Chapter Three

"I'll have to go in a minute." Emily whispered, the back of her head resting on Naomi's chest.

"No." She groaned, wrapping her arm around Emily's waist, "I don't want you to go."

"It's nearly three, they'll be back soon." Emily twisted round to look at Naomi who was falling asleep.

"Naomi." She laughed, turning over onto her stomach. Naomi smiled slightly, her eye's still closed.

"Hey, don't ignore me." Emily whispered softly as she pushed a strand of blonde hair out of Naomi's face. She kissed her shoulder lightly. "Please." Naomi opened her eyes and frowned,

"We have to sort this room arrangement out tomorrow."

Emily nodded, "Definitely." She laughed, getting up out of bed. Naomi's eyed followed her bare figure around the room as she picked up her clothes strewn across the floor. Emily looked over her shoulder at Naomi and smiled deviantly. She walked to the foot of the bed and set her clothes down.

"Come here." She whispered. Naomi did as instructed, the bed sheet slipping off her body as she crawled to the end of the bed. She stood up on her knees, placing her hands on Emily's hips and kissed her soft, warm lips. Emily felt her breath in deeply as her tongue entered her mouth, letting out a low moan as she felt the skin of their bare stomachs touch. Her hands traveled down Naomi's back slowly, getting lower and lower. She stopped suddenly and pulled away, breathing heavily, knowing that if she didn't leave now, they'd spend at least another few hours in bed, which would be especially awkward when the roommates returned, "I know, I know. You have to go." Naomi said sadly. Emily kissed her on the forehead, "See you tomorrow."

Emily walked downstairs wondering where Naomi was, following the loud murmurs and clattering, she walked into the large dinning room. The two long tables were full of relatives chatting away over their breakfasts. She looked around, praying she'd catch a glimpse of blonde hair somewhere, and she did, but it wasn't Naomi. She bit the inside of her cheek not knowing what to do with herself.

"Emily." She looked around the room but couldn't see who was calling her, her eyes fell on Keiran's sister Claire, who was walking over to her.

"Make yourself at home." She smiled, "If you go into the kitchen, through there, and just tell the cook what you want for breakfast." Emily nodded,

"Oh ok, thanks. Have you seen Naomi?"

"Sorry I haven't." Claire smiled, sitting down at the table. Emily sighed and walked back out of the room and headed for the stairs,

"Good morning." Emily looked over her shoulder. Naomi walked in through the front door with a girl she didn't recognize,

"Hi, I was looking for you."

"We just went out for a quick fag. Oh, this is Rachel, Adam's sister."

"I've heard a lot about you Emily." Rachel smiled. She placed a hand on Naomi's shoulder, "I won't be a sec, just gonna go speak to my Dad." Naomi took Emily's hand and pulled her round the corner into one of the hallways.

Naomi kissed her softly, "I missed you." she whispered,

"I missed you too."

"Good." Naomi smirked, "I have to get a fitting for my bloody bridesmaids dress today. We're leaving in about half an hour, you ready?"

"Erm..who's going?" Emily asked,

"Just us three and my mum."

"Na, sounds a bit boring." Emily said, walking back into the foyer, "I have to speak to Katie, see how Mum is ya know?....and I'm kinda tired so..."

Naomi furrowed her brow, "You're ok though?"

"I'm fine," Emily laughed, "I'll see you later, ring me when your on your way back."

"Fuck." Emily shook her lighter vigorously and tried to light her cigarette again. "For fuck sake!" She threw the lighter as hard as she could into the direction of one of the bushes beside the building.

"Whoa." Adam walked round the corner, his gaze moving from where the lighter landed to Emily. "Everything ok?" He asked, reaching into the pocket in his jeans and taking out a cigarette packet. Emily paused for a second, debating with herself whether or not she wanted to talk to him. She sighed and shook her head,

"I just got off the phone to my sister. Some shit's going on back home that's all." Adam pulled out a large joint from the cigarette packet and held it up,

"I have just the solution." He sat down on the floor and leaned back against the wall, lighting up the spliff. Emily hesitated for a second, before sitting down next to him. Adam took a long drag and passed it to her.

"So," He blew out the smoke from the corner of his mouth, "Carry on."

Emily breathed in the warm smoke from the joint and held it in, "My Mum didn't know I was coming here." She said quickly, breathing the smoke out and passing it back, "In fact, she made it pretty clear that she didn't want me to come."

"Why?" Adam asked, flicking the ash off the top of the joint.

"She doesn't like that...she doesn't like Naomi. She thinks she's a 'bad influence'."

"Naomi?" He laughed, "She seems alright to me."

"It's not her, it's my Mum. She's a fucking cow." She said, taking another drag.

"But you came anyway?"

"Yeah. I thought it'd be fun." She admitted. The weed already having an affect on her.

"You're not having fun?"

"I just...I..I'm not family or anything....I can't help but feel people are looking at me wondering why the fuck I'm here."

"Don't think that," He nudged her with his shoulder gently. "We're not family either, not really and our parents only brought us along cos they didn't trust us enough to leave us behind." She smiled gratefully.

"Have you eaten yet? I don't know about you but I've got the fucking muchies already." Adam asked laughing.

"What's wrong hun?" Gina asked, placing her knife and fork down on her plate, wiping her mouth with a napkin.

"Huh? Oh nothing." Naomi replied, looking over at Rachel, who was shamelessly flirting outside the cafe with some guy.

"Naomi, it's not nothing, you've been quiet the whole day."

"I just...." She sighed, "Having pretend...Emily and me...sleeping in separate rooms, sneaking around....it's hard."

"Why don't you just tell them? And don't worry, if anyone says anything I'll..."

"No Mum it's ok." She chuckled. "It's...It's not that easy, telling people I mean, even complete strangers...especially for Emily, you saw how her Mum reacted. "

"I understand." Gina smiled, putting her hand on her daughters. "We'll sort out a room for you both then OK?"

"Thanks Mum." She grinned. Naomi's phone beeped and rumbled on the table as it vibrated, she picked it up and read the text message. Laughing to herself, she dialed a number on her phone,

"Ems, I'll be back soon. Get ready though, we've gotta go meet someone."