Now for a little romance…

He watched as her legs stood straight up in the air. She took a final breath and then she dove into the crystal blue lagoon. Following her, he went under and used his powerful arms to swim . It seemed like it was so easy for her, she just moved her feet and her fins would do the rest. With her hair standing up , she looked like a mermaid as the bubbles from her mouth popped out. She motioned for him to come next to her as they joined hands and swam . Fish would surround them with their bright colors. He would try to observe them because there would never be another chance to observe these fine specimens.She dove down while he watched onto the sandy bottom of the lagoon and inspected the shells. Picking an absolutely perfect one, she started to push back to the surface. They weren't wearing scuba, just free diving , so they had a limited amount of air. Blowing bubbles, she swam next to him and then pursed her lips. He saw what she was doing and they exchanged kisses as they swam toward the surface.

"Boy, that was a nice swim." Rachel said as she paddled toward the beach. She was now getting more used to the water and these daily swims were actually her and Ross' time. They could get away from the others and be alone. All of this was new to them and they didn't want any dumb mistakes like before.

"You are getting better at this. Maybe sometime we'll come back here by ourselves. Ross stood up as the water only covered his waist. "Well, we won't come back here. We'll stay at a resort and then go diving." Rachel wouldn't mind this paradise at all. They were far away from the problems at hand. She ran her hands through her wet hair to try to get some of the tangles out. She was starting to get hungry , so she started back.

"Wait a minute, let's talk.' Ross suggested as he patted a place for her next to him in the sand. Rachel dropped to her knees and then sat down. She knew that since they had been marooned, they really had not had a chance to talk. They were close, but how long that would last ?

"I wanted to tell you that even though we haven' t talked about it, I think we should think about what is going to happen when we are rescued." Ross said with a serious look. Rachel hoped that Emily would not even be mentioned. Maybe that kissing was only because they thought they were dying and he was going to do his usual denial dance. She so wanted the two of them to be at that same place."And what is that ?" she asked curiously. Ross looked into her blue eyes and then he knew he wanted to say what he had planned. He took her hand.

"Well I was thinking , I have this new apartment." He started. "And I don't know why but I have a feeling that Monica is going to want to be with Chandler. And then you won't have anywhere to live."

Rachel knew what was coming , but he had to be one to ask. "Well that isn't true, I mean I could always live with Joey or Phoebe."

"You wouldn't consider me?" he said disappointed. Rachel leaped into his arms and the force knocked him down in the sand. "Well that depends, am I getting the offer, Doctor?" He took his arms and then rolled her onto her back. Somehow he always liked to be the one in charge in this situation. She squealed with the fast movement he made. Now , with his toned stomach on top of her, he leaned down and whispered in her ear. "You bet." The two of them looked at each other and then their lips slowly tapped melting into their open mouths. With their wet bodies next to each other, she could feel the part of him that was truly hers. She slid down his tanned body onto his hips as the two of them began to grind together. In the past when this happened, he would be reaching for a condom. But there was no where to be found.

"We can't , there's no condoms." Rachel said disappointed. Ross didn't care about that. If where they were headed was where he thought it was, there would be no need for that. He had watched her in the sun, and as his own special mermaid. Her body was tanned and the tiny bikini top hugged her breasts. His hands slowly moved to the straps and slid them down off her shoulders. Perfectly cupping them, he wanted to hold these golden orbs. The more he held them, he knew he had to have their owner and that he couldn't wait anymore. He eased down the sarong wrapped around her waist and was pleasantly surprised to see that she was indeed going commando. He unbuttoned his shorts and then he slowly eased himself into her. Her cries of pleasure showed him what he was doing right and she ultimately settled down. Lying on the wet sand with her top off and panting, she smiled up at him. Ross had already gotten up and offered his hand to her so she could get up. "Well , we haven't done that in quite a while. Since we got back from Montauk. If I remember the last time."

Ross started.

"You were putting on your pants and yelling because I called you on the carpet about not reading my letter." Rachel smiled as she put back on her bikini top.

"Hey that was eighteen pages and I spent half the night waiting for Bonnie's cab with her, so I fell asleep. I am not saying what you said wasn't important. But I thought my days of all nighters ended when I got my doctorate." Ross tried to explain. Rachel put her hand up and shushed him. "That was the past. We are not dwelling on the past , or the future. We are on this island right now. And I don't know about you, but I am hungry and that lovemaking session made me even more ravenous than before." Rachel smiled. Ross put his arm around her and the two of them walked back to camp.

"The pictures should go here. One for each of them." Jack said as he walked with Gunther. "Then each photo should have flowers around them. We all decided that since they loved to spend so much time here, that it would be a perfect place to have the memorial service." Judy couldn't come because , she was still distraught and she was cleaning so Emily and her family could stay with them.

"We have already decided to close early the day of the service. Kind of a tribute to the kids." Gunther said with a heavy heart. Of course, he was mourning one person more than the others. Gunther then eyed the orange couch and two other chairs. A tear came to his eye."They were a great group and they will be missed around here." He said sadly.

"This has been hard on us all. My wife hasn't been well since we heard the news. I think it will ease all our minds to have this taken care of and it will give some sort of closure to everyone's families. We still have Chandler's father to arrive and then everyone will be here." Jack was trying to keep everything together, if he sat down and thought about it, then he would fall apart. "I'll go to Monica's or at home and see if we can find two nice pictures." Jack shook hands with Gunther and then closed the wooden doors of Central Perk. Now that he was gone, Gunther went behind the kitchen to his private office. He pulled out the picture and then broke down….it was Rachel. Now she would be an angel.

Judy and Jack sat on the couch. By special request , they wanted to be alone when they did this. Since they wanted happy memories of their kids, Judy drug out the box of family snapshots and pictures. They also had Treager go to the apartment and get Monica's photos and brought them back to their house. They finally decided on a picture of Monica when she was at Montauk and smiling and the picture of Ross was cropped from one where he had his arm around Rachel and very happy from last Christmas. Now they could make the final arrangements for the service. They looked at each other and then hugged.

NEXT : The memorial service…