Have been really quick updating these chapters, coz i'm bored and thought that i might as well update. So here's chapter 16, Please read and review and tell me what you think. Thanks for the reviews i have received and for any i might get! Love to you all! xxx


Emma looked around at the faces of each of the three people in the room.

Phoebe was shocked, Corey had his eyes glued to the floor and Rachel was looking directly at her. Emma didn't know what to say, she didn't have anything to say.

Without thinking she made her way to the door and ran.

"Emma!" Corey said running after her

"Where do you think your going?" Rachel said putting her foot out tripping Corey to the ground

"To find Emma," he said picking himself up

"Keep away from my daughter" Rachel said with a look that could kill.

"She's old enough to make her own decisions" Corey replied

"You have no right to talk about what my daughter can and can't do!" Rachel yelled "Just keep away from her" Rachel said before running out of the apartment to go find Emma.


Emma's feet were aching she'd ran away from the apartment as fast as she could. She wanted to run away but she couldn't because running away meant leaving Lyle. She could never do that and so she knew the only place to run was home.

She sat down on the couch at home, waiting for her mother to come through the door, waiting for the lecture, she needed to explain. If phoebe told her about them kissing then that was it. All she could do for now was wait.

Rachel drove home as quickly as she could, Lyle was in the back asleep and Phoebe sat in the passenger seat. Corey had left the apartment to search for Emma.

"I didn't realise that was the same Corey" Phoebe told Rachel

"Of course you didn't" Rachel replied

"I wouldn't of let him stay there, I would have got Frank to kick him out" Phoebe replied

"I know you would have, this isn't your fault" Rachel smiled at Phoebe

"Good, because I don't want you to think it is my fault" Phoebe said

"I wouldn't" Rachel replied

"Good"


Emma sat on the couch, she missed Lyle, and she just wanted to cuddle him. Every time she felt sad she would just cuddle him and her sadness would melt away. She heard her Mom's car pull up in the driveway and she braced herself.

"Emma Geller" her Mom's voice rang throughout the house

Emma went into the hall where she saw Rachel and Phoebe who held Lyle. She went over to Phoebe and took Lyle in her arms.

"You've got some explaining to do young lady" Rachel said as she walked into the living room, closely followed by Emma.

"Listen, Mom…" Emma began before telling Rachel the whole story; she explained how Corey had said he had changed and how he wanted to be with Emma and Lyle. When she had finished telling the story she looked over to Rachel.

"Your one naïve little girl Emma Geller" Rachel said quietly

"What?"

"This boy says he loves you, he wants you, he needs you, and you fall for it! Remember how you got pregnant in the first place Emma! He said he loved you! But he didn't did he" Rachel said trying not to raise her voice

"I know, but I really think he's changed"

"No one can change away from something like that Emma. As much as this might pain you to hear, he can act like he's changed, even he can think he's changed but he never will. Somewhere inside him there will be the same person who threatened to kill you and so I'm going to have to stop you from seeing him. Its for your own good" Rachel said watching Emma's expression.

"Fine" Emma said choked up "But when Lyle asks where his Daddy is you can tell him where!" Emma yelled before storming up to her room.

"She'll calm down," Phoebe said handing Rachel a tissue

"I know, but while she's calming I hope she doesn't do anything stupid.


Corey, Sorry about running off. I want to see you. I don't know what is telling me that I can forgive you but I feel I can. Meet me in the Village in half an hour. Love Em x

Emma pressed send and put on her coat, it was 11:30pm. Her mom and dad were asleep in bed; she had silently packed the pram and put a sleeping Lyle in gently. She had to see Corey, but with her mom banning her this was the only chance. She made sure to be quiet as she snuck out the house. Luckily Lyle stayed asleep.

She hurried down the lane, it was bitterly cold. She looked around there was no one to be seen. It wasn't safe to be walking down the road with a 3-month-old baby, but she had to see Corey.

"Emma" Corey went over and hugged her

"Corey, I can't stay long, my parents will kill me if they knew I was here" Emma said pulling away from his hug

"Forget about your parents, come live with me, we'll get a place away from New York, me you and Lyle what do you say?" Corey said taking her hands in his

"I can't do that Corey, I love my parents to much" Emma said picking Lyle up out of the pram.

"Here" Corey said taking hold of Lyle.

"I can't do this anymore Corey. I've got to move on with my life and it looks like its going to be without you" Emma said tears running down her cheeks.

"I could deal with that, if I knew its what you wanted," Corey said gently rocking Lyle

"How do you know it's not what I want?"

"Because you're crying. You don't cry over something that's not worth crying over" Corey said as she looked at him.

"Okay, I don't want to put you out of my life, I want you to be with me for me and for Lyle. I love you is that so wrong, but too much is going on, we can't be together, it would never work" Emma sobbed

"We'll make it work" Corey said placing Lyle back into the pram.

"How?"

"We'll find a way," Corey said kissing Emma.

They hugged for what seemed like years. When they finally let go of each other, Emma looked at her watch. It flashed 2:30am.

"I have to get back, I'll call you soon" She said kissing him

"Okay, I'll miss you both" Corey smiled weakly as he watched them hurry off.


Emma awoke the next morning at 7:00am to the sound of Lyle crying. It was high pitched, and unlike a cry she had heard before.

"Are you okay sweetie" Emma looked down onto Lyle. He looked irritated, probably a full diaper she thought to herself. She picked him up, he was burning up.

"Mom!" Emma yelled. Rachel came running into the room.

"What is it?" She asked noticing Emma sobbing as she held Lyle

"It's Lyle, he's sick, he's burning up"

"Honey, I'm sure he's fine, probably just got a bit of a cold, now lets get him something to eat" Rachel said

"Okay" Emma said sniffing as she took Lyle downstairs.

Emma tried to get Lyle to have his milk but he refused. Nothing would make him drink it. Usually he was a good feeder so she was puzzled as to why he wasn't feeding now.

"I really think he is sick" Emma said cradling him back and forth

"Okay, well we'll take him to the paediatrician this afternoon just to check" Rachel said

"Okay, thanks mom" Emma said as she took Lyle upstairs to get dressed.

Emma began to undress Lyle. As she took off his romper suit, she noticed a faint purple spotty rash on his side. It hadn't been there yesterday. She knew that something wasn't right.

"Mom" Emma called as Rachel came up the stairs.

"What is it?"

"Can we take him to the hospital, he's really not well" Emma said as she showed her mom the rash on Lyle's side.

"Oh my god…yeah lets get him to the hospital" Rachel said panicky as she ran to get Ross up.

"Ross, get up now!"

"What's wrong?" Ross said sitting up from a light sleep

"It's Lyle, he's really ill," Rachel said shoving on a jumper and shoes over her jeans.

"Oh my god, okay, lets get him to the hospital" Ross jumped out of bed and shoved on some clothes.

They quickly got into the car. Lyle was screaming and no matter what Emma did he just wouldn't calm down.

"I'm scared mom" Emma said as Rachel hugged her close trying to soothe her and Lyle.

"I know, it'll be fine" Rachel tried to reassure Emma.

As they approached the hospital, Emma felt Lyle's body go limp. She screamed

"Lyle, wake up" she cried

"Emma, he's still breathing" Rachel said "Ross step on it!" Ross did as he was told and pushed his foot down. It was out of character but his grandson's life depended on it.

They pulled up in the ambulance zone in the hospital. A team of doctors where waiting, Rachel had phoned them from the car.

"Please help him he's only a baby" Emma screamed she was hysterical now

The doctors took hold of Lyle and rushed him inside shouting a lot of medical terms none of which Emma understood.

"Where are they taking him mom?" Emma said as she ran into the hospital

"They're just checking him, making sure he's okay," Rachel said trying to calm Emma down

"He will be okay won't he mom" Emma looked up and Rachel saw the little girl that Emma had once been. She remembered back to the time Emma had lost her doll in the park and gotten upset and asked whether she would see her again. But this time Emma was not crying over a doll. She was crying over her own baby.

"I'm sure he'll be okay" Rachel said a tear rolling down her cheek as she hugged Emma.

"The doctors have moved Lyle up to the intensive care unit" Ross said coming back from the reception desk "They think that he's got meningitis"

Her father's words rang through Emma's mind. Meningitis? That killed you didn't it. Her baby had a life threatening disease. Emma shook her head and all of a sudden fell to the floor unconscious.


Aaah Evil girl making little babies sick. Thought it would be an interesting way to go with the story, tugging on the heart strings a little. It also gives me a whole new way to get the characters emotions into the story. Here is just a few questions to keep you wondering.

How will corey react when he finds out his son is sick?

Will Ross find out about Emma seeing Corey again?

Will Lyle recover? (am i that evil not to let him?)