Chapter 21 – Goodbyes and Fitch Woman
The morning came way to fast for Emily. The sun started peeking into the room and she could feel Doc's body rustle beside her. She chanced opening an eye and saw Doc doing her best to sit up in bed.
"What do you think you are doing?" Emily's harsh voice echoed in the room. Doc froze as if she were a child just being caught doing something bad by a parent.
"I just, I just was, uh, going to the bathroom. Yeah, the bathroom." Doc tried her best to sound confident as she moved her legs off the bed to the sitting position. Emily was not buying into any of it.
Emily rose from her spot on the bed, walked around to Doc, and stood directly in front of her.
"Do you really need to use the bathroom?" Doc couldn't help but smile at the sight of her lover. Emily stood before her, close enough to where her legs were just in between Doc's parted knees, her hands on her hips, and her beautiful red hair cascading down over her face. Her stern look on her face made Doc's heart melt. She wasn't going to win this one.
"Ugh, No, but I can't just sit here. I know I need to rest, but, but I just want to smell the fresh air, just for a second." Doc began to pout.
Emily walked over and opened the window up. "Better?" She stood there, still with her hands on her hips and gave the best smirk she could without busting out into a giant grin. She was trying to keep herself together, being strict about Doc's recovery, but at the moment, Doc was giving her the best puppy dog eyes and pout should could.
"Look, babe, I know you wanna get outta this stuffy room, but you need to give yourself time to rest. You have to heal up one hundred percent. Not just for yourself, but for me, and the people of this town. They all rely on you to help them, fix them when they need it. I've seen you, it takes a lot out of you even when your healthy, so don't push it. Let the Doc from the city help out for a while, and let yourself get back to full strength. I'll be here to help you, every step of the way. I love you, Naomi." Emily walked back over to Doc and placed both hands on her cheeks. She leaned down and placed a chaste kiss on her lips.
Doc knew Emily was right. She hated that she knew it too. She relented to Emily and promised her she would stop being a brat and do as she says, but not without a few conditions.
"Okay," Doc had a devilish little grin on her lips, "I will do as you say, but you have to agree to a few things." Doc stopped to see if Emily was listening. Emily stared intently into her lover's eyes. "First, you can't get mad at me when I try to resist your help. I'm not use to people fussing over me. I love that you do, but it may take me a while to adjust. And second, for everything I do that you tell me to do, I get a reward." Emily smiled, than nodded her head. "A reward of my choosing."
"Oh really?" Emily's eyebrows shot up. "And what makes you think you're in charge here?"
"When you find out what my rewards are, I'm sure you won't mind me being the one calling the shots!" Doc was quite sure she saw the corners of Emily's mouth curve up.
Emily couldn't help but reward Doc with a kiss just for thinking up her little scheme. She leaned down again and brushed her lips upon Doc's. Doc pushed her self up with her good arm to stand as she savored the taste of Emily's sweet lips. She placed her good hand upon Emily's cheek. Emily moaned at the feel of Doc's touch. Doc took advantage of Emily's distraction and slipped her tongue into Emily's mouth to deepen the kiss. Doc and Emily spent the next few minutes gently wrestling around for control of their kisses.
"Sweet Jesus, girl on girl action at it's finest!" James' voice echoed in the room as Doc and Emily jumped apart causing Doc to bump her slinged arm against the wall. Doc winced in pain. A freaked out Emily dashed back to Doc's side to help her sit back down upon the bed.
"You little brat, what are you doing here? Don't you know how to knock?" Emily scolded her little brother after she helped Doc. She walked over and smacked him upside the head to let him know his mistake.
"Ouch! I did knock, you must have just been to busy swappin' spit with Doc here to hear me." James reached up and began rubbing the back of his head. "Mum and Dad sent me over to get you. She wants you to join us for breakfast, this being our last morning here, ya know, before we leave for Brighton."
"Tell them thanks, but no thanks. I'm still watching over Naomi and I can't leave her."
"Ems, you should go. It might be a while before you get to see your family again. They're important too. We will have plenty of time for ourselves, and it's not like I'm going anywhere. I promise not to exert any effort while you're gone." Doc got a sneaky little smile on her face, "Just remember I get a reward when you come back."
"I'm not leaving you." Emily stared intently into Doc's eyes.
"Who's going where? I wanna go." Katie's voice echoed through the door as her and Miss Effy gathered in the room.
"We are going nowhere. James was sent to get me to have breakfast with the family, but I'm not leaving Naomi here on her own." Emily explained.
"You should go. I'll watch Boston and make sure she doesn't do anything stupid." Miss Effy spoke up. "Besides, you need to say goodbye to your folks. Who knows when you will see them next?"
"See, Miss Effy said the same thing. Now you have to go." Doc said with a grin.
"Are you trying to get rid of me?" Emily put her hands on her hips directing her question to her injured lover sitting on the bed.
"Nope, just looking for the opportunity to get my first reward." Doc's smile reached beyond her eyes.
"Reward?" Katie looked a bit confused, as did the rest of the group.
"Don't ask. Okay, I will go, but I'm only going for breakfast then I'm coming straight back. You better be on your best behavior. I have my ways of finding out the truth, ya know." Emily motioned over to Katie and Miss Effy. Doc knew Emily would use her sister and the power of the Fitch persuasion to get whatever truth she needed from Miss Effy.
Emily leaned into Doc, placed three quick kisses on her lips and turned to walk out of the room. Katie replicated Emily's actions with Miss Effy completely forgetting the other little Fitch was in the room.
"Holy shit, both of you? Wow, this is getting better by the moment. I don't wanna go to Brighton anymore!"
"Fuck, James, you little shit. You mention one word and you are dead." Katie made a point to smack him upside the head as she said the word dead.
"Okay, okay, just stop with the hitting. I'll be brain dead before ya know it, if you two keep doing that."
The Fitch kids made their way over to the Hotel for breakfast with their parents. The first half was sat in silence, no one really wanting to bring up the fact that they would be parting ways. Eventually James broke the tension by saying something hilariously out of this world. Everyone broke out into laughter and the strain began to seep away. In no time, the family began speaking back and forth, Rob telling the girls of his plans for a business in Brighton, Jenna excited for the city life once again, and well James, he was just happy. Katie and Emily both showed excitement for their parent's new found adventure, but couldn't help but feel a little sad about them not being so close anymore. Breakfast finished up, Rob dragged James off with him to pay the bill. Jenna took the opportunity to speak with her girls.
"Girls, I just want you to know I love you both. You two are beyond what I could have asked for as daughters. I know Doc will take care of you Emily, but I want you to take care of each other as well. You're all you have here in this town. I'm so proud of you both. Just please be safe and remember your manners. You're Fitch women," Jenna smiled through her tears, "remember we're the best of the best!"
Katie and Emily smiled through their own tears at their mother. Since the day they were born, her mother always had told them they were the best of the best. She always wanted more for her children so she tried starting them off with a healthy concoction of confidence and competition. Sometimes it reared its ugly head between the two of them, but most of the time it was presented to the world, two Fitch's at a time.
Rob and James strolled back up to the table, Rob with a slightly puzzled look.
"What's wrong dear?" Jenna asked.
"Well, I went to pay the bill and the man at the desk told me everything was taken care of. I asked by whom, and he said that we were guests of one of the town's folk and that whatever the family needed would be taken care of. I enquired further, but he would not give me a name, said the wished to remain anonymous.
Katie and Emily both shot each other a look. If Doc hadn't been shot and knocked out, the obvious answer would have been her, but both the girls knew that in the event of it not being Doc, the only other person would be Katie's own, Miss Effy. Both girls smiled.
"Well, Mum, Dad, it looks like you won't have to worry about us in this town. It seems as though some one around here has taken a liking to us." Emily smiled at both her parents.
Rob and James sat back down and they began to chat for a little while longer. No one seemed to want to make the move to leave, knowing that it would be awhile before they were in each other's presence again. Even Emily had eased up about getting back to Doc as fast as she could. Didn't mean she wasn't thinking about her, but she was at ease knowing that Miss Effy was there with her.
A little bit later, Katie mentioned getting back to check on Doc and see if the City Doc was here yet. She had heard he would be in town by noon at the latest. The family stood up from the table and walked back over to Doc's office.
"How was breakfast?" Doc asked. She looked great. She was sitting up in bed and had a huge smile on her face.
"It was wonderful. Much needed food. I brought you back something in case you were hungry." Emily leaned over and kissed Doc on the forehead.
"Uh, well, we just wanted to say goodbye before we head out toward Brighton. And I wanted to thank you for all that you've done, ya know, with taking care of my boy and all." Rob reached his hand out to shake Doc's hand.
Doc looked up into Rob's eyes. She could tell that this wasn't really easy for him, saying goodbye, leaving his girls. She reached out and took his hand, gave him a firm shake, then pulled him down toward her for a hug. She felt Rob relax a little bit and hug back. When he pulled back from the hug, a huge toothy smile was on his face.
"Emily, will you grab my jacket, it's over there on that chair." Doc motioned toward a rolled up piece of clothing on a chair in the corner.
Doc reached into the breast pocket and pulled out an envelope. She motioned for Rob to take it. Rob reached out hesitantly and took it. Doc stared at him waiting for him to open it. He carefully opened the envelope to reveal a bundle of money.
"Uh, Doc, I can't take this." Rob said.
"Yes you can. And you will." Doc said confidently.
"What is it?" Katie asked, always wanting to be in the loop.
Rob looked at Doc. She nodded her head and smiled.
"It's money, a lot of money." Rob said.
"What?" Every Fitch voice rang out in an echo in the room.
"Naomi, what are you doing? You don't have to do this." Emily took her lover's hand and sat next to her on the bed.
"Before you go and freak out on me, the money there is a bonus for all the great work you did on my place, well now, our place. You did a great job, more than what was a part of the deal. You deserve that."
"Yeah, but Doc, there is way to much he-." Rob was cut off by Doc, raising a hand to stop him.
"You did a great job. If you feel there is too much, then consider the extra an investment into your adventure in Brighton. If I may presume, we're family now. Emily is my life now, so that means you all come as a package. I'm grateful for your understanding of us, and beyond indebted to you for allowing this amazing woman to stay with me. If anything else, just know, that if you're ever in need, come to me first. I have not only done well for myself out here, but I come from wealth, and I have not and never will want for anything. Same now goes for you." Doc looked Rob deep into his eyes, making sure that he understood what she was offering. Rob leaned in and gave Doc another hug. Unfortunately for Doc, Rob was a little too excited and squeezed to hard.
"Oi! Ease up, will ya?" Doc winced in pain, but soon recovered with a smile toward Rob.
"Sorry, I'm so sorry." Rob backed away and grabbed Jenna's hand.
Jenna leaned in and gave Doc a soft hug.
"Take care of my girls, wontcha? Thank you for everything. You're a good person and I'm glad Emily found such a wonderful person." Jenna said with much compassion.
Although Jenna may never know or truly understand what Emily and Doc have, she knew that no matter what it was, it was powerful, and Emily was safe and happy.
"So can I come and visit? Ya know, when I'm sick of Mum and Dad." James looked back and forth between Emily and Doc.
"Anytime James, anytime." Doc lifted her good hand and ruffled James hair. He smiled and went back over to his seat next to Katie.
After the family goodbyes between Katie, Emily and the rest of them, the room fell silent with Katie sitting next to Miss Effy with her head on her shoulder and Emily sitting on the bed next to Doc, their fingers intertwined.
"Oh! It was you, wasn't it?" Katie lifted her head and shot an accusing look at her lover.
"Katie, what do you mean?" Doc questioned.
"Well, Dad went to take care of the bill this morning and it was paid for in full. Doc was knocked out and injured so it couldn't have been her. It was you." Katie accused looking directly into Miss Effy's eyes.
Miss Effy famously smirked at Katie. "I have no idea what you are talking about."
"Oh yeah? We'll see about that!" Katie stood up, took Eff's hand and dragged her out of the room. Emily and Doc heard the office door slam, and two sets of heels walk off down the side boardwalk.
"Well, Miss Effy has no chance in hell against that one. I give her 10 minutes before she cracks." Doc just smiled and shook her head.
"Do you not remember the power of a Fitch woman? I giver her 2 minutes, tops." Emily challenged.
"Speaking of the power of a Fitch woman… I was good the whole time you were gone. Don't I get my reward?" Doc started rubbing her thumb over Emily's knuckles.
"Well I do believe you deserve a reward, but if I recall, you are the one to choose it. So, what'll it be?" Emily seductively smiled in Doc's direction.
"Well," Doc motioned for Emily to get up and moved her onto her lap, facing each other, straddling Doc's legs. "I was thinking, ya know since I did so well, that maybe you would be up for, um say, a little peep show?" Doc licked her lips and glanced down at Emily's breasts then back up to Emily's beautiful brown eyes.
"Oh really? A peep show, you say? Okay, your choice, but I get to choose how you get to peep." Emily smirked and leaned in to kiss Doc's lips quickly as she shot off Doc's lap to get some space between them.
"Wait what?" Doc was confused. She didn't want Emily to be so far away. But, now, that look in Emily's eyes told her everything she needed to know. This peep show was going to be the best thing she had every seen.
So I know that I have written certain characters not completely according to how they are portrayed in Skins, i.e. Jenna, but I really rather her not be all snoodish and a bitch. I wanted things to be less about the relationship between them and more about the story of Naomily and Keffy. If you don't like it, I'm sorry, but this is my story, so that means I'm in charge here! Thanks for continuing to read this adventure of mine. And I just want to apologize for my lack of updating... I'm in the job search mode.. got an interview next week for a police department, so kind of having to set this aside and focus on the interview! But I will do my best to get another chapter up shortly! Thanks again for your continuous support in this story! Reviews are always lovely!