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mum had passed away only two months before Emma had got her flat , so Kate thought that maybe she should stay at home with Billy for a bit. They were both grieving and very much needed each other; she couldn’t leave Billy to fend for himself. Maybe after a few months Billy would change his mind about her sharing the flat with Emma; maybe he would realise that Kate was grown up . H e hadn’t changed his mind . Kate had justified it to herself; they would have probably fallen out if they had move d in together , as Emma was a complete slob, and Kate knew that she would have been left to do everything around the place. She liked going over there and staying the odd night, Emma was such a laugh to be around, a tonic, but Kate was always happy to come home to her nice, clean, and when Billy wasn’t home, peaceful house.
    Kate reached Emma’s flat and   knocked on the door, waiting for her friend to answer. She waited a few moments and then knocked again , this time a little bit louder. Kate looked down at the black rubbish bag by one of her feet; animals had obviously dragged out the contents and there was food and rubbish everywhere. Leftover Chinese takeaway lay scattered along the pavement , and the smell was making Kate feel sick. Mind you , it didn’t take much at the moment. Since being pregnant , every smell had seemed to set Kate off. She ha d heard of morning sickness but she reckoned she had morning, noon and night sickness; still , it would be more than worth it . S he smiled , thinking of the baby growing inside her.
    “Hey . ” Emma yawned , as she opened the front door to her flat, wearing only her dressing gown . I t was clear that she had been in bed , although it was after eleven : nice for some , Kate thought.
    “I’ve been up all night , Kate, couldn’t sleep ; I’d invite you in , but I’m just going back to bed, I’m absolutely knackered . ”
              “Oh, ok ay , Em … I just wanted to talk ; the shit has hit the fan at mine . ”
              Emma looked at Kate’s puffy , red eyes and realised that her friend had been crying.
    “Oh shit , Kate, you told him , didn’t you? You ’ d better come in. ”
    She led Kate into her lounge, kicking a couple of empty cans on her way and a pushing a pizza box under the sofa. The curtains were still drawn and the air smelt of stale cigarette smoke . Kate felt the urge to vomit at the sight and smell of a half - finished mug of coffee with fag butts floating in it.
                  “ S orry , babe, let me move that out the way . ” Emma picked up the mug and went into the kitchen. “Do you fancy a cuppa?” she called, hoping that Kate wouldn’t : then she would be able to go back to bed.
              “Yeah , that would be great.” Kate did not feel like having a cup of tea, but she wanted to chat to her friend ; she was so worried about the whole situation between Jay and her brother, and she didn’t want to go home just yet in case Billy came back and started his stupid shit again.
              Kate sighed , as she looked around Emma’s flat . S he couldn’t believe her friend could be such a slob ; t he place was one step up from a squat. Emma had trashed the place ; it had gleamed when she had first been given the keys.
    God , Kate thought, when she and Jay got their own place it was going to be like a palace. She was sure that Jay would let her decorate however she wanted , and she would cook him lovely dinners and run him nice baths when he got home from a long shift. It would be a proper home, clean and tidy, oh and of course there would be a nursery for the baby. Oh , the plans she had, she couldn’t wait. He hadn’t mentioned them moving in together but he would soon, she was sure ; after all , they were having a baby.
    “There you go , babe , ” said Emma , interrupting Kate’s thoughts as she plonked a mug of steaming tea down in front of