Thanks for the lovely feedback guys, I really appreciate it :D (Considering the last chapter was ridiculously short, I thought I 'd keep this one long instead of splitting it up into two parts. Sorry for any typos)
Chapter Two
"Wow." The mansion was huge. 'Fucking huge.' Emily thought to herself as she set her bag on the floor.
Naomi handed the taxi driver the fair and walked over next to Emily, craning her neck upwards at the turrets poking out at the very top of the building. The place looked ancient, but still in surprisingly good condition. A small, rather understated, placard was attached to faded grey brick to the right of the door, that read, ' MacFoeinaiugh Manor.'
"Mac...how the hell do you say that name again?"
"Mac-phew." Naomi laughed, "I do hope she's planning on keeping her own name..."
Emily looked round to see Gina walking down the gravel path to greet them, grinning from ear to ear, waving excitedly.
"The ceremony will be out here." Naomi's Mum said, pointing to the lush green carpet of grass spread out in front of the mansion, her face glowing with happiness. Naomi hugged her mother tightly. Emily stood slightly awkwardly, not knowing weather or not to hug Gina too, but before she had time to decide, the blonde woman was tightly embracing her as well. "Glad you could come Emily." She said cheerily.
"It's a really beautiful place Gina." Emily grinned,
"Isn't it just perfect?" She asked wistfully, letting out a satisfied sigh, "Ten days...ten days to go."
Gina dabbed the corner of her eye lightly with back of her hand as she teared up a little. Naomi and Emily smiled at one another.
"We'll now, who arrr these two loovely ladies?" A woman said in a thick Irish accent.
"Oh, Rose, this is Naomi, and Emily. Girls, this is Keiran's grandmother."
"Ohhhh, don't ya look just like ya mother." Rose exclaimed, patting Naomi's cheek softly. "And who might you be?" She asked with a friendly grin, completely oblivious to her rudeness.
"I'm Emily, I'm...erm, a friend of Naomi's." Emily could see Naomi smirking at her from the corner of her eye.
"My gosh Emily, is ya hair meant ta be that colour?!" The old woman asked, slightly concerned. Emily nodded smiling.
"Nana, would ya leave those poor girls alone.....Is she tormenting you?" Keiran asked. They both laughed and shook their heads, "Good," He continued. "Let me show you around the place, you can meet everyone."
Looking 'around the place and meeting everyone' took nearly the whole day. The building seemed even bigger inside, decorated with an abundance old edwardian furniture and ancient looking portraits hanging from the walls. It looked like something straight out of a period drama. Emily adored it, whist Naomi got bored with it all within the first half an hour.
They were introduced to various members of the family; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, second cousins. The whole of Dublin seemed to be staying at the mansion. Most of they family was incredibly welcoming to them, everyone had only arrived days before, so the mood around the place was high.
Suprisingly, quite a few of Keiran's family seemed to be from money. A couple of them, his cousins, sure acted like they were. Emily had to not so gentfully nudge Naomi every time she could tell the blonde was about to say something rude to one of them. Naomi hated snobs, and she hated even more having to suck up to them.
Finally after meeting everyone, Keiran's sister, Claire, had told them that she'd show them both to their room. Naomi and Emily tried hard to not look so completely relieved about this, but figured they'd failed miserably when Claire laughed at their expressions once she'd told them.
"Right this one should be....oh." Claire let out a big sigh. The room, like every other they'd had been to before, wasn't empty, two of the three beds had clothes strew all over them. A young man walked in from the bathroom brushing his teeth. He looked about 20 or so, not very tall but well built, light hazel eyes and short dark brown hair.
He stopped, looking awkwardly at the three of them starting at him. Especially Claire, who seemed quite taken by his obvious good looks.
"...Hi." He muffled, toothbrush still in his mouth.
"Sorry um..."
"Adam." He stated,
"Right, Adam, I thought this room was free..."
"Sorry, Me and Rachel are in here. There's a spare bed though." He pointed to one of the beds with his toothbrush. He didn't have the Irish accent like everyone else, he sounded like he was from the south of England somewhere. Claire nodded looking around the room,
"Oh, silly me, this is Naomi, Gina's daughter...and her friend Emily." They both waved awkwardly, Adam smiled,
"Nice to meet you both." He began brushing his teeth again.
Claire sighed, placing her hand on her forehead. "There's a few beds free, maybe we can move some people around...."
"Oh you don't have to..." Emily stopped suddenly, she kicked herself. 'Damn her politeness' she thought.
"You wouldn't mind?"
"Um...I.." She, didn't know what to say,
"Ah well then, Naomi you can stay with Rachel and Adam? And Emily, you can stay with...Auntie Jane and her daughter? You met them earlier." Claire smiled widely and exhaled, relieved.
"Yeah...that's fine I guess..." Naomi muttered, finding it hard to hide her disappointment, but not wanting to make a bad impression on their first day there.
"Ok, well, Emily you come with me, It's just down the hall." Emily nodded and gave Naomi an apologetic look before following the woman out into the hallway. Naomi stood and waited to see which room Emily was staying in and made a mental note of it.
She threw her suitcase onto her bed and opened it up.
"So..." Adam said sitting down. Naomi rolled her eyes, 'Oh christ, here comes the awkward small talk.'
"Where're you from?"
"Bristol." She replied, paying more attention to unpacking her things than him.
"And your friend?"
"Same." She opened the draw to one of the small dressers next to the bed and put a few t-shirts in.
"You're not much of a talker are you."
"hmm yeah." She mumbled.
After a few seconds of silence she turned around. Adam looked down and chuckled lightly.
"Sorry, I...It's just been a long day." She smiled, sitting down on her bed, realizing she should at least try to make an effort.
"So....um....who's Rachel? Your girlfriend?"
"No, no, she my sister." He laughed, "Actually, we're going out to town tonight if you wanna come....and your friend if you want."
"Thanks, but...I think I'll stay in tonight, I'm pretty worn out."
"Well...we're here for a few weeks, so plenty of time." He grinned and looked over to the door.
"Hi." A girl, who Naomi assumed was Adam's sister, walked in. She looked a lot like her brother, the same light eye's and dark hair, her's shoulder length and wavey.
"Rachel this is Naomi, Gina's daughter. She's staying in here."
"Oh right, hi. I think I saw you earlier....I would have said hello but you looked a bit overwhelmed meeting everyone."
"Yeah, it was a lot to take in." She laughed.
"Well, we're only like, second cousins...by marriage...or something...I forget. I don't know who half the people down there are." Naomi chuckled, finally feeling a bit more at ease. Rachel glanced over to Adam,
"He's not annoying you is he? My little brother over there."
"Seriously Rach, stop with the little brother thing." He turned to Naomi, "She's only two years older, I'm twenty one."
"No, he's not annoying me." She laughed.
"Hey you should come out with us tonight! There are so many fit Irish boy's round here you wouldn't believe." Naomi bit the inside of her mouth,
"I um..."
"Plus Keiran told us we have an uncle....Jonny? No..."
"Tommy." Adam interjected,
"Tommy yeah. He owns one of the clubs in town. Come on you gotta come." Naomi was surprised at how tempted she was,
"Maybe later this week?" But she couldn't pass up the opportunity to have the room to herself for the whole night.
"Aww, you sure?" Naomi nodded smiling, "Alright." Rachel smiled. She gazed down at her watch,
"It's nearly eight, Adam, you better start getting ready." She looked over at Naomi, "It takes him fucking ages, the tart."
They had only been apart for about two hours and Emily hated it already. She was still annoyed with herself for earlier, if it wasn't for her putting her foot in it, they would be in their own room right now, their own bed. No, instead she was forced to suffer while Naomi got to know her new friends and family. She had never felt more out of place, being referred to as 'Naomi's friend' the whole day, an after thought a lot of the time. But this wasn't about her she thought, she wanted Naomi to get on with everyone, to have a good time. Even if it meant feeling like shit because she didn't belong.
Emily looked up, hearing a light tapping coming from outside, that pulled her out of her thoughts. She glanced over to the two beds as he got up, both women fast asleep. Quietly, she walked over to the door and opened it slowly.
"What are you doing?" She whispered, grinning widely.
"It's only half nine," Naomi scoffed, "Anyway, I came to get you. Come on." She took Emily's hand,
"Where are we going?" She asked, confused.
"Not far." Naomi assured her looking back smiling wickedly.
"Where are your roommates?" Emily asked, looking around the bedroom.
Naomi locked the door and leaned back against it, just smiling back at her. Emily walked over to her slowly,
"Well?" She asked again, this time her voice was low and husky.
"Not here." Naomi smirked, tugging the waistband of Emily's pajama bottoms, pulling her in close.
"These really are some sexy Pjs." She mocked, pulling at the corner of the pink cotton shirt,
"Hey, they're Katie's." Emily pouted, "They were all I could find."
"Mmm" Was all Naomi replied, reaching for the lowest button on the shirt, her fingers brushing lightly against the redheads skin underneath as she opened it. Emily let out a soft moan before grabbing Naomi's hands,
"What about your roommates?" She whispered,
"They've gone out. They won't be back for hours." She leaned in, planting her lips on Emily's neck.
"We can't...we can't risk it." Emily breathed, struggling to convince herself too, her skin burning up under every kiss.
Naomi undid another button on Emily's top, and placed both her hands on her stomach,
"You sure?" She teased, caressing the soft skin with her thumbs.
Emily couldn't bare it any longer, she lightly lifted Naomi's chin away from her neck and up to her face. She kissed her deeply, moving her hand round into Naomi's hair. She moaned heavily as she felt Naomi's hands travel up and down her body, finally undoing the last button on her shirt, sliding it off her shoulders gently, letting it fall the the floor.
"Mmm, now that we're in agreement," Naomi teased, breaking the kiss, "Can we just concentrate on getting you in my bed now please?"
Emily licked her bottom lip slightly and nodded slowly, a small grin forming across her face.
