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Emily walked over to the door and peered into the room. Her sister was sat upright in the hospital bed, her dad beside her holding her hand while, from the sound of it, and by the look on Katie's face, her mother was giving Katie one of her 'talks'. Emily decided to interrupt, they'd been in there for nearly an hour and she guessed that being moaned at was the last thing her sister wanted.
She pushed the door open slowly. Her dad looked up and smiled, her mother gave her a frown.
"Can i talk to Katie please?" Emily asked her mother, who looked back at Katie with a stern look, before walking out, her dad fallowed.
"Thanks." Katie croaked wearily, looking at Emily, trying to gage her sisters mood.
"You ok?" Emily asked, seeming rather distant. Emily started to understand her parents anger at her sister, seeing her in the hospital bed because of her own stupidity was infuriating.
Katie nodded noticing her sister tone,
"My whole body aches and i feel like shit, but yeah, im ok." She smiled, trying to lighten the mood, it didn't work. Emily walked over to her sisters bed and sat down beside her.
"You could of died." She said after a short silence.
"I...I know." Katie said sadly,
"What were you thinking Katie?" Emily knew their parents had just spent an hour asking her all this but she couldn't help it, and she knew she had more chance of getting an explanation from Katie than her parents could.
"Things just....got out of hand...i didn't mean..." She coughed and held her throat. Emily picked up a glass of water on the table beside her, passing it to her sister.
"I guess that's cause of all the throwing up you did." Emily said harshly. Katie took a large sip and sighed, passing her sister the glass, receiving a small apologetic look from Emily.
"I'm sorry." Katie whispered sadly,
"Don't apologise to me, your the one in the hospital bed...."
"No, I'm sorry." Katie repeated. Emily looked at her before understanding what she was apologising for, "How is...is she ok?"
Emily looked down sadly, "I don't know." She said quietly.
"Em's i....i only did what i did because...." Emily looked back up at her sister, "Look at me!" She gestured to herself, "I'm a complete fuck up." Katie exclaimed,
"....i really liked Freddie you know." Emily gave her sister a sympathetic look, and placed her hand on Katie's gently, "I saw how happy you and Naomi were and....i just felt so alone, you've always been there for me Em's and i just felt like i was losing you." Emily bit her cheek feeling a pang of guilt in her chest.
"Katie, i swear i fucking hate you so much sometimes but....i'll never love you any less, unfortunately for me i don't have a choice in the matter. Your my sister, nothing will ever change that." Katie smiled gratefully at Emily, trying to stop her eye's from welling up, she quickly changed the subject.
"Mum's fucking seething you know, I bet she can't wait till I'm better, she's gonna rip my fucking head off!" She joked.
"Oh yeah your totally in the shit..." Emily teased giving her sister a wicked smirk.
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Emily walked up the steps of the porch and stood at the door. She smoothed her hair and took a deep breath before knocking lightly. She quickly turned around, walking back down the stairs.
"Hello?" A friendly voice said. Emily turned around and bit her cheek feeling slightly embarrassed, "It's Emily isn't it?"
"Yeah." Emily replied shyly, she looked over the woman's shoulder, a pair of eye's locked onto hers,
"Hi." Naomi said softly.
"Come in." Naomi's mum said smiling.
"No, i...i just came to..." Emily looked back at Naomi. Noticing the exchange in looks, Naomi's mother excused herself,
"Oops, i think that's the phone.." She said flashing Emily a quick smile before disappearing back into the house. Emily walked back up the steps to the door, Naomi walked to the entrance to meet her,
"How's Katie?" She asked looking concerned,
"She's doing ok." Emily replied. She tried to gage the blonde's mood, still not knowing how she felt about what had happened the night before. She saw her smile in response to Katie doing well, she smiled back nervously,
"I was um....i had to go home and pick up some stuff for her...." Emily explained, lifting the bag in her hands,
"I thought I'd come round before she gets back from the hospital...our parents have made it pretty clear that they're not letting us out of their sight." Emily slightly spat the last few words remembering the talk her parents had given her once she had been in to see her sister. Apparently they were not to leave the house until their parents could 'trust them to behave like responsible adults'.
"But you didn't do anything...." Naomi said confused,
"Overprotective parents; Don't you just love 'em." She said letting out a heavy sigh. Naomi laughed.
"Anyway i....i won't be around for a while." Emily said sadly, looking for a response from the girl in front of her,
"Maybe it's for the best, you know, let things....get back to normal." Naomi explained with a slightly sad, regretful look.
Emily didn't know how to take her words, what did she mean normal? She asked herself. Did Naomi just want to forget everything that had happened between them for the last month? Emily nodded slowly before smiling slightly, saying goodbye, she turned and walked down the stairs. Maybe a break was the best for the both of them she told herself.