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"Oh honey...why did I ever think that I could move on from you?" Ross sleepily asked.

"I don't know...I can't believe I really almost left!" Rachel replied. She was still covered by blankets, not wanting to get out of bed, knowing that their great night was over. After the gang sadly left Central Perk and said good-bye to Monica, Chandler, and their twins, Rachel called her dad and had him bring all of her things to Ross'. Rachel called out to the office in Paris to say she would not be coming. After staying up very late talking about everything from their future back to high school, Ross and Rachel made out, each happier than they had ever been. Both knew that it really was meant to be.

They laid in bed together for a few minutes, then Rachel realized that she would have to start applying for jobs again. While she got dressed, Ross stayed in bed thinking.

'I think it's finally time to...wait...should I?...What if she's still not ready?...But then why did she get off the plane??'

"You okay?" Rachel asked, noticing the confused look on Ross' face.

"What? Oh...yeah," he replied.

"Okay, good," she said, kissing him on the forehead.

"You going somewhere?"

"Yeah...I found my resumes. I'm going to go take them everywhere...I'll be home sometime in the afternoon." She kissed Ross again, grabbed her purse, and excitedly ran out of the apartment. She was back barely a minute later. "Forgot the resumes!" she said with a laugh.

Ross waited another fifteen minutes before he was sure she was gone. He had made up his mind: he was going to propose that night. Even though he was quite trained in proposing, he was still very nervous about this. He decided to call Monica and Chandler, since their marriage was going so well.

"Good morning!" Ross said very cheerfully.

"Dude...why are you up so early?" Chandler asked, mouthing, "It's your crazy brother" to Monica, who was just waking up.

"Chandler, you're never going to guess what I decided to do!"

"Umm...wake me up?" Chandler yawned.

"No, no, it's so much bigger!!!"

There was silence on Chandler's end of the phone. Ross took this as a sign to continue.

"I'm going to propose to Rach tonight!!!!!"

Suddenly, Chandler seemed to wake up. "Really? WOW! That's great! It's about time!" Ross could hear Monica yelling that she wanted to know what was going on, and told Chandler he wanted to talk to his sister.

"Honey, what did you just say that made Chandler so happy?" Monica groggily asked.

"I'm going to propose to Rachel tonight!"

Ross could hear the phone drop and Monica's happy shouts.

"Monica? Chandler?? Hello? HELLO??" Ross said, then yelled, trying to be heard over their shouting.

Finally, Chandler picked the phone back up.

"One question," Ross said, "How do I make this really, I mean really special?"

"Totally surprise her," Chandler replied, "Catch her off guard."

Monica grabbed the phone, "I've got it!" she shouted, "Make up some story that you have to leave for a dino-thing. She'll be sad, you leave a note saying you're at the airport, and propose there!"

"I always knew my sister was smart!" Ross said, "Okay...I have a lot to do...bye!"

"Good—" Monica was cut off by the dial tone. She shrugged, kissed Chandler, and fell back asleep.

Ross hastily got dressed, and went through his dresser drawers. He pulled out an envelope marked "yenom gnir tnemegagnE." He checked in the mirror to make sure he had the right one, smiled to himself over his "clever" labeling method, and set out to buy the ring.

The closest jewelry store was the one where he bought Carol's engagement ring, but that didn't hinder Ross. Within 10 minutes, he had picked out a beautiful ring, and was heading back to the apartment, his heart already beating very fast.

He found some paper and a pen, and with his hand shaking, wrote,

Rach,

Got a call, I have to fly out to Nebraska for a dino-dig. I'll be at Newark airport until around 4:00. Try to come say bye, I don't know when I'll be home.

-Ross