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"I love you, too." The blond says softly as the pair walked down the steps, hand in hand from the Love Ball.
"I know," was the reply given by the red-head as she gazes up into the light sapphire blue orbs.
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To say that night was eventful would have been a huge understatement, not only for Naomi and Emily, but for the rest of the gang as well. Katie had been put in her place by the only person who she never expected it from, her twin. Had the older of the two been selfish in the way she treated her sister, possibly, but after so much torment, Emily was finally able to break free of the shackles put around her wrists and feet by her twin.
It felt nice, to say the least, for Emily Fitch to get away and just say what she meant. The only thing that had stopped her from tagging Katie in the face was the pure look of fear in her eyes. She couldn't get that look out of her head, even now. No matter what she tried to do, that look of pure horror written across her twin's face was etched in her memory. Even time spent with Naomi wasn't enough to block the memory. Sure, it would distract her for a while, maybe even a long while, but the vision came back to her in her dreams, in her nightmares, and every time she would look into the matching browns of her sister, and sometimes even in her own reflection in the mirror.
Life at home had been... awkward, since the Love Ball. Not only between the twins, but between Emily and the rest of the family. Of course they hadn't gotten the whole story, but they sided with the older twin simply because of their distaste for the blond girl who was taking Emily away from them. The looks they would give Emily were of shame and anger, as if it was her fault, she was the scapegoat, the Guinea pig, and she wouldn't fight against their penetrating stares. It was something that wasn't worth fighting for. The only thing she would fight for, the only thing worth fighting for, was Naomi.
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Summer moved by too quickly. Emily and Naomi spent nearly every moment of every day together. The two would stay at Naomi's house, and Mrs. Cambell simply loved the little red-headed girl. Although the pair tried to hide their relationship from virtually everyone. Naomi's mother wasn't a fool, she knew what was going on, but didn't care. As long as her little girl was happy, then she was happy. She was content pretending that she had no idea, as if the looks they gave one another, and the sounds that would come from the bedroom wasn't clear as day.
The duo would take frequent rides out to THEIR lake, sometimes spending the night there, and sometimes just going for the day. It was a carefree place, and it was a place where the two didn't have to worry about hiding their love and passion for one another from anyone. Emily still asked Naomi if she wanted to do blow-backs, and then they would giggle at the remembrance of what had happened the first time they had done that. It was both a wondrous and painful memory for them both.
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"One day, Em, I'm going to tell you I don't want to do blow-backs, then what are you going to do?" The blond said with a smirk on her lips as she rolled her gaze over toward the girl she was quickly falling for, if she hadn't already.
The red-head's shoulders shrugged slightly and her head turned with her own sly smile. "I suppose that will be the day you don't benefit from the reason I bring up blow-backs every time we're here." Her eyebrows raised only slightly in a teasing manner.
Naomi opened her mouth, usually ready for a quick reply, but nothing came out. Nothing but a bit of a laugh. She couldn't lie to herself. Sure, she could fake it to others, but she couldn't lie to herself and say she hadn't fallen madly and deeply for this shy, sweet, caring girl. Her smile faded and her form turned toward her smaller counterpart. She had something serious she wanted to talk about, it had been on her mind for quite sometime, and with the end of the summer fast approaching, she felt she was running out of time. "Emily..."
The brown-eyed girl's face fell. Something was wrong. She could tell, not only because of the facial expression written on her lover's face, but also by the way she had uttered her name. The splif was all but forgotten and she tossed it in the small fire. She had suddenly lost her voice, she was scared, and her mind was running every which direction. 'Fuck, fuck, fuck... what did I do... this is the moment it all ends, isn't it... the moment I've hoped would never happen...' Her gaze fell and she knew the fear in her eyes looked exactly the way Katie's did the night of the Love Ball, she knew her emotions were written clearly across her face, and so she avoided eye contact with the azure blues she loved so much.
The blond reached into her pocket to grab a small item and she gripped it as if it would give her strength, and in a way, it did. Blue orbs looked across but the brown hues she loved so much were looking down at the blanket between them. The red head was slowly shaking from side to side, and if Naomi looked closely, she could see Emily's hands were shaking. Her own voice broke, "E... Emily...?" she whispered as her empty hand reached forward to softly tilt up the twin's gaze by raising her chin with her fingertips. Confused, the blond looked right into the chocolate browns that were now rimmed with tears. She started to second guess herself, started to lose her confidence, and her grip tightened around the object within her grasp. Slowly her hand opened and her azure pools looked down.
Brown orbs followed, but she was struggling to see with the tears that had blurred her vision. Emily blinked them away before she saw the simple item that lay in the blond's hand. It confused her even more and her heartbeat quickened. She attempted to speak, but still couldn't manage to make a single sound.
Naomi could hear the change in her lover's breathing, and she might have even heard her heartbeat quicken... unless that was her own. "I um... I know it's nothing official, or anything. More like... like a promise..." This was not going how she had hoped, or planned, but she was so nervous that she was shaking a bit now as well. She extended her hand for the twin to take the item, and once it left her hand, she let it drop softly to her lap.
Emily picked up the small circular item. It was simple, a simple stainless steel ring, or so she had thought. She began to turn the ring around in her hand until she noticed, in beautiful script, two simple words... 'Forever Love' ... and surrounding those two words, were two small engraved hearts. This wasn't was she was expecting to happen. The look of fear and pain washed through her body in a split second leaving hope and love in its wake. "Naomi... it... it's beautiful..." she managed to stutter out.
The blond was feeling a little embarrassed now. "I..." She cleared her throat, "I wanted you to know that you're my forever love, Emily. This will never end. No matter what challenges we face, no matter what is thrown our way, I want you to know that I'm always going to be by your side." She managed a tentative smile as her hand reached up to softly brush the red-head's cheek.
Nothing that she was thinking could be formed into words, not even a single word. Emily could only slip the promise ring onto her left ring finger before leaning forward to softly brush her lips against those that now truly belonged to her. They spent the rest of the evening, and the night consummating that promise they made to each other... forever love.