Sorry it has taken FOREVER to update. I got really sick and have been on IV treatment for a while. but I'm a bit better so I can write again, hope you enjoy!

"What was what all about?" Emily asked innocently, trying to think of an excuse, any excuse to get off the topic of this.

"Um, Frank? And Lia, and everyone? Some inside joke here I'm not getting?" Matt said with a chuckle. Emily faked the same chuckle but it came out too fake and nervous.

"I was kidding." Matt said with a stern look on his face. He studied Emily for a second and then finally spoke again. "Is there some inside joke I'm not in on?"

"What?" Emily asked, as if that was the most absurd idea on the planet. "Of course not."

"You have that tone." Matt said, staring her down. Emily looked even more nervous.

"What tone?" Emily asked, innocently.

"The tone that you use when your hiding something from me." Matt said, while taking a step closer to Emily, who was looking around the room nervously. She needed a distraction. She needed something. She knew deep down that she should have told Matt about Shawn and gotten it over with, but that reveals a part of her past she did not want to go back to. She just wasn't ready for Matt to know about that part of her yet. So would a little white lie hurt?

"Um, yeah, there is something I'm hiding." Emily said, now was her chance to tell Matt, who was waiting with eager eyes, but her fear made her take a different path.

Emily lowered her voice and leaned in close to Matt, and whispered her lie "Um, Lia and Frank found out something. And unfortunately it's true."

"Okay, well what is it?" Matt asked hesitantly. Why was he suddenly feeling a drop in his stomach.

"I'm pregnant." Emily blurted out. Of course it was a lie, but she couldn't think of anything else. Matt looked a little dizzy and slightly green, and within seconds he was passed out and sprawled out on the floor.

Emily bent down to make sure he was okay, she didn't think the shock of them having a child together (even though it was a lie) would make the man faint. This reaction didn't make Emily feel to confident. Though she didn't feel to great about herself at the moment after what she just did. Did Shawn's sudden return make her turn into the old Emily? The one she did not like? The one she loathed?

Frank and Lia suddenly showed up hunching over to see if a still unconscious Matt was okay. "He's fine." Emily murmured out.

"What happened?" Frank said standing up once he was sure that Matt would be okay, and turning on Emily.

"Well, I told him about Shawn." Emily lied.

"You did?" Frank said, looking down at the floor at his friend. "Just exactly how much did you tell him? 'Cause Matt is a pretty strong stomached guy, I can't see him passing out over nothing."

"Well, you said tell him the truth. So I did, it was just a very difficult one to stomach I suppose." Emily lied.

"Wow," Frank murmured. "Sleeping with Flannery, this Shawn guy. Your history with men is bizarre Lehman."

"Yeah," Emily muttered looking down at Matt, his eyes were fluttering and it seemed like he was going to wake up. So Emily acted fast and whispered something to Frank. "I think it's best not to mention Shawn to Matt, and maybe try to keep him away from Matt until this blows over." Frank nodded, as did Lia, and an on looking Duff.

The moment Matt woke up Emily managed to get him alone for a minute before anyone could pounce on him (or he could reveal her lie, that everyone supposedly knew) and sent him home to rest. Emily knew she wouldn't carry on the lie for more than a day. She would tell him tonight, the truth, all of it. Shawn, the way she treated him, the way she ended things. Every last detail. But first she had to talk to Shawn. Lucky for her, he was already waiting for her.

"Same old Emily." he muttered looking at her in disgust.

"What are you talking about?" she asked.

"I saw the lie you told Matt." Shawn said staring her down. Something in his eyes seemed different to Emily. Maybe it was because she didn't feel like being judged. Maybe it was the shock of everything. But something in those eyes seemed different.

"I shouldn't have come back." Shawn said, running his hand through his hair stressed, and obviously looking perplexed.

"Then why did you?" Emily asked almost ready to cry, dying to know the answer. Hoping it would be the answer she wanted to hear.

"I thought you would want a relationship with your daughter. But after the way you acted, you obviously aren't ready for motherhood. Ellie deserves more." he bluntly said before turning and walking away. Leaving Emily with an aching heart and memories of long ago.