Title: Always Attract – Chapter 12
Author: kreia03
Rating: M
Warnings: Some swear words
Disclaimer: I don't own Skins. I just wish I do.
Summary: No summary..mwahaha!
A/N: Sorry to keep you waiting :D
"Excuse me."
The red head girl slowly turned around. Her eyes grew wide in shock, almost popping out. Her mouth dropped open, not being able to believe what she's witnessing right in front of her eyes. Her fingers balled into fists, her arms stiffening, her heart hammering. She wanted to speak, but it seems like she had swallowed her tongue.
"I know this would sound really weird, but, but I..I feel like I know you. I feel like I've known you long enough, like you're somebody special."
The red head girl swallowed, still not being able to find her tongue. Naomi took a step closer, yet the girl stayed in place. She couldn't seem to move, like she was rooted on where she was standing. Naomi slowly lifted her shaking hand and reached for the girl's own.
"Naomi! There you are! Where have you been?!"
Naomi dropped her hand, not being able to reach the red head's, and turned around. She saw Vera standing in front of her, with an old guy in a white gown, whom she presumes to be the doctor they were looking for.
"What are you doing there? Let's go. The doctor needs to check up on you." Vera said in a hurry.
"Right." Naomi answered. She looked back to the red head again, with eyes full of apology, hurt and confusion, as she mouthed "sorry" before turning to leave. Realizing that what she had just done might have scared and freaked the girl out, basing from her reactions, she left with her heart sinking for she thought that she had found the girl she was looking for all this time.
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"Emily. Emily. Emily!"
Emily felt a strong shake on her shoulders. Snapping back and unfreezing, she turned around to see Katie staring at her, confusion all over her face, a brow even arching.
"Why the hell are you standing in there? I was waiting for our soda for ages Em!"
"She can't remember me." The younger twin mumbled.
"What?" Katie asked, her forehead crumpling.
"She can't remember me Katie."
"Who?"
"Naomi." Emily answered, her voice trailing off.
"What? Are you serious?!" Katie blurted out, her voice an octave higher.
Emily answered with a nod.
"Em, it might be not her."
"It's her!" Emily retorted.
"Em, look, we go to this hospital every day, so we would know if she's here." Katie reasoned out.
"What if she just arrived? I mean, like, just now?"
"Then we would know. Freds should have called by now."
Emily lowered her head, slowly accepting that Katie's explanation made sense. Actually, it made perfect sense. She was pretty much engulfed by her thoughts, that Naomi would one day appear, that she might have been seeing her alternate world, rather than reality itself. She might have been living at her alternate reality, instead of the real one. Yet, everything seemed to be so real. The pair of calming azure eyes staring intently at her, trying to decipher who she was. The very same set of eyes that were later on filled with hurt and confusion when she was not able to speak anything at all. Naomi's voice, that sweet, gentle voice that makes her heart skip a beat. That voice that she'd recognize anywhere. It all seemed too real. And she could swear that Naomi tried to reach for her, tried to touch her, if it wasn't only for that girl who came with a doctor. She felt anger and frustration towards the girl, not to mention, a pang of jealousy. She was about to feel her touch once more, Naomi's touch that burns her skin. That warm touch she longed for, for such a very long time. It was too close, too close that it hurt. So was this her alternate reality then that she's seeing? Why did it hurt? As far as she knows, alternate worlds never have pain and jealousy in them. It's always happy endings. So was it alternate reality? No. Naomi was real. What she saw was real. She won't be fooled. She can't be fooled.
"Oi!"
Emily's head snapped up, breaking her reverie. She saw Freddie, Effy, Cook and JJ running towards them, waving.
"Right." Freddie said, catching his breath. Effy, Cook and JJ were also catching theirs.
"Any news?" Katie asked.
Freddie nodded whilst panting. He paused for a few minutes, before starting to speak.
"So Effy, Cook, JJ and I went to the airport to check. We found out that there was a plane from Greece that had a passenger named Naomi Campbell."
Katie froze, Emily's face lightened up. "I told you it was her!" She cried out to Katie.
"Wait, hang on! You saw her?" Effy asked.
Emily nodded.
"Where?" It was Cook.
"Here, right here. I was going to get a drink when she approached me. She said that she feels like she knows me. Knows me long enough."
"She doesn't remember you?" Effy again.
Emily shook her head. "I think so."
"What did you tell her?" Katie asked.
"Nothing. I..I couldn't speak. I was too shocked to speak. I couldn't even move. I couldn't believe it's her. Ugh! Fucking hell!" Emily said, kicking the vendo machine real hard upon realizing her utter stupidity.
"So where is she now yeah?" Cook asked.
"I don't know, some girl came with a doctor and said she needs to be checked up."
"We're not too late then. She might still be around! Let's go!" Effy commanded, grabbing Emily by the wrist and running through the hallway. The rest followed.
Emily ran as fast as she could, dodging away from the people she nearly collides to. Naomi was back. She was alive. She felt like exploding with the new found information she had. It seemed like all her worries, all her pain, all her grieving where now gone, magically disappearing. They seemed to be a distant memory already, even if it just happened a few months ago. Her little spark of hope had now turned into a flame, a burning flame, like the love she feels for Naomi. Burning, never fading. She didn't care if Naomi can't remember her as of the moment. She'll win her back no matter what.
"Don't be ridiculous Em. I'm yours already, every bit of me. Nobody can take me away from you." She remembered Naomi say. She owns her, every bit of her, from her heart down to her soul.
