A/N: We see 2018 fall upon the gang while we jump ahead a decade to see how the ideal of sending the letters began to form truly in the mind of Rachel. Enjoy.

16: Letter 15

December 31 11:55 P.M. Chandlers House

With Monica and her dad away, and Phoebe having to help out at her grandparent's upstate bakery location in Rochester, Our New Years Eve Party was small but timely.

"Hello All…"

Accept when it came to Chandlers Dad… With his flairs for being a performer and what others would call gender transitioning.

"Rachel, Joseph, awfully nice to join us for the years final minutes… And who might you be…." His eyes now turned to Ross who was just nervous as can be.

"Hi, Mr. Bing I'm Ross," Chandler must have talked about him.

"Oh yes, the city boy all the way up here in little ol Schenectady. Chandler has mentioned to me that your skills with the leg can be considered quite accurate."

His blushing was modest, but his timing was not. While we watched Ryan Seacrest talk on tv all I could hear was his Dad pantomime the balls motion on that poll.

"There is never a night like the night the world begins again." While Chandler popped over to get him to stop all I kept on thinking was how long do we have to prevent this from being our only New Years Eve together.

"Rachel…" He now looked at me with wide eyes as the clock showed 90 seconds left.

"Yeah…"

"Do you think I could…"

"Ross I'm not…"

"And it starts…" The voice of Chandlers dad almost seemed in time with the countdown as we inched closer and closer to 2018. "55…54…"

"No, I don't mean…"

"Ross were not…."

"Oh will you guys just do it already…." Chandler screeched at the top of his lungs nearly breaking the stride of his dad.

"28…27…"

"Look you guys have been nuts since the title game, id say just kiss now if nothing comes for either then back off already."

"14…13…"

I still looked at Ross hesitantly but looked once more at Joey and he nodded slightly. Looks like he would have kissed me if I never had gotten the letter in the first place.

"In 6…5…4…3…"

We locked lips timidly at first as Joey and Chandler did the mannish fist bump at midnight while his dad shot off fireworks and confetti cannon himself. But I slowly began to give myself to it even smiling mentally. He broke off and lovingly gazed upon me with those eyes I've come to admire.

"Happy New Year…"

His words to me prompted the response that I had set down in the letter.

YOU ORIGINALLY SAY "BACK AT YOU…" I WANT YOU TO SAY INSTEAD…

"Ditto Lobster…"

Now even he was taken aback by the words as Chandler heard it.

"Lobster…"

"Oh yeah, dad and I watched planet earth II and they mentioned about lobsters being soul mates. Looks like you guys seem just like those crustaceans."

While Ross got up and went to help Joey put out the small brushfire that erupted outside thanks to Mr. Bings use of fireworks. I stared on at Chandlers stupidity.

"Really Lobster…"

"Blame my future self, its those exact words I had to say…."

I looked at Ross laughing with Joey throwing snow at each other and Chandlers dad wondering if we could do it. Were now hear, his last 4 months supposedly. Chandler now stood by my side and we looked on wondering the same exact thing.

"Can we save his heart…."

Chandlers dad yelled outside for us and we rushed out to enjoy the first moments of 2018 together.

April 18, 2028

I now looked at the photo of Joey Chandler Ross, Helena and I in that snowbank and wondered what could have been different if I had just kissed Ross at midnight like I now should have.

While Althea and Phoebe played with Linus and Chandler helped Monica prep the cake, Joey now popped over my way to view the photo as well.

"New Years Eve 2018?"

I smiled at him wide to confirm that. "That was the beginning of everything for us…"

He pressed his lips to my forehead and I chuckled affectionately. "Yeah… Though there is still a part of me that wondered if Ross had kissed you instead of me…"

"I wouldn't dwell on that…"

We let it pass and rejoined our son who Althea was taken a liking to.

A/N: The gang comes together with the knowledge of whats to come for Ross in Chapter 17: Letter 16 As Always Subscribe for more.