A/N: I apologise for the delays in updates for my stories but my uni exams are looming and most of my time is spent studying...I forget what daylight and a good night's sleep feel like! This update is a bit short I know but I was afraid people might forget about the story if I didn't add at least something.

Also I had a little idea of including OCs from other stories (some my own and some from Lizardwriter's fics) as extras in this fic just as a little extra touch so you can have fun spotting them lol...or not whatever lol

"Are you trying to hurt me?" Katie squealed melodramatically when Naomi informed her that Effy would be in charge of organising their hen night.

"No Katie." The blonde replied monotonously, rolling her eyes.

"And I suppose you're just going to let her take this away from me?" She cast her eyes accusingly on her younger sister who also rolled her eyes.

"We're not taking anything away from you Katie. The wedding is in 3 months!" Emily's tone was as shrill as her sister's. The shock of how close the nuptials were sinking in fast. "Don't you think you have enough to worry about without this?"

Katie considered this for a moment and her expression softened slightly. They did have a point. With such a short time to plan the wedding it meant Katie had to be very hands on and assertive in making the arrangements. Not only that but she had just taken on a new account. Not having to arrange a hen party would take a load of her mind; but that didn't mean she was happy about missing out especially since due to the wedding being so close they had been forced to forgo a big engagement party.

"Besides no one knows how to throw a party like Eff." Naomi chimed in. Emily shot her fiancée a look that told her she was not helping.

"I'm sure she'll let you help with it." Emily offered encouragingly. "Only you won't have the stress of actually being in charge."

Katie perked up and smiled. That idea didn't sound so horrible. She'd still be involved but in an advisory capacity. She could live with that.

"Oh alright then." She sighed. Naomi was about to make a comment about how it was going to happen whether she agreed to it or not but decided it would be best not to; she didn't want to get on her bride-to-be's bad side so close to the wedding.

"Anyway Naomi has something she wants to discuss with you." Emily informed her sister in a polite tone, trying to get around to the actual reason they had arranged this appointment.

"You mean that wasn't it?" Katie groaned, terrified as to what was to come that could possibly be worse than having the hen party taken off her. Her younger twin shook her head in response.

"No it wasn't." The hen night thing had just sort of come up when they walked in the door, Emily wasn't even sure how. In reality they hadn't planned to break that news to her at all; they were hoping that Effy would do it as Katie was least likely to maim her girlfriend. Besides Effy had certain ways of appeasing the older twin that they didn't.

"Well then what did you want to discuss?"

"An addition to the wedding party. A flower girl." Naomi said with a nod.

"A flower girl?" Katie looked confused again.

"Yeah, a flower girl." Emily confirmed. She nudged her girlfriend to explain further.

"You know Sadie...my...step-cousin, the one who made the invitations for us?" She began.

"Oh yeah, she did beautiful work." Katie nodded appreciatively, calling to mind the gorgeous invitations the girl had made. Katie had been thankful when Naomi had suggested her because civil partnership invites were hard to come by in the general market.

"Well she and her partner Liz have a baby...well she's 2...Aiden and I thought that maybe Aiden could be flower girl at the wedding since Sadie's probably the closest thing to family I've got, because, you know, Kieran doesn't really have the figure to pull off a flower girl dress and my mum is giving me away." Naomi drew a deep breath. "I just thought it might be nice."

"She really is the most gorgeous little girl ever." Emily gushed. She had been in favour of the idea from the second Naomi had mentioned it and not just because her fiancée had voluntarily made a suggestion about their wedding. "It would be so cute to have her in the wedding party."

"Unless, you know, it's too much trouble trying to organise it at such short notice." Naomi added looking at Katie. She really didn't want to make things difficult for the girl.

"No trouble at all. I think it's a great idea." Katie smiled. Kids always added aw factor to a wedding. "Kids dresses are generally much easier to sort than adults anyway. They don't really need altered, you see."

"That's brilliant." The blonde smiled. "Thanks Katie...I guess we should probably ask Sadie and Liz now."

"Probably." Emily laughed softly. "We could do it now actually...since our meeting with the wedding planner has effectively ended."

"But it's our day off." Naomi pouted; another day off ruined by wedding plans. Emily had promised her the rest of the day in bed if she attended this meeting. "And you made me a promise."

"I did, didn't I?" The red head raised her eyebrows and gave her a sultry smile.

"Ew God I'm still here!" Katie reminded them. "I don't want to have to spend the rest of my day with images of you having sex rolling around in my head."

The older twin grimaced at the fact that those images were all too vivid images thanks to having accidentally walked in on them more times than she cared to remember. They really should remember that she has an extra key and take into consideration the fact that she might use it before they start having sex on the sofa. She shuddered at the memory. Looking up she found the brides to be engaged in some smouldering eye contact; she could just tell they were mentally undressing each other.

"Ah please, just leave! Please get out." Katie stood up and herded them towards the door. "I really don't think I could stand it if you two started going at it right here in my office. Honestly I'd have to move."

"Sorry." Naomi giggled, taking her eyes of Emily momentarily to look at the older twin. "I didn't realise only you and Effy were allowed to do that."

The blonde grinned as she raced out the door not looking back to see the angry face of her future sister in law. Emily followed her covering her mouth to silence the giggles.

"You know I really don't think you deserve your reward for coming with me this morning after the hen party thing and that last comment you made to Katie." Emily narrowed her eyes at Naomi when they got inside the car.

"Are you really going to take it away from me?" The blonde asked, her blue eyes so full of desire there was no way Emily could resist.

"No." The red head answered. It had been an empty threat really because she was feeling the definite need to take her fiancée home and ravage her. "I was just saying."

"Good!" Naomi sighed with relief and pulled the small girl in for a deeply arousing kiss. "Now hurry up and drive."

Naomi stayed at home on Wednesday working on her travel book, something she loved doing because it kept all the stories and memories formed on their trip together fresh in her head. At the minute she was working her way through their experiences in Japan. In the beginning she wasn't sure if she could even write a travel guide, never mind get one published, but Emily had been so sure of her capabilities and managed to convince her to try. Under duress she had shown it to a friend who worked as a travel writer for the paper and he had been impressed. There was pretty much a grantee from a friend of his in publishing that once she was finished they would publish it.

"I'm home!" Emily called from the door. Naomi had been so engrossed in Japanese culture that she hadn't been aware of the time. She jumped up from her desk and hurried to meet her little red head. This was her favourite part of the day; when Emily came home from work. She took her in her arms and gave her a gentle kiss.

"How was work?" She smiled.

"Oddly quiet." Emily wrinkled her nose in confusion. "Not that I'm complaining. What about you? Did you get much work done?"

"We're getting there." The blonde nodded.

"Good." She smiled and leaned up to kiss her partner.

"I have this major sushi craving now though." Naomi pouted. All the reading up on and writing about the tasty seafood treats had left her salivating.

"Really? Well we could go get some sushi after Sadie and Liz's?" She suggested. Naomi nodded vigorously in response. "Ok I'm just going to have a quick shower before we leave. I hate visiting people smelling like hospital."

"Could be worse..." The blonde called after her as she headed down the hall to the bathroom. "At least you don't smell like sick today!"

"Always a good day." Emily chuckled and shut the bathroom door.

"Much better." She sighed happily when she reappeared wearing a t-shirt and jeans with still damp hair. She stood behind Naomi who was sitting at her desk busily typing on her laptop.

"Mmm...Definitely!" Naomi agreed, pausing momentarily to lean her head back and kiss the now clean red head.

"Are you ready to go?" She asked.

"Yeah." Naomi said distractedly as she finished her sentence and saved her work. "Let's go."

Sadie is Kieran's niece which, since Kieran and Gina have been married for 5 years, technically makes her Naomi's step-cousin. Although they got on so well they rarely felt the need to include the step- prefix. Sadie is a successful artist and photographer who recently launched a range of LGBT greetings cards for birthdays, Christmas and every other holiday you could imagine. She met her partner Liz when she had been in Bristol visiting her uncle before the wedding. It had been an early morning and both parties were desperately seeking caffeine in a local café and there had been some confusion over whose coffee was whose. They had laughed it off and ended up chatting about the hideousness of early mornings.

To cut a long story short they fell in love and Sadie moved to Bristol. They arranged to take a holiday to Majorca that coincided with Naomi and Emily's trek through that area on their way back to Bristol. They ended up having a civil partnership ceremony on the beach with Naomi and Emily present as their witnesses. It was spontaneous and sudden but it was perfect for them. When they returned home they began the process of having a child together, both of them eager to start a family. Sadie had conceived Aiden after their second attempt at artificial insemination. The little girl was now two.

Naomi and Emily pulled up outside a house not far from where Kieran and Gina lived. A tall brunette answered when they rang the doorbell.

"Hi!" She greeted them cheerfully.

"Hey Liz." Emily hugged the older woman on her way into the house.

"How's life at Roundview?" Naomi enquired as she too hugged Liz.

"Oh you know...it's never dull." She laughed.

"Emily. Naomi!" A small voice cried excitedly.

"Hi Aiden." They waved at the tiny toddler with red-blonde curls.

"Aiden." Liz requested. "Can you go get mummy from her office, please?"

"Alright mummy." She nodded happily and waddled off down the hall.

"Sadie working then?" Emily asked. She was a big fan of Sadie's work. Katie had also been so pleased with the invitations for their wedding she was considering setting up an account with the Irish girl's company, Happy Holigays.

"No rest for the wicked." Liz rolled her eyes.

"How are my favourite cousin and her beautiful fiancée doing?" A husky Northern Irish voice asked as Sadie appeared beside them holding Aiden in her arms. The resemblance between them was striking. "Don't tell my blood cousins I said that by the way." She joked.

"We're great." Naomi answered as they moved towards the living room. "And I won't."

"Please excuse the mess." Liz waved her arm around at the toys scattered on the floor.

"Yeah I did try to tidy up this morning but Princess Aiden had other ideas." Sadie informed them with an accusing glance at their child. They were such a perfect little family, so happy and relaxed. Emily couldn't help but think that if her life was like this in a few years time she would be endlessly happy.

"So how are the wedding plans going?" Liz asked eager to hear all about them.

"Yeah...I have to tell you Ems that wedding planner of yours is a real fire cracker. Effy really has her work cut out for her there." Sadie laughed. Her experience dealing with the uptight wedding planner side of Katie had been a hilarious contrast to the more laid back but still bossy social side she was used to seeing.

"She was very pleased with your work actually." Emily smiled. "In fact I'm supposed to tell you she is very interested in doing some more business with you in the future."

"I look forward to it." Sadie said with only half sincere sarcasm.

"That's actually, kind of, why we're here." Naomi began awkwardly.

"To offer me a business deal?" Sadie looked a little confused.

"No." Emily shook her head and laughed. "To ask you guys something about the wedding."

She clarified but thought it would be better if the actual request came from Naomi. Sadie and Liz looked no less confused about the reason behind their visit. The red head nudged her girlfriend to continue.

"Right...Emily and I..." She smiled sweetly at her fiancée. "We were wondering if maybe you would allow Aiden to be our flower girl?"

Sadie looked first to her wife, then to their daughter before looking back at Naomi with a big smile and tears welling up in her eyes. Beside her Liz was grinning just as much.

"Of course we'll allow her." Sadie said as if it was a ridiculous thought that they wouldn't allow their daughter to be a part of this special day.

"Really?" Naomi asked.

"Yes you daft bitch." Sadie laughed as a small tear escaped her eye. She was surprisingly overwhelmed by her younger cousin's decision to involve her family in such an important day in her life. "We'd be honoured if you let Aiden be your flower girl."

Sadie and Naomi met in the middle of the room for an emotional hug. Liz and Emily looked at each other sharing a look over how cute their partners were being at this moment in time. Much like Naomi and Effy, Emily had Liz had bonded over how remarkably similar they're partners were despite not being biologically related. They were both passionate and stubborn and their sense of humours was identical. Not to mention the fact that Liz's father was a doctor in the hospital where Emily worked and it was his glowing recommendation that had set her out from the other graduates applying for the job.

"Thanks so much for asking us." Liz smiled at the younger girl.

"Of course we were going to ask you." Emily insisted. "You're family."

Liz found herself a little choked by the sentiment as well. She really did consider the two girls family.

"Alright pull yourself together woman!" The brunette chastised her wife. "I swear to God she is an emotional wreck."

"I'm not!" Sadie sniffed and wiped her eyes. Liz gave her an amused look. "Leave me alone it was an emotion thing."

"And that thing on the news the other day?" She raised an eyebrow at the red head.

"What?" Sadie replied defensively. "Those people were just so happy that their team had won that trophy!"

"What?" Naomi looked confused. Of all the sad news stories featured everyday Sadie had cried over a football trophy.

"Yeah..." Liz laughed. "I came home from work the other day to find her blubbering like a baby over some stupid football match. That's why she's not allowed to watch the news anymore."

They all shared a laugh at Sadie's expense as the red head huffed over being teased.

"Are you guys really sure about asking Aiden to be flower girl?" Sadie asked trying to change the subject.

"Yeah because we don't make any guarantees about her behaviour." Liz asked.

"Oh that's fine!" Emily waved her hand dismissively. "We don't mind as long as she's happy."

"Well Katie might." Naomi muttered much to the displeasure of her fiancée who shot her a look.

"Did you hear that Aiden?" Sadie called to her daughter. The toddler looked up from playing with her blocks at the mention of her name. "You're going to be in Auntie Naomi and Auntie Emily's wedding."

Aiden looked at them like she had no clue what that meant or what the hell they were talking about.

"You get to wear a pretty dress." Her other mother added and the child's face lit up at the prospect.

"Like a princess." She smiled. Emily and Naomi cooed at how cute she was.

"Well that's it settled then. Count her in." Sadie laughed.

"That's great!" Emily beamed. "Really great!"

They ended up staying in Sadie and Liz's for almost two hours. Liz had invited them to stay for dinner but Naomi still had a sushi craving to satisfy so they politely decline and picked up some takeout from their local Japanese restaurant instead. Back in the comfort of their own home they lay up on the couch enjoying their food in front of the television with a nice glass of wine.

"See now isn't this perfect." Naomi mused throwing her arm around the smaller girl and settling onto the couch to watch some film that was about to start. Emily rested her head on the blonde's chest and nestled into her side. She was tired after a long day and so comfortable in Naomi's arms that she was struggling to stay awake.

"Yeah it really is." She sighed contentedly. "I love you." She said softly.

"I love you too." Naomi whispered kissing the top of her head. Emily barely made it to the end of the opening credits before she surrendered to sleep.