Here's the next chapter of a troubled teenager. Sorry if its a bit long (you'll all think its really short now! haha) Well in this chapter Corey finally gets his comeuppance. I think this will be the penultimate chapter (ooh go me with big words) Hope you all enjoy. Thank you all for your very kind reviews i love thema lot, makes me happy knowing i'm loved lol! Please read, enjoy and review
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"So this is were he lives?" Chandler said looking up at an old apartment block back in Greenwich Village.
"Yup, number23" Ross said before making his way to the door
"Ross, wait up!" Chandler said quickly following Ross.
Ross walked up the stairs and searched until he found apartment 23. Glancing at his watch he noticed it was 3:30am.
"Jeez man, you could slow down once in a while" Chandler puffed finally catching up to Ross "So this it," he said motioning his head towards the door
"Yup, only now I'm here I don't know what to do" Ross half laughed before looking totally strung out.
"I told you this was a stupid idea," Chandler muttered
"It's not," Ross said before knocking on the door. No one answered
"Maybe he's not in," Chandler said
"Maybe he's asleep" Ross tried to be sarcastic but failed miserably.
"Well I wouldn't be surprised, it is gone 3am" Chandler sighed
"Ha, Ha" Ross wasn't impressed "I'll talk to the super in the morning, they get up round 6 don't they?"
"How should I know? I'm not a super" Chandler replied
Ross dismissed Chandler's comment, "Let's go"
"I'm not coming back tomorrow," Chandler told him
"Neither am I, we're sleeping in my car" Ross explained
"What? I am not sleeping in your car" Chandler protested
"Where you gonna sleep then?" Ross enquired
Chandler thought for a moment before sighing and saying "Fine, the car it is"
Feeling the empty space on the other side of the bed, Rachel woke up, she looked at her clock. It displayed 6:30am. Feeling worried that Ross had gone out and not come back; Rachel dialled in his mobile number. It was ringing.
"Hello this is Ross… Dr. Ross Geller PHD. I can't get to my cell now, so you can either try back later or leave a message after the beep"
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
"Ross, it's Rachel, where are you? It's 6:34am now and if you're not back by 8:00am Emma and me will be leaving for the hospital. Call me as soon as you get this. Bye"
Rachel put down the phone and walked into the kitchen
"Where's dad? Emma said yawning as she walked into the kitchen
"I don't know" Rachel sighed "But I'm sure he'll be back soon" Rachel forced a smile as not to worry Emma.
"I hope he's back soon, I want to get to the hospital" Emma sighed, "I miss Lyle"
"I know sweetie, I do to… but I'm sure he'll be back home soon" Rachel smiled
"I hope so mom, I hope so," Emma said sadly as she stared into her tea.
"Oh honey, think positive" Rachel hugged Emma.
"I'm trying to" Emma replied, "It's just hard"
"I know sweetie. I know" Rachel said.
Ross stretched as he woke up. Glancing at the display he saw it was 7:00am
"The super will definitely be up by now," he said to himself
Deciding not to wake Chandler, Ross got up and left the car. He went back into the building and called on the super's door. A young man opened it.
"Hello, My name is Ross Geller, I'm looking for a previous tenant of yours" Ross began "Corey was his name, he lived in apartment 23"
"Ah yes, I remember him" The super said unimpressed "Moved out about 10 months ago… maybe not even that…"he continued before telling Ross Corey's new address "He lives there with a guy name Frank Buffay apparently"
Ross stood back a minute "Frank Buffay?" Ross asked
"Yeah, he's around the same age as him, probably some crack den they got!" the super laughed
"Yeah…" Ross muttered thinking about which it was "Well thanks for your help… Jerry" Ross said looking at the guys name tag
"No problem, anything else… Jerry's your man" The super smiled before grabbing his mop and walking off.
Ross left the building and got back to the car. Chandler was still asleep in the passenger seat.
"Chandler" Ross said getting in the car "Wake up"
"What!" Chandler said sitting up quick
"I know where he lives" Ross said putting the key in the ignition
"That's nice" Chandler said rubbing his eyes and yawning
"He lives with a guy named Frank Buffay" Ross said
"As in Phoebe's brother?" Chandler said waking up
"Nope, Phoebe's brothers triplet" Ross said
"Man, this is getting confusing" Chandler remarked as Ross began driving
"Yeah, well at least I know where he lives" Ross said "Time for some ass kicking"
"Yeah good luck with that" Chandler said turning towards the window and falling back to sleep.
"Ah, Good Morning Ms Geller, Mrs Geller" Doctor Reed said "I see Mr Geller is not with you today"
"No, my husband had some business to attend to" Rachel lied
"Okay then, as you know Lyle had septicaemia, a form of blood poisoning. We gave him antibiotics to help fight off the bacteria causing the poisoning. Luckily Lyle has responded well to the antibiotics and seems to be making a recovery. Of course we will be keeping a check on him and he will remain in intensive care for a short while. But I'm sure he'll be home very soon" Doctor Reed explained
"Oh that's wonderful" Rachel smiled hugging Emma
"So are you sure he'll be okay?" Emma asked breaking the hug and turning to the doctor
"I have every hope" Doctor Reed smiled "You can go in and see him if you want to"
"Yes please" Emma replied following the Doctor into Lyle's room.
"He's looking better already don't you think?" Rachel said looking down on Lyle.
"I can't tell, he still looks the same" Emma said a tear rolling down her cheek
"Em don't cry, you heard the doctor, he'll be fine"
"I know… but doctors can be wrong can't they" Emma questioned
"Yes… but a lot of the time they aren't" Rachel replied
"But they are sometimes" Emma muttered to quiet for Rachel to hear.
"Listen sweetie, I'm going to try get your dad again on his cell. I'll be right back"
"Okay mom"
All of a sudden the theme tune of Jurassic Park rang out through the street.
"Oh my god, I do not believe you" Chandler cringed as Ross got out his mobile
"What its cool" Ross said "Hello, Dr. Ross Gel…" he was cut off
"Yeah I get it, I've heard it a lot. Listen, have you seen Chandler?" Monica sounded panicked
"Yeah he's here with me, why?" Ross replied casually
"Why? Maybe because he disappeared last night, didn't leave a note and I had no idea were he was" Monica yelled at her brother
"Okay Mon, calm down, here I'll just put him on," Ross said handing his mobile to Chandler who was shaking his head in protest. Finally he took the phone
"Hey honey," he said quietly
"Where the hell are you?" Monica shouted down the phone
"I'm outside one of Pheebs' triplets apartments, Frank" Chandler explained, whilst confusing himself
"What are you doing there?" Monica asked puzzled
"I don't know, it was one of Ross's weird ideas again, I'll explain it all when I get home" Chandler said
"And when will that be?" Monica said impatiently
"As soon as, probably two hours or so" Chandler said
"Okay then, see you when you get back" Monica replied
"I love you"
"I love you too" Monica's voice softened
"Bye"
"Bye"
"Now your not schmoozing with you wife, c'mon and help me find this Corey" Ross said taking back his mobile
"Schmoozing?" Chandler muttered confusingly "Anyway Ross, have you phoned Rachel or let her no were you are?"
"I couldn't do that, she'd stop me, saying it wasn't worth it" Ross explained
"And is it?" Chandler asked
Ross ignored his question and carried on walking
Rachel had been trying to get through to Ross for 10 minutes now but it was engaged.
"Maybe Monica will know" Rachel muttered to herself as she began to key in the number.
"Hello, Geller-Bing" Monica said answering the phone
"Hey Mon, its me" Rachel said
"Oh hey Rach, how is everything, how's Lyle?" Monica asked
"Oh, he's getting better, the doctor said that he's responding well to the antibiotics, and that the septicaemia is clearing. They said he'll be off intensive care soon"
"Oh well that's good news!"
"I know, I think Emma is taking it hard though, I've told her to stay positive"
"Awww, the poor girl, she must be going through hell, more so than the rest of us" Monica sighed
"Yeah… I'm sure when she sees him recovering that she'll be a bit more positive" Rachel told her
"I'm sure she will" Monica responded
"Oh by the way have you seen Ross lately?" Rachel asked
"Well I spoke to him just before" Rachel sighed with relief. He was okay.
"What did he say" she asked
"Well he's with Chandler and he said that he was outside Frank Jr Jr's apartment" Monica said
"What? What's he doing…" Rachel suddenly felt sick to her stomach, she knew why he was there
"What is it Rach?"
"He's gone after Corey" Rachel stuttered
"Oh my god!" Monica replied
"Listen Mon, I'm going to have to go, I've got to go check he hasn't done anything stupid" Rachel explained "Talk to you soon" Rachel said hanging up and rushing into the hospital
"Emma" she said rushing up to her daughter
"What is it mom?" Emma said slightly panicked
"It's your dad" Rachel said taking a breath
"Oh my god what's happened" Emma said slightly hysterical
"He's gone after Corey, he must of overheard us talking last night" Rachel explained
"Oh my god! Why can't he just leave things alone" Emma retorted
"He's never been able to" Rachel said, "Are you coming with me or staying here with Lyle?"
"I'll come with you, Lyle will be okay for a few hours… won't he?" Emma asked
"Of course sweetie, now come on lets go"
They raced off and got into the car, before starting the journey to Franks apartment.
"This is it" Ross said pointing to the door
"Are you sure?" Chandler said
"Positive" Ross said knocking on the door
"Hang on" A voice came from inside
"Right, you ready?" Ross said turning to Chandler
"For what? What have I missed?" Chandler said puzzled
"Never mind" Ross replied as the door opened
Corey stood there in jeans and a t-shirt, he looked different to the last time Ross had saw him, but Ross couldn't forget his eyes and knew straight away it was him.
"What do you want?" Corey asked trying to shut the door.
"I want to talk to you" Ross said putting his foot in the door
"Listen, I haven't done anything to Emma" Corey said backing off as Ross let himself into the apartment
"Right, that's why she said you hurt her again, and that's why I heard shouting last night" Ross said getting angry
"I never hurt her" Corey replied
"Your doing it again" Ross said
"Doing what?" Corey quizzed confused
"Calling my daughter a liar" Ross said pushing him back onto the chair "Now you remember that little chat we had some months ago…" Ross began and Corey nodded his head "I said if you ever came near my daughter again, I'd kill you" Ross snarled
"Ross calm down" Chandler interjected
"No Chandler, I won't calm down, he deserves to pay for what he's done to my family" Ross said enraged. He lifted up his arm to punch Corey
"Listen Ross, it's not worth it, I told you this before" Chandler said grabbing Ross's arm
"If you care about Emma, you'll help me" Ross blackmailed Chandler
"I do care about Emma but I'm not going to play any part in this, I for one don't want to go to jail and miss my kids growing up" Chandler said dropping Ross's arm
"Whatever" Ross muttered before turning back to Corey
"Unlike my friend, I'm not as sensible as that, and when it comes to my family, its very personal" Ross said leaning closer to Corey
"Listen, I never ment to hurt Emma" Corey said his voice shaking
"I'm sure you didn't just like you didn't mean to almost kill her baby…" Ross said taking a grip on Corey's t-shirt "You'll never come near my family again, do you understand" Ross said pulling him up of the chair. Leaning forward Corey butted Ross, who fell to the floor. Corey picked up a pole and stood above him Chandler moved towards Corey
"Drop the pole man" Chandler said trying to calm him down
"Back off!" Corey screamed
"I mean it drop the pole" Chandler said edging forward
"Fucking Back off!" Corey yelled
"Drop it!" Chandler said he quickly glanced over to Ross who was laying on the floor his nose pouring with blood. However in that split second glance Corey swung the pole and smacked the back of Chandler's legs. He fell to the floor.
Suddenly a girl's scream filled the apartment.
"Oh my god, Dad, Uncle Chandler" Emma crouched down besides them "Corey you bastard!" She looked up at him. He dropped the pole,
"Emma, I had no choice, they were coming at me. It was self defence," Corey said
"Liar!" Emma screamed as she threw her arm and smacked Corey in the face knocking him backwards "That was for my dad" she punched him again "That was for my Uncle Chandler" and then she kicked him "And that was for all the shit you've put me and my family through" She turned around and went to help Ross and Chandler as Corey fell to the floor in pain.
