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"Effy! Hey over here"

"Fuck" Effy rolled her eyes as Freddie shouted and waved enthusiastically at her.

"So that's you wanted me to come, so you wouldn't have to be alone with him." Naomi smirked at Effy.

"Suppose" it was probably better if Naomi thought that was the reason she'd dragged her to the club, Effy thought she led them over to Freddie's table.

"Freddie. Hi. This is Alexei, and you've met Naomi before." Freddie grinned happily at them all as they sat down opposite him.

"So, Effy you want to dance?" he asked, standing up

"Let me have some shots first" Effy said and headed for the bar.

"See you round Naomi" Freddie said, winking at her as he followed Effy.

"Did he just wink at me" Naomi said incredulously turning to Alexei who was having trouble containing his laughter.

"I hope we see this guy more often, I need a good laugh. " Naomi rolled her eyes at Alexei's comment.

"Christ. Let's get something to drink." Naomi said pulling him up with her as she moved towards the bar.

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"Naomi looks kind of lonely, I'll just talk to her for a sec. "Freddie yelled into Effy's ear, gesturing to where Naomi was sitting next to Alexei, looking despondently at her drink. Effy shrugged at him as he moved away from her. If he wanted to endure the wrath of Naomi that was his problem.

"Hey Naomi, what do you think of the music?" Freddie sat down next do Naomi. She stared at him.

"It's fine" Freddie frowned slightly at her lack of response.

"You're looking lonely. Emily should be finished her set any minute now"

"What?" Freddie looked her like she was slow.

"She's DJing" He said pointing to the booth where Emily was standing wearing earphones and staring intently at the turntables in front of her.

"Oh..." Naomi didn't look at the redhead, couldn't bring herself to. She instead turned to stare at Effy who was still dancing. It clicked. "Did you know?" she said turning to Alexei, who shrugged.

"Fucks sake Effy" She muttered to herself. Freddie looked her, clearly confused.

"We're going" she announced to Alexei. He stood up and moved towards the door. Naomi followed leaving Freddie who was looking rather confused.

Effy appeared, as she often did, out of nowhere and grabbed onto Naomi's wrist.

"Naomi, why are you going?"

"Fuck off Effy." She tried to pull her hand away from Effy, but she held on tight. Alexei stepped between them pushing Effy away.

"What are you afraid of Naomi?" Effy called to her as Alexei's arm pushed gently on her back and guided her. It was just getting a bit ridiculous, Naomi thought, the way Effy always knew exactly what nerve to hit. Naomi shivered involuntarily when the cold hit her as she stepped outside. Alexei pulled off his jacket and placed it over her shoulders as they waited for the valet to bring their car round. It was just all a bit too much the way Alexei was treating her, it was just too brotherly.

"Just fuck off Alexei" Naomi shoved Alexei's jacket at him, into his chest. He stumbled back a few steps, looking shocked and she'd normally be feeling guilty that she'd snapped at him but these days they were just getting too familiar. Naomi just wanted him to back the fuck off and maybe they could go back to the way they were.

Naomi was about to snap at the one of the valet guys, because how long could it possibly take, but she was interrupted before she had a chance.

"Hi Naomi"

Naomi could see red in her peripheral vision and turned to look at her fully. Emily was smiling timidly up her.

"Emily. Hi. What are you doing?"

"I just finished my set, and this isn't really my scene you know, so I thought I'd head somewhere else"

"Right...well – "

"Do you want to come? I...I mean the nights still young yet, right?" Emily rushed the words out, as though if she hadn't said the words as soon they had come into her head she wouldn't have got them out at all. Naomi watched as Emily's lips kept moving, though she realised, she had no idea what the redhead was saying. Naomi wondered if this is what animals caught in headlights felt like. Emily had stopped moving her lips and was just staring back at Naomi, her deep brown eyes boring into Naomi's. Emily wasn't looking at her like she was expecting a response to whatever it was she had said, Emily was looking at her like she knew exactly what Naomi's response was going to be. Yes, a tiny part of her screamed, because it would always be yes to Emily Fitch. Naomi panicked for split second and almost convinced herself that Emily could read her mind, but of course that was ridiculous.

"Miss Campbell?" Naomi started as the valet's voice ripped into her and tore her eyes away from Emily to look at the proffered keys. She grabbed them off the guy and took off towards her car. As she arrived at the door she heard soft footsteps following hesitantly behind her. But she couldn't look around, otherwise she might never leave and Naomi thought that if she could just get away from this night then everything would go back to the way it was and that would be okay because she didn't need anything else, didn't want anyone else. She was fine with her career and her houses and her cars and Alexei, who wasn't complicated, who just always there, and Effy, who pretended like she was all mysterious and knew what was going on (even if she didn't). She certainly didn't need Emily Fitch with her brown eyes and red hair and questions that Naomi just couldn't reply to even if she knew the answer.

"I'm sorry Emily" Naomi wasn't sure why she chose those words. She wasn't sorry, was she? Naomi pushed the thought out of her head and got into her car ignoring the redhead standing there and ignoring Alexei who was walking towards the car yelling her name.

"Naomi wait, you can't drive, you –

The rest of what he said was cut off as the engine came to life with a satisfying roar. She pushed down hard on the accelerator and smiled grimly to herself as the car Ferrari surged forward. It was going to be okay, she was going to be okay.