"Marry me?"
Emily's still looking up at the sky whilst Naomi carries on watching her, not sure what to do. Then Emily sighs whilst taking her hand out of Naomi's. She sits up, pulling her legs up towards her and crosses her arms on top of her knees as she looks out across the ocean in front of her, thinking.
Naomi stays lying on the sand, watching her. "Em?" Emily still doesn't respond, let alone move.
As Naomi chews on her bottom lip nervously, Emily turns her head to face her. She then smiles sadly at her and shakes her head, "No." She whispers.
She stands up and starts to walk away, leaving Naomi laying on the beach, watching after her, tears filling her eyes.
Effy is still holding Daniel in her arms as JJ tries to comfort her through her tears. As she looks up at him, she see's Lara sitting on the curb at the far end of the street over JJ's shoulder. She clears her throat and wipes away her tears, taking a deep breath as she holds Daniel out to him.
"JJ, could you go and take Danny boy inside for me?" She says as she stands, passing him into JJ's awaiting hands.
"Er... are you sure? It's just that you will be feeling very emotional and possibly quite stressed right now, let alone be in shock too. I think I should stay with you."
She smiles at him, "I'm ok, JJ. Honest. Now go and take my boy inside, will you? I'll be ok once I get some fresh air and a walk."
JJ looks at her for a moment. "Ok," He eventually says after giving her a quick look over. "But if you need me, i'll be right inside with everyone, ok?"
She nods her head. "Ok. Thanks, JJ."
He nods back at her and looks down at Daniel, smiling. "Come on then, let's go and find some toys to play with, yeah?"
Effy stands watching him as he walks back into Panda's, talking and playing with her son. Once they've disappeared inside, she turns to look at Lara again.
Lara stiffens as she starts to walk closer to her. It's not until Effy is towering above her that she eventually stands up.
"Well, looks like Naomi did a good job. Shame she let you walk away after though." Effy says as she looks her up and down, disgusted. "Me on the other hand, would have made sure you wouldn't be walking at the very least."
Effy walks forward, making Lara walk backwards away from her but she eventually hits the brick wall behind her. She puts her hands up to try and push Effy away and turns her face away but Effy still leans forward, close to her face. "Please, Effy..."
Effy smirks, "Please Effy, what?"
Lara still has her face turned away from her. "Please don't. I have a little boy."
Effy moves back a little, laughing. "Oh, you have a little boy, do you? And what about me, Lara? Don't I have one too?"
Lara drops her hand as tears start falling from her eyes. "I'm sorry." She says quietly.
Effy stops laughing and looks back at her, serious again. She frowns and takes another step forward again. "Sorry, I didn't quiet get that. What did you say?"
Lara sniffs and wipes away her tears, "I'm sorry."
Effy snorts, "No you're not. If you were truly sorry then you wouldn't have phoned the police for a second time. You would have thought about what you were doing." She takes a step towards her, so Lara is pushed up against the wall. "Maybe... We should stop this from happening again." She puts a hand out onto the wall and leans onto it, making her lean into Lara even more. Lara flinches as Effy softly strokes her face with her other hand and smiles. "Maybe... We should stop you from talking ever again."
Lara cries, "I'm sorry, Effy. I'm so, so sorry."
Effy grabs her neck and pushes her face up to look straight into her eyes. "Lara-"
Suddenly Effy is pulled away backwards by Naomi. "Fucking leave her to rot, Eff." She says over her shoulder.
Effy pulls her wrist back out of Naomi's grasp, annoyed, making Naomi stop and spin round to face her. "What the fuck, Naomi? You seriously don't want me to finish off the job you started?"
Naomi sighs, "Yes, Effy, that's exactly what i'm saying." She looks at Lara, who is an emotional wreck on the floor and in pain. "She's destroyed all of us, but don't let her have one up on you." She faces her again and notices that she's even more confused. "Don't let her put you in prison as well as Cook. She'll only do the one thing she's good at and call the cops. She's put Cook back behind bars and she'll only put you in there too if you go and beat the shit out of her... even if she does deserve it."
Effy carries on staring at her, frowning. She eventually shakes her head, "Sorry Naomi, but she deserves everything she gets."
She's about to turn back round and head towards Lara again, but Naomi stops her and keeps her hands on her arms to stop her from moving any closer. "You do that then both you and Cook will be locked up. Who will look after Daniel then?"
Effy stops trying to escape Naomi and stands still. Naomi turns her round and smiles, "Go back inside and be with your son."
"But what about you?" She asks.
Naomi shrugs, "Don't you worry about me, Stonem."
Effy shakes her head. "She'll put you away instead though, won't she? She's a bitch, she'll try and get her own back on what you've already done to her."
Naomi bites her bottom lip and looks over her shoulder at Lara, then turns back. "Like I said, don't worry about me."
"And what about Emily?"
Naomi frowns. "What about her?"
"Well-" Effy stops and looks around her. "Hold on, where is Emily?"
"I don't know, Eff." Naomi says, sighing. She shakes her head, tears starting to form in her eyes. "I've screwed up again, no thanks to Miss. Bitch here." She looks over at Lara who is trying to stand up, but is still in pain. "Think she's leaving me for good."
Effy looks gobsmacked. "But you two are great. You both got all over that shit before."
Naomi shakes her head. "I wasn't thinking about what I was doing with Lara. It wasn't until I heard Emily that I stopped. If it wasn't for her, then maybe Lara would be dead right now." Effy is listening to her, but not taking much sense of it all. "I ran, ran away when I should have stayed. But..." She sighs. "Emily came after me. I realised then, after she pulled me back that she'd always be there. Whenever I run away, she'll always run after me. Bring me back and make me see sense."
"But... Naomi where is she now? None of this is making sense."
Naomi takes a deep breath to stop the tears. "She got up and walked away this time."
Effy shakes her head. "You should have gone after her this time."
"I couldn't, Eff. I proposed to her, after what I just done. What kind of person does that?" Effy's eyes go wide with shock. "She said no and walked away." She wipes a tear away from her eye and laughs slightly. "It wasn't exactly how I planned on popping the question, believe me."
Effy stares at her, still in shock. "You were going to propose to her?"
Naomi smiles, "Yeah, I was. But it's too late now." She says and looks down at the floor. "I've completely fucked things up this time, haven't I?"
Effy stokes her arm and shakes her head. "No, you haven't. You need to go and find her. Tell her and start again." Naomi looks up at her. "Maybe not today, but there's always tomorrow. She loves you and I know how much you love her. So go and find her will you?"
Naomi bites her lip and smiles. "Ok." She looks over Effy's shoulder and see's all the police cars and officers still in the street. "Now go inside, i'll sort this one out."
Effy nods, "Alright, but after that, you go and find her. We're going to head home later. Now the police have Cook, I doubt they'll be too interested in us. We may have to go into questioning, but, well, I doubt we'll be wanted or even needed now they have their man." She says, smiling.
Naomi smiles back, "I'll make my own way home. Take care." She hugs Effy.
"You too, Campbell." Effy says, hugging her back. She lets go and smiles sadly at her then turns back round and heads towards Panda's home.
Naomi stands watching her for a moment then takes a deep breath. She turns round and see's Lara walking away. "Oi!" She shouts, anger spreading across her face. "I've not finished with you yet." She says as she starts making her way towards Lara.
Emily stumbles down a street whilst crying. She turns a corner and opens the door to Katie's Fakies. She lets the door slam shut behind her and stands in the middle of the salon, crying her eyes out still.
Katie is sitting behind the desk reading a magazine and spins round in her chair to face her. As she looks up to see her sister, she drops the magazine and rushes up to her.
She pulls her close to her, "Oh my God! Emily, what's wrong? I thought you were going away."
Emily pulls her sister close to her, "I, I was. Naomi, she... she..." Emily gives up trying to talk and breaks down in her sisters arms.
There was you lot thinking Emily would say yes. I did say that anything could happen!
Really not happy about this one as I hit a writers block. Pretty sure that my chapters are getting shorter and shorter too, but I just have to write as and when at the minute as work is getting crazy at the moment. But i'll try and make up for it in the next one. Think you'll like it!
That said, this story will be coming to an end soon. Don't know how soon, but there's a possible 2-3 chapters left :( Sorry but it is meant to be a Skins Movie, therefore it can't go on forever. May bring it back at a later date, with how they've moved on from where I end it, not sure yet.
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