'Uncle Joey?' Emma said relieved to see him her voice was still shaky
'What's going on?' Joey asked curiously as he tried to help Emma up
'Ow!' Emma winced in pain as she tried to sit up
'We need to get you to a hospital' Joey said getting out his mobile, I'll just phone your parents and let them know what's happened.
'No!…you can't' Emma grabbed her side, it hurt really badly. She kept thinking if she'd lost the baby or not
'Why not?' Joey asked as he helped Emma on to the bench
'Coz, I've run away… they don't know I'm here' Emma said sadly as tears ran down her face.
'Oh my god!, why did you run away?' Joey asked
'I'm pregnant' Emma looked at Joey, his face was shocked
'Preg… you can't be' Joey looked back at her; to him she was still the sweet innocent little girl who had played with Hugsy.
'I am' Emma said gripping hold of her side
Joey was speechless, 5 minutes ago he had just been walking along the street, excited to be back in New York and now this. Then a thought crossed his mind
'Was that the father?' Joey asked
'Who?' Emma replied
'The guy who was chasing you?' Joey questioned
'Yeah, that was him, he tried to accuse me of sleeping with someone else, saying it wasn't his baby' Emma sighed 'some father he'd be anyway' Emma half laughed but it turned to sobs
'Sssh…come on, you need to go to a hospital' Joey said
'I'm fine' Emma said reaching to take the phone 'Ow!'
'Your not, it won't harm and besides you need to check the babies okay' Joey said wrapping his coat around Emma as he helped her to stand up.
'Ow' Emma cried out in pain as she felt a shooting pain in her side
'Come on, we'll get a cab' Joey said calling for a Taxi
'Emma!' Rachel called out as she heard a key turn in the lock; it was only Ross and Chandler
'No luck' Monica asked when they shut the door behind them
'We searched everywhere, we couldn't find her' Chandler sighed
'What did the police say?' Ross asked
'They said they'll put pictures up, but there's not much else they can do' Rachel whimpered starting to cry again
'Rach, please stop crying…it'll be okay' Ross put his arms around her
'How do you know that Ross, our 15 year old daughter is alone out there in the city, she could be attacked, she could be dead' Rachel screamed before running into the bathroom
Ross went to run after her
'Ross, leave her, let her be on her own for a little bit' Monica pulled her brother back
'I'm doing everything I can' Ross sat down on the sofa
'I know sweetie' Monica tried to smile
Joey and Emma arrived at the hospital,
'Hi this is Emma Geller, she has been…' Joey was interrupted
'I fell over, and hit my side, it really hurts' Emma said to the receptionist
'Okay, fill out these forms and take a seat' the receptionist passed her a board.
Emma filled out the forms and passed them back to the receptionist, after half and hour of practically silence between Emma and Joey, Emma's name was called out.
She made her way into the doctors office, Joey followed close behind.
'Okay Emma, tell me what happened' the doctor asked flicking through her forms
'I tripped and fell over' Emma told him
'Okay, we'll have to do an x-ray on your side, it could be a broken rib' the doctor said feeling Emma's side, she flinched in pain
'Are you her father?' the doctor turned to Joey
'No, I'm her uncle' Joey replied
'Okay, well Emma, I'll take you down the x-ray room, oh and just one question, your not pregnant are you?'
'What does that matter?' Joey said being protective of his niece
'No, Joe, its just coz x-rays can damage babies' Emma said to her uncle
'Oh'
'And doctor, I am pregnant actually' Emma said
'Oh right, well we'll have to get you a protective sheet to cover up your baby' the doctor was obviously taken
'Oh okay' Emma said before following the doctor to the x-ray room.
A short while later Emma and Joey were sitting in the waiting room. Emma had just had her x-ray and they sat in silence
'I think we should call your parents' Joey said suddenly breaking the silence
'What? No you can't Joe' Emma looked at him with pleading eyes
'Why not?' Joey asked
'Coz, they'll kill me. They'll make me get rid of the baby, they won't think I'm responsible enough' Emma said tears forming in her eyes
'What makes you think that?' Joey asked 'Did they sat that?'
'No, well I haven't seen them since, I left it in a note to them' Emma realised how dumb she had been to write it down in a note
'A note?' Joey asked 'How responsible!' he added sarcastically
'I didn't know what else to do' Emma said starting to cry
'Oh come here sweetie' Joey said hugging her 'we need to tell your parents you're here, they'll be worried sick'
'But I want to keep my baby' Emma sniffed 'I don't wanna lose it'
'You won't I promise' Joey hugged her close 'Can I phone them?'
Emma thought for a minute before nodding slightly.
'Hello?' Rachel picked up her cell
'Hi Rach, its me' Joey said
'Joey, hi, I'm sorry honey; this isn't the best of times. Emma's gone missing' Rachel said holding back her cries
'I know, she's with me' Joey told his friend
'She's with you?' Rachel said with relief, then thinking she said 'In L.A?'
Ross, Monica and Chandler were listening intently
'No, were in New York City General' Joey replied
'What's wrong? Why are you at the hospital' Rachel started to panic
'The hospital?' Ross whispered
'No, Rach calm down, she's fine, she just fell over' Joey lied looking over to a thankful Emma.
'Oh thank god' Rachel breathed with a sigh of relief 'we'll get down there straight away'
'Okay see you in a bit' Joey said 'Bye' he clicked his cell off and noticed Emma crying
'Sweetie, it'll be okay' Joey put his arm around her as she sobbed
'Come on, we got to get to the hospital' Rachel said grabbing everything she needed like she was on auto pilot
'What's wrong with Emma' Monica asked
'She's fine, just had a fall' Rachel said 'Have you seen my keys' she rushed around the lounge
'Rachel, calm down, she's safe with her uncle Joey' Ross hugged her and felt relieved his daughter was safe. Neither of them had thought about confronting Emma.
'We'll just call mom and dad, and ask them to keep Erica and Jack for a while longer, then we'll follow you in the porsche' Monica told Ross and Rachel as she picked up the phone
'Okay' Ross said as he and Rachel got into the car.
They drove off towards the city.
