Thanks for the lovely reviews, here's chapter 8.

Who enjoyed tonight's episode? Katie Fitch is a legend :)


Chapter 8

2 weeks later.

It was in the first week of June when Naomi decided to visit Bristol; the journey took over an exhausting four hours with the several stops for the bathroom and food. They had intended on leaving at around 8:00 am but something typically distracted them, they didn't leave until 10:00 am and the journey was actually more fun then they expected. Ryan borrowed his brothers van so that they could take their instruments and any equipment they needed, so therefore he was made to drive, Naomi claimed the passenger seat so Sam, Mike and Sally sat in the back.

It was a beautiful summers day, the sun was scorching, the sky was a gorgeous deep blue and there wasn't a single wisp of cloud in sight, they had the windows rolled all the way down, Naomi leaned out with a fag dangling from her mouth, she held it tightly between her lips so that she wouldn't drop it and enjoyed the warm wind as it whipped against her face and through each strand of her shoulder length, curly blonde hair. She wore a fitted grey t-shirt and white skinny jeans that cut up above her knees and black pumps. She no longer dressed in her long floral skirts and leggings like she did at seventeen. The black eyeliner she wore enhanced her crystal blue eyes, making them shine and deepen to the same colour as the sky. She was over excited about the visit and tried not to dwell on the fact that it wouldn't take long for her nerves to take over. She tapped her hand against her thigh in rhythm to the song that blasted throughout the van. They played games to make the journey more entertaining and it soon led to them ending up half naked, Ryan may have missed out on the fun of the games from having to concentrate on the road but Naomi knew that he wasn't bothered when she'd occasionally catch him sneaking glances at her topless body, she won most of the games so she only removed her top, she was glad that she was wearing her favourite purple bikini underneath, she grinned when she caught him looking, he didn't make his perving discreet.

Naomi turned around in her seat to look into the back of the van, luckily they had seats in the back otherwise they wouldn't have been able to borrow the van, there was two on the left and two on the right, and surprisingly Sally sat on the right side on her own so that she could stretch out, Naomi laughed at the sight of her sat comfortably in her hot pink tankini whilst Mike and Sam were sat side by side, looking slightly uncomfortable as Sam was only wearing black boxers and Mike was completely naked. Seeing him naked didn't bother Naomi, after growing up in a communal living house with her mum, and then living with two guys who were almost two years older than her, she had grown used to it.

She turned back with a huge grin on her face, only for it to fall a second later as she took in her surroundings, even after three years she was able to recognise the surroundings as they entered Bristol. She sank into her seat and gulped, nerves instantly niggled their way through her body, her heart was pounding fiercely and her stomach felt like it was about to explode. Ryan noticed her distress and reached over and took her hand in his, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Welcome home." He murmured softly, she let out a deep breath and smiled, they both knew that she could do it.

"Oh!" Sally exclaimed, she had gotten up from her seat and poked her head between the two front seats, grinning excitedly. "Now we get to see all the places that our little Naomi caused havoc in." She giggled and dodged Naomi's hand when she reached out to swat the back of her head.

"Fuck off" They laughed together, Naomi appreciated them trying to take her mind off her nerves, it almost worked but they continued to niggle in her stomach.

It didn't take long for them to reach their destination; they were staying at Effy and Freddie's apartment for the summer, Effy made it quite clear that all the guys had to share a separate room from her and Sally, much to their dislike. It was better that way as Naomi didn't really want to share a room with Ryan and Mike on her own, she may live with them but she at least had other rooms to escape to.

Naomi leaned out of the window when they pulled up outside of Effy's apartment, it looked nice outside but she wasn't too sure what to expect inside. Apparently Effy's parents got back together some time last year, and Effy managed to convince them to help her pay for her own apartment in return for them being twats and fucking her up, obviously they agreed.

Ryan parked outside and they both jumped out of the van, Naomi stretched and loved the feeling as her muscles were finally uncramped and a few bones cracked, she let out a sigh of pleasure, quickly fixed the straps on her bikini that had somehow loosened and moved round to the back of the van where Ryan was standing, having already removed the black t-shirt he was wearing, showing off his muscular body and tense biceps. His long brown hair was pulled back into a hair band, his ponytail almost reaching his shoulders. The blue jeans he worse hung loosely on his hips, revealing the band of his white boxers. Fit wasn't really a word that could be used to describe Ryan, he was broad, strong and incredibly good looking. He sort of looked similar to Heath Ledger in 10 things I hate about you, maybe slightly more innocent looking. That's how Ryan was, sweet, understanding and caring. But he was not a guy that anybody wanted to fuck with.

Naomi smirked at him as she walked to stand beside him, turning her back on the apartment and looking at the van, the sun glaring down on her bare skin felt irresistibly good.

"Shall we just leave them there?" Ryan asked, nodding towards the van, Naomi burst out laughing.

"Maybe, but I think Sally's small enough to squeeze into the front." It was an amusing thought though.

"Aw shame, could have had some alone time." He winked and Naomi shoved him but he just chuckled. God he could be just like Cook sometimes.

She rolled her eyes and moved to open up the back doors to the van, Sally jumped out instantly, closely followed by Sam who was still in his boxers, and then followed by a naked Mike who Naomi had to quickly shove back into the van.

"Mike! You are not coming out until you put some clothes on." She laughed at his face of disbelief.

"What?! It's too fucking hot for clothes." He moaned like a five year old.

"Well at least put on your fucking boxers." He sighed and turned to rummage through the stuff. "I can't find them."

Fucks sake, Naomi muttered. "Sal, do you know where Mike's boxers are? "

"Threw them in the front." She sounded so pleased with herself; Naomi rolled her eyes again and walked round to the passenger seat. It took her quite a while to find his boxers when Sally was hardly specific, she may have thrown them in the front but they had fallen down a gap behind the front seats, it took her bloody ages to fish them out, she held them by the band and flung them into the back, telling Mike that they were there. She stepped back out of the van and could hear Ryan and Sally speaking to someone but she couldn't quite make out the voices as they were talking quietly.

"Nomi, come here. " Sally called from the other side. Naomi growled at her stupid nickname and slammed the door, she walked back around just as Mike jumped out from the back, grinning happily at her. She scowled at him and strode towards Sally.

"Sally, what the fuck did I say –" She stopped instantly when she saw two girls she hadn't anticipated on seeing, they both turned to her, one girl dropped her head to the floor, the other dropped her mouth.

Oh fuck. Oh great. What a fucking coincidence, Naomi's voice thundered in her head, she thought her heart had stopped until she felt it pounding in her chest with a stronger force than before. A lump formed in her throat and her body trembled slightly. This wasn't supposed to happen.

"Fuckin' hell, Campbell, is that you? " Naomi couldn't reply, the voice brought back so many memories.

"Don't you recogni- "She began to say but Naomi stopped her.

"Of course I fucking recognise you, ya twat." She smiled to reassure the girl that she wasn't being a bitch.

"Wow." The girl smiled back. The slightly smaller girl shuddered but finally raised her head, looking Naomi straight in the eye. A deep feeling erupted in both of them. Naomi felt sick, so horribly sick when she looked into the brown eyes that she had always adored, she felt sick when she realised that her favourite eyes no longer sparkled the way they used to, instead they looked hollow, empty and full of regret. If Naomi was the girl she was three years ago, she probably would have turned and ran, but she wasn't that girl anymore, she didn't run away anymore. But she had to quickly break the contact, them eyes held so many memories which now caused her excruciating pain.

Oh fuck, Emily, why do you have to be here?

It had been two and a half fucking years, yet she steps into Bristol for five minutes and has already collided with the girl who broke her heart, yet she could almost ignore her heart ache when she looked the girl who was now even more beautiful than before. Her hair was almost the same, except longer and a little darker, and surprisingly curled for once. Her cheekbones curved her face in way that made her look older but still gorgeous. She wasn't wearing any make up except a thin line of eyeliner, she didn't need make up, she was naturally beautiful. She wore a nicely fitted white blouse, the two top buttons were undone and showed her chest, Naomi couldn't help but think that if one more button was open, she would have had a nice view on her cleavage, but then she mentally slapped herself for thinking such a thing.

So yeah, cute white blouse and denim blue short shorts. Naomi couldn't stop herself from trailing her eyes up Emily's bare legs, god they looked good. She mentally slapped herself again for not being able to control her perving, even after two and a half years.

But then when she looked back up, Emily's eyes were no longer on her face, instead they had lowered a little and her face was slightly tinged red. She then realised that Emily was staring at her body and smirked, at least she wasn't the only perve.

But fuck, why wasn't she feeling angry? Why wasn't she slapping the girl and telling her to fuck off? Fuck.

"You guys look great. " Naomi said nicely. Fuck, first she wasn't feeling angry and now she was being civilised?

But it was true, they both looked fucking amazing. Katie who usually looked like a slut now looked smart and very attractive; she wasn't wearing leopard print or a ton of make up. Her hair was no longer red, instead it was a dark brown but slightly tinted purple and she wore it up in a nice style so that a few strands were loose against her face. She wore white short shorts and a pink…wait, what? A t-shirt?! Fucking hell, Naomi thought that this was possibly the first time she had seen Katie without her tits popping out. A few years does wonders to some people.

"You don't look like you're doing too badly yourself, Campbell. " Katie replied, shifting her weight from one foot to the other and raising eyebrows in a questioning way as her eyes flickered to something behind her. Naomi frowned and turned around to see Mike still standing behind her still grinning and still only wearing his boxers. And then it clicked, Naomi quickly spun around to see Katie's amused expression.

"Oh god, this must look SO bad! " The twins giggled as she tried to hide her blush, they continued to laugh until the sound of someone clearing their throat stopped their reunion. Naomi looked round at Sally who didn't look amused in the slightest.

"Going to introduce us, Naomi? " Naomi nodded.

"Katie, Ems. This is Sally, Mike, Sam and Ryan." She explained, moving her hand to point at each of them. "Guys, this is Katie and…"

"Emily." Sally finished for her, Naomi glared as a warning, it was awkward enough without her being a prick. The guys just grunted a hello apart from Ryan who stepped forward, grinning happily and shaking both of their hands. The twins looked slightly surprised but Katie flashed him a smile that was so much like the old Katie. Oh god, no flirting please.

Naomi was so grateful when she heard Cook bellow out her name and sprint towards her, he lifted her off her feet and span her around, she laughed and clung to his body and begged him to put her down. He only did when he noticed the twins.

"Whoa, what the fuck are they doing here? " Katie and Emily both opened their mouths to reply but Naomi got there first.

"Don't be a prick, James. I didn't expect to see them either, but it's cool, it's good to see them again. "She smiled at them and they smiled back. Surprisingly it did feel good to see them again. And then it hit her, she wasn't mad because really, she had missed them. Missed their company and their friendship, sure it hurt to see Emily and to not be able to reach out and hold and kiss her, but she had always felt comfortable around the girl. She was over what had happened in the past, the past was the past, and maybe she wanted Emily back in her life so she could feel her comfort, even if it was just as friends.

Cook took a few seconds to think it over and grinned when he accepted it, he stepped forwards and pulled the twins into a hug, they both look slightly alarmed.

"That's cool, I forgot how fit our twinnies are. "

"Fucks sake. " Naomi laughed, shaking her head.

"Ah, Cook. You're still repulsive I see." Emily finally spoke, her voice friendly and sweet. God Naomi missed it.

"Of course babe, you still a muff muncher? "

"Absolutely."

"That's my girl." They both grinned.

Why was everything so easy? Being around her wasn't half as painful as Naomi expected, it was actually nice and kind of enjoyable. Cook seemed to be liking too, and Katie and Emily were both smiling happily, maybe they had also missed it. Maybe.

Naomi left them all to talk and turned towards Effy's front door which was already open and the beautiful brunette leaned against the doorway, smoking a cigarette.

"Interesting. " Effy said simply, she was just like her old self sometimes.

"More like unexpected. " Naomi sighed and raked her fingers through her hair.

"No, it's interesting that you're so calm around her. " Naomi just shrugged her shoulders.

"What are you going to do about it?" Freddie asked her softly when he entered the room.

"Fuck knows, it's weird." Effy smiled slightly and pulled her into a hug.

"Why don't you invite her to the club later?" she asked, Naomi pulled back in surprise, her eyes wide with shock.

"What, why?"

"It gives you the chance to show her that you've done better without her. "

Naomi laughed; she should have known that Effy wasn't going to be nice about Emily.

"No, I'm joking, "okay maybe she will, "maybe it'll give both the chance to sort things properly. " That was a nice thought.

"Yeah," Freddie agreed, stepping forward to give Naomi a quick hug and then put his arm across Effy's shoulders. "Eff's right, it'll at least clear a few things. "

"Yeah…maybe." Naomi replied, she frowned at the thought of actually spending time with Emily again. Fucking Bristol.

Naomi backed out to where she left them all, Effy and Freddie following her, Cook was talking to Sally and the guys, Emily was hurriedly whispering to Katie who appeared to be defending herself. Naomi had a feeling that she already knew what they were talking about. She made her way towards them when Effy and Freddie joined in to Cook's conversation, the twins looked up when she approached, Emily seemed nervous and Katie annoyed.

"Do you two want to join us down at the club tonight? You can see what I do now. "Naomi blurted out, surprising herself and both of the girls'. Katie's annoyed expression transformed into a bright grin.

"Definitely. You gonna come, Ems?" Naomi was shocked again, Katie Fitch was asking, not demanding. Damn, people really can change.

Emily looked terrified when she looked at Naomi, so she made her expression as friendly as possible and gave an inviting smile. It wasn't hard, and she found herself hating that she couldn't hate that girl. She was almost certain that Emily would say no, she was relieved when the red head relaxed.

"Sure, that'd be nice. " Emily smiled and Naomi thought she felt her knees shake a little.

Stop it you twat, Naomi shouted at herself.

"Great, it's in that new place up town, be there at eight." She smiled at them and turned to leave.

"Wait!" It was Emily, "What do you do now?" She sounded almost excited so Emily just smirked at her.

"Wait and find out. "And then she left, following the rest that had already gone inside.

Naomi stopped at the front door and looked back, the twins had started walking in the opposite direction but Emily also happened to be looking back, their eyes met and they smiled shyly at each other.

Naomi sighed; the way her heart was now beating uncontrollably told her that she was in serious trouble.

She entered the house, preparing herself for the angry lecture from Sally.


Emily's Pov

Oh my fucking god.

She wanted to cry, she wanted to scream, she wanted to jump for joy, and she wanted to run.

There were plenty of things that she wanted to do.

"Fucking hell. " Katie whispered whilst they walked.

"I can't believe it. " Emily replied.

"What are you going to do? "

"Nothing, there's nothing I can do. We'll just go and enjoy the night. "

Katie nodded in agreement, that was the good thing with them now, they barely argued or disagreed. Katie was finally the nice sister that her twin had always wanted.

"She looks fantastic. " Katie said and smiled, Emily knew that she was shocked at Naomi's change of style, she was too. The blonde no longer looked like a charity shop; instead she looked sort of grungy in an incredibly sexy way, and god she looked like a fucking model!

Emily tried not to picture her in her head, she tried not to picture the way Naomi looked in the purple bikini top and cut off white skinny jeans, she tried not to picture the way her hair, eyes and skin glistened against the sun light and she tried not to picture the top half of her body, toned, curvy and just so…shut up mind!

"Yeah, she does. God, this is just so weird. "Emily looked up as Katie reached out and took her hand.

"It doesn't have to be." She said simply.



All the respect to Heath Ledger, I love him. R&R please :) let me know what you thought. Anyone like the sound of Naomi's new appearance? And what about her feelings for Emily, should she be mad or start a new friendship with her?