Inspiration has finally returned to me, this is it - the final chapter of one of the best things I have done in my 23 years on this planet. No exaggeration.

I have nothing more to say than...enjoy :)

Chapter 38 - A Happy Ending?

Emily:

"True love combines compassion and sacrifice. It prevails with forgiveness because it knows no sacrifice. I was born to love only you; my soul has formed you to it's measure. Your very image is written on my soul, such indescribable intimacy I hide from you. All that I have, I owe to you; for you I was born, for you I live, for you I must die and for you I give my last breath..." My voice imprinted on the silence, echoing through the speakers and winding out into the shocked gasps. I knew that everyone in the audience was slowly realising that I wasn't really shot, it was all part of the show, not everyone deserves a second chance but sometimes if you don't follow your heart it might just be too late and you could lose everything. I took off the rig hidden under my bra that had exploded over my chest giving the impression of a bullet wound and Naomi helped me to my feet. Katie and Miffy arrived at our side's ready to take a bow.

"A broken heart is never truly the end, true love is an unstoppable force, you just have to give in to it...before it is too late and you lose them forever." Naomi took my hand as her voice floated over the audience and photos of us all messing around at the photo shoot flickered over the black screens on the stage. Images showing the real us, piggy backing and leap frogging our way to an amazing shoot. I smiled as I watched frame after frame of our company flash up on the screen, great memories made with great friends and it felt so good to share them with everyone. It was kind of like a blooper real, the one of JJ dangling from a tree having got his foot caught it a piece of rope was hilarious, but that was what was best about it...it was real.

The light's went up, all four of us stood there, holding hands smiling out into the crowd, Katie turned and waved to the rest of our crew, calling them to the stage with us. We were a family and we would win as such. Karen had made herself the centre of the show, to her it wasn't about the good of the company it was about promoting her own image, she couldn't be more wrong. JJ and Effy joined us centre stage and we all took our bows together. Rapturing applause exploded and continued whilst we bowed one final time and disappeared back stage, laughing and joking between us, if nothing else we had had fun. The audience continued shouting and whooping for a good few minutes after we had left, I needed to get changed; the congealed fake blood was threatening to turn me into a bit of a living statue and was actually pretty fucking cold.

There was a make shift shower in a cubicle in the girls bathroom so I jumped under the warm water and started scrubbing the red off of my skin. There was a tap on the door and I didn't even need to open my eyes to know who it was, instead I just clicked open the lock and shivered as my blonde goddess slinked into the trickling water with me. I was expecting her wandering fingers to end up somewhere magical but instead she just wrapped her strong arms around my stomach and held me tight.

"I know it wasn't real, but even pretend losing you was heartbreaking. I never want to be without you Emily, you are my everything and so so much more. You're my best friend, the reason I wake up in the morning and every beat of my heart, we are forever and always right?" Her lips vibrated over my skin as she spoke and I felt the goosebumps rise as she laid a tender kiss on my neck. I wriggled round in her arms and kissed her passionately, letting my soul pour into hers and merge together in a beautiful whirlwind of emotion. Naomi pulled away and sad eyes looked down on me, she looked so damn fucking cute I almost 'awwwed' out loud. All that was missing was a reverberating bottom lip sticking out far enough it tickled her chin.

"Baby, I love you, nothing else needs to be said. We are eternity Naomi, I'm never letting you go again." I leant into her and pushed myself onto tiptoes, gracing her lips with a caress so soft I barely felt it. I saw a tear start to wind down her cheek and smiled up at her.

"It doesn't matter, go on and shatter...I'm all you need." I saw her think for a few moments as I attempted to sing a line of the song that was playing as we slow danced our way into this relationship. It was true, she could fucking implode and I would be there to catch her and put her back together. There were no words to describe it so I took her hand and placed it carefully over the bit of me that was still slightly stained crimson.

"Kiss me." It wasn't so much an order as a simple request but one that she was more than happy to oblige. Her lips found mine and we moved together as one, I held her hand flat on my skin and moved back into the running water as she pushed me towards the tiled wall. It was cool on my skin as I felt her naked body push into my own, nipples hard against me showing how eager she was to take this further. She kissed and licked her way down my neck and over my collarbone, my lips parted and I moaned slightly as her tongue found my nipple. She bit, licked and teased me into submission, all the while keeping her palm pressed against me.

She dropped to her knees, her arms long enough so her hand didn't move, she started biting up the inside of my thigh and that movement alone caused me to put me knee up over her shoulder, allowing her access to the most precious part of me. Het tongue teased me, never quite hitting that spot but so agonisingly close it was killing me. I took the matter into my own hands and thrust my hips forward into her, thankfully she took the hint and started that familiar rhythm of her tongue curling around my core. It felt sensational, my knees started to go weak but she was strong enough to keep me upright, one hand still placed firmly on my chest but one holding and squeezing my arse. She ran her fingers over my thigh and pushed one finger inside of my warm centre causing my legs to turn completely to jelly.

Naomi was incredible, not only was she holding almost my entire body weight on her shoulders, her tempo didn't falter. I felt that incredible warmth build up inside me as I got closer and closer to falling over the edge. I was being as careful as I could to keep the moaning and groaning to a minimum but a guttural 'fuck' escaped me as she sucked gently on my clit. That was the final act for her tongue as she stood up and licked over my chest, still thrusting herself inside me. At this angle her palm was rubbing against my clit as her fingers curled up inside me, the warmth had turned to a boiling heat now and she knew I was close.

"I love you..." She whispered as one last movement sent me spiralling over into nirvana, colours erupted, my vision blurred and I felt completely weightless as she collapsed against me. I rode wave after wave of pleasure and fell completely into the abyss, trusting Naomi completely to make sure I orgasmed as many times as was physically possible. Once she was satisfied that I had no bodily fluids left she pulled herself out of me and sucked the scent off of her fingers. I usually didn't like the smell of me on her lips but this time it was different, this time it was pure euphoria.

"I'm sorry Ems, you were saying something..." With the sudden onslaught of Naomi Campbell I had completely forgot that I was trying to make a point. I let some of the water from the shower moisten my mouth before even attempting to speak.

"Can you feel my heart beat?" She just nodded and laid her forehead against my own, her crystal blue pools drowning into me. Suddenly it was incredibly hard to form a single word, let alone a comprehensive thought. She grinned, she fucking knew the effect she had on me and it was insane, but I managed to compose myself just enough to finish what I started.

"It's all for you, every single beat of my thundering heart is yours and each one I spend without you is a waste of life." I saw her expression change as she once again wrapped her arms around me and captivated the whole of my still shuddering body with her own calm resolve. I breather heavy into the gape of her neck and smelt her sweet scent and the distinct trickle of some fucking good sex lingering on the steam from the shower.

"We should probably get cleaned up and back out there to see how badly we humiliated Karen, she disappeared near the end of our show by the way. Guess even the great Karen McClair knows when she is beat." Naomi quickly wet her hair and washed herself down before leaving me to my shower, I too ran soap over my recovering body as quickly as possible before winding a towel around me and went in search of my clothes. I threw on my black skinny jeans and white vest top, I wondered out into the crowds of people and was once again faced with an onslaught of praise. I don't think I will ever get used to people being so actively impressed with something that I had helped create and been part of.

Naomi was way ahead of me, taking her seat out in the audience waiting for what the judges had to say. Katie and Miffy were there too, as was the rest of the camera crew and JJ was so fucking excited he was looking in a million different directions all at the same time. I looked at my family and lit up with pride, I knew my future was going to be amazing thanks to them even if we didn't do well in the awards. I had already won, tacky as fuck...I know, but I can't help being a sentimental prick sometimes. I took my seat and waited like everyone else, except it would seem for Karen, who hadn't returned and all but abandoned the people that had remained loyal to her.

I wont bore you with the details of the shoot or the cat walk show awards, you and I both know we smashed it. It wasn't a complete whitewash, some of the other agencies picked up the occasional award, but the big ones all came our way. Creative vision as represented in a photo shoot and, execution and presentation of a catwalk performance both came to Alternative Reality. We were officially the best agency this side of the States and from what some of the judges were saying we were even giving them a run for their money.

There wasn't a lot left to do, the day had been a complete success and all that was remaining was to take all the stuff down and throw it back in the wagon to take it home. Everyone helped and there was a proper buzz around us all, I couldn't help but smile like a complete fucking loon. Even when some of the sweaty fuckers who tried to grope me earlier came back to offer further congratulations I just wrapped myself around Naomi until they got the hint that I was a fanny basher. They were nice enough but I didn't want their attention, I wanted to get this shit packed up and get my gorgeous girlfriend horizontal and screaming as soon as possible.

"Hello, which one of you lovely ladies is Emily Fitch, founder of this amazing company?" A smooth voice interrupted me from staring at Naomi's midriff as she reached to take down some of the rigging.

"I am, but I'm not a founder...we are all equal here, a family." I smiled at the woman standing in front of me, she was slightly taller than me by a few inches and must have been around forty. Her dark black hair was curled neatly over her shoulders and her make up was pristine, only the air of experience gave away her true age otherwise you would have placed her in her early thirties at worse.

"In which case, may I have a quick word with you all please?" She was wearing a tight pin striped navy suit, buttoned around her thin waist, it was then I met her eyes again and instantly recognised who she was, there was only one person in the world who had a waist line like that, I just didn't recognise her in clothes, usually she was just in a sexy black or red corset.

"No fucking way...you're Dita Von Teese! Pardon me but what the fuck are you doing here?" She smiled, pure red lips curling effortlessly upwards caressing her cheeks into something that was so effortlessly beautiful. She offered me a black lace covered hand and I didn't know whether I should shake it or get down on bended knee and kiss it. I opted for the safe middle ground and took her hand carefully in my own and laid a smooth kiss on her knuckles, barely enough contact to feel it but I could see from the look on her face that she appreciated the gesture.

"I am, I was in London promoting my new burlesque club and heard about this competition, I was looking for some inspiration and it seems that I have found it." Naomi had appeared beside me and everyone had stopped what they were doing and crowded around. JJ's mouth was gaping and if he dribbled anymore we would all be swimming home.

"What you did was tasteful, elegant and a creative masterpiece. I wasn't expecting to find anything after that horror show of, now what was it...Sweet Disposition. But I have to thank you for hopefully not making my trip here a complete waste." She fussed around in her black leather clutch for a few seconds before producing what I could only guess was a business card.

"Wait...what do you mean hopefully?" Katie piped up and pushed her way forwards so she was standing on my left, Naomi on my right and Miffy and Effy just behind us, attempting to hide the embarrassment that was JJ, I loved the guy like a brother but he seriously needed a bucket.

"As I said, I am here promoting my new club, and was looking for inspiration for the billboards and internet adverts. When you have been in the business as long as I have you tend to have seen it all, but, you...well, you are different and raw which is such a rarity these days. I would be honoured if we could hold talks about you coming up with something utterly unique and jaw-dropping for me." There was a long silence as I tried to pick apart what she had just said. I won't lie, I have had the biggest crush on her since I was about twelve years old and stumbled across a photo of her in the gents locker room at my dad's gym. She couldn't have just asked us, feeble little, just starting out, Alternative Reality to do promo work with her. I felt slightly lightheaded but realised that we had all just been stood speechless for a good minute or so and managed to compose myself enough to form some sort of response.

"I'm sure I speak for us all when I say it would be an honour." I didn't know if I was shouting, screaming or even if I was actually making any sense whatsoever. But she smiled and put her card in my hand, raised my hand to her lips and left a perfect imprint over my skin. Her crimson shade faultless against my pale tone.

"Do you have a card or do I just look you up in the, now what is it called...the yellow pages?" I was dumbfounded, we didn't even have fucking business cards. Fuck sake! I turned helplessly and looked at Naomi who pulled out her wallet and handed over a small card.

"I made one in anticipation of getting some printed, back in the beginning...I had forgotten about it until now." She handed it over and Ms Von Teese smiled heartwarmingly as she tucked it in the top of what I'm sure must have been a corset but I didn't have the nerve to ask.

"I keep all of my most precious things in there..." The look on my face must have asked the question why she hadn't just put the card back in her clutch bag.

"Thank you girls, I will be in touch personally to organise a get together and we can lay down some ideas." I audibly swallowed at the way her tongue curled around the word lay, she was fucking hot and everything she said sounded so seductive, Naomi elbowed me in a playful way but hard enough to let me know that she was the only one who got to make me feel like that.

She turned and walked away, even Katie had to admire her derrière and as soon as she was out of sight we all group hugged...well everyone except JJ who was still silently shaking. Nothing more needed to be said, we all loved each other and had managed to impress one of the most beautiful and talented models/burlesque dancers the world has ever and probably will ever know. Most of the rest of the packing away was done in silence, each of us getting on with our jobs and before we knew it we were all in our respective cars or in Naomi and my case, the van, and on the way home. Alternative Reality had hit the stage with a bang and would make a name for itself completely obliterating anything done before. With Naomi, Katie, Effy, Miffy and me at the helm I was pretty damn sure there was nothing we couldn't do.

This was the start of our journey, one that promised to be completely fucking amazing and as I sat in the passenger seat with Naomi's hand playing over my thigh I had to smile. In less than a year I had been hired, been part of one of the most progressive photo shoots ever seen, quit, in a relationship with my boss who was as crazy as a bag full of hammers, dumped her sorry arse, found true love, lost it, found it again and completely destroyed the competition at the most renowned alternative award show in the country. Not to mention made a bunch of new friends and prospectively going to get to work with a talisman of one of the greatest forms of entertainment.

Ultimately, my life had only just begun...and honestly I couldn't wait for what was around the corner and where it would take us next.

Bring it the fuck on...

*The End*

There you have it, I couldn't do something horrible...after the synopsis of Fire there was no way I could even pretend to kill off one of our most loved girls now could I?
I honestly don't know where this burst of inspiration has come from but I am so glad that I have finally managed to finish this.

There will be an authors note to follow but for now I will leave you imagining what Ms Von Teese has in store for the girls and if there are enough requests it might even be a cheeky one shot in the near future.

You don't have to leave me a review but if you want to then please bring it on.

I really do love each and every one of you reading and thank you all so much for staying with me on this mammoth journey.

Faith xx