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Soo chapter 25... When the heck did that happen? Seriously, i never expected this story to come so far, or for so many of you to read it for that matter. Seriously, is someone paying you to read this? cause that's the only explanation I can think of.

Thank you as always for the reviews and such, you guys already know how happy they make me feel :)

Oh, and just a little FYI, i've loosely planned out the rest of the story, so if everything goes as planned and i don't get severe writer's block (which, word of warning, is quite possible as i'm already struggling a bit) this story should have about 10 more chapters, and potentially an epilogue. SO HOLD ON GUYS. We're almost finished! okay not almost, but almost almost. You get me?

Anywho, on with the chapter! Bit of a filler, but whatevs. Enjoy it anyways!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but a really big sweatshirt and a jar of peanut butter.

I woke up the next morning feeling more rested than I had in ages. My muscles didn't ache, my head was clear, and I was surrounded by an amazing warmth. I was in such a state of bliss I didn't even want to open my eyes. But, I knew the one thing that could make this morning even better would be looking into the eyes of the woman I loved, so I turned on my side and slowly forced my eyelids to separate, only to be met with a very cheeky looking Alex instead of my girlfriend.

My eyes widened and I quickly pulled the duvet up to cover my naked chest, "What the fuck Alex?" I demanded, feeling the heat of embarrassment rush to my face.

She smiled over at me while playing with Gari as he laid on her chest, "Naomi left about a half hour ago for work, told me to have you stop in today if you have time," She said, I glanced around her at my alarm clock and saw it was barely after seven.

"Shouldn't you be sleeping off a hangover?" I asked, she shook her head, a smirk forming on her face.

"The party was shit so I came back almost as soon as I left." My eyes widened and her smile grew, "I never knew you were so vocal Emily." The redness in my face deepened so much I was sure I looked more like a tomato than a person, I tried to stutter out a response, but the only noises coming out of my mouth were unintelligible grumbles. "Oh Fuck Naomi," She mimicked in a high pitch voice, which was rather stupid because my voice was deeper than hers in the first place. I glared at her, which only caused her to laugh, "She must be talented with her fingers, or was it her tongue?"

"Alright get OUT," I demanded, sitting up and pulling the duvet with me. Alex laughed even harder as she scooped Gari into her arms and got up from the bed. She paused at the door and looked back at me, holding her fingers in a V shape in front of her mouth and waggling her tongue between them. "OUT!" I demanded, she squealed and pranced away, barely dodging the pillow I threw at her face.

I relaxed back into my pillows for a few more moments of rest before reluctantly dragging myself out of bed and into the shower. The longer I took to get ready, the more nervous I began to feel about seeing Naomi. I knew I shouldn't, but I couldn't help but think that things might be different between us, and not in a good way.

By the time I had my skinny jeans and a jumper on, ready to go to the café, I was so nervous I was actually shaking. I walked out into the living room and Alex was sat on the couch staring down at her phone. She looked up when I walked in the room and her amused expression quickly turned to one of concern.

"Em you okay?" She asked, I nodded my head and gave her a weak smile as I looked around for Gari. "Then why the fuck do you look like you've just seen a ghost?" I shrugged and bent down to pick up my adorable little ball of fur when I spotted his tail peeking out from under the armchair. "Emily you can talk to me."

I glanced over at her, and sighed when I saw the look of sincerity on her face, "I'm just nervous. What if things are different now that we, you know," I let my sentence trail off, Alex raised her eyebrows.

"Had sex," She finished for me, I nodded my head as I felt a blush rising up my neck to my cheeks, "Why would things be any different?"

I shrugged again, "When I was with Peyton. After we slept together," I hesitated, "that was when she started to treat me different." I didn't elaborate, not wanting to get into it and knowing Alex would be able to fill in the details herself.

"Em," She said, putting her hands on my shoulders and forcing me to look at her, "Naomi isn't Peyton. She isn't going to change and she sure as hell isn't going to treat you the way Peyton did."

"Yeah," I sighed, nodding my head and picking up my bag, "you're right."

"I know I am," She smirked and took Gari from me before walking back over to the couch, "Give my lover a kiss for me," She said with a wink as I walked out the door.

I showed up at the café a little after eight, and it was ridiculously packed as to be expected, so I snuck into the back before Naomi or Effy even had the chance to see me. I put my stuff in the staff room and grabbed a sandwich and made myself a cup of coffee before walking back out and joining my girlfriend. Effy smirked at me as I passed her, and I rolled my eyes in response. Of course she knew. She fucking knew everything.

Naomi didn't notice me until I sat down in my chair and she did a double take when she did. "When did you get here?" She asked, handing a customer his drink as I took a sip of my own.

"Just now, I grabbed a sandwich," I stated obviously, holding up my breakfast as proof. Naomi smiled and rolled her eyes before turning back to the customer in front of her.

I sat there for almost an hour until Naomi finally had a break, and as soon as the last customer at the end of the queue was served, she turned to me with a smile on her face, "Sorry I had to leave so early, but mum would have killed me if I blew off work again."

"Don't worry about it," I smiled, standing up and walking over to her, "though I would have much rather woken up to you instead of Alex."

"You woke up to Alex?" she asked, eyebrows raised as I put my hands on her shoulders.

I nodded my head and she wrapped her arms around my waist, "She got a good look at my tits and then told me how loud I was last night."

"She was home?" Naomi asked, her eyes wide in horror and her face turning an adorable shade of pink.

"Yeah the party was shit so she came back straight away," I explained.

"Jesus Christ," she grumbled, looking down at her lap, "that's really fucking embarrassing."

"Hey, it's okay yeah?" I said, taking her chin in my hand and gently pulling her face closer to me, "she was just being a pain in the arse and taking the piss at our expense."

"Yeah," She sighed, "you're right."

I smiled and continued to just stare at her for a few moments, until a pout formed on her face and her brow furrowed, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," She sighed in a way that said it was definitely something.

"Naomi," I demanded, she raised her eyebrows and pulled her arms away so she could cross them over her chest.

"I was just thinking," She said, spinning in her chair once and stopping when she was facing me again, "I gave you potentially the best orgasm of your life not twelve hours ago and you haven't even given me a good morning kiss."

I raised my eyebrows at her confidence, but didn't deny it because we both knew it was true. I leaned forward and wrapped my arms around her neck, pulling her toward me until our faces were only inches apart, "At least I didn't leave you alone in your bed," I shot back, she was about to protest but I silenced her with my lips before she could. It only took a few moments for her lips to start moving against mine and her arms to snake around my waist. When I kissed Naomi, I felt like I was in a whole other world. One where it was just me and her, existing together. It was my favorite place to be, perfect and peaceful, until it was shattered by the sound of someone clearing their throat.

I jumped back from Naomi as if I had been shocked and we both looked apologetically at the middle aged man stood on the other side of the counter. He gave us both an unimpressed look as Naomi, as politely as she could, asked him what his order would be.

I spent the rest of Naomi's shift with her in the café, and afterwords we headed over to my place and spent the afternoon actually doing our coursework and just hanging out with Alex.

We were supposed to go over to my parents house for our biweekly Fitch family dinner, but apparently my mum had a bit of an accident involving a casserole and their oven, so it was impossible for her to cook us a proper meal. The only solution to this of course, per Naomi's suggestion, was to instead have dinner at mine and Katie's flat.

Because Naomi openly volunteered my home and cooking abilities, or lack thereof, I was forcing her to help me cook and stay for dinner. Unfortunately, she actually liked cooking, and, for some unknown reason, wanted to see my family again, so it wasn't turning out to be very much of a punishment.

"Can you pass me the salt please?" Naomi asked as she sautéed chicken and vegetables. She had taken over all cooking responsibilities basically as soon as we had started. My job turned into handing her what she needed when she needed it. I wasn't complaining.

I reached into the cabinet and handed her the salt before leaning back against the counter and watching her as she cooked. She really was good at it, even though it was extremely awkward for her because she wasn't much taller than the cooker. "That gonna be done soon?" I asked, glancing over at the clock, "It's almost five and my parents will be here any minute."

"Yep," She smiled up at me, "It's just about done, I'm just gonna stick it in the oven so it'll stay warm and call my mum so she can bring over a pie."

I smiled adoringly at her and kissed her cheek, "you don't have to do that babes. Cooking this lovely meal is more than enough."

"I don't mind," She assured me, turning the burner off and sliding the still sizzling stir fry into the oven. "Plus, I need to impress your parents with my amazing cooking abilities, and I can always pretend that I'm the one who made the pie."

"Are you saying you're open to lying to my parents?" I asked, raising my eyebrows. I expected her to try and take back what she said, or be flustered in some way, but she just smiled up at me.

"If it means I get to keep shagging their daughter I'm willing to do anything."

"Oi!" I gasped, smacking her shoulder. She giggled and pulled me into her so she could kiss my stomach.

I had been wrong that morning, when I worried about things being different between us, for the most part at least. Things were normal, yes, but Naomi was also proving to be much more confident with her words and her hands. She'd made more than a few sexual comments throughout the day, and wasn't shy about letting her hands wander. Like in that moment, I was innocently standing with my shins against hers, not even trying to kiss her or do anything really for that matter, but her hands were already sliding up the back of my thighs until she got to my bum and squeezed it.

"Naomi!" I squealed, jumping back from her just as there was a knock on the door, "Keep your hands to yourself!"

She smirked at me and made her way over to the fridge, "Can't make any promises Fitch."

I shook my head and laughed as I made my way over to the front door. As soon as I opened it James shoved past me with a 'hey bitch' and mum and dad both smiled as I rolled my eyes and invited them inside.

"Something smells lovely," My mum complimented, her eyes wide with approval.

"Naoms cooked a chicken stir fry," I said, her smile faltered, but only the slightest bit.

"That was nice of her," Dad said with a smile, wrapping me into a Fitch hug.

"Is she going to be staying for dinner then?" Mum asked, I nodded my head when my dad finally released me.

"Yeah Alex too, she's just in Katie's room with her," I explained as we all made our way into the kitchen.

"Hello Naomi," My mum greeted politely as we walked into the kitchen. Naomi smiled sweetly and set the bottle of white wine on the counter.

"Hello Jenna, lovely to see you again," she said, "you too Rob."

Dad nodded with a smile before walking to the living room and settling down on the couch. Just as he did Alex and Katie decided to join us, James's eyes were immediately glued to Alex's chest.

"Whoa babe! Nice tits!" He exclaimed, though I don't know why. Not that Alex didn't have nice tits, but it wasn't like they were on display in her T-shirt.

"Fucks sake James, can you be normal for like five fucking minutes?" Katie demanded, smacking hip on the back of the head as she walked over and helped herself to a glass of wine.

"Oh Jamesey boy, I see you haven't changed a bit," Alex smiled, ruffling his hair as she grabbed a glass of wine as well.

Dinner was actually going rather well. Mum and dad were ecstatic to see Alex again, they had always loved her. Probably even more than they loved me, or Katie. James felt the same way because he could stare at her tits and she didn't even seem to care about it.

Naomi's stir fry was positively delicious, and upon her request, Gina brought over a pie for us. I told Naomi to invite her in, but she ignored me and slammed the door in Gina's face just about as quickly as she had opened it. And thankfully, Naomi decided not to lie about where the pie came from. Not that she could get away with it when her mum delivered it in front of everyone. But I know she would still want to try.

All in all, the dinner went really well, James, Katie, and Alex had to eat on the couch because the only table we had was a four seater, but they still managed to annoy us even from the other room. After dinner we all sat around the living room, and for the first time in years I was actually enjoying just sitting around talking to my family. We were all feeling happy because of the wine and I was warmly snuggled up into Naomi on one end of the couch, Alex was in the middle, and Katie was at the other end. Mum and dad were in separate armchairs and James was on the floor barely paying attention to any of us.

"So Naomi," My mum said after a considerable stretch of silence, "what are you going to school for?"

Naomi took a sip of her wine and absentmindedly traces shapes on my arm, "Law and French, I'm in my third year," she said with a polite smile.

"Impressive," Dad said, tilting his glass towards her, "are you fluent in the language?"

"Oui," Naomi said with a wink. I laughed and leaned back to kiss her cheek, just because I could.

"And what are your plans for after university?"

"Jesus would you like her CV? Might get all your questions answered easier," I suggested, sarcasm dripping from my voice. Naomi rubbed my arm reassuringly and kissed the top of my head.

"I'm actually starting an internship at a law firm tomorrow so hopefully once I've got my degree I can move up in the firm."

I looked over at my mum, she was eying Naomi up and I could tell she was trying extremely hard to find something wrong with her. She may have said she wanted to try and be better, and I truly did believe her, but a tiger never really loses its stripes, and Jenna was no exception. Yes she would accept Naomi as a part of all of our lives, and maybe even really like her someday. But I don't think anybody, especially my paralyzed woman lover, would ever be exactly what my mum wanted for me.

"Congratulations," My dad said, I looked over at Katie just in time to see her roll her eyes and take a large gulp of her wine.

"Right, well, as lovely as this is, I'm going to bed," Katie announced, downing the rest of her glass and getting up off of the couch. I was surprised when I glanced at the clock and saw it was nearly eleven.

"Wow, yeah I should head to bed too, classes in the morning," I sighed.

"Well then, guess that's our cue to get heading out," My dad said, clapping his hands onto his knees and standing up, "James, get your shoes," he lightly hit the back of my brother's head and James walked toward the door without a word. "It's always great seeing you girls," Dad said, walking over and wrapping Katie in a hug, then Alex, and finally me. Mum followed just behind him. "All right, Naomi, how about we walk you out?" he requested, a friendly smile on his face. I looked back at Naomi and she had the same slightly sad looking expression on her face as I did.

"Thanks Rob, but I'm going to hang around for a bit longer," She smiled, stroking up and down my arm.

"But Emily said she was going to bed," Mum piped in, I looked at her like she had sprouted a second head.

"Yeah, I'm going to bed, with my girlfriend," I said, allowing my annoyance to show.

"And Gari," Naomi added in my ear, I smiled back and nodded at her, remembering our little guy locked in my bedroom, before turning back to my parents.

"And Gari."

"Who is Gari?" Dad asked.

"Their cat," Katie huffed, "so much for him not living with us.

"It's been one night Katie," I said.

"Obviously not the only night though, Campbell stays here all the time which means that bloody furball gonna too."

I rolled my eyes and turned back to my parents, "Thanks for coming you guys."

"Thanks for having us," Dad smiled as he pulled on his coat, "The food was amazing Naomi. Tell your mum the pie was incredible. Best I've ever had."

"Will do," Naomi smiled.

My dad headed toward the door by James but mum still hesitated. I could tell what she was thinking. It was inappropriate for my girlfriend to sleepover, and probably wondering about why we had a cat. But I didn't say anything to her, I just smiled sweetly until she returned it as well as she could and walked to join my father.

I sighed in relief and leaned back against Naomi, just wanting to snuggle into her forever, until my mum came walking back into the room, a determined look on her face. I prepared myself for what she was going to say, and immediately started thinking of whatever comeback I may need. But surprisingly, her ridicule never came. Instead she leaned forward and gave Naomi an awkward hug.

"Thank you for making my daughter happy," She said when she pulled away, I was too shocked to do anything but stare at her, I think we all were. Except Naomi of course. She just nodded her head with a smile and said you're welcome.

"What the fuck was that?" Katie demanded after the front door was safely shut. I looked over at her, my mouth still open and shook my head. I had absolutely no idea. "Whatever, I'm going to bed," She said before departing with a "Night bitches."

"You two should go muff diving in your room so I can get some sleep as well," Alex said, standing up and walking over to her stash of blankets and pillows in the corner of the room.

I shook my head and reluctantly got up from the couch. Naomi groaned and held her arms up towards me, "Carry me, I'm tired," she whined. I raised my eyebrows and she gave me a puppy dog look. It was the most adorable thing I'd ever seen, and really, who could have possibly said no to that.

I rolled my eyes and put one arm under her knee and the other behind her back before lifting her up. I already knew she was lighter than she looked so I wouldn't have any trouble.

"God Em," Alex said as I started towards the hall, "You're so fucking pussy whipped."

I was about to make a retort but Naomi flipped her off over my shoulder for me so I didn't even need to.

Naomi opened the bedroom door for me and we both giggled at Gari sleeping on a pile of my clothes by the wardrobe.

"I love you," Naomi smiled and kissed my cheek as I set her in my bed. I rolled my eyes and went to pull away but she yanked me toward her by my shirt before I could. Her lips were on mine in an instant and the passion behind the kiss literally took my breath away. The desire started welling in my stomach almost immediately, and only increased as the kiss deepened. It wasn't until I was about to suffocate from lack of oxygen that I pulled away, and as soon as I did Naomi was lifting my shirt over my head. She attached her lips to my collar bone and began to kiss and lick from one side of my body to the other. I really was exhausted, and had only planned on laying down and going straight to sleep, but Naomi's hands were wandering and she was pulling me down into her, and how could I ever even try to resist that? "I want you," she breathed into my ear. I groaned and jerked my hips against hers once before quickly climbing off of her body. "What the fuck, where are you going?" She asked as I walked away from the bed. I just threw her a wink and closed and locked my door.

"You want me?" I asked, walking back toward her and doing my best to give her a good show. If the way her pupils dilated and her breathing increased was anything to go by, I was doing a good job at it. When I reached her I ran my hands up her legs before staring straight into her eyes with as much lust as I could muster, "I'm yours."

Who doesn't love ending a chapter with a bit of the dirty deed? Hmm? that's right. nobody.

Anywho, hope you enjoyed that!

Sorry for the amount of time between posts at the moment, and i apologize in advance for the delay i know is going to happen before the next one. I've got a huge anatomy test (skeletal system. YUCK.) this week, so i'm going to have approximately ZERO minutes of free time. Yeah. just kill me now.

Anyways, i make these author's notes too long. I should stop. Whatever.

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