This is the final chapter. Ross and Rachel finally get married in this chapter...:)

The wedding was getting closer, and as Rachel finished getting ready for her big moment, she began to get a bit emotional, "Oh...I just know I'm gonna burst into tears when I get down there." She suddenly realised, she was surrounded by her closest friends, her sisters and her mother. "You probably will darling. But that's expected...". Her mother told her.

Rachel looked down at herself, her dress was the perfect fit, "I love this dress...I'm so gonna suggest to Ralph Lauren to design a dress like this...but more everyday". she joked.

The children were sat quietly on the floor, Emma was dressed in her bridesmaid dress, Ben in his pageboy outfit, and Jack and Erica were dressed in the cutest little outfits that Rachel had got from her work, "They look so cute.." Rachel said.

Rachel had chosen Monica as her maid of honour, and Phoebe along with her sisters and Emma were the chief bridesmaids, Ben was the pageboy, and Jack and Erica werent officially anything, but they were apart of the wedding anyway as they got to follow Rachel down the isle with their mother Monica.

"Did you see Ross earlier?" Rachel asked Monica. "How is he?".

"He's the happiest I've ever seen him...he looks like a kid on Christmas day, seriously..." She laughed.

Rachel couldnt wait to see her groom, after all those years of waiting she was finally going to be able to be his wife, and be with him forever.

"Your father said he would be here soon..." Sandra told her daughter, "he wouldnt miss this..".

"I know, he'll come eventually..." Rachel said hopefully, but it was almost 6.30pm and he was nowhere to be seen, she had her doubts but she knew he would turn up, he had to, otherwise she wouldnt have anybody to give her away. Just as she was looking into the mirror, wondering where her daddy was, she heard a knock at the door. "That's probably him".

And it was, "Daddy.." She cried, hugging him as he came towards her. "You look beautiful baby..." Dr Greene told his daughter, "now where's Ross, I need to talk to him before the wedding...".

Rachel frowned, "How come Daddy?".

"Oh, dont worry...I just need to have a few words, man to man..." He said.

"I'll take you Dr Greene.." Monica offered.

Chandler did Ross' tie, "How you feeling?"

"Getting a bit nervous now. But I just need to see her now...it's driving me crazy".

Joey was stood in the room also, dressed as the part of the minister. "You havent seen eachother since yesterday so no wonder you want to see her..."

Ross nodded, with a tiny smirk on his face as he knew he saw her this morning.

Monica came in then with Rachel's father, "Dr Greene...Good to see you" Ross said chirpily.

"You look smart Gellar, now listen...before the wedding, I just need to have a few words..."

Chandler, Joey and Monica made themselves scarse, "Is everything okay?" Ross asked.

"Everything will be fine once I've had this talk with you Ross. My daughter is marrying you today...and to be honest, I knew this day would come along...she's crazy about you, as are you about her..."

Ross nodded. "Dr Greene. I love her...and I promise you, I will always..always put her first, I wouldnt let her come to any harm...I love her with everything I am and everything I can be...so please, trust me...I will bring only happiness to her life".

Rachel's father didnt say anything for a moment, but then a smile crept across his face. "Thats what I wanted to hear, Gellar...if you make my Rachel happy, you make me happy...".

"Thats the only thing I will make sure of, to make sure she's happy..."

"Well then...the only thing left I have to say is, congratulations..". He patted his soon to be son in law on the shoulder, and shook his hand. "See you soon Gellar.".

At that, he left, and Ross was left on his own in the room. He took a deep breath as he looked at the clock, in ten minutes it would begin, he put on his blazer jacket, straightened up his tie and left for downstairs.

She could hear the music playing as she walked slowly down the stairs with her bridesmaid's behind her, and her father beside her. "Congratulations sweetheart...". He whispered in her ear as they reached the entrance of the hall, which was filled with lillies and candles. She looked forward at all the guests who were there to see her and Ross get married, she smiled to herself. "You ready princess?" Her father asked, she looked behind her at Monica and Phoebe who were smiling at her, and then she saw Emma who was looking up at her smiling also.

"Ready.." She told him, and as they began to walk down the long isle, the music of the piano filled the room as everybody stood and turned around to look at the bride.

She kept focused ahead, where she could see Ross standing with Chandler, and Joey standing in the centre, "I cant believe this is happening" she whispered to her father, who was holding her arm gently, and as they reached the alter, she saw Ross staring at her, smiling.

They reached the alter, and Rachel's father let go of his daughter, kissing her on the cheek first. "Good luck sweetheart..." he said to her, and then she saw her mother at the front smiling proudly at her, she saw her mouth the words, "Love you", and she then knew that she was ready to take hold of Ross' hand and proceed to the vows. He reached out for her hand, and she took hold of it as he walked to the front with her, "You look like all my dreams put together..." he whispered in her ear, she smiled and then they both stood, as Joey began.

"I've known a lot of couples...many who are still together, and many who arent...but I can put my hand on my heart and say this, none of them ever came close to Ross and Rachel...my best friends who I always knew would make it together" Joey spoke.

Ross and Rachel both smiled, "Now we proceed to the vows, Ross...".

He looked at his bride in front of him, and he began to pour out the words that had always been in the back of his mind. "Rachel...I always wondered if true love would ever find me, and it did...I was crazy about you, and I still am...and I still sit there wondering why I was so lucky to have my chances with you, so many years we've had together...and apart, believe me when I tell you, the times I spent with you were the happiest occasions of my life...and being apart from you was my biggest mistake. I didnt think I could be so lucky, but here we are today..."

She smiled at him, as he took hold of her hand. "Today we are getting married, and it's just the icing on the cake for us..., your everything I ever wanted, and more..."

He then placed the ring on her finger that Chandler handed him, she giggled slightly as he struggled for a moment to get it onto her finger, but then the ring was on, and he squeezed her hand affectionately.

"Now, Rachel..." Joey spoke again.

She cleared her throat as she looked at Ross. "You mightnt know this, but at high school all those years ago...when you thought I didnt think you existed, I thought you were the sweetest guy...and I actually came to trust you as I spent more time at your house...but then when I came to New York, I suddenly realised that I had been blind at high school...your everything a man needs to be in my eyes, and if I could go back and change a few things, I would. But one thing is for sure...I love you now, and I mean that forever.".

She took hold of his left hand now, and let a smile out again. "You have been such a breath of fresh air into my life...and we may have had our ups and downs, and we have both made mistakes...but Ross..." she paused for a moment, as she began to feel her eyes well up. He rubbed her hand, "Ross...I love you, and I just cannot wait to share my whole life with you...theres nobody else out there for me. I realised that a year ago today...I couldnt imagine my life without you, and I dont ever want to".

She slipped his wedding band on now, and they shared a small kiss.

"Do you both take eachother's hand in marriage, Ross first..." Joey said.

"I do".

"And Rachel, do you take Ross?".

She smiled, knowing they were almost there, man and wife.

"...I do". she smiled.

"I now pronounce you...husband...and wife" Joey confirmed, looking proudly at his two friends. "You may now kiss the bride..."

Ross held her face, and leaned in to kiss her, as everybody around them let out happy sighs, as the music picked up again to one of their chosen songs, "Someone like you".

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They shared their first dance together as man and wife, as everybody around them watched. Ross' favourite song was played by the band as they swayed together on the dance floor, Rachel's head resting on his chest as he held her closely.

She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like the honey, baby, from the bee
She's my baby, you know she's alright...

"Ah, would you look at them..." Phoebe said, looking on at the happy couple, she wiped her eyes with the tissue as her and Mike stood together.

Monica had hold of Emma, and Chandler was holding both the twins. "I'm so happy for them." Chandler beamed, Monica nodded, "They deserve today...after all they've been through, i've never known such complication but now it's going to be so simple for them both", she smiled.

Rachel and Ross hadnt said anything to eachother since getting up on the dancefloor, their eyes were closed as they both danced together to the music, not caring about the audience, Ross ran his hand down her back, and he felt her skin with his cheek. " I didnt realise till today how much I loved you..." Rachel told him, "Seeing you there before, waiting for me...it just made sense, and everything sort of came together, you know?".

Ross stroked her back as they continued to softly sway to the music, "When I saw you walk down that aisle, I was actually waiting to be woken from a dream, it was so unreal to be standing there looking at you...knowing you were marrying me".

"I meant what I said, you know".

"About what?"

"The highschool thing...If only I'd of realised you would turn out to be who you are today, I was crazy to not consider you...".

"We're both guilty for doing crazy things".

She looked up at him now, at his dark puppydog eyes, "I'm so extremely happy...I could just cry right here..."

He smiled adoringly at her, "You did your fair share of crying before sweetie," he laughed.

"Well..you know me".

"Yes, I think I do". He nodded.

The next song began to play, the song they had both always loved. "I think everybody else should now be able to dance, dont you?".

She nodded, "I think so.".

So as the start of "Everlasting love" was played by the band, the guests at the wedding all began to fill the stage, Rachel and Ross began to dance again to one of their favourite tunes that always got them in the mood for dancing.

Open up your eyes
Then you'll realize
Here stand with my
Everlasting love
Need you by my side
Want to be your bride
You'll never be denied
Everlasting love

As Ross twirled his bride around, he watched her spin slowly around. And as she fell back into his arms, he held onto her tight as he sang into her ear, as they swayed side to side, looking longingly into eachother's eyes, wishing that their day would never end.

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I hope everybody enjoyed this story, I put a lot of thought into the wedding to try and make it as real as possible. Please leave your reviews and comments,

The story unfortunately ends here, but ofcourse I'll be writing more fics in the near future. :)

Rachel xxxxxx