Heeeere I am again! I've read that some people has suggested me a beta, and now I have one (and she's thet best beta-readed ever, I should pay her for what she does, seriously, I didn't know that I was making that huge numberbof mistakes God! Anyway, stop rambling.
SpanishLily, this is for you.
Disclaimer: I don't own Skins, but I own 'Rocking'. Almost-naked Katies and Cheetos bags included.
19th February 2015. Echo Arena, Liverpool.
"GOOD EVENING, LIVERPOOL!"
Katie smiled at Effy as she grabbed her mic. Nine thousand people in that place just for them, it was incredible. It hadn't even been a year since their first video was released and just look at them; all those people singing their songs.
The adrenaline that ran through the four girls' bodies that night was incomparable to anything. They were just where they had to be, and they were enjoying every single minute of it.
[...]
Some hours before the concert.
"Girls." There he was. His name was John Foster and he was the manager of the band. They didn't want to have a manager at first, but they had to. He wasn't nice at all, but fuck it, he was so fucking effective at what he did…so it was good. "I want you to meet some people."
The four girls followed him through the stage, and that's when they saw them; their band. Naomi smiled because these were the people that were going to play with her and she was excited. She wanted to learn as much as possible.
"This is Frederick. He will be your bass guitarist." The boy smiled, raising his hand in order to salute.
"Call me Freddie or Fredster, whatever." He said, smiling.
Foster nodded. "Well, the girl next to him, she's Karen. Frederick's sister. She will be your rhythm guitar." The girls nodded. "He's Thomas. He will be on keyboards."
"Nice to meet you." He said, politely, and Emily decided that she liked him because he seemed nice.
"And finally, playing drums, James."
"Cook." He corrected Foster. "The people call me Cook, ladies." He said nodding.
Effy thought that Freddie and Cook were both attractive. Freddie seemed cool, nice, a boy to have some conversation with. On the other hand, Cook seemed... reckless? Yeah, she liked that.
Minutes later she was smoking. Naomi and Emily were talking to Thomas about their music, and Katie who was busy preparing herself to go on stage, as usual.
"What the heck is she doing?" asked Thomas looking at Katie oddly.
"Oh, that's her little ritual." Naomi answered with a smile.
They all stared at Katie who after taking a shot of Vodka, prays a little; thanking God, her parents and her partners on stage. Then she looks up to heaven, breathing deeply a couple of times before entering the stage. She did that, always, it was relaxing to her.
"Effy, right?" The girl looked up and she saw him. It was Cook with a smirk on his face; smoking also. She nodded. "So nice to finally meet one of you. This is huge, huh?" Effy looked at the Arena and nodded, and Cook chuckled. "It is. Tonight's gonna be ace."
Yeah, it would be.
[...]
"YEEEEEEAH, LET'S CELEBRATE!"
They were impressed by Cook. This chap knew how to run a party, and they ended in a cool club, drinking, dancing and having fun.
Effy smirked when she saw Cook swallowing down all that alcohol. It was as if he had no end and that was... interesting? Katie saw the entire scene rolling her eyes and scoffing because she knew exactly when Effy had 'interest' in a guy.
Naomi and Emily were talking about the concert with Karen. The redhead was a little bit annoyed because it seemed that Karen, that girl, was trying to flirt with her Naomi. (Her Naomi, yeah) And though it should have been weird to have these feelings toward their flirting, it wasn't… it really wasn't.
"Can I buy you a drink then?" asked Karen, standing up and Naomi giggled and nodded.
Emily crossed her arms trying to avoid looking at Naomi, but in that moment she felt the blonde's slender fingers rubbing her leg. "Are you OK, Ems?"
"Yeah..." She knew how to hide her feelings. She just avoided looking at her eyes trying to fake a smile, but Naomi knew her. Naomi knew her too well and she knew that it was better not to push that situation.
It would destroy their little bubble.
The night completely changed when Karen returned to the table with a couple of pints and started flirting with Naomi again. That was the moment when Naomi realized that she was uncomfortable flirting with her in front of Emily. It would have been weird for her if Emily did the same in front on her, so she stopped it.
Karen was well fit but she could never look as beautiful as the little redhead and that thought was freaking Naomi out just a little. The tension could be cut with a knife.
At least for tonight she was safe as she was paired with Effy in the hotel rooms and that was nice because tonight she just couldn't face what was evident. She didn't want to. And she was sure she wouldn't be able to sleep with Emily by her side that night.
"What do you think about our band?"
Her brunette friend was drunk, she knew that, and when Effy was drunk everyone had to be careful because she could be unpredictable. "Dunno, they seem nice." said the blonde, while she was cleaning the make-up off her face. They were in their room, it was late but Naomi knew that Effy wasn't going to sleep for a while (because she was trashed and she didn't want to, basically) and Naomi just couldn't do it with all the things she had on her mind.
Effy giggled. "That Karen girl wanted to rip your pants off so bad." And Naomi had to roll her eyes because she knew, of course she knew, but she wanted to avoid that elephant in the room. "She looks good, thought."
"Yeah..." replied Naomi, without showing interest at all. "She's cute, I suppose"
The brunette smiled. "But she's not Emily." Naomi looked at her raising an eyebrow but Effy was staring at the roof. "Yeah, she isn't."
"You should sleep." Naomi said trying to end that conversation.
"And you should grow a pair but well, neither of those is bound to happen soon." mumbled Effy, sighing and smiling at the same time. "Fuck, tomorrow I will have the motherfucking hangover of a lifetime, Naomi." She giggled, and Naomi laughed.
She knew that if Effy wasn't wasted they'd probably still be talking about Emily so she thanked all the gods because it was a lot nicer that way.
She needed to avoid it for now and that was that.
[...]
The next day, Naomi woke up earlier than Effy. Well, her friend was cuddling her favorite teddy, a duck, and making some funny noises. The blonde smiled and stretching her body she went to the shower.
The coldest shower ever, but she needed it. She couldn't sleep at all and she wondered if Emily could. That thought was naughty and she sighed mouthing off a 'fuck's sake' through her teeth. When she was dressed, she grabbed her pack of fags and went outside. She needed some food in her stomach so she went downstairs and entered the restaurant of the hotel and when she saw Emily she stopped a little.
Maybe it wasn't the best idea, to sit next to the petite girl but when Emily saw her, she thought that she had to sit, because Emily looked beautiful and her body was boiling with nervousness. "Hi." She said, smiling and sitting on her table, where Emily was devouring a full English breakfast.
"Hey." The redhead said cleaning her mouth with a napkin. "Sleep well?"
Naomi shrugged. "More or less. And you?"
Emily put a hand on her forehead, smiling and shaking her head. "I had to cope with a drunken Katie. Terrible. Was puking her guts out all night. She's such a fucking lightweight."
"Well." Naomi cleared her throat. "She's, you know, your twin, so..."
The redhead girl smiled. "I didn't drink so much, I guess." The waiter came and Naomi asked for an orange juice and some pancakes with strawberry syrup. When the blonde girl had her breakfast on the table Emily mumbled a 'yummy' and she smiled. "By the way, where's Eff?"
"Snoring." replied Naomi, and Emily laughed. "Hey, it's true!"
"My God, you should have recorded her with your mobile and posted it on twitter, she would freak out." They both laughed and then Naomi offered her a bit of her pancakes. "Mmm, they're good."
"I have magnificent taste, huh?" said Naomi looking straight into Emily's eyes and biting her lower lip.
An uncomfortable silence filled the air because of that question. Emily just nodded avoiding her eyes and eating her own breakfast.
Naomi tried to talk, tried to break the silence but she couldn't, so she finished her breakfast and then (after paying for both breakfasts at the bar) she went outside.
Nicotine. Loads of Nicotine on a typical Liverpool's rainy day. Just what she needed.
She tried calming herself down thinking that this afternoon they would go home for a couple of days. That was it, she would find her bubble again and Emily would be in it.
She hoped so.
[...]
A couple of nights later, Effy and Emily were invited to a famous TV programme in London. The truth was that all the girls were invited to that interview but Katie was doing a photo-shoot for a well-known magazine in another part of that city and Naomi was just dinning with her mother because she tried to do that, at least, once a month (and that interview was the only thing that she could switch around in February).
- Well girls, on the cover of your album we see a brunette Naomi, laughing with Emily. However, on the back, Katie and Effy are... let's say, having fun while Effy raises her middle finger. Why did you decide to separate yourselves?
(Pause).
Effy: You know? When we arrived at the photo-shoot of our album's cover, we were a little...
Emily: …disappointed.
Effy: Yeah, that's it. They tried to shoot us posing, doing the same old thing and it was like: what the fuck? We aren't like every other girl-band, we've told you.
Emily: Actually, we didn't realize that we were separated until we saw the finished album cover... and those were the two photos that weren't superficial at all, I think.
Effy: Yeah... I think it's cool. (She said grabbing the album and smiling and showing the cover).
(Emily laughed).
Emily: Yes, it definitely is.
[...]
kayFFitch on Twitter: Watching my sister RockLobsterEms and carefreefy while I'm in the middle of a photo-shoot (almost naked, haha) LMFAO, you look amazin babes ;D
21st February, 20:47.
[...]
"Your sister's mad, damn, she says 'almost naked' on Twitter and she's got like two thousand retweets."
Emily laughed, shaking her head. She was driving through the streets of London because Effy hadn't gotten the license to do it yet. "You're two are fucking addicted to that twitter shit, seriously."
Effy grinned, taking a photo of them in the car. "Yeah, this will do." She said typing the keys of her smartphone. "Ha, in your face, Katie Fucking Fitch!" The redhead rolled her eyes, smiling, because she loved that little fight that the girls had going on Twitter. In fact, it was hilarious.
carefreefy posted a photo on Twitter: here RockLobsterEms the sexiest driver ever, sayin hello to Katie ;D
21st February, 22:04.
When Emily's phone buzzed ('cause every time one of the girls sent a Twitter adding her username, her smartphone buzzed) she sighed, turning on the radio.
As a coincidence, their song was filling the car and they started to sing loudly because, in fact, Emily and Effy got along great and it was comfortable doing anything together because they knew each other so well. "Fuck yeeeah." said Effy when the song finished, and Emily laughed.
"Where do I drop you off?" asked Emily, and the brunette stared at her, shrugging.
"Katie isn't going to come 'till later and your 'wife' is having some mummy time so...what do you say Emsy…get pissed at your house or at mine."
Emily rolled her eyes. "When you talk about us like that, calling me 'her wife', I swear that I would kill you."
"Yours or mine, Emily?" Effy answered, completely disregarding Emily's reply.
Emily sighed. "Mine."
"Cool. Go ahead."
And yeah, Effy Stonem was kind of crazy but Emily loved her to bits.
[...]
Two bottles of wine and a Cheetos bag and they were a little bit pissed on Emily's couch. They were laughing out loud watching the last movie of The Hangover saga. "God, I haven't had this much fun in ages." admitted Effy stretching herself in the black couch.
Emily grinned, and her friend stared at her. "What?" asked Emily still grinning.
"Can I ask you somethin' Ems?"
The redhead shrugged, smiling. "Sure."
Effy stared at the TV, thinking about the kind of question she was about to ask. It was risky, but worth it. She was all ears. She knew Emily needed to be heard. "What's going on between you and Blondie?"
The petite girl opened her eyes, shocked. "W-what?" she replied, surprised by that question.
Effy smiled. "I think you've heard me pretty well..."
"Well, yeah, but I don't unders-."
Effy sat down on the couch, crossing her legs and stared at her friend. "Aw, Emily, come on. You know what I mean."
Emily shrugged. "Oh... then… nothing… I guess"
The brunette sighed, staring at the TV screen again. "It wasn't like a gossip question, you know? I am completely interested."
"B-but, why?"
Effy rolled her eyes. "Don't know, because you two are my best friends maybe?"
Sarcasm, pure sarcasm. It was like a slap on Emily's face, that question, and she wanted Effy to drop the conversation. When she stood silent, the brunette sighed, stood up and grabbed her jacket. "You know? Fuck it. I wanted to help but it seems useless..." she said, before closing the entry's door.
Emily closed her eyes, shaking her head. "Fuck's sake." Someone opened the door, again, and then Naomi appeared in the living room leaving her coat on their armchair.
"I've met Effy at the stairs, was she pissed or something?" Emily pointed at the bottle of wine that remained on the table.
"Oh, I understand." Naomi said. How did the interview go, by the way?"
Emily replied without looking at her. "Boring."
She was angry with Effy for meddling in her business and… and fuck it… why did everyone think they had the right to comment on her private life? Thinking about Naomi and mixing that in with her private life was quite weird too. It was true they weren't together! But sometimes it seemed they were.
"Are you alright, Em?" Naomi said as Emily turned around to face the blonde.
"Yeah, yeah... I think I'm going to bed after cleaning this mess. I'm a bit tired."
Naomi stared at her. "Don't worry about this, I'll manage. You rest."
At any other time, Emily would've thanked her with a smile on her face but that night she just wasn't in the mood to do that so she simply stood up, dragging her feet, and entered her bedroom.
Naomi saw it all with a raised eyebrow. It seemed like Effy and Emily had had an argument. She didn't like that but she wasn't going to push the redhead to talk because she knew Emily could sometimes be stubborn. She didn't want to argue so instead she picked up everything in the living room, washed the cups, and then she went to bed too.
This was yet another night she couldn't sleep, but this time, she stood up from her bed. She wanted to talk to Emily, so she knocked on her door. The redhead opened it in a few seconds, she seemed awake too and Naomi just cleared her throat. "Can I?"
Emily nodded, opening the door. She was watching YouTube videos on her laptop and Naomi sat on the bed, making herself comfortable. "I can't sleep."
"I see that." replied Emily sitting on the bed as well. "Do you want to watch something or...?"
Naomi shook her head. "I prefer to talk a little, you know, I haven't seen you all the day so… tell me."
"Tell you what?" replied the redhead, smiling and when Naomi shrugged she grinned, because it was too cute. "About today, how did your day go?" Naomi was cheering her up as always. She switched off the laptop and she left it on her desk, and then, she covered herself with the sheets. "Well, I was having fun; the interview has been a little bit shit because the presenter was as boring as a fucking whale."
Naomi laughed. "Whales are fun, Ems."
"Sure, tons…creatures that only eat plankton and shit all day… loads of fun." And Naomi laughed again because an annoyed Emily was a lot more fun. "Stop laughing!" said the redhead, passing her hand through Naomi's face. When they finished with the laughter they stared at each other eyes for a second. "Are you done laughing at me?" asked Emily still smiling.
The blonde sighed and smiled back. She played with a strand of Emily's hair. "So you have a shitty day yet you are laughing here with me."
"You're making me laugh." replied Emily, yawning and turning around avoiding her desire to kiss Naomi. She couldn't face her. She bit her lip thinking that it was like a little crush and sooner or later it would pass and they would continue being just friends. The only thing that she couldn't avoid was that she was gay. She realized it later that night, but there it was. Staring at her face.
So the next morning when she stood up trying not to wake Naomi (and thinking that she looked totally beautiful, even sleeping) she grabbed her smartphone and entering the bathroom, she sent a message to Effy.
'Sorry bout ysterday :(, We rlly need 2 talk!'
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