I'm through with love

Loves through with me

I guess I've messed up one time too many

Can't get it together

Emma couldn't even look at Craig when he walked into their bedroom that night. She was so hurt, but she didn't even know if it was true or not. She was scared to ask him though, scared that it would all come to reality, that Manny would have been right.

She just pretended to be asleep, that way she didn't have to talk to Craig if he said anything.

"Emma, are you awake?" Craig asked as he lurked over the bed. Glancing down at her, "I guess we can talk in the morning." He walked off to get change into some pajamas. Afterwards slowly climbing into bed next to her, he went to touch her, but she moved. "I love you Em," he whispered.

As the tears fell from Emma's eyes, it burnt her skin at the very touch. I guess I deserve to lose everything after I stole it from another. However, Adrian didn't deserve to lose his father, there was no way she would be able to look at Craig the same after he had promise that he would love her forever. The saying must be true, once a cheater always a cheater. Tonight would be a long night, she didn't think that she would ever be able to get to sleep; too many things were going through her head.

I've gone to the wall

I've made it this far

In spite of it all

In spite of it all

Manny showed up at Paige's house the next morning, she wanted to know how well it went. She really wanted to send the video, and get Craig out of the house as soon as possible. The next would be having Emma lose Adrian.

At first, no one answered the door; she must be still in bed she thought. She began walking down the porch stairs when Paige opened the door. "Manny, what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to see how it went."

"It's 9am in the morning on a Saturday, didn't you think that I may be sleeping."

"No, I was a little anxious to see what you got on tape that we can use."

"Well don't hold your breath, I tried everything, but failed."

"You failed," she yelled, frustrated that this wasn't over yet.

"I'm sorry, but when I tried he said that he couldn't because he only wanted Emma. I just have to go to my plan b, something that won't fail."

"And what would that be?" curious to know.

"Invite him to a party and get him a little drunk. I mean he doesn't have to remember cheating, we just have to get it on tape."

"As long as you get the job done," she said sounding annoyed.

"Don't start with me; I don't see you getting too far with your plan yourself," Paige snapped.

"Well that would be because I can't start mine until they're both mad at each other."

"Okay, sorry."

"You know what I just thought about something. Last night when I left Emma's house she was a little mad, I kind of told her that Craig was here alone, probably cheating on her."

"Did she buy it?"

"I think she may have, she looked real angry at him. I wish I could be there when the fireworks break out. We might not have to use your plan b after all."

You will knock me down

When you come around

You will take my heart

Tear it apart

Craig heard Adrian crying, so he decided to get him up and let Emma sleep, she was still in bed. He had heard her stir in her sleep last night so he knew that she could use it. "Hey little man, why don't we go upstairs and get you something to eat, and let mommy sleep."

Emma just stared at the ceiling. How can he act as if nothing is wrong, as he didn't do anything? He was getting better at acting; she remembered the many times that it was so obvious that something was going on behind Manny's back, yet she was just too naive to notice, not to mention that she had helped keep it that way.

Emma and Craig were kissing on her bed; it had been a few days since they had seen each other. Emma had gone to visit some of her dad's relatives out of town during the weekend.

Craig began to unbutton Emma's button's on her shirt, when they heard a sound. It was the stairs squeaking, someone was coming down the stairs. They jumped up, trying to act as if nothing had happened, forgetting to fix their hair.

It was Manny, she noticed that Craig's hair was messy, not really noticing Emma's as much, "Hey you two, what happened to Craig's hair?"

"I...um," not really knowing what to say, what kind of lie to make up that was believable.

"Craig was making fun of me, so I decided to hit him with the pillow which caused a pillow war."

"Oh Craig, what were you saying to her?"

"That she was a little too boney." Oh no, that something so wrong to say, he thought. I would never say something like that. He caught his breath waiting for her reaction.

"Oh Craig it's not her fault that she's that way."

He finally let his breath go when he realized that she bought it. They heaven they both thought.

Now if she didn't know about the lie then she wouldn't be even able to tell that he was lying. He always seemed to make everything sound so perfect.

Why is my heart always the one to get broken, Emma thought. Why do I keep falling for these losers? First there was Sean who only thought that I should think about him, and not my family; Chris who just used me to get back at his girlfriend; Craig who first cheats with me, when I leave finds me and gets me to come back with him only to go and cheats on me too.

Emma noticed the picture that was on Craig side of the bed. It was their first picture as a family, at the hospital. All she could think of what a joke it all was. Just looking at it made her want to cry, she grabbed it off the side table, and darted it across the room. You could hear the glass shatter as it hit

You will mess around

Confess it now

Y'want me to crawl

But I'm standing tall

In spite of it all

In spite of it all

In spite of it all

Craig was feeding Adrian a bottle in the kitchen when he and Spike heard a noise coming from their room. He decided that he should go see what it was. "Spike could you watch him please?"

"Yeah," she answered.

"Emma what happened?" he asked as he got to the bottom of the stairs.

"Go away," she yelled. He was the last person she wanted to see at this moment.

Craig noticed the frame at his feet, he picked it up, "Why did you do this?" unable to understand why it was broken.

"You know why…last night," she said, trying to tell him she knew all about it.

"What about last night?" confused about what she was talking about.

"I know all about it."

"Oh," he said softly, realizing that she knew it was just the two of them.

"That's all you have to say," she sneered.

"What can I really say; Paige lied and then came on to me."

"LIAR!" she screamed. "I know you were going there to cheat on me."

"What?" confused by her statement. "Where did you hear this?"

"From a friend of hers."

"Well they're a liar," he walked closer to her, "Why don't you ask her yourself?" He noticed a gash on her forehead, "What happened to your head?"

"It's none of your business," she yelled, turning so he couldn't look at her no more.

"What happened to your head?" he asked again with a harsh tone to his voice.

"What do you think? Manny happened to it again."

"And you didn't tell me," feeling hurt that she had left him out of it again.

"I wasn't in a sharing mood last night."

"I get it she's the one who told you about Paige. She continues to physically hurt you, and you still believe her over me." Walking up a few steps, he stopped to say one last thing, "I guess you never really believed that I could change either. And you know what, that really hurts." He walked out of the front door, slamming it behind him, causing the house to shake.

Emma began to feel so stupid, why did she believe Manny after all she had done?

I'm done with you

You're done with me

Don't make it hard

Craig was mad at Emma for believing Manny over him, but madder that Manny had gotten to Emma again, and hurt her. He had to put a stop to this.

He was going to find her, if it took all day. She wouldn't get away with this. With his luck, she was walking straight towards him in the park with a bright smile.

"I bet I know why you're happy," he called out to her.

"And what do you think happy about?" doubting that he really knew about it.

"That you went and told lies about me, saying that I was cheating with Paige. Then you hurt her again, you've gone nuts."

"I don't know what you're talking about. I think Emma's telling you some lies because I wasn't anywhere near there last night. I for one had a date."

"Do you think that I can be easily manipulated? I saw the gash on her head."

"Don't you think that it could be possible that she may have got it from something else, like herself so she could frame me," she tried to convince her.

Getting into to her face, "Whatever, I want you to stay away from my family."

"I'm finish with your allegations, bye," she yelled stomping off.

Why can't you see

You're wasting my time

I spend it all on you

I'm not gonna fall

In spite of it all

In spite of it all

Emma needed to find out if Craig was telling the truth. The only way she would know is to ask Paige herself. She got up off the couch, and headed out the door, "Mom, I'll be back in a little while. I have to take care of something."

"Okay Hunny."

It didn't take her too long to get there. She was getting a little nervous this might mean her future that is if Craig ever came back to her.

All she could think of is the last few words that Craig had said to her before he left in a huff. She tried not to believe it, but it was hard when Manny wouldn't stop. In addition, there had been some things that had made sense too.

The door opened, and she hadn't even knocked on the door. "Oh, Emma, what are you doing here?" Paige asked, as she was surprised to see her at her door.

"I needed to ask you something."

Putting on a fake smile, "And what would that be?"

"Did Craig really resist you when, you put the moves on him last night?" the thought just caused her eyes to form tears.

The plan was working, and she didn't even have to do anything with Craig, "No he didn't. And I have to tell you that it wasn't the first time either."

Emma wanted to bolt at her, but then she wouldn't be any better than what Manny has been doing to her. "I can't believe you."

"Why is that?"

"You get mad at me for doing this to Manny, but you go and do the exact same thing."

"What can I say, Craig is very hard to resist. He is a charmer."

"Well you can have him. I'm through with him, and through with this town. Oh, by the way you can go tell him that he will never see his son again," she yelled.

You will knock me down

When you come around

You will take my heart

Tear it apart

Manny was pissed off at Emma for telling Craig. She had warned her not to, she had spent too much time planning this plan to have it go wrong. She would deal with the consequences, she had warned her.

"Emma, you haven't seen anything yet," she sneered. "You had to go tear my heart out Craig, if you would have just stayed with me, and not told me about your affair then everything would have been like it should be."

Manny searched at Emma's house for her, but she was nowhere in sight. This was so unlike her, since she had been back she hadn't left the house too often. She had to think, she had to remember Emma's favorite place to go. That's when she remembered when she was upset she would always go to their old elementary school, she said it reminded her of the good old days.

Manny could barely remember those days; they just seemed so far away. Back then she was too naïve to the things going on around her. She walked over there; it seemed all she had done today was walk from one spot to another.

Manny walked around the school to the playground to find Emma sitting on the tire swing that they had spent many days on, and right close by was her son in his stroller. She looked to have been crying, which could only mean that she and Craig must have gotten into it, probably about her suspicions. This was just getting better and better, but that still didn't excuse her tattling. I mean what if he went to the cop or something she couldn't get into trouble. I mean how bad would that look to her friends. She would lose them, and she wasn't going to risk that, she already lost enough because of Emma.

"So you told him even after I warned you," Manny hollered as she walked towards Emma.

Emma got off the tire swing, "I didn't I swear," she pleaded.

"Than how did he find out, you know he came after me today."

"He saw the gash this morning, he just guessed, I swear," she cried. "Please just leave us alone."

"NO, I warned you," getting into Emma's face, "Now it's time to do something I should have done the first time around."

Emma started to back away; she had never been so scared. Her whole body was shaking. She ran right over to her son, she had to get out of here. She began to push the stroller away from her. Manny began to come after her; she pushed her right at the stroller causing it to fall over with Emma tumble over it. You could hear it when she hit the concrete she hit her head hard, as if her skull had cracked. All Manny could do was laugh, she had totally lost it.

Emma didn't even think of how much her head hurt, or how the blood was running down her face, she had to see how Adrian was doing. She looked beside her, and noticed that he was tipped over in his car seat. "Adrian," she called out, as she began to crawl over to him.

"No you're going to leave him alone; I think you've caused enough damage to him."

"No, all I've done is loved him," feeling a little dizzy but she had to help him up.

"Well after what just happened I don't think that's true."

"Why can't you let this go, I mean I'm not with Craig anymore? You were right he went and cheated like he always done."

"This isn't about Craig as much as is about the friendship that you seemed not to care enough about. You cared more about becoming a bad girl, and getting laid by my boyfriend then you did about our longtime friendship."

"I've said sorry a million times, but things happen, I can't take it back. But attacking me is CRAZY, I mean you've lost you're mind."

Manny snapped, she didn't like being called that, "Don't you ever call me that!" You could see the fire in her eyes, as she came darting towards Emma, pushing her back to the ground. "I've had enough of you," she began to kick her in the side, causing Emma to cry out in pain. Her head was still bleeding from the first fall, but now it was gushing out even more than before. Didn't take her long before she passed out.

Manny needed to make it seem like a robbery, so she took her wallet. She would make sure that she didn't get pinned for this either, knowing that Craig would probably blame her first.

You will mess around

Confess it now

Y'want me to crawl

But I'm standing tall

In spite of it all

In spite of it all

In spite of it all

Craig was still mad at Emma, but he thought that maybe they should try to talk it out. Maybe then, he could get her to believe him. However, he knew even if he got her to believe him, it would take time for the hurt to go away. For the sake of their family, he had to at least try.

Spike was sitting on the couch reading a book when he walked through the door, "Hi."

"Hi, have you cooled off?" she asked, remembering how fuming mad he was when he left earlier.

"Yeah. I think I'm going to try and talk with Emma again if she'll let me talk," he began to walk towards the kitchen.

"Um Craig she and Adrian aren't home right now."

"Where did they go?"

"She said that she had to go out, she didn't say where."

"Oh I guess I'll just wait in here then," as he was about to sit down beside her, the phone rang. "I'll get it."

He walked into the kitchen to get the phone, "Hello."

"Is this the Nelson residents?"

"Yeah, what can I do for you?"

"Emma Nelson and a child were brought to the hospital about an hour ago."

Craig couldn't feel his knees; he needed to sit down, "What, I don't understand."

"I really think someone should come down here so that the doctor's can talk with you."

Craig didn't even say good-bye; he slowly put down the phone. He felt like someone was cutting off his air supply. He just sat there staring at the wall, as Spike walked in.

Spike noticed the look on his face, and became worried about him, "Craig what's the matter?"

"It's Emma…"

You lose me

You confuse me

Don't use me

Then refuse me

You're lying

I'm trying

I'm done with your denying

Manny walked into The Dot, looking like nothing had happen. She just looked all cheery. She came over and sat beside Paige, who was all by herself. "No more planning, the deed is done. Craig and Emma are no more."

"What? How do you know?"

"Cause Craig came up to me and yelled at me for telling Emma that he was all alone with you," she said, not telling all of what he said. She couldn't let in that she knew.

"Well she came by my house to ask to make sure, and I told her it wasn't the first time," she laughed. "I can't believe that she would think I would actually want a guy like him," she sniggered.

Snake was grabbing something to go at The Dot, when his cell went off, "Hello."

"Hunny you need to get to the hospital right away, something's happened to Emma and Adrian," Spike said fast making it a little hard for him to understand.

"What?"

"I don't know the details right now."

"I'll be there right away." This couldn't be happening he thought.

Paige saw how Mr. Simpson's mood changed so quickly she wondered what was wrong, "Mr. Simpson, what's wrong?"

"Emma's been rushed to the hospital."

Paige's stomach dropped, she wondered if it had anything to do with what she had told her. Had Emma hurt herself or something? Guilt was bestowed upon her. She needed to know what happened.

You will knock me down

When you come around

You will take my heart

Tear it apart

Craig sat in the waiting room waiting to hear something about Emma and Adrian. He shouldn't have said what he said to her earlier, maybe then this wouldn't have happened. The waiting was killing him; he couldn't help but wonder if waiting meant a good sign.

After a half hour of waiting, the doctor finally came their way.

Spike rushed to him, "How's my daughter?"

"I'm not going to lie, she's not well. She has a big gash on the top of her head and a broken rib that tore into one of her organs and caused internal bleeding. We were able to stop the bleeding, but it caused a lot of damage."

"What about my son?" Craig asked.

"He's doing fine; he just got a little cut on his head. We're just keeping him in for observations. It was a good thing he was strapped in there otherwise he might have gotten a lot more hurt."

"Do you know what caused this?" Craig asked he needed to know, he felt so guilty.

"Paramedics say that she was found at an elementary school, it looked like an attack."

Craig became furious; he knew exactly who it was. He began to walk towards the exit. He warned Manny to stay away, but she hadn't listened. Now he was going to do what he should have done in the first place. Just then, Paige walked through the door.

"What are you doing here?" Craig asked wondering why she would even be here. He knew she didn't like Emma, so it was a little odd.

"I wanted to see how Emma was; I heard that she was here from her dad."

"Why would you care, you hated her anyways."

"That doesn't mean that I wanted something horrible to happen to her."

"Well you're not welcome here, since you are friends with the enemy," he sneered.

"Enemy?"

"Yeah you know, Manny. She is the reason Emma's here," just the thought of her made Craig want to hit a wall.

"Why would she be the reason?"

"Because she's the one who attacked her."

"No, you can't be serious," looking at him as if he was crazy. Manny didn't seem like someone who could hurt someone physically.

"But I am. She's been hurting her for a little while now. I wish I would have put a stop to it once I found out. But because I didn't, look at where it got her. Go back to your wacko friend, and leave us alone," he scoffed.

"I didn't know she was like that," she pleaded.

"How couldn't you have known, she's been your best friend lately. Haven't you seen the change in her?"

"Yeah, but not this much. I mean she did want revenge on you two, and I was helping her, but she said she only wanted Emma to lose you. Therefore, I made moves on you. I would have never helped her if I knew what she was really doing, honest."