Here is the next chapter of this, I promise I am working on things but time is just not on my side at the moment, life keeps getting in the way. I am still trying to move this story along a bit without going to fast.

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Chapter Sixteen

Emily

Naomi helped me into the back of the car, yes I can walk on my own again now but I am still in quite a bit of pain mainly with my ribs still but the muscles in my legs are occasionally reminding me they are still there and not used to being used. Once she was in herself I slipped my hand into hers and squeezed it gently "it feels so good to be out in the open with you and not hiding our feelings anymore."

She smiled "I know" she leant over and kissed me softly "I love being able to do that."

"Well there will be a lot more of that now" I smirked

Naomi blushed and quickly changed the subject; I could tell she was a little nervous with my parents sitting in the front of the car "how far away do you live?"

I smiled "not too far. I am seriously looking forward to sitting on a comfortable chair, watching my own TV and sleeping in my own bed."

"I bet you are" Naomi smiled "it's been quite a while for you."

I nodded "yeah, it will be even better with you by my side to." I glanced out the window "we are just about back now."

I smiled as dad pulled the car into the driveway, I was finally home. Naomi helped me out of the car again and I took a moment to look around taking in the surroundings I have missed so much. At the same time I noticed mum smiling as she watched the way Naomi was helping me and caring for me. I must admit I am still surprised she is taking the news about Naomi and I so well, I guess this accident has done some good even if it has caused so much pain and upset. I slipped my hand into Naomi's and led her slowly towards the house with mum and dad close behind with my bags. I stopped briefly and turned around slightly "mum is Katie home?"

"I don't know love" she said quickly "you know what Katie is like?"

"Yeah" I laughed

The house was quiet when I stepped inside but it didn't last long as I heard "welcome home Emily" shouted across the room and suddenly found myself standing in front of Katie, Cook, Effy, Panda, Thomas, Freddie, JJ and my pervy little brother James. To say I was surprised was an understatement; I really did have an amazing family and friends. I turned to Naomi "I'm guessing you knew about this."

She looked guilty "in my defence I was warned by your sister on pain of death not to tell you. I can show you the text I was sent after the two of you spoke earlier."

I laughed "its ok I believe you I know exactly what my sister is like." I glanced at mum and dad "did you two know as well?"

Mum nodded "yeah Katie wanted to do something and you deserve a night of fun. Dad and I are taking James out so you can have time with your friends. The pizzas are ordered and there is drink in the fridge, soft drinks for you though love."

I hugged her "thanks mum."

Dad took my bags upstairs and then they both took James out. Naomi helped me settle on the sofa before going to get me a drink. Katie came over and enveloped me in a tight hug "it's good to have you home sis I've missed you."

I smiled "it's good to be home and I've missed you too" I paused "anyway enough of the soppy stuff I've got some news for you."

"Go on then, don't keep me in suspense" she shot back at me

I laughed "Mum knows about Nai and I and she is taking it pretty well. It's a long story and I will tell you one day but let's just enjoy tonight."

She hugged me again "that's great Emily, really great."

As Katie released me from the hug Naomi came back with our drinks, Katie stood up from the sofa "I will leave you two love birds to it and go put some music on."

Naomi passed me my drink and sat down with me, I could tell she was trying not to sit to close due to us not having told people yet "Nai I've been thinking, now mum knows about us we should go public with our relationship." I paused trying to gauge her reaction "I mean we don't have to if you don't…"

"Emily I want to shout it from the rooftops, we could just act like a couple tonight and let them work it out themselves" she said quickly cutting me off.

I took a sip of my drink feeling myself fall in love with Naomi more and more each day "don't you just love coke without the alcohol."

She laughed "I know it's just not the same is it."

I rolled my eyes "Naomi you can drink alcohol you know, don't let the fact I'm not stop you."

She shook her head "No Emily I won't be drinking alcohol again until I can do it with you by my side."

I smiled, I couldn't help it "you are so sweet and I love you."

She took my drink from me and put both mine and hers on the table before turning back to me and moving closer "I love you Em and I want everyone to know."

I wrapped my arms around the back of her neck and pulled her close to me and she wasted no time in pressing her lips to mine softly. I shifted my body as much as I could ignoring the niggling pain in my ribs and enjoyed the feeling of Naomi's body covering mine on the sofa as we got lost in one another. The time alone we had been wanting was obviously going to have to wait as we were rudely interrupted by Cook standing over us "so you two have finally got your acts together then, we've been fucking waiting for this."

I snuggled into Naomi's side on the sofa, my head resting on her chest as we heard Katie laughing beside him "they've been together weeks now, mum knows so I'm guessing everyone else can know now although I'm surprised you haven't picked up on the signs by now."

"Well now you say that I have noticed that Emily has been a lot happier even in hospital and Naomi has been the happiest I think I have ever seen her." I could see he was really thinking back to the last few weeks "and they've been spending every minute that they can together."

Naomi smirked "have you ever thought of a career as a detective Cook?"

He picked up a cushion and threw it at her "shut up blondie and go back to groping your girlfriend I was quite enjoying watching the two of you" he smirked "maybe I could join in this time."

I threw the cushion back at him "fuck off Cook that would only happen in your dreams and I don't even want to think about that." Katie dragged him off smirking leaving Naomi and I the talk of the room but they were all happy for us.

Naomi and I lost ourselves in one another all over again as the little party continued. Everyone else was eating, drinking and dancing to the music Katie had put on earlier. I pouted slightly when Naomi pulled away from me, I instantly missed the feel of her lips on mine, she smiled down at me and I couldn't help but notice her eyes were a slightly darker shade of blue than normal "Em if we don't stop now I'm not sure I will be able to."

I smirked "I have a perfectly good bed upstairs."

She rolled her eyes "Emily Fitch you have just been discharged from hospital you need to rest not physically exert yourself."

"Spoil sport" I sulked.

"Trust me when you are well enough there will be no stopping us, I want you so much" she whispered gazing down into my eyes.

I ran my fingers over her cheek "I want you too."

Naomi was about to kiss me again when Mandy stormed into the room behind Katie "Emily you have a visitor, she says she knows you from the hospital."

I froze when I saw Mandy stood there and I saw the anger flash across Naomi's face "what the fuck are you doing here?"

Mandy glared at her "I've come to see Emily, get her to stop all this stupidness that you've put into her head."

"What stupidness?" Katie asked confused

Naomi looked from Mandy to Katie and I knew she was about to tell Katie what had been going on and I also knew that nobody in this room would hold her back "basically Katie, Mandy here has been overstepping her professional boundaries and has basically been abusing Emily during their physio sessions, she has been feeling her up, making her feel uncomfortable, whispering sweet nothings to her and making very suggestive comments. Emily has put a complaint in and all the evidence is there."

All I could do was watch as Katie slapped Mandy hard across the face, it was nothing she didn't deserve I just wish I had done it myself. Everything in the room went quiet except from Katie screaming at Mandy "you were meant to take care of her, we all trusted you with my sister and you go and fucking do this. I will tell you fucking now though that nobody treats my sister like that and gets away with it."

Mandy tried to side step Katie and step towards me as she screamed "I'm going to lose my fucking job because of all of this, Emily has only put the complaint in because Naomi is jealous that it is me Emily wants to be with."

Katie blocked her from getting to me and shoved her backwards "number one you lanky bitch does any of this look like she wants to be with you, she loves Naomi and nothing is going to change that and number two I don't care about what is going to happen to you and nobody else in this room does either. We all care about Emily and just want her fully better. If you are that fucking worried about your job you should have thought about that before you put your filthy hands all over my sisters body."

Mandy tried to step towards me again but once again Katie blocked her and she was quickly backed up by Cook and Effy, I really did have great friends. Cook looked at me cuddled up with Naomi before turning back to Mandy "how could you think Emily would want you, you sad bitch, you need to fucking stay away from her."

"And if you don't it won't just be Katie you have to worry about." Effy spoke with a sharp tone to her voice "Katie is very protective of her sister and Emily has some very good friends."

Naomi cuddled me further into her arms giving me the comfort I needed. Thankfully though Mandy must have realised she was fighting a losing battle as eventually she left. Katie turned to me "you ok sis?"

"Yeah" I smiled "thank you"

"I'll always be here for you Emily just remember that." She smiled "now I'm going to phone the hospital and tell them just what that little bitch has done now she has no right to come round here like that and she will pay for threatening my sister like that."

Katie walked away and Naomi kissed my cheek "you sure you are ok?"

"I'll always be ok in your arms" I whispered, kissing her softly before yawning tiredness quickly catching up with me. "I'm tired gorgeous I think I am going to go for a shower and then go to bed."

"Ok beautiful" she said kissing me softly "I will get off home and come back in the morning."

I shook my head "will you stay with me tonight, I will sleep so much better curled up in your arms."

She smiled "of course I will I don't want to be away from you. I will go home quickly and get some stuff whilst you have a shower."

I kissed her hard before pulling away "Ok, don't be too long though."

She laughed softly "I won't be."

Naomi left after helping me up from the sofa we had been lying together on. Katie came over "where is Naomi going?"

"She's just going home for some clothes and stuff; I've asked her to stay tonight."

Katie smirked "Oh like that is it, making the most of being home."

I slapped her playfully "not like that you cheeky bugger my name is Emily Fitch not Katie Fitch."

"Oi" she laughed "seriously though Emily I'm happy for you, it's good to have you home and it's really good to see you so happy with someone that cares for you as much as I can see Naomi does."

I hugged her "thanks Katie, I love you."

"I love you too" she released me from the hug "now do you need some help upstairs?"

I shook my head "no, I think I'll be ok I'll give you a shout if I need anything, you go and spend some time with those guys."

The following morning it took me a couple of seconds to remember where I was. I smiled as I moved my head slightly to the side and saw my gorgeous blonde girlfriend lying by my side. I had slept like a baby cuddled up in her arms for a whole night. Everything last evening was great fun, spending time with Naomi and my friends, being able to have a long hot shower and then being able to sleep in my own bed after however long with Naoms. I lay for a while watching her sleep thinking about just how lucky I am to have her in my life, to have her love me the way I love her and to be able to hold her in my arms.

She stirred gently in my arms and slowly opened her gorgeous blue eyes "morning" she whispered her voice still full of sleep.

I kissed her softly "morning" I shifted my body a little and rested my head on her chest "did you sleep ok?"

She cuddled me in closer to her "yeah, you?"

"Like a baby in your arms" I kissed her chest softly "can I interest my gorgeous girl some breakfast."

"You can" she smiled "but it will be me making it, you are supposed to be resting." She kissed me softly "can I just grab a shower first though?"

"Of course you can, there are some spare towels in the bathroom cupboard. I will be downstairs when you are ready."

She kissed me once more before moving from the bed. I couldn't help but watch as she walked away, she really was incredibly sexy. Reluctantly I moved from the bed myself and threw my hoodie on over my pyjamas before slowly making my way downstairs. The pain I felt was always worse in the morning something to do with me stiffening up more during the night. There was nobody else about downstairs, I guess they were all still in bed. I took my chance to enjoy the peace and quiet and grabbed a glass from the side and filled it with water so I could take my medication. I sat down on one of the kitchen chairs to wait for Naomi but I was restless and was feeling pretty useless, all I wanted right now was a cup of coffee. I listened to see if Naomi was on her way down yet but couldn't hear anything. "Fuck it" I whispered to myself standing up again and putting the kettle on, I could manage to make a couple of cups of coffee I'm sure. I wandered over to the cupboard to grab a couple of cups hoping they would be on the bottom shelf unfortunately as I opened the cupboard I was disappointed, I guess nobody had done the washing up as there were only cups on the higher shelf. I thought about waiting for Naomi but the painkillers were kicking in again so I thought I would be ok. I reached up to pick up a cup from the shelf and the pain shot through my ribs. I dropped the cup to the floor as I screamed out in pain, the china smashed around my feet as I slid to the floor curling in to myself.

Naomi rushed downstairs, her hair hanging wet around her shoulders as she pulled me into her arms "Emily, what happened?"

A tear rolled down my cheek "I was trying to make coffee but I couldn't quite grasp the cup properly due to the pain from reaching up."

Naomi was about to say something when mum came rushing in "I heard Emily scream, is everything ok?"

"I'm fine mum I just had some pain and it shocked me. Naomi is looking after me, you go back to bed." I smiled trying to reassure her that I was ok. After lingering for a few moments more she must have decided I was ok with Naomi and went back upstairs to dad.

"Emily" Naomi spoke softly "why didn't you wait for me?"

"I thought I could do it myself" I whispered "I wanted to do something for you for a change. I am so fucking sick of feeling so bloody useless."

She turned my head to face her and she looked directly into my eyes "Emily Fitch you listen to me and listen good, you are not useless, you have been through a major trauma and your body is still recovering. You are doing amazingly well but you still need to rest, let me take care of you for a while longer and then when you are fully recovered you can do something for me."

"I love you, you know that right?" I whispered

She nodded "I know" she kissed my cheek "I love you too."

I snuggled closer to her "seriously Naoms I am so lucky to have you by my side."

"I know you are" she smirked "now how about I make a couple of cups of coffee and some of my famous pancakes."

"Mmmmmm sounds pretty good to me" I smiled "now are you going to help me up from the floor I don't think I will manage on my own."

She smiled "Of course I will, I meant it when I said let me look after you for now."

"I know you did" I said softly as she helped me up from the floor. I sat at the table in the kitchen and watched Naomi set to work. I watched her for a few minutes "have I ever told you how sexy you look in pyjamas."

She spun around to me "I bet I look sexier out of them."

I felt my heart rate increase as I pictured Naomi's body underneath the thin material "tease" I managed to utter.

She smirked before turned back to the pan on the cooker top "just keeping you interested."

I stood up and walked over to her circling my arms around her waist "I will always be interested Naomi, always."

She kissed the top of my head and whispered softly "I know"

I cuddled into her back, my arms still wrapped lightly around her waist as she flipped the pancakes in the pan. I honestly felt like the luckiest girl alive and I was so glad to be home with my gorgeous girl by my side.