I have been on a bit of a roll with this story recently although I have to admit I have no idea after this chapter so who knows when the next one might be. Thought I would post this one today though rather than keep it sitting on my laptop. Not so sure about it but decided it's the best its going to get. Thank you for the reviews and for adding this to your alerts and favourites, I will try not to leave it too long before the next update I promise.

Anyway here goes...

Chapter Eleven

Naomi

"I want you too Emily" I whispered "I'm only sorry it took all of this to make me realise."

"Shhhh" she whispered "that's behind us Naomi, we need to look to the future now but we do need to talk."

"Ok"I nodded. I could only hope she wasn't going to shoot me back down again now we had finally got to this point. I reluctantly sat back down again immediately missing the contact between us but Emily slid her hand across the bed to take my hand."

I dipped my head worried about what Emily might be about to say "Naoms" she said quietly "look at me."

I lifted my head and met her gaze "Sorry…" I paused "I guess I'm just scared about what you could be about to say, you know… well tell me this can't happen."

She smiled slightly "You have nothing to worry about Naomi. It was me that kissed you and I meant it when I said I want you, but…"

My heart skipped a beat "I knew there would be a but…"

She squeezed my hand "we need to take things slowly, a lot has happened and I have to be totally sure that you mean all this and that it's not still just guilt. I have to know I can totally trust you."

"I know" I whispered "we can take this as slowly as you want I'm not going anywhere, I will prove that to you."

She smiled "ok" her fingers traced a line over the back of my hand sending a shiver through me "Naoms" she said softly. I nodded giving her the chance to carry on "can we keep this quiet for now. I mean I know Katie will guess so I'll tell her if she does but can we not tell everyone else."

"Anything" I replied softly "It can be our secret so long as I know you are mine. My mum may work it out though."

She laughed "So it'll be a secret between the four of us then" she paused again "now go home and get some rest, think about everything and I'll see you tomorrow."

"Ok" I stood up and gathered my bags "oh you forgot to give Katie her present."

"Never mind she can have it tomorrow, just leave it on the side."

I walked over and left it on the table "I'll see you tomorrow then."

"Come here first" she asked "I need a Naomi hug."

I wasn't about to refuse her that and quickly wrapped my arms around her. She held me close and all over again as earlier as I moved away she captured my lips with hers in a soft kiss. When I pulled away my stomach felt like it was full of butterflies, Emily smiled softly "don't be afraid to kiss me Naoms, now go home and I'll see you tomorrow."

I walked home feeling like I was on cloud nine. I couldn't believe Emily was giving me a chance. I closed the front door behind me and kicked my shoes off. I heard mum call out "I'm watching TV love, come and say hi to your old mum."

I wandered in and sat down the smile still firmly fixed on my face "hi mum"

She glanced at me and quickly turned the TV off "you look happy, where have you left my actual daughter."

"Haha mum, you're so funny" I replied sarcastically.

She laughed "Ah there she is, seriously though what's going on you do seem extremely happy tonight."

I smiled "Yeah it's been the best day."

"Something to do with Emily I'm guessing. How is she love?" I could tell she was trying to extract information from me.

I smiled my thoughts immediately returning to Emily "she is great, well maybe not great but she is doing ok, she is getting stronger each day. Hopefully she will get out of there soon."

"That's great love" mum smiled not taking her eyes away from me.

"Yeah" I whispered dreamily

"Something has changed" mum said softly "let me go and make us a special Gina hot chocolate and you can talk to your old mum about it."

"Ok" I said softly. Mum walked off to the kitchen and my thoughts quickly went back to Emily, the beautiful red head that was giving me a chance, the beautiful red head that kissed me earlier and fuck me her lips felt amazing against mine. I meant it when I said I wanted her and I was going to make sure she knew it to, I was going to convince her she could trust me.

I was disturbed from my thoughts when mum came back in and handed me a mug "here you go love."

I looked down at the steaming hot liquid in the mug "mmmm that's lovely, thanks mum."

She smiled "Consider it a bribe to get you to talk to your old mum, I can tell something is going on with you. I haven't seen you this happy for a while."

I took a sip of my drink and it tasted it as good as it looked "I meant it when I said it had been the best day mum. Do you remember when I told you I liked Emily well those feelings have only grown stronger and tonight Emily kissed me and told me she wanted to be with me. She wants to take things slowly and make sure she can trust me but she is actually going to give me a chance."

"That's great" mum smiled "Can I give you some motherly advice?"

I laughed "Would you hold it back if I said no?"

She laughed along with me "No, but seriously love just be there for her, be strong for her, don't run from your feelings, keep the lines of communication open and most of all don't do anything stupid to mess it up and you will get that trust."

"Thanks mum" I smiled "I don't plan on messing it up now I have finally been given this chance."

"Awwww is my little girl growing up" she teased

I threw a cushion at her "shut up mum" I smiled "anyway I'm going up to bed I'll see you in the morning."

"Ok love; don't dream about Emily all night." She smirked but ducked at the same time as I threw another cushion in her direction before going up to bed my thoughts firmly on Emily.

Emily

I slept amazingly last night, everything felt so much better now that Naomi and I had finally spoken and we had finally admitted how we feel about one another, yes I was scared I could get hurt again down the line but I had to give her the chance as I wanted nothing more than to be with her. Nothing had bothered me today; I had even got through my physio session with Mandy with a smile on my face. She probably thought it had something to do with her but she couldn't have been further from the truth.

I was lying in bed watching a DVD when Katie sauntered in "I had a free period so I thought I'd come and see you before Blondie takes all of your attention later."

"It's not like that" I replied as she threw herself into the chair. I was trying to hide my smile but I can't have done a very good job.

Katie eyes me closely "come on don't like to me Emily there is something going on."

"Do you really think so?" I questioned trying to see what Katie was thinking without telling her anything yet.

Katie rolled her eyes "it is so obvious she feels the same way you do. She really likes you Emily and it isn't just guilt. That may have been part of the reason she was spending so much time with you to begin with but even after the first couple of days the change in her feelings was so obvious."

"Do you really think so?" I asked again

"You know me Emily I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it."

I knew that was true, Katie never said anything she didn't mean "If I tell you something K you have to promise not to tell anyone." She nodded so I took the chance "I kissed her last night and told her I wanted to be with her."

"And" Katie asked sliding forward on her chair a little

I laughed "she kissed me back and wants me too. I have told her we have to take things slow though until I can completely trust her. We have also decided to keep things between the two of us for now, well apart from you and her mum."

She flung her arms around me "finally, I'm so happy for you Emily and I promise I won't tell anyone until you say I can."

"Thank Katie" she released me from the hug "anyway I had the best birthday yesterday, did you have a good night after you left?"

"Yeah" she smiled "it was fucking amazing, you know the fun I can have when drunk. It would have been better with you out as well though."

"Next year" I smiled "that reminds me, your present is on the table. I'm really sorry I completely forgot to give it to you yesterday."

"Too busy thinking of Blondie" she smirked

I rolled my eyes "Something like that."

She got up to get the present and in true Katie style ripped the paper away. She opened the lid to the large box "wow" she gasped pulling out the leopard print stilettos "I love them Emily"

"Not my cup of tea but they had your name written all over them." I laughed as she put them on her feet.

A few minutes later Naomi came in to face a smirking Katie "do I need to leave you two love birds to it?"

I slapped her "Shut up K, I told you we were keeping it quiet."

"Yeah, yeah" Katie replied sarcastically "you know me I can't help winding her up."

I rolled my eyes "Unfortunately yes but keep it zipped."

"I will, you know that Emily." She turned to Naomi "seriously though if you hurt my sister I will hurt you."

Naomi nodded "I am not planning on hurting her Katie she means too much to me. I promise I will get her complete trust."

"I believe you" Katie said "but just remember I will be watching you."

I held my hand out to Naomi "Come here you." She walked over and took my hand before kissing my cheek.

Katie pretended to throw up "I think I will leave the pair of you too it. I'm going to meet Cook for a bit so I might be back later with him; I'll text you beforehand though just in case you are all over each other."

"Fuck off Katie" I shot at her playfully

She smirked before leaving us alone. Naomi walked around the bed to sit down "I hope I'm going to get a proper kiss before you sit down."

"Oh I think I can manage that if you are sure" Naomi replied a cheeky tone to her voice. She pressed her lips softly to mine for a few seconds before pulling away and sitting down.

"Naoms I know I said slowly but I think we can manage proper kisses" I spoke softly not wanting her to think I was annoyed.

"I…"she started "I just don't want to push you. I meant it when is said your pace."

I smiled "I know, now why don't you go close the blinds so we have some privacy and then maybe we can try that kiss again."

She quickly closed the blinds "that physio of yours is lurking around out there."

I rolled my eyes "still, she has been since our session this morning."

Naomi turned back to me "She better keep her hands off you or she will have me to answer to."

"Oooooh my knight in shining armour" I smirked "now get over here." I enveloped Naomi in my arms ignoring the pain in my ribs as our lips met once again this time a little harder than before.

When she pulled away she gasped "wow I don't think I'll ever get tired of doing that."

"That's good to know" I smiled "now is there any chance you could go get me a drink I am getting sick of water, you never know I may reward you when you get back."

"Cheeky" she laughed "anything in particular?"

I smiled "surprise me"

Naomi

I kissed Emily's cheek before going to get her a drink, as soon as I walked out the room I could see Mandy still lurking around. I decided the best thing was to just ignore her as I walked away from her glare. I made my way to the shop on the ground floor of the hospital and picked up a few different drinks so she had some when she was on her own. I also picked her up some chocolate and sweets as well as a couple of other bits before heading back up to Emily. As I approached her door though Mandy suddenly appeared in front of me with her usual glare directed at me "you are not the one for Emily."

I was a little taken aback "Excuse me"

"Oh come on" she sneered "it's obvious from watching the two of you that you are together now but I know you are only with her out of guilt." She smirked "yes I have down some digging and have overheard conversations. I know what happened."

I felt myself becoming angry as I realised the extent to which she had violated Emily's privacy "I don't think any of that is your business."

"It is if you are hurting Emily" she spat back

I was angry "I am not hurting Emily, I like Emily, no I really like Emily. We have a long way to go but I am going to prove to her that she can trust me" I paused "I'm not really sure why you think it is your business who Emily is with."

She smirked making me even angrier "it is when she is going to be my future girlfriend."

I rolled my eyes at the poor deluded girl and decided she wasn't worth me wasting my time on. I walked away from her into Emily's room "you would not believe…" I trailed off when I saw a tear roll down Emily's cheek. I rushed over to her "Em's what is the matter, are you in pain?"

She shook her head "No, well no more than usual." She wiped a tear away "I just heard all of that outside, she seriously gives me the creeps."

I sat down and took her hand "maybe you should see if you can have a different physio"

"No" she whispered "that will take time and I just want to get out of here."

"Ok" I said kissing the back of her hand "I will be keeping a close eye on her though."

"I can believe that" she laughed "I also heard what you said too."

"Sorry" I said quietly "I should have kept quiet, she just made me so angry."

"No" she shook her head "don't be sorry. I needed to hear that, you admitted your feelings to a stranger to you. You need to relax a little more Naoms, we maybe don't have as far to go as you might think."

I smiled "I hope so" I kissed the back of her hand again "I got you some drinks as well as some chocolate and sweets" I pulled a small cuddly bear out of the bag "I also got you this, I thought you could name it Naomi so you can cuddle me even when I'm not here."

Emily blushed slightly "that's so cute I will cherish it. However…" she trailed off "however you are here at the moment so I think proper Naomi cuddles are in order." She lifted her cover up and indicated for me to snuggle under the cover with her.

"Are you sure?" I asked

"Naoms remember what I said about you needing to relax a little more. We are together now even if we are taking things slow" she smiled "now come and give me a cuddle."

How could I refuse, I carefully climbed into the bed and snuggled up with Emily, it felt so amazingly good "are you sure I'm not hurting you."

"You're not hurting me Naoms" she whispered before kissing me softly.

"Are you not worried someone will walk in and we are like this" I asked a little nervous

"Relax Naoms and enjoy the moment, it's not every girl I let into my bed" she smirked

"That's good to know" I laughed

"And Naoms" she started "don't worry honestly, mum and dad always visit in the morning and if Katie pops back she knows. To anyone else we are two friends lying in bed watching a DVD." She pulled her DVD player over and pressed play "oh and of course sharing a few kisses." She smirked before pressing her lips to mine again. I honestly couldn't remember the last time I was this happy.