Thanks for the reviews. Happy Easter everyone and I hope you've all had a lovely weekend. Happy Sunday to anyone who doesn't celebrate Easter. I'm starting to formalise my plans for the final chapters of this story, though I'm sure there's more than a couple left to come. So I hope you enjoy this next chapter...

I can't remember who asked, but no Drew is just a friend, nothing more! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Skins...would Skins bring back Naomily for a third time? (Sadly probably not :-( )

A cool breeze hit the side of her cheek, brushing past her skin with a gentle touch. Emily opened her eyes and looked for a place the breeze was coming from. She rolled her eyes and sighed at the sleeping body of her twin sister lay on the bed beside where she had just sat up. She wanted to get mad, but decided it wasn't worth it. Instead she climbed out of bed and continued her day, showering and getting changed. As she was brushing through her wet hair she heard her sister stir from the bed and watched as she sat up, her eyes semi-closed with tiredness.

"Morning babysitter," Emily muttered sarcastically.

Katie yawned, "What time is it?"

"After nine, how long have you been in my bed?"

"I came up around twelve and you were tossing and turning," Katie informed her as though that justified her presence.

"Don't forget who's room this is," Emily told her, despite being months behind on winning the battle.

"Yeah, yeah," Katie sighed, pulling her weary body out of the bed. "Fancy going out for lunch? I know somewhere well nice."

There was nothing planned, Emily noted, recalling her weekly schedule and her diary page. She wanted to turn Katie down, she would have rather spent the day attempting to complete an assignment. But she couldn't be bothered listening to the argument for going out, if she turned her down.

"I'm going to dry my hair downstairs, be ready in half an hour?"

*

The cafe was quiet and the smells coming from the kitchen made Emily feel like she hadn't eaten in a week. They quickly ordered something to eat and Emily snacked on biscuits while they waited.

"Are you sure you don't want any?"

"I need to fit into a wedding dress I'm gonna look well fat if I eat that stuff, you shouldn't eat them either."

Emily shrugged her shoulders, "They're oaty so they're not too bad, besides I don't have a wedding dress to fit into,"

"No, but you will have a bridesmaids dress to fit into,"

Emily's face took over and forced her to smile, "Definitely?"

"Who else would I want beside me on my big day? Other than Howie of course, but lavender would look well bad on him,"

-

Emily joined in as Katie laughed at her own joke. She was enjoying the company, enjoying the relaxed, non pressured time they were having.

"You've been spending a lot of your time with Howard lately, " Emily mused.

"Since he proposed we've just wanted to be together every day, its well good being in love."

It was something to be happy about, Emily knew that. But she also felt jealous. Katie's life was falling into place and Emily still had no one special. Or at least she'd pushed away the one chance she had. She didn't know why she changed the subject but the words just flew out of her mouth before she could stop them.

"I slept with Naomi,"

-

Katie's eyes opened wide, her mouth stopped moving and she was staring at her.

"When did that happen?" Katie gasped.

"Just before I had the attack,"

Katie shook her head, shocked, "Did she leave you like that? Did she fucking leave you? She is well out of line Ems, just say the word and I'll fucking rip her hair out,"

"No," Emily interrupted, "It wasn't like that. It was perfect Katie, the way she...it was everything I'd ever dreamed about."

"Then how did you get from perfect to your attack? What did she do?"

"She didn't do anything, it was me. I fucked her over, I let her sleep with me and then I just froze and let her walk out of there,"

"What? You're not like that, tell me the truth, she's well out of line Ems,"

"No, it was all me. I just, I saw it all Katie, everything we'd been through. I saw it all in my head and I couldn't handle it. I want her, but, but I'm scared to have her."

"You're not making any sense, that's well confusing Ems."

"It doesn't make any sense to me either, why do you think I was such a mess?!"

"You need to stop all of this Ems, you're better than this. Chasing the same girl for years, you're not like that. You said you wanted Naomi to move on but you didn't let yourself do the same. That's well unfair if you ask me."

-

It made her angry that Katie had to have her say on Naomi. She regretted bringing the subject up and wished she could turn back the clock just a few minutes to before she told her. She let her mind wander as her mouth took control of her words.

"I didn't ask you Katie, this is none of your business,"

"It is my business when I have to leave my fiancé in the middle of something important just to stop you from having a full on breakdown."

Emily felt annoyed, "I'm sorry that my problems are such an inconvenience," she stood up, pushing her chair back so fast it almost fell over.

"They're not Ems, but you cant tell me they're not my business when I'm always the one to pick up the pieces, I could be living with Howard right now if I wasn't worried that leaving you alone would be the wrong thing to do."

She knew it was cold and ungrateful, but she was sick of being told what to do, "Then why don't you? I don't wanna live with you anymore either,"

"I didn't say I didn't..."

"Yes you did, so go. It doesn't bother me, I don't need you cluttering up my life, taking my stuff. I'm fine on my own."

Katie's eyes looked wild with frustration and anger, she pushed her chair back too and stood up, "Fine, don't come crying to me the next time you need calming down,"

"I wont," Emily grinned.

"Good,"

"That's sorted then,"

"Ill go home and pack my stuff right now, Howie is gonna be well excited." Katie muttered.

"Not as excited as me," Emily smirked.

"Nor me,"

-

The deep red hair atop Katie's head flew past her eyes as her sister left the cafe. Emily felt like crying; she didn't want Katie to go, she didn't want to be alone and once again she had made a mess of her life. She knew Katie was just trying to help. She had asked Naomi to move on, no matter how much it bothered her, she had given her permission to love someone else. But she hadn't really given herself the same honour. She wondered what to do, how best to fix the problems she had created, but she couldn't think, her mind was fuzzy. She knew Katie would need time to cool down, so she sent a message to Naomi 'I need to see you, to apologise,', it was brief, it wasn't giving her hope, or suggesting they could make a go of things, it was just an olive branch for an old friend who, despite everything they had been through, was still special and still mattered enough to be in her life.

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