Chapter Two

Author's Note: Sorry it's taken a while to update-I went away at the weekend and didn't have any internet access. Plus the fact that I haven't been able to log in until today. Hope you enjoy. Oh and thanks to all of you who reviewed the last chapter and all my other stories-it gives me the motivation to continue!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Skins even though I wish I did.

Emily slid her hand up Naomi's t-shirt and caressed her stomach. Naomi moaned into their kiss and laced her hands through Emily's hair, bringing her girlfriend's face even closer. The girls continued with their fevered kissing, their hands roaming every inch of skin available and their tongues massaging each other. The pair were back at camp, having decided to return after their incident with the homophobic mother. They arrived to find that they were the only ones back; no doubt the others were still off having fun and wouldn't return for another couple of hours. They had used the time alone to their advantage, their kissing becoming more and more heated until Naomi thought she couldn't take anymore. She pulled away from Emily.

'Ems, we've either gotta slow down or move this inside cos if we carry on like this I'm not gonna be able to control myself.' Emily smirked and wriggled her body down Naomi's. She began sucking on the pulse point of Naomi's neck. Naomi involuntarily tilted her head backwards and gave her girlfriend better access.

'Why stop now?' Emily asked. 'It's not like there is anyone around to see.' She gave a playful nip to Naomi's ear before capturing her girlfriend's lips with her own. They continued with the kissing and heavy petting until they were interrupted by a coughing sound. Emily jumped off of Naomi as if she had been electrocuted. They turned to see Effy standing a few yards away from them with a knowing look spread across her face.

'Having fun?' She asked before sitting down next to where Emily had leapt to. Neither girl would look at Effy; instead both seemed rather interested in the grass they were sitting on.

'Where's my sister?' Emily asked, finally taking note of the absence of Katie. It was surprising considering Katie had become like Effy's shadow. Effy looked around, as if she too had only just noticed the louder twin was not there. She shrugged and leaned in conspiratorially.

'Must have lost her or something...probably when that loud buzzing sound stopped…hmm…I wonder.' She winked at both girls and lay on her back. 'You don't have to stop on my account…it was quite the show.' Emily and Naomi's blushes deepened further, but were saved from any further embarrassment by the arrival of Pandora and Thomas.

'Hey Effs, wow you never guess what Tommo and I did today!' Pandora was her usual excitable self as she scurried over to the trio. 'We went fishing! And Tommo was proper good at it n all!' She looked at her boyfriend with pride etched across her face. 'We got some for dinner tonight-didn't we Tommo?'

'Yes Panda, we bought much fish for eating tonight.' Thomas looked just as proud as his girlfriend as he revealed 3 large fish from out of his rucksack. Naomi, Emily and Effy looked at each other in wonder.

'Wow, erm well done and everything…but where are we going to store them? We can't keep them in your bag until this evening…it's too hot!' Naomi pointed out. Pandora and Thomas looked put-out after hearing this. The pair seemed to think about it for a minute before Thomas shrugged.

'I guess we will have to cook it now then, the others will be sorry that they did not arrive back sooner!' He then set about making a fire.

An awkward silence filled the air. Emily and Naomi were still avoiding the smug gaze of Effy whilst Pandora looked on, confused as to what was happening. Not satisfied with how awkward she was making the secret couple feel, Effy decided to stir things up some more.

'So what did you two do today-anything nice? Or did you stay at camp all day?' Effy smiled at both whilst waiting for an answer.

'We er, w-we went on a bike ride…stopped for some ice cream…an-and then came back here… not that exciting-what about you?' Emily stuttered.

'Sounds exciting to me…I didn't do much, Katie and I were just taking a walk around the countryside you know? But I seemed to have lost her at some point…I'm sure she can find her way back.' Effy paused for a moment. 'Oh I did see these two girls who looked a lot like you by an ice cream van, maybe it was you…on second thoughts maybe not because those two looked like a couple to me, and we all know you two aren't dating…right?'

'I, er, we…' Naomi's feeble attempt at answering Effy's question was cut off by Pandora.

'Hey look-Katie and the boys are back!' She jumped up excitedly and greeted the late comers. JJ, Cook and Freddie all looked like they had had the time of their lives whereas Katie looked miserable. She had a scowl on her face which only deepened further when she saw Effy sitting with Naomi and Emily.

'Where the hell were you?' She screeched at Effy. 'I was waiting in those sodding loos for half a fucking hour! You were the one who wanted them in the first place!' She ignored Pandora's wave in her direction and sat next to her twin. Emily and Naomi were both trying to stifle their laughter.

'I thought you'd left already, so I went to look for you and when I couldn't find you I came back here-right guys?' Effy replied, looking to Emily and Naomi for clarification. They both nodded their heads vigorously.

'Yeah, its true-she was just telling us all about it. So Thomas-is that fish ready yet?' Naomi said.

'Fish? What the fuck?' Katie questioned as she looked between her sister, Effy and Naomi. Thomas and Pandora came over with the fish and presented their day's hard labour to the rest of the group. Katie pulled a face and looked ready to make a comment. Effy noticed this and spoke up herself before Katie could crush Panda and Thomas' feelings.

'This looks really great, well done you two!'

The group of friends tucked into their fish meal and they were all pleasantly surprised when it turned out to taste pretty good. A comfortable silence filled the air, the group exhausted from today's activities (some more so than others).

'Who wants to play "truth or dare"?' Everyone bar Effy turned to Pandora. Effy was (yet again) looking between Naomi and Emily. Both girls squirmed under the intense gaze. They had a vague idea of what was going through her head and they didn't like it one bit. The group murmured their assent (with varying degrees of enthusiasm) and the game began. Panda got to choose first.

'Okay, I choose Naomi!' Naomi groaned. 'Truth or dare?' Naomi seemed to ponder the question for a few seconds.

'Dare.' Cook laughed then spoke out.

'I dare you to fuck me!'

'No way you fucking loser-I'd rather eat shit!'

'Yeah, that is a pretty dumb dare Cook.' Freddie chipped in. 'How about you don't make any sarcastic comments for the rest of the trip? Is that a fair enough dare?'

'Okay then, I'm fine with that. From now on I'll be Mrs Nice. Anyway, don't I get to choose now?' Naomi went on to choose JJ and the game continued in hilarity until it came to Effy's turn to choose the next victim.

'Katie,' Effy chose. 'Truth or dare?'

'Truth.' The bossier twin stated, confident that she had nothing to hide.

'Why do you treat Emily like a doormat?' The group collectively gasped and gave Effy an incredulous look, but the said girl just sat there as if she had done nothing more than made a passing comment about the weather.

'What do you mean?' Katie asked, surprise (and a flicker of hurt) evident on her face.

'I mean you treat Ems like shit-why? She's your sister for Christ sake-why do it?' The tension in the air was so thick it could be cut with a knife. Emily dared not look up from the grass. She was extremely worried as to what her twin would answer.

'I guess I'm just trying to protect her…' Katie mumbled before continuing. 'If she can take the shit she gets from me then she can handle it from anyone…I don't mean to be as harsh as I sometimes get…its just I don't want anyone to hurt her.'

'Even if you being a bitch to her is pushing her away and causing her the most pain out of everything?' Naomi was the one to question her this time.

'I…I don't…I…' Katie was left dumbfounded and quickly proceeded to leave and hide herself in her tent. The group remained speechless at the outcome of the innocent (well as innocent as you could get with Cook playing) game. Emily had unshed tears in her eyes and even Effy had the decency to look guilty at the mess she had just caused. Emily soon left to retire to her tent, Naomi close on her heel. The friends silence continued, none willing to break it. Everyone avoided the others' gaze and even Pandora was at a loss of something to say. After what seemed like hours (but was in fact only about 10 minutes) Cook spoke;

'So who wants to start on the vodka then?' Soon the remainder of the group were drunk enough to pass of the awkwardness of before as a vague dream and it was not mentioned for the rest of the trip.