A/N: I know it's been a while since I updated so I hope you guys are ready for chapter 13. I sound like a broken record but I promise I'll try to update sooner next time. That also goes for my other stories, especially Always with you, which hasn't been updated for an inexcusably long time for a variety of reasons.
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But anyway, without further adieu, I give you the next instalment, Emily and Naomi's date. As we know, Naomi, in typical fashion, is struggling to abide by the go slow agreement. It's a good job nice, sensible Emily Fitch is around, I mean she's bound to keep them in check right?
Once again Emily found herself staring at every item of clothing she owned before deciding nothing was suitable. She was due over Naomi's house soon, they were going to study as normal on a Saturday but then Naomi had told her she had to go upstairs and get ready for their date while she cooked them both dinner. The blonde had stated she would knock on her bedroom door at precisely seven o'clock and pick her up. Apart from that Naomi had been very cagey about the details, she had insisted she wanted to surprise Emily and make it feel as real a date as possible. Only now she didn't have anything to wear. She had her casual clothes on for studying but she wanted to make an effort for dinner to show Naomi she really appreciated the gesture. If she was being totally honest she wanted to do more than that, she wanted to drive her girlfriend crazy, not that it took much for either of them these days.
Since last weekend they'd met up as often as possible, usually with a flimsy excuse but always with the same real aim - find somewhere quiet and kiss until they could hardly breathe. Katie and Effy were watching them like hawks, they both knew something had changed between the pair, but Naomi and Emily refused to confirm their speculations. As the week wore on they grew less choosy about where they met up which had resulted in some slightly inappropriate locations. Emily blushed slightly as she remembered Naomi surprising her in the library yesterday; the blonde had crept up behind her while she was stretching for a book and began an assault on her neck causing Emily to moan softly. The redhead had only found the strength to stop her after Naomi began caressing her breasts and whispering what she'd really like to be doing to her. The blonde had been pissed off when she stopped her, thinking Emily was being a stickler for the rules again.
If only she knew it was because I wasn't sure how much longer I could control myself, Emily thought as her blush deepened.
She turned back to the wardrobe but nope, the clothes fairy hadn't miraculously visited while she was lost in thought and left her the perfect outfit. There was only one thing for it and although it was something Emily was reluctant to do, mainly because she'd be faced with a million questions, she knew there was no avoiding it.
The redhead sighed, "Fuck it, I'm going to have to get Katie's help again."
She made her way downstairs and into the kitchen where she was greeted with the sight of her sister being pinned against the worktop by Effy, who was busy kissing her.
Emily rolled her eyes and cleared her throat, "I think I preferred it when you two were having problems."
Effy removed her hands from inside Katie's top and they both turned to Emily.
"What the fuck is so important that you had to interrupt my girlfriend feeling me up?" Katie said with a sneer.
Emily stared back at her, "Seriously K, the kitchen? Why don't you two just get a bloody room?"
Effy smirked at her, "Don't worry, once you've gone over to Naomi's we fully intend to."
Emily looked enviously at them, no stupid go slow agreements there she thought bitterly.
She was interrupted from her thoughts by Katie, "Come on then bitch, what's got your knickers in a twist?"
"Like we don't already know." Effy said smiling at her.
Emily looked surprised, "What do you mean?"
Effy paused for effect, "I'm guessing that you've just been trying to find something to wear for your 'lets pretend it's no big deal' date tonight with Naomi. You've realised there's nothing in your wardrobe that's going to make her want to rip your clothes off, which is the look you're going for even if that is against 'the rules'. So now you've come down here to beg Katie to help you look seriously fuckable when Naomi picks you up."
Emily stood open mouthed, she knew Effy was intuitive but was she really that transparent? Apparently so.
Katie smiled at her, "We only know all of that because Naomi asked me over to her's last night for exactly the same reason. You've left it a bit late Em, but luckily for you I knew this was going to happen so I'm well prepared. Come with me."
Silently Emily followed her twin back to their bedroom, she sat on her bed and watched as Katie opened her wardrobe and pulled out three hangers. One contained a pair of skinny trousers, the next had a short frilly skirt and the final one had a vest top, they were all in black and they looked expensive. The redhead was surprised as it was actually quite tasteful compared to most of Katie's outfits.
"I know it's January but I figured you'll only be wearing it inside so it'd be ok. Consider it a belated Christmas present." Katie said gently as she handed them over.
Emily couldn't hide her shock, "You're giving these to me?"
"Well it's hardly something I'd wear is it? How fucking boring do you think I am?" Katie said with a snort.
Given her generosity Emily decided to let her twin's comments slide, "But I don't get it, why?"
Katie raised her eyebrow, "Let's just say a little bird told me that it wasn't very thoughtful of me to keep buying you books, especially ones you've already got, when you make much more effort with presents for me."
Emily looked over at Effy who shrugged, "Sorry, Naomi tells me most things and I thought it was something Katie should know."
"I told her not to say anything, not that I don't appreciate the clothes Katie." Emily replied crossly.
Katie smiled, "Em, you should have just said, I wasn't deliberately being lazy, I really thought you liked the books I was buying."
Emily reddened, "I know I should have just told you but I didn't want to seem ungrateful."
Katie held her arms out for a hug and the twins tightly embraced. As they separated Emily checked her watch and muttered an expletive.
"Shit, I was supposed to have left 10 minutes ago to go to Naomi's." She said starting to panic slightly.
Effy winked at Katie, "What's the hurry, I thought you were just studying first?"
Emily blushed again, "We are but Naomi is picking me up for dinner at seven so the later I get there the less studying we can do."
Katie raised her eyebrow, "So she's picking you up, but it's not a big deal?"
"It's only from her room." Emily replied looking at the floor.
"Oh for God's sake, this is a proper date Em." Effy responded with a snort.
Emily's head shot up, "Alright fine it's a bloody date and yes it's a big deal, happy now?"
"So are you fucking yet?" Katie asked smugly.
Emily's mouth fell open, "Katie! How many more times do we have to tell you? We're taking our time."
"Oh come on Ems, you can tell us. I won't breathe a word to Naoms." Effy said conspiratorially.
"Fuck off the pair of you. We're not shagging." Emily replied indignantly.
Effy and Katie exchanged a knowing look, "but you are doing something?"
Emily knew she was blushing, "I suppose so...we might have kissed a bit."
"And..." Katie prompted.
Emily glared at her "And nothing. We've kissed, it's been nice, but that's all."
Effy burst out laughing.
"What? I'm telling the truth." Emily protested.
Katie looked pointedly at her "so it's not true that you let Naomi feel your tits for a minute, over your shirt of course, last weekend?"
I'm going to kill her when I see her, that was supposed to be a secret. Emily thought as she narrowed her eyes.
Effy continued to laugh, "don't be too hard on her, Naomi wasn't moaning. She knows how important this is and she respects that."
Emily's expression softened, "really?"
Effy nodded, "yeah, she doesn't want to make you feel like she's pressuring you or anything. I guess it's inevitable that the frustration bubbles over, you know what Naomi's like sometimes."
"A horny teenage boy?" Emily replied with a grin.
Katie snorted, "it's not just Naomi though is it Em?"
Her sister turned to her, "What do you mean?"
A grin broke out across Katie's face, "well unless I'm mistaken, I think you had a sex dream about Naomi last night."
Oh shit, I did dream about her last night, what did I do? Emily thought as she felt her face burn.
"Yep, definitely had a naughty dream." Effy said with a snort of laughter, "details please Katie."
"I woke up last night and couldn't work out why until I heard Em moaning in her sleep. Then she started to say 'oh God Naomi, that feels soooooo good' and I heard the covers rustling so I was pretty sure she was touching herself too." Katie said with a sly smile.
Emily was indignant, "why didn't you wake me?"
Katie shrugged, "I thought about it but it sounded like you we're having fun. Anyway before long you said 'oh Naomi, don't stop' and then you groaned so I figured you'd finished anyway."
"I don't bloody believe you, listening to me like that, I thought James was the filthy perv around here." Emily said with a glare.
Katie held up her hands, "Hey, I'm not the one who gets myself off in her sleep while her sister is in the other bed."
"Girls, girls, stop the bickering and let's focus shall we?" Effy drawled.
The twins turned to look at her with questioning expressions on their faces.
"So Naomi is tying herself in knots because doesn't want to break the rules and let you down but you're busy wanking in your sleep?" Effy said with a smile.
Emily paused, "I didn't know I was doing it and we agreed masturbation was ok..."
Effy snorted, "Emily, Naomi thinks she's the only one who's finding this hard."
The redhead buried her face in her hands and groaned, eventually she looked up at the two amused faces staring at her, "Please don't tell Naomi, but this is fucking killing me, I wish I'd never suggested it."
Katie stared at her, "So why don't you just tell Naomi that and then you guys can screw?"
Emily folded her arms, "What and have her think I'm fickle. I insisted on this remember and I keep stressing how important it is to me. I'd never live it down if I gave in now."
"So it's got nothing to do with your agreement, you're basically not having sex because neither of you want to be the first to back down?" Effy questioned.
Emily frowned, "No, some of it is to do with our pact..."
Effy and Katie erupted into fits of laughter, "My God this is priceless."
Emily scowled at them, "It's not funny. Naomi practically attacked me in the library yesterday and I made her get off me. She thought it was because I was being a stickler for the stupid rules but it was really because if I let her carry on I'd have probably screwed her right there."
Another howl of laughter, and the pair of them clutched their sides, "Em please stop, this is actually starting to hurt."
"Oh...just fuck off, thanks for the clothes Katie but I've got to go to Naomi's." Emily said as she left the room.
A few minutes later Effy and Katie heard the front door slam as they looked at each other with tears streaming down their face. Eventually they stopped laughing.
"Jesus Christ, I can't believe they're denying themselves sex because they don't want to appear weak in front of each other. I mean I knew they were both stubborn but that's ridiculous." Effy sais shaking her head.
"So how much longer do you think they can keep this up?" Katie questioned her girlfriend.
Effy smiled, "Given how much pent up frustation they both have, I bet they'll be shagging again by tonight."
"Hmmm, you bet eh? Are you going to put your money where your mouth is?" Katie said raising her eyebrow.
Effy paused "How about we forget the money and just concentrate on me betting to put my mouth somewhere far more fun?"
Katie's eyes widened and she pushed the brunette on the bed before leaning down to kiss her "Suddenly I'm very interested in gambling."
Effy's hands returned to their earlier position inside Katie's top, "Like I always say babe, everyone needs a hobby."
Naomi opened the door to find Emily muttering to herself, she grabbed the bag the redhead was carrying and practically yanked her inside. As soon as the door was closed Emily found herself pressed against it as Naomi crashed their lips together. Eventually they had to break for air.
"Well hello to you too." Emily said while laughing, "That was some welcome."
Naomi grinned back, "I missed you and you're late."
"Yeah, sorry about that but tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber held me up." Emily said with a sigh.
Naomi took her by the hand into the kitchen, "Was that what you were muttering about when I opened the door?"
Emily nodded, "It was partly my fault as I needed to speak to Katie about what I was going to wear tonight but you know what they're like, once they've trapped you the questions are non stop."
"Don't tell me, it was all about how we're coping with the go slow agreement or whether we were shagging?" Naomi ventured.
The redhead nodded, "Both actually. Honestly I know they think it's weird but do they have to keep banging on about it the whole time?"
Naomi put the kettle on, "So what did you say?"
For a second, Emily contemplated telling Naomi the truth but she didn't want to be the one to give in, after all this had been her stupid stipulation in the first place. "I told them both to fuck off and things were working just fine for us."
It's only a white lie Emily reasoned with herself.
"Good, that's pretty much what I told Effy the other day." Naomi replied, glad that she was facing away from her girlfriend who would be able to see right through her fib.
The redhead studied Naomi carefully, now who's telling porkies? But she let it slide, if she didn't the truth about the conversation that had taken place earlier might also be revealed.
The blonde handed her a cup of tea, "So do you want to put your stuff up in my room before we start studying?"
"Ok, can I leave it on the bed or do you need to use the room before me?" Emily asked.
Naomi shook her head, "I've put my things in my Mum's room so it's all your's today and you don't need to worry about spoiling the impact before our date, I won't peek I promise."
Emily smiled shyly, "Thanks, I know it's silly but I want it to be the same if you were really picking me up."
Naomi smiled, "It's not silly, I've already told you I want this to be as real as possible."
Emily placed her cup on the table and picked her bag back up, "Right I'll be back down in two minutes."
As she got to the kitchen doorway Naomi called her name, she turned to find the blonde staring at her with a raised eyebrow, "Remember Em, I want you to be blown away too so no sneaking into my Mum's room."
"As if I would do something so unfair and downright rude as that, I'm appalled." Emily replied indignantly.
Naomi laughed, "Emily Fitch, I know exactly how your brain works so don't try to pretend the thought never occurred to you."
Of course the bloody thought occurred to me, but you're right, as usual, and I don't want to spoil our date either. Emily tried to keep her expression neutral.
They continued to outstare each other until finally the redhead gave in, "Damn it. How come everyone can see through me today?"
"Because you're a very open and honest person Em, it's one of the things I love most about you." Naomi replied simply.
Emily blushed, "Thank you."
Go Campbell, Naomi silently rejoiced, that was fucking genius.
"That was a really sweet thing to say." Emily said with a shy smile.
Naomi had to stop the grin breaking out on her face, it get's better, keep this up and Emily won't be able to resist you. The best bit is you don't have to feel guilty because all you're doing is telling her the truth, you smooth charmer.
The blonde was brought crashing down to earth by Emily's next words.
"It doesn't mean you're any closer to getting into my knickers."
Emily half opened one eye and glanced at her watch, technically time was up but what the hell a few more minutes wouldn't do any harm. Suddenly Naomi stopped kissing her and got up from the sofa.
"Come on you, that's the 10 minutes up, now it's back to studying." The blonde said holding her hand out.
Emily scowled as she took it and allowed herself to be pulled up, "Now who's being a stickler for the rules."
Naomi laughed as she dragged her back to the kitchen where they'd both set up their laptops, "Em, I've got tons to get through before I make a start on dinner and for some reason I keep getting distracted."
When Emily returned they had finally started to study but neither of them could concentrate properly. They both kept looking up only to find the other staring at them. After about 30 minutes Emily's hand had 'accidentally' brushed Naomi's knee causing her leg to jerk and smack against the table leg. In order to avoid more injury they had decided to study for 50 minutes and as a reward they could spend the remaining 10 minutes of the hour kissing on the sofa. Emily kept trying to elongate the reward time but Naomi was having none of it.
Emily flopped into her chair, "Oh alright, that had better be something important like your UCAS form, the deadline is fast approaching."
"Er, yeah I know that. It'll be in on time." Naomi replied too quickly.
Emily paused and stared at her, inevitably Naomi began to go red.
"Naomi, what aren't you telling me?" Emily said in her warning voice.
The blonde sighed, "Promise you won't get annoyed?"
Emily stared at her, "How can I promise when I don't know what it is yet?"
"Em, please." Naomi pleaded.
The redhead narrowed her eyes, "the best I can offer is that I'll try not to get too annoyed."
Naomi smiled weakly, "I sent my UCAS application in ages ago."
Emily looked puzzled, "But I thought you said last week you wanted Lottie to take a look at it for you."
"No, I said I was discussing topics for any interviews I might get." Naomi said quietly.
Emily studied her, "But I saw the UCAS website up earlier, what were you doing if you weren't completing your form?"
The blonde shifted uncomfortably, "I was just tracking my progress."
Naomi knew it would only be a matter of time before Emily put two and two together and sure enough a light seemed to come on in her head.
"Show me your application Naomi." Emily demanded.
"Oh come on Emily, I showed you a copy..." Naomi began.
Emily shook her head, "It's not the content I'm going to get annoyed about is it though? Show me the progress."
Naomi pouted and logged into the website, once she'd entered the tracking pages she turned the computer towards Emily. The redhead quickly scrolled to the section she was looking for and gasped.
"Oh Naomi..." She uttered.
The blonde shrugged, "It is the best university in the country for it."
"I know that, we've talked about it but you said that even though Oxford was rated number one you weren't interested in applying because the only course you'd be eligible for was with history and you wanted pure politics. What happened to Goldsmiths?" Emily said with a sigh.
Naomi pointed at the screen, "It's still there."
Emily scanned Naomi's other choices, they were all in London, a place the blonde had said she'd dreamed about going to university since she'd first decided what she wanted to study.
"Didn't you have to do some sort of exam or test?" Emily enquired.
Naomi nodded, "I had to send in an essay and sit a history aptitude test in early November. After that I got shortlisted for interview and I went in December for that."
"When did that happen?" Emily said trying to wrack her brains.
Naomi gave a half smile, "Do you remember that day I said I was off school sick before Christmas?"
Emily nodded, "No wonder you looked so sheepish when I teased you about your miraculous recovery. So what now?"
"I need to keep tracking my application progress to see if I was successful. It's a really long shot Em, only about 15% of people applying get in. They probably won't want me." Naomi said matter of factly.
Emily couldn't help herself, "Don't be daft, of course they will, everyone wants you."
Their eyes locked and before she could stop herself the redhead was straddling the blonde and hungrily crashing their lips together. The kiss was immediately urgent and deep and Emily moaned as she felt Naomi's tongue enter her mouth. The redhead shifted her position slightly and pulled Naomi deeper into the kiss eliciting a low growl from the blonde. Naomi's hands snaked around Emily's back and she pulled her body closer. Emily took the hint and pushed herself hard against Naomi, once again causing them both to moan into the kiss. Their tongues continued to duel as the speed of their bodies grinding against each other increased. As Emily's hands moved and began to massage Naomi's breasts the blonde finally came to her senses.
Oh Jesus, I can't believe I'm actually going to do this Naomi thought ruefully.
"Emily, we should stop." Naomi ventured as she tried to pull away.
But Emily was undeterred as she continued to kiss Naomi passionately as she moved hard against the blonde.
Naomi tried to push her away again, God she's strong, or really horny, or both.
"Emily!" she said more loudly and forcefully.
This time the redhead ceased her actions.
"What?" she said crossly.
"We need to stop." Naomi repeated slowly.
Emily stared at her, "I thought this was what you wanted?"
Naomi took a deep breath, "It's not that I don't want to, honestly, I just think we made a pact and the reasons for doing that haven't changed. It's too easy to get carried away and I don't want you to regret anything afterwards. I'm looking forward to our date and doing things more formally."
Emily sighed and rested her forehead on the blonde's, finally she kissed the top of her head and got off Naomi before sitting back down, "I'm sorry, you're right. I'm looking forward to dinner as well and I might feel a bit cheated if we'd basically dry humped in the kitchen before hand."
Naomi stroked her cheek, "I told you in the pub I wanted our first time after Cyprus to be more romantic. I know we've had sex since then but this time we've got a second chance to do things properly so let's take it eh?"
Emily nodded as she glanced at her watch, "I should start getting ready."
"Shit is that the time? I've got a lot to do." Naomi exclaimed shutting down her laptop.
Emily followed suit and made her way to the door, "So I'll see you at seven."
The blonde nodded, "I won't be late."
She watched Emily trudge up the stairs before she rested her forehead against the table. She felt like banging it in frustration. Although it was the right thing to do she couldn't quite believe she'd stopped things.
I hope she appreciates how bloody hard that was for me, Naomi thought bitterly.
She heard the redhead mutter "Stupid bloody rules" as she made her way upstairs.
Definitely not just me then Naomi mused as she started preparing dinner.
Emily took a final look in the mirror and silently thanked Katie, her sister annoyed the shit out of her sometimes but Emily knew she'd always be there for her when it mattered. She wasn't being arrogant but she knew she looked hot. Her eyes and lips stood out with the make up she'd applied and the outfit was perfect, dressy enough to look like she'd made an effort but still casually sexy.
She'd straightened her hair to within an inch of it's life and she admired how glossy and shiny it looked.
Another benefit of the cold shower I suppose but let's see how long you can resist this Naomi, she thought grumpily.
She knew she was being unfair, although it had been incredibly frustrating when the blonde stopped them earlier deep down Emily knew it was the right thing to do. Her main source of surprise was that it was Naomi who halted proceedings and she was the one getting carried away.
There was a gentle knock at the door and the redhead panicked slightly, was it seven already? She made her way across the room and took a deep breath before she opened the door. The sight that greeted her made her breath hitch. Naomi stood nervously holding a bunch of lilies, her favourite flower. She was wearing a simple red dress with a white pattern accompanied by a black bolero style cardigan. Her hair had been curled slightly so it hung softly around her face and Emily noticed Naomi had opted for flat shoes which meant because she was wearing heels they we're almost the same height. But it was the blonde's eyes that got her attention. It wasn't like they weren't always stunning but tonight they were spectacular, like brilliant blue targets. The fact that they were appreciatively looking her up and down only added to the effect.
"These are for you," Naomi said handing over the flowers, she smiled and bit her lip, "and well, wow."
Emily blushed, "Thanks, they're my favourites and you look," she paused and licked her lips "...fantastic."
Naomi looked at her shyly, "I remembered and thank you, are you ready?"
Emily nodded, but stood rooted to the spot, unable to tear her eyes away from the blonde.
"We should probably go down," Naomi uttered equally as captivated by the redhead. "oh bollocks...shit...I meant downstairs...I wasn't...I didn't mean..."
Emily smiled and took her hand, "I knew what you meant."
They made their way to the kitchen in silence, sneaking glances at each other all the time. When they reached the doorway Naomi stepped back and allowed Emily through first. The redhead gasped, the blonde had transformed the room. The table was now covered in a pristine white table cloth and there were two places set for dinner. A lit candlestick stood in the centre of the table and a bottle of something was cooling on the worktop, Naomi's i-phone was in a docking station in the corner of the room.
"I thought you hated The Cardigans?" Emily asked in surprise.
Naomi smiled, "but you don't. I've put together a special playlist of some of your favourites, there's some Royksopp, the Misfits, you might even get me dancing to oops upside your head if you're lucky."
Emily returned the smile, Naomi had really thought about this, "so definitely no Arctic Monkeys then?"
Naomi shook her head,"not tonight, although I'll never give up trying to convince you of their genius you know?"
"Maybe I'll warm to them because you have impeccable taste in everything else." Emily said as she leant over to softly kiss the blonde.
Naomi pulled away before the kiss got too heated, she cleared her throat, "right let's get these into some water and then I hope you don't mind but I need to put the finishing touches to dinner."
"Of course I don't mind, are you sure I can't help?" Emily offered.
Naomi shook her head, "I keep telling you Em, this is about me spoiling you. So sit down and relax. Can I get you a drink?"
"Please Naoms, let me at least do that. I feel like a bit of a tit doing nothing while you run around after me." Emily pleaded.
The blonde relented, "Alright you can sort the drinks out. There's some sparkling wine in the ice bucket, I couldn't stretch to champagne, sorry."
Emily smiled as she pulled the bottle out, "This is lovely, I don't really like champagne anyway, I find it too bitter. So what are we having to eat?"
Naomi glanced over, "I hope you like Thai food, I checked with Katie and she said it would be ok. We're having som tam to start and a Thai beef salad afterwards. The coconut rice pudding may seem a bit like school dinners but I promise you it's authentic."
Emily jumped as the cork popped, "Thai's great, I love it. Anyway how do you know what's authentic?"
Naomi smiled, "My Mum's an ageing hippy remember? She's got loads of friends who experienced the real Thailand, you know before it became 'popular' with everyone."
Emily poured them both a drink, "Does it make you want to go there?"
"I've been a few of times," Naomi said with a shrug.
Emily couldn't hide her surprise, "Really? What's it like?"
Naomi paused, "Bangkok is mental, it's like an assault on your senses. But a lot of the beach resorts are ok as long as you can dive into a pool whenever you want, the humidity is unbelievable when you're not used to it."
Emily looked at her enviously, "So have you travelled a lot then?"
"A fair bit I suppose. We always go away at Christmas and naturally as spiritual beings that meant India, Thailand or wherever. The fact that we needed to travel on non eco friendly gas guzzling, polluting planes to get there is apparently balanced out by the cleansing of our souls that we receive on arrival." Naomi said sarcastically.
Emily's face fell, "Oh, I always thought it would be wonderful to go to those places."
Naomi softened, "Sorry Em, I don't mean to be cynical. They are wonderful it's just I hate the attitude of most of Mum's friends, they think they're so fucking superior. These places are beautiful and people should see them, what does it matter if you've gone there to 'find yourself' or on a bloody package holiday?"
"I suppose so." Emily replied not sounding at all convinced.
The blonde stopped what she was doing, "What's the matter?"
Emily sighed and wouldn't make eye contact, "it's nothing really, it's just silly."
Naomi walked over to her and tipped her chin upwards so they were looking at each other, "Come on Em, you can tell me anything, what's bothering you?"
The redhead turned away and sat down, she paused for a minute and finally gave Naomi a weak smile, "You've been to so many places that I've only ever dreamt of visiting, it would probably be boring to go back."
Naomi smiled before crouching in front of her girlfriend, she took Emily's hands in her own, "How about I make you a promise that one day I'll take you to all of these places?"
"Really?" Emily said tentatively.
The blonde nodded.
"I'd like that" Emily said beginning to brighten.
Naomi gently kissed her hands, "Em, I'll show you the world if it makes you happy."
Emily's smile grew, "what like my guide?"
Naomi nodded, "Exactly like that, although there are a load of places I haven't been that I'd love to go to."
"Like where?" Emily asked curiously.
Naomi got back up and finished preparing the papaya salad starter, "I've never been to Australia, New Zealand, South America..."
Emily grew excited, "Wow, we could take a year off after uni or something and just travel."
Naomi smiled as her heart began to beat faster. Emily had mentioned them travelling after uni like it was the most natural thing in the world.
She thinks we have a future together, Naomi thought excitedly as she set the dishes down on the table, "That sounds like an easy way to avoid those awkward first date silences."
Emily looked confused, "What does?"
"Planning Emily and Naomi's big adventure." the blonde replied as she served the starter.
Emily's eyes grew wide, "Oh my God, what a brilliant idea. Right first I think we need to travel to Thailand..."
They sat on the sofa after the meal finishing their drinks. Emily blushed as a small burp escaped.
Naomi hid a giggle, "Very romantic Em."
"Sorry, I think it's the chillies repeating on me." Emily replied looking embarrassed.
"I did warn you, that's why I put less in the dishes and made the dressing separately. You were only supposed to add what you could handle." Naomi said still smiling.
Emily tutted, "Hey it's not my fault I was eating with Ms 'I like my Thai food authentic', Jesus you put tons on, I copied you but I didn't realise it would be so hot."
Naomi frowned, "Sorry, I didn't mean to spoil the meal for you."
Emily reached over and gently stroked her cheek "You didn't, it was delicious, coughing fits and residual burps aside."
"So where did we get to with our big adventure?" Naomi asked.
Emily smiled, there was only one topic of conversation over dinner. They'd endlessly discussed and debated where they wanted to go and what order they should see things. They were both a bit relieved to find that their wish list of countries to visit was broadly the same, another demonstration of their compatibility. They had pretty much ruled out Europe as they thought it would be too expensive for a long holiday and besides they could easily visit there anytime on a package deal.
"We'd just finished South America. What about North America or Canada?" Emily asked, her eyes sparkling.
Naomi paused, "Hmmm, I'm not sure. Wouldn't you rather do that as a separate trip? At this rate we'll be away for about two years and it'll take us until we're 30 to save for it."
Emily laughed, "Ok we can leave it there for our first trip of a lifetime and go to the States as our second."
The blonde tilted her head, "There's going to be two?"
"At least," Emily started before she grew shy, "well that's what I hope anyway..."
Naomi took both their glasses and placed them on the coffee table, she turned back to the redhead and stared at her before slowly leaning over and capturing her lips in a sensual kiss. She pulled on Emily's lip as she withdrew.
"That's what I hope too," she said gently as they parted.
They continued to stare at each other, smiling in the knowledge that although they hadn't actually discussed it, they were both planning for this to be a long term relationship.
"Emily... will you...will you stay with me tonight?" Naomi asked quietly, looking at her hands which were in her lap.
Emily paused, contemplating Naomi's request.
The blonde could see her girlfriend was unsure so she clarified, "I don't mean for sex, I just want to hold you and wake up next to you tomorrow morning, I've missed that."
Emily smiled and nodded her head, "Ok I'll stay. I've missed the closeness too."
Naomi exhaled before rising from the sofa and taking both Emily's hands in her own. She pulled the redhead up before kissing her gently again, "Come on then, let's go to bed."
They made their way upstairs and into Naomi's bedroom. She went over to her chest of drawers and pulled out two t-shirts.
Emily raised her eyebrow, "What are those for?"
Naomi looked confused, "I thought you'd need some pyjamas?"
Emily kicked off her shoes and painstaking slowly started to remove her clothes. She maintained eye contact as she rolled down her trousers and removed her skirt. The blonde's breathing became erratic and she gulped as Emily pulled her top over her head before casually letting it fall to the floor. Finally she reached around her back and removed her bra until she stood in front of Naomi wearing only a pair of skimpy knickers.
"I believe I mentioned something about going topless after our first date?" The redhead said questioningly, with a twinkle in her eye.
Naomi opened her eyes and blinked into the darkness, she was unsure what had caused her to wake suddenly.
Probably the oppressive sexual bloody tension, she thought grumpily.
Earlier, after Emily's, for want of a better phrase, striptease, Naomi had quickly undressed down to her own knickers and they got into bed. The only barrier separating them was their underwear and although at times it didn't seem like much, they both reasoned that as long as they weren't naked it wasn't breaking the rules. They had kissed and she couldn't deny feeling Emily's skin against hers again was bliss. This time there were no restrictions or slapping of hands as they roamed freely across Emily's back and finally made their way to exposed breasts with already hardened nipples crying out to be caressed, sucked and squeezed.
At first their kisses were slow and gentle as they reacquainted themselves with the feel of the other's flesh. Naomi revelled in being reminded that at kiss here would cause Emily to moan softly or a touch there would make goosebumps appear as the redhead's skin quivered under the slow stroking of her fingers.
But that was at first.
After a while their kisses deepened, their touches became more firm and the sounds escaping both their mouths were a lot less soft and more guttural. They reluctantly stopped when Naomi couldn't help dragging her nails across the front of Emily's knickers and the redhead jerked against the blonde's hand. They quickly drew apart and mumbled goodnight before both lying there silently cursing the rules.
Naomi was brought out of her thoughts by a movement next to her, which was followed by a low moan.
"Oh God Naomi, don't stop." Emily muttered breathlessly.
Hello, what's going on here? Naomi thought as she raised the covers only to find Emily's hand making it's way down towards her underwear.
"Oy!" Naomi stated, shoving her girlfriend.
Emily woke with a start, "What?"
Naomi coughed, "having a nice little dream were we?"
There was a pause before Emily sighed, "Oh not again."
Naomi couldn't hide her surprise, "What do you mean again?"
An awkward silence followed before the redhead sighed, "Apparently I woke Katie last night because I was, erm, a bit vocal in my sleep."
A smile crossed Naomi's face, "Jesus, you had a sex dream about me didn't you?"
Another silence.
"Emily Fitch, be honest, you were dreaming about us having sex." Naomi stated in amusement.
Emily huffed, "Yes, ok? Last night, according to my sister, I woke her up because I was speaking in my sleep and getting myself off."
Naomi began to laugh, "So basically you're making out this is all so easy for you because you're so innocent and pure and the rules are important but all the time you're breaking them?'
Emily pursed her lips, "I'm not breaking them, we agreed masturbation was ok."
Naomi snorted, "Oh come on Em, I feel like I'm some sort of sex maniac because I'm finding it hard to stick to the rules and all the time you're struggling too?"
Emily sighed, "Fine, I'll be honest, I'm starting to think this was the most stupid thing I've ever come up with. You're so gorgeous and all I want to do is touch you. All I can think about at the moment is fucking you senseless."
In the darkness Naomi smiled, "It's good to know it's not just me, so are you saying you want to give in?"
Emily's expression hardened, "Are you?"
Naomi paused, she was stubborn and she didn't want the redhead to have any sort of hold over her, "No, I'm not giving in, I mean, unless you are? Obviously I want us to have sex but not if it means you get some moral high ground."
They both sighed, neither of them wanted to be the one to break their agreement but that meant no sex for the foreseeable future.
Suddenly a thought occurred to Emily.
"Naomi," she started seductively, "what if I could think of a way we could stick to the rules but still get what we need?"
The blonde bit her lip, "Alright, I'm listening."
"Well, we can't have sex but agreed masturbation was ok. So instead of touching each other we could just, you know, do it ourselves, while we're together." Emily opined.
Naomi pondered the suggestion, "Isn't that cheating?"
Emily snorted, "Oh for fuck's sake Naomi, if that's what you believe then I suggest we both get out of bed and get some pyjamas on. No touching at all and we totally cover our bodies.'
Naomi paused, "Ooorrr?"
The redhead smiled, she knew that wouldn't be the palatable option.
"Ooorrrr, we agree that we are both honourable people who would never cheat on our agreement because we find anything like that morally wrong. Instead we accept we're not breaking, but bending, the rules and we both get to come tonight." Emily replied.
Silence descended again.
"We did both agree the other day when I asked you the thing you disliked the most in the world that cheats, liars and injustice came near the top." Naomi mused.
"Um-hmm." Emily said slightly unsure which way the blonde was going to go.
"Which is why neither of us would contemplate anything that might be seen as breaking the rules..."Naomi continued.
Emily nodded, "Like I said, definitely not breaking, just bending."
Another pause.
Finally Naomi reached her decision, "Works for me."
They began to kiss again only this time their hands didn't wander over each other's bodies they immediately entered their own underwear. Suddenly Naomi cried out.
"Fuck babe, were you that desperate?" Emily enquired.
Naomi shook her head and Emily could see the tears in her eyes.
"Forgot I cut up chillies." the blonde stated with a grimace.
Emily sucked in her breath, "Oh God is it stinging?"
Naomi took a deep breath, and nodded, "It's burning like hell. Do you think it's a sign?"
The redhead's shoulders slumped, "Not necessarily, but it probably means this is a bad idea at the moment. I don't want you to be in pain."
Emily was surprised when Naomi moved her hand back inside her underwear. She saw the blonde wince slightly before she moaned softly.
"Fuck it, if it means I get to come with you next to me I don't care. It's not too bad now, in fact it's quite pleasurable once you get over the initial shock." Naomi said as she reached over to pull Emily into a passionate kiss.
The redhead immediately pushed her tongue into Naomi's mouth before she returned her own hand inside her knickers and resumed her actions.
It didn't take long before their breathing grew ragged and they pulled apart.
"Oh shit Em...I'm... already close." Naomi stated biting her lip.
Emily nodded as her fingers moved faster, "Don't worry... me too,"
They kissed again, moaning into each other's mouths as they pushed themselves nearer and nearer to the edge.
Naomi shifted slightly so they were pressing against each other and they could both feel the movements of each other's hands as they were touching themselves. The increasing frequency of their hands colliding, coupled with the rising noise of their groans echoing throughout the room, told them both that they were heading ever closer to their respective climaxes.
The blonde reached over and ran her palm across Emily's erect nipple causing he redhead to cry out.
"Oh Jesus...fuck Naomi..." she uttered as she tensed up and finally her hips jerked against the blonde.
The movement caused Naomi's hand to press firmly against her own body and it was only seconds before she too cried out in pleasure.
After their breathing had slowed they opened their eyes to stare at each other before a smile broke out across the blonde's face, "So that's not cheating then?"
Emily shook her head, "All legitimate and above board."
A long pause as they continued to get their breath back.
"But we won't say anything to Effy or Katie?" Naomi asked tentatively.
Another shake of the head, "Probably best not to..."
They lay in the dark in silence, obviously they were more relaxed than before, but there was still an unmistakable air of tension. Naomi turned on her side and started to trace patterns across Emily's stomach. When Emily moaned appreciatively Noami moved until she was virtually on top of her and as much of their naked flesh was connected as possible. She sighed as their breasts pushed against each other, and their nipples connected sending a jolt of electricity through both their bodies. Emily wrapped her arms around the blonde and ran her hands down her back, before they came to rest on Naomi's buttocks. As the redhead squeezed they could both feel the heat and wetness from each other that was threatening to soak through the barely there, but all important, knickers they were both wearing. Naomi leaned down and covered Emily's mouth with her own, engaging her in a deep kiss.
"So," Naomi paused as they broke apart, "do you want to do that again?"
Emily nodded eagerly as she pressed herself against the blonde, "Fuck yeah, I'm definitely ready for round two."
Naomi shifted so she moved slightly to the side of the redhead and smiled as she guided Emily's hand back into her underwear, "this time I want to watch you first."
Emily moaned softly, "Are you sure?"
The blonde nodded, "I'm still a bit sensitive from the chillies..."
This caused the redhead to moan more loudly.
"Really Em, that turns you on? I thought you didn't want me to be in pain?" Naomi teased.
Emily bit her lip, "It's different if you're only in a little bit of pain..."
"Well that's definitely something worth filing away for future reference" Naomi said with a glint in her eye before she focused all of her attention on the beautiful redhead writhing beneath her.