Phoebe was still puzzled by this mysterious visitor from the future. He looked and sounded like Ross Geller.,her former roommate's brother and her best friend. But he told her things that had not happened yet.Phoebe believed in fate and destiny making things happen. How could he have known this stuff. And why would he marry another woman knowing that he was still in love with Rachel?

She had to get to the apartment because she was helping Monica get it ready for tonight. The gang had assembled at Central Perk this afternoon to plan this night of romance. When hearing this, a cup accidently slipped from Gunther's hand as he was putting it away.

"This is what we are going to do. Chandler you will bring Rachel down here for a latte while we set up the room. Phoebe you and I will set up the candles and the music. Joey you will hang the light to simulate the stars and the only thing Ross has to do is propose. Okay operation lobster is ready to commence." Monica said officially.

"Could you BE any more pathetic?" said Chandler.

Rachel had chosen a black strapless dress and pulled her hair up in a twist. Her shoes were brand new and Manolo, a little splurge from her mother. She kind of had an idea what was going to happen tonight. He was going to do it . A tear of happiness came to her eye as she looked down at her hand. Now there was no ring, but soon there might be.Ross had just been acting weird all day, distracted like there was something on his mind.

In her mind she went back to Barry's proposal, it was special but not something to remember. Those first days of excitement and showing off the new ring seemed to make her happy. She imagined in her mind showing off her new ring, the smile on her face to realize she was going to be married to a man who truly loved her and would never cheat on her like Barry Farber DDS.

"Are we ready yet?" said Ross as he peeked in the door. He had a long stemmed rose in his hand and presented it to her.

She strolled out into the middle of the floor and twirled for him like a fashion model. Her hair was twisted and held in place by a diamond comb. Tendrils of her hair hung daintily around her face. She was scented with the light smell of her cologne which was a combination of floral and a musk. Two little pearls dangled from her earlobes and a silver R dangled from her neck.

She accepted the rose with her manicured hands. She smiled and approved of the way he was dressed. His hair was neatly combed and a blue silk tie was paired with a powder blue shirt. His suit was dark blue with a pair of shiny black dress shoes. When he was dressed up, he had the tendency to look like a model himself.

They walked through Monica's living room and out the door. And off they went on their anniversary date.

"Oh no," said Phoebe as she shuffled through her tarot cards. It finally dawned on her why this had happened. The fates were trying to tell her something. Ross couldn't let this happen tonight. She had to warn him. If she didn't something dreadful would happen.

She took out one of her books and paged through it. Even her own friends didn't realize this, but Phoebe dabbled in the occult. She pulled out a rather ancient book and leaved through it.

"If fate is altered, catastrophic things will happen. These include death, or possibly the birth of a child may cause the person to cease to exist."

She remembered something that the future Ross had told her about Monica and Chandler. She looked over and saw them working well together. She also turned over a tarot card and saw the card of death."I have to learn more about this future and what the consequences could bring."

Rachel stood while Ross pulled out the chair. The waiter brought them a bottle of Dom Perignon.

"Isn't that a little pricey?" Rachel asked.

"Nothing is too good for my girl," Ross replied "To the beginning of something special."

"And to a night of wonderful lovemaking." she agreed.

Monica told Chandler that Rachel had already left, so there would be no need to take her out. They would get the apartment ready when the young couple had left.

Meanwhile something else was happening. Ross landed in an apartment that was not his own. He looked out the window and saw an odd sight.

"That's Monica and Chandler, where am I?" He looked at the calendar on his desk.

"Holy shit, it's 1999. I 'm 31 years old." he went to the mirror and looked at his hair. It was now longer and seemed to be gelled more.

Another thing he noticed was on his desk.

It looked like divorce papers. "I got married again.?" he said surprised.

What really surprised him was the name he saw at the top

In the matter of the divorce between Ross E. Geller and Rachel Green Geller….

"Rachel and I were married."

But Ross wasn't the Ross of the present, he was the Ross of the past and he wanted to know what he was doing in Ugly Naked Guys apartment….he needed to know why he was in the future….