Ross spent the rest of the day calling everyone else and letting them know what was going on. Then at two o'clock, he got in a taxi, and headed to the airport for the second time in two days, his heat racing.

He had been sitting in an uncomfortable waiting chair for almost an hour, when Joey ran in, yelling for Ross. They say each other; Joey hugged Ross, wished him good luck, and said that everyone else was waiting down the hall and around the corner.

No sooner had Ross shooed Joey away, did Rachel come running in. She saw Ross, and ran over to him, close to tears.

"Rachel, honey, calm down," Ross said, hugging her. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw everyone else peeking around the corner. He quickly turned Rachel around and motioned for them to move back.

Not letting go of Rachel's hands, Ross dropped down to one knee. She gasped, and began to cry.

"Rachel," Ross began, "Yesterday in this same place, I thought I was going to lose you forever," his voice cracked, "I've been separated from you before, and I have no idea how I got by." Now he was crying, "I can't imagine my life without you," he paused to take a breath, "Rachel, I've loved you since I first saw you, so many years ago. Will you marry me?"

Rachel, silently crying, also dropped to her knees, kissing Ross.

Almost five minutes later, Joey led the group around from the corner. "Is that a yes?" he asked.

"It's your call, sweetie," Ross said.

"Yes, of course!!" Rachel exclaimed, hugging her new fiancé.

There were happy shouts, hugs, and tears, no one caring about the commotion they were causing in the airport.

Finally, Rachel began to calm down a bit, only to begin freaking out over wedding details. Monica and Phoebe laughed, saying that they would help her every step of the way.

People were staring at the group, so they decided it was time to go. Joey said he wanted everyone to come back to his place, so Monica called her mother and had her stay a few more hours with the twins. As the happily crying group left, people were still staring.

"What? You've never seen this at an airport before?" Monica asked the gaping crowd.

"Yeah...you should have been here yesterday...that was really interesting!" Phoebe added.

"Phoebe..." Ross said, "I don't want to be reminded of almost losing Rach here yesterday!"

Rachel smiled and hugged Ross. "I think that we're going to be able to look back at yesterday and say 'wow, there was the day that started the rest of our lives together'!".

Joey got two taxi's, and soon everyone was standing in the hall outside his place.

"Umm...do we know where Joey is?" Chandler asked.

"He told me that we'll have to wait out here for a few minutes," Phoebe said, "Apparently some 'last minute preparations'," imitating Joey on the last three words and doing finger-quotes.

"Oooh," Chandler said. then he started yelling and pounding on the door, "Joey! JOEY! Let me in!"

"WHAT are you doing?" Monica asked, dragging him away from the door.

"I have to go to the bathroom," Chandler innocently replied.

Almost half an hour later, Joey opened the door wide enough for his head to poke out. "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, using a deep announcer's voice, "I welcome you to Ross and Rachel's engagement party!"

The apartment's lights were dimmed, there were candles everywhere, and old love songs were playing. "Oooh!" Rachel exclaimed, "Joey, this is so sweet!"

"Yeah, man," Ross said, "You really didn't have to do this!"

"Don't worry about it," Joey replied, "Everyone else is helping pay for this!"

Ross looked at his sister, fiancé, and friends. "This is so unreal. Yesterday at this time, I was miserable!"

"Oh, sweetie, I said I was sorry!" Rachel said, hugging and kissing him. The others looked on like proud parents watching their children graduate high school.

Joey sighed.

"You alright?" Phoebe asked, noticing his sigh.

"Oh, yeah...I'm just so proud of them!"

Chandler hugged Joey. "I can't believe it either, man!"

Monica laughed at this, then looked at her brother who was still hugging Rachel and looked happier than ever. "Oh my gosh," she said, running over and hugging them, "You two are getting married!!!!"

At this, everyone else ran over and were in one of their happiest group hugs ever.

They all stayed at Joey's for a few hours, eating, talking, and beginning to plan the big wedding. One by one, they drifted off, Joey left Ross and Rachel slow dancing in the living room, and went to bed, saying they could leave whenever.

When the song ended, Rachel looked at Ross, "Ready to go home, fiancé?"

Ross agreed, and they headed back to their apartment, a happily engaged couple of lobsters.


Thank you to all of my early reviewers! There are going to be about 6 more chapters after this, I'll hopefully have it all posted by the end of the week!!