"And right in the middle of having sex, I said her name." Ross put his head down in his hands. He couldn't believe that he was stupid enough to do that again. It was the same name that haunted him since forever. Rachel.

Joey tried not to laugh but Chandler was not as fortunate.

"You kind of have a habit of doing that. Don't you?" he laughed.

"I'm sorry, is my life funny enough for you?" Ross said and then he walked away from his friends. "You don't understand . It's like where ever I go there she is. Every song is our song. I can't keep living like this."

"Here is a very important question." said Monica thoughtfully. "Have you talked with Rachel since the airport?"

"Monica, she turned him down and I really don't think he needs any more pain." said Phoebe.

"What did she say when you told her you loved her?" Monica put her arm around her big brother .

Going back in his mind he remembered the conversation. "She said I can't deal with this now. Do you think I should call her?" Ross asked anxiously.

"I think before you do anything you should." Ross smiled maybe there was hope.

Rachel was at the mirror and putting on her favorite necklace. Why did it have to be a gift from him? She loved the way it sat on her neck with the silver R and the diamonds around it.

The dress was off the shoulder and black. Her first designer purchase in Paris . A real Oscar de la Renta. Manolos hugged her feet as she went on her first date in ages. Mimi held Emma in her arms since Sandra had gone home a few days ago.

"Pretty mommy." smiled Emma.

"Well Mommy had to date again someday." Rachel sighed. "Let's hope mommy hasn't forgotten how to date."

"It has been a while, but as I remember, mademoiselle green, you just have a good time."

Rachel remembered her last date. It was Joey. Why could she only remember going on dates with two men? No Paolos, or Joshua's, or Tags. But she remembered going out with Joey and she certainly remembered that wonderful year that ended so tragically. But this was Paris, and she had been fixed up since she was new.

There was a knock at the door. He stood their holding a bouquet and was dressed in a Prada blue suit. His hair was blonde and his eyes were blue.

"Beautiful flowers for a beautiful lady. Are you Rachel?" he asked.

"This is uncanny. Lilies are my favorite flower and you're American." gushed Rachel. She turned back to Mimi and said, "Or maybe my luck is changing." Rachel handed the flowers to Mimi and leaned down and kissed Emma. "Night, night Em." They were out the door.

At that moment, the phone rang. "Bonjour, mademoisele greene's , she answered. Mimi could hear static through the line so she knew it was overseas.

"Rach?" the male voice asked.

"Mademoiselle Greene is not home. Would you like to leave a message?" Mimi asked.

"Oui, I am Monsieur , no Doctor Geller, when she gets in , please tell her that I called. Wait is Emma awake?" Ross thought before he was going to hang up.

"Oui Dr. Geller, she is? You are papa of Emma?" Mimi tried to place the voice with the picture on the table. "Emma, papa?" she said handing Emma the phone. Emma did not know what papa meant.Mimi went to the picture and pointed because she did not know the slang for father in English.

Emma jumped up and down with glee. She ran and grabbed the phone. "Hi Daddy." she squealed.

The voice made everything a little bit better for Ross. He almost forgot all the pain he was in. Monica even detected a smile. "Hi baby girl. How is my angel?"

"I'm fine. Mommy went out." Emma said innocently.

Ross took the phone from his ear and got that same look on his face. "Rachel's not home. She went out." he began to talk to her again. "Honey, did mommy go out with a man?" Monica jumped up and grabbed the phone from him. "You can't ask your daughter that!"

"Why not?" he yelled.

"You want to show her that you've grown. You want to show her that you are not the same insecure, jealous jerk that you were before."

"But I am." Ross whined. "Emma , was he good looking and did he have money?" Now Chandler grabbed the phone from him. "Dude if you want to see if you have a chance, don't ask those questions."

"Emma, it's Uncle Chandy, Daddy is on drugs and doesn't know what he is saying. So just ignore him." Chandler said into the phone.

"Uncle Chandy, I'm fine and Mommy is not home." Emma said. "We bought some toys for the babies."

"That's nice. Do you want to talk to Daddy?" Chandler handed the phone back to Ross. "No more questions. " he whispered. "Emma ,

Do you like Paris?" asked Ross curiously.

"No I want to come home." A tear came to his eye. With the help of his daughter, there might be a chance.

Rachel and Paul were laughing. "And then we woke up, and realized we were married." said Rachel. Paul took a sip of his wine and almost choked. "Wow , so that sounded like it was some flight.And the whole thing started when the guy drew whiskers on your face with a permanent marker." Paul couldn't stop staring into Rachel's eyes. Rachel smiled. "

"Well I told you about some of my most embarrassing moments. Now let mehear about you." Rachel batted her eyelashes. The gods have finally dealt her a good hand. This may just be the one. Paul was handsome and wealthy and witty.

"Well I may be a stock broker. But I do have other interests. One of them goes back to when I was a kid. I always have been fascinated by dinosaurs, so I dabble in paleontology." Paul said as he took another sip of wine.

And there she was missing him again.