This is my first ever story so if its rubbish, i'm sorry.

Okay it takes place in New York, Emma Geller is 14, and lives with her mom and dad, Rachel and Ross. Here goes...

Emma sat in her room, tears rolling down her face. How had she gotten herself into this?

She lay down and remembered…

'Emma, honey you're going to be late' Rachel shouted to her daughter

'Okay Mom, im just coming' Emma checked her reflection and left the room

'Okay im ready to go' Emma smiled and picked up her bag

'C'mon then, I'll just get the keys to the car' Rachel disappeared into the kitchen.

Emma's mobile beeped, she read the message Emma, hi its Erica my mom wants to know if we can come over tonight?'

'Mom, can Mon, Chan, Erica and Jack come over tonight' Emma asked Rachel as she re-entered the living room

'Yeah, that'll be great' Rachel smiled opening the door to the apartment

As they were walking to the car Emma replied to Erica's text. It was a 20-minute journey to Emma's school, but with Rachel driving it took 10.

As the car screeched to a halt Rachel gave Emma a quick peck on the cheek

'Eww Mom gross' Emma half smiled at her mom

'Shut up or I'll get your dad to pick you up' Rachel joked

'No, don't do that, I couldn't stand to hear his story on how dinosaurs became extinct again' Emma said opening the car door

'Okay, I won't bye sweetie' Rachel said turning the key into the ignition

'Bye Mom' Emma said and with that Rachel drove off.

As Emma walked into the school she passed, the geeks, the Goths, the jocks and the cheerleaders. She came to her friends, Jess and Lilly, and they started talking. Soon the bell went and they went to the first class, of the semester. Unluckily for Emma it was science, which she wasn't very good at despite her father's best efforts.

'Okay class I'm going to assign each of you to a lab partner' the teacher announced

Oh great! Emma thought to herself, now she could make someone else fail too!

'Jessica your with Lilly' the teacher said as Emma's two friends sat next to each other each giving her a sympathetic look. Emma groaned now she would be with some total dork that tried to sniff her hands or a popular kid who wouldn't even talk to her.

'And finally Emma Geller your with Tara Simons'

Emma looked over at her lab partner; she was a total goth, dressed in black with chains and netting. Emma went over and sat next to her.

'Hi, I'm Emma' Emma held out her hand

'Tara' the girl smiled briefly and shook her hand

Emma and Tara talked a lot of the lesson as the bell rang Tara said

'I'm going to the mall after school with some friends want to come?'

'Er yeah sure that'd be great' Emma smiled really pleased with herself.

At the end of the day Emma met up with Tara, and two of her male friends.

'Hey, Emma, this is Corey and this is James' Tara said

'Hey' Emma smiled and the guys smiled back both replied with a similar greeting

'So you ready to go'

'Sure, oh wait' Emma remembered her mom would be waiting in the car

'What?'

'Nothing, just give me a sec' Emma turned and hurried over to the car park

'Hey sweetie' Rachel smiled as Emma approached the car

'Hiya, can I go to the mall with some friends?'

'Sorry honey, but Monica and Chandler are coming over'

'I'll be back in time' Emma smiled

'Oh okay then, you going with Lilly and Jess'

'No, Tara, she's my lab partner' Emma told her mom as she leaned into the car and took a twenty of the dashboard.

'Oh okay, see ya later'

'Bye'

Emma ran back over to Tara, Corey and James.

'Okay all set'

So the four of them headed to the mall. Surprisingly to Emma they didn't go shopping they just hung out by the fountain. After a while of chatting, they got up, Emma followed. They went to the back of the mall and Corey took out a cigarette, only it didn't look like a cigarette.

'Want some Emma?' Corey said after inhaling deeply

For some reason she didn't know why she agreed. She felt the cigarette in her hand and took a deep breath and smoked it, she got a strong urge to cough and soon her head started spinning and she felt light headed and happy.

It was 9:30pm when Emma managed to drag herself home; the last 4 hours were blurry to her. She quietly opened the front door to the apartment.

'Oh my God Emma, were have you been?' Rachel ran out of the kitchen and hugged her daughter. Emma looked at her reflection in the mirror; her eyes were squinted and small. She looked a wreck.

'er… I went over to Tara's house to do some homework' Emma lied

'Why didn't you call us' Ross had now joined them in the room

'Well I ran out of credit and Tara doesn't have a phone' Emma repeatedly lied

'Well, you better phone your aunt Monica and apologise for not being here she left very worried about you' Ross told Emma handing her the phone

'Can't I do it tomorrow, I'm tired' Emma said holding her head as she went dizzy

'Emma is you okay?' Rachel said feeling her daughter's forehead

'Im FINE, just leave me alone' Emma screamed before storming off into her room

Ross was about to storm into her room and have a go at her, he was so angry at her not being home to see Monica and Chandler, She hardly saw them as it was, but Rachel pulled him back,

'Leave her, we'll sort it out tomorrow'

'It should be dealt with now, I don't know what's gotten into her' Ross put his head in his hands

'She's probably just stressed with the new semester and all, you know teenage strops…its only natural' Rachel stroked Ross's face

'I guess… I guess your right' Ross smiled and kissed her.

The next day on the way to school Emma was silent, Rachel looked over nervously

'So got any plans for tonight?' she asked quietly

'I don't know' Emma snapped

'So am I picking you up or what?' Rachel spat back

'No, I'll make my own way home' Emma retorted before getting out the car and slamming the door behind her.

Rachel put her foot down and the car screeched before speeding off. She was really angry with her daughter.

'Hey Emma' It was Lilly, chirpy old Lilly

'Just leave me alone' Emma said before walking off, leaving Lilly somewhat confused.

As she was walking down the corridor she heard a voice calling her

'Em!'

She turned round and came face to face with Corey

'Oh hey Corey' Emma couldn't explain it but she felt more relaxed around him that she had done with her own friends and family.

'You want to get a burger after school'

'Sure, is Tara and James gonna be there'

'No, they got stuff to do' Corey smiled

'Oh okay, well sure' Emma smiled back before walking on to her next lesson.

Emma and Corey walked along the street to the burger bar, when they had gotten their order they sat down on a bench in the park.

'So where do you live?' Emma asked generally

'Oh in this apartment block on tenth… number 23, what about you?'

'Oh its on seventh, also an apartment' Emma smiled as she wrapped up the rest of her burger and threw it in the bin'

After chatting some more, Corey pulled out a cigarette like the one last night. Emma felt uneasy but when Corey offered her some she still took it, only not as much this time, so she had more awareness of what was going on. It wasn't long before the feeling of total relaxation came over her. Her and Corey were laughing and he took hold of her hand as they walked down the street. She was too high to know where she was going. They reached an apartment block and went into apartment 23. It was small and dirty with a broken couch in the middle. Corey sat on it and pulled her down onto it too. She was still laughing and she didn't notice him moving closer to her. In a split second his lips were on hers, and this time she stopped laughing. She thought about it for a moment before kissing him back. It wasn't how she'd imagined her first kiss, but still she didn't pull away. Eventually they both fell asleep, Emma was awoken by the bleeping on her phone she sat up and freed herself from Corey's arms which had been around her she read the message 'Emma were are you? Please come home or ring us. We're worried love mum and dad' A pang of guilt shot through her. They didn't deserve to be treated like this. She stood up and got her shoes, and jacket

'Hey were you going?' Corey had woken up now

'I gotta get home' Emma said wishing he hadn't woken up

'Oh okay, well I'll walk ya' Corey smiled shoving his feet into his trainers.

'Are you sure, I'm okay its only a couple of blocks'

'Yeah, can't let anything happen to you can I?' Corey smiled as they left the apartment. He put his arm around her and took out a cigarette, this time it was a proper one though, not a funny one.

'Here' he said passing it to Emma, she inhaled it and coughed

'Not so deep' he smiled taking the cigarette.

As they neared her apartment, Emma said goodbye to Corey

'What I can't come in?' Corey asked

'Its my parents, they're really weird about stuff' Emma half smiled

'Ah well, we can't choose our parents' Corey smiled and kissed her again

'Night'

'Night'

Emma felt dizzy she didn't know whether it was the effects of the cigarettes or the fact she had been kissed. She opened the door to the apartment, expecting to be screamed at but Ross and Rachel just sat on the couch.

'Hi' she said quietly

'Oh hi, glad to see you' Ross said sarcastically

'I'm going to go to my room' Emma slinked off into her bedroom

She lay on her bed and fell asleep.

The same sort of scenario carried on for months, Emma would go out and get stoned, or make out with Corey and then she would crawl in about 11pm and go to bed.

Ross and Rachel had many talks with her about her lifestyle (although they didn't know about the drugs or the fact she sort of had a boyfriend). Emma had gotten used to her life now and felt like one of the gang. She actually thought her life was pretty great.

Until one day someone saw her with Corey…

Emma had just inhaled the cigarette when,

'Oh my god, Emma what are you doing?'….

Okay well thats the first chapter, i don't know what you'll think of it, but please rate it anyway!!! I'd like to know whether its any good or not!