Thanks for all the nice reviews. Right now I am going through a block so I started this this morning. I just thought this might be interesting and might end my block. It started to grow so I decided to go with it.

Love's Greatest Decision....Rachel Green must is forced to face an inevitable fact..she is still in love.. can she stop Ross before he makes a huge mistake? What might have happened when Ross got married if Rachel got to talk to him after he said her name.

I regrettably say I don't own any of my characters...they are the property of Bright , Kaufmann and Crane...but if someone could can I have Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer for Christmas..lol

They had just walked out the door. She wished he hadn't been so angry, but how could she go. After all , he was going to London to get married. Ross thought that as his friend it would make him happy to have his best friend at his wedding. After all, his sister and two buddies were going to London to be in his wedding. Why couldn't Rachel come as well?

She had been fighting certain thoughts ever since he announced his engagement to Emily. Her fault? Yes because she tried to get interested in another guy and move on from Ross. Joshua seemed to be that guy. He was handsome, he was charming, and he was divorced. There was only one problem , he wasn't Ross.

Joshua finally wanted to get to know her better, so he gave her tickets to a club opening of a club he had invested in. It wasn't exactly a date, but he would run into her and they would be together for the first time out of work. Everything would have been fine, but her boss Mr. Waltham had asked her earlier in the day to take his niece Emily to the opera. First of all it was the opera, second of all she wanted to impress Joshua once again it was good old reliable Ross to the rescue. One night that's all. Ross and her had a new kind of relationship, they seemed more like two adolescent siblings than people who were once in love. Sly glances and loving looks were replaced by juvenille hand gestures and a contest of my date is better than your date. Maybe she was doing him a favor.

The night didn't turn out so well. Rachel never did find Joshua and some girl claimed to be her and got in. This so called date turned into a weekend in Vermont. Three days later , Ross announced he was in love. Fine they both found someone, and life went on. But then something weird happened , Ross was falling and falling fast. She liked Joshua and wanted to be with Joshua, but it was weird to see her former boyfriend so entranced by this foreigner. One night in a foolish attempt to impress Joshua, she arranged a going away party for Emily. That night she had totally made a fool of herself choosing to dress as a cheerleader. The night ended with a heart to heart talk with her friend as she comforted him to let him know that Emily was the real thing. That night gave her a wake up call, he had moved on.

Everything was fine, she went out with Joshua and Ross had a transatlantic relationship with Emily. Tired of his stolen moments between flights to London, in an effort to hang on to her he proposed and she accepted. Time stood still for Rachel as she heard those words "Emily and I are engaged."

Now she was sitting with Phoebe and everyone was on their way to London. She thought about when Joshua broke up with her. She was sad but not really about that. She remembered getting the invitation in the mail. Miss Emily Waltham and Mr. Ross Geller request your presence at their wedding, She had always imagined her name being by his not another one. This isn't why Joshua made her sad, this is why she was sad.

Rachel was sad and Phoebe knew why. She couldn't say anything but she knew what Rachel was feeling. It wasn't just because she was eight months pregnant and very emotional. She watched Rachel's face as Ross walked out of the door. Rachel was upset but couldn't say anything . Now Phoebe and her could talk . Rachel had to admit it she was still fighting her feeelings for Ross. Phoebe reached out and gave Rachel a hug. She knew what she had to do, she had to get Rachel to London to stop this wedding. Boy could she be evil if she wanted.

"Oh don't be so hard on yourself, if someone I still loved was getting married." Phoebe commented.

It finally dawned on Rachel. There it was she was still loved Ross. But she couldn't admit her feelings to anyone it would just make things entirely too complicated. This was n't the first time either, there was Julie and Bonnie. Admitting her feelings just started to make everything go wrong. She couldn't do it.....

Monica was miserable, but she did a good job of hiding it. Why did she break up with Pete? Yes he was a psycho for wanting to be the ultimate fighting champion, but he loved her. Here she was nearing thirty and her brother was on wife number two. Would there ever be a man for Monica Geller?

Chandler tried to doze off, but he couldn't he was on an airplane with a thirty year old kid. Joey was so excited.

"London baby!" he cried.

Ross looked out the window. He was going to have someone again finally. Emily was going to be his wife and she would not leave him for another woman. He had to admit that hurt a lot. He loved Carol so much, then she took his heart and stepped on it. About the only good thing he got out of the relationship was his son , Ben. His first born. Now there would definitely be other kids and a life. Everything looked rosy from here on out. No more mistakes. He laid his head back and smiled.

Rachel ran down to the florist. She was going to put all of this out of her mind. She would make a nice lunch for her and Phoebe and decorate the table with a nice bouquet. She stared at the flowers. bouquet...like a bridal bouquet. She started to tear up. She wiped her eyes and started to prepare the flowers for the vase. Phoebe decided no more stalling.

Oh my there she said it out loud...she was still in love..Phoebe tried her best as she talked about all of his bad points. She thought about the dark hair she used to love to run her fingers through. It wasn't greasy, kind of felt like cotton actually very soft. then she mentioned kissing. She could just sit and kiss Ross all day. He would be tender and gentle , yet he would know how to make her feel good. She walked through the store and saw a beautiful new dress. She could imagine herself going out in this dress. A gentleman caller would escort her to dinner and dancing. She would go to the door and there would be Ross at the door smiling his shy little smile. Ugh this was not working.

On the ride home, she made a decision. Without a word, she went to her bedroom and packed a bag. Next she riffled through the dresser to find her passport. She would fix herself later when she got on the plane. She couldn't waste any more time.

"Phoebe do you know where the food is for the chick and the duck? Yeah why aren't you going to be here?"

because I am going to London... Phoebe tried to stop her...but deep in her heart she knew she was doing the right thing.

next: Rachel's flight to London