so everybody hello.

this is nice talking to you all again. Okay so here is where it gets serious again. many ways this storyline can go from this chapter and i want to know WHAT YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN IN THE REVIEWS THAT YOU KINDLY DO FOR ME :) :) :) i have a few ideas for this one and i am going to carefully develope them. TOUGH TIMES AHEAD OUR FAVOURITE COUPLE.

also twit pics from goconstance (constance marie- regina) are making my days. She posts pics for the lovely couple rehearsing and the cast doing read through bfdjofhsdhohbfcud so excited!

i do not own switched at birth but if i did i would feel bloody proud of myself for creating such an amazing show!

Emmett smiled down at his cell as yet another text from bay made his phone vibrate.

My dad just asked me how our date was, I told him we had sex in the toilet of the movie theatre- he didn't like my joke. Text me tomorrow x

Emmett blushed as she started a reply however the wind was knocked out of him as he was shoved from behind into the wall of the alleyway he was walking down. His head began to ring and he could feel the cold sensation of blood trickling down the side of his face. Emmett's eyes began to blur as he sank down to the floor, even though he was dazed and confused he tried desperately to focus on the towering shadows above him. He could barely make out their lips in the dim light but he knew they were talking to him. With a painful grasp- Emmett was hoisted up into the air by the front of his shirt and his back pressed deeply into the stone wall. The tallest of the boys held him there and laughed in his face- Emmett could feel the vibrations of his attacker's body as Emmett struggled to get away. With the fog in Emmett's head clearing but a little, and with the advantage of having the boy's lips clearly in his eye line, he began to piece together the insults being directed at him.

So you think you can hit me and get away with it... at least I know who you are now… it's alright to fight back in front of your whore girlfriend but on your own you give up…stupid deaf retard.

Emmett bowled over as an excoriating blow pounded into Emmett's stomach, Emmett let out a screech of pain. The blow came again and again before Emmett's face was pulled up and his body straightened again against the wall- Emmett was about to beg them to stop verbally before another punch came across his face causing him to crash down to the floor. The beatings continued and Emmett felt himself began to fall into the darkness- suddenly a bright light shined throughout the alley, the continuous stream of pain was gone and he saw the vague footsteps of the thugs running in the opposite direction of the light. Emmett struggled to keep his eyes open- whatever had saved him would never be seen by him as he let the darkness overcome him. He welcomed it.

The first thing the deaf redhead felt was a warm hand resting on his own, the next was a thick dense object in his left arm and finally he felt not the cold wet alleyway floor but the softness of a bed. Emmett opened his eyes to see the soft warm glow of a hospital room. Emmett let his head roll from side to side as he took in his surroundings. The thick dense object was in fact an IV and tube sticking in his arm, he saw a monitor sat beside him- the lines on it moving at the speed of his heart rate. He looked to his hand to see a sleeping girl holding it. Even though Emmett found it painful to move, he strained to reach his free arm across and shake the girl gently awake. He smiled softly as she stirred and lifted her head up slowly- her eyes filled with relief, happiness, despair and sadness.

Emmett jade signed oh thank god.

Emmett went to move his arms but winced as the tube from his IV pulled tightly on his skin. Jade, seeming more alert, kept his arms down before continuing to sign.

Don't, the doctor said you shouldn't sign- one you'll be too sore and two it will pull the IV out. She said. I'll sign and you can nod. She was quiet for a moment. Do you remember anything? Jade asked.

Emmett's face crumpled up in concentration, his eyes still half open from all the sedatives in his system. He shook his head lightly- not wanting the motion to make the room spin for him.

Jade swallowed hard and shakily signed. The doctor said that's normal, that you don't remember- it probably will come back to you soon. You were attacked Emmett, two police officers were on patrol and heard somebody screaming- the attackers ran off as soon as they got there. The two guys found you unconscious. But apparently there was a group of them although only one guy was abusing you.

Emmett knew it was hard for Jade to tell him that- she hated the mere thought of Emmett getting hurt yet alone the proof. He licked his dry lips before his voice croaked out a word.

"Bay?" he asked.

She's just talking to a police officer, on your cell it says that she was the last person you had contact with before the attack. She'll be back soon.

The two friends sat there for a moment.

"How did…you know I was…here?" he asked her.

She smiled softly at her best friend. You listed me as one of your emergency contacts- I come up in the system before your mom so they called me first- your mom has just gone home to get you some things.

"How did bay..." he struggled to ask his throat dry.

I called her. She replied before pouring him some water and supporting his neck as he drank some. The coolness felt good against his lips and down his throat- Emmett groaned as the pain in his head rang some more.

Jade sat back down on the side of the bed facing Emmett for a moment- just watching him, before she shook her head. I can't believe you got mugged Emmett you're usually careful- I mean you know how dangerous the neighbourhood can be. All it takes is one crackpot prick how fancies a new cell phone and then the next thing you know you're in hospital.

When she stopped Emmett pushed himself up slightly.

"I wasn't mugged" he said, jade looked at him confused.

Emmett there has to be a reason why you were jumped-

"Was anything missing? My wallet? Cell? Keys? Cash?" Emmett said struggling to get the words out.

Jade was silent as she felt a chill of realisation come over her. No, that was all found on you when you were brought in. she signed.

"I wasn't attacked because somebody wanted my things…. I was attacked because they wanted me hurt…. I know the attacker…the attacker knows me." He said, before the face of the thug came into his mind. Emmett remembered the smirk of the prick from a while ago- he saw the same one when the light, obviously from the police officers torches, hit him in the alleyway. He remembered him from another alleyway; only in that scenario Emmett wasn't the one who walked away with bruises.

The attacker was Ryan, the teenage boy who threatened Bay.

Emmett let the thought of Ryan's face disappear as his pale skinned, dark haired girlfriend ran into the room, rushing to his side smiling a sad smile of relief and pain. Emmett could see the guilt coming if bay knew the attacker was Ryan- so Emmett decided there and then he would fake it. He would say to the police he never saw the attackers face, that he didn't want to press charges- that he wanted to move on and forget it. The bastard got away with it and Emmett knew if he met Ryan again alone- he wouldn't be so lucky.

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