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Effy POV

"Naomi"

That's the last thing I heard spoken for five minutes. I dart my eyes between Emily and Naomi, they're both still staring at each other. I search Naomi's eyes, they're full of hurt, anger and something else. I keep watching, seeing little bits of it poking out behind the wall she's put up. For a brief moment, it comes into view.

I smirk internally as I spot it. Love. She still loves Emily, wait no, she's still IN love with Emily. I watched her with Cook over the past four months, I've seen love in her eyes as she gazes at him, it sparkled every time he kissed her hand, held a door open for her, pulled her chair out for her at work. But it never showed that she was IN love with him. I know it, but she doesn't, Naomi won't know it for some time. I can tell.

I laugh at Cook's face. Naomi must be squeezing that hand pretty hard. My eyes cast to Emily. Her eyes are larger than normal, her lips slightly parted. She's in a daze. Just by her posture I can see she is conflicted by Naomi's presence. She loves seeing her, but is also guilty about what she's done. I watch as the surprise in her eyes turns to jealousy as she stares at their entwined hands. I shake my head, she's obviously still in love with Naomi. The looks she's giving Cook's hands is like she's going to chop it off.

Cook told me about Jen and how he really thinks Emily's moved on from Naomi. He couldn't be more wrong. I can tell without even seeing Emily interact with Jen that she's just using her for a rebound, she's using Jen to try and fill the void in her heart that Naomi once held. But she's not big enough, no one will be able to replace Naomi or the love Emily had for her.

I roll my eyes, fed up with the tense silence and kick Emily's leg. She jumps and holds her leg.

"Ow! What the fuck Eff?"

I take out another cigarette "Sorry, slipped" I raise an eyebrow at her whilst placing the cigarette between my lips, lighting it and taking a drag. I breathe the smoke out into Emily's face and smirk at her.

Emil glares at me before looking back at Naomi. She hesitantly stands up and clears her throat "It's good to see you Naomi"

I watch as Naomi's eyes harden even more, her lips purse in a tight line "Likewise" her words make Cook and Emily cringe. I knock the ash of my cigarette and take another drag. She's far from happy to see Emily.

Naomi removes her hand from Cooks and turns to me "Effy, could I speak to you" She looks between Cook and Emily "Privately?"

I raise an eyebrow before stubbing out my fag. I stand up and motion for Naomi to go into the kitchen, I turn to Cook and Emily "You two behave. If I do not have exactly 10 fags left when I come back, I'm holding you" I point to Cook "Responsible"

"Why the fuck me?"

"Because you're the one who's most likely smoked them" Emily chuckles next to him, I turn to her "If anything is broken, I'm holding you responsible"

"Wha-"

"You're the clumsiest person ever Emily"

"I have dyspraxia!"

"That's just an excuse for why you're clumsy" Cook says earning a punch in the arm from Emily. I roll my eyes and walk into the kitchen, closing the door behind me.

Naomi's pacing the floor, nibbling on her lip. She's angry and nervous.

I sigh and lean against the counter, looking at my nails as I wait for the rant to start.

Naomi stops pacing; I mentally count in my head.

3..2..1..

"Why didn't you tell me she was going to be here Effy?" she yells in a hushed whisper "Why didn't you or Cook bother telling me she was coming back? Don't you think that would've been the kind thing to do? Giving me time to think of what I could say to her instead of the awkward silence that we just had in there?" She jabs her finger towards the door "You have no idea what it's like for me to have the person who broke my heart to re appear. Do you know what it feels like Effy?" she asks

"Yes" I keep my face straight as she stares at me, her face contorts into confusion, anger and disbelievement.

"No you don't"

I jump up onto the counter and sigh "I do Naomi. You do know the guy you're dating right? He was the biggest man whore around just like Emily was. Only now he's settled down Naomi"

I look at Naomi and see she hasn't caught on "I know what it's like Naomi, I've been in your situation before, I still am in fact. You love-"

"Loved"

"Loved Emily and she was a womanizer, she left you broken up then suddenly, she's back in your life. Who else do we know is a womanizer?"

Naomi nibbles on her lip, her eyes cast at the floor as she thinks. I pick up the lighter next to me and starts to flick it on the off. I watch it as the flame flares up, then goes. Just like how it was like with me. One minute there was a spark, a fire, and then with the flip of a switch it was gone.

I hear Naomi gasp and look back up. Her mouth hangs slightly open, her eyes wide. She's pointing at me then towards the door. I cast my eyes down then up at her again.

"You and Cook" she states. I nod and start to fiddle with the lighter again. A pale hand reaches out and rests upon my own, halting my movements. She lightly tugs on the lighter and settles it on the counter beside her.

She looks at me expectantly, I squeeze my eyes shut and take a deep breath in "When we were in college, there was this love triangle going on between Freddie, Cook and I. Well, JJ as well but it was mainly between Cook, Freddie and myself. Cook and I, we had this fling going on since the beginning of our first year, if one of us wanted to fuck, we'd call the other. Fuck buddies really, but Freddie also wanted me. Actually, everyone wanted me"

"Wow, what a life" Naomi says

I chuckle humourlessly "You'd think so wouldn't you? Well it wasn't. It was fucked up. I loved Freddie, I knew I did since the day he confessed his feelings for me at the water park. But, deep down, I felt this pull. I've always felt it, I still do sometimes. It was pulling me towards Cook, but I was so conflicted with emotions that I ran. I grabbed Cook and ran away with him. I knew he'd take care of me. I knew he loved me as well, back then, I was fucked in the head. My parents had fucked me up, I manipulated Cook with sex.

The thing that happened next after we ran was crazy. Emily and Freddie had found us. Around this time, Emily had a little thing for me as well, it didn't last long though. Anyway, we had ran to Cook's dad's where they were holding a granny racing competition. Emily, Freddie and Cook all entered, Freddie and Cook entered and said whoever wins gets me, Emily entered just to see if she could. So, off they went running with the granny on their backs."

"That's weird" Naomi says, she's stood in front of me now, holding my gaze.

"Believe me, it was more than weird. So, they did the race. Guess who won?"

"Cook?"

I shake my head "Emily did, I guess slow and steady wins the race after all. She grabbed Freddie, Cook and I and made us go into this storage room. She sat me down and stood back with Freddie and Cook next to her. I remember what she said to me 'It's time to settle this fucking love triangle all right? Freddie do you love Effy?' she had said. As Freddie nodded his head, I felt butterflies erupt in my stomach. Emily nodded at Freddie and then turned to Cook. Immediately, my heart started to beat faster. You know that feeling right?" I ask her.

Naomi nods her head, swallowing she replies "Yeah, I know that feeling really well"

I nod at her "Emily asked Cook the same question. He froze, his eyes flickered around the room, he looked so frightened. I knew that feeling, it was how I was feeling in that very moment. He cleared his throat and said 'Yeah, a fucking lot' Emily nodded at him, smiling softly. Then she turned to me and said simply 'And I love you. Now you need to pick who you want Eff. Cook or Freddie?' she had immediately taken herself out of the equation. I knew Emily loved me, but as a sister which she knew. She also knew everything that went one between Cook and I. All of them watched me, my eyes flickered between them both. I looked at Freddie and my heart fluttered, but when I looked at Cook, my heart plummeted down, the butterflies in my stomach where no longer fluttering, they were exploding into fireworks. I knew at that moment I love Cook so much that I would risk my life for him. But I knew what he was like, he wouldn't settle down for me, not at this moment in his life. So I settled for Freddie, I knew he wouldn't break my heart like Cook would. I knew that if Freddie ever did break it, I could easily repair it, but if Cook broke it, it would shatter into a million pieces, never to be fixed again."

"I know how that feels. That's how my heart had felt when Emily left" Naomi whispers.

I nod "So that's how I know what it's like for you right now Naomi. Ever since then, I had to pretend that seeing Cook with girl after girl didn't hurt me, I had to pretend to be fine with being his wingman when Emily wasn't around. I had to smile and kiss Freddie like I was head over heels in love with him. The amount of times I wished it was Cook kissing my lips instead of Freddie is unreal"

"Do you still feel like that about him now?" Naomi asks.

I place my walls up again. I'm too vulnerable at the moment; I can't tell her the real answer. "No. Because I know that he's making you happy Naomi. Even though he'll never make you as happy as Emily could, he still makes you happy. You make him happy as well. Over the past three months, I've seen Cook become the happiest guy alive; I haven't seen him this happy since he got custody of Paddy after his Mum left him"

Naomi nods and nibbles on her lip "I am really happy with him"

I smile at her and get off the counter "Good. Now, I think maybe you and Emily need to have a chat don't you?"

Naomi nods, still biting her lip. A crash sounds from outside the door. I roll my eyes and turn to Naomi "Maybe we should get out there before they break something else"

I go to leave but Naomi grabs hold of my wrist, I turn round and watch as she steps closer, pulling me into a hug. She squeezes me tightly before letting go "Thank you" she whispers.

"What for?"

"For telling me" I smile and nod at her, she smiles before motioning to the door.

"Let's go then" I nod and turn the doorknob stepping out.

So, this was kind of a filler chapter, not much really happened so I know some of you might be disappointed.

I need your guys help though. I'm stuck on how Emily and Naomi's 'talk' will turn out, I'm stuck on how they'll start talking and what they will talk about and what will happen. Will they agree to be polite to each other? Will they argue? Will one end up storming out?

That's where you guys come in, I need your ideas. I will pepper you all with cyber kisses and skittles if you give me some ideas. I promise to include them in the next chapter and give you credit towards it at the end :) Also, who's POV should it be from?

I hope you guys review with your amazing ideas!

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