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Emily stood over the bowl filled with bright pink punch and laughed, she got herself and Noami a drink each from it.
"You owe me for this." Naomi whispered into Emily's ear from behind her, poking her side gently. Emily turned round and lifted her eyebrows suggestively handing Naomi her drink. Emily coughed and put her hand to her mouth after tasting the large amount of alcohol the punch had been spiked with,
"Ugh, that's disgusting!" She said frowning, Noami laughed agreeing with her. They looked over to their friends in the middle of the dance floor; amongst dozens of people jumping around, all of them had obviously had far too much punch. Pandora and JJ were bopping up and down trying to talk to each other over the loud music and laughing. Freddie and Thomas were downing a few drinks, Effy looked on swaying to the music by herself. As the song ended a new one began blaring around the large hall, the intoxication clearly making the old pop songs seem fantastic to everyone.
"Oh my god!" Naomi laughed shouting over the music looking embarrassed, Emily looked at her inquisitively.
"I used to love this song." Emily laughed at the blonde, recognising the song was C'est la Vie by some cheesy nineties band called Bewitched.
"Hey! I was like, six. Don't make fun of me!" Emily gave her a wicked grin and took another sip of her drink, momentarily forgetting what it tasted like,
"Ugh!" She said again, wiping her mouth. She looked back at Naomi who was unconsciously moving to the song.
"Your such a loser!" She said playfully. Naomi giggled and stuck her tongue out at Emily and smirked,
"Come on," Naomi said as she placed her drink down. She held out her hand. "Come be a loser with me." Emily smiled and reached out to Noami's hand.
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Katie walked out of the bathroom. Her head was spinning and the loud music made her feel sick. She looked around the hall, her eyes falling on her twin in the middle of the dance floor amongst the large crowd, smiling from ear to ear jumping up and down, flapping her arms, dancing like you would do when you where kids. Katie smiled and started walking towards her, but stopped once she saw who her sister was smiling so brightly at. Naomi stood opposite, mirroring Emily's childish dance moves, laughing uncontrollably. Katie's smile fell, she thought Noami wasn't coming? That's what her sister assured her. Her minded raced, the drugs she took from Cook earlier still flowing through her body.
She thought back to the day she heard Freddie talking to Emily about JJ. How she had planned to tell Noami about it this very night in front of everyone. But, she thought, things had changed over a few days, Noami wasn't going to come and she and Emily had been getting on pretty well. She looked back at her sister. They were now joined by the rest of their friends, all laughing and enjoying themselves. Katie went to walk back into the bathroom, her eyes falling on a handbag with a bottle of what looked like cheap whiskey in it. Katie bent down and quickly took the bottle from the bag and continued to the bathroom.
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Naomi laughed at the sight of Emily dancing in front of her, knowing that she probably looked equally as ridiculous.
"See it's not that bad!" Emily shouted seeing that she was enjoying herself.
"Huh?" Naomi replied not hearing her. Emily closed the space between them placing a hand on Naomi's shoulder to steady herself,
"I said it's not that bad is it?" Naomi pouted, shrugging her shoulders,
"It's ok i guess......" She joked. They both laughed. Naomi looked down noticing Emily's hand still on her shoulder. She looked back at Emily, the girls gaze too on her own hand; but she left it there.
"I'm glad you came." Emily said over the music.
"Me too."
"What made you change your mind?" The redhead asked, Naomi paused before smiling.
She placed her hand on Emily's waist and the other on her shoulder pulling her towards her. The kiss was soft and slow. Emily's head felt light, a mixture of ecstasy and bliss whirling through her. Realising where they were, she pulled back and looked around, everyone was dancing, not even noticing them, apart from Effy who was dancing with Pandora. She gave Emily a smile before looking away. Emily look back at Noami, who's eyes were still fixed on her, they kissed once again this time with more passion. It was as if they were the only two people in the room, all the noise faded away, Emily's whole body tingled reacting the the feel of Naomi's mouth over hers. She moved her hand up to Naomi's neck, she felt the blonde breathe in deeply. Naomi's heart was pounding, feeling the heat rising to the surface of her skin. She felt the warmth of Emily's mouth leave hers, she opened her eyes slowly. Emily smiled at the look of disappointment in the Naomi's face.
"You wanna get out of here?" She asked. Naomi bit her bottom lip. Still breathing heavily, she nodded. Emily took Noami's hand in hers and they headed to the exit.
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Katie placed the empty bottle next to one of the sinks and stumbled out of the bathroom. She squinted at the sight of the flashing lights, placing her hand on the back of a chair for balance. She looked back up to see if her sister was still dancing with the others, she wasn't there. Instead she saw Freddie and Effy smiling and joking with one another.
"Fucking..." She swayed and readjusted her grip onto the chair, "Bastards." She slurred to herself. She walked towards the back of the hall were she saw her sister about the walk out of the doors.
"Hey!" She shouted as loud as she could, Emily turned around and walked towards Katie, recognising her voice.
"Where...where are you..." Katie trailed off,
"I'm..."
"Leaving? I can see that..." Katie spat. She looked over Emily's shoulder, Naomi walked through the doors and stood waiting. Katie smirked,
"Shouldn't you wait for JJ..." Katie slurred.
"No, i think he's ok." Emily chuckled, humouring her sister. Katie was still smiling,
"Huh. Well i thought....the last i heard, you two were fucking so......" Emily recoiled hearing her sisters words. She saw her sisters smile turn into a stare directed over her shoulder.
Emily jaw dropped slightly open, her stomach suddenly tied in knots as she felt a rush of dread fill her. She turned around to face who her sister was looking at.
Naomi's heart rose up to her throat as she stood motionless starting at Katie, who's smirk faded as if she was already regretting the outburst. She saw Emily slowly starting to walk towards her, but Naomi backed away running out of the hall.
Emily closed her eyes and swallowed hard. She felt physically sick, she placed her fingertips on her temples and clenched her jaw. She felt a hand on her shoulder,
"Em's i..."
"Don't!" Emily spat back, glaring at her sister, "Don't you fucking dare...." Katie looked down at the floor regrettably.
"You're meant to be my fucking sister!" Emily's voice broke, "How could you do this to me?!?" She cried, her eyes filling with tears.
"I...I'm sorry." Katie pleaded. Emily shook her head and ran out of the doors.