"Hey." Emily said unsurely as Elizabeth stood in the doorway.
"I'm sorry, I can come back later." Elizabeth began.
"No, please have a seat." Alan smiled.
"I don't want to intrude." Liz replied unsurely.
"Your not." Emily assured her.
"We were just talking about you." Alan smiled. "How are my grandchildren?"
"Good." Liz smiled. "Active today." She said resting a hand on her swollen abdomen.
"May I?" Alan asked.
"Of Course." Liz smiled taking his hand and placing it on her stomach.
"Jason brought by the latest sonogram." Alan smiled as he felt the tiny movement below his hand. "I can't wait until their born."
"You and me both." Liz grinned. "Well I just stopped by to say hello, I should let you get some rest." She said seeing his obvious fatigue.
"I'll walk you out." Emily offered.
It was strange for the one time best friends as they walked silently into the hallway. So many years, so many things said, so much had happened.
"Have you thought about names?" Emily asked.
"We've tossed around a few." Elizabeth nodded.
"So you vetoed Edward?" Emily asked grinning.
"You never know your brother does have a real knack for pissing me off." Liz smirked. "How have you been since...."
"Good." Emily replied.
"You were amazing, with Robin's surgery." Elizabeth replied.
"I just did what Patrick told me to." Emily shrugged.
"You've been spending to much time with your brother." Liz smiled.
"When we...when were in the hotel." Emily began unsurely. "I just...I just kept thinking about all the things in my life that I regret, the things I'd never get a chance to make right."
"Me too." Liz nodded.
"Do you know what my biggest regret was?" Emily asked. "Zander, how I handled the whole situation when I got sick, how I hurt him. I really did love him."
"I know, he knew that too." Liz said uncomfortably.
"I just wanted too.....I'm sorry." Emily sighed.
"For what?" Liz asked.
"It was easier to take it out on you then to face my own guilt." Emily explained. "You were my best friend."
"I slept with him." Liz shrugged.
"We weren't together." Emily replied. "I know you didn't do it to hurt me. I was just so scared and confused and blaming you made it easier."
"It's ok." Liz replied.
"No it's not." Emily insisted. "That day in the hospital, what I said to you."
"You don't have to do this." Liz said flinching at the memory.
"You wanted to see me?" Elizabeth asked unsurely.
"Come in." Emily nodded.
"Em I." Liz began.
"Please, I need to say this." Emily cut her off. "Zander and I are getting married today."
"Really." Liz said raising a brow. They may be fighting but she knew her best friend and Emily was definitely not faking her feelings for Nicholas as she claimed.
"Yes, and we'd like you to be here." Emily nodded.
"I wouldn't miss it." Liz began. Are you sure this is what you want?"
"This is what I need to do." Emily replied.
"If your sure." Liz began.
"I'm sure." Emily cut her off. "I also wanted to say I forgive you."
"I don't deserve to be forgiven." Liz said unable to meet her gaze.
"No, but I don't deserve to die hating you." Emily replied coldly. "I don't deserve to die hating my 'best friend' who betrayed me. So I guess wether or not you deserve it doesn't matter. For once it's not all about you."
"I never." Liz began.
"The ceremony is at three, you can go now." Emily dismissed her.
"I hated myself for saying those things to you." Emily sighed. "And maybe part of me thought it would be easier if I just kept pushing you away."
"It's ok, really." Liz replied.
"No it's not." Emily insisted. "And all the time that's passed, all that I missed out on. It's all my fault. I just hoped, maybe we could finally put this all behind us."
"And what go back to be best friends, just like that?" Liz asked with a slight edge in her voice.
"No, of course not." Emily replied, "but maybe we could be friends?"
"Because I'm having your brother's baby?" Liz asked.
"No, not entirely. After everything we went through in the Metro Court, it just put things in perspective I guess. I just, if anything happened, I wouldn't have gotten a chance to tell you the truth, to explain. And I would have never forgiven myself for that." Emily replied.
"Ok, I guess that's fair." Liz nodded. "But then you have to let me explain about Zander."
"Liz you don't have to." Emily began.
"I need to." Liz insisted. "When do you get off work?"
"Five." Emily replied. "Why don't I stop by and we can talk."
"I'd like that." Liz nodded.
"She's not here." Carly smirked.
"He's here to see me." Sonny said shaking his head at his wife's antics.
"Where is she?" Jason asked ignoring him.
"The hospital." Carly shrugged. "She went to see Alan." She explained hurriedly at his look of concern. "I though you gave him time off." She said turning to Sonny.
"I did." Sonny replied. "But this is important."
"It better be." Carly warned.
"Carly." Jason sighed.
"No, you can't afford to mess this up." Carly began.
"I know that!" Jason yelled. "I don't need everyone to keep telling me that. Or how badly I messed up last time, I know. I know this is my last shot, I know I screw everything up, I get it!"
"You didn't mess everything up alone." Elizabeth said walking in.