Jennifer10The True Story - September 11th, 2001
A short one shot following the friends on that day that changed America.
September 11, 2001
There are certain dates that will forever bring up emotions. November 22, 1963, a beloved president was assassinated in a car in Dallas. January 26, 1986, a space shuttle carrying a teacher exploded killing all aboard. Dates that live on in infamy, cause conversations that begin with "Do you remember where you were when..." On a crystal clear day day in September, that day became yet another one of those unfortunate unforgettable dates and for six friends in New York, it was a day where they spent the day trying to reconnect, trying to get back together and trying to find one another.
That day had begun with two newlyweds waking up in each others arms. Monica and Chandler Bing had gotten married four months earlier. It had been a summer of unexpected craziness for the two. In addition to them getting married, Rachel had discovered she was pregnant with Ross' child. Things were changing for the six friends whom for the past seven years had grown up together.
Now they were thirty two years old and with their thirties came life changes and for that brief, quiet moment where time felt like it had stopped, Monica and Chandler just lay together, Chandler holding her closely in his arms, Monica interlinking her fingers with his. She loved playing with his wedding ring, The symbol of the wedding ring ran deeply with her. She was in this for the rest of her life and she knew he felt the same. She smiled as he kissed her neck.
"I wanna stay here all day," Chandler whispered.
Monica smiled, she nodded in agreement. Unfortunately, that would not be possible. It was a Tuesday morning and Monica had a twelve hour shift at Alessandro's that day and Chandler had some statistical analysis meeting at the Trade Center where he was going to learn how to work some new processing system that would make reconfiguring data easier.
Monica smiled as she ran those words through her head. She had made it a point after Chandler proposed to actually figure out what he did for a living. She never quite got it. She had even asked Joey and Phoebe who had both worked in Chandler's office at one point, if they had a clue. Phoebe said she had spent most of her days in Chandler's office trying to make everything look more peaceful and less scary.