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Ross had just left when Phoebe heard the phone ring. "Hello?"

"Hey Pheebs. Listen do you have time tomorrow to meet Monica and I and discuss the wedding?"

"Sure. But are you sure you wanna plan a big wedding? I mean that's a lot of money for a marriage that isn't going to last very long."

"What?"

"You heard me. You are marrying ROSS, duh Rachel."

"Okay but this is different than his last three marriages. None of us are drunk, it's actually planned, I'm not some bitchy British twit, and I'm not gay. And I really don't think he is either."

"I know, I was just kidding. But it IS Ross."

"Yeah. So will you meet us in Central Perk around four tomorrow?"

"Yep. But I gotta go Mike is gonna be home soon and I'm doing something for him."

"Alright see ya Pheebs." Phoebe hung up the phone just as there was a knock at the door. She went to answer it and saw Mike. "Hey sexy. I have a surprise for you." He was still a little angry, but he decided to go along with it. "Alright. What is it?"

"A surprise." She turned him around and put a blindfold on him and she guided him downstairs into a cab. "You're gonna love this." He smiled. Maybe I finally am part of her life, at least somewhat.

The cab pulled up next to the planetarium. Ross didn't work there anymore, so she had to pay for it and reserve it. She also had to pull a few strings, because the museum wasn't too big on things like these. "Okay Mike out of the car." Mike got out and then Phoebe. She took his arm in hers and led him inside where she revealed his blindfold. "What's this?"

"Mike I'm sorry you don't feel like you are part of my life. But you are. I swear it."

"It doesn't seem like it."

"I know. But I'm going to try harder okay?"

"Okay. Thank you Phoebe." She leaned in and kissed him.

Ross walked in to his apartment. He found Rachel and Emma watching TV. "Hey what are you watching?"

"I don't really know. It's the discovery channel." Ross' eyes lit up. "Really?" Rachel smiled and then turned to him and laughed. "No. Just some tv show. I don't know what it's called."

"Oh." Emma turned around. "Hi Daddy." Ross lit up. He loved when Emma said that. She was nearly three years old. She had a little vocabulary, but not much. Rachel saw the look on Ross' face. She then bent down and kissed Emma on the forehead. "You ready for bed sweetie?"

"No. Can I have one more minute?"

"No honey. I'm sorry but you need your sleep."

"Aw. Okay." Emma was always an easy child. She wasn't too stubborn. "Okay come give Dad a hug before your mom gets you ready." Emma ran over to Ross and he picked her up and hugged her. "Goodnight beautiful." That was Ross' nickname for his daughter. Rachel didn't know why. "Okay come on Emma." She walked with Rachel to her room and Rachel came out a few minutes later. "Hey Ross?"

"Yeah?"

"Why do you call Emma 'beautiful'?"
"Because she is."

"Oh I know. I meant why do you use that for a nickname?"

"Because she takes after her mother." He said with a grin on his face. "Aw thankyou." Rachel went over to Ross and they started to kiss. They were interrupted when Ross got a telephone call. It was Carol. "Hey Ross it's Carol."

"Oh hey, is Ben okay?"

"Yeah he's fine. I've got some good news." Ross covered the mouthpiece of the phone. "Carol has some good news." He said to Rachel. She motioned him to keep talking. "Well find out what it is!" Ross began talking again. "Okay what is it?"

"You know how you have always wanted to be closer to Ben?"

"Yeah."

"Well Susan and I were looking on moving to a new apartment. Our neighbors are just obnoxious. And also the school where you and Rachel live is much better. So we were looking through apartment adds. And we found one in your building! We're coming to look at it tomorrow." Ross covered the mouthpiece again and told Rachel the good news. "That's great!" She said. He continued the conversation. "That's go great Carol. I can write you guys a recommendation if there is a lot of competition for it."

"That would be great. I'll stop by tomorrow around four?"

"Sure." They both said their goodbyes and Ross hung up the phone. Rachel could see the happiness in his eyes. "Ben might live in the building. I can finally be closer to my son. I could be close to my daughter and my son. Wow." Ross sat on the couch. Rachel came over. "This is great."

"Yeah it is."

The next day, Rachel and the other two girls met at the coffeehouse, and of course, Monica, brought a huge, organized, wedding book that she had used. "Okay Rachel I have tons of ideas in here." Rachel took the book and began to skim. She then put it down on the coffee table. "You know guys half the fun of this planning stuff is doing it impromptu and coming up with ideas together. "Yeah you're right." Monica actually admitted Rachel's way was more fun. "So what do you think about location?"

"Well I really want to have the wedding in the museum, where Ross and I um…" The other two girls nodded their heads to acknowledge that they knew what Rachel was talking about. "But I don't know if they do that sort of thing."

"I'm pretty sure any place will do a wedding if you make a reservation and pay them. I'll call them tomorrow and see what I can do. Do you have a date picked out yet?" Phoebe asked. "Yeah, we were thinking the end of the summer, like August 31st or something."

"August 31st it is." Monica said. "What about colors? Do you have your wedding colors picked out yet?"

"Yeah, we decided on white and lavender. So your dresses will be lavender." Monica and Phoebe nodded. "Good choice. Now food." Rachel looked at Monica. "Mon, I would like you to cater my wedding." Monica looked like she was about to well up. "Aw Rach, I would be honored. What kind of food?"

"You be in charge of that. I don't want anything to do with food." Monica got excited. "Okay!" Phoebe looked at Rachel. "Okay now what about music?"

"Well we haven't actually found a band that we both like, so we are still working on that. But we want you to be the opening act."

"Oh yay!"

"Cake?" Monica asked.

"The kind from that store where I got Emma's cake for her first birthday. The really creamy one."

"Got it." The girls went on discussing other things for Rachel's wedding. It was getting closer by the second. Only three more months. And Phoebe was due in less than one month. And Monica was pregnant and Joey had a new agent. Things were changing quickly.