I know it has been a while again and I am again sorry for that, I have been struggling to write for the last week or so and just haven't been able to find the words for what I wanted to write. That seemed to change today and I have managed to finish this chapter and I promised I would post it tonight so this one is for you marsupial1974 :)

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Anyway here goes...

Chapter Five

Naomi

Another 24 hours past and Emily was still asleep, well I say asleep as if she is peacefully having a nap, she is still drugged asleep. She was checked regularly and it annoyed me sometimes the way she was poked and prodded when she didn't really know what was going on, yes I know it was what needed to happen to ensure Emily got through this with a full recovery. Maybe annoyed was the wrong word to be using, I guess if I think about it more it was upset I was feeling for her. Anyway enough about that, it has been 36 hours since the doctor told us the next 24-48 hours would be key so there was 12 hours left. Katie was continuing to keep me updated with what was going on as I of course was still refusing to leave until she woke up. Apparently the doctors were talking about possibly reducing the drugs they had Emily on so she could wake up from the coma and then they could fully assess how she was really doing. Now don't get me wrong this is good news but there is still that chance that she has given up and doesn't wake up at all even with the drugs keeping her asleep being taken away. I tried to put that thought out of my mind but it kept creeping back and I knew I wouldn't believe she was awake until I actually saw those deep brown eyes looking back at me.

I looked up when the door to the relatives' room opened wondering if it would be someone bringing some news of the petite red head. I smiled slightly when Katie came in and closed the door behind her. She walked over and sat down next to me "the doctors are with Emily now, they are actually reducing the amount of drugs they have her on so hopefully she will wake up soon."

"That's good news" I whispered "Do you think she will be ok Katie?"

"I have to believe she will be ok, she is my twin sister and I know people only think I am a bitch who pushes her around but I can't imagine a life without her as part of it. We have a bond that nobody else sees or understands and I don't want to even have to think about a life without her."

I smiled slightly "You know Katie you can be nice when you want to be, you should let people see this side of you more often."

"Fuck no" she laughed "I don't want people thinking of me as a pushover" she looked at me trying to be serious "and don't you be going round telling everyone about this side of me you've seen, I have a reputation to uphold."

"I won't breathe a word to anyone" I smiled "well that is if you give me the chance to make it up to Emily and let me be a friend to her."

She smiled "after these last however many hours I don't think I would have the heart to stop you. I need to let Emily have some space of her own. If this 'accident' has taught me anything it is to treat Emily like my sister and not some muck on the bottom of my shoe, I need to listen to her and I need to treat her with more respect."

I nodded "I think over time we will realise it has taught us a lot and I think that will change a lot for all of us."

Katie and I were distracted from our chat when the doctor dealing with Emily's care came in "we have reduced the drugs keeping Emily in the coma, it is all up to her now. The drugs keeping her in the coma were to give Emily's body the time to recover so we would expect her to wake up soon all being well."

Katie acknowledged what he had said "thank you doctor. I will call my mum and dad and let them know so they can be here."

He left the room as quickly as he had come in leaving Katie and I in silence. It was Katie that first broke the silence "I'm going to go ring mum and dad and then sit with Emily; I don't want her to wake up and find herself alone."

"Ok" I nodded as Katie stood up to leave "Katie you will tell me when she is awake won't you."

She smiled slightly "Yeah" she opened the door "anything to get you to go home for a while."

"Haha very funny" I replied rolling my eyes knowing Katie was just trying to lighten the situation a bit.

As Katie closed the door behind her I once again found myself alone my thoughts quickly turning to Emily and it wasn't long before I was internally beating myself up again about how all of this happened in the first place.

A few hours passed and there was still no news on Emily. My heart was beating rapidly as the reality of Emily finally going to wake up hit me; the last few hours had given me even more chance to think. Rob and Jenna had come back a couple of hours ago. They had left James with a friend so he didn't have to keep going through all the stress. They were worried about Emily as you would expect and I know all this waiting around is killing them. They hadn't disturbed Katie when they got back Rob had said something to me about it being Katie that Emily would want to see when she does eventually wake up. I was only half listening if I am completely honest as flashes of everything kept running through my mind as I thought about Emily and what had happened, I couldn't seem to get any of it out of my head including the kisses we had shared.

Another few hours slipped by and there had been no news. I had wandered down earlier and Emily looked so different without the tube, a little more peaceful if that is possible. I was getting increasingly concerned that Emily may not wake up at all. This may sound crazy but it has just been my mum that has stopped me going completely insane. She was pretty tight lipped about who told her where I was but I can only guess at either Cook or Effy. Anyway she wanted to check I was doing ok and brought me something she described as proper food to eat. I have to admit that although my mums cooking can be pretty out there it was fucking good and my stomach welcomed it. The other good thing about my mums visit was it distracted me from thoughts of the accident for a while. The conversation was relaxed and easy going, she didn't push me to talk about what had happened and she didn't ask any questions.

Eventually after I don't know how long the door to the room opened, I looked up quickly at the same time that Rob and Jenna did my breath quickly catching in my throat as the same doctor from earlier stood in front of us. I knew he had come with the news we had all been waiting for…

Emily

I opened my eyes slowly, I had no idea where I was or why I was here but I could feel pain all over my body and my mouth feels like it has been full of sandpaper for fucking weeks. I turned my head slightly and saw Katie siting by my side. Her head was down slightly "Katie" I whispered the word almost sticking in my throat.

She looked up and I could instantly see how tired she was but I watched as the relief flooded her face before she stood from her chair and flung her arms around me "fuck it is so good to see those eyes looking back at me."

"Shit Katie… pain… fucking pain" I uttered struggling to breathe a little.

She jumped back "Sorry it is just so fucking good to have you awake. I need to get the doctor."

"Water" I whispered.

Katie rushed round to the other side of the bed I was lying in and poured some water into the plastic cup before holding the cup to my lips allowing me to take a small sip. It felt amazing as it trickled down my throat the sawdust feeling slowly slipping away after another couple of sips "that's better I feel like I have a throat again now."

She smiled "I'm just going to get the doctor."

I watched as Katie left the room before leaning back further into the pillow under my head and took a deep breath as I tried to get used to my surroundings and tried to remember how I ended up here. I didn't have much time to think though as Katie came back in followed by a tall dark haired man who I could only assume was the doctor she was talking about earlier. He walked over to my bedside "hello Emily, I am Doctor Smith and have been looking after your care, now you're awake I just need to assess how you are so my first question will be how are you feeling?"

I smiled slightly "Like I have been hit by a truck."

"Ok" he said "not quite but we will come back to that in a moment. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being high how is the pain you are feeling?"

"About a 12."

He nodded "Ok I will sort out some pain medication for you, your body has been through a lot of trauma before and after your surgery so pain is to be expected. Can you remember what happened?"

"No" I whispered shaking my head.

"That could also be from the trauma but to take precautions I am going to order a CT scan to check everything. I will also take some blood and check your vitals."

I let him get on with what he needed to do as I tried so hard to remember what happened "Ok Emily your vitals are looking ok. I will send the blood off to the labs and you will be going for your scan soon. If everything comes back ok we can move you out of Intensive Care. I will leave you to get some rest now, Katie can talk to you about what happened and the nurse will be in with some medication for the pain."

I watched him walk away and turned my head towards Katie "What happened to me?"

She looked a little worried as she tried to find the words "well you were quite drunk and then you were hit by a car when you ran outside."

There was something she was hiding I could tell but she was saved when mum and dad burst through the door. I made a mental note to find out what she hiding later. Mum rushed over to my bedside and hugged me "Oh Emily you really scared us."

"Mum, pain…" I managed to utter as pain once again shot through me.

She jumped back "Sorry love, are they not getting you any pain relief."

I didn't even get the chance to answer her before the nurse came in "I've got you some pain relief Emily and then we are going for the CT scan the doctor mentioned." I swallowed the tablets I had just been given hoping they would kick in soon. I was then wheeled away on a trolley for my CT scan just wanting all of this to be over. I don't want to be stuck in hospital, I don't want to be in pain like this and I don't want certain members of my family lying to me. I knew though that for the time being I was going to have to put up with it all.

Once I was back from the scan I found myself back on my bed lying on my back looking up at the ceiling. Katie had been in to see me again but I had managed to persuade her to go home and pick me up some stuff. Mum and dad had gone home to see James and tell him the news, it was nice to have people around me that cared but I also needed some time alone to think. I wanted to try and remember what had happened to me but at the same time I was so tired I just wanted to sleep. I was really having an ongoing battle with my body right now.

I was just managing to drift off to sleep when the doctor from earlier came in to see me again "Sorry to disturb you again Emily but I thought you would like the results of your scan." I nodded allowing him to continue "It's good news, the scan has come back clear so we would expect you to remember what happened when your body is ready. We will be moving you from I.C.U. soon so you will hopefully be comfortable than in here.

I felt relief run through my body at the news "thank you doctor." He nodded his acknowledgement before turning to leave again. "Doctor" I blurted out quickly and he turned around again. I didn't give him chance to say anything "I know I was run over and I know I am in pain but what exactly are my injuries?"

"Did your family not tell you?" he questioned

I shook my head "No Katie just said I had been run over and nothing more."

"You have suffered a lot of trauma and we had to take you straight into surgery as you had broken some ribs which in turn punctured a lung and had to be repaired. You have also broken your leg hence the cast on your leg, there are also numerous cuts and bruises covering your body. You suffered during surgery and it was close for a while but you came through it all. We put you in the drug induced coma for a day or two to give your body chance to recover. It will take time to fully recover Emily and you will need physio on your leg when the time comes. I'm sure your family and friends will all help and support you through the recovery period."

I was quiet as I tried to take everything in; it was even harder as I still didn't know I got in that state in the first place. I spoke quietly "thank you for telling me."

He again nodded his acknowledgement "I will give you some time to rest, you need to rest as much as you can at the moment."

I woke up with a start a while later, I must have finally drifted off to sleep but it wasn't a peaceful sleep. I managed to calm my breathing down and readjusted to my surroundings just before Katie walked in all smiles. I felt the anger bubbling inside me and finally I snapped at her "get out Katie I don't want you here, I don't want you anywhere near me."

Her smile faded as I screamed at her but thankfully she left rather than argue with me. Katie is intelligent enough to work out I must have remembered what had happened.

Naomi

Emily has been awake a few hours now, everything was ok with her, don't get me wrong that is good news in fact fucking fantastic news but she has a long recovery ahead of her. I hadn't had chance to see her at all yet but just the knowledge that she was ok was enough for now.

I looked up as Katie burst through the door; she was in tears as she fell into the chair. Jenna rushed over to her "is everything ok Katie? What has happened with Emily?"

She shook her head whilst sobbing "Emily's fine, she, she, she remembered what happened and…"

She trailed off not saying anymore. Jenna put her arms around her "I'll go and talk to her love, it will all be ok."

Rob put his hand on Jenna's shoulder "I'll go and talk to her love."

Jenna nodded "Yeah you've always had the better relationship she is more likely to open up to you."

Rob walked away to talk to Emily and check that she was ok, I know they were all worried about her. I was worried about her and now I wasn't sure I would get the chance to talk to her now she had remembered what had happened.

Emily

I wiped the tears from my eyes as dad walked in. I smiled as he came over to sit with me. I love both my parents but I have always been closer to my dad. He kissed my cheek "how are you love?"

"As well as can be expected I guess"

"You'll get there love" he smiled "now what's going on with you and Katie, she is in tears."

"Oh nothing dad it's a long story, you don't need to worry about it" I replied quietly

He took hold of my hand "I'm not going anywhere love and I do worry about you. I know something has been going on since before all of this happened and I hate seeing what whatever it is tearing you up inside. You can talk to me Emsy, whatever it is we can deal with it."

Another tear slipped from my eye "I'm scared you will hate me dad. Katie does, after all that is why all this happened."

"I could never hate you Emsy" he squeezed my hand "now I think you start from the beginning."

I nodded and took a deep breath "Ok… well first I need to tell you… need to tell you that I am gay. I have known for a while now but have been scared to tell anyone in case I am rejected; I know what mum can be like. Anyway I fell for a girl at college, she is a gorgeous blonde called Naomi. I admired her from a distance for a long time and then one night at a party we talked for ages when she found me at the bottom of the garden with a vodka bottle. We kissed that night and it was magical dad, I fell for her even more in that moment but Katie found us. She was angry and dragged me away blaming Naomi for it all and making her life hell at college. Naomi was angry with me and a couple of days ago she pulled me aside to talk and told me that she wasn't gay. We kissed again but still nothing. The night I got run over I was drunk, I didn't want to go out but Katie made me and I thought the only way I could get through the night was to be drunk. Naomi was out that night too and all over some guy obviously trying to prove a point to me as she made sure I was around. Then to top everything off Katie tried to thrust some guy on me and that was the tipping point, I ran and then… well we all know what happened next."

A few more tears ran down my cheeks as dad gently hugged me "Oh Emsy" he released me from the hug "does being gay change who you are?"

I shook my head "no"

He smiled "so why would we hate you, it doesn't matter who you love Emily so long as you are true to yourself and are happy."

I smiled "I love you dad."

"I love you to baby girl" he kissed my cheek "now what about Katie?"

"What about Katie?" I uttered "I can't go back to who I was dad."

He nodded "I know love and I think if you talk to her it will all be ok, she has been so worried about you and so scared she was going to lose you."

"I'll give her a chance to try but I can't promise anything, she has to accept who I am and not try and change me anymore."

"That's all I can ask love" he hesitated and I could tell he wanted to say something else.

I looked directly at him "What is it dad?"

"Well…" he started "there is someone else that would like to talk to you."

"Who?" I questioned

He took a deep breath "Naomi"

I shook my head "No, no way dad, I can't. Katie is one thing but Naomi is a completely different case."

"I know love, I know" he paused obviously unsure about whether to continue. Thankfully he did though as I was getting tired again and didn't want to have to persuade him to talk "would it help if I told you that she has also been extremely worried about you and has not actually left the hospital since you were brought in" he paused again "she saw it all happen Emily and I think its haunting her."

I felt myself soften a little hearing those words from my dad. Don't get me wrong I was still angry with her but maybe I did need to give her a chance to at least talk to me, I wouldn't be making it easy for her though "Ok" I whispered "Ok I will give her a chance…"