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They arrived at the hospital and Chandler, Joey, Jack and Erica were all waiting for them.

"We just told a nurse you were on your way she's gone to get you a room" Chandler told Emma

"Is it private?" Emma panted

"I dunno" Chandler shrugged

"Mom! I want a private room," Emma moaned

"Just like her mother" Ross sighed to himself

"What?" Emma asked

"It doesn't matter which room your in, you won't even notice!" Ross replied

"Okay, I'm Nurse Greenfield, and I will be looking after you. The midwife will be along shortly" A small woman with blonde hair smiled at Emma

"Okay" Emma puffed

"We're gonna take you up to maternity now, and we'll keep an eye on you up there" The nurse smiled

The nurse wheeled Emma off to maternity followed by Ross and Rachel. Monica, Chandler, Joey and the Twins went up to the waiting room.

Emma lay down on the hospital bed.

"Okay Emma your 4cm so you could be a little while yet" the nurse smiled sympathetically

"Okay" she replied

"If you need anything just shout," the nurse replied before leaving the room.

Emma nodded and closed her eyes. She was worried and excited all at the same time. She thought about the father… if he had of wanted this baby, they could have been a happy family.


Monica and Chandler were in the waiting room, whilst Joey and the twins were playing rock, paper scissors.

"Man this is weird, the last time we were here, we had our kids… now we're waiting for our niece to give birth!" Chandler sat down on the chair

"I know, it's very strange" Monica sat down next to him

"I would have thought it would have been a longer time before we were great aunts and uncles" Chandler said flicking through a magazine

"Yeah, but what's done is done I guess, and that baby will be loved, and surrounded by all its family" Monica held Chandlers hand

"Yeah, just not a dad"

"That baby wouldn't want a dad like that! You heard what he did to Emma. He didn't even want this baby" Monica began

"I know, but I hardly ever saw my dad, granted he was always off with the pool boy, but it was really hard!" Chandler sighed

"Chandler listen to me, that baby will not need a dad, it'll be so loved and have a huge family behind it loving it" Monica hugged him

"I know, I still think every baby should have its mother and father. Maybe if its father wasn't such a bastard, things would have worked out okay" Chandler said angered

"Calm down sweetie" Monica said

"I'm sorry Mon, I'm just a bit stressed" Chandler smiled and hugged Monica

"Hey Mom, me and Jack are starving" Erica said coming over from the game

"Go to the canteen and get something," Monica said handing over a five-pound note

"Its all gross stuff" Erica replied

"Like Jell-O" Jack interrupted before both twins made faces of disgust

"Well what are you going to do then?" Monica asked

"There's a shop just down the road" Erica smiled

"No! You're not leaving this hospital," Chandler piped up

"Oh come on dad, its not even across any roads!" Erica smiled angelically

"Please" the twins said in unison

"Well…" Chandler looked at their faces "Okay, but be very careful, don't talk to strangers and come straight back!"

"We will" the twins said before running off.

Erica and Jack got to the shop, it was small and dingy but it sold crisps and coke so they were happy. They sat on a wall just outside

"I can't believe we're gonna be like aunts and uncles" Jack said munching on some crisps

"No, second cousins" Erica said, but her attention was focused on a guy standing outside the shop. He was kind of gothic had dirty blonde hair, was tall and he was smoking a cigarette.

"Erica, are you even listening to me?" Jack asked when he saw his sisters gaze was not on him

"What? Yeah" Erica said taking her eyes off the guy

Jack turned around and saw the guy "Ah" he laughed

"What?" Erica asked

"You have a crush on him" Jack smiled

"I do not!" Erica blushed

"Its so blatantly obvious" Jack teased "Go talk to him"

"I can't do that, he's like so much older than me!" Erica's face had turned bright red

"Oh go on, we don't even live here, what's the worst that could happen

"Okay, I'm going to do it" Erica grinned and high-fived her brother

"That's my girl!" Jack laughed as Erica tried to casually walk over to the guy.

"Hi, I'm Erica" she smiled at the boy

"Hey" The boy quickly glanced up at Erica.

"So have you come from the hospital?" Erica asked looking at the floor

"No, I got pissed off with my mom and went for a walk" the boy stubbed his ciggie out on the wall

"Oh, yeah parents can be like that sometimes" Erica said flicking her hair over her shoulders

"So how old are you then?" the guy asked looking at her

"I'm 14" Erica smiled "What about you?"

"I'm 18… just" The boy flashed a smile

"Cool, well I better be getting back to the hospital now, my cousins having a baby" Erica smiled

"Okay, well call me," the boy grinned handing her his number

"Okay, oh wait you never told me your name" Erica asked exchanging numbers with him.

"I'm Corey" the boy replied.

Erica stood back in disbelief. Surely this wasn't the Corey who abandoned Emma, the Corey who and refused to acknowledge the fact he was to be a father, the Corey who almost killed Emma and the baby. Thinking about it, Corey fit the description Emma had given… his long dirty blonde locks, and gothic status… all signs in Erica's mind were pointing to yes.

Erica went back to Jack and was numb with shock

"Way to go, you got his number" Jack smiled

"Er… I think…" Erica stuttered

"What is it?" Jack said sensing something was wrong

"I think that's the father of Emma's baby" Erica whispered

"What? Don't be stupid" Jack said looking over at Corey who was standing now on his mobile, with another cigarette in his hand.

"C'mon Jack, he fits the description, he has the same name, he lives here!" Erica yelled

"Sssh, Sis keep your voice down," Jack said covering Erica's mouth with his hand

"What are we going to do?" Erica asked

"Nothing, Emma doesn't need to know he is around here, chances are he's not even the right guy," Jack said standing up of the wall

"Where are you going?" Erica asked

"Back to the hospital, now c'mon" Jack said grabbing Erica's wrist

As Jack pulled her off, Erica looked around her shoulder, Corey seen her looking and he winked at her. She turned her head swiftly and told herself she was stupid as they made their way back to the waiting room.


Back at the hospital, Emma was still waiting to have the baby

"Mom, why is this taking so long" Emma sighed

"I don't know sweetie, these things take time" Rachel stroked her daughters hair

"OW!" Emma clutched her stomach again

"Breathe" Rachel, said taking hold of Emma's hand

"Okay Emma, your 10cm, time to go to the delivery room" Nurse Greenfield smiled "Your about to become a mom" For a moment Emma's world slowed down as she thought about the prospect of what the nurse had just said, her life was about to change forever

"Mom, I can't do this" Emma said crying as she was wheeled out

"Honey, you can don't be scared" Rachel kept tight hold of Emma's hand

"I'm scared" Emma sobbed

"I know honey, I know" Rachel said as Emma was wheeled into the delivery room.


Ross was now in the waiting room, he still found it a bit difficult to come to terms with this and Emma said she'd feel better if only her mom was in the room with her. He was silent and kept his gaze to the floor

"Ross?" Monica asked

"Yeah?" he looked up

"You want a coffee or something?" she said

"No, I'm good, thanks though" Ross smiled

"She's going to be fine" Monica said sitting next to him

"I know, its just a scary thought really…I'm about to become a granddad" Ross felt his stomach turn with nerves

"I know sweetie" Monica wasn't sure whether to smile, she didn't really know how Ross was feeling

"I'm going to take a walk, maybe go to the shop or something" He said standing up

"But Emma's having the baby" Erica said jumping to her feet.

"She'll be in labour for ages yet" Ross said putting on his jacket

"But don't you think you should be here" Erica said desperately trying to stop Ross from going to the shop

"She won't even know if I'm gone" Ross said trying to make his way towards the door but being blocked by the twins

"But what if she asks for you" Jack joined in seeing what his sister was doing

"She won't" Ross replied trying to push past them

"But she might" Jack argued

"Actually they do have a point," Joey said from the other side of the room.

"Whatever, I'll stay here then," Ross said sitting back down on the chair

Erica and Jack sighed with relief and they sat next to Joey.

"Okay you two what's going on!" he leaned over and whispered to them

"Nothing" Erica and Jack whispered back in unison

"Oh come on, I may be dumb but I know when you two are up to something!" Joey replied back

Jack and Erica exchanged glances, before Erica said "promise not to tell anyone"

"I won't"

"Well, Erica thinks she met Corey outside the shop" Jack told Joey quietly

"Corey? Oh my god!" Joey said realising who they meant

"He fit the exact description of what Emma had said" Erica replied

"Tell me what he looked like then" Joey asked

"Dirty blonde hair, tall about 5ft 11 and was smoking a ciggie" Erica said thinking how vague the description was

"You know how many guys look like that round here" Joey said

"Named Corey?" Erica asked

"You never know" Joey replied, "I don't think it would have been him"

"I'm going to show you, then we'll see" Erica said grabbing Joey's hand

"He won't still be there," Joey protested

"We'll see" Erica said pulling him out of the waiting room, Jack following closely behind.