Hey! heres the next chapter, its not the most eventful chapter in the story, but i hope you still enjoy it. I am in the middle of writing chapter 15, which i hope to be more exciting than this chapter, I still haven't decided what to do with the whole Emma and Corey situtation, but i have a few ideas. Thanks for all your reviews and please keep them coming, i love reading them. I will try to put up the next chapter as soon as possible, I know this chapter took a while to be posted, but i'll try to update faster. Thanks for reading. Please enjoy!
Emma turned the key in the lock and went inside, neither of her parents where home which she thought lucky as it gave her a bit of time to clear up. She took out the trash, loaded the dishwasher and stuffed as many of Lyle's toys into the box as she could before Ross came through the door.
"Emma? You here?" He asked taking off his shoes
"Yeah we're in the Lounge" Emma shouted quickly pushing the box back into its place and picking Lyle up out of the crib.
"Hello" Ross said giving Emma a peck on the cheek and taking hold of his grandson.
"Did little Lyle have a nice day today?" Ross cooed
"He went shopping with his mummy and his cousin" Emma smiled watching her father and her son. They had bonded a lot since the birth and Emma felt glad that her dad had accepted Lyle.
"You wanna cup of coffee?" Emma asked
"No, I'm good. Listen, me and your mum have decided to meet up with Mon and Chan and Phoebe and Mike for a few drinks so we're gonna drop you off with Erica and Jack whilst we go out is it okay or would you rather we cancelled?" Ross asked undoing his tie and looking in the mirror
"No, I'll be fine, jeez dad I am 16, one night on my own with Lyle won't kill me" Emma laughed
"I know, but we still worry, its our jobs as the parents" Ross smiled before leaving the room and going to get changed.
A few hours later, Rachel had returned home not long after Ross and had gone and got changed. When they were ready to go Emma strapped Lyle into his car seat before putting his diaper bag into the boot. They got to Mon and Chan's in 5 minutes and once all the stuff had been unloaded, they said goodbyes and the adults went off out.
"Now they've gone, who wants some rum" Jack grinned pulling a large bottle out of the wine rack.
"That's Mum's best, you can't drink that" Erica said snatching it off him and putting it back in the rack
"Don't be a spoil sport Erica" Jack said trying to get the rum back but quickly being stopped by Erica's foot
"I'm not being a spoil sport, I'm just saying not mum's best rum!" Erica protested crouching down next to the rack "lets see… ah here, this is good" Erica pulled a bottle of clear liquid out of the rack
"What's that?" Jack asked looking around the label, but it was all in foreign
"This, my dear Jack, is Vodka, you remember that drink, you've had it before" Erica smiled taking three shot glasses out of the cupboard.
"Yeah, but not neat" Jack said watching Erica over pour the liquid into the glasses.
"First time for everything" Erica grinned handing him a shot glass
"Okay then" he said sipping at the cup
"Not like that, you don't sip a shot, jeez Jack how old are you?" Erica said downing the vodka
"Same age as you" he said copying her action, but unlike her when he had finished he started spluttering, "That's disgusting" he managed to say before choking some more
"You'll get used to it" Erica laughed as Emma came into the room
"What you guys doing? She asked walking over to them
"Here" Erica said handing Emma a shot glass
"No, I'm okay thanks, that stuff's disgusting" Emma said taking the bottle of vodka and screwing a lid on it
"And you two shouldn't be drinking it neat either, I'm not being responsible if you two are drunk when the parents get back"
Erica and Jack looked at each other, since when had Emma become the responsible parenting type. Since she'd had a baby and become a parent, they thought.
"Okay then we'll just have some lager" Erica said pulling three can's out the fridge
"Now that I'll drink" Emma smiled opening a can and going back into the living room followed by the twins.
Monica, Rachel, Chandler and Ross pulled up outside central perk; it had been a long time since they'd been here all together. Phoebe stood outside.
"Hey guys" she said running over and hugging them.
"Shall we go in, I'm freezing" Rachel smiled
They walked in and as there always had been the orange couch sat in the middle. They all looked at each other and smiled as they went to sit down.
"How long has it been since we've been here?" Ross said putting his arm around Rachel
"Must be at least 10 years," Chandler said as he sat with Monica
"It feels weird without Joey" Monica sighed noticing the space in the group
"Oh didn't I tell you" Phoebe began "I called Joey, you know just to see how he was and everything, and he said he wanted to come down and see us again so I told him to come tonight" Phoebe told the group excitedly
"Wow, its going to be all six of us again" Rachel smiled
"Hey guys, what can I get you?" A slightly older looking Gunther came over and smiled
"Six coffees please" Joey said opening the door to the coffee house
"Joey!" they all shouted hugging him
"How's the big movie star?" Monica said as they broke the hug and went to sit back down
"I'm great! It's been really hectic; I'm working in Hollywood. Hollywood baby!" Joey yelled as the other people in the coffee house turned around to see what the yelling was about
The gang laughed as Joey told them all about what he had been doing in his movie.
Back at Monica and Chandlers, the twins and Emma were watching "the ring"
"This is not even scary" Erica remarked as she nibbled on some peanuts
"I know, It's hardly realistic" Emma said as she quickly glanced over to Lyle who was sleeping in the travel cot
"I think it's pretty scary" Jack said from behind a cushion
"Hah! Jack is scared" Erica laughed
"I am not," Jack protested but before he could anymore he buried his head on the cushion as Samara began crawling out of the TV in the film
"Awww, poor Jacky" Emma laughed as he peeped up from the cushion
"Is it over?" Jack asked
"Yes" Emma lied as Jack looked up and screamed before burying his head back in the pillow. The girls fell about laughing, a little too loud though as soon Lyle was awake crying.
"Sssh" Emma said picking him up and resting him on her lap
"Is he hungry?" Erica said pausing the film
"No, he ate just before, he's just cranky coz he got woken up" Emma said as Lyle settled a bit "he's an attention seeker"
Half an hour later Lyle was asleep, Erica had gone to bed, she felt sick after all the peanuts and so Jack and Emma were left on the sofa.
"Do you ever miss being able to go out with your friends?" Jack asked as Emma watched over Lyle.
"Not really, considering the friends I had were all alcoholics and stoners" Emma smiled briefly
"Seriously?" Jack asked intrigued
"Yeah, okay I did have some normal friends, but when I got pregnant I was shunned" Emma laughed and Jack sniggered a bit too
"So what about the father?" Jack asked
"What? What about him" Emma said startled wondering if Jack might have seen her with him.
"Do you wish it had turned out differently, I mean like he had wanted to support you and the baby," Jack asked wondering how far he could go before overstepping the line. Emma thought for a while. In honesty she wished Corey had reacted differently. She wished he had opened his arms to her and the baby. Then she thought back to earlier on in the afternoon. That's what he had done. Albeit a little late but he still had. Emma wondered to herself before noticing that Jack was awaiting an answer to his question.
"Of course I wish it had turned out differently," she said, "Jack, can I tell you something?" Emma asked
"Sure"
"Just don't tell your sister, because as much as she says she won't she will tell someone!"
"I know that, I am her brother"
"Okay, well I ran into Corey today" Emma said quickly
"You what? What did he do?" Jack asked slightly startled
"Well, he told me he wanted to be part of mine and Lyle's life"
"And you told him no right?" Jack said
"Well not exactly…"
"Emma! Remember who this guy is… he tried to kill you and Lyle!" Jack retorted
"I know and I told him all this, but he said he had changed, he said that when he had done that he was totally doped up, which he was because I saw him like that. He told me he's been of the drugs for ages. And he genuinely seemed like he had changed.
"Emma you are so naïve!" Jack said "He won't have changed, what's a 18 year old lad want to be tied down to a baby for"
"I know, I'm thinking this too, but Lyle still is his son, and he should still have a right to know his dad" Emma replied
"Well its up to you what you decide to do, but please be careful Emma, remember what this guy is capable of" Jack said hugging Emma
"I don't know what I'll do yet," she whispered
At the coffee house, the gang were all getting ready to leave.
"This has been really great" Rachel smiled as the gang all looked around each other
"It really has" Ross replied
They all stood reflecting for a moment or too, before leaving the coffee house.
"Well I've got to get back to my hotel, my flight leaves tomorrow morning" Joey said waving for a taxi
"So soon?" Phoebe asked looking sad
"Yeah, its this movie, it's a tight schedule" Joey laughed "it's weird having a schedule"
"It sure is for you!" Chandler laughed patting Joey on the back
"Okay guys, I'll see you all soon, look out for me! I'm coming to a cinema near you!" Joey smiled before getting into the cab. They all waved him off.
"Well I best be getting back to" Phoebe said as she hugged the gang.
"Bye Pheebs" The gang waved as her taxi drove off.
"This was really fun" Ross said putting his arm round Rachel
"I know, I never thought we'd all be hanging out together again," Chandler said as they all walked towards the car.
"It just shows you can never break a friendship as tight as ours was, and still is" Rachel remarked "After everything that's happened in each of our lives we've still come back"
The four of them stood for a moment and reflected on what Rachel had just said.
When they arrived back at Monica and Chandlers, Emma and Jack were asleep on the couch. Lyle was gently sleeping in the crib and Erica was still in bed.
"Emma, sweetie time to go home," Rachel said softly tapping Emma's shoulder
"Okay" Emma yawned waking up
"Was everything okay?" Rachel asked
"Yeah, it was fine" Emma said stretching
"Good" Rachel smiled
"Did you have a good time?" Emma asked
"Yeah, it was the best" Rachel said picking Lyle up and handing him to Emma
Emma smiled at Lyle and then at her mum.
"Lets get home" Ross said poking his head through the door
"Okay, were just coming now" Rachel smiled as she lead Emma and Lyle out the door.
"Bye Guys" Emma smiled at Monica and Chandler
"Bye Em, bye Lyle" they said back before giving Ross and Rachel a quick hug as they left.
"Okay then Jacky, lets get you to bed" Chandler said waking up his son who was sound asleep on the couch
"What?" Jack asked sleepily
"Time for bed" Monica said as she helped him up off the couch
"Oh" Jack said before walking up to the stairs in a sleepy manner.
"Lets get to bed too" Monica smiled at Chandler who returned the grin.
"Okay" He said before following her up the stairs.
