Sorry about the huge delay in this chapter. I've been in hospital getting my tonsils out and I got out 2 days ago but I'm on a lot of painkillers right now because it's mighty painful! They make me kinda drowsy and my head a little foggy so I can only apologise for how shit this chapter is and any mistakes throughout…I'm DRUGGED!

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Chapter 14

She was a woman, on a mission.

Still clutching the scrap of paper firmly in her hand she charged out of the common room after Naomi. She had to do this. Had to fix things or else her heart might explode.

She knew where Naomi would be, or rather made a lucky, educated guess at where she would be and of course saw the blonde resting her head against the sets of lockers in a deserted corridor. Naomi's eyes were closed and she was breathing deeply, as if trying to calm herself. Emily approached quietly.

"Ems, I don't want to talk about it," she mumbled when Emily was no more than five feet away.

"You spend too much time with Effy."

Naomi cracked an eyelid open.

"Look, I'm sorry ok," she began.

Emily nodded.

"I think I'm going away for the summer..."

"Oh?" Emily questioned.

"Yeah, Spain...Cyprus perhaps. Spend some time by myself you know?"

Emily quirked an eyebrow.

"Do some thinking, by...myself."

Emily remained silent, while the blonde opened both her eyes and turned to face her.

"About what?" she asked. Was Naomi doubting them? Was she giving up already? Fuck. Emily blamed herself, knew she had been a right bitch to the blonde these past few weeks.

"Let's just be friends ok?"

Fuck. She had. She'd blown it. Ruined what they had because she was too stubborn to be the one to cave and sort things out. Knew she shouldn't have started a riot earlier with the girl, knew Naomi's feelings were too fragile and still she drove her off anyway.

Naomi had begun to walk past her, but Emily clenched the page between her fingers, remembering why she came.

"I'll miss you," she mumbled as she trailed Naomi back and pushed her against the lockers, hearing her body slam into the back of them as she connected their lips.

The kiss was urgent and full of need; Emily slid her tongue along Naomi's bottom lip as the blonde allowed their tongues to meld together. She could feel her own heart thumping wildly against her chest as Naomi moved her hands to her hips and she wound her arms around her neck.

Suddenly the blonde was pushing against her and she found her own back colliding with the locker doors. She locked her fingers in the blonde's hair, pulling her mouth impossibly closer as Naomi tightened her grip on her hips and mashing their bodies together before raising a hand and resting it on her cheek. Their searing kiss was interrupted by the loud bell echoing through the empty hall and they jumped apart as crowds of students spilled out of the exam rooms.

The hall was a buzz of bodies and chit-chat but through it all Emily managed to hear Naomi mumble "I can't stand it, I can't," before pressing a sneaky peck on her lips and turning to leave. Without thinking, Emily pressed the paper into the blondes hand before letting her disappear into the turmoil of students.

Naomi sat on the bench in the park. It was the same bench she'd sat with Emily several weeks previously. She stared blankly at the page Emily had thrusted in her hand as she'd left, her small script adorning the small piece of paper. The words were the truth. She knew the words were the truth. But the truth was the scariest thing she had ever faced and she didn't know if she could handle it right now.

You can't handle the truth!

Her brain screamed at her, screamed at her to run to Emily and never leave but some small part of her told her she couldn't handle it and it was all too much.

She ambled back home, her head lost in her thoughts. She felt a little crushed by it all, as if it was squeezing the life out of her and every time she tried to back out of it she would feel her heart aching.

It was confusing the life out of her and she had no idea what to do with the feelings she had in the pit of her stomach.

She sank onto her bed, setting the scrap of paper beside the plane ticket she had previously bought. She stood and faced the bed, eyeing the two items on it. She had bought the ticket last night, and began packing almost immediately. Hadn't packed much but managed to retrieve her suitcase and place a few items of clothing within it.

She heard her mum shout something from downstairs, heard her call her name but didn't catch the rest. Heard footsteps coming up the stairs. Heard her bedroom door open. Heard that husky voice that makes her heart clench in the most amazingly wonderful way.

Emily froze, mid-sentence as her eyes took in Naomi's room.

"You, you really are leaving again aren't you?"

Naomi glanced sideways at the red head.

Emily's beautiful face was illuminated beautifully in the dull light of her room by the gentle moonlight drifting through her window. Her stunning features drawn into a slightly confused frown, a small look of hurt dancing in her chocolate brown orbs.

She rested her hands on the smaller girl's arms, turning Emily to face her. She looked as far into those gorgeous brown eyes as she dared to travel and spoke with as much sincerity as she could muster.

"I honestly don't know."

And she leant down and captured soft rosy lips, the second mind blowing kiss she'd had with the redhead today. She ran her tongue along Emily's lower lip and was almost immediately granted entrance. She sighed happily as their tongues collided. She wound her arms around Emily's waist and the red head wrapped her hands around her neck, feeling fingers grip onto her golden locks.

She pressed slightly against Emily's hips, moving her backwards to her bed. Knee's collided and the pair found themselves toppling backwards onto the soft mattress, laughter filling the room. She pushed herself up on her elbows, dipping her head to capture Emily's lips after their fit of giggles.

"What...About...Your mum?" Emily mumbled between kisses.

Naomi pulled away for a moment, smirking at the red head beneath her.

"This is my room, no one's allowed in here."

Emily giggled, which Naomi found so adorable she planted her lips back onto the red head's again.

She felt this strange energy buzzing around inside her. Something she had never felt before, something she was keen to explore. She was sure Emily could feel it emitting from her, like heat. Like heat building in other parts of her. She froze. She knew what this was, she hadn't felt it before. Passion. Lust. It was growing inside her, scaring her. Because now she wanted Emily. Really wanted her. Desire, such a strange feeling. It grew as Emily rolled them so she was now on top, clenching her fingers in Naomi's hair, tugging on it lightly to pull the blonde's head towards her own. Clamping their mouths together as their tongues fought for dominance.

And Naomi didn't want her to stop. All fears flew from her mind, all worry, all doubt, all the hurt that Emily had inflicted upon her that morning vanishing in the heat of the kissed they were sharing. Suddenly, she didn't want to leave for Cyprus, didn't want to be anywhere but latched on to the mouth of the beautiful red head above her.

She pushed Emily's coat off her shoulders; it was far too hot in here for that. Felt Emily's hands slide under her t-shirt and caress her stomach. In response she hooked her fingers through the belt loops in Emily's jeans, pulling her hips towards her.

She felt Emily's lips move from her own as she planted sweet kissed along her jaw, she loved that feeling. It made her stomach do little flips of excitement. Made excitement grow elsewhere too. She let out a small sigh of contentment, followed by a short gasp as she felt Emily's teeth bite down on her collar bone.

She could feel the red heads smirk form on her face and decided it was time or a little payback. Naomi rolled them over again so she was now on top, and began littering Emily's neck with kissed, nibbling on her earlobe and extracting a slight moan from her. She smirked at this.

All building heat, all passion, all want was then extinguished by the words that spilled from the head heads mouth.

"Naomi, I'm sorry about this morning."

She froze mid-kiss. Her lips still glues to Emily's neck.

She rolled off the red-head and they lay side-by-side on the bed, an odd tension filling the room. It wasn't a totally uncomfortable tension, but a tension none the less, formed in the aftermath of their dying make out.

She didn't know exactly how to respond to that, Emily hadn't really much right to flare up so easily but at the same time she had hurt her in the first place. God, life was confusing sometimes. So she let the words flow from her heart, not her head.

"I'm sorry about the 'Cook' thing I had going. It was stupid, I'm a selfish coward and I'm sorry. You scare me though, this scares me. That's why I bought the ticket to Cyprus. Think things through, get in touch with myself, sort myself out, you know?"

She didn't look, but could feel Emily's head nodding beside her.

"I sorry," she said again, and Emily intertwined their fingers.

"I know," she replied quietly.

The week passed in blissful peacefulness. She stole quick glances at Naomi, quick kisses every now and then, quick texts, quick flirts. She was enjoying the sense of secrecy behind it all. It gave her a rush, pinning Naomi up against the toilet cubicles between classes for a quick make out gave her a rush.

And she felt different, she felt more confident. Naomi made her come out of her shell. 'Come out' quite literally all round. She'd came out to Katie, and with her twins support she'd come out to her parents earlier that week. It hadn't gone too badly. Her mum, Jenna, was a tad distant about the subject but her dad, Rob, had been more than supportive. Even her little brother, James, was thrilled to have a 'dyke' in the family. Little minger.

Now all she had to do was break the news to her friends, not that she was worried about them, but she still got nervous when she thought about it. Effy knew, she knew she could count on the brunette to back her as well as Katie and Naomi.

Speaking of whom, the blonde was walking towards her right now, a sparkle evident in her eye that Emily knew would only mean one thing. Kissing. And lots of it.

Grabbing her by the elbow, the blonde trailed her down a few corridors, out a door with a sign above it reading 'Fire Door, Emergency use only', and onto the green in front of the school. She slid her arm out of Naomi's grasp and replaced it with her hand as they headed towards the centre of the grassy field.

The area was deserted, with most students being in exams at the moment, so they took the opportunity to share a quiet moment with each other in the calm afternoon.

It was mid December but Emily didn't feel the chilly air around her as she cuddled into Naomi's shoulder. The blonde wrapped her arm around her waist in response and placed a gentle kiss on the top of her head.

"You come out to them yet?" Naomi asked gently.

Emily sighed, it was harder than she thought it would have been. She wanted to break the news to the whole gang together, so she'd only have to go through the ordeal once but they all had exams at different times and were seldom together these days.

"No."

She felt Naomi give her hip a squeeze and she felt oddly reassured.

"Well, when you do...there's something I want to ask you," the blonde said airily, sparking Emily's curiosity almost instantly.

"Oh?" she stated with the quirk of an eyebrow, "And what would that be?"

"I'm going to ask you to be my girlfriend."

"Can't you ask now?" she retorted, trying not to allow the slight desperation show in her voice. She wanted Naomi, she knew that much.

"Well," the blonde sighed, "I can't have everyone thinking I turned you can I? So I'm waiting until you're outed and then I'll ask."

Emily laughed at her statement, felt Naomi lean down to kiss her head again and turned to capture the blonde's lips by surprise.

She pushed Naomi down until she was leaning over her before she withdrew her lips and whispered quietly, "You turned me the day I met you."

She didn't wait to gauge Naomi's reaction, instead she pushed herself to her feet, sending a cheeky wink at Naomi who was staring at her open-mouthed but with a hint of a smirk lingering behind those blue eyes, and headed out of the cold air into the school once more. Her exam started in fifteen minutes, and she couldn't miss it. Not for all the time she could spend with her blonde in the world. Her mother would kill her. Not that she knew about Naomi of course...

She tapped her pen impatiently against her desk. She wasn't overly intelligent and able to finish exams in a matter of minutes, nor had she left any questions out, but two and a half hours on an English exam was a bit tedious. She knew that when she sat her actual A-level exam that's how long she would have to spend answering questions, but there would be far more on that paper than on the one she had currently completed.

She glanced at the clock on the wall at the front of the class room. Half an hour to go.

She sighed heavily and leant her head in her hands.

Feeling her phone buzz in her pocket, she glanced around anxiously for the examiner and, making sure he couldn't see, pulled it from her pocket and rested it in her lap, under the desk and out of sight.

N: Cheer up babe, party this w.e to celebrate end of exams! :D xx

Emily's head shot up to the blonde sitting a few rows from behind her, also looking rather bored but also with her phone in her lap. Emily flashed her a smile before returning to her phone and punching back a reply.

E: Great, can't wait (: Will everyone be there?

N: Think so...

E: Then you might have a certain question to ask (;

She left it at that, shoving her phone back into her pocket and ignoring the urge to see Naomi's reaction. When the bell went signalling the end of the exam she didn't see Naomi through the flurry of people looking to escape the school. And seeing as she had no more exams she had no reason to return to school the next day.

Luckily, the Naomi-less day passed rather more quickly than she expected and the next evening she found herself in front of the mirror in her bedroom, fixing her hair and her outfit.

She'd straightened it, poker straight, and allowed her fringe to hang down over her forehead. She wore one of Katie's tight black dresses, ruffled slightly at the bottom, with a pink belt around her waist and pink heels. She'd been brave and allowed Katie to do her makeup, hoping to God she didn't look like too much of a skank when she was finished. Luckily, she just looked rather hot. Subconsciously. She would never state that aloud.

She and Katie left the house together, having become rather close again over the last few weeks. Almost friendly to each other, almost. She would always view Katie with a sisterly hatred over one thing or another-be it her dress sense or her boyfriend or whatever.

"I'm going to tell them tonight," she spoke nervously to the night, hoping Katie would pick up on what she meant rather than her saying it aloud. That would make it more real, more scary.

"They'll be fine with it Em, or else I'll beat the shit out of them."

She regarded her twin with a cocked eyebrow.

"Rather full of it aren't you?"

Katie snorted.

"I'm Katie fucking Fitch, Ems, I can do anything."

Emily just laughed as they headed to the club.

Thomas beckoned her to the front, as usual. She matched the scowls other bitchy girls threw her as she bunked the queue and flipped off all cat calls or "See you in there darling" remarks that came from sleazy guys. Fucking tossers the lot of them.

She had eyes for no one tonight. No one except the rather amazing looking Emily Fitch who was approaching her.

She looked rather sheepish as she too ignored the wolf-whistling and cat-calls, while Katie lapped them up smiling and winking at every lad who caught her eye.

She realised her mouth must have been hanging open, pictured her tongue hanging out like a thirsty dog in a cartoon, because Emily placed one finger under her chin and pushed it closed, smirking all the while.

Naomi smiled back, because Emily looked truly beautiful tonight. Made her wish she had made more of an effort.

Once inside the club, she headed straight for the dance floor, allowing Emily and Katie to head for the bar and figured the others were sat in a booth somewhere. She saw Effy dancing gracefully by herself in the middle of the floor, eyes closed, arms flung above her head and body twisting and turning in time with the beats. She saw several guys eyeing her up and Freddie shooting them death glares from a table in the corner.

"Hey!" she shouted above the din, unsure if Effy heard her as she continued to dance.

She didn't reply but wound her arms around Naomi's neck and the pair began to dance.

Effy pulled her close and shouted in her ear.

"Your girlfriend's looking you," she nodded her head in the direction of Emily, looking around her, clearing searching for someone.

Naomi smirked at her before manoeuvring between dancing bodies and placing her hands on Emily's hips from behind.

The red head tired shaking them off.

"Look, I'm with someone and I'm not interested..."

"That someone would be me, would it not? I don't remember me asking...or you for that matter," Naomi mumbled in her ear.

Emily turned to face her, a bright smile illuminating her face.

"You know it's fucking hot when you do that."

"Do what," Naomi mumbled in her ear again, playing with a few strands of bright red hair and feeling overjoyed as a shudder ripped through Emily's body.

The red head didn't reply though, just pulled her close and began dancing.

They sat in the corner booth a while later, no one was particularly drunk, surprisingly, not even Cook who was sat talking and laughing with Katie in the corner.

She knew she had to do it, now is the time.

She sought Naomi's hand under the table and gave it a squeeze as she cleared her voice and spoke in a surprisingly huskier voice than usual.

"I uh...I have to tell you something."

She could feel their eyes burning onto her. She was the centre of attention for once and she was totally unprepared. She saw Katie flash me an encouraging smile and Effy bob her head for her to continue. But she couldn't. Couldn't find the words.

The group remained silently focused on her as she stuttered and stammered over her words, trying to force them into the open.

"Eh, I am...um...I'm sort of...I'm..."

Naomi stood beside her, interlinking their fingers and spoke in a confident voice.

"Me and Emily are together."

Once again sorry for the delay and the crappiness of this chapter. Hopefully I'll get back on track as I get better! :D

I'm thinking of closing this fic up pretty soon, I get the feeling it's beginning to die a bit and my ideas and motivations are running out.

Anyway review on the way out, please, they mean so much to me!

Love love love!