Hiya! My apologies for the lateness of this update. I know I had a run of really quick updates and then they stopped suddenly. The reasons for this are 1) Serious writers block, when you've been writing it so quickly all of a sudden idea's just stop flowing to your brain lol 2) My internet connection has been down, and try as I might to fix it, it was just no good. So we called out a profession (go us! Lol) okay I'll shut up now, please enjoy the next part of this story… Lyle is still around, just not in this chapter, and I thought it would be good to get Ross a little more involved so he does :D Please Enjoy
Thanks for all the reviews for previous chapters, I've read them all, and man do I feel loved :D please review and tell me what you think. Love to you all! xxxxxx
Emma awoke and looked up at her clock, it was just gone 12:00am. She had fallen asleep on the floor next to Lyle's empty cot. She still had hold of the teddy, it was now drenched with her tears. She slowly stood up and placed the teddy on the bed. She exited her bedroom and went downstairs to where she could hear the TV blaring out from the lounge. Ross and Rachel were asleep in each other's arms. Emma looked at them. They both looked like their thoughts were disturbing their sleep. She walked over and shut off the TV. She placed a blanket over them both before quietly shutting the lounge door. She went into the kitchen and poured a glass of milk. She rested her phone on the counter; all of a sudden it vibrated. She looked at it, unknown number, clicking open she read the message.Em, open the door, I'm outside, love Corey xxxxxx
Her stomach turned, she hadn't told him where she lived, and he must have followed her home. She looked around to see if she could hide, but the kitchen light was on, he knew she was in. Taking a deep breath she opened the front door. Sat in the porch was Corey.
"Go away" she said taking one look at him.
"Please Emma, talk to me," he said as he touched her hand
"I've got nothing to say to you" she replied turning to go back into the house
"Wait!" he said pulling her back
"Let go of me" she pulled away "Listen, you've done too much, I've realised I can't forgive you"
"No Emma you don't mean that" he answered
"Don't tell me what I mean and what I don't mean Corey, Its over" Emma told him
"Please" he said as he pushed in between her and the door "Don't leave, let me explain"
"Explain what? Your lies, manipulate me again? No Corey not again" Emma said shoving him out the way
"I never manipulated you Emma, I just want you to listen!" Corey pulled her arm fast and hard, so hard she fell to the floor.
"I'm sorry" he stuttered as he saw he crouched down on the floor
"Go away" she said quietly but he heard her
"Emma, I'm sorry" Corey said reaching to help her up
"Go away!" she said louder as she stood up
"Emma" he pleaded with her "Think of our son"
"He's not your son Corey, to him your just sperm, nothing more, a father is the name you give to someone involved with the child's life, and you've not had one thing to do with him. So just piss off out of our lives" Emma said before walking into her house.
"That's not fair Emma" Corey began to protest
"It is, goodbye forever" and with that she shut the front door. She slumped down and began to cry, the words she had just said had shocked her, and she hadn't believed them until she had said them. She sat silently and sobbed. Hearing movement in the living room, Emma quickly wiped her eyes and stood up.
"Emma?" Ross walked out into the hall "Who was at the door?"
"No one, I just went to get some air" Emma lied
"I heard two voices, who were you talking too?" Ross asked, she wasn't fooling him
"It was no one honestly" Emma tried to make him drop this.
"Emma Geller, tell me who you were talking to" Ross' voice was stern
"It was no one please just leave me alone" Emma pushed passed him and ran up to her room, the last thing she needed now was her father to go after Corey.
Ross returned to the living room, where Rachel was now awake
"What was all that about?" She asked confused
"Emma was talking to someone outside, but she won't tell me who it was" Ross explained
"Maybe it wasn't anyone" Rachel yawned sleepily
"It was, I heard two voices" Ross replied
"Are you sure?" Rachel asked having a slight suspicion about who it was.
"Very, I'm going to go upstairs and see if I can talk to her, find out who it was" Ross said about to leave the living room
"Wait Ross!" Rachel said, not quite sure whether she should tell him this or not "I think it was…" she began "I think it would be better if I went and talked to her" Rachel finished off her sentence, she couldn't do it… she felt like it would be to much for Emma to handle.
"Okay then" Ross replied leaving Rachel to go speak to Emma.
Emma sat in her room, her leg was hurting from when she had fallen. She lifted up the leg of her pants and saw a cut, it was dripping with blood. All of a sudden it hurt a lot more. She grabbed a baby wipe and gently cleaned up her wound.
"Emma" Rachel walked into her daughters bedroom and noticed the cut on her leg
"I fell over, silly me" Emma lied not making contact with her mothers eyes.
"Don't lie to me Emma" Rachel said rushing over to attend to her daughter "I know he was here"
"Who was here?" Emma tried to act like she didn't know
"You know who I mean" Rachel replied but soon realised Emma was not going to say his name so she did it instead "Corey"
Emma was silent she just rubbed at her leg with the baby wipe
"He did this to you didn't he" Rachel said taking hold of the wipe
"No" Emma replied not wanting to give her mom the satisfaction of being right
"He did, you don't fall over and get huge cuts like that," Rachel pointed to the mark on Emma's leg
Emma was about to protest when she realised, she didn't have to stick up for him anymore, she'd cut him out of her life and she didn't care what happened now
"Okay… he was here" Emma replied quietly
"I knew it" Rachel whispered to herself
"I was telling him to go away and let me and Lyle get on with our lives but he said I was being unreasonable, and he pulled my arm a little to hard and I fell and voila" Emma pointed to the cut
Rachel listened as she realised her daughter was a lot stronger than she thought.
"And you told him it was over?" Rachel just had to make sure
"Forever" Emma looked at Rachel
"Well I'm glad, its one less thing to worry about" Rachel smiled weakly
"Yeah, now I just want to concentrate on Lyle" Emma said
"We all do sweetie" Rachel began "But now do you understand why I told you he wouldn't change, a leopard never changes its spots, I mean look"
"I know, and I'll never let him back in my life again"
Ross stood outside the door bubbling with anger, how could he have missed all of this. How could Rachel have deceived him about this? He wanted to go find Corey, what he'd do when he found him, only god knew. Without mentioning it to Rachel or Emma, Ross went out, he drove up to Monica and Chandlers house. The light in the front room was still on he could hear the bay watch theme from the open lounge window. He knew Chandler was awake. He gently tapped on the living room window. Chandler pulled back the curtain and then went to the front door:
"What you doing here man?" he said opening the door.
"You love Emma right?" Ross said
"In a strictly uncle to niece way, yes" Chandler half smiled
"Right, so if she had been hurt, you'd want to help catch the person who hurt her" Ross said quickly, almost too quickly
"What!" Chandler said alarmed "Emma's been hurt?"
"Well, yeah sorta, well im not exactly sure, but will you help me yes or no?" Ross said still fast paced
"Help you do what?" Chandler asked
"Yes or No?" Ross said
"Yes or No to what?" Chandler was getting more confused by the second
"Just yes or no" Ross said getting impatient
"I know I'm going to regret this but, yes I'll help you" Chandler sighed
"Good, now get your coat" Ross said heading back towards his car
"What about Mon?" Chandler said his eyes quickly glancing towards the stairs
"You'll be back before she's awake" Ross explained, "Now hurry up!"
"Okay, I'm coming" Chandler followed Ross towards the car, carefully shutting his front door.
"I'm going to get some sleep now" Emma yawned and gave her mom a hug
"Okay, we'll go to the hospital first thing" Rachel kissed Emma's forehead
"Eeew Mom gross" Emma giggled
Rachel smiled, and for a brief moment, Rachel saw the young daughter she had, not the mother, the girlfriend, the woman but the little girl. Rachel continued smiling as she left the room. But her smile was tainted with the sadness of her daughter's childhood being cut short. She tried to forget these thoughts as she went downstairs. There was no sign of Ross, she opened the front door and noticed his car was gone. She thought this was confusing but she was too tired to worry, she'd ask him about it in the morning.
"So Ross what are we doing?" Chandler asked as Ross drove the car at about 40mph
"We're going to see someone," Ross said not taking his eyes of the road
"Who are we going to see?" Chandler asked "And what do they have to do with Emma?"
"You'll see" Ross said as he drove of the freeway
"Ross where are we going?" Chandler asked again
"I said you'll see" Ross was getting agitated
"Ross, If you don't tell me where were going, I'm gonna get out this car at the next traffic lights" Chandler said equally as agitated
"Fine! We're going to pay Corey a visit," Ross told him
"Corey? Corey… Oh my god, Emma's ex?" Chandler asked
"Do you know any other Corey's?" Ross turned and looked Chandler in the eyes
"Eyes on the road, and no I don't" Chandler replied, "Why are we going to see him?"
"Because of what he's done to Emma"
"I think it's a bit late for this don't you?" Chandler said sarcastically
"No not getting her pregnant, he's hurt her again" Ross explained
"What's he done this time?"
"Well like I said, I'm not quite sure, but I overheard Rachel and Emma talking and she said something about him pulling her arm so hard she fell, but I didn't see the cut, so I don't know how bad it was, but apparently he was trying to get back with her"
"Okay, I'm already thinking this is a bad idea, but how do you know where you're going?" Chandler enquired
"Well I've been before" Ross told him "With Joey, when Emma was in hospital that time she ran away"
"Oh my god, what did you do to him"
"Nothing, well I did hit him and threaten him but that's it" Ross said quickly
"What?" Chandler panicked "What are you going to do this time?"
"I don't know yet," Ross said feeling the anger build up inside him "But it'll make him think twice about coming near Emma again"
"Ross, Turn back now" Chandler said firmly
"No"
"Do it, you could end up in a lot of trouble, and personally don't wanna see my best friend go to jail" Chandler argued
"I'm not going to go to jail" Ross said "I'm just going to have a few words with him no hitting I swear" Ross replied not quite knowing if he was lying or not.
"Okay" Chandler said choosing to believe his friend.
They continued the rest of the journey in silence.
