Sorry for the delay again work continues to be crazy and I just haven't had the chance to post this chapter but here it is... it is really a bit of a filler chapter showing Naomi starting to recover.

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Chapter Fourteen

The following Day

Emily

I shifted my body slightly next to Naomi being careful not to wake her up… I just wanted to watch her sleep, it was an urge that sometimes rushed through my body… it was something I could do all of the time, Naomi was gorgeous to me all of the time but there was just something special about how gorgeous she looks when she is sleeping, almost what you would imagine an angel to look like. As I lay taking in the beauty in front of me I couldn't help but think back to yesterday… the day Naomi finally came back to me… I still couldn't get over the shock… the relief… the happiness and any of the other feelings that flooded through my body when I heard her utter my name softly when she finally opened her eyes. The feelings of love I have for Naomi rushed through my body all over again, I swear I fall even more in love with her every day… I honestly didn't think it was possible to fall even more in love with her but I surprised myself day by day.

Naomi tried to persuade me to go and spend the night at home last night… she didn't want me to go… once again she was trying to look after me… she was the one lying in the hospital bed with her leg in plaster… a couple of broken ribs that were strapped up as well as the numerous cuts and bruises… and that is without mentioning the surgery she had been through… and she was still worrying about me. She wanted me to go home and sleep so I would be more comfortable… apparently it can't be comfortable for me lying on a hospital bed with her. I of course refused to leave her… there was no way I was leaving her for a whole night, it was bad enough that I left her for a couple of hours yesterday… a whole night would have killed me, I wasn't leaving her for that long now she was finally back with me. Of course Gina was chuckling to herself in the corner when she was listening to our conversation… she knew there was not a chance Naomi was going to win the battle with me over it… after all she had spent the last week with me trying to get me to take a break and refusing. Eventually Naomi had taken no for an answer, I know she was secretly pleased that I wasn't going anywhere… she knew I had no intentions of leaving her alone in hospital.

I felt Naomi stir next to me, she smiled when she saw me watching her "Don't you ever get bored of watching me sleep?" I laughed "No… never… you looked so peaceful." I softly kissed her cheek before I asked "How are you feeling today?" She smiled "Tired… groggy… but other than that the same as yesterday I think… it's hard to explain. I felt a tear form in my eye… I hated knowing she was feeling rubbish… I hated knowing it was my mum that had caused this and really hated knowing that Naomi was still trying to help her just so she didn't have to see pain in my eyes but I also loved the fact that Naomi loved me that much that she would do anything for me… I had always dreamt since I was young that I would find someone special when I was older… and let me tell you I did. I stroked the side of her face "Is there anything I can do to make you feel a bit better?" She nodded slightly "Hold me Em… I always feel so much better when you are here holding me." I smiled slightly "I will always be here to hold you." I shifted my body and wrapped my arms around her making sure she was comfortable… I kissed the top of her head and we lay there in silence… nothing more needed to be said.

I woke up a few hours later, we both must have drifted off to sleep, thankfully I was coming off the painkillers now and the tiredness was beginning to slowly wear off but Naomi was still so sleepy… she would only wake up for small of amounts of time before falling back to sleep again… I know she was getting fed up of it, she didn't want to be asleep now she was finally awake… finally back with me. I smiled as I saw Gina sitting next to the bed reading her book "Morning Gina." She looked up and smiled "Morning Emily… how are you today?" I smiled "Not bad thanks… just want Naomi to be feeling better… I hate seeing her feeling like this." Gina smiled "I know you do love… she will start feeling better soon… she has you to get her through this." I nodded "Any you." She smiled again "Yes and me… but we both know you are the most important one to her at the moment… you are the one she is head over heels in love with." I laughed "That's good to know because as you may have guessed I'm head over heels in love with her too." Gina laughed "Yeah… I think I had guessed that." It was then that Naomi woke up, I could feel her stroking my arm, I kissed her cheek softly "Sorry we didn't mean to wake you." She smiled "It's ok; I want to be awake… I hate being this tired all of the time." I kissed her softly on the lips this time just as Dr. Robbins came walking in "Morning ladies" both Naomi and I looked at her and smiled "Morning… you seem happy." She smiled "Well the sun is shining, the sky is blue and I feel like it is going to be a good day… anyway Naomi how are you feeling today?" Naomi smiled slightly "Same as yesterday really." I nudged her slightly "Come on tell her what you told me this morning… you have got to tell her everything Naoms so we can get you better quickly." She rolled her eyes "I just don't want to make a fuss Ems…" Dr Robbins smiled "Emily is right Naomi you need to tell me exactly how you are feeling and then we can help you." I kissed Naomi's cheek softly and whispered in her ear "Just tell her." Naomi smiled "Ok… I just feel so tired and groggy all of the time… I am sick of sleeping all of the time… now I am awake I want to be awake to spend time with Ems… I just feel so frustrated with everything." I took hold of Naomi's hand and softly stroked my fingers over her skin… I hated knowing she was feeling like that… I just wanted her to be better so she could feel like her normal self again. Dr Robbins smiled at our interaction "Ok Naomi, now you have told me I can help you… the painkillers we have you on will be what is causing the tiredness and the grogginess and they will be what is causing your body to want to sleep all of the time… now obviously I don't know how much pain you will be in without such a high dose of painkillers but if you would like we can gradually decrease the dose over the next week or so and monitor your pain but if we decrease the dose you will see a change in your tiredness and you shouldn't want to sleep so much. There is just one thing though if we do this… you have got to tell me the truth about any pain you are in." Naomi nodded "I will Dr. I promise… I just want to stop feeling like this." I held Naomi tightly I didn't want her in pain but I didn't want her feeling so down either… I knew it was her decision to make and I knew I would support her through everything that was to come… I knew the next week wasn't going to be easy for Naomi, in turn I knew it wasn't going to be easy for me because I hated seeing her in pain but I did know that she would come out the other side of this a stronger person and I knew our relationship would be stronger too. I felt Naomi kiss my cheek "It will be ok Ems… I will be ok… I have you by my side." I smiled "You certainly do… you know you can't get rid of me." Naomi laughed "I know... I also know I wouldn't want to get rid of you." Dr Robbins smiled "You two really do have something special." We both nodded both fully knowing she was right and both fully knowing we never wanted to lose one another. She smiled again "Ok so Naomi, I will slowly begin to lower the dose of your pain relief from now… I will do it gradually over the week and we will take it day by day… just remember I need the truth…" Naomi nodded "Thanks Dr. Robbins." I rested my head on Naomi chest as she wrapped her arms around me, Gina smiled at the interaction before going back to her book leaving Naomi and I to enjoy this time together that I was actually awake for.

Three days later

It had been three days since Dr. Robbins had begun to lower Naomi's pain relief and yes Naomi was beginning to be awake for much more of the day and she was feeling less groggy but she was in more pain… I could see it deep within her eyes… she was trying to hide the pain from me but I knew she was telling Dr. Robbins the truth when I slipped out the room for the odd few minutes at a time. I hated that she was hiding it from me but I also knew she was doing it so I didn't worry… what she sometimes forgets is that I can read her like a book and can see just how much pain she is in.

I had just been for a walk down the corridor… it was just Naomi and I today, Gina was giving us the day to ourselves and she knew there wasn't much she could do for Naomi now… it was just a case of her having the time she needed to make her recovery. I had been to get Naomi and I a coffee… it tasted like shit but at least it was a caffeine fix… Naomi always jokes that when she gets home one of the first things she does will be having a proper coffee. Anyway I walked back into Naomi's room with the coffees to see she was crying… I quickly rushed over to her side and jumped up onto the bed and wrapped my arms around her… I was careful because I knew she was in pain… I knew that was why she crying. She went to wipe the tears away "I'm ok Em… I'm just being stupid." I sat up a little so I could look at her, I could feel tears forming in my own eyes… I really hated seeing her in such pain "You are not being stupid at all… I can see you are in pain… I know you are trying to hide it from me but I wish you wouldn't Naoms… all I want to do is help you… support you through all of this." I kissed her cheek softly as Naomi smiled slightly "I just don't want you worrying… you still need to look after yourself… I know you are still feeling rubbish yourself." I kissed her cheek softly again "I know you are worried about me and I know you will try and argue with me for saying this but you are the important one at the moment… you are the one that needs looking after… please stop hiding things from me Naomi… it only makes me worry about you even more." She started to argue with me but I silenced her with a soft kiss "Do you want me to go and ask Dr. Robbins to up your pain relief a little again?" Naomi shook her head "No… I don't want to go back to how I was feeling before… I know eventually this pain is going to be gone… I'm going to fight my way through this Em… and do you know why I know I can do it… why I am not going to give up… because of you… because I love you and you have been amazing through all of this… even with your own battles… your own injuries you have been so strong for me… so supportive of me through everything… even when I have been grumpy because I have been fed up you have stayed by my side and put up with everything… I love you so much Emily Fitch and I know I always will." I felt a tear slip from my eye and Naomi softly wiped it away as she smiled slightly "I love you too Naomi Campbell and I always will… I know we are going to come out of the other side of this stronger than ever before… Naomi and Emily forever…" Naomi smiled "Yeah… Naomi and Emily forever…"

A week later

A few days ago Naomi had persuaded Dr. Robbins to let my dad do some gentle exercises with Naomi in her room alongside her physio… dad wasn't so sure about it but he decided it was more than his life was worth to refuse when he had both Naomi and I nagging him about it… I still know how to tug on my dad's heartstrings and I think he partly agreed because he was still feeling so guilty about his wife's involvement in all of this… I knew they still weren't speaking… mum kept trying to call him from the rehab centre she had checked herself into but he was ignoring her calls… I felt bad for him because I know he loves mum but I'm not sure he will be able to forgive her for this anytime soon. Anyway it wasn't that dad didn't want to help Naomi, he was just scared he was going to cause her pain and that was something he really didn't want to do but after Naomi had persuaded Dr. Robbins, Dr. Robbins had spoken to dad about some of the things he could do with her and I know that made him feel so much better about doing it.

Today was Naomi's fifth day of Physio on her upper body… she was doing so well and she was working so hard… I could see the determination in her face… whatever pain she was in she still pushed herself as much as she could… she knew the harder she worked the faster she would be able to go home. I was going to stay in her room when she went for physio… give her the time she needed to work hard without any distractions but she asked me to go with her… she wanted me to be there to support her through it all… she knew if she saw me there and thought of being back at home with me she wouldn't give up when the pain got too much… she knew she would work through the pain. Her physio was amazing… he really knew what he was doing and he was really supportive of Naomi… he encouraged her when he could see she was struggling and it was all really beginning to pay off. Hopefully in a couple of week's time everyone will be able to see a huge improvement in her and she will be able to see a huge improvement in herself and start to be able to look ahead to going home again.