A/N: Title from a Joshua Radin song called I'd rather be with you!

Ultraviolet55 this is in response to all the wishing you did during If you're Irish =]

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"I've loved you since I was 12! I never thought I could feel this way about anyone but I need you Emily. I never want to imagine my life without you in it. Please, say you'll be mine forever...Marry me?"

"Well I would say yes." Naomi jumped out of her skin when she heard Effy's voice behind her. She spun around to see the brunette leaning against the door frame grinning at her.

"Fucksake Eff! Make some noise when you walk!" She growled.

"Sorry. I didn't want to interrupt you." She shrugged. "And anyway you asked me to drop in."

"Yes but I thought you would ring the doorbell like a normal person." The blonde sighed.

"Why would I ring the doorbell when I have a key?"

"Katie has a key." Naomi corrected her. "You borrowing the key does not make it yours."

"Don't be ridiculous Naoms you know you love these little visits." She rolled her eyes. "Here, is this ok?"

She held out the carrier bag in her hand for Naomi to examine its contents; a packet of stir fry vegetables and two chocolate desserts.

"Perfect." She smiled and carried it off towards the kitchen. Effy followed her pulling out a cigarette as she walked. Per Emily's house rules she waited until she was actually in the kitchen and had opened the window before sparking up. She had enough experience living with a Fitch to know not to break the house rules.

"I still can't believe you're doing this." She shook her head and offered the carton to Naomi who happily accepted a fag. Naomi had confided in her months ago that she was planning to propose to Emily and she had been helping her plan it for weeks but still it didn't seem real until she heard the girl practising her speech.

"I know." Naomi inhaled deeply from the cigarette and exhaled slowly. She had never felt this nervous in her whole life. But she was excited too.

"She's going to say yes." Effy assured her with a knowing smile.

"I hope so." She mumbled, wishing she felt as confident.

"She will." Effy rolled her eyes. Anyone could see that these two were meant to be together. "Promise we'll be the first people you call after she says yes?"

"Of course." Naomi chuckled. Katie would never forgive them if she wasn't the first person they told of their engagement.

"What time is Emily supposed to be home?"

"5." Naomi anxiously looked at the clock. The time had been passing so slowly today it was driving her crazy.

"Then I better get out of your way. Wouldn't want to ruin the big moment." She grinned, stubbed out her cigarette and jumped down from the bench. She threw her arms around the blonde and gave her a tight squeeze.

"Good luck." She whispered in her ear. "Not that you need it."

"Thanks." Naomi gave a weak smile. Her nerves were getting worse as the time drew nearer; by the time Emily actually got home she would be nothing but a pile of butterflies on the floor. She shut the door behind Effy and returned to the kitchen to prepare the dinner, it helped to keep busy. By the time everything was ready and Emily called to say she was on her way home, Naomi had smoked almost a full carton of cigarettes.

-

"I'm home." Emily called when she fell through the door and dropped her bag on the floor. She pulled her hair out of the ponytail it had been in all day and let the deep red locks fall naturally around her face. "What smells nice?"

Naomi appeared in the doorway between the living room and kitchen. The second she saw the red head her nerves settled a little bit. "That would be dinner." She smiled as her girlfriend crossed the room and kissed her softly.

"Yum!" She smiled. "Are you alright?" Emily's brow furrowed when she looked at the blonde.

"Yeah, fine why?"

"Just look a little pale." Emily shrugged. "I'm going to get changed. Will dinner be long? I'm starving."

"Be ready in five minutes." Naomi promised her and disappeared back into the kitchen. She took a few more deep, calming breaths and dished up two plates of the chicken stir fry she had been cooking.

"Look's amazing." Emily said, creeping up behind her and snaking her hands round the blonde's waist kissing her neck. Naomi only managed a forced smile when she turned around to put the plates on the table. She doubted very much that she would be able to stomach food at this moment.

Emily quickly tucked into her dinner, filling Naomi in on her day in between forkfuls.

After Roundview they had travelled to Goa and stayed there for a few weeks. Then they moved on to New Zealand where they backpacked across the country for another few weeks. After that they made a quick stop off in Japan before backpack across Europe to return home. It had been a life changing and memorable trip. They had seen and experienced things that they believed would make them better people.

When they got home Emily enrolled to do nursing in the local university with the hope of specialising in paediatric nursing. Naomi had applied for journalism and spent her free time writing about their trip hoping someday she could get it published as a lesbian friendly travel guide. Emily had graduated with a first in nursing last year and had recently begun her first year of working in the paediatric unit of the local hospital. The first day she had arrived home in her teddy bear scrubs had officially killed Naomi's naughty nurse fantasy but she really loved the job and it suited her perfectly.

"And Charlie got home today." She beamed across the table.

"That's great!" Naomi tried to sound normal. Charlie was one of the first terminal patients Emily had worked with. She had cried for a week when she started because it was so tragic that someone so young would be dying. But he was a little character and kept all the nurses laughing. He fought hard and they had been talking about discharging him for a week or so.

"Yeah." The red head's brow furrowed. "Are you alright honey? You've barely touched your food."

Naomi's heart stopped dead for a second. She knew this was it. Her now or never moment. With one final deep breath she found the strength to look into Emily's chocolate brown eyes.

"I'm fine." She said shakily. "I just have something on my mind."

"Well what is it?" Her partner asked, voice full of concern.

"It's nothing bad." Naomi assured her. "It's good, really. I mean I think it's good. I hope you think it's good too."

"What are you talking about?"

"Well." The blonde drew a deep breath and got out of her chair. As she got down on one knee in front of Emily she couldn't hold back the tears. Emily's eyes widened when she realised what was going on.

"Emily. I've loved you since I was 12. And I know that even if I live forever I'll never love anyone else as much as I love you." She looked into those deep chocolate eyes and found them welling up with tears too. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want you to be mine forever. Will you marry me?"

She reached into the pocket of her jeans and pulled out the little black jewellery box she had bought a few days ago. Opening it she held it out in front of her and looked at Emily pleadingly. Tears were falling thick and fast down the other girl's face as she smiled and nodded because words failed her. Naomi fumbled with the ring trying to prise it out of the box and slide it onto Emily's ring finger.

"Really?" She couldn't help but ask.

"Yes." Emily knelt down beside her and threw her arms around her girlfriend. Fiancé. "Yes of course I'll marry you."

They kissed and cried on the floor for five minutes both of them feeling as though their hearts were soaring.

-

Katie and Effy were curled up on the couch watching the soaps after dinner. It was their nightly routine. Effy had no interest in the soaps when they first started dating but Katie had insisted. It was strange how she found herself being sucked into the fictitious worlds on the television. The phone rang and Effy jumped a little.

"Who could that be?" Katie wondered who the hell would be calling her in the middle of her stories.

"Don't know." Effy shrugged, trying to sound nonchalant. "Better answer it."

"Hello." Katie picked up the receiver. From across the room Effy could hear the fast, excited chatter and squealing of the other Fitch twin. She smiled to herself knowing why she had called.

"What?" Katie demanded excitedly then squealed. "Really? Oh my God Congratulations!"

Effy looked at her girlfriend, trying to seem genuinely intrigued.

"Naomi proposed!" Katie grinned; she was literally bouncing with joy. "Their getting married!"

"That's fantastic!" Effy smiled brightly but Katie was too busy talking to Emily again.

"Alright yeah, go call them!" Katie nodded even though her sister couldn't see her. "We're so pleased for you. Yeah, bye!" She hung up the phone and came bounding over to Effy.

"Can you believe it?" She beamed as she climbed into the brunette's lap.

"No. It's wonderful." Effy smiled back. Katie narrowed her eyes at her and her jaw dropped.

"You little bitch! You knew!" She huffed.

"No I didn't." Effy lied unconvincingly. Katie raised an eyebrow at her. "Ok yeah Naomi told me."

"Why didn't you tell me?" She playfully slapped her girlfriend's arm.

"Well...I love you babe but you can't keep secrets for shit." She smirked, earning herself another slap.

"Oi." Effy rubbed her stinging arm. "I thought Emily might want to be the one to tell her twin sister she was getting engaged."

"Oh." Katie said thoughtfully. "Good point. Sorry." She smiled and apologetically rubbed the area she had slapped.

"It's alright, I forgive you." She smiled and planted a kiss on the twin's lips.

"We should go round." Katie said, excitedly jumping off Effy's lap. She was so thrilled for her sister. As much as Katie denied it in the beginning she couldn't actually pick a better partner for her sister. Naomi was kind and sweet to Emily and she loved her with every bit of her soul. They were a perfect fit. It was just too bad it had taken Katie a year or so to see that.

"Really?" Effy looked doubtful. "They might want to be alone."

"We'll bring champagne." Katie said with a nod as though that would erase any problem the couple might have with them intruding. She rushed into the kitchen and grabbed their coats. Effy could see she wasn't going to be given an option on this trip so she dutifully trudged along.

-

"Let me see the ring!" Katie squealed when Emily opened the door. She pushed her way into the house, pulling her younger twin sister aside by her left hand.

"I hear that might replace hello as the new common greeting." Effy joked, throwing her arms around Naomi. "Congratulations." She beamed and muttered a little I told you so in the blonde's ear.

"Thank you." Naomi was glowing. They both were, the happiness was just radiating from them.

"It's gorgeous!" Katie nodded approvingly, crossing the room to congratulate her future sister in law. "I'd say I didn't know you had such good taste but you did ask my sister to marry you...so you must have fine taste."

"Thanks Katiekins. Your approval means the world to me." Naomi smiled and for once she wasn't being sarcastic.

"Now please, please tell me you're going to let me plan this with you." She implored her sister. A few months after opening let's get Fitched, Jenna had decided that running her own business was too much like hard work for her and had quit, leaving Katie to run the business. The older twin had taken to it like a duck to water, finding she enjoyed bossing people around and helping them make their big day extra special.

"I don't know." Emily screwed up her lips in thought. Of course she wanted her sister to be involved but she was afraid Katie would take over like she had done everything else since they were little.

"I promise you can have final say in everything! I'll be there strictly in an advisory and lending you my contacts capacity." She promised. "Please?"

"Oh alright." Emily relented. Katie jumped for joy, literally.

"Great! Come on let's sit down we need to discuss a date, venue, colour, theme." She put her arm round her sister and led her towards the living room. Emily looked back over her shoulder frightened at Naomi and Effy.

"We brought champagne." Effy said by way of an apology for her girlfriend and handed the bottle to Naomi before the followed the twins into the living room.