Taking his hands , he cleared a path through the pea soup fog of London. A city that was full of history. Not a history of the ages, but his history, where his past and someone else's future would meet. This was an event that should have never taken place, for it was obvious when he did say her name , where his heart was and would remain.

"Emily, somehow I knew it would be you. Are you going to punch me in the stomach again or better yet slap me in the face?" Ross said almost scared to go up to her.

"I forgive you." She whispered. " It has taken me a long time to realize this but I do forgive you." Emily had almost a shy smile like a little girl on her face. It could have been the face of innocence or the face of youth.

"You forgive me. Is that why you called me the night before you got married or didn't you ever get married?" Ross said as he cautiously continued walking toward her.

"I married Colin, life had to go on. I was only calling you to make sure I hadn't made a mistake. Looking back , I didn't." Emily was wearing a black trenchcoat that was sinched up to her neck. She also had her brown hair pulled back with a head band. Sincerity was what she wore the most of though.

" I humiliated you , I made you the fool in front of your friends and family, I said another woman's name." Ross said as he walked closer to her.

"You said the name of the woman you love. That is what a man is supposed to say when he is pledging his love to a woman, when I saw her there, I knew why she was there." Emily confessed. "She was there because she was still in love with you. A woman knows these things. I knew we were going too fast and we should have waited." Emily put her hand on Ross' shoulder. "Now I have a confession, I was still in love with Colin. I wanted Colin to be there when you were standing next to me. I imagined the hall as it was , but with Colin. I loved Colin more than life itself, but he hurt me." She started to sob. "I thought I couldn't trust him and that's why after a long painful night. We broke up. I wanted to get on with my life and then my uncle heard of the break up and invited me to New York, and that is when I met you. You were the one who helped me get over him. Then after we were "married." Colin came to me and we talked . I thought that I would give you another chance. I had a feeling that you couldn't stay away from Rachel and I knew I was being unreasonable. " She felt like she was getting the weight of the world off her chest and for the first time in many years, it felt good.

"So you and Colin were just like Rachel and I ?" Ross asked this as he turned around to see the face of his second wife.

"You brought us back together." She smiled . "And I will be eternally grateful for that."

Ross didn't know what to say after that. He thought that he had wrecked this woman of all loves, past , present , and future. Instead he had given her the greatest gift of all, the true love of her life back.

"Colin and I have been married and have three beautiful children." She smiled when she said that and took out her wallet and showed them. "it is my hope Ross that you have found true love as well."

Ross straightened up . "I have." He wanted to say to her that the minute she told him she couldn't trust him. Rachel and him fell back into love that same night. He wanted to be able to paint the same Norman Rockwell / Disney fairy tale that she described of her own life. "It's just taken me quite a while." He shamefully admitted.

For the first time Emily was uneasy with herself. She started to get the look again when she was angry. "Are you meaning to tell me that just now, after all these years and after everything, you have settled down with that woman. I thought I was setting you free to have the woman of your dreams. "

Ross didn't want to admit it, but he owed this to Emily. "There were a lot of complications. I wanted her, she didn't want me, we got drunk and married in Vegas, I still had feelings for her, we made out on Monica and Chandler's engagement night."

Emily put up her hand. "Hold it ! Hold it ! Hold it! Monica your sister and Chandler your best mate? "

Ross was glad to have some relief to this whole tirade.. "Yes, when we were getting married. They were falling in love."

"I'm glad to see that something good came out of all of this ." Emily smiled

Ross didn't know what this journey would hold. The lessons he would learn from this woman in his past would be ones to note. He hurt this woman as well , maybe not as bad as Rachel., but he played her for the fool. She was his experiment. Could he have a life without Rachel Green? Of course , the experiment was a failure. All conclusions could now be made. She would be in his life now and forever.

"Emily , Rachel and I are getting married."

She exploded . "Well it's bloody well time isn't it?"

"We have a tie now and forever. We have a child a beautiful little girl named Emma. We got together one night and that is when she was conceived." Now Ross took out his wallet and showed her. Emily looked down at it and tears came to her eyes. "My God she looks just like her. But her smile , her smile is yours.You see Ross if we had stayed together, this beautiful creature would have never been born."

"As I have getting ready to be married to my one true love, I have tried to find the women in my life and each of them have been teaching me something about women." Ross said earnestly to Emily.

"What can you tell me about women, Emily Waltham?" he asked looking into her eyes and holding her hand.

"That once you find true love, never let it go. Love is hard to find in this life. We have both been lucky, we have found the love of our lives. Don't let her go this time. She came back into your life for a reason and you two are meant to be together." Emily said sincerely.

"Kind of like lobsters." Ross had to laugh at the ancient reference that Phoebe made.

"Lobsters?" Emily said confused.

"A very dear friend of mine said that Rachel and I would be like lobsters. Lobsters mate for life and they walk through the tank holding their claws together. I guess when her time on this earth is gone, I will be the one holding her hand as she leaves or I will be the one when she becomes an angel at the gates of heaven." He sighed and then he walked over and gave Emily a kiss.

She held her cheek. "What was that for?" he smiled. "For understanding and for just reminding me of what I knew all along."

Slowly Emily walked back into the fog. "Good bye Ross. I did love you." She echoed.

Suddenly another picture came up , it was of a little girl or a woman who was dressed like a child. Ross was standing in a nursery that reminded him of his own daughter's room.

She had blonde hair and it was in pigtails. She was holding a stuffed dinosaur and and sitting in a rather large playpen.

Ross had to close his eyes and then blink….

"Mona?".