Rachel squealed with joy as he put the ring on her finger. The diamond sparkled as she held it to the candlelight. She took her newly adorned hand and pulled his face toward her.

"You have made me the happiest woman in the world, Ross Geller." she said with tears in her voice.

"Well now we should drink a toast." he said as he took her hand and walked toward the terrace.

A million stars shone in the sky that night. It reminded them of that first date. A million stars and to Ross it seemed a lifetime ago ,he was holding her in the planetarium and making love to her for the first time. He poured them each a glass and stood by the edge of the roof.

"To a bright future together, " he said with sincerity.

"This is a catastrophe, we have to find someway to return you to 1996, too many events will be changed. Don't you see? London changed a lot of things, Rachel realized she still loved you, Monica and Chandler fell in love with each other, oh my God, was I pregnant when you left?" Phoebe said.

"Pregnant?" Ross asked surprised. "You weren't even dating anyone seriously."

"No before you met Emily, I found out that I had a half brother named Frank Buffay Jr, he married his home ec teacher Alice and they couldn't have children, so they put his sperm and her egg in me and I became pregnant with triplets. That 's why I couldn't fly to your wedding.You can't fly in your third trimester." Phoebe explained.

"Monica had just broken up with Richard." Ross said sadly. "She was so down and depressed."

"Well she will meet an insane millionaire named Pete Becker, but that won't last. No she has to be with Chandler. They are meant to be." Phoebe argued.

"This is fascinating. Please tell me more. Will I win the Nobel Prize like I have dreamed of?" Ross asked curious of this newfound knowledge.

"No but you will lose your museum job, because of your rage. You will be a professor starting out as a guest lecturer which will turn into a full time position at the same school." Phoebe said.

"Wow Professor Geller, how cool is that." he exclaimed.

"Now this whole Rachel and married business? What is up with that?" he asked.

"Joey got a part in a movie filming in Vegas. It fell through so he had to stay out there. Everyone flew , including me, to see him . You had some art exhibition and Rachel had a presentation. You flew out one day later and wrote all over her face with a permanent marker.She wanted to kill you, you both got hammered, and then you ended up at a wedding chapel." Phoebe continued.

"We were legally married." he smiled.

"But then you wanted to get an annulment. Well you didn't, Rachel did.And you kept it a secret so you two would stay married. When Rachel found out she was furious. You went to see a judge who said that since you had a history, you had to get a divorce. Voila Divorce number three."proclaimed Phoebe.

Ross sank down in the chair, "So I have been married and divorced three times. What a loser!"

Meanwhile back in 96, Rachel ran hand and hand into Joey and Chandler 's apartment with Ross.

"We're engaged, " she screamed.

Everyone ran to embrace the young couple. Ross had finally done it. The mistakes of the past were history. He and Rachel could now move forward , get married, have children and live happily ever after. The former geek had finally gotten his dream.

"So Rachel, we have got a lot of planning to do." said Monica as she brightened up from her funk. "There is the church and the flowers and the music."

"Congratulations Dude, you finally did it." said Chandler as he slapped Ross on the back.

"Yeah this call's for a celebration. Pizza's on me." smiled Joey. Going through his pockets he realized that once again he was broke.'Uh Chandler,?he smiled holding out his hand.

"Here," Chandler grunted handing him a twenty.

"Thanks," he smiled.

Ross went to the window. The night was no longer clear. The sky turned very dark and thunder began to pound on the roof. It was another bad storm. It was almost as if someone was trying to tell him something.