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This takes place about 4 yrs after the finale. Rachel is in Paris.

"Emma! Sweetie!" called Rachel. Her daughter came running down the stairs of their Paris apartment.

"Mommy!"

"Honey, I need to ask you something. I got an amazing job offer for Chanel. The only thing is that we would have to move back to New York. I've thought about it, but I just want to make sure that you would be okay with it."

"Does this mean I'll get to see Daddy everyday?"

"Yes, and you'll see Aunt Monica, Uncle Chandler, Uncle Joey and Aunt Phoebe."

"Yay!"

"Great. We have to leave as soon as possible so let's start packing." Rachel felt so blessed to have a daughter who was so reasonable. As she went through her stuff, she found her "Ross Box." It had all of the things that he gave her and memories of him. At that moment, she remembered Michel. He was her boyfriend who she needed to break up with before she went to New York. She called him to go out to dinner tonight. That night, she wore a black dress and called Emma's babysitter. Then the doorbell rang and there stood Michel.

"Hi honey, you look great."

"Thanks, let's go bye Emma!"

"Bye Mommy!"

Later at dinner…

"Michel, I really need to tell you something."

"Me too. You go first."

"Okay, um, Michel, I got this amazing job offer for Chanel."

"Honey, that's great!"

"Yeah, it is, only that, the job's in New York."

"Oh." Rachel started getting tears in her eyes.

"Michel, I love you so much, this is just something I need to do." By this time tears were streaming down her cheeks. She took his hands in hers.

"I love you too."

"But maybe if you ever come to New York, give me a call or if I ever come back to Paris. Anyway, what were you gonna tell me?"

"Oh, it's nothing."

"No really."

"I was just gonna ask you something but it doesn't matter."

"Come on, please?" He reached into his jacket and pulled out a ring.

"Oh my. You were gonna propose."

"Yeah."

"Michel, if it helps, I would have said yes if I wasn't moving."

"That means a lot." Rachel burst into tears the second she got home. The doorbell rang and went to open it. It was Michel.

"I just wanted to say one last goodbye," he said. He kissed her passionately and she kissed his back. The next morning she woke up next to him.

"Well, goodbye," he said.

"Yeah, bye."