A/N

Hello lovebugs! How are we all?, just quickly, I forgot to add a disclaimer some of the previous chapters so I've just done that and I'm not sure if will send an email out saying 'I've added stuff' to the chapter, but in case it does, I haven't so don't bother re-reading them)

This has definitely the most 'nagged for' chapter yet which makes me really happy! You're all so wonderful!, This ones to the lovely anon's on tumblr that have been messaging me all week asking for a new chapter here you go!

I don't own skins, nope not me.

Chapter 9

Naomi's POV

"Nice" Effy said looking towards the spa in our hotel room. We had arrived in Barcelona in the early evening and checked in at our hotel straight away because we had all agreed that a night out was definitely needed. "Yeah" I hummed looking around at the dark grey walls that had paintings displaying different types of fruit on them. The room also had a blood red feature wall that the window sat on giving a view down at the busy street below, this hotel was much larger than any of the others we had stayed at; it had a gym, pool and bar all on the first floor and the roof had been turned into a nightclub of its own. Our room was located on the fourth floor and although it wasn't very big it was very modern and nice.

"Want to grab a spa before we head out?" I asked whilst rummaging through my suitcase to find my bikini set.

"Naomi Campbell" Effy grinned "are you trying to proposition me?

"You wish Stonem

"What did Katie do to Freddie?" I asked hopping back into the spa with a bottle of wine in hand

Effy chuckled holding out two glasses of wine for me to pour into.

"Let's just say he won't be using his 'family jewels' for a while…"

"Kicked or?"

"Squeezed" Effy smirked

I had wanted to bring up the subject of Katie to her since seeing them cuddled up on the bus but I knew that going in gun ho wasn't going to work at all with Effy, you need to slowly creep into a subject, preferably on one of her more better days or else she will just shut off completely.

"Thought Cook would have got the brunt of it though…

"Hmm" Effy hummed in agreeance

What was I supposed to say to that? It's not like she gave me anything to go on, Effy had a habit of doing that, as soon as she catches on that you have a hidden agenda in a conversation she will automatically say or do something to end it if the subject is something she doesn't want to talk about. Unfortunately for her, I'm impatient.

"Right" I placed my empty wine glass on the floor next to the bottle "get it out then"

"Get what out?" Effy smirked clearly knowing what I was on about

"You're really gonna do that?

"Do what?"

"You're a tit, now tell me what's up with you and Katie" I demanded annoyed with how difficult she was being

"I'm surprised you've taken this long to bring it up, usually you're an impatient shit

"Have you slept together?" I asked leaning back in the spa

"No"

"Do you like her?"

shrug

"Right…so…"

"We've kissed" Effy gave in deciding I was frustrated enough "she kissed me"

I cracked up out of pure reaction, I knew something had happened between them but Id never have thought that Katie-cock-loving Fitch was the one to instigate it. It didn't take long for Effy to join in on the laughter and I was glad that it was her in this situation because anyone else would have been offended by my reaction, not Effy though, she knew why I was laughing.

"So…Emily.." Effy said avoiding eye contact

"Doesn't know" I reassured her "although she did ask if you were gay, I just thought she wanted to jump you"

"You're daft though" Effy said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world

"Oi! I'm not daft!

"Of course you're not" she grinned

We spent another 30 minutes in the spa just chatting about random things, it was nice spending time with Effy, our conversations for the most part were always so effortless and nice. I had decided against telling Emily anything about Katie and Effy, it wasn't my place to tell and Effy said that Katie didn't want anyone to know just yet which didn't surprise me at all.

After going through all of my clothes twice I put on a blue vintage skirt and grey singlet top "what do you think?" I turned to Effy who was curling her hair "tuck your top in" she said placing the hair curler down on the dressing table and walking over to the bed to grab her clothes. By the time I finished curling random strands of hair and putting my grey heels on Effy was changed and ready to go.

Emily was already in the foyer by the time we got down there and holy mother of christ did she look good, she wore a light grey cardigan over a white singlet top and ripped mini denim shorts with her black vans. I gulped at the sight of her bare legs as she walked over to me "Wow Naoms you look amazing".

At the restaurant we were shown through a door past the open kitchen area and lead to 'the storeroom', lined with hundreds of bottles of backlit wine. The room was filled with dark decorative tones, a few works of art and low lighting. As we sat down I looked over to a small stage area that had a Jazz band playing for background music and then around to some of the people in the restaurant.

"I'm fucking starving" Katie whined as her and Effy sat down across from Emily and I. "what's so funny Campbell?" she glared at my amused expression "Nothing, it's just..you and Emily really have a romance like no other when it comes to food" I grinned "Oi!" Emily playfully slapped my arm "I'll have you know bitch, that this was the smallest size in the shop!" Katie defended pointing at her dress.

I had been having so much fun bantering with Katie and slowly becoming more and more pissed on whatever cocktail Effy was handing me that by the time Freddie suggested we head off to the club it had only felt like we were in the restaurant for ten minutes.

The club that we stumbled into after a ten minute walk in the cold weather was probably the biggest I'd ever been in, there was a sea of people dancing everywhere in the flashing blue and pink lights facing a stage that had the dj and a few other people on it jumping up and down to entice the crowd. It was definitely a huge rave party and I questioned if almost everyone had had some type of drug in here as I watched a girl jump off the stage into the crowd. Thomas lead the way up a staircase to the left of the entrance taking us to the second floor which had a much more relaxed vibe –low lights, stalls lining one side of the room, a bar with blue neon lights that ran along the wall and lower background music. It was completely different from the first floor, hard to believe they are actually apart of the same club.

"Naomikins" Cook beamed throwing his arm around my shoulders as we walked to the bar "can't believe we're finally here man!

"Yeah" I smile leaning in closer to him. Barcelona was definitely the reason Cook wanted to come on this trip, we all had our different places, Effy's was Italy, JJ's France, Freddie's Amsterdam, Panda's Munich and Cook's was Barcelona.

"So…what's up with you and red?" Cook asked leaning back on the bar after we had ordered two trays of shots. "Give me some credit blondie" he smirked at my shrug "always near you aint she? And I know you, if ya didn't like it you'd be telling her where to go"

"I like her" I smiled not feeling the need to hide it anymore, what was the point? I was certain she liked me too.

"Tops babe" Cook gave his ear to ear grin.

Two hours later and we were all still sat at the booth, I was feeling very drunk by now because Cook kept venturing off to the bar and bringing back shots and beers for everyone, we had spent our time playing word games and it was actually quite fun.

"Manchester city, Manchester united, Liverpool, Arsenal, Swansea, Chelsea, Uh…"

"COME ON LEZZER!" Katie banged her fist on the table fuck what was the name of that team! "shit, um…" I glanced around at everyone seeking out a person to help me cheat.

"FIVE SECONDS BLONDIE!"

fuck! I quickly glanced at Emily getting lost in the way her tongue flicked as she mouthed the words 'Blackburn' before raising her glass to her lips, Christ Id give anything to be that glass right now.

"THREE –TWO Cook bellowed hitting the table with his fists

"Blackburn!" I yelled receiving cheers from around the table

I started feeling a bit claustrophobic and definitely knew Id be out by next round anyway "Right, well as fun as this has been, I need a fag" I announced standing

"aww come on blondie don't be a cop out!"

"Yeah Campbell's got the right idea, I'm going to dance losers" Katie stood picking up her handbag.

"So this is where you've been hiding then"

Barcelona is such a beautiful place, in some streets you could be walking past a building with historic characteristics and elegance and you'll notice the things on it like an old brass window edge or crumbled brickwork but then you keep walking and the building next to it is new and hip and full of crazy architecture but the thing I like most about Barcelona is that these buildings don't clash, they don't make you feel like you've gone from being in old-world to new-world, they actually compliment each other in a way that is barely believable unless you've been there to see it for yourself. The whole city is a work of art and I guess I got stuck in its beauty whilst standing on this balcony outside the club.

"Not hiding, just… taking in the view" I smiled as Emily walked over to lean on the balcony "how's it in there?

"Everyone's pretty drunk, Katie's been dancing on a pole for a bit" she chuckled

"Wow.." Katie Fitch pole dancing "you got photo's didn't you?"

"Course!, she's never gonna live this one down" Emily grinned taking a lighter from my hand "muchas gracias"

"So what about you then?, why aren't you in there pole dancing aswell?"

"I was actually looking for a girl

"Yeah?"

"Mhm" she smirked moving closer to me "tall, blonde, blue eyes, you know the type, seen her around?"

"Can't say I have, but if I do you'll be the first person to know" I winked playfully

"Thanks" she smirked grabbing my hand "wanna get out of here?"

It didn't take much convincing from Emily to leave the club because honestly, I'd follow her anywhere. Unsurprisingly we didn't pass anyone we knew on the way out so I sent a text to Effy to let her know. As we walked down the same street the nightclub was on Emily showed me the pictures on her phone of a very drunk Katie pole dancing on the stage.

"Oh my gosh! look at Cook!" I laughed pointing at one of the picture's, Cook was indeed in every photo Emily had taken, jumping up and down or waving his arms. "How much did they drink!

"I think it was the pills Effy was giving out earlier, oh shit! I forgot!" she shoved her hand in her pocket "this ones yours" Emily held out the small pill with a sheepish smile on her face

"haha thanks but I think I'll save it" taking the pill from her hand to pocket it

Before I could ask why she hadn't taken a pill herself I was being pulled forward by an excited Emily who was talking so fast that I could only make out 'no way!' before coming to a halt in front of a small shop that had the words 'hire' and 'moped' on it, the shop was locked up of course, it being late at night and all but that didn't seem to stop Emily from jumping up and down on the spot from excitement.

"Ems you do know it's closed?" I giggled watching her gawk at a blue moped behind the window

"I know but we have to come back here in the morning!" she said facing me with the most gorgeous smile I've ever seen in my life, her eyes twinkled with excitement and the look on her face was so adorable that I thought id spontaneously combust at any moment if she kept it up.

"There's no way in hell I'm getting on one of those things" I said trying my most serious voice, the smile wouldn't leave my face though. Emily didn't seem fazed by what I had said because she started typing the number that was written on the door into her phone.

"Have you ever been on one?" I smirked watching her

"Dad has one in our garage at home; he let me use it to get to school most days because it had been sitting in there for years collecting dust, so you'll be safe with me!"

"You're full of surprises" I grinned at the image of Emily riding a moped as we continued to walk down the street.

Eventually I started getting cold and cursed myself for not bringing a jacket but thankfully Emily noticed and suggested we go into the small pub we were passing.

I went to sit down in one of the many booths that were unoccupied whilst Emily ordered our drinks. The pub was really small; the bar ran along the right side of the wall whilst sitting booths lined the left side. I watched two men sitting at the bar smoking and although I had no idea what they were talking about I knew they were flirting, one kept placing his hand on the others knee and whispering in his ear.

"So now it's my turn to find out something about you" Emily smiled placing a pint in front of me as she sat across the table

"And why is that?" I smirked taking a sip

"Well, you found out about my secret skill of moped-riding so it's only fair"

"Ask away" I chuckled finding her logic ridiculous

"I remember you telling me that your mum got with your politics teacher when you were in high school" Emily said with a hint of reluctance in her eyes "mmm" I hummed to reassure her this topic was alright. "Were you okay with that?"

"No" I shook my head remembering when they first got together "I kicked up a fuss, was a right shit about it, I mean, I didn't try to break them up or anything but I made it clear that I didn't approve"

"How?" Emily asked with general interest

"Well when Kieran, my politics teacher, used to come over I would leave the house straight away making sure to point out how pissed off I was at them and it really got to him because before they had got together we had a really nice relationship, he was the only teacher that would smoke with me at school" I laughed "and that was two questions by the way" I smirked watching Emily take a sip of her beer.

"What things do you and Katie have in common?"

"Christ" Emily laughed "Not a lot

"You're both confident" I suggested and both kiss girls

"I wasn't always confident though" Emily smiled almost sadly "I pretty much lived in her shadow most of high school" This was a strange revelation, since meeting Emily I'd never got a shy impression off her, she seemed like one of those people who are comfortable with who they are. I don't know why I did it, but all of a sudden I felt the need to have some sort of contact with her so I leaned my arm across the table and grabbed her hand lacing our fingers together.

"It wasn't until I was older that I became my own person, Katie wasn't happy at first, especially with me being gay but she got used to it" Emily smiled staring at our hands.

"What changed?"

"I got sick and tired of it, going on double dates with boys, wearing horrible clothes" I laughed at this, Emily in leopard print. "Katie and I went on another double date one night and the guy I was with was a complete tosser, he spent the whole night trying to feel me up under the table at the restaurant so I cracked it and left, Katie of course ran after me fuming but by this point I didn't care, I was pissed off and I just wanted to go home so we had a massive fight and I told her that I'm my own person, that I like girls" Emily said, the look in her eyes told me she was reliving the moment so I squeezed her hand to comfort her. "I knew it would come out eventually from Katie anyway so I went home and told them that I was gay, mum went crazy saying things like 'no daughter of mine is gay' she started calling around doctors until dad finally calmed her down"

"What about your dad and brother?"

"That's your third question" Emily smirked "James was ecstatic, little perve. Dad didn't make a deal of it, he's just happy if I am" she smiled "so now it's my turn!, what made you eventually accept Kieran and your mums relationship?"

"Effy" I took a sip of my beer "I was going through some other stuff at the time... and she pulled me up on my shit" I took a quick glance at Emily deciding whether I should tell her the whole story or not, she had told me a lot about herself.

Using my free hand I pulled out a pack of cigarettes and lit one passing the packet to Emily who did the same, not moving her hand from mine.

"I was …seeing my math teacher at the time" I studied Emily's face waiting for some type of reaction, but to give her credit there was no sign of being shocked, she simply smiled and squeezed my hand. "I was infatuated by him at first and I thought I was in love, I wanted to make it public but he didn't, I was sick of being a secret" I stopped as the barmaid came over to take our empty glasses, Emily ordered two more and then turned back around so I could continue.

"Things got really bad then, I was drinking, taking drugs, skipping classes, id had more than enough warnings from the school about being on the brink of failing the year. I stopped hanging out with my friends and started sleeping in parks to avoid being at home watching mum and Kieran all loved up

"So anyway long story short" I said butting my cigarette in the ashtray "Eff pulled me out of school one day and took me back to hers, she told me everything id been doing and I broke down telling her everything that had been going on, I stayed with her for a while after that which broke mums heart but our relationship slowly got back on track"

"What about your grades?" Emily asked tracing patters on my palm

"It was really hard to catch up but Anthea, Effy's mum is really smart and helped me with a lot of my coursework, I think I barely passed that year" I chuckled.

Emily stared at her pint for a while not saying anything, it wasn't an uncomfortable silence but I started to feel like maybe I told her too much when she suddenly looked up and smiled, I could see in her eyes that she wanted to know something but was hesitant in asking.

"Just ask" I smiled reassuring her that it was okay. "Your math teacher…did you, I mean, what happened there?"

"I still saw him after that, but as time went on I started feeling more resentment towards him and slowly began making excuses to not sneak out and shag him" I watched Emily frown at the word shag and wondered if she knew she had done it. "He left Bristol a bit after that and I found out that he actually had a wife and kid, wanker" I shook my head in disgust "but anyway that's your three questions so how did you and Katie get back on track then?

Emily pulled her hand away much to my dislike and got out her pack of cigarettes handing me one, we both lit them before she spoke again.

"Well for about a month after I told them I was gay we didn't talk, when she was home I was out, when I was home she was out, I even waited until she was asleep before going to bed at night. We were sitting at the table having dinner one night and mum started on me with her usual bollocks, mentioning an appointment she had booked for me at some mental health place-"

"Why didn't your dad stand up to her?" I interrupted, Emily said he was happy if she was but she clearly wasn't with her mum acting like that so I didn't understand why he hadn't intervened.

"Dads a pushover" Emily smiled lovingly, "he's a really placid guy and hates tension, I know it isn't an excuse but you have to know him to understand" she shrugged. I didn't quite accept that answer but who was I to judge?

"Anyway so we were at the family dinner and mum was going on and on about this appointment, I don't think I can remember a time when I was more angrier than I was then, I was about to stand up scream at her when Katie bet me to it, she told mum that she was being unfair and to strop treating me like shit, she said that who I like has nothing to do with who I am, I'm actually sugar-coating it..she called mum a selfish cow and ended up telling her to fuck herself" Emily laughed "the look on mums face was priceless, Katie was always her golden child, she did everything to please mum and here was mums pride and joy screaming at her from across the six seater table. I couldn't believe it!, she threatened to leave if mum made me go to that appointment, it was actually quite funny because during Katie's rant at mum James stood up and started swearing his head off aswell" Emily said causing us to both giggle.

"After Katie had finished screaming every curse word under the sun she grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the house, we went to a party that one of the people from our school was having and Katie apologised over and over again telling me how wrong she was and how much she missed me, it was the deepest conversation we'd had ever and mum never brought up the appointment after that night, she actually hasn't said anything about my sexual orientation since." Emily smiled picking up her pint.

"Wow…" I sighed picturing what my mum would say if I came home and told her I was gay that's nice love, want some tea? I couldn't imagine not being accepted for something so trivial.

"Let's head off, it's late and we have to be up early because I want to ride a moped!"

"Come on Naoms pleaseeeeee!" Emily nagged swaying our interlocked hands as we arrived outside my hotel door, most of the walk back consisted of her going on about the pissing moped and how excited she was, it was unbelievably cute. "I promise you wont get hurt, and if you do, which you won't, but if you do then I'll buy you a thousand packets of Garibaldi's" Emily smirked standing in front of me. "Alright fine" I rolled my eyes dramatically trying to contain the happiness I felt that she remembered how much I loved Garibaldi's.

"Great!" she beamed "So..I'll see you in the morning" her eyes flicked down to my lips for a brief second "I had a really nice time tonight, you're great company

"So are you" I smiled trying to ignore the rapid beating in my chest

Emily leaned forward and pressed her lips to my cheek causing my whole body to shiver at her touch, fuck I hope she didn't feel that. Her lips lingered there for a bit before she leant back and gave me a warm smile "Goodnight Naoms" Emily turned to walk away and I knew that it was now or never because I felt like she was being careful around me, not wanting to push anything. She needed to know that it was okay and that I didn't just want to kiss her when I was off my face on drugs and alcohol.

Thankfully our hands were still entwined together so I pulled her arm, swinging her around to face me and ignoring the shocked look on her face, I crashed our lips together. Within seconds the kiss had deepened and our tongues were hungrily massaging each other, Emily moaned against my lips causing the circling sensation flowing through my body to instantly rest between my thighs and before I knew it my back was being pushed against the door as Emily took my bottom lip between her teeth and bit down gently. I put my arms around her neck and pulled her closer to me forcing our lips together again and we stood there kissing each other passionately.

"Naoms" Emily panted whilst I kissed her neck "hey" she giggled pushing me back a bit I looked up into her eyes and momentarily forgot where we were because her pupils were so dilated that her eyes almost looked fully black, it was the sexiest thing id ever seen. "S-sorry" I mumbled hiding my face.

"Why?" Emily grinned placing a finger under my chin so I would look at her again "It's just, if we don't stop now I won't be able to stop" she smiled resting her forehead against mine. "You're amazing and that was incredible".

After a few more chaste kisses Emily left for her hotel room with the promise of meeting me in the hotel foyer at 11. Effy wasn't in the room when I entered, of course, so I turned the lamp on and pulled off my clothes before hopping into bed. I re-set my alarm three times before I was satisfied that it would wake me up in time and then turned off the lamp. Tonight was the best night id ever had, Emily Fitch kissed me!

The next morning I had woken 5 minutes before the alarm went off, I quickly picked out a pair of blue jeans and purposely chose a white v-neck tee in hopes that a certain red head would enjoy the cleavage on display. After showering I straightened my hair and stuffed a baggy beanie over the top, finally satisfied with how I looked I decided to pack a bag.

"Will you quit humming to yourself?" Croaked Effy from under the sheets

"You're awake!" I yelled running over and jumping on the lump in the bed, giggling at the oomph as my body landed on her

"What the fuck Nai!" Effy exclaimed removing the blanket from her head "what the fu she stopped abruptly taking in my appearance. "Why are you so perky this morning?" Effy cocked an eyebrow in suspicion.

"What's not to be perky about?" I grinned climbing off her

"Don't play dumb with me Campbell" Effy said sitting up "You aren't a morning person, spill"

"I kissed Emily last night!"

"And?"

"And she kissed me back!"

"Fuck sakes" Effy rolled her eyes "that's all?, you two finally get your act together and you think it's a good enough reason to wake me up with? I thought you shagged or something".

"We're going to ride a moped at 11" I said ignoring the grumpy brunette on the bed

"Fascinating"

"Yes it is!" I smirked "So I'm going now but I want all the details of your night later"

Effy just groaned and pulled the covers back over her head, I chuckled grabbing my bag and leaving the room. I was a bit early arriving in the foyer so I decided to walk to the café across the street and get breakfast. Having no idea how Emily has her coffee I ordered her a hot chocolate and picked up two jam rolls to take away. By the time I got back she was there sitting on a chair near reception playing with her phone.

I automatically smiled seeing her, today she was wearing black stockings, red shorts a grey singlet top and red flats. "Morning" I said making my appearance

"Heyyy" Emily beamed before standing up and giving me a quick kiss, and then another, and another. "I-have-breakfast" I said between kisses.

"Are you sure we'll even be able to hire one?" I asked standing outside the shop

"I called them earlier, so you can throw any hope that's left in there right out the window" Emily smirked poking me "I'm gonna go in, I'll be out in a minute"

I lit a cigarette and leant against a wall watching people pass by, at least there's a lot of people on the streets so it's not like she can speed I thought watching a group of teenagers cross the road. It was actually a really nice day, the sun was shining over the city and everyone was out enjoying it. On the way to the shop we had passed at least five street performers, one of which was dressed as a bat pretending to be a statue until some poor person walked past and got the life scared out of them. Emily insisted we both get a photo with him and every other street former that we passed.

"All done" came the voice of my favourite person in the world right now, I butted my cigarette out and walked towards her gob smacked "why is it so big? The blue one wasn't" I nervously said eyeing off the orange moped

"Relax Naoms its fine, now come here and let me put your helmet on."

I knew there was no point in debating this with her, the way she looked at the thing told me I would lose anyway. I reluctantly walked over to a grinning Emily and let her put the orange helmet on my head before putting her green one on.

"Ready!" she squealed hopping on the moped "No" I grumbled crossing my arms "c'mon babe, it'll be fine I promise" oh jesus "remember our deal!" I huffed taking her hand and reluctantly hopping on. "Hold on tight!

At first, I was shitting myself whilst we drove through the streets of Barcelona; it wasn't until Emily informed me that she couldn't breathe because of how tight I was holding her that I relaxed a bit allowing myself to look around. We weren't going fast enough for everything to be a blur but it was still fast enough for my hair to be violently whipping the helmet. Emily seemed in her element, her body felt so relaxed and every time we turned a corner she manoeuvred herself so that we wouldn't fall off, really wasn't lying when she said that she knew how to ride one of these.

After probably around a half hour Emily slowed down and pulled up at a car park that was next to a stunning beach. I released a breath I felt like id been holding the whole time and hopped off. Emily skipped over to me wrapping her arms around my waist and pulling me into a tight hug and I wasn't sure if it was her or the moped making my knees feel weak.

"That was so much fun!" she squealed pulling back, the smile I was rewarded with was worth 10 trips on that death trap. "Give me your camera, I'll take a photo of you on it" I smiled watching Emily undo her helmet strap.

"Mint choc and vanilla with sprinkles" I said pointing at the menu on the ice cream truck that we were stood in front of. After paying the guy we finished our ice creams and walked over to a bench that sat facing the beach.

"I think this may be one of my favourite places now" Emily smiled leaning her head on my shoulder "It's nice, it's a nice place" I agreed watching a group of kids jump around in the water. We sat in a comfortable silence for a while, neither of us needing to talk to make this moment any more perfect than it already was. After a while Emily's phone sounded off with a text from Katie telling us about a festival they were going to at six and as much as I didn't want our day together to end I knew we'd have to go back sometime and I still wanted to find out what Effy got up to last night.

"Come on Madame your chariot awaits" Emily smirked dragging me from the bench

"Em's wait" she stopped and turned to face me "I don't know if I'll get another chance today to tell you this… but I really like you"

Emily shone a smile that reached her eyes before closing the distance between us and pulling me in for a passionate kiss. By the time she pulled apart I was breathless and full of happiness, everything about that kiss told me she felt the same, the way she gently flicked her tongue against mine, the way our lips moulded together and the way she held me. "Come on you big sop" Emily grinned pulling me along the path back to the moped. Emily Fitch you'll be the death of me.

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