Title: Love Accidentally - Chapter 8

Author: kreia03

Rating: M

Warnings: Some swear words.

Disclaimer: I own nothing, and I hate that fact. Seriously.

Summary: Sometimes, things just don't go your way.

A/N: Unbeta'd. Pretty worried about this chapter, I don't know if I was able to bring the best out of it. It's one of the turning points, so I'm kind of nervous writing it.

"How did you get here?" Naomi hissed, throwing a heated glare to Emily as she reached her.

The red head lifted her gaze up, from the row of desserts she was choosing at. "By bus." She answered innocently, sucking the icing from her thumb. "How else?"

Naomi's lips quivered. "That's not what I meant." Her hands flew to her hips, moving closer to Emily. "I told you not to come here right?" She whispered sharply.

"Where I go is my business." Emily answered while she stacked a couple of cupcakes on her plate. "It's my own free will."

Naomi let out a strangled groan. "You never listen to me one bit, do you?"

"Look, just pretend we don't know each other yeah? Mind our own business." She grinned sarcastically at Naomi before quickly walking away from her.

Naomi gnashed her teeth together, watching Emily leave with a look of utter disbelief in her face. She blew an exasperated breath before marching towards the red head's direction as she completely disappeared from her sight. She scrambled to her feet, looking around for any signs of where Emily could possibly be, giving half nods to those people who were greeting her along the way. Until she came across the one person she had been avoiding and wishing not to meet all night.

Effy.

She stopped dead.

They stared at each other for a moment, an awkward and uncomfortable silence falling on both of them. The memories of their falling out deluged Naomi's mind, causing her to be the first to avert her gaze and close her eyes. She walked past the brunette, her head up high, pretending she did not see anybody at all. She didn't even bother to look back when their shoulders brushed. She swore she could feel Effy's electric blue eyes boring onto her back but she did not stop walking, until she was perfectly sure that she had a fair distance away from Effy, before collapsing on the bench she spotted, her heart beating frantically. Suddenly, she felt so tired and weary that she leaned against the bench for some support. She took several deep breaths to calm herself down, before flipping her mobile phone open. She dialed Emily's number, thinking maybe it was time to call it a night.

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Emily was in such a hurry, peering over her shoulder from time to time to check if Naomi was following her, that she failed to notice the approaching man in front. She collided with him so hard that she almost lost her balance. Luckily, the man caught her just in time, stopping her from her impending fall.

"We bumped into each other again."

Emily lifted her gaze, a shy smile pulling up in her lips as she recognized the person she had collided into, his name rolling out instantaneously from her mouth. "Freddie."

Freddie shifted and steadied the red head, so that she could stand properly. "Hey Emily." He smiled. "I didn't expect to see you here."

Emily replied with a smile. "God, I'm so sorry!" She mouthed after, her eyes falling on Freddie's smeared coat. The icing on her cupcake must have been accidentally smudged onto the white coat when they ran into each other.

"Oh." Freddie chuckled, seeing the stain. "It's alright." He took out his hanky and dabbed it lightly. "I think we should go sit somewhere while I fix this."

Spotting a small and empty gazebo, they headed inside, sitting side by side on the wooden bench. Emily took the hanky from Freddie's hand and cleaned the stain herself. "I'm really sorry Freddie."

"It's fine. It's just some stain." He replied with a friendly smile, taking his hanky back. "Let me do it."

Emily drew a deep breath and shuffled in her seat, her eyes wondering around. "There are an awful lot of people in here."

"It's a really big party."

She turned to face Freddie. "I wonder." Her eyes squinted a bit. "Do you know anybody who I could show my writing to?"

"You write?" Freddie asked in surprise.

The red head nodded. "I'm halfway writing my first novel." She bit her lip. "But I'm thinking of changing the whole thing."

"Why? You said it's halfway finished. Why change everything?"

"It seems to be missing something." She shrugged. "I don't know what. But there is." Emily crossed her legs and leaned her elbow against her knee, supporting her chin with her palm. "I badly need a reviewer."

Freddie broke into a wide smile. "Well I guess you're in luck tonight." He replied, pulling a leather wallet from his pocket and handing a small card to Emily.

"You're an editor?" Emily's eyes circled wide as she read what the card said, watching Freddie nod his head.

"I could help you with your work if you want."

"Really?" Emily gasped. "I would love to!" She gleefully screamed. "I mean, if you're not busy with anything else at the moment."

"To be honest, I'm kind of trying my hands on media publishing. You know, screen plays and stuff." Freddie shrugged. "But I could always make time for you."

The red head lowered her gaze to hide her suddenly blushing face. "Thanks."

Freddie let out a chuckle. "No problem. You can drop by anytime you're ready."

Emily nodded, offering Freddie a sheepish smile. The young man smiled wide in return, both of them jumping at the sound of Emily's phone ringing. The red head fished the phone out from her purse, scowling at the sight of the caller's name. "Uhm, excuse me, I'll just have to take this." She motioned the phone and excused herself, picking up the call outside the gazebo.

They were too engrossed with talking to each other that they did not become aware of the girl watching them intently at the far corner.

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Freddie was busy cleaning his coat when he felt the presence of someone coming in on the gazebo. He lifted his gaze, his eyes meeting a pair of electric blue ones.

"Effy." He greeted, offering a friendly smile. "Is something wrong?" Freddie worriedly asked, seeing Effy's face torn between nonchalance and breaking down.

"Why are you being this way?" Effy blurted out instead. "Are you doing this on purpose?"

Freddie's forehead folded into a crease. "I don't know what you're talking about Effy."

"Are you trying to make me jealous?" The brunette cried out. "Because as much as I hate to admit it, it's fucking working!"

"What the fuck?" He exclaimed. "No. I'm not making you jealous. Why would I even try?"

Effy scoffed. "Like you don't fucking know."

"What are you even onto Effy?" Freddie scowled.

The brunette paused for a moment to stop herself from shaking. She took a deep breath before she spoke. "I like you alright?" She stated calmly. "I mean, really like you."

It took quite a while before Freddie could react, his hands flying to his forehead to rub his fingers against it while he thought of a way to sort things out. "Listen Ef." He paused as he placed a hand on Effy's shoulders. "I've, I've always seen you as a sister. And I'd like it to stay that way." He watched as the brunette's face slowly registered shock, making him squeeze her shoulders to calm her down. "Besides, you always have Naomi with you right?"

Effy's mouth fell wide open. "What?"

"Do you know how much she likes you?" He asked. "It's been pretty obvious, really."

"Then, it's about Naomi huh?" Effy replied after a long pause. "Because she likes me."

"Effy." Freddie called out, dragging the name a bit longer. "It's not just like that. I told you-" Freddie broke off. "Effy, Effy!" He yelled, running after the brunette who had just bolted out of the gazebo. "Effy wait!"

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Emily rolled her eyes, spotting Naomi seated at the bench. "What now Naomi?" She blurted out. "You're such a pain."

Naomi snorted. "I'm leaving and so are you, let's go." The blonde answered coldly, grabbing Emily by her wrist.

"Wait." Emily yanked her hand away from Naomi's grip. "I still have some stuff to finish."

"Stuff? What stuff?" Naomi scowled.

"Freddie. He's an editor and he's offering to review my work. So I'm not going to leave." The red head answered firmly.

"Fine." Naomi said, the words escaping between her clenched teeth. "I'm going to leave without you then."

"Go ahead." Emily snorted and replied smugly, before turning her back and heading towards the gazebo.

Naomi blew an aggravated breath and followed the red head's trail, her fingers curling into fists as she marched. Emily would always be equal to a fucking headache.

The red head scurried down the gazebo, her shoulders bumping against a fuming brunette. She stopped and turned around, planning to demand for some apology when she saw Freddie running after the other girl.

"Naomi!" She heard the brunette shout. Emily watched as the blonde come into an abrupt stop, Naomi's face expressionless. Her forehead turned into a crease, confused of the scene suddenly unfolding in front of her.

"Naomi." Effy called out again, stopping a fair inches away, as she came face to face with the blonde. "Do you like me?"

Freddie rushed towards Effy's side and grabbed her by the shoulders. "Effy, what the fuck are you doing?"

The brunette shoved Freddie's hands away from her. "Do you love me Naomi?" She yelled, confronting Naomi. "Tell me the truth!"

Naomi remained silent, her gaze fixed on Effy's face.

"Is it true then?" Effy shouted. "Why aren't you answering?"

Emily scurried to Naomi's side, somehow worried that the blonde might be involved into some kind of fight. She hovered around, her eyes flickering between Naomi and the brunette called Effy.

"Spit it out Naomi!" Effy shouted, making Emily flinch.

"Jesus! Effy stop this!" Freddie hissed, seeing that the little scene had now attracted a lot of unwanted attention.

Naomi could feel her jaw clenching tight, her nostrils flaring as she stared at Effy with unbelieving eyes. She could feel everybody's gaze turning towards them, everybody's ears waiting for her answer. Her head suddenly turned into one giant whirlpool of messed up thoughts, not knowing how or what to even reply. If there was one thing she could be sure of, she was not going to be embarrassed this way. No. Not tonight.

"What?" Effy yelled, struggling away from Freddie's grip. "Tell me then! Do you like me?"

"I like you." The blonde yelled back in between clenched teeth, words heavy. "I like you a lot." She paused as she closed her eyes. "Emily."

Without any single warning, Naomi grabbed Emily by the hand and pulled the red head towards her, startling Emily entirely. Naomi's own hands cupped Emily's cheeks, holding her head perfectly still as she leaned in and claimed the red head's lips into a kiss, both of them suddenly surrounded by thousands of blinding, flashing lights.