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Chapter 3: You are happy....arent you?
"Oh, err, umm?!" stammered Naomi
Emily's appearance hadn't change much from college, her hair was the same and from what she was wearing it seemed her sense of style hadn't change much either, everything was almost like it was back then for the exception of a plain looking girl seeming clinging to her arm.....
"I thought .... I would just come over and sa..."
Before Emily could finish her sentence a cold voice spoke slowly from behind them
"Naomi....." Leanne held out her out stretched arm in the direction of Naomi who looked like she had just seen a ghost
Emily turned round to see Leanne standing there completely focused on Naomi
"Oh God....I.....I didn't know ....you were...." Emily stuttered as she slowly stepped back seemingly spooked at Leanne's presence
"Your coming with Naomi" Leanne instructed
Naomi was dumb struck, Emily wasn't meant to be here.....
Before Naomi had chance to acknowledge the situation Leanne grabbed her arm and pulled her away to a nearby corridor
Naomi leant up against a locker and put her hands up to her pale face trying to regain some composure, Naomi wasn't prepared for this, Emily wasn't even meant to be there.... Effy said....
Leanne was pacing up and down the corridor hurriedly talking to herself
"I knew this would happen, I knew it, why would she come here!? Why, I thought I told her.... I told her what would happen if she.....why is this happening...it's a game.....ha that's it... she trying to mess with me....with us....but ha..... I know....!"
"Leanne what are you .... talking about?"
"Look we should go.....yeah...yeah lets go back to your's, its late we'll get some food just chill out....just you and me......I'll go call a taxi!" Leanne rushed off down the corridor in search of a phone
Naomi was confused, why had she reacted like that at seeing Emily, maybe it was just shock, that must have been it, it was just because she hadn't seen her in so long and she wasn't expecting it...
Naomi took a deep breath and walked down the now empty corridor, she focused on her surroundings,
"Jesus this place hasn't changed at all..... there's the old politics room and our old canteen even the lockers are the ........"
Naomi's heart jumped again....
"....same...."
It was Katie's old locker.....
Naomi stared at the locker, the sound of the music coming from the hall was fading in Naomi's head as she slipped into a trance as memories of the passionate kiss her and Emily shared against the locker came flooding into view....
"Naomi, Naomi are you ok!?" Shouted Effy
Naomi jumped, Effy's shouting brought her out of her trance
"I've been looking for you everywhere, I'm so sorry I didn't know she was gonna be here, where's Leanne!?"
"Erm, I don't know, I think we're gonna go......i'll meet you back at the flat later Effy, say bye to the guys for me!" Naomi walked towards the door and out into the cold night air
"Right that's it!" Effy mumbled as she stormed down the corridor and back into the hall
Cook and Pandora, oblivious to what was happening seemed to be having a good time as they encouraged Robert to dance with them
"Fucking hell it's J! I didn't know you were coming come give the cookie monster some love!" Cook ran over to JJ who had just entered the hall and gave him a hug. "How's it going J? You still on those mad pills!?" laughed Cook
"If you mean my prescription medication then yes I unfortunately am, it seems my calculations on the percentage decrease of the dosage due to the heightened immune system against the rate of age were dramatically incorrect" replied JJ
"As long as your still doing that mad magic J....come on let's get a drink and get this party fucking started!"
Cook dragged JJ to the drinks table leaving Pandora and Robert in awkward conversation
"What do you think you are doing here!?" Effy shouted as she caught up with Emily and her date by the toilets
"Effy.....I just...I.."
"You what? You wanted to ruin the night for everybody, don't you think you've fucked her up enough!?"
Emily's worried looking companion quickly stepped into the toilets leaving Emily and Effy alone in the corridor
"Look Effy it's not like that, please I just need to talk to her to explain..."
"Explain what Emily, explain why your hurt her, why your left and didn't even apologise, she might not have the guts to tell you but I saw what you did to her how you left her...broken!"
"Please Effy, you don't understand, you don't know what happened....not really!"
Effy took some deep breaths and calmed down
"Look Emily, I think it's just best that you leave!"
"I didn't mean to cause any trouble, please I need to speak to her, I know...I know you hate me but please, please just give her this" Emily held out a piece of paper with a phone number scrawled on it in red lipstick
"What's this?" Questioned Effy, "Why should I do you any favours!?"
"It's my number, please Effy, surely I have the right to explain to her what happened...she needs to know!" Emily's eyes started to fill with tears as she looked desperately at Effy.
"Please Effy!"
With that Effy took the paper and Emily and her date left....
A day had passed and Emily's note was still hidden within a drawer in Effys room
Leanne had become noticeably more protective and obsessed with Naomi since what had happened at the reunion, Effy could see that Naomi had gone into herself a lot more and hardly spoke
"Naomi, you are....happy aren't you!?"
Naomi looked up at Effy sat at the dining room table, but said nothing
"You are happy...with Leanne I mean!?" questioned Effy looking concerned
"I.....I ...... it's just, it's getting too much, I feel suffocated..... I need space, space to think!" Naomi said quietly
It was clear to Effy that Naomi hadn't got over seeing Emily that night, she never talked to Effy about it, she just spent what time she could get on her own, in her room, Effy had noticed the old Round View stuff had gone too...
"Where's our old Round View stuff!?" Effy asked trying to lighten the conversation
"Oh it's.....it's in my room"
Just then Naomi's phone rang,
"Leanne?" Effy questioned
"Yeah..... I'll have to take this....." Naomi sighed and stepped out the flat.
Effy couldn't help it, she took the chance and went into Naomi's room, the Round view stuff was nowhere to be seen, Effy sighed and sat on Naomi's bed, she picked up a book that was nearby, and thumbed through it she found what seemed to be a book mark
"Oh my...." whispered Effy
Effy quietly gasped as she realised what she had found wasn't a bookmark, it was a note....."Emily slept here=)"
Effy placed the note back in the book and left Naomi's room, it was clear that Naomi had been thinking about Emily and that must be why she had been so reclusive....
"Great, she's coming round again." Naomi mumbled as she steps back into the flat.
"What are you doing?" Naomi asked rather puzzled to why Effy was outside her room
"Look Naomi, I......I think there's something you should see...!"
Effy walked to her room and got Emily's note from the top drawer and passed it to Naomi,
Naomi looked at the note
"What's this!?
"It's from Emily, look Naomi,... I mean you just don't seem happy when your with Leanne....I think.....I think it might be best if you hear what she's got to say!... it's up to you, I just want the old Naomi back...."
Effy left Naomi and went back to her room
Naomi stood motionless staring at the number....
"Emily...." she whispered.