Today was Cook's birthday and the gang were sitting down at the bar together. Among them were Emily and Katie, Effy, JJ, Pandora, Freddie and the birthday boy, Cook. JJ was a shy and awkward boy, but he, Freddie and Cook were long time best mates. Freddie seemed to be quite normal while Cook on the other hand was completely wild. Already he had drank about a gallon of hard liquor and was making a scene, yelling and shouting cries of celebration. Pandora was like Effy's sidekick. She was a bit odd and naive, but she was nice. They had just sat down at the table when Naomi walks in. Emily had invited her with Cook's permission. Everyone stops talking at the sight of her, not that there had been much conversation before besides Cook's antics, and stares at her.

"Oh god, here comes the lezzie to gay us up." Katie spits under her breath just loud enough for everyone to hear. Cook watched her come and sit down with delighted anticipation. He looked like someone was about to deliver the punchline to the best joke in the world. It was how he often looked. He leans over to Naomi and says to her in a low voice..

"Want to know a secret?"

"What?" She replies shyly.

"I know the cure.." He says naughtily. Naomi just looks up at him trying not to smile nervously. She was the odd one out. She didn't know anyone there except for Emily who had invited her. Katie hated her and everyone else knew her as 'the lesbian' which wasn't even true. She didn't even know why she agreed to this. She had to make friends somehow she supposed. She already had a guess to what he might be referring to, but she chose to ignore it.

"The cure for what?" She says pouting.

"It's my cock!" He snickers. Katie is the first to laugh. Everyone else chuckles at it. Naomi just rolls her eyes and crosses her arms which she usually does when she is annoyed. After a few more drinks and cake which cook had gobbled all by himself while the rest just watched appalled, they headed to a private party. Cook had caused a brawl, Pandora ate a whole bag of drugs not knowing you were supposed to snort only a fraction of the amount and Naomi left in a huff seeing that the party was only going to get lamer...

"Naomi, wait!" Emily said rushing after her outside of the building.

"What?" She says, turning around and crossing her arms as she usually does on the defensive.

"Where are you going?" She asks sadly

"Home" Naomi responds pointedly.

"Don't go.." She begs

"Why not?" Naomi questions. They stare at each other for a while. Naomi as if to say, go on I dare you, and Emily pleadingly.

"I don't know.. because." Naomi's face says 'that's what I thought' with a slight smirk. Her face then turns more serious and she asks..

"Why does your sister think that I'm gay."

"I'm sorry." She says softy, almost a whisper. She searches Naomi's eyes desperately. She wanted her to stay, but she knew that she had a reason for being upset.

"See you around." Naomi says before turning to walk away in a huff. Emily can only stare after her longingly..

After Katy had decided to leave, Emily followed after her. The Fitch sisters arrived home tired. It wasn't even that late; it was barely 10 o'clock. Emily was feeling worn out after the long day and thought a shower might help her feel better, but by the time she got to the bathroom Katy was already in there. At least she didn't have to kick her brother's ass for peeping she thought to herself. She was way too tired to deal with that nonsense. Dragging herself down the hallway and into her room, she finally reached the bed. She didn't even bother to change into her pajamas. She just lay there thinking about what Naomi had said, and what her eyes had said before. She began to feel the familiar fear she often felt at the prospect of people thinking she was gay. She wasn't gay, she just... she didn't know. She didn't like to think about it either. She tried to ignore the whole thing, but now that Naomi was around it was much harder to ignore than ever.

5 minutes had passed and the whole battle in her head was leaving her a bit restless. Perhaps she would have that shower after all, that is if Katie was going to be out any time soon. It was then that she remembered the box under her bed. The forbidden box she had created. The one with the beautiful pictures in it. No, they weren't beautiful she thought to herself. she was simply satisfying a secret curiosity, yet she couldn't help but wince as the lie she was telling herself began to sound even more unconvincing the more she used it on herself. Once again she chose to ignore it, but she couldn't help herself from reaching for the box. She sat there on her bed, staring at the box sitting in her lap for a moment. Katie had been in the shower for 7 minutes and she knew she would still be awhile. She just stared at the box forebodingly, almost too afraid to open it for fear of what she might feel and what she might not be able to deny any longer. She knew she liked looking at the pictures. She liked them too much she thought. She mustn't she thought, but her thoughts were interrupted then when she realized that the lock she had so carefully placed had been cracked. Her eyes widened and her face grew pale. She swallowed and broke out in a cold sweat. Someone had seen what was in the box. She was just about to look and see if anything had gone missing when she heard her sister coming out of the bathroom. She had been too distracted to even notice the shower being turned off. She quickly shoved the box back under her bed and faced away, pretending that nothing was wrong. She pretended to be asleep.

Katie slipped into her bed none the wiser. She had turned off the lights and it was pitch dark. Emily drifted to sleep eventually, but it was a struggle. Her mind was freaking out about who might know her little secret and of what they might think or of what they might say or do. God forbid it was Katie she prayed. That night her sleep was anything but peaceful...

Cheers for the third chapter! :D Hope you guys like it! I noticed I have 2 followers which is pretty awesome xD Please give me advice or feedback or something people, this is my first fic and it'd be awesome to see what y'all think. Thanks :)

As you might have noticed, I added a new part to this chapter after they left the party :) I thought it was a bit bland. Thanks Liz for the advice btw and
inspiring me to add this ending!