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Emily sat in court. This was definitely one of her bad days. She couldn't keep anything down this morningand now she could barely contain her nausea. She tried to look perfect and add some bronzer and hid the bags under her eyes with some heavy concealer, but it seemed to be getting harder and harder to hide her cancer from everyone. She wore lavender dress pants and a white blouse. She wanted so badly to run away and hide it like she had for so long last time, but Sonny needed her, the boys needed her. Her family was here and Sam's wedding was in a few months. She couldn't run away. She had to kick this cancer in the ass and tell it to stay the hell away. She had too much to live for. Sonny was talking with Jason but Sam came striding over to Emily.

"Hey," she said fixing her soft pink sweater. She had paired it with almost white pants. The star necklace Jason had got her hung safely around her neck. "Do I look all right? I wasn't sure what to wear. I didn't want to wear a suit because I wanted that almost girl next door look." Sam's hair was casually pulled back in a silver barrette.

Emily smiled. "You look angelic. No sign of that tough girl we all know you to be," she teased. Carly walked over and sat next to Sam.

"OK listen you have to keep control of your emotions. Think of it almost as a con job."

Sam took a deep breath. I can't believe I'm accepting advice from Carly. "OK."

"You can do that," said Emily squeezing her hand gently.

"Yea, I can do that. I'll just emotionally remove myself from this situation. I can do this," she said reassuring herself.

Emily made eye contact with Sam. "Sam, you can do this. Be in control up there, but let them see the pain that Manny put you and your loved ones through."

"Thanks," said Sam.

"What are friends for?"

Carly rolled her eyes. "Let's not get all lovey dovey about this. Oh wait the jury's coming maybe that's not a bad idea."

Sam shook her head. "Always seeing an angle."

"Oh come on you know you do too. You ran cons for too long not to."

Sam went to get defensive but Emily stopped her. "Come on lets all try to get along."

"I appreciate you guys being here," said Sam. Carly raised an eyebrow. "Even you Carly for as much as I may dislike you at times, if anyone knows how to manipulate people, it's you. And I'm sure I'm going to need a lot of help against Alexis."

Carly scowled. "That bitch better not win or she'll regret it." Carly glared at Alexis who just had walked in. "This is all a ploy to get Sonny's attention you know."

It was Sam's turn to reassure Emily. She squeezed her hand gently. Sam snorted. "It's not like she stands a chance. Only reason Sonny puts up with her is because she's Ric's wife and Christina's mother."

"God that kids going to have problems the way Alexis coddles her," said Carly folding her arms across her chest. "And she criticizes my parenting techniques."

Sam and Emily looked at each other and smiled sympathetically. They both knew Carly was mainly upset because Alexis wouldn't let Christina be around her which irritated her to no extent.

Sonny came and sat on the other side of Emily. He handed her a Styrofoam cup of tea from Kelly's.

"Feeling any better," he whispered into her ear.

"I'm fine," she said forcing herself to smile. Her hand was on her chair he put his over it and squeezed it.

Jason sat next to Sam as Carly pushed down to sit next to Alcazar.

"Carly," whispered Sam leaning back. Carly leaned back also.

"What!"

"Why'd you-."

"I think we can all get a long today and share support in our hatred of Manny," she whispered back.

Sam sighed and Jason held her hand. "Alcazar's is testifying don't worry about it," whispered Jason into her ear.

"If you're OK with it I'm OK with it."

Sonny looked over at Alcazar, and Emily swore she saw jealousy in his eyes. She forced herself to look forward at the court. It pained her too much to look at Sonny. When it was Sam's turn to go up the court room seemed even more silent then before. Everyone had heard about what Manny had done to her and tried to do to her. Sam got on the stand and took the oath. Then the questioning began and Emily couldn't believe that the woman up there was the fiery girl she and her brother both loved. Emily saw Jason smile with satisfaction as Alexis prodded and prodded Sam trying to get a rise out of her, but all that happened was Sam cried. The jury's expressions softened as they saw this petite woman in her pink sweater cry. Jason stood up as Sam came off the stand crying. Jason embraced her and Emily watched as many of the juror's hearts broke as this small woman was engulfed in the arms of the man she loved. Emily got up and gently took Sam back to her seat. It was Jason's turn to testify. Sam rested her head on Emily's shoulder.

The trial ended two hours later, and Emily got up to check her voice mail. On her way back she saw Sonny talking to Carly. Carly hugged Sonny. Alcazar walked up to Emily.

"We don't stand a chance. I all ready lost my heart to Carly, but don't let Sonny stomp on yours," he said walking away.

Emily turned around and ran out into the park. She sat down on the bench and pulled her coat tighter as the wind whipped through. She just faced the wind angrily and let it rip through her.

Sonny came walking towards her. He sat down and rubbed her arms. "What are you doing out in the cold?" he asked.

"Thinking," she said softly.

"About what?"

"About how I think we might have been going too fast. Maybe we should take a step back. Try being friends again. There are still a lot of things we need to sort out. I got to go I have a shift at the hospital." She got up and walked away. Sonny sat there stunned. She walked away.

"I think you just got dumped," said Carly walking over snidely.

"Not now Carly," said Sonny standing up.

"Oh come on. You know it's true she just told you she wanted to be friends. That's just a nice way of letting you down."

"Carly this is none of your business," snapped Sonny storming off.

Carly smirked. "I think I hit a nerve."