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"But i hate going to stupid summer school." The boy sulked,
"For fucks sake, i'm not the one making you go am i?" Emily snapped back.
"It's still shit." He said kicking an empty can on the pavement, his bottom lip sticking out in protest.
"James don't swear." She sighed.
"You just.."
"I'm older....and don't argue." She insisted, smirking to herself. Emily grabbed his arm before crossing the road, he shrugged off her hold once they'd gotten the other side. They walked through the school gate.
"Just remember, if you get chucked out, mum will send you round to Aunt Mary's every day." Emily explained raising her eyebrows, the young boy shuddered,
"Ugh, i hate it there!" He huffed. Emily laughed at her brother, remembering all the time's she and Katie had to stay round there when their parents were working. Aunt Mary, her dad's older sister, made her mum look like Mother Teresa.
As they walked through the school yard a flood of memory's came back to Emily. She hadn't left long ago, but so much had changed since. She no longer walked behind Katie, like her shadow. She was her own person. She no longer shied away from speaking her mind and being true to herself. She remembered the time's she would walk into school, always arriving the same time as Naomi, purely coincidental of course, and how a small greeting smile from the girl could make her whole day worth while. Emily was shaken from her thoughts as she saw that same small smile on a girl walking towards her.
"Wow your alive." Naomi joked. Emily was slightly taken aback, not expecting to see her here. She laughed when she couldn't think of anything Witty to say.
"Who the hell are you?" James asked, Emily shoved her brother lightly, "Don't be so rude!"
"That's ok." Naomi smiled, she looked down at James "I'm Naomi. You must be the annoying little brother, right?" She asked grinning.
"Naomi." He paused, "Your the one that makes Emily cry all the time, right?" He replied. Emily widened her eye's and grabbed her brothers arm,
"I'll just take him in." Emily said blushing, before quickly dragging the boy through the entrance of the building.
Naomi looked back and bit her cheek, feeling a mixture of excitement, guilt and nervousness.
She saw the redhead appear a few minutes later. Naomi smiled at Emily's annoyed expression.
"Hi." Emily said exhaling before laughing slightly.
"Hi." Naomi replied. They both began walking out of the school,
"I had to drop off Kieran's bag, they needed an extra helper today so he came in." Naomi explained, "He's basically living with us now."
"At least the hippie's aren't there anymore though." Emily laughed,
"Yeah. I guess if i can tolerate them, i can tolerate anyone." Naomi grimaced slightly at the memory of her former housemates. Emily smiled, glancing quickly at the blonde as they walked.
"So your parents finally let you out then?" She asked, meeting Emily's gaze.
"Yeah, it's been like fucking Alcatraz for three weeks, it was driving me crazy." She replied sighing. Naomi's face lit up with a smile. 'God how she missed that smile' Emily thought.
"Well it was good to see you." Naomi said softly. Emily smiled shyly in response. They both stood silently at the crossing, knowing they had to go opposite ways.
"Do you wanna..." Naomi trailed off,
"I'd better get back." The redhead said sadly, "They'll probably send out a search party or something." Naomi nodded.
"I guess, i'll see you around then." She said, the statement more of a question than she intended.
"Yeah," Emily smiled, "Pending further house arrest...i will." They both grinned.
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Naomi stumbled into the kitchen and yawned as she sat down at the table.
"Good morning." She heard her mother say cheerfully,
"You seem very," Naomi looked at her mother, she was standing with her left hand held out in front of her, "...happy." She said slowly
"Kieran asked me to marry him last night!" He mum said almost jogging on the spot. Naomi stood up and went over to hug her,
"Oh my god, that's great mum!" Her mother smiled returning her daughters embrace.
"We're going to get married in a little church in Ireland and....oh, Naomi, it's going to be amazing. I'm so excited!" Naomi Smiled sitting back down.
"We're having a little engagement party tonight....maybe...you could invite Emily." Her mother said, Naomi narrowed her eyes slightly, suspicious at her mothers little smirk when she mentioned Emily.
"Maybe." She said smiling.
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Emily heard a loud shriek coming from upstairs. A series of heavy footsteps followed and Katie appeared in the lounge, a towel wrapped around her.
"Window cleaner?" Emily asked playfully,
"Yes, the window fucking cleaner. The bloody pervert, he does it on purpose i swear!" Katie shrieked. Emily laughed, glad to see her sister returning back to normal. Katie huffed before giving in and smiling slightly.
"You need to hurry up and take James to school. I had to take him yesterday!" Emily shouted as she heard her sister walk back up the stairs.
Emily looked down at her phone as it began to beep. She smiled gleefully at the text message.
Hi : )
can u make it round mine 2nite?
x
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"Thank god your here." Naomi said pulling Emily into the house.
"Why's that?" Emily looked into the front room, it was full of a group of forty-something adults dancing to....she had no idea, but it sounded awful. "Oh right" She laughed in response to the sight. They walked into the kitchen, Emily sat at the table while Naomi went over to the fridge taking out two beers. She opened the bottles and passed one to Emily.
"So what's the big occasion?" Emily asked taking a sip of beer.
"This is their engagement party."
"Wow." Emily said, "Are you ok with it?" She asked
"Yeah, he's nice enough, and if he makes my mum happy i can't complain."
"Oooh are my ears burning..." Naomi's mother said dancing into the kitchen, Emily let out a silent laugh at the sight.
"Congratulations um..Mrs..Cam" Emily kicked herself forgetting the woman's name.
"Oh please, call me Gina." She insisted, grinning. Emily smiled watching Gina dance back out of the kitchen, giving Naomi a small smile on her way. Naomi shook her head and laughed,
"She certainly looks happy." Emily grinned taking a sip of cold beer.
"Well oi can't help it if ya rugby teams fecking shite now can i?" A couple of large men walked into the kitchen, followed by a couple more.
"Mate, we're a top team, you Irish are just lucky..." One of the men replied.
"Ugh, come on." Naomi said rolling her eyes. She got up and grabbed a couple more beers from the counter.
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Any anxiety Emily had before about being with Naomi had left her head once they'd finished their first couple of beers. Naomi was filling her in on what their friends were getting up to. Thomas and Panda slitting up, and Effy deciding to completely ignore both Freddie and Cook who had both fallen for the mysterious brunette, apparently she was torn between the two. Emily didn't care what they talked about though, she could listen to the girl talk about anything for hours.
They were both sitting on the floor, leaning against the base of Naomi's bed.
"Really, Kieron? He tried it on with you?" Emily giggled.
"Shhh" Naomi whispered. "I just put it down to seriously bad judgement on his part." She said.
"What the hell was he thinking though?" Emily laughed in dismay.
"Hey!" Naomi knocked her shoulder against Emily's lightly " Who can blame him anyway?" Naomi joked,
"True." Emily whispered quietly to herself. Naomi glanced at the girl beside her, her heart sped up as Emily faced her, a hint of shock on her face paired with desire. Naomi placed her hand lightly on Emily's increasingly flushed cheek and lightly brushed her lips against the girls, but she couldn't stand her own teasing. She brought the other hand shakily up to Emily's neck and pulled her in deeper, she quivered at the feel of Emily's tongue venture into her mouth, she sucked lightly, the redhead letting out a moan. She felt Emily pace her hand behind her ear, her fingers intertwined with her hair. Her body temperature raised as Emily sucked hard on her bottom lip.
"I've missed you so much." Naomi whispered between kisses. She didn't need to hear Emily's response, she felt it, as the girl kissed her deeper, harder, full of passion. Naomi thought she heard a sound around them, 'just the music' she thought. She opened her eyes, quickly breaking away from the kiss. Her mum stood with a skinny, dark haired woman, who was staring at Emily. Complete shock on her face.
"Mum?" Emily said breathlessly.