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The Story of Our Lives
Chapter 21.
The First Fight
"Hi Emma."
"Oh, hi Ross." Emma said when she opened the door.
Ross looked at her, nervous, "Can I, eh… uh, come in?"
"Yes, of course." Emma said.
She let him, and he realized that all of his niece and nephews were already there.
"So, what are we having?" JJ asked.
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After dinner, Ross and Emma went out on the balcony to have some time alone to talk.
"So…" Ross began.
"Yeah." Emma nodded.
"It's definitely very weird to see you again." Ross said, "And like this, I mean, you look like Rachel."
"Thank you." Emma smiled, for being told that she looked like her mother, was probably the biggest compliment anyone could give her.
"I mean…" Ross continued, "Last time I saw you, you were just a baby girl…"
"Hmm…" Emma played with her fingers. She was regretting this meeting more and more. She had no idea of what to say to him!
"It's also weird that you'd get this apartment." Ross said, desperately trying to take contact to his daughter, "I mean, I spend so much time here with your mom…"
"You know what?" Emma said, looking at him, "I cant do this. I cant talk to you. It' just too weird."
"What?"
"I have no idea of what to say to you. I'm sorry." Emma said, "I'm so, so sorry. I cant do this right now."
The words hit him like a ton of bricks. This were the words Rachel used 20 years ago, when she got on that plane.
Emma sighed and went to go inside, when Ross grabbed her hand.
He couldn't let her go now. He couldn't just give up on his daughter.
"Emma, no!" he said.
"What?" she asked.
"You cant just give up now."
"I don't know. It's too hard." Emma said.
"But you're not even trying!"
"But I have no idea of what to say to you!"
"I know." Ross admitted, "But we gotta at least try, Emma. I mean, I've missed 20 years of your life, I wanna be there for the rest."
"Who's fault is it, that you've missed 20 years of my life?" Emma yelled.
"Well, I don't take all the blame!" Ross said, "A big part of it, is definitely your mother's."
"What?" Emma exclaimed, "How?"
"Well she hung up on me and changed your number. It's her fault, everything!"
"Have you considered she did that because of you?" Emma asked.
"I know I was mean, but still!" Ross yelled, "She went a little over the edge."
"No she didn't! She did what she thought was best for me!"
"Oh, so the best for you is not having a father growing up?" Ross asked.
"Not having a father?" Emma said, "You have no idea if I grew up with a dad!"
And with those words, she left Ross speechless on the balcony and went into an empty living room.
Ross just looked after her.
Then he decided to go in there and find out what the hell she meant by that.
He climbed inside and looked at her, "Do you care, uh, explaining this further for me, maybe?"
"I had a dad!" Emma said, "My mom's husband, he was my dad. She met him when I was three! And he was there ever since."
"Was?"
"Well, he's dead now…" Emma said, "But that was 15 years ago. I'm over that now!"
"Then you wasn't that old!" Ross said, "Why don't you want a dad now?"
"Because I'm fine. I have my mom…" Emma sighed, "And she's everything I'm gonna need. And I'm definitely not gonna be with my real dad, if he's just gonna try and turn me against my mom, 'cause she and I, are way too close to that."
"I'm sorry." Ross said, "I didn't mean to turn you against your mom, I just wanted you to know that it wasn't just me who…"
"Oh, I know." Emma said, walking closer to him, "I know. My mom have told me the whole truth. Not just some lie. I know she was partly at fault, actually mostly, but on the other hand… I think this was good too."
"What do you mean?" Ross asked, touching her arm.
"That arrangement you guys made, would have confused me a lot when I was young, but you know…" Emma shrugged, "Don't take this the wrong way, 'cause I've dreamed about having my real dad… like for ever. But I just sorta, you know, fit in?"
Ross nodded, "I missed you a lot, Emma."
"I missed you too." Emma said, giving Ross a hug.
"I'm sorry if I seemed pushy and stuff, but I just wanted… you know."
"I know, and I wanted to know you too. I was and am still, just a but insecure." Emma laughed.
"Don't be." Ross said, "I would never judge you. You're my little princess."
"Thank you." Emma said, smiling at him.
"So?" Ross said, "Even though this was a complete disaster, do you think we should repeat it?"
Soo, this chapter was a last moment filler. I've actually decided to just explain their moment later on, (I've actually written the next chapter) but then I decided on this instead after some reviews I got, and yeah, this was actually better. So thanks! And hey – don't forget to review this chapter, my friends. Thanks, Stessa..