Katie went home with Rachel, Phil , Mel, Alex and Eddie. They walked into the house and Katie disappeared upstairs and put MSN on, she knew who she wanted to talk to and hoped they were online.

Rachel poured a drink for the adults and Philip got some coke for himself and they sat in the living room.

"I can't believe she turned up" Philip said, "Mum, why did you do that"

"I don't know, I just thought it was the right thing to do, she is Katie's mother after all" Mel stated quietly, much to the disgust of the others in the room.

"She's not Katie's Mum, she's never been there for her, and to be honest, it's not like you have for me either, the two of you are as bad as each other" Philip angrily shouted from his seat, he didn't know where his anger was coming from, but it was there.

"I'm sorry" was all Mel could say, she knew she had screwed up, but didn't know how to make things better. Suddenly Mel's phone beeped she flipped it open and read the text from Jacob, he wanted to meet her, make sure she was OK, and Mel, wanted to see her boyfriend she really loved him, and didn't want anything to get in the way of that.

"Look, I need to go see Jacob, Phil will you be OK here for another night?" Mel said. Phil sighed and shrugged before looking to his Aunt.

"Is that OK Rach, can I stay here?"

Rachel looked over at her sister in disgust, she wanted her and Phil to get back on track, but she couldn't say no, not to Phil, he already felt unloved, and she didn't want to make it any worse.

"Course you can love, you can stay here whenever you want" she smiled at her nephew, who was visibly upset.

"Thanks" he said before disappearing upstairs.

"Mel, what the hell are you playing at, do you forget you have a son?" Rachel was furious at her

"Of course I don't forget, I love him, and remember, I have given him everything in life, I just need some time to myself"

"Oh Mel, that's crap, he'll be away to Uni in a couple of years, you don't have much time left, and your wasting it, not to mention he needs you right now, he's just lost his grandfather"

"Rachel, will you stop lecturing me, your not my mother"

Alex hated to see his nieces like that, but he was so angry at Melissa.

"Girls, come on, lets calm down, the kids are upstairs" Alex said

Mel looked between her Sister and Uncle. "I'm not going to sit here and listen to you lecture and criticise me, I'll see you at school on Monday, can you keep Phil for the weekend" and with that she left the house.