A/N: Well, I seem to be stuck again on "The Road to Wimbledon", and I'm feeling a little upset about that. So I offer you another chapter of this one:)

Please keep in mind, that this one may take longer to update, as there is a shit ton of research involved in writing it because I find that my stories, much like my music, brings out the perfectionist in me:(

A huge massive shout out to KairiM, who is a damn fine author and is seriously kind:) so if for some reason, like say, you've been living under a rock your whole life, you haven't read her stories, then you should do so right now! I mean it...go ahead, I'll wait!

And I'd like to apologize right now if I haven't gotten around to reading/reviewing your story, I'm kinda behind:( but I promise I'll get to it!

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Chapter 1- The Beauty

December, 2013

Emily made her way across the field that separated her house from her best friend Panda's house. It didn't bother her to walk home this late night. It was actually pleasant to do so. At home she had to deal with her family, not that she didn't love them, but they were a little bit full on. Her mum and sister, Katie, were always in her business, her younger brother, James, was a bit of a perv. But she did seem to have her dad on her side, and he more than made up for the rest of them.

It was on one of these walks home a couple of years ago that Emily realized that she was gay. She always knew that she was a bit different, but she had never been able to put her finger on the actual difference, until she fell in lust with Courtney Swanson in the last year of school before college. Courtney was a shining example of the perfect female form. Tall, with legs that were perfect, natural red hair with green eyes, that always seemed to shine with mischief and curves in all the right places.

Courtney was one of Katie's friends, and so she was always at their house. Emily happened to walk in on her getting out of the shower, and ended up seeing a whole new side of the red head. From that moment on she made it her mission to spend as much time with the girl as possible, without Katie getting suspicious. It wasn't always easy, but Emily kept up a steady stream of two-sided flirting, that she felt sure would pay off.

Once, when Emily's parents and little brother went out of town for the weekend, Katie had decided to throw a party at their house. So Emily took the chance to see if the other girl felt the same as she did. It all started out as a challenge to Emily, but after watching Courtney flirt with her, then continually snog random blokes all night, Emily was fed up. She grabbed a bottle of vodka, a couple of spliffs off of Freddie and made her way into her garden. It wasn't long until Courtney found her, drowning herself in the alcohol.

"What's up, Emsy?" She sat down next to the smaller girl.

"Why the fuck do you care?" Emily slurred.

Courtney stared at her for a few minutes, as she fidgeted with her shirtsleeve. "Are you mad at me?"

Emily snorted at the question, shot the girl a glare and took a long pull off the bottle.

"Emily, please tell me what's wrong." The girl pleaded.

"I think you know, Court. But then again, maybe you're not that smart after all."

"Okay. Maybe I'm not that smart and I need you I spell it out for me, because I honestly don't know."

"So,you spend all your spare time flirting with girls and then turn around and practically shag half the male population on a daily basis?" Emily said, almost shouting at her.

"Emily, please keep your voice down." Courtney looked around to make sure that no one was near to hear the small girl's rant. "I wasn't flirting with you."

"Bullshit. But you know what, fuck it! I don't need this hassle." Emily threw the bottle down and started to get up. Before she could get very far, Courtney grabbed her arm and pulled her back down. Emily was about to kick off when she felt the other girl's lips on hers.

Emily felt as if she was going insane. All her senses were on alert as Courtney continued to caress her lips with her own. She had never felt anything this wonderful before and she never wanted it to end. On instinct alone, she changed the angle of the kiss and felt herself diving deeper into the other girl. If she died right now, she would die happy. Emily was vaguely aware of Courtney straddling her lap. She brought her hands up and placed them on the small of the red head's back, as she moaned into the kiss. Emily was ready to make her next move, when she heard Katie's voice behind her.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?" Courtney jumped up off Emily's lap and pushed her back at the same time. "THAT'S MY SISTER, BITCH!"

Emily could see fear in the taller girl's eyes, as Katie finally reached them. She knew this wasn't going to end well for either of them. She stood up and brushed herself off as Courtney stammered, searching for an excuse. "Katie, it's not what it looks like!"

"Really slag? Because it looked like you were trying to remove Emsy's tonsils with your tongue." Courtney flushed at Katie's description of their kiss.

"She kissed me! I was trying to get her stop!" Emily couldn't believe her ears. She naively thought Courtney would confess that she loved her, but instead the girl was trying to lay all the blame on her.

"What the fuck, Courtney?" Emily cried out as she silently pleaded with the girl. When she just stood there, Emily knew that Courtney had never cared at all for her. With her heart broken for the very first time, she turned to Katie, as the older twin waited for some kind of confirmation from Emily. "Fuck this! She kissed me, Katie." The red head gasped as Katie moved toward her, intent on causing real damage.

"Katie, don't hurt her." It seemed as if Katie was going to ignore her, so Emily grabbed her arm to get her attention. "Please, Katie. Just let her go." Katie looked at her sister, truly looked at her, for the first time tonight. She could see the pain etched across her face and it didn't sit well with her. Katie hated seeing her sister in pain. She turned back to her friend and made her decision.

"You're fucking lucky that Emily is so nice. But I'm not, so you can pretty much fuck off now!"

"Katie! I'm telling you the truth!" Courtney desperately pleaded to the older twin. She knew that if Katie dropped their friendship, she'd be done socially at school. "We've been friends for ages, you can't do this!"

"Bitch! I'm trying to be nice because my sister asked me to be, but you're making a bit difficult." Emily smirked as Katie caught her eye. "In fact, I may have to ignore Emsy here, and just beat the fuck outta you!"

Katie and Emily had the satisfaction of watching all color drain from Courtney's face, then watched as she ran around the side of the house, leaving the twins standing there.

Emily waited for the wrath of Katie Fucking Fitch, she knew there would be fallout from having her sister catch her sucking the face off a girl. When Katie didn't say anything right away, she started to expect the worst.

"Courtney Swanson? You couldn't have picked someone else? You had to choose the biggest slut in the whole school?" Emily was more than a little shocked at how calm her sister was being. She thought to sure that Katie would lose her shit, but she was actually concerned. "You could really do so much better." With a huff, Katie turned on her four inch heels and went back to the house, leaving Emily to wonder what the hell just happened.

It was relatively easy for Emily after that. Katie's acceptance made it better for her. So much better, that she set her parents down and told them both that she was gay. When her mum started to protest and tell her it was just a phase, Katie stood by her side and helped her to convince their mum.

That had been almost four years ago, and Emily felt her life was pretty damn good. Well, except for the fact that she has never had a proper girlfriend. But that was a minor detail that she was more than willing to keep seeing to. Things at home had gotten better over the years, and it turned out, her mum became her biggest supporter. Jenna Fitch even started a local support group for parents with gay children. But for all the love her mum gave her, she was still an annoying parent. She was always trying to set Emily up on dates, and not always with nice people either. The newest girl being paraded around by Jenna is Mandy.

Mandy has this ability to be very sweet and attentive whenever they are in the company of the Fitches. But away from them, Mandy is just a royal bitch! Emily's mum won't listen to her whenever she tries to explain to her, Jenna keeps insisting that the girl is a good match for her daughter. As Emily rounds the last hedge that separates her land from Pandas, she wonders how she now finds herself smack dab in the middle of a modern day Jane Austen novel. A good match for her? As if that's even possible!

First of all, Mandy is unusually tall. Emily has had conversations with her tits more often than not, because she gets a neck cramp trying to hold eye contact! And secondly, she is not easy on the eyes! Not that any of that would matter, if she wasn't such a cunt! Mandy is selfish, arrogant, possessive and insecure. That alone makes her an unsuitable match, in Emily's eyes.

Emily knows, in her heart, that she'll find the "One" someday. But it doesn't have to be now; she's only nineteen for fucks sake! Nope, Emily is more than happy going out with her sister, clubbing with her friends and meeting new people. It's not even about shagging; it's about the connection with someone else.

Emily was so lost in her thoughts, that when her mobile went off, she jumped. She felt stupid and was thankful that no one else was around to see it. She checked the caller ID, and then grinned.

"Hey, funsponge! What are you up to?" She smiled into the phone, as her other best friend, Freddie, stuttered on the other end of the line.

"I'll have you know, that I have us lined up for the party of the year, this weekend." He sounded so proud. "It's gonna be mint!"

Emily thought about what was going on this weekend, and the only thing she could think of was the annual Campbell Charity Ball. "Freddie! How did you score tickets for that mate?" She asked with a grin.

"I did a job the other day. The guy was so impressed with my work, that he offered the tickets as a tip." Freddie was a graphic artist and sometimes did murals for some of the bigger businesses around Bristol.

"What guy?" Emily asked with a little suspicion in her voice.

"Some guy that works for the Campbell Corporation." He said. "Listen mate, I've got enough tickets for all of us to go, so get with your parents and Katie and make sure you have lovely ball gown."

Emily groaned loudly enough to have Freddie laughing. "Are you shitting me? I mean I know it's a fancy do and all, but a ball gown?"

"Well, maybe not, but its gotta be as formal as possible." He told her. She agreed with him and knew that her mum was gonna be unbearable about a ball gown. She was about to hang up when Freddie shouted through the phone at her. "By the way, Ems, it's a masquerade ball!" With that, he hung up and left her gaping at the phone.

The Campbell Corp. had started out as a small business back in the late 80's, early 90's. It had grown so large over the last two decades, that they were able to donate millions of pounds to all sorts of charities. Actually, in the last four years, it seems that's all they've done.

The corporation used to be one of the leading manufacturers of household products, but now they concentrated on foreign projects, mainly. Doctors Without Borders, Doctors Worldwide, Greenpeace, Learning for Life, Musicians Without Borders, Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and many more. It was founded and run by Gareth and Gina Campbell, until Gareth had decided he wasn't cut out for the corporate world, or the family world, and left his wife and eleven year old daughter.

Emily did a school project on the company, because she found them interesting. Four years ago, When Gina Campbell, now Gina MacFoeinaiugh, found out that a lot of their products were harmful to the environment, she dissolved the manufacturing and distribution side and put all corporate efforts into the philanthropic side. Emily did find out that they maintained one software development company that developed all kinds of software for educational and environmental needs.

There was a mystery surrounding the whole company that Emily found interesting. She had been excited all week long, so much that she didn't even mind the constant shopping trips with Katie and their mum. She did however object to all the dresses that the other two tried to pick for her. She had her own fashion sense and she planned to show it.

Once she was dressed, she headed downstairs. The plan was for everyone to meet at the Fitches, and then make their way to the ball. It was being held in the At-Bristol event center, as always. And Emily had a really great feeling about tonight. As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she saw that everyone was there. Well, almost everyone.

"Katie! Hurry the fuck up!" Emily shouted up the stairs.

Panda, Freddie and JJ laughed at the twins. This had been normal behavior for as long as they could remember.

Jenna and Rob came into the lounge as Katie made her way down the stairs.

"Girls! You look lovely this evening." Rob greeted his daughters with a Fitch hug.

"Thanks dad." Emily looked around the room. "Is everybody ready? The car will be here in a few minutes."

Everyone said yes, so they all grabbed their coats and made sure that they had their masks. After watching the long black car make its way up the street, they all filed out to it.

The ride took about twenty minutes, but to Emily it seemed to take forever. She loved her family, fiercely, but spending time with them in close quarters was painful. She almost cried with relief, when the car pulled up in front of the building that was hosting the ball. The driver waited for a few minutes before opening the door. Emily slipped her mask into place as she exited the limo last.

Her group was rather large, and not for the first time that night, she was surprised that Freddie was able to get so many tickets. She looked over to her friends as they entered the building, and she couldn't help but smile at them.

Freddie had his armed draped across Katie's shoulders, as she was telling him about her dress. He caught Emily's eye and gave her a wink. Panda and JJ walked ahead of them, and were in a deep conversation. Emily stayed behind them all, as she took in the splendor of the event center.

It was a beautiful space in its own right, but all decked out for the night, it was spectacular. There were large pictures hung all over the place, depicting all the charities that the Campbell Corp. donated money to. She couldn't get over the amount of organizations that benefitted from their generosity.

She lingered in the foyer, trying to take in all the artwork and information, when she felt a presence beside her. At first she thought it was Freddie, but when she turned to say something, she saw it was a woman.

"It's impressive work, isn't it?" The woman asked.

"Yes, it is." Emily replied. "Do you work for the company?"

"Yes, I am the personal assistant to Campbell, herself." The woman explained, impressing Emily. "I'm Effy, by the way. Effy Stonem."

"Hello, Effy. Emily Fitch." She shook Effy's hand.

Effy took a minute to look at the other girl. The younger girl was short, around 5'3, muscular, but not overly so. What drew Effy's attention, though, was the color of her hair. It was red, but not a normal natural red. It almost looked like the color of cherries. It was different and unique and the girl pulled it off well. She couldn't see the girl's face because of the mask that covered most of it, but she wasn't really concerned with her looks. Her goal was to dig deeper and find the woman inside.

"Hello, Emily. On behalf of the Campbell family, I hope you enjoy yourself this evening. Would you allow me to escort you inside?" Effy leaned in to whisper in her ear, "I hear that's where the real party is." She said as if it was a secret.

Emily laughed at her as she gestured for Effy to lead the way."I'd be delighted." Emily hooked her arm through the brunette's. "So, can I ask you a few questions?" Emily asked.

"You can, but I may not answer." She said, mysteriously. Her blue eyes piercing into Emily, as if she'd be able to see all of the red heads secrets. "Ask away."

Emily asked the most common questions first about the company, some she knew the answers to, but wanted a bit of clarification on. Effy had no problems answering her, it wasn't top secret, but then she started asking harder questions.

"So what are the Campbells' like?" Emily asked, with evident curiosity. "I did a research paper on the Corporation in my last year of college, but nothing much came up about the family." She explained to a shocked Effy.

"They like the focus to remain on the business." Effy said. "They're very private people."

"I understand that. They must get overrun whenever they leave the house." Emily agreed with Effy's explanation.

As they talked, Emily finally noticed that they had entered into the main room, and was blown away by the decorating. As she tried to take everything in, Effy threw her off balance with a question of her own.

"Who designed your dress?" Effy was looking her up and down again, but not in a sexual way. Emily couldn't decide whether to be disappointed or relieved by that fact.

"I have a friend in London, Clayton Scott. He's taking fashion design at Uni, and he sent it over." Emily ran her hand down the front of the dress. It was an elegant sheath, falling to her knees. It was black and brought out the color of her hair. The dress hugged every curve her body had and it made Emily feel sexy.

"Well, it's absolutely gorgeous. You'll have to give me his number." Effy told her as they made their way to the receiving line.

"Effy, luv. Who have we here?" Asked an older woman.

"Emily Fitch, I would love for you to meet Kieran and Gina MacFoeinaiugh." Effy made the introductions as Emily shook hands with the older couple.

"It's such a pleasure to meet you both. I have been a huge admirer of your charitable work for a long time." Emily smiled at them.

"That's a lovely thing for you to say, Emily."Gina returned her smile and then looked as if she was deep in thought. "Fitch? Why does that name sound familiar?"

Emily's face turned a bit red. "Well, I may have made a nuisance of myself. I did a project on your company and continually called whilst I was doing research."

Gina laughed at the red head's admission. "Right, I remember now. My PA told me if he had to take one more of your calls, he would quit and leave me high and dry." Gina told her with a twinkle in her eyes, that Emily could see through her mask. "Don't worry, dear, he didn't quit."

"Effy, why don't you take the lass around and introduce her to everyone?" Kieran told Effy, to which she smiled and nodded her head. "It was lovely to meet you."

"Same here." With another handshake, Emily followed after Effy. Emily couldn't help but notice the brunette's backside as she walk a couple of steps behind her. The slightly taller girl had an impressive body, but Emily found she could only appreciate it as just that. After a few minutes of introductions with random people, Emily caught sight of her family and the two of them headed over.

"Effy, I'd like for you to meet my mum and dad, Jenna and Rob Fitch."

"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you. Effy Stonem." The brunette held her hand out.

"Hello, dear." Jenna said as she took the younger girl's hand. "Are you here with anyone?" Emily rolled her eyes at her mum, she was so bloody obvious. Effy chuckled at the question and Emily's response.

"No, ma'am. I'm working. I'm with the Campbell Corp., so it's my job to make sure everyone else is having a good time." Effy paused for a moment, then looked at the woman and her husband. "Are you having a good time?" she said in a sultry voice. Everyone laughed at her, as she smirked.

Effy, Jenna and Emily talked for a little bit longer, when Katie and Freddie walked over toward them.

"Katie, Freddie, this is Effy Stonem." Emily made the introductions.

"Hello. Emily, I just came to give you a heads up." Katie said, as she dismissed Effy.

"What are you talking about?" Emily asked in confusion, as her brows furrowed together.

"The Sasquatch, also known as Mandy, is here." Freddie said with a grin, as Emily groaned. Effy caught a look exchanged between Jenna and Rob that she didn't quite place, but she filed it away for later.

Katie seemed to finally noticed Effy. "Sorry, who are you?"

The taller brunette smirked at her, as she once again held out her hand. "Effy Stonem."

"Right. I'm Emily's sister, Katie and this is Freddie." Effy greeted both of them properly, now that they were focused on her.

"Who's Mandy?" Effy asked.

"Just a psycho that my mum's been trying to set me up with." Emily explained with a grimace.

"Emily! She's a very nice girl." Her mum stated, a bit petulantly.

"Mum, she's a bitch with money, that's all she'll ever be. She's selfish and mean spirited." Emily crossed her arms over her chest and stood her ground with her mum. "She's only 'nice' when you and dad are around. She thinks I'm her property and to be honest, there is nothing about her I find attractive."

Katie decided to put her opinion into the mix. "It's true, mum. The bitch is a total cow!" She said as she looked around the small group of people. Effy looked on in amusement, until she started to really notice the two sisters.

Standing next to each other, Effy saw that they were the same height, their figures were almost the same, they wore the same hairstyle, which didn't really mean anything, actually, but when she took in the identical poses she started to get excited.

"If you would excuse me, I have some last minute details to see to." Effy said to them. "But, please enjoy yourselves and I'll be back as soon as I can." She told Emily.

"Sorry, Effy, we didn't mean to keep you. Go on, and go. We'll be fine." Emily replied. Effy gave a nod of her head before she turned on her heel and left them.

"Effy, would mind explaining why you dragged us all up here?" Gina was a bit annoyed at having to leave her guests unattended.

Effy had gathered Gina, Kieran and Cook after she took her leave of the Fitches and now they were all waiting for her to explain herself. They all saw an unusually giddy Effy, as she bounced from foot to foot with excitement.

"Come on, out with it babe." Cook gave a sideways glance to Kieran, and then sighed as the older man just shrugged at him.

"Is she here yet?" Effy asked Gina. "She has to be here too." She whined, which put a frown on the older woman's face.

"She's upstairs. She'll be down in a bit. You know she doesn't come down until later."

"Fuck it! This is too good to wait." Effy paused to catch her breath. "I found it!" Her eyes gleamed with delight as she told them.

"Okay? What did you find?" Gina asked calmly. Over the past four years, she had become used to the mysteries and quirks of both Effy and Cook, but she had never seen the young girl look this delusional. Gina glanced at her husband, as he looked bored and uncomfortable. Once again he shrugged, to indicate that he had absolutely no idea what she was banging in about.

"A Child of Gemini!" She almost shouts it out as the other three just stare at her in disbelief.

"Fuck you." Cook said with no heat to it. "Efs, are you on something?"

Effy started pacing back and forth, wringing her hands together, as she got more wound up. "I wasn't for sure at first, but when they were standing next to each other, it was more noticeable, even with the masks on I could tell, so I did a background check on their parents and sure enough, I was right!"

"Okay, calm down Effy! You're getting all worked up." Gina took a hold of the smaller girl. "Who are you talking about?"

"Emily and Katie Fitch!"

"Alright, and what would make one of them a Child of Gemini?" Kieran finally got with the program and made a contribution. "You know we've all done the research! We've never even figured out who the Children of Gemini were, if they even existed!"

"I think this has all gotten to be too much for her. She was never that stable to begin with." Cook stated, as he threw a concerned glance at his friend. He had been getting worried about her and Naomi in the past couple of years as it was, but now he was sure that Effy had finally slipped over the edge.

"Fuck you, James Cook!" She whipped around to face him with her icy glare. "I have been doing just as much as you all have, and I am positive that one of those girls is the key!"

Gina knew she would have to step in before Cook snapped the leash on his temper. Not for the first time in the last four years, she was thankful that their relationship didn't work out. They would have killed each other if they had stayed together, but even living together put strains on them. So much so, that they would have to leave the confines of the property to blow off steam. Gina shook herself out of her thoughts, back to the situation at hand.

"Effy, luv, why are you so sure?" Gina asked her gently.

Effy finally stopped pacing and ranting. Taking a deep breath to calm herself she looked at them with a smile that looked out of place on her face.

"Because they're twins!"

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