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The two girls got into a bit of a routine. Emily would wake up before the sun rose and would take Thunder out for a ride, not really practicing her craft of dressage, but just enjoying the time with her steed. She would then get showered and head to the Campbell residence. Sometimes she would help the blond bombshell bathe, or give her a sponge-bath in bed on the bad days. The red head would collect any homework assignments that Naomi had completed, place a soft kiss on her sweet lips, and head to Naomi's college. The blonds' teacher's all knew Emily by now and expected her on a daily basis. They would all have the homework assignments ready and would take the completed homework to correct. Most of them would also have the corrected homework to give back to Naomi. She was doing great in her classes, even after not being in class for lectures every day.
After Emily turned in what was needed, and received what she had to bring back, she would quickly make her way back to Naomi's to drop everything off. Usually the pair would then work on their homework together, but separate. All of the red head's courses were online, and so she would bring her laptop to work on so she wouldn't tie up the blond's. Music would always play in the background. The silence was a comfortable one.
Emily would often steal glances in the blond's direction, and sometimes she would get caught, which would cause a flush to run to her cheeks and down her neck.
The red head would massage Naomi's legs a few times a day, and it was actually working. The blond also had her physical therapy sessions three times a week, and Emily drove her to every single one. The red head would wait during the sometimes two hour sessions until the Naomi was finished to take her home.
To say they were inseparable would have been an understatement. Even Gina began to wonder what was going on between the two girls. One time she had walked in the room, and she could swear that they had been snogging, only to pull apart when the door opened. Both girls had a strong blush along their features, and Emily began to run her hands along her daughter's legs, as if she had been doing that the whole time. Whatever she had intended on saying or doing was forgotten and she had ended up mumbling something about lunch being ready.
Each day Naomi could feel more than the previous one, and before long, she was starting to get out of her wheel-chair and use a walker instead. It wasn't easy, and she would often get frustrated… she didn't like having to learn to walk all over again.
"Just let me do it!"
Emily took a step back from the irritated blond, but didn't move too far in case she was needed. Her chocolate orbs watched as Naomi walked with the aid of her walker out the front door to the edge of the steps. Gina was holding her breath as she watched her daughter stop at the top of the stairs, wanting so badly to help her only child, but knowing that this was something that Naomi wanted to do by herself.
"You can do it, Naomi, I'm right here." Emily's voice was soft and she walked up behind her friend, setting her hands softly on her hips.
Naomi's head nodded, she was determined to tackle the stairs by herself, but feeling the soft touch did make her feel that much stronger. "Thanks," she mumbled out as she moved the walker's back leg's to the next step down before putting one foot down, then the other. The trip down the stairs seemed longer than she remembered, and by the time she had reached solid ground, she was a bit tired. "So out of shape," she said to herself.
"Well, that's just another thing we'll have to work on, yeah?"
The blond head bobbed up and down a couple of times. It was their first trip outside in the front of the house. Naomi had wanted to get out and go for a walk, and now that she was down the steps, she was dreading having to go back up them at the end.
The walk was slow and steady, and the two girls walked side by side. Emily brought her hand from swaying at her side to rest softly atop Naomi's which was placed on her walker. Crystal blue eyes shot over to the slight red head for but a moment before she looked back in front of her. A smile came to her lips. She loved the feeling, loved the soft touches that would transpire between them. The red head always initiated the contact, but the blond almost always accepted them. It felt right to her, it felt good, and she never wanted the contact to end.
Emily began to hum as they moseyed along the sidewalk. Her entire body was on a cloud, and that's how it had been for the past few weeks. Every day was full of fun, laughs, but also hard work, both physically and mentally. She couldn't seem to get enough of the blond's soft skin. Her hand was still sitting on top of Naomi's and the smile on her lips seemed to never leave her face.
A beeping sound caused Emily to pull her hand away to pull her phone out of her pocket. She saw the name and was tempted to just slip the device back into her pants, but she didn't. The red head opened up the message from her twin and the smile was wiped clean off her face. The look wasn't lost on the blond who stopped walking to look over at the red head. Naomi reached a hand over to softly touch Emily's shoulder, "Hey, what's wrong?"
The shorter girl just stayed silent, staring disbelievingly at her cell. Her chocolate orbs reread the message over and over again, somehow trying to make the words on the screen change to something she'd rather be reading. It didn't work though. "Um… I need to get back home. Something's happened."
Naomi waited for the girl to continue on, waited for Emily to tell her what exactly had happened, and after nothing more came, she turned her walker around to start her trek back to her home. The red head followed, but everything about her body language told her that something really wasn't right. The blond didn't want to pry into the younger twin's business, but she could feel her heart constricting with pain at seeing her friend so deflated.
So maybe 'friend' wasn't quite the right term, but the two had stayed away from talking about the relationship that they had formed. The bond between them was unmistakable, but it was easier for the both of them to just leave it unnamed… at least for now.
They got Naomi up the stairs with a little help from the strong red head. "I'm, I'm sorry… I need to go." The blond could feel her heart drop into the pit of her stomach. She didn't like the sound of Emily's raspy voice. The girl sounded so unsure, so scared, and it bothered Naomi that Emily couldn't even talk to her about it, even after everything they had gone through.
"You know I'm here for you, yeah?"
Blue eyes locked on with milk chocolate as the shorter girl nodded her head. There wasn't anything she could really say, at least not right now. Emily escorted Naomi back into her room before placing a soft kiss on the girl's lips and turning to walk off. She felt her wrist being grabbed and she stopped mid stride, turning around slowly. Pain was evident in her brown orbs, and the look literally knocked the wind from Naomi's lungs. Now it seemed the blond was speechless as well. After a long few moments of silence, the slightly crippled girl brought Emily's hand to her lips and she placed several kisses to the skin there. "Whatever it is, Emsy, I'm here. Promise you'll be safe, and text me later."
"Of course." It was a simple reply, but it was the truth. She would be as safe as she could in getting home, and she wouldn't have dreamed of not getting back in contact with Naomi later in the evening. "I'll miss you." She said as she walked out the door, tears starting to burn her eyes as she walked by Gina to get to the front door. Emily ran down the stairs to her car and set off to get home with her heart racing and tears running down her face.
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I couldn't keep Naomi crippled forever! Way to go Emily with those leg massages... must have really helped! *wink*