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Emily burst through the bathroom door. Her eye's falling to a body on the floor. The two teachers supervising the ball had been called, and they had placed Katie on her side in the recovery position. Pandora was being comforted by Thomas. Freddie and JJ stood looking shocked. The teachers were trying to get a response from her, but Katie looked unconscious. Emily ran over to her sister, kneeling down by her side. One of the teachers placed a hand on Emily's shoulder, explaining that Pandora had found her and that the ambulance was on it's way. But Emily couldn't hear them, the sounds around her muffled. She felt like she was being held underwater. Emily placed her hand on Katie's cheek, the blue skin covered in a cold sweat. She looked up slightly, seeing a large empty vodka bottle laying buy a pool of vomit. Emily felt physically sick she was so scared.
"Katie please!" She cried out.
Emily felt a large pair of hands around her waist pulling her away, her face met a man's sympathetic look, he said something to her, but she still couldn't concentrate, her eyes falling back to her sister. The man rushed over to Katie, joining a young woman who placed an oxygen mask over Katie's face. Emily leaned against the bathroom wall weeping not being able to bare seeing the horrific scene in front of her.
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Naomi sat down on the unfamiliar bed, reaching out to grab the mug being offered to her,
"Thanks."she said.
Effy sat down on the opposite end of her bed and crossed her legs, leaning against the wall. Naomi took a large sip from her mug of tea. Effy sat in silence, knowing the blonde would speak when she was ready. Naomi sighed, shifting her legs over onto the bed, mirroring Effy's position. Her eyes quickly darting over to the source of a beeping sound. Effy took the mobile out of her pocket and put it to her ear.
"What's happening?" Effy asked as calmly as possible, but still her voiced was laced with fear, "Oh......yeah...." Naomi stared at the brunette, holding her breath, "Ok....bye." Effy hung up, putting the phone back into her pocket.
"That was Panda, she's with Emily at the hospital....they think it's alcohol poisoning but....they don't know anything else yet." Naomi closed her eye's, resting her jaw in her hand. She couldn't imagine what Emily must be going through, how scared she must be. All she wanted to do was run down to the hospital, throw her arms around her and tell her everything was going to be ok. Naomi sighed and looked over to Effy. She met Effy's calm gaze, her eye's expectant.
"I guess you heard about what happened earlier." Naomi said taking another sip of tea. Effy blinked slowly, and nodded, she could see the blonde struggling, fighting an internal battle within herself. She rolled her eyes,
"Naomi. It's nearly three o' clock in the morning." Effy reached for her cigarettes, "Some crazy shit has just gone down, we're too fucking stressed out to sleep," She placed one in her mouth and lit it, "and your sitting there with a bunch of shit on your mind that your just bursting to talk to someone about." She handed Naomi a cigarette. Naomi lit it taking a long drag. Effy lifted her hand to Naomi gesturing for her to talk. Naomi smiled, she was so used to seeing Effy as the ice queen, who barley spoke and tried to make everyone think she didn't give a shit. But then again, she could still sense that Effy still hadn't fully sobered up yet. So she took the opportunity, relieved that she finally had someone to talk to, someone to just, listen. Naomi trapped her bottom lip between her teeth and sighed. She brought the cigarette to her mouth, breathing in the warm smoky air.
"The thing with JJ...i understand what she did. It's just, when i first heard, all these emotions......feelings....they just came bursting out..."Effy could see the blonde hesitate before carrying on,
"I'm in love with her Effy." She said exhaling, she searched the girls face sat opposite her for a reaction, she didn't get one.
"I....I'm in love with her so much i can't take it....." Naomi looked down and swallowed hard, trying to get rid of the lump forming in her throat.
"The way she can just look at me and....i get fucking butterflies." Effy put the white stick to her mouth once more, Naomi continued, "I've never felt that before....for anyone. Not even close." She said looking strained,
"Why's that so bad?" Effy asked in a monotone voice, Naomi furrowed her brow,
"Because, i...I've been with guys before but...it just...it felt wrong, like i was trying to be someone....something i wasn't; And...when I'm with Emily...it just....it feels right."
Flashback
Emily sat in the dim cloak room under the stairs. It was tiny and had a faint smell of damp. But at least she could hear herself think, the loud music outside now a faint sound. Katie was out there somewhere, flirting with a group of guys no doubt. Emily sighed and took a swig of beer, asking herself what on earth she was doing here. But she knew the reason. The girl with the blonde hair. Naomi. The girl she couldn't stop thinking about. They'd only spoken briefly a few times before, but it was enough, enough for her to drive her crazy. She frowned, wondering what she thought was actually going to happen tonight anyway. She was just being stupid she told herself. She stood up and reached for the door handle, only for it to be opened before her, a girl walking through it. Emily stood back, leaning against the wall. The girl shut the door behind her and looked up surprised,
"Huh?" She said to herself. She looked at Emily.
"This isn't the bathroom is it.." The blonde laughed. The corners of Emily's mouth slowly turned up and she shook her head. Naomi closed her eyes smiling to herself. Emily bit her lip, not knowing what to say.
"Then...what are you doing in here?" She laughed. Emily looked a little embarrassed, Naomi noticed, thinking she looked cute. She shook her head, trying to stop those kind of thoughts, she just was just a bit tipsy, that's all, she reminded herself.
"I, i just realized that....I'd rather be in here, than have to face those idiots out there...." She said, playing with the label on her bottle.
"Hey, I'm not an idiot!" Naomi teased, knowing what the redhead meant.
"No." Emily said, "No your not." She went slightly red, the words coming out more intense that she had intended.
"I'd better...." "I'm gonna..." They both spoke at the same time, giving excuses to leave, both stepping towards to door. Their faces were now inches from one another. Emily could feel Naomi's hot breath on her skin. She felt a wave rush over her, a force grabbed her, everything in her body telling her to kiss Naomi.
Naomi's stomach tingled in response to the way the girl was gazing at her. She looked down at Emily's soft rosy lips, her heart raced as she saw that the girl was about to kiss her. Her eyes closed as she felt Emily's lips capture hers causing a rush to go to her head, her lips parting slightly, before she felt the girl pull away. Naomi opened her eye's slowly, Emily looked down on the floor in a panic,
"I...i..." She looked up at Naomi and shook her head, "I'm sorry." Emily blurted before running out. Naomi leaned up against the wall, closing her eyes she let out a shaky breath.
"Ever since the first time she kissed me...ever since then it's....it's just made me so fucking confused." She explained. She looked at Effy, her expression unreadable still,
"Just give it time." Effy said calmly, "You might not get it now, but you will." She gave Naomi a small smile.
"I thought you were meant to be a bitch?" She joked, warmed by the girls comforting words.
"I am." Effy replied with raised eyebrows as if to question what made Naomi think that she wasn't. Naomi grinned getting up and putting her cigarette out in the ashtray.
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Emily looked at the clock on the wall, it was nearly four. The last thing they'd heard from the doctors was that Katie had alcohol poisoning. Her parent's had been called in to talk to the Doctor again. Freddie walked over to her handing her a coffee, readjusting his jacket around Emily's shoulders. She smiled at Freddie thanking him. He looked over to the side of Emily, laughing a little.
"I'll ring Thomas, tell him to come get her." He whispered. Emily nodded looking at Pandora strewn over three chairs, snoring rather loudly. Freddie went outside to phone Thomas passing her parents on the way. Emily looked up, terrified of the possible news that was coming. Her dad's arm was round her mothers hunched shoulders, he looked at his daughter.
"They pumped her stomach." He said solemnly, "They sent of for some tests, to see..." His voice broke, her mum put her hands to her face. She had never seen her mother like this before, she was always the strict one, never showing any sign of weakness. But now she was in tears. Her father cleared his throat,
"We need to wait for the test results, to see if there's any long term damage. Apparently she had amphetamine....speed, in her blood...it might have caused some complications."
"Did you know about this?" Her mother looking at her sternly, "The drugs?"
"No!" Emily shouted, rilled by her mother's accusing tone.
"Stop it, please. We have to be strong for you sister." Her dad pleaded.
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They waited impatiently for over an hour and a half. Thomas had picked up Pandora and Freddie an hour ago; Freddie offered to stay with her, but Emily, appreciating the kindness that he'd already shown, insisted he go home and get some rest. Emily saw her parents jump to their feet, she saw a doctor walking down the corridor towards them, looking through a clip board and back up at her mum and dad.
"What's happening? Have you got the test results?" Her mother asked anxiously,
"Katie's alcohol levels were alarmingly high. She's extremely lucky to be alive." He said,
"Is she ok?" Emily asked, scared of what answer she might get.
"We'll keep her in for observation for a couple of days. But the tests results showed that she has no long term damage; she's fine." He assured them.
Her father thanked the doctor repeatedly holding her mother in a tight embrace. Emily sat down feeling completely drained of energy and breathed a sigh of relief. Her mind suddenly flashing back to the chaos that her sister had caused earlier that night.