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"Mum?" Emily said breathlessly.
"Emily....come here now. We're going." Her mother said angrily, Emily looked at Naomi quickly and mouthed 'I'm sorry.' Leaving the blonde sitting on the floor looking shocked.
"What an earth were you.....god, i don't even want to know. Come on." Emily's mum snapped clasping her daughter arm.
"Excuse me, hang on a second...what exactly is the problem here?" Gina asked, putting her arm round her daughter as Naomi walked over to her. The dark haired woman shot an angry glance at them and lowered her voice,
"My daughter is not a..."
"A lesbian mum?" Emily shouted, smirking. Naomi couldn't help but let out a small giggle, she flashed Emily an almost proud grin.
"Emily! We're going now! I suggest you keep your daughter away from mine...." She threatened.
"I suggest that you bother actually talking to your daughter!" Gina shouted as the woman dragged Emily out of the house.
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"Just go to your room Emily." Her mother said, closing the front door and pinching the bridge of her nose. Emily stood at the bottom of the stairs defiantly.
"You can't be serious, mum...I'm sixteen, what..."
"I don't care, i said..."
"You caught Katie in bed with a guy the other month..."
"Yes, Emily a guy." She shouted. Emily recoiled at her mother's reaction, anger rising through her body,
"So let me get this right, Katie's ex, who was a complete fucking asshole by the way, got your blessing, but you catch me with someone, who by the way, is the smartest, most compassionate person i have ever meet in my life, and you go crazy just cause she's a fucking girl?"
"Emily, don't you dare speak to your mother like that, what an earth is going on?" Her father asked looking concerned, trying to calm to situation in front of him.
"I'm gay dad, and mum thinks its the end of the fucking world." Emily looked at her dad, he smiled at her for a second before looking over to his wife's stern look.
"Emily....give me and your mother a minute." He pleaded. Emily looked over at her mother once more staring at her hard expression before running up to her room.
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Katie walked into the front room. She had tried to ask Emily what was wrong when she burst into their bedroom. But she didn't get an answer. Her parents were both sat on the sofa, her mother clutching a rather large glass of wine.
"What's going on?" Katie asked.
"Katie, did you know about your sister?" Her father asked her softly,
"What about her?" She replied, not having a clue what they were talking about.
"I caught her...she was...kissing another girl." Her mother explained. Katie couldn't hide her growing smile, she felt a wave of relief rush over her, realising that her sister must have made up with Naomi. But she quickly felt terrible for her twin as she looked at their mother.
"You knew?" Her mum asked damningly,
"Yeah, i knew." Katie replied,
"Why didn't you say anything?" Her mother seemed confused by Katie's demeanor. Katie grew angry at her mothers tone, she instinctively felt the need to defend her sister,
"Because....it's none of my business, I'm sure she would have told you in her own time. Whats the big deal anyway?" Her mother didn't respond, she just took another large sip of wine.
"I bet your Aunt Mary will love this....having a lesbian for a daughter....what will everyone think?"
"You've got to be kidding me?!?! Get over yourself! Don't you think she's gone through enough without you freaking out on her? Why can't you just be happy for her?"
"Because..." Her mother hesitated, not sure what to say,
"Because what mum?" Katie insisted.
Katie's dad looked at her mother also, his eyebrows raised as if he wanted a reason too.
"Ugh, i'll get it." Katie said, hearing a knock at the door.
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"Have you got a death wish?!?!" Katie whispered, stepping outside, pulling the front door to.
"I just want to see her." Naomi replied,
"Katie who is it?" Katie looked over her shoulder, "Just erm...no one mum...wrong house." She shouted. Katie looked at Naomi and couldn't help feel like she needed to redeem herself, helping her was a start she guessed,
"The window cleaner came this morning." Katie said quietly, "The ladder should be in the garden." Naomi smiled gratefully and nodded. Katie walked back in the house and shut the door.
Naomi walked round to the side of the house and grabbed the handle of the large wooden door.
"Shit." she said shaking the metal handle. But that wasn't going to stop her. She took a deep breath before reaching up grabbing the top of the wooden fence to her right. She swung her left foot over to the handle and placed her left hand onto the top of the door. She tried to get her balance, but suddenly, she fell to the ground with a thud.
"Owww fucking hell!" She said under her breath, she got up surveying the damage on both herself and the door. The handle had buckled under her weight and had broken off, Naomi swore under her breath once more rubbing the top of her left leg and pushed the door open. 'The things i do for you Emily Fitch' she said to herself, shaking her head.
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Emily leaned her ear against her bedroom door. At least their wasn't any shouting, she thought walking back over to her bed. She sat down and sighed. She was so busy feeling angry at her mother, that the pain hadn't hit her yet. How can a mother reject her daughter like that? Just for being who she is? She laid on her back and closed her eyes. Her mum was always strict, but she never let her daughters wonder how much she loved them, telling them she'd love them no matter what. And here she was, feeling like her mother was completely abandoning her, when all she wanted was acceptance. She'd gone through so many scenarios in her head on how she would tell them. She wished she been braver and told them sooner, she sighed. 'Why the hell did i put the fucking address on that note? Very fucking cleaver.' Emily told herself sarcastically.
She sat up, a sound catching her attention, she looked over to the window next to Katie's bed, where a blonde head could be seen coming into view. She walked over too the window and saw Naomi peer in. Emily burst into a fit of laughter at the sight. Naomi frowned jokingly, signaling for Emily to open the large window in front of her. Emily quickly did so, careful not to hit Naomi in the process.
"What are you doing here?" She whispered, sitting down on her sisters bed.
"Are you ok?" Naomi asked, Emily's shoulders hunched forward and she laughed again.
"Look, i'm up this fucking ladder for you ok?" Not quite believing what she was doing herself.
"I...How did you even get here so fast?" She chuckled,
"I may have cycled....like a maniac." Naomi said pouting,
Emily smiled, "I..."
"Emily, i want to speak with you please." Emily's mother said from the other side of the door.
"Shit." She whispered looking at Naomi, who was trying to stop herself from laughing, from fear of getting caught, but also from fear of falling off the less than sturdy structure beneath her. Emily smiled and placed a hand on either side of Naomi's head, gently pulling her into a kiss, not intending for it to deepen she tried to pull back, but her body didn't listen to her. She moaned as she heard a knock on the door.
"Emily, don't ignore me." She heard, Emily turned her head to face the door, clearing her throat,
"Just a minute." She said, her voice wavering under the gentle kisses Naomi placed on her neck.
"You better go." She whispered between short rushed kisses, Naomi suddenly paused, her eyes fixed on the girl in front of her.
"Naomi!" She whispered laughing. The blonde returned her smile, but seemed distant from the humour,
"I love you." Naomi whispered softly.
"Emily!" her mother shouted, banging on the door. Emily took no notice, her attention complete focused on the girl in front of her. She tried to regain her breath from what she had just heard, she'd never seen anyone look as vulnerable as Naomi did right now, her piercing blue eye's staring up into hers. Emily smiled, her eye's welling up slightly,
"I love you too."