(Full Summary) Entering into College, the whole Skins gang is casual friends, but Naomi and Cook are the true partners in crime. After secretly admiring Naomi for years, Emily wishes to reveal her feelings and lead Naomi out of darkness. Alas, things can never be simple, but love can make it worth fighting for.
A/N: This is my first Naomily fic, but I adore this couple and will try not to disappoint. You must forgive me, however, if they characters' speech is off since I'm not English, but I'll try my best.
Finally, while I don't usually like to reference songs in my stories I will be doing so for this one. I loved how music played such a role in Skins and want to keep that feel alive. At the beginning of each set of song lyrics I'll assign a certain number of asterisks. At the end of each chapter, the songs' titles and artists will be displayed at the bottom.
Not Finch
"What the fuck Emily, I'm not gonna wait for you foreva!" Katie screamed through the bathroom door while shaking its hinges from her fists colliding into it. Emily winced as she plunged her eyeliner into her right eye. Tears instantly welled up and blurred her vision while she gently splashed water against her eye. Leaning on the sink with her palms, listening to her twin sister shout a myriad of profanities at her, Emily decided to apply the freezing water across her whole face. After taking a final composing breath and dabbing her face dry, Emily reached for the door.
"Katie please…" But no one stands in the hallway to greet Emily's sight. Slowly, she took a few steps out of the bathroom and peeked into the bedroom the twin teenagers still shared. All was silent through the house, a scary thought to Emily, until she heard a car's engine whine outside.
"Katie, you wouldn't dare, you wanker." Emily whispered to herself as she rushed over to the bedroom window and quickly raised it open. The air that flew into Emily was crisp and sweet. The sunlight that glistened off of her cherry red hair warmed her skin. It was truly a beautiful day, except that Emily was watching Katie speed away with her some prick in his prickish car.
Emily retrieved her bottom jaw from its newfound place on the windowsill and pulled her head back into the room, shutting the window behind her. While it was a fact that Katie was not the best sister one could have, abandoning Emily on the first day of college was an all time low. Emily snuck a look at the clock in between their beds and let a frustrated puff of air escape her pouting lips. She had more than enough time to get to school, but thought it was best to set out right way. Dragging her feet down the stairs and into the kitchen, Emily flung open the refrigerator door to fish out an apple.
The only one left was a green apple. Emily hated green apples. She clenched her eyes closed and bit her lower lip for a moment before releasing it and grabbing the offensive piece of fruit. Emily then turned on her heel, picked up her book bag from near the table, and slammed the door shut as she made her journey to college.
*Fall is here, hear the yell
Back to school, ring the bell
Brand new shoes, walking blues
Climb the fence, books and pens
I can tell that we are gonna be friends
Emily kept her head down for the majority of her walk thus far. She figured she was only about halfway there now and the slip-ons she wore were already demolishing her feet. The occasional breeze that ruffled her purple skirt and made her nose twitch helped ease her suffering. That was so; at least, until Emily saw two people come bursting through a row of bushes a quarter of a block ahead of her. The scrappy looking boy fell against a tree while clutching his side and the bleach blond girl gaze back into the direction they came from. She let out a long whistle before spinning around and slapping the boy on the shoulder.
"Don't worry mate, we lost the husband. But damn that run was worth catching a look at those tits!" The two broke out into a fit of laughter while Emily continued to look on. She hoped they wouldn't notice her, although she was standing close by, in the middle of a bright day, staring at them. Suddenly, the girl glanced over at Emily, still wearing a crooked smile, and Emily's breath caught in her throat.
"Oi, Cook, it's one of the Finches." The blond motioned toward Emily and the boy huffed before straightening up and tossing his arms out.
"Aww, come 'ere little birdie!" Seeing no way around this encounter, Emily held her arms around her waist as she crept toward the duo. She never completely took her eyes off of the girl. When she finally reached where they stood, Emily lifting her eyes back up to take in both of the people before her.
"Hey Cook. H-hi Naomi." Once Emily's eyes met Naomi's, they lingered there again for a beat. The trance was effectively broken when Cook gripped a hand onto Emily's lower back.
"What ya doin out here without the otha bird squawkin aroun?" Cook clung onto Emily's side while passing a few suggestive looks at her. She squirmed out of his hold, but bumped against Naomi's side. The muscles in Emily's stomach tensed for a second, but she was able to recover quickly.
"You guys know how Katie is." Emily's voice quivered with the slightest hint of sadness.
"She left you, didn't she?" The redhead allowed her eyes to flick over to Naomi and shook her head timidly in response. In an instant, Emily felt a rush of warmth flood through her body as Naomi snaked an arm around Emily's shoulders.
"Well that's alright, you got good ol' Cook and Naomi to see you safely to school today." Naomi winked down at Emily before using her other arm to reach across and take the lit spliff Cook was offering to her. Cook blew a few smoke rings and started howling. Naomi, still holding onto Emily, began giggling continually while Emily guided the three of them to college.
"Thanks guys. But it's Fitch, not Finch."
*Tonight I'll dream while I'm in bed
When silly thoughts go through my head
About the bugs and alphabet
And when I wake tomorrow I'll bet
That you and I will walk together again
Cause I can tell that we
Are going to be friends
*"We're going to be friends"-The White Stripes
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