Ok I know it has been quite a while again and I can only say sorry, I have actually had this written for about a week now but I just haven't had the time to post it, everything has been completely crazy just recently. Anyway I am moving the story on a bit with this chapter and just hope it is ok.

Thank you for the reviews and for adding this to your alerts and favourites. I can't promise there will be anything more anytime soon as I am sure all the craziness will begin again when back at work on Monday.

Anyway here goes...

Chapter Fifthteen

One Week Later

Emily

I have spent the last week working on strengthening the muscles in my legs absolutely determined to get out of here, it was all in touching distance now. I am walking on my own now, I need someone with me but at least I can move around on my own. Everything still hurts but thankfully the bruises are fading and I am a lot stronger now. As I said earlier though everything is all in touching distance now, I can see myself sleeping in my own bed, I can see myself surrounded by my family in my own home and I can see myself having some well needed time alone with Naomi where we will be able to snuggle without interruptions, kiss without interruptions and have the freedom to talk without interruptions. Naomi has been amazing during this last week, she has put up with my moods and there have been a few this past week when I have taken my frustration and pain out on her as she has been the nearest person to hit out at. She has stuck by my side, she has not shouted back and she has generally been an incredible girlfriend.

I glanced at the clock on the wall seeing it was about an hour until Naomi would be here, I couldn't wait to see her I was determined to be a different person today, determined to be the girlfriend she deserves and I was going to make sure I apologised. I jumped slightly at the knock on the door and smiled when Helen came in "hey you, I've brought you some pain killers so you hopefully won't be in as much pain and therefore less grumpy when your beautiful girlfriend arrives."

I sighed "I've been horrible to her haven't I she deserves better than me."

"You've been through a lot Emily she understands that and I'm sure she has her reasons for wanting to be with you, I have seen the way she looks at you Emily you have nothing to worry about." She smiled as she passed me the pain killers "take these and get some rest."

"Thanks Helen" I whispered softly before swallowing the tablets.

I must have fallen asleep soon after taking my medication as I found myself waking up to Naomi coming into my room "hey gorgeous" I said sleepily

She turned round to me and smiled "sorry I didn't mean to wake you I was trying to come in quietly."

I laughed "I'm glad I woke up I want to spend all the time I can with you, I can sleep when you aren't here now come and snuggle with me." She chucked her bag onto the chair and kicked her shoes off before snuggling up to me under the covers. I kissed her softly "I'm sorry Naomi, I am so sorry for being such a grumpy bitch this past week I have felt so stressed out and have been in a fair amount of pain, I'm fed up of Mandy and I just want to go home. This is no excuse for me taking it all out on you though; you are the one person who I don't want to upset."

She kissed me softly "It's ok I know you don't mean it, let's just look to the future and getting you home very soon."

"You are the absolute best and I don't deserve you" I whispered softly nipping her lips.

"Well you know" she laughed

I smacked her playfully cutting her off from anything else she might have been about to say "so bloody cheeky." She smirked before capturing my lips with hers again letting us get lost in the moment.

The moment didn't last too long though as my doctor came in. Naomi and I broke apart and I rested my head on Naomi's chest. The doctor smiled "how are you today Emily?"

I smiled "I'm frustrated, fed up, in a bit of pain but apart from that I feel pretty fucking good, I am up on my feet again, I feel so much more like the real me and to top all of that off I have the best girlfriend in the world."

He nodded "that's good to hear."

He wrote something down in my notes and I took my chance to ask the question I really wanted to know the answer to "can I go home doctor?"

He looked down at my notes before looking back to me "I spoke with a number of my colleagues this morning about how you were doing and all but one agreed that you are ready to go home so I am going to discharge you. Mandy didn't seem to think you were quite ready but I'm not sure how much I trust her judgement. I probably shouldn't say that but I have seen you walking around with Helen and you are doing a great job. I know you have a family and friends at home that will be a great support to you. You will have to come in for physiotherapy sessions though as an outpatient until Mandy signs you off."

Naomi hugged me tighter and I couldn't hold back my smile "that is the best news ever thank you doctor I honestly was beginning to wonder if this day would ever come."

He smiled "I will go and process your discharge and you should be good to go in a couple of hours."

He went to walk away but Naomi stopped him "Dr how would we go about putting in a complaint against Mandy, shall we just say her conduct has not been very professional towards Emily and we have the evidence."

He looked concerned "I will call Amanda, she is the manager of the physiotherapy department and get her to come down and talk to you and set the wheels in motion."

He left the room and Naomi kissed me softly "I get the impression he doesn't think very highly of our resident pervert physiotherapist."

I laughed "no" I picked up my phone from the side "I better call Katie and let her know the good news she seems to leave the visiting to you these days." Naomi laughed as I called Katie.

About half an hour later I finally put my phone back down "bloody hell my sister can fucking talk."

"Tell me about it" Naomi laughed "I'm assuming she is happy you are being discharged."

I laughed "Yeah she is getting onto mum and dad now so they can come and pick me up."

"That's great" she kissed my cheek

"Yeah" I replied quietly

"Emily" Naomi said concerned "what is it, you don't seem so sure."

"No it is great" I quickly replied not wanting her worrying "it's just I think the time has come to tell mum that I'm gay. I'm just not sure how she is going to take it."

Naomi hugged me tighter "you don't need to tell her yet Emily if you don't want to I can wait as long as you need."

I shook my head "no I don't want to hide what we have anymore and I don't want hide myself from my family anymore. I need to tell her and I will have to deal with whatever fall out happens."

"No" she shook her head "we will deal with it together, we are a couple Emily and I will be there to support you. How about we tell her together, we will wait until you are settled back home and then sit her down."

I kissed her softly "thank you"

Naomi was about to say something when the door opened "Sorry girls I did knock but there was no reply. I'm looking for Emily Fitch; I'm Amanda the physiotherapy department manager."

I sat up with Naomi beside me "I'm Emily"

Amanda shook my hand "it's nice to meet you. Now I had a call from one of the doctors about a complaint against Mandy."

"Yeah" I said nervously "whilst I have been having physio with her I feel like she has been crossing a line."

"She's been doing more than crossing a line, she has been extremely fucking unprofessional with my girlfriend" she reached over and grabbed her bag quickly pulling out the evidence she had put together "I think this is all the proof you need."

Naomi passed her the file and she began looking through it "it's been going on since the first session but I've put up with it because I just wanted to get sorted and get out of here."

Amanda looked horrified as she closed the file "I can see she has definitely crossed the line and a serious professional boundary. I will have to take this away with me to process properly and it goes without saying that I will assign a different physio for your outpatient appointments."

I was about to speak when Mandy burst through the door once again without knocking. Naomi glared at her "and as you can see she never knocks before entering." I slipped my hand into hers trying to keep her calm.

Mandy looked around the room "what is going on in here?"

Amanda stepped between Mandy and I, we could all see the anger in her eyes "a serious allegation has been made against you and it is not looking good for you Mandy, there is a lot of evidence."

"This is all her" Mandy spat pointing at Naomi "it's all fucking her putting ideas in Emily's head because she is jealous."

She tried to get to me but Amanda stopped her "Mandy I need to ask you to leave, go and wait in my office please."

"I'm not going anywhere until I've spoken to Emily so get out of my fucking way" she snarled.

Amanda continued to block her thankfully, I didn't want her anywhere near me I had, had enough of her hands all over me already "I am not going to allow that Mandy I think you have caused enough distress so I will tell you again that I need you to leave now."

I could tell she wasn't going to give in but thankfully mum and dad came in at the moment, hopefully Mandy would leave it for now at least. Dad walked over to me and kissed my cheek "it'll be great to have you home love."

I smiled but noticed Mandy was still in the room something mum had noticed as well and it was obvious she had picked up on the atmosphere in the room "what's going on in here?"

Mandy was quick to answer "your daughters psycho girlfriend that's what has happened."

If the atmosphere in the room was bad before it was even heavier now, my heart leapt into my mouth as Mandy's words hit me like a ton of bricks. I risked a glance at mum who had a face like thunder "don't you dare talk about my daughter like that she is not gay and I will not have you slander her after everything she has been through."

Mandy smirked "that's what you think, why don't you look at them it's pretty fucking obvious."

Amanda stepped between Mandy and mum as a tear slipped down my cheek "Mandy that is enough you need to leave this room now I will see you in my office in ten minutes, do not make this any worse for yourself you are in enough trouble."

Thankfully Mandy seemed to listen this time but she was angry I could see that deep in her eyes and here it in her voice "this is not the end of this" she spat before storming out of the room the door slamming behind her.

Amanda turned back to me "I'm sorry about all of that Emily I am going to go deal with it all now and set the wheels in motion. I will keep you up to date with everything."

Mum still looked annoyed "and make sure you tell her to stop talking rubbish about my daughter."

Amanda left the room and I knew I needed to talk to my mum I couldn't drag this out any longer, I wanted mum to know about Naomi and I. I looked over at my dad who smiled and nodded letting me know that he was here to support me "mum come and sit down we need to talk before I go home."

She took a deep breath as she sat on the chair beside my bed "what is it love?"

I slipped my hand into Naomi's and knew it was now or never "mum there is no easy way of telling you this and I just hope you will accept me" I took a deep breath "Mandy wasn't lying mum Naomi is my girlfriend. I have known I am gay for a while now but I have ignored it and tried to hide myself from everyone but Naomi has changed everything for me, I don't want to hide anymore mum."

"I think it is just the drugs talking love" there was denial in her tone but I chose to ignore it.

"No mum it's not the drugs at all it is who I am. I am telling you that Naomi is my girlfriend and nothing is going to change that. I really like her mum and she has stuck by my side through everything here, actually I think she is half the reason I have got through this apart from my family she gave me a reason to fight" I knew I needed to make her realise I was serious.

Dad put his hand on her shoulder "come on love it doesn't change who our little girl is, she is still our Emily. Let's go for a walk whilst the Dr finalises Emily's discharge."

She got up and left the room, dad kissed the top of my head "don't worry love I'll talk to her."

As Naomi and I found ourselves alone again she wrapped her arms tightly around me and kissed me softly "it will all be ok Em."

"Yeah" I sighed "I just wish she hadn't found out like that I can't believe Mandy did that."

"I definitely think she just added another couple of nails to her professional coffin."

I couldn't help but laugh "you have such a way with words Naomi Campbell."

She smiled "at least I've succeeded in cheering you up a little."

I kissed her softly "you always cheer me up."

We snuggled up together for a while still waiting for the doctor to complete my discharge. Naomi had packed all my stuff up earlier so it was already to go. It felt pretty fucking good to know I could lie here with Naomi without having to worry about mum walking in , thankfully she didn't visit very often once my recovery was in full swing, she actually listened to me for a change when I told her to focus on James and that I was ok.

I sat up quickly when mum and dad came back in. Naomi sat up with me and I took hold of her hand, she squeezed it gently letting me know she was there whatever was about to happen. Mum came and sat back on the chair she had previously vacated, for once I couldn't read her face but she didn't leave the room in silence for long "Emily love I'm not going to pretend I'm not surprised, shocked even but you are my little girl and I love you. Your dad has made me see that you are still Emily regardless of who you are with." She reached out for my other hand "I might just need some time to get used to it all."

I smiled "I can accept that mum I'm just glad you're not shutting me out."

"Oh Emily" she exclaimed "I've just nearly lost you once I am not prepared to go through that again." She looked up at Naomi "I am warning you though there will be hell to pay if you hurt my little girl."

Naomi looked a little taken aback "I'm not planning on hurting her Mrs Fitch, Emily means the world to me and she is my future. In fact Mrs Fitch I love your daughter and I really believe I always will."

"Excuse me!" I uttered almost choking on my words

Naomi kissed me softly "I mean it Emily Fitch I love you, I've known for a while now but I didn't want to scare you off."

I flung my arms around and kissed her hard "I love you to Naomi Campbell, I love you to."

"Ok you two" mum laughed "I can see how much you care about one another; you just look after her Naomi she has been through a lot."

"Nobody knows that more than me trust me" Naomi whispered.

I kissed her softly "that's enough of that you."

It was that moment the doctor from earlier came back in "Ok Emily you are free to go on the condition you take it easy. This is your discharge letter and these are all the tablets you will need at home. There is also a schedule there for your physio appointments and I will need to see you again in a month to see how things are then we can look at getting you fully discharged from our care."

I took everything from him "thanks doctor"

Dad shook his hand "yes thank you doctor for everything you've done for my little girl."

He nodded in acknowledgement as I rolled my eyes at being called a little girl "come on dad it's taken long enough can you just get me home."

He laughed and picked up my bags as mum turned to Naomi "are you coming back with us?"

Naomi smiled "I would love to thank you."

I smiled; maybe I hadn't needed to worry so much about mum's reaction. I slipped my hand into Naomi's and together we left the hospital slowly hand in hand.