Ross strolled through O' Hare with Mandy. Her head was leaning on his shoulder as the two lovers gazed into each other's eyes. More and more , each time he saw her, he knew she was the one. He had decided for Valentines Day , he would take her to Umbria and then pop the question. He just wished that Ben would be nicer to her. Kissing her , he ran to his flight and she watched as the jet took off .

Ben and Sarah sat planning . "I know what is going to happen. He is going to ask this Mandy to marry him." Ben said with a panic. "I don't like her." He said with a pouty face. "I know this Rachel woman is the one for him."

Ross came in to the Lowenstein house , hours later. He was smiling and whistling. "Come on Benny boy. Let's get you home. " He lifted his son in the air and then said good bye to Sarah and her mother. "Boy Daddy, you are in a good mood." Ben said happily. He knew though deep in his heart that was probably not a good thing.

Ross took a deep breath and then replied happily. "I have decided that I am going to ask Mandy to marry me." Ben opened his mouth wide with surprise. "You are going to do what?" he exclaimed.

"I am going to propose to Mandy on Valentines Day. And if she says yes, which I hope she does. She is going to be your new mother." Ross said as he stooped down to talk to Ben.

Ben remembered the promise he made to Rachel acting as his father. He wanted to meet her on the top of the Empire State Building. He couldn't go to Chicago and he certainly couldn't propose that night. It was time to stop fooling around and tell his father exactly what he thought of his new girlfriend.

"I don't like her." Ben said plainly as he crossed his arms. Ross couldn't believe how belligerent his son was being. He deserved a little bit of happiness. For months, all he thought about was Ben and now he wanted a little happiness for himself. Ben grabbed the letter that Rachel had written and gave it to his father to read. "I think you should meet with this woman." He said as he pushed the type written letter in his face. Ross saw the postmark. "This woman lives in Washington DC. Do you know how far that is from here?" Ross exclaimed to his son.

"She seems real nice." Ben tried to persuade his father. "Ben we don't know anything about this woman at all. This Rachel Green, she might be a psycho. I don't need to look any further than Chicago , to find a woman because I have already found her." Ben gave his father a pout that usually meant that he was unhappy and trying to make him feel guilty for being a kid with out a mother. "And it is not going to work this time Ben. I know that look too well, your mother used to use the same look on me. You can't manipulate me , young man."

"Just give her a chance. Don't you want me to be happy?" he said now using his puppy dog eyes. "And don't try to use that sad puppy dog look on me either. I invented that one." Ross said. "Ben , when is Dad going to get a chance to be happy? I work at the museum all day long and then come home drink a beer , put you to bed and fall asleep watching documentaries on the Discovery Channel. That is no kind of life for a thirty two year old man. I need someone in my life too. I need someone who is going to take care of me. Do you think it is easy when the woman you love packs up everything and leaves you? You go through therapy and then you blame yourself for everything. It took me a long time to realize that I was not to blame. And now that I have a woman again, I am ready to love. Mandy loves you to death and she is going to make a great mommy for you and wife for me. Now the subject of the other woman is dropped . Ross had spoken as as the adult he knew, his word was law.

"Hey Mon." he said as he dialed the phone. "Guess what? I am going to be in town over Valentines Day. I am going to propose to Mandy ." Ross said victoriously. At this point , he thought he had actually won.

Ben paced back and forth. "And he says she is going to be my new mommy." He said as Sarah listened. "I don't think she is the right woman for him. I just know that if we get him and this Rachel together, he is really going to like her." Sarah put her hands together. "Than that is just what we are going to do. You are going to meet her in New York on Valentines Day and then explain everything to her." Sarah made sure that no one was around and then she got on her mother's computer. Her mother was a travel agent .

Rachel held up the night gown as she packed her suitcase. She looked down at the now empty ring finger. Soon an engagement ring would be on the same finger. "Magic." She heard in an echo in her head. That was what she really wanted was a man who would thrill her in bed and then treat her like a queen. Everyday would be an adventure and life would never be dull. She closed the suitcase and headed for the airport.

Ross put the ring in his jacket pocket and put the suitcase in the car. He knew this was right. Ben needed a mother and Mandy would make a good wife. He started off for the airport .

Ben smiled as Sarah handed him his ticket . "Now you are going to be in New York at five . That way you can meet Rachel at six. " Ben was ready to go , the question was would Rachel understand….

Hey everyone here is a story that I updated and was finally inspired to go back to . Hope you enjoy the rest of the story…. Yes I am finally updating a story almost a year old.