"Effy, wait!" Katie chased after the other girl as she went back in to the house. "I can explain ok?"
"Don't bother." Effy snapped as she wrenched her arm away from Katie's grasp. "We've fucked Katie. That's all this is, sex, not chocolates and flowers…fuck who you want. I could care less."
"Eff-"
"Maybe you should stay here. I'm sure Freya needs you more than Emily." Effy's voice was cold and her words brutal. "After all she's safer in Bristol, far away from you."
"Emily's in Bristol?"

Both girls froze as JJ walked down the last few stairs and stood between them in the hallway. His face was pale and his eyes were red from crying. "You're Elizabeth aren't you? The one from Bristol. You have Emily!"
"JJ, wait!" Katie clamped a hand around his mouth as he started shouting. Luckily the people in the living room had not heard over the music and chatter, but JJ was much bigger than Katie and her hand was already slipping as he tried to jerk free of her. "Little help?" She growled at Effy. The other girl was busy playing with her phone. She glared at Katie before putting her phone to the struggling boy's ear. He stopped instantly.
"Emily?"

They joined Naomi back outside as JJ sat on the wall and spoke to his missing best friend. He was giving her the third degree, quizzing her on what had happened to her and how Katie was involved. From time to time he would cast wary glances at Effy and Naomi, but he at least wasn't trying to run away or scream. Eventually he handed the phone back to Effy. "I want to see Emily." His voice was firmer than Katie had ever heard it. "She told me what's going on. I want to make sure she's really ok."
"Weshould go back now." Katie shot a pointed look in Effy's direction as she got to her feet. "I'll get James; we can take a taxi to mum's and then drive back to Bristol tonight." The oldest twin went back inside to fetch her brother and to say her goodbyes. Effy followed her in to get her coat. On her way back out she was stopped by Freya at the door. She looked her up and down with a sceptical expression.

"Don't' get me wrong, I can see the attraction, but Katie doesn't do relationships with girls." There was a cruel smile on her lips as she spoke; she was making sure Effy got the message. "I should know that better than anyone. You know the first night I saw Emily I thought she was Katie. I should have walked away then, but I couldn't give her up. It was the closest I was going to get to hurting Katie for leaving me…and it worked. She was jealous as hell and it made her want me again-"
"Have you ever thought maybe the reason Katie's so screwed up with relationships is because of you?" Effy's silver tongue could be as razor sharp as her wit. "And now Emily's gone, Katie's leaving with me, and you're all alone. Think about it." She shot Freya a petulant smile of her own as the living room door opened and Katie emerged looking less than happy.
"James is passed out!"
"Leave him on the sofa, I'll drop him off home tomorrow…you're all welcome to stay if you want?" She sent Katie a meaningful look, hoping the oldest twin would chose to stay with her.
"Sorry. We've got to get back to Bristol tonight. I'll call you, yeah?" Katie embraced the other girl in an awkward hug before pulling away and following Effy to the taxi waiting outside.

When they pulled up at the Fitches JJ sat in Katie's car and waited for the girls to pack. After another awkward farewell with Katie's parents they all squeezed in to the Mini and set off for Bristol. They drove in silence, with Naomi and JJ sitting in the back. Effy sat up front, her phone in her hand for most of the ride. It was dark by the time they pulled up outside Naomi's house. The blonde wanted nothing more than to wrap her arms around Emily and curl up in bed, but she knew it wasn't going to happen. The second they stepped through the door Emily ran down the stairs and threw her arms around JJ. He instantly began talking ten to the dozen, Emily seemed to be the only who could understand a word he was saying as she ushered him in to the living room and once again began reassuring him that she was fine. Gina made herself useful and went off to the kitchen to make tea for everyone, leaving the three girls in the hallway. "Please don't tell Emily." Katie kept her voice low as she begged the blonde standing in front of her. "I don't want to hurt Emily."
"Maybe you should have thought about that before you fucked her girlfriend! You should have told her the truth ages ago Katie!" Naomi hissed back.
"I was wasted that night and Freya knew it! I'd never intentionally hurt Emily like that! She's my sister and I fucking love her! I couldn't tell her the truth…I couldn't tell her I'd slept with a girl ok? Just please, don't tell her." With a heavy sigh the blonde reluctantly agreed. Emily had enough on her plate without finding out about her sister's betrayal.

"It'll eat away at her you know." Effy spoke once Naomi had disappeared in to the living room with the others, her tone was calm and even as she stared straight at Katie. "I know Naomi. She'll crack, and she'll tell Emily." The oldest twin glared back in response and her tone was anything but neutral.
"Then I'll tell the police about her and Cook-" She was cut off as Effy slammed her up against the door. Her face pressed up against the smaller girl's as she spoke, her voice a low threatening growl in her ear.
"Piece of advice. Don't threaten the people I love. After all, you're as in this as deep as the rest of us…we're all fucked Katie. There isn't going to be a happy ever after for any of us. This is all going to blow up in our faces, and all it's going to take is one spark."

She stepped back from her as there was a knock at the front door. Katie glared at her before shoving past her and knocking in to Naomi as she walked out of the living room. "Watch it." She growled at the blonde even though she had been the one to walk in to her. Effy opened the door as Cook pounded on it a second time.
"Alright ladies? 'Bout time…whoa!" Effy put her hand on his chest and pushed him back out of the door. Naomi followed them out as they settled on the patch of grass in front of her house. "Rough day?" Cook quizzed as Effy pulled out a small metal tin and began rolling a joint. She sparked up and passed it on to Cook.
"Emily's fiancée is Katie's ex. She came on to her at the funeral." Naomi answered for her as Effy held her mouth shut, trapping the smoke in her lungs until she couldn't hold it for any longer.
"Emily doesn't know about any of it." She added as she slowly exhaled.

"That's fucked up." Cook shook his head as he passed the joint on to Naomi.
"To top that off her friend JJ is sitting in my living room." The blonde took the offered roll up and had a long draw before passing it back to Effy. She needed something to help soothe her nerves. Katie and Freya's indiscretions were playing on her mind and she was glad to be away from Emily for a little longer. She wasn't sure whether she could keep what she knew from her.
"Fucking hell, why not make an announcement in the paper?" Cook huffed. It seemed the whole world and his wife were finding out about Emily's abduction.
"How's that master plan of yours coming along, Cook?" Naomi snapped back, it wasn't like they'd had any other choice than to bring JJ with him. Katie hadn't trusted him not to tell anyone about Emily being alive, the boy was mildly autistic and according to Katie if he got 'locked on' he would more than likely blab to whoever would listen.

Cook shrugged, his interest lying in the chunks of grass he was pulling up with his hands. He'd played poke with Johnny White at his uncle's pub, and it had got him a job offer or two, but he wasn't any closer to getting any dirt on the gangster. "Give me a few more days yeah, I'll figure something out."
"I won't hold my breath." Naomi muttered petulantly. "God Cook, you've got us in to some shit before…" She trailed off as the joint reached her again and she got a few more draws of before flicking it away.
"I'm not the one shagging her am I?" Cook grunted back, the weed doing nothing to soothe either of their tempers. "It was supposed to be fucking simple till someone showed her fucking face."
"Oh, because it was going so swimmingly before then, when some dickhead said my name too loudly?" Naomi growled back. In all honesty things had started going downhill from the second the two thugs had dropped Emily off at the cottage. Naomi and Cook were far from master criminals.

"Yeah, I screwed up! But you're the one playing happy fucking families with her! Not to mention Effy's shagging her sister! This was supposed to be simple, now what eh? What happens when you two have a fucking tiff? We gotta watch our backs Naoms, all I'm saying-"
"Don't be a dick Cook." Effy scorned, though she said it half-heartedly. It was clear she agreed with him, but was trying to defend Naomi too. The blonde was quiet as she sat staring up at her house. Cook took her silence for anger and tried a hasty apology.
"Look I'm sorry, yeah. It's just we're family. You and Eff are all I got. I don't want yous getting-" He fell silent as Naomi scooted over and wrapped her arms around his waist. Her head settled on his shoulder as she hugged him tightly. Effy followed suit and wrapped herself around him on the other side. They sat like that for a while, until Naomi's front door opened and Katie emerged. She walked straight up to the three of them with her head held high and an attitude problem.

"I want to pick up my stuff from your flat. I'm staying at a hotel tonight." She spoke to Effy, ignoring the other two. The other girl fished her keys out of her pocket and silently tossed them to the oldest twin. Katie narrowed her eyes at her in disbelief. "You're just giving me your keys?" Effy shrugged in response, there was an amused smirk dancing on her lips. The weed had hit her harder than she had thought.
"I've got a spare. You know where I live right?" She didn't wait for a response from Katie as she got to her feet and dragged Cook and Naomi with her. "Lock up when you go. We're going out." Katie rolled her eyes as Cook started shouting enthusiastically. Turning her back on all of them she stormed away to her car.
"I better check Emily's ok-"
"She'll be fine. She's got her BFF hasn't she?" Effy linked her arm in to the blonde's and dragged her back to the house to get ready. "C'mon. I need a drink."

Sorry for taking a while to update. My eyesight is pretty messed up at the moment and I'm supposed to be avoiding straining my eyes with writing/reading/being on the computer. The last chapter I got out left me with a five day migraine, so the next few chapters may take a little longer to get written and posted. Thanks again to everyone who's reading and for all the awesome reviews!