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This is the end...the last part. I really hope it lives up to any expectations you may have had, it took me forever to decide what was going in this chapter, but one morning I woke up and every last thing fell into place. I hope no one is disappointed...

Disclaimer: I don't own Skins...if I did season 3 cast would be in it forever and ever.

The ground was cold until she lay the blanket across it. She didn't know why they'd chosen their spot by the lake, but there they were on a Sunday afternoon. Naomi had arrived earlier, anticipating what would or could happen in a spot where so much of their relationship had unfolded. She had mixed feelings about the place now, but deep down she always knew it would be their place. Emily arrived shortly after with a blanket, foreseeing the temperature of the floor on which they'd sit while they talked.

"Are you feeling better after the other night?" Emily asked, still concerned about the incident with James. Naomi just nodded. She didn't want small talk, she didn't care for the little things, she just wanted to get down to business and see what Emily wanted to do.

"Where shall we start?" Naomi whispered, trying to move the conversation along.

"I meant what I said before Naomi, I don't want to get back together with you,"

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The words hit her like daggers. Part of her had expected the let down, but another part of her thought that maybe there was a chance that things had changed. She'd tried to fight, but maybe she hadn't fought hard enough. Something which she knew she would always regret. Emily was about to continue when Naomi stood up and turned to walk away without another word.

Emily sighed, "Don't go,"

"Why not?" Naomi cried, "Why should I stay if you're just going to tell me what you've already told me? Why give me hope just to knock me down?"

Emily stared at her hands as she played with the dirt, "It's not over Naomi, just listen to me, let me finish."

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The floor might have been cold, but she decided that it was better to be cold than to sit beside Emily. She wanted to listen, to let her finish, but she felt frustrated and angry that she'd come all this way just to be told there was no hope.

"I've thought long and hard about this, all of it. You don't know how many times I went over it in my mind, trying to find a way for us to be together. But I can't do it, not right now. I need to break away from this, from you, from everything."

"But…" Naomi interrupted.

"No, don't say anything. Not yet." Emily continued on, not stopping to let her speak. "You were my safety net. You were my one chance to be Emily a person, not Emily, Katie's twin. I relied on you too much Naomi, I was dependent and I don't want to be that kind of person. I don't want to not know who I am unless I'm connected to someone else."

Naomi let the word sink in, trying to understand where she was coming from. She too was dependent on Emily, she didn't see herself as one person anymore. As JJ had once said, she was one half of Naomily. At the time she told him not to give them a celebrity couple name, but the more she thought about it, the more she wanted to be nothing more than Emily's girlfriend. She pulled herself from her thoughts as Emily continued to speak.

"When I met you I was scared. I was scared to be gay and I was scared that I didn't know how to deal with those feelings. The thought of being gay with someone, having a girlfriend, a stranger. Starting out with someone I didn't know as my first relationship, it was terrifying. You were a familiar face and it meant something, it really meant something," Emily took a deep breath, a hint of tears on her voice. "It mattered to me that my first was someone who I cared about and trusted and knew so well."

Emily stopped talking. Her voice faltered as tears fell from her cheeks. Naomi wanted to reach over and wipe away her sadness. But something troubled her.

"Did you, did you ever really love me?"

Emily choked on her tears and looked angry, her face pulled together in frustration as her voice grew louder. "Love you? I'm taking anti-depressants every single day and I've just stopped seeing a counsellor, of course I fucking loved you."

Naomi stayed silent, not sure whether to speak, or to wait for Emily to say something more. She felt tense, each word sinking into her mind and heart as Emily spoke them.

"I realise now that the main reason I was so messed up was because I couldn't cope with the alternative. It's like it was last year, I needed to be alone, only now more than ever. I need to be alone. It," she choked on her tears again, taking a moment to pull herself together, "It hurts me so much to say it, but I need to do this for my own sanity…and for yours."

Tears filled Naomi's eyes and she struggled to swallow. Emily's words were hitting her hard, they made her want to scream, to tell her she was wrong, that it shouldn't happen, that they had to be together. But she knew deep down that every thing Emily said was true.

"We need to grow up, you need to learn who you are; if you're gay, if you're straight, if you're bi. You just need to discover that and accept it and embrace it," Emily sighed, wiping her face. "You can't do that with me here getting in the way. And I need time to heal and to move on."

"So this is it?" Naomi dared to whisper, regretting the question instantly.

Emily sighed, "I don't know, if we can be friends in September, then I'd be okay with that. But I think we need to spend some time apart, the summer. If you don't want to be friends in September, then I'll deal with that. But right now, we can't have the happy ending that I know you want."

Naomi had moved closer, she was on her knees facing Emily, sat inches from her body. Their faces were both stained with tears and they were both shaking. She nodded, listening intently with every word, finally accepting what Emily wanted, what needed to happen.

"I would rather lose your love and keep your friendship, than lose everything further down the line."

The silence that followed Emily's last sentence was deafening. Naomi felt like she was going to drown under the pain, but then she looked to the future. To September when they'd had time apart, time to grow, time to be who they were and maybe after a while they could be who they were together, once more. Naomi leant forwards, wrapping her arms around Emily's body, their faces covered with fresh tears as she kissed her. She kissed her with every last piece of her heart and her soul and Emily kissed her back. Unlike any kiss they'd had before, it wasn't full of hunger, or anticipation for what was. It was simply an act of goodbye. Naomi knew that it would be over soon and they would both walk away, but for now she enjoyed their last moment together.

AN: Thanks for reading this chapter and this story. I have thoroughly enjoyed writing this sequel to Trying To Forget and I hope you'll all join me with a third and probably final part to the soon to be triology. Please leave your comments/reviews, even if you haven't reviewed before, I'd love to know if you enjoyed the story as a whole. I've spent about 5 months out of writing thanks to a nasty case of writers block and these two fics have really brought me back with a bang and I really do appreciate the feedback.