Author's Note: Hey there! I'm feeling rather good today, so here I am. So, someone mentioned that I included an Americanism in the last chapter? Argh! I'm literally mad at myself for that one, and in case you didn't catch it, 999 is the British emergency number, but it's 911 in America. A stupid little mistake. Thanks for pointing it out though ;) Emily's POV, folks. On with it then…

It's been a few days since Naomi was attacked, and she's home and doing well. I am so grateful that she doesn't blame me for what happened, but I'm still doing everything in my power to make her comfortable. I actually think I might be a bit irritating, but she takes it all with a smile. Katie called me earlier today, letting me know that she's going to help me. I knew she'd come around. We're meeting tomorrow afternoon for lunch.

I've just walked in the door after, hopefully, one of my last nights of work. I've come to expect Naomi to either be still awake or sleeping on the couch when I get home. Tonight she's still awake.

'Hey Nai, how're you doing?' She's laying down on the couch watching T.V.

'Fine, a bit sore.'

'When's the last time you took your medicine?'

'Um, five hours ago?'

'Naomi, you're supposed to take it every four hours.' I say chidingly.

'It makes me feel funny.'

'Yes, but it also alleviates the pain. Come on, it's late. You're taking your medicine and going to bed.'

'Yes, mum.' I sigh and walk over to help her off the couch. She groans in pain halfway up, and I immediately stop moving her.

'Alright?' She nods, but is clearly hurting. I help her the rest of the way up before gently wrapping an arm around her back. We slowly make our way to the stairs before taking them one at a time. We make it to the bedroom without any incidence, and I help Naomi undress. Before you freak out, I have to help her because of her ribs. Once she's in pajamas I help her into bed. 'I'll be right back.' I say and she nods. I walk to the bathroom and quickly get her pain medicine and a glass of water. I bring them to Naomi and she takes them, but not without a bit of grumbling which just makes me giggle. 'I'll be in soon, kay?' She nods again.

'Hurry please.' I smile and nod. I take a quick shower before putting on some pajamas and slipping into bed next to Naomi. She spoons me from behind and I fall asleep almost instantly.

I wake up panicking because I didn't set the alarm for lunch with Katie. Naomi and I can easily sleep until two or three in the afternoon. I look at the clock to see that it's only eleven, and I told Katie to meet us at the restaurant at one. I breathe a sigh of relief before relaxing back into Naomi's arms. I decide that we should probably get up now to start getting ready. I roll over to face Naomi and study her face for a minute. She's so beautiful and she looks so peaceful when she sleeps. I snap out of my stare to wake her up.

'Naomi.' I shake her a bit and she sits up quickly. Her body didn't quite agree with that one. She groans in pain and lays back down slowly. 'Sorry, I'm sorry.' I say in a rush. 'Be right back.' I run to the bathroom and come back with pain pills. She groans again at the sight of the pills. 'Come on, your hurting and you need these.'

'But we have lunch with your sister today.' She whines.

'It's fine, you don't even have to say anything.'

'Em, I don't want them. I want to be there for you and my head has to be clear in order for that to happen.' Awwwww, that's so sweet! She wants to be there for me even though she's the one who's going through a very nasty divorce right now. I'll just have to return the favor and be there for her during that, not that I was planning on not being there for her before, but, oh never mind.

'You're really sweet sometimes, did you know that?' I ask smiling. She just blushes and ducks her head. 'You are going to be miserable if you don't take them.' She shakes her head no again. 'Fine. You just stay here then so I can get ready, then I'll be back to help you.' She nods and I leave to shower.

Naomi and I have just arrived at the restaurant to find that Katie is already here. We sit down, but not before getting an earful about being 'late lezzer bitches.' My sister is rather lovely, isn't she? Gotta love her. She finally gets to what we're actually here to talk about.

'I have to admit, Ems, I don't really have any experience with this kind of thing.' She says, lowering her voice considerably.

'I know you don't, I just don't know what to do. I don't think Karen's going to just let me leave. We obviously can't go to the police because she'd just point them to me.'

'I know that, maybe, did you want me to threaten her?'

'I don't know if that would be the best idea, she could like, find us or something.'

'What's she gonna do, kill us?' Katie asks with a smirk.

'Something along those lines, yes.' Her smirk immediately fades.

'I was kidding.' She whispers.

'Yeah, well I'm not.' I can tell that Naomi is uncomfortable, both with the conversation and her injuries. I reach over and put my hand on her thigh and she reciprocates by grabbing my hand and entwining our fingers. I smile over at her and she smiles back.

'Why don't we just confront her about it, maybe try to make a deal or something?' Katie asks, clearly too deep in thought to have noticed mine and Naomi's PDA. I really can't wait until I can actually call her mine. Once all this shit is sorted, I hope she's ready, but I won't rush her. I want her to be just as committed as I will be.

'Yeah, I guess that's our best bet.'

'No time like the present, yeah?'

'Sure, why not?'

'Do you know where we can find the bitch?' Katie asks. I nod.

'Emsy, so glad you wanted to meet!' Karen practically shouts as she engulfs me in a hug. I try not to flinch. For safety purposes I've decided to try to deal with Karen alone, Katie and Naomi hiding somewhere in the pub for back up if needed. Also, no, in case you were wondering, Karen is not personal with all of her employees. She likes me. A lot. I hope she keeps that in mind when I try to quit.

'Karen, good to see you.' I lie with a sickly sweet smile.

'What'd you want to talk about, Red?'

'Well, see, um, I kind of want to, you see, I just-'

'Out with it!'

'I want to quit.' She looks stunned.

'Why would you want to do that?'

'I've found someone.' I blurt out. Her face softens a bit. For a pimp, Karen isn't that bad of a person. She cares about her employees, and she takes care of some of them too. Definitely not your run of the mill pimp, if you ask me.

'Right, just know that if I ever get caught, and someone mentions a little red head, you're dead. Got it?' She says in the sweetest way possible.

'That's it? Just like that?' I say, stunned practically beyond words.

'Sure. Love is special. You have to cherish it. Even I know that.' She says with a wink.

'Thank you so much Karen.' I say, still in a daze.

'Sure thing Emsy. Let me know if you're ever interested in getting back in though, yeah?' She says with a smirk.

'Yeah, yeah.' I scan the pub for Katie and Naomi and spot them staring at us from a corner.

'See ya around, Emily.' I smile and give Karen a genuine hug.

'Yeah, Karen. Bye.' I walk out the door of the pub and wait for Katie and Naomi to follow. When they do, I run up to Naomi and hug her, very gently of course. She instantly reciprocates before pulling me back to tell them what happened. 'She let me go. Just like that.' I say happily. Katie looks dumbfounded while Naomi has broken into a broad smile. She hugs me again.

'Something's finally gone right.' She whispers into my ear. I pull back and give Katie a strong hug.

'Thanks, Kay.' She just nods against my shoulder.

'Right, well, I have a life, so bye lezzers.' I just grin at Katie and she grins back. 'Really, I'm happy for you Ems. You too Naomi. You take care of my sister, yeah?' Naomi just blushes and nods, still painfully shy around Katie. 'See you soon Ems.' I nod.

'Really soon.' I say. I watch Katie drive off with a wave and a smile. I turn to Naomi and she looks like someone's painted the smile on her face. 'Home?' I ask. She nods and we head home for the night.

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