The lottery

I hope you like the story, and that you tell me your 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 they inspire me.

Chapter 6

That night had been perfect, Monica, still dozing in Chandler's arms, was fully aware that she had had the best sex of her life, none of her lovers had ever made her reach those heights and so many times, she did not expect that her best friend was so perfect with the timing, the touches, the slow or fast movements just according to what she needed, it was tender and also very hot, in short, it was perfect, she felt like she wanted those arms around her forever, dawn the rest of her life like that, but he was her best friend and they agreed that this would just be for one crazy night. Monica didn't want to lose his friendship, she needed it, ... but now how would she deal with the desire not only to be loved by him again, but to go much further? it was crazy, she felt that this best friend was much more, ... God! maybe she had always loved him and she didn't know it, she hadn't realized that what she felt for him, her need for closeness, contained a deeper feeling than just friendship? It became clear to her, she wanted him in her life, she wanted the man not her friend, she just didn't know if he would want her in his.

Chandler also had his eyes closed, while he felt the heat of Monica's body in his arms, he was totally shocked. He had never had sex like a woman with the intensity with which he had done it with Monica. He was surprised because from the first touch It hadn't simply been sex, he had made love to his best friend, and it had been absolutely profound, there was desire but he had also experienced a feeling of surrender, of trust, of need for her, which he ignored and which went far beyond that night, he felt like he wanted that forever, a bomb had exploded in his head, all those years of closeness had only hidden a deep, until now unknown, feeling that he had never felt before with anyone. This should have scared him, however it filled him with calm, as if he had finally arrived at the safe and longed-for harbor.

They were in the middle of that daydream when someone knocked on the door, they both jumped out of bed, Monica asked "who is it?"

"Mon, it's Joey, I need to talk to you urgently."

Wait, I was about to get into the shower.

Chandler with lightning speed had gotten up and was picking up his clothes scattered on the floor.

"I'm hiding in the bathroom until he leaves," he told Monica in a low voice.

"Don't look at me, I'm naked," Monica told him.

"I'm naked too and you're looking at me," Chandler replied.

"Go into the bathroom and hand me a robe," Monica said, rolling her eyes.

Chandler entered the bathroom and through the door handed Monica the robe which she closed and tied firmly before opening the door.

"Joey, what's going on, what are you doing here at this hour?"

"Well, it's not that early, anyway, Phoebe phoned me, Rachel is coming on the train from Paris, she arrives at noon, she's coming to tell Ross that she loves him."

"What?" … "But he is marrying Emily in a few hours, he loves Emily"

"Yes I know, Phoebe asked me to stop her, where is Chandler? because last night he didn't sleep in our room."

"How am I supposed to know where Chandler is, why do I care about Chandler…"

"Well, get dressed, we have to get to the chapel before Rachel arrives and stop her, I'm going to look for Chandler," Joey told him and left.

Chandler came out of the bathroom dressed.

"Did you hear? Monica asked.

"Yes, I heard perfectly well that you don't care where I am," he said, laughing.

"For God's sake, this is not the time for jokes, go to your room, invent something for Joey, and get changed in an hour, we should leave for church," Monica ordered.

"Yes, I'm coming, wow we fell asleep, if it weren't for Joey and Rachel's madness we would miss the wedding."

"Enough, Chandler, go away."

When the three arrived at the church they found Rachel sitting on a bench outside the entrance.

"Rachel, what are you doing here? Phoebe told us what you're planning to do. This's crazy. Ross loves Emily. You're going to confuse everything," said Monica, clearly angry.

"Don't worry, I saw him, I wished him congratulations, I didn't tell him anything, I couldn't, if he marries her it's because he loves her, I lost my chance like Phoebe told me."

"Oh Rachel, for God's sake, come here." Monica hugged her tightly, she imagined what her friend was feeling.

"You want to go to my room at the hotel…" Monica told her.

"No, I will attend the wedding, I need to see it with all my senses, it is the only way to put an end to it"

The organizer came to get them, they had to take their places to start the ceremony, Monica would enter with Chandler.

When they were walking down the aisle of the church Chandler told her "last night was stupid, crazy" and Monica responded "Yes, it was stupid."

Chandler looked at her out of the corner of his eye and said in a low voice, "Shall we meet tonight?" And Monica answered, "of course, without hesitation."

The ceremony went off without a hitch and everyone left for Emily's parents' house where the party would be held.

But suddenly there was tension between the bride and groom, Emily was upset by Rachel's presence at the wedding and now at the party, "Ross, your ex was not supposed to come, a good person would avoid making us uncomfortable on this day" said Emily, clearly angry.

"Emily, calm down, Rachel has been just a friend for a long time, I told you everything and how we finally became friends, best friends, and I'm glad she came to share our happiness, don't be jealous of her, change your face, "It's our happiest day," Ross told her, trying to calm her down.

"OK, but I'm sorry, I don't like that woman, I don't want her near us, we'll talk about it," Emily replied.

Ross was very surprised and worried by Emily's words.

Meanwhile Chandler and Monica danced trying to keep their distance, which was terribly difficult for them.

When the party was halfway through, Chandler approached her, "Mon, I was thinking, your room is now occupied, and mine is dangerous because of Joey."

"Oh! You're right…" Monica answered, clearly disappointed.

"So I thought let's leave now, no one would notice, and at the hotel we asked for a room, actually I thought about a suite on another floor so as not to have any surprises" Chandler offered

"But a suite is expensive…" Monica said, noticing the mocking face Chandler was making at her.

"True, nothing is expensive for us anymore, I'm still not used to it," said Monica with a smile, and added, "just give me a few minutes to go to my room and look for clothes to change into, tomorrow I can't wake up with these clothes."

I don't care, Joey thinks I conquered an English girl, he's desperate for me to tell him.

They both quietly left the party, and in a beautiful suite they had another night of incredible sex, but this time filled with romance and feelings on both sides.

The next morning Chandler told her, "I'll accompany you to the station, our flight leaves at night."

Monica looked at him with a smile "Chandler, thank you, I had two incredible nights, you are always there for me and I appreciate it."

"Mon there is nothing to be grateful for, on the contrary, I was with the hottest and most beautiful girl in the world, I am the grateful one" … "And I am also cute?"

"Sure, you're cute too," Monica said with a huge smile.

"When we return to the City, our friendship won't be hurt," Monica asked seriously.

"No, not at all, it will still be better than ever, don't worry, we will share the beautiful memory of two crazy nights," Chandler told her, he approached her and kissed her on the nose.

At the station everyone said goodbye, in Rachel's case they didn't know if they would see her again, but Chandler had hope that he would see Monica in just over a month, now more than ever he would miss her and he would die if she didn't come back.

Chandler gave her a hug, and whispered, "Take care, I'll wait for you" but he didn't dare to say what he really felt, "I love you."

On the train Rachel looked at Monica, "What's wrong with you, I'm the one who lost the man of my life, it seems like you're in the clouds."

"Nothing's wrong with me, I'm tired, they were days of many emotions, but I'm fine, very well"

Chandler on the plane had to first endure Joey's questions about the English girl, and invent a credible story, and then all his concerns about his career, which logically until then had not taken off, Joey forgot that he had only been there for three months. In LA, opportunities wouldn't come to him right away. But while his friend talked and talked, he couldn't get his best friend out of his head.

Upon arriving at JFK airport, Joey made the connection to LA and Chandler returned to apartment 20.

Now things had changed, a lot, the place smelled of Monica, he saw her everywhere, and she would soon return, it was better that he starts looking for a place to move.

A couple of days after arriving from London, Phoebe's mother called him to let him know that Phoebe's water had broken and they were going to the hospital.

He was the only one of the gang who was there to accompany them, so he ran to the hospital, he helped take care of Phoebe until the doctor said everything was ready for the birth, the two Phoebes stayed in the delivery room.

A few minutes later the triplets were born, they turned out to be two girls and a boy, and since he had convinced Phoebe to have one of the boys named Chandler like him, it turned out that his name went to one of the girls, therefore, had to put up with Phoebe's jokes about it. -

Chandler picked up one of the babies, they were so small, pretty, he felt so excited, how he would like to have one like that, only if he knew that he would be a good father, since he didn't have good examples in this regard.

A couple of hours later Phoebe's brother arrived with his wife, and they took care of the children.

After a moment Chandler said goodbye.

As soon as he got to apartment 20 he telephones Paris to tell the girls that Phoebe and the triplets were fine, they were beautiful. The girls were happy, Monica was eager to come back and meet them. He also told them that now that Phoebe had overcome the pregnancy in a short time, she would open her beauty salon, since she could dedicate herself full time to that project.

The next day he started looking for an apartment, although he could buy one, he preferred to rent, he didn't know what his future would be and he didn't want to be tied to a specific place, so he looked among those that were rented.

Towards the end of next week he found a perfect one, two blocks from Central Perk, a little bigger than Monica's, but with lots of light, since it was a higher floor, and most importantly with an elevator.

When he spoke to Monica told her about the apartment, that he was planning to move the next week, probably in Thursday, since in Friday he had to go to the function.

Monica regretted that he moved away from her, she remembered when he told her that he could stay in apartment 20 with her, and that was now what Monica longed for most.

The move was quick, since he didn't have much furniture, more than anything his clothes, so Friday and Saturday he was free for his stand up.

On Sunday, already in his new apartment, he received a call from Ross on his cell phone. It had been less a week since they had arrived from their honeymoon, he had not yet seen his friends and he wanted to meet up with Chandler to talk.

Chandler invited him to his new house, so they arranged the time.

Ross was delighted with Chandler's new apartment, although it still lacked decoration, the living room only had the television and the recliner.

"You're missing furniture," Ross told him, looking around.

"Yes, I'm waiting for Monica to come back, she has better taste in decorating," Chandler replied and asked, "Did you want to talk to me, is something wrong?"

"Yes, … I'm a little worried, in Santorini I had a very serious argument with Emily, she started to be jealous of everything, depending on whether she was looking at other girls, or was too nice to the waitress, I told her that it was crazy that she felt jealousy just for being nice to someone and that I wasn't looking at any girl, but that led to two days in which she didn't speak to me, and since we returned just few days ago, and I started working, she started checking where I am, she wanted to go to the Museum to meeting my colleagues, even today she doubted this meeting, I told her that we are friends that we will be alone, but she insisted that perhaps you had invited girls. She intended to accompany me and she got angry because I told her no, that we would be alone, since I precisely wanted to talk to you about this.

Chandler asked him. "Before you get married, do you warn you about something like that?"

"No, but going back I realized that we weren't together that much, we only shared the trip to Vermont and the weekends that she came to the City, in reality we are only now living together" Ross explained.

Chandler looked at his friend with concern, but he didn't want to discourage him, "Look, everything happened very quickly, she didn't have time to get to know you enough to build trust, surely with the days she will get there."

"And if she doesn't come, a relationship without trust cannot last, and I have put everything into this marriage. I want it to be successful, I am in love with her, but her jealous nature disturbs me and I am afraid that I have rushed too far" said Ross sadly with a worried face.

"I'm not going to argue with you about rushing, I thought about it and I think I remember telling you, but you were so excited that you couldn't hear anything," Chandler reminded him, and continued, "Dude, focus on your feelings, let her realize that you really love her, and little by little she will surely change unless, of course, it has always been like this and you didn't realize it before, but now you have to be patient."