Hey everyone, I'm so sorry I havn't updated this in soooo long (I think its been 6 or 7 weeks now) but I've had a serious lack of inspiration and major writers block but hopefully it's gone now and I'll be updating again soon : ) Thankyou so much to everyone who's stuck by me and reviewed. Please keep doing so : )

Sam stood in a daze watching Jo's retreating back. She couldn't have just said that she was going to tell Phil everything…could she? Surely Jo…her best friend…wouldn't do something like that to her and yet…why was she walking away with her nose in the air?

Something clicked inside Sam's mind and she took off after her, horror and fear mixing together and washing over her making her heart pound.

"Jo…JO!" Jo didn't turn around. "Jo! Please stop! Let me explain everything" She whirled around so fast that Sam almost tripped up trying to avoid a collision.

"Explain?!" Jo exploded, angry red blotches showing on her face. "There's nothing to explain Sam! You've been lying to me as well as Phil!"

"No I haven't, please…" Sam pleaded but Jo was having none of it and looked at Sam as if she was something particularly unpleasant she had just scraped off the bottom of her shoe.

"Phil deserves to know what you've been up to…what you're really like." She turned and walked towards the end of the corridor without looking at Sam but stopped and turned back before she had taken more than four steps. "You disgust me Samantha." She said with a small sneer playing on her lips then marched away, her nose…once again…in the air.

Sam did not go after Jo this time knowing it would only anger her more. She stood, rooted to the spot with terror, memories of the last twenty-four hours flooding her mind.

Her and Jo making up…the positive pregnancy testing kit...Hugh abusing her again…Phil promising he would never leave her…

Sam wondered if he would still feel the same way if he knew what had been going on. Would he demand a DNA test? And if he did…what would happen if the baby wasn't his? Would he leave her? Dump her on the spot and forget she ever existed or would he find it in his heart to forgive her? Sam knew he probably wouldn't pick the latter.

A thought sprung into her head as an image of Hugh floated through her mind. Jo didn't know what he'd been doing. She didn't know Sam had been forced to sleep with him so she would undoubtedly tell Phil that Sam and her lecturer were a couple…but then again…Sam had the advantage. She knew exactly where Phil was whereas Jo would have to go searching for him.

She slung her bag over her back and took off down the corridor, turning right where Jo had turned left and feeling extremely thankful that most students were in classes right now - where Sam ought to be – and the halls were quiet so she didn't have to fight her way through hordes of oncoming students all fighting their way towards the canteen for lunch.

She ran forwards…left…right…down two flights of stairs…another left and, out of breath, she arrived at her destination: the library. Peering through the window, her heart leapt as she saw the familiar figure sat a computer with no Jo in sight. Butterflies crept into her stomach and fluttered so much she began to feel nauseous but the feeling subsided after several deep breaths. Reaching out with a shaking hand, she pushed the door open and was met with the familiar humming of the computers. She entered quietly, noticed only by the librarian who smiled kindly at her. Sam returned the smile, somewhat watery; and took tentative steps towards Phil but she wasn't expecting the sight that met her eyes. She almost choked up when she saw what he was up to on the computer.

There was a picture of a man grinning happily with his arm around a tired looking woman who was smiling nonetheless. She was lying down and he was sitting on the edge of her bed. Both were looking at a tiny bundle in the woman's arms. The picture was followed by a long article in which Phil was now engrossed. Sam gave a little sniff which alerted Phil to her presence and he quickly closed the window whilst turning a lovely shade of magenta.

"Sam…I was just…erm…what are you doing here? I thought you were in class?"

"I need to talk to you Phil" she said with slightly red eyes. A frown flickered over his face.

"You ok babe? What's up?"

"I'm ok, can we go somewhere more private?"

"Sure" He logged off and followed Sam out of the library, out of the building and into the grounds. Sam took hold of his hands and pulled him down onto a bench with her before forcing herself to raise her head and look into those gorgeous eyes.

"Phil…I…"

"Yeah? What's up Sam?"

"I'm really sorry Phil" she said, feeling it necessary to apologise in advance. A tear escaped her eye and rolled down her cheek.

"Hey, come here" Phil said and he enveloped her in a hug. "Don't cry babe. What are you sorry for?"

"I…Phil, I …"The words died before they reached her lips.

"You know you can tell me anything don't you?" Phil asked softly. Sam nodded and opened her mouth to speak again but someone got there first.

"Phil!" Both Phil and Sam looked around to see Jo striding towards them, a look of grim determination on her face. Her eyes fell on Sam – pale faced and crying, holding onto Phil's hands and words failed her. Something resembling sympathy crossed her heart for a second but it did not show on her face and the feeling was gone as soon as it had come. She held Sam's gaze for a second, watching her plead silently with her eyes without really seeing her, wondering how best to tell Phil.

"Did you want something Jo?" Phil asked pointedly. Jo switched her gaze to him.

"Yes actually Phil, I want a word."

"Can't it wait?" he asked, gesturing to Sam who was trying to catch Jo's eye again but Jo refused to look at her.

"No, this has waited long enough" Phil sighed and turned back to Sam.

"I'll only be a minute babe" He made to stand up but Sam, still holding his hands, tightened her grip in a panic.

"I didn't mean to Phil" She cried out desperately, "I'm so sorry!" Phil pulled his hands from Sam's grip and stood up, looking from Sam to Jo and back again.

"What's going on here?" He asked with narrowed eyes. Sam and Jo's eyes met over Phil's head.

"I think Sam's got something to tell you Phil" she said shrewdly, maintaining eye contact with her. Phil looked at his girlfriend.

"Sam?" With both Jo's and Phil's eyes boring into her, Sam opened her mouth to speak

"I…I…" The words wouldn't come. Her entire future flashed before her eyes making her throat constrict and she closed her mouth, defeated. There was a moments silence in which Phil and Jo looked at Sam and Sam looked down at her shoes then Jo gave an impatient sigh and burst out:

"She's been screwing her lecturer!" She yelled, unable to hold back any longer. Phil frowned and turned his head slowly to face hers.

"What?" he asked incredulously as a tiny disbelieving smile crept onto his face.

"She's been cheating on you Phil" Jo said gently. Phil shook his head and looked at her as though she was out of her mind.

"No" he said firmly "No…Sam wouldn't…Sam couldn't…" He trailed off as he turned back to face Sam nut one look at her white, tear-stained face and the guilty expression upon it told him that Jo was telling the truth. Sam was watching him with large, round, wet eyes while her fingers wove around each other nervously. "Sam?" Phil's voice was little more than a whisper. "Sam…please tell me you didn't" he pleaded "Please!"

"I'm so sorry Phil" she said just as quietly for what seemed like the hundredth time that day.

"But…but…we're having a baby together…" Sam hung her head miserably, dimly aware of Jo standing ten feet to her right with her hand over her mouth, shock in her eyes. She hadn't known about the pregnancy. "It is mine isn't it?" Phil asked faintly. Sam avoided his eyes. "Sam?"

"I-I don't know" she stuttered

"I can't believe this" Phil whispered to himself. "I can't believe…HOW COULD YOU DO THIS SAM?!? OUR WHOLE RELATIONSHIP-DID IT MEAN NOTHING TO YOU?" Phil raged. People passing by stopped and stared.

"Phil please listen to me" She closed the small gap between them and tried to take his hands but he pushed her away and took a step back. "I did sleep with Hugh but I broke up with him before now…"

"No you didn't" Jo interrupted, having gotten over the shock of finding out her ex-best friend was pregnant. "I saw you with him earlier on today. He was all over you"

"I know but please listen…that's because…"

"Save it" Phil cut her off harshly "I don't want to hear excuses. I thought you were a decent person." He was looking at her as though seeing her plainly for the first time. "I want nothing more to do with you Samantha."

"Wh-what?" Sam said faintly "But Phil…the baby…" She whispered softly.

"Why don't you run along to…'Hugh'…it's probably his anyway. You can be a proper little family" He said with a sarcastic smile. He threw her a look of disgust then turned and walked away with Jo marching along behind him…