A/N: I'm trying but finding a bit hard to write. There will be Naomily interaction soon I promise.

Katie

I watched my nephew as we strolled towards the mini golf, he was looking at the sandwich in his hand with barely disguised disgust. He took a bite and chewed it like it was choking him. We'd decided to get hot dogs on the pier to eat on the way but Emily had refused to let Danny have one saying she'd brought along some sandwiches from home. To be fair Em ate them too but that still didn't stop Dan feeling like he was missing out.

Now don't get me wrong, I was in total agreement with Emily most of the time. I hated the thought of my nephew being brought up on junk food but sometimes I did think Em was a bit strict, not that I'd ever dream of telling her that. Her argument was that when Dan got older he could make his own decisions but while he was still a child it was her duty as a good mother to make sure he ate as healthily as possible. All very rational when you're an adult but I'm not sure it's very convincing when you're seven.

Naomi laughed by my side, "Danny doesn't look very impressed does he?"

I shook my head, "Maybe we should have eaten the sandwiches too."

"What and all have faces like that?" Naomi countered.

I smiled, "I know it probably had bits of brain or bollocks in it but you can't beat a hot dog from a dodgy stand can you?"

"Nope, it was bloody lovely." Naomi said with glee.

"At least it's put a bit of colour back into your cheeks, you were actually green when you got off that ride." I observed.

She shuddered, "Please Katie, I really don't want to think about it, I still might throw up."

"At least you didn't cry..." I joked.

Naomi stared at me and began to blush, "Oh, they told you about that eh?"

I nodded, "Sorry. You should have just told Em, she wouldn't have forced you on if she knew how afraid you were."

The firmness of her reply surprised me, "No! I don't want her to know."

"Why not?" I asked incredulously.

"You heard her Katie, it had to be the fastest setting otherwise she was being a wimp. I don't want her to think I'm some pathetic loser who turns into a crybaby on a roller coaster." Naomi explained.

I shook my head, "But then she'll keep making you do things that petrify you."

She shrugged, "I went up the tower in Brandon Hill, now the roller coaster, I'll cope somehow."

I chuckled, "Danny was right, you must really like Emily."

Her eyes widened, "he knows?"

Shit, "Er, yeah. He wondered why Effy felt sorry for you and we sort of explained you were frightened."

"Oh that's just great. That's nearly as bad and he's bound to tell Emily." Naomi said angrily.

"Look, I'll have a word with him and explain it's a secret ok? Anyway, he thought you were very brave not a coward at all." I attempted to placate her.

Naomi didn't look convinced, "Yeah, well he's seven so everything probably seems brave to him. Give him a few years and he'll be taking the piss like everyone else."

We both paused as Naomi realised what she'd just implied.

"Not that I'll definitely be around then or anything..." she added in a vain attempt to backtrack.

I smiled at her, "Of course not. Oh look, here's the mini golf course, great timing eh?"

She shot me a look and followed me inside.

"Here they are, I said they wouldn't be long." Emily stated with a smile.

"But we've been here ages." Danny moaned.

I rolled my eyes, "No you haven't we were a couple of minutes behind you. Where's Cook and Effy?"

Emily nodded towards the booth, "They're paying and getting the stuff."

Naomi suddenly rushed forwards, "Oh no, I don't think so. They know I always choose my own club and ball."

I stared at Emily quizzically as the blonde made her way over to her friends and began telling them off. "Jeez, it's only a game."

Emily smiled wryly, "I'm not sure anything's ever only a game where Naomi's concerned."

We wandered over and stood in silence as Naomi carefully examined the clubs. Occasionally she would pick one up and do a few practice strokes with it before she either placed it back or put it to one side. Next she moved on to the balls, she ran her hands over them before picking various ones up and as before either rejecting or short listing them.

"I wouldn't mind but she doesn't even play golf." Effy whispered.

"Shh please, I can't rush this." Naomi admonished.

We stood with folded arms as she carefully tested out various combinations. After a few more minutes she nodded and held up a club and ball.

"The perfect blend of putter and ball," she said smugly.

"Quite finished?" Emily said in an amused tone.

"Lambs to the slaughter the lot of you." Naomi uttered as she walked off.

Effy went to walk the other way, "I'm not playing."

Cook grabbed her arm, "Oh no Eff, if I have to endure this you ain't going anywhere."

"But I detest golf." she said sulkily.

Cook tutted, "No you don't, we had a great game last time we went to the pitch and putt."

Effy raised her eyebrow, "And why was that?"

"Cos we went without Naoms." Cook replied quietly.

"Exactly, we left Tiger Campbell at home and we had fun for once." Effy shot back.

I picked up a club and ball, "Come on guys, she can't be that bad."

They looked at me, "You'll see."

We walked outside and made our way to the first hole, Naomi was already walking up and down looking at it carefully. She rolled her ball into the hole and gave a satisfied nod as she retrieved it.

I shook my head, "You're weird."

She smiled sweetly, "No Katie, I'm maximising my chances of winning, there's nothing strange about that. Who wants to go first?"

Emily smiled at her, "Why don't you show us how it's done?"

We stood back and watched as Naomi placed the ball down before she lined up her shot carefully. She stepped to the side and had a few practice swings before settling the club just behind the ball. She hit it cleanly and it rolled down the green before coming to rest on the edge of the hole.

"Great shot Naomi..." I started until Cook shook his head violently.

The blonde turned around, "Is the ball in the hole?"

"Well no, but it's really close." I uttered as Cook and Effy took a step backwards.

Naomi continued to scowl, "What hole are we on?"

"Er, the first." I said hesitantly.

"That's right Katie, the first, or as I call it the easiest, I should have got a hole in one. So sorry if I don't agree with you, but that was not a great shot" she made finger quotes around the last two words.

I backed down, "Fair enough, sorry I didn't realise. So who's going next, how about you Dan?"

Danny placed the ball down and swung wildly at it making it bounce off one sides and straight over the other.

"Quick, catch it before it rolls away." Emily ordered.

He ran after it, trapped it with his foot and brought it back. "I'll try again."

Naomi gave a cough, "Actually Danny, you place the ball back on the course where it exited and that counts as your first shot."

Danny frowned, "Can't I just start again?"

"I'm sorry but they're the rules." Naomi said sternly.

I leaned towards the others and whispered, "This has rules? I thought you just hit the damn ball into the hole."

Effy shook her head, "Oh no, there are rules, lots of them, Naomi knows them all and makes sure everyone sticks to them religiously."

"Naomi, remember that chat we had at bowling?" Emily gently reminded.

The blonde frowned, "That was different, you're not at a disadvantage in this because of your age."

"Please Naomi, just this once? For me?" Emily stared beseechingly at Naomi.

The blonde shook her head, "Sorry Emily, the look won't work, not where mini golf is concerned."

Emily sighed, "Put the ball on the course Dan, it appears there's no flexibility today."

He dutifully did as he was told and even moved it when Naomi pointed out it left the course further back.

"I can see why you said you hated this game earlier." Emily said to Effy.

The brunette laughed, "Believe me she'll get worse, I usually want to beat her repeatedly with the club by about hole eight or nine."

Emily smiled wryly, "That long eh? You clearly have the patience of a saint."

Cook, Emily and Effy all took their turns, receiving various instructions or corrections from Naomi so by the time it was my go I was actually pretty nervous. I placed the ball down and quickly hit it, I didn't really care where it went. We all watched as it rolled down the green, bounced off one of the walls and slowly dribbled back before landing with a thunk in the hole.

"Nice babe, hole in one!" Cook exclaimed.

Naomi's face was like thunder, "Well done Katie."

I shrugged, "Beginner's luck I guess."

The blonde nodded, "I expect so yes."

Once we had all finished Cook rounded up, "So currently in last place on one over par, it's a tie between Emily, Effy and Danny; me next on par, in second place on one under par, how appropriate, it's Naoms and finally sitting pretty in first place it's Katiekins, well done babe."

As we made our way around the next few holes we gradually lapsed into silence, mainly because every time one of us spoke, even in a whisper, we were greeted by a steely glare or a call of 'shhhh' from the blonde. Effy was right, Naomi did get worse as the game, and I use that term loosely, went on. She was overly critical, although to be fair it was mainly directed towards her own performance. I'd never seen anyone take mini golf so seriously, if I wasn't directly involved it would actually have been pretty amusing. As it was we were right at the centre of it and so every minute playing felt like a step closer to an agonising death. By the time we got to the 13th hole most of us were losing the will to live.

Naomi lined up her shot carefully and as instructed we all stayed silent, holding our breath in case it put her off.

Emily leaned towards Effy and whispered, "I think I can honestly say, this is the least fun I've ever had in my life."

Naomi turned sharply, "Emily please be quiet."

"Sorry." Emily muttered.

"Picturing beating her to death yet?" Effy hissed out of the side of her mouth.

Emily shook her head, "That was hole eight, now I want to beat myself to death just for the blessed release."

A glare from Naomi. She turned back to the ball, did a few practice shots and then finally hit it. It sailed through the tunnel and Naomi eagerly ran down the side of the green to wait for it to emerge.

"Wait for it." Cook instructed.

Suddenly Naomi screamed, "NOOOO! I hit that perfectly. There must be something wrong with this course or the club, it should have gone in."

"Something about a bad workman springs to mind." Emily said wryly.

Effy chuckled, "Oh go on, I dare you to say that to her."

Emily smiled, " Do I look like an idiot? Shhh, she's coming."

"I was this close to a hole in one." Naomi said sulkily.

"Well it is quite a difficult hole..." I hastily shut up when I heard the intakes of breath.

Naomi frowned, "Of course the constant chattering didn't help my concentration."

Emily sighed, "Total silence next time, we promise. Come on Dan, ready for your turn?"

He gulped, "Suppose so."

He put the ball down and waited for Naomi's approval, we'd all been on the receiving end of a telling off about where the correct place to tee off was. She tersely nodded and my nephew quickly hit the ball. Even Danny looked like he couldn't wait to get this over. By some miracle the ball went through the tunnel, we all followed its progress as it came out the other side. It still had plenty of momentum as it ran towards the hole.

"Oh shit." Effy muttered as we began to see what was about to happen.

"Stand well back folks, she's gonna blow." Cook instructed.

Danny's ball cannoned into Naomi's, knocking it away to the side. The clash took some of the power out of it, just enough in fact to ensure it trickled neatly into the hole.

"Yes!" Danny shouted in triumph. "Hole in one."

We all stared at Naomi, if you looked hard enough you could almost see the smoke coming from her ears. Her face began to redden.

"You did that on purpose." she accused.

"No I didn't." Danny argued.

Naomi nodded, "Yes you did, you deliberately used my ball to make your own shot better."

"It was just lucky..." I attempted to diffuse things.

She scoffed, "Yeah, like the rest of the play until now. Funny how 'lucky' everyone else is, apart from me of course. You've all been ganging up on me, trying to sabotage my game."

Effy rolled her eyes, "Oh don't be so ridiculous..."

"You're all cheats." Naomi continued on a roll.

"I am not! Maybe I'm just better than you." Danny added fuel to the flames.

"Really? Or maybe you're not playing fair. Look at me, I'm seven, I'm just a kid. Hmmm, no one would suspect a thing, but you won't get away with it this time, you don't fool me." Naomi said as her voice rose to a squeak.

Danny shot her a look, "I don't like you when you play mini golf, you're mean."

"At least I'm not dishonest..." Naomi shot back.

"RIGHT, THAT IS ENOUGH!" Emily shouted making us all jump.

Naomi and Danny immediately fell silent, they both looked slightly frightened.

Emily glowered at them, "Now I understand why they call this crazy golf."

Danny pointed at the sign,"It's mini golf..."

He was silenced by a glare. "This was supposed to be a bit of fun, something we could all play and have a laugh, not some form of torture and endurance. So here's what's going to happen. Effy and I are clearly not cut out for this so we're going to retire, right Effy?"

Effy nodded enthusiastically, "Absolutely."

"Katie you and Cook will be one team, Naomi and Danny the other, ok?" Emily ordered.

Naomi shifted, "Well, technically, that's against the..."

Emily smiled coldly, "Naomi, I'm warning you, if you mention 'the rules' one more time, I'm going to take that club and shove it where the sun don't shine. Am I making myself clear?"

Naomi quickly shut up and nodded.

"Right, Cook hand me the score card." he handed it over as fast as he could.

Emily quickly scanned it and counted quietly, "Who ever has won each hole up until now gets one point, so that's eight for Katie and Cook and five for Naomi and Danny. You take it in turns from now on and who ever has the most at the end is the winner. I'll keep score and my decision is final. Let's play."

As we moved on to the next hole, Cook whispered to me, "I always though you was the scary twin, not so sure now."

I raised my eyebrow, "Friendly warning babe, don't ever get on the wrong side of a Fitch."

"Decide who's going first." Emily instructed.

Naomi and Danny quickly conferred, "I'll do this one."

Cook nodded, "I'll take on Blondie."

It was close but Naomi edged it, she winked at Danny, "the fight back starts here."

At the next hole, Danny lined up the ball, he and Naomi walked all around the obstacle, intently discussing tactics. He nodded and stood to take his shot. Like Naomi he did a few practice strokes before he hit the ball. It ended up neatly next to the hole.

"Come on babe, hole in one again." Cook encouraged.

I tried to hit the ball cleanly, but it bounced awkwardly off the wall and trickled back to the start.

"Steady into the hole Dan, that's it. Nice one." Naomi said.

Finally we reached the last hole, we'd managed to pull a point back so it stood at nine-eight in our favour. Danny looked crestfallen when I'd beaten him at the last one, he turned apologetically to Naomi.

"Sorry, we can only draw now." he uttered.

She put her arm around him and squeezed his shoulder, "Doesn't matter, we still managed to catch up if I win this one, that's pretty good."

I couldn't believe the transformation, Naomi was practically foaming at the mouth ten minutes ago, now here she was seemingly telling my nephew it was the taking part that counted.

Cook fucked his shot up spectacularly, much to my annoyance, "That was awful."

He shook his head, "Careful Katie, might have to start calling you Naomi mark two."

The blonde won easily and we were now in a tie break.

"Thank goodness that's over." Emily said as she went to walk away.

We all stared at her in confusion, "Now it's sudden death Em."

Her eyes closed and she took a deep breath, "Are you all in agreement you don't want to call it a draw?"

There were various murmurs about a tie being rubbish.

"Fine, one last hole, but I want no tantrums if you don't win." she said staring pointedly at Danny and then Naomi.

Naomi held her hand up, "Scouts honour, I'll be gracious. Not that we'll lose eh Dan?"

I snorted, "Don't get too cocky Campbell."

Emily rolled her eyes and looked at the score sheet, "Hole number 10 seemed to be the most challenging so I suggest we go back there. Danny you're up first."

He looked at Naomi, "I was rubbish on hole 10, it took me ages to get through the windmill."

Naomi smiled, "Well here's your chance to have another go. I have every confidence you can do it and I'll help out."

He smiled unsurely, "But we might not win..."

"Doesn't matter as long as you do your best, that's all anyone can ask." Naomi said soothingly.

I'm sure I heard Emily mutter hallelujah under her breath.

Danny placed the ball down before he and Naomi began their ritual of studying the angles, they conferred quietly and eventually he nodded. He made a few practice strokes and stood over the ball with a serious look on his face. He hit the ball gently and it rolled up to the entrance to the windmill but didn't go through.

"The sneaky little bugger." Cook muttered.

I looked over, "what?"

Cook pointed, "You can't get your ball through now."

I shrugged, "So I'll go in behind his and wait until we get through the other side to pounce."

I was wary of knocking their ball which might help them out so I hit ours softly, so gently in fact it barely moved a away from the tee.

Danny smiled sweetly at me, "Oh no, your turn again Auntie Katie."

I scowled at him and went to hit it again when Cook stopped me, "They want to play dirty, we'll play dirty. Hit our ball into the side of theirs, even if it don't go through it'll mess up their plans."

I nodded and took a big swing, our ball sped down the green, glanced theirs making it spin on the spot and by some act of God passed through the windmill and ended up a few feet from the hole.

I grinned, "Oh no, looks like it's your turn. But it'd better be good, because I'm going to putt that next time."

"Oh Katie, not you as well." Emily said with a sigh.

Cook whooped,"Nice one babe, the pressure's on, don't mess this up Dan."

"Grow up Cook." Naomi said indignantly.

He looked at her incredulously, "Seriously, did you just tell me to grow up?"

Naomi turned away and whispered something to Danny, a look of determination set on his face as he lined up the shot. Naomi gave him a few final instructions and corrected his stance a few times.

"Aim for the spot I told you Danny." She said assuredly.

Danny nodded and hit the ball neatly through the obstacle, it bounced against the border and travelled across the circle before it hit another border and spiralled back towards the hole. For a minute it teetered on the edge until it dropped in with a thunk.

Danny raised his hands and screamed,"YES! I DID IT, I DID IT."

He ran towards Naomi and she picked him up and twirled him in the air, "Told you could do it, you're a genius, a boy wonder."

She placed him down and they started to do that stupid dance where you rotate your arms in circles in front of your waist before they finished it off with a high five.

I stared at them as they continued to celebrate, "Oh. My. God. She's a grown woman."

Cook laughed, "I guess they wanted it more than we did babe."

Naomi and Danny approached us and held out their hands, "Great game."

I stared at the blonde, "You are beyond sad, you do realise that?"

Naomi grinned at me, "No tantrums Katie remember."

My eyes narrowed until Emily stepped in, "Well done Danny, that was excellent, I'm very proud of you. But let's pretend this never happened and head for the beach shall we?"

Cook leaned towards me, "Now can we go off by ourselves."

"Too fucking right, I'm not spending anymore time with that control freak." I hissed back nodding at Naomi.

We handed in the equipment and made our way outside.

"Actually Em, we might give the beach a miss, do a bit of sight seeing. You've got your phone yeah?" I asked.

She nodded with a slight smirk, "Yeah, text me when you've finished your little tour and we can meet up later."

Cook put his arm around me, "See you lot later, much later I hope."

Danny tugged on Naomi's sleeve, she bent down and he whispered something to her. She smiled as she rose back up.

"I can't believe we forgot something so important." she said slyly.

I rolled my eyes, "What now?"

She and Danny formed an L shape with their thumb and index fingers, "Loooosssseeerrrrsss."

They collapsed into a fit of giggles, I was about to give a sarcastic retort, but Cook winked at me.

"Katie, it's not worth it." he said as he ushered me away.

"But...

"Babe, they've had their fun." he grinned wickedly, "Now let's go and have ours eh?"

I smiled, "When you put it like that..."