that to you," Chandler replied, between angry and dejected.

"I'm not so sure anymore," Monica replied.

Chandler got up and left, slamming the door.

In apartment 20 everyone was speechless, they didn't understand anything, and they couldn't believe how Monica was yelling at Chandler.

Obviously she gave them her version of events, which was actually Richard's version.

"Mon," said Phoebe, "I don't think Chandler did it maliciously, I think he wanted to protect you, okay, he was wrong, but he didn't do it with bad intentions." … "Probably if we had seen what Chandler saw we would have acted the same"

"Spying on Richard," Monica answered.

"Maybe yes, to be sure what was happening," Ross added.

"Don't defend him anymore, he almost made me fight with Richard, he disappointed me, I would never have thought about him, I thought he was a sincere friend"

Everyone was silent, Monica was stubborn and for now it wouldn't be easy to make her change, since with everything they said she got angrier.

Chandler lay down on his bed, he couldn't believe that Monica thought he had wanted to hurt her, as much as he loved her, he had ruined their friendship by being loyal, he should have kept quiet, ultimately she would find out one day alone, for that then perhaps she would already be married and have children, at least she would have obtained her wishes, even if her husband was unfaithful to her.

Joey and Ross knocked on Chandler's bedroom door, "Dude, can we come in?"

"I'm leaving"

"Look, Monica gave her a version of what happened, you can give us yours"

Chandler told them step by step everything that was happening," and finally Susan's advice to talk" "Guys, Susan doesn't know Richard or Monica, but for her the blonde was a girlfriend, not a "daughter" as he says, … but Monica prefers to believe him…. It's okay, it's their relationship and her problem, from now on, even if I see him in bed with someone else, I'm not going to tell her, if she prefers it, she'll be a cheated wife"

"Chandler, she's crazy about him, she already sees herself married to him," Ross said.

"I wish she all the happiness in the world, but my friend Monica, the one I had until I spoke, I have already lost"

"Friend, don't think that, she's upset now, but she'll get over it…" Joey tried to reassure him.

"I just can't believe she thinks I would want to hurt her, break up a relationship that obviously makes her happy, I would never do that, I would give my life for her, I have never wanted to hurt her, I hate seeing her cry." Chandler had his head down while he was speaking, looking at his hands that were rubbing each other.

Joey opened his eyes at what Chandler had just said "I would give my life for her", those words resonated with Ross in his mind, what did that mean?

Chandler got up from the couch quickly. "I'm going to go for a walk, I need some air…"

"And Liz?" Joey asked.

"Look, I like her, but right now I don't feel like going out with anyone."

When Chandler came out, Joey looked at Ross to see if they had both thought the same thing, if they had understood the same thing in Chandler's words.

Joey, turning to Ross, said, "Dude, I don't know, but what Chandler said about giving his life seems to me…"

Ross looked at him thoughtfully, "yes, I think we both understood the same thing, Chandler is in love with Monica, he loves my sister."

"But he never said anything, I never saw anything that made me think," Joey said.

"Joey, I think the signs were many during all these years, it's just that he tried to hide them well and we also didn't see them either. We saw them as best friends, it was evident that for him Monica was her favorite, he always supported her, he was always by her side, many times I noticed that just by looking into each other's eyes they would have a conversation…"

"And why he never told her anything, if he has such strong feelings for her," Joey reasoned.

"I guess he thinks Monica will never feel the same way about him," Ross replied.

"He's right about that, Monica knows that he has a commitment phobia, she would never set his eyes on someone who is afraid of relationships" Joey deduced.

"Look, Chandler is very good at hiding his deepest feelings, for example, towards his parents, he always cover them with jokes, with laughter, why he wouldn't invent a phobia that he doesn't have, maybe none of the girlfriends we knew really interested him, precisely because he loves another woman who is unattainable for him, and he justifies his breakups with a phobia that perhaps he wouldn't have with the woman he loves," Ross reflected.

"And if Monica felt the same way about him, would you accept it?" Joey asked.

"He is my friend, he is loyal, a good person, generous, protective, she would be in good hands, surely much better than Richard's, but she fell in love with that old man and she thinks that with him she can get what she wants, a family." Ross answered.

"Poor Chandler, he always suffers from lack of love from the people he loved, his parents, now Monica," Joey concluded.

Ross patted him on the back. "Joey, don't tell anyone, not even him, about our conversation, we would mess things up and make him suffer more."

"OK, this stays here." Joey said, but he was really worried about his friend.

Monday March 28

The six friends were sitting talking about everything a little in Central Perk, although Monica did not look or speak to Chandler and he put up it with integrity, then Richard arrived who came to look for Monica.

Richard greeted everyone in general, but did not look at Chandler. He would have wanted to apologize, but the atmosphere was not for him to say anything.

While Richard and Monica are having dinner he starts making comments criticizing Chandler.

"Mon, I don't understand how you guys can be friends with that man, especially you and Ross"

"Richard, don't exaggerate, he was wrong, it's done," Monica replied.

"Look, I don't think it's that simple, I kept thinking about the things you told me about him, his childhood that has surely left him with severe trauma, his phobia of commitment, I remember you told me that, when the downstairs neighbor died, "He panicked because he was going to be left alone," Richard reminded him and continued.

"And you also told me that Ross and Rachel fought over a List that Chandler had made"

"Richard, the list was made by Ross, Chandler just wrote it," Monica said.

"Yes, he wrote it, he printed it and let Rachel see it," Richard continued.

"Rachel stole it from his hands," Monica replied.

"Look, in the degree there are psychology subjects, that added to my experience, allows me to assure that Chandler is not a good company for you, Mon, you should not be so close, on the contrary, you should stay away from him, just like Ross. I think he is unstable and dangerous for you. Understands me, not in a physical way, but psychologically, he acts with you like a needy little dog who doesn't want to lose you. Now he makes this up, but he can make up anything else" Richard concluded his speech.

Monica didn't want to contradict him, she really didn't think that Chandler was a danger to her, but obviously Richard wanted her to stay away from him and she didn't want to do anything that contradicted Richard's requirements, she had found the perfect man and she wasn't going to lose him, for Chandler's nonsense, even if it wasn't malicious.

Richard, on the other hand, was not entirely convinced that the doubts he tried to introduce into Monica's brain would give the result he expected.

Thursday March 31

Chandler was returning from work, and as he entered the building he felt a strong push that made his head hit the wall hard, leaving him somewhat dizzy. A man took his right arm and twisted it back, as the police usually do to dominate a detainee, keeping Chandler's head against the wall with his other hand, which prevented him from seeing the man's face, unexpectedly the man let him go and gave him a very strong blow to the ribs that made Chandler fall to the floor. Only then could he see him, he was tall, blonde and built like an athlete.

The guy reached down, grabbed Chandler by the lapels of his suit, and said, "Shit, stay away from Manhattan, or you're a dead man"

Chandler managed to say, "Your idiot, leave me alone, no one tells me what to do"

"So the rooster is not afraid of dying, well maybe he will understand when we kill his friend Joey, that will surely make you understand, and don't even think about telling this to anyone, neither your friends nor the police," the man told him, kicked in the leg and he was gone.

No one entered or left the building for a few minutes. He tried to get up, the pain in his ribs was terrible, his head was bleeding, he took a handkerchief to stop the bleeding, with difficulty, almost crawling, he climbed the stairs to apartment 19, since the pain prevented him from breathing normally.

When Joey came in he was scared "Friend, what happened to you?"

Chandler, as he walked up the stairs, decided not to say anything about the threats.

"Someone attacked me when I entered the building"

"Chandler, let's go to the hospital right now," Joey said.

"My side hurts a lot when I walk and it hurts when I breathe, maybe he broke a rib," said Chandler.

Joey helped him down the stairs and into a taxi, at the hospital while they were treating his friend, he called the gang, they all came immediately, even Monica.

The doctor came out, and asked who was there for Mr. Bing, everyone ran, but Joey told the doctor "I'm his roommate, his family is not in the city"

"We did a CT scan due to the blow to the head, but no trauma was observed, he has a bruise on his left ribs, he will have to wear a belt for a week, luckily he has strong bones and they were not broken or cracked, but he will feel pain, we prescribe some painkillers, and for at least a week it is advisable that he rest to help reduce the pain and allow he to breathe better, from the following week he will be able to lead a normal life, the blow to the leg was very strong, but he didn't break anything, he just had a big bruise." And the doctor clarified

"As it was an attack on the street, we notified the police, therefore, he has to wait until they take his statement, for now you can enter, and after the statement you can take him home, but let him rest"

The friends entered. Chandler looked pretty bad, he had a bandage on his head and the bruise had gone down to his right eye, he was drowsy from the intravenous painkiller they were giving him, everyone was shocked, how could this happen to him?

Chandler was waking up and everyone was cheering him up, even Monica forgot about her anger and went over to caress his head and give him encouragement, when the police came in and asked everyone to get out.

He had made the decision not to say anything to the police about the threats, he stuck to the story of the robbery, but he did describe the man who had attacked him in detail that he could see.

Friday April 1

Chandler woke up the next day with a lot of pain, he had a hard time getting up and showering, but then with Joey's help he got dressed and slowly crossed to apartment 20 to have breakfast.

Everyone was worried about him, the bruise on his eye was big and when he wanted to breathe deeply or laugh at something stupid, a grimace of pain appeared on his face.

Monica seemed to have gotten over her anger, but, in addition to the physical pain, he still felt pain from the words shouted by Monica.

After breakfast he returned to his bedroom, the painkiller relaxed him and made him sleepy.

He spent the rest of the weekend resting, and although he was getting better each day, the side of his torso still hurts.

That night Monica had a long shift, but this time Richard decided not to go "play poker" and went to look for Monica and left her in apartment 20 since she wanted to rest, on Fridays the shift left her exhausted.

Richard took the opportunity to tell her that, since Chandler probably couldn't accompany her shopping, he would.