A/N: Hello, I haven't updated this for a while so I hope some of you are still interested. Mainly Keffy action here but some nice Naomily too I think. Thanks for the reviews and alerts, it really means a lot. That's all folks, hope you enjoy.

Katie stirred and half opened one eye, well there was no point in exerting herself if she didn't need to. Automatically she reached across the bed and frowned as she felt the other side of it was empty. The sheet was cold so she knew Effy had been gone a while. A small sigh escaped her lips, she hated waking up alone, it always made her feel safer if she woke up with the brunette close to her, their body heat mingling or with an arm wrapped around her. Sometimes she wished she didn't care, then it wouldn't matter if Effy was there or not, she'd just wake up and that would be that. But Katie did care and it always felt slightly wrong if her girlfriend had disappeared.

She rolled onto her back and a louder sigh came from her mouth as she rubbed her eyes. She wasn't sure when her world started to feel askew if Effy wasn't around but it had crept up on her and now she was scared. She was Katie fucking Fitch and she didn't like feeling frightened, she wasn't afraid of anything. She'd deliberately stayed home Friday night, some of it was because she wanted to try to sort this out in her own head but mostly because she wanted to talk to Emily.

Katie walked into the bedroom and found Emily on her phone. The older twin plonked herself down on her bed and waited for her sister to finish the call.

"Erm Naomi, Katie hasn't gone out tonight so I should probably go and I'll see you tomorrow." Emily said with a frown.

There was a pause as Naomi spoke and Emily sighed loudly, "I know baby, I'm sorry too. I love you, night."

She put the phone down and glared at her sister, "I thought you'd be at Effy's."

Katie shook her head, "I'm going over tomorrow morning. I thought we could hang out for a bit, you know like old times."

Emily snorted, "What do you want K?"

"I don't want anything! I'm hurt you even suggested it." Katie replied indignantly.

Emily's eyebrow raised, "Katie Fitch, you're as transparent as that window. Now either spit it out or fuck off and leave me alone."

Katie narrowed her eyes, "I can't wait for the day you and Naomi start having sex again, because at the moment you're a complete and utter grumpy bitch."

Emily sighed, "Sorry, sometimes the frustration get's too much. But I know you Katie and I know there's something you want to talk to me about."

Katie sat on Emily's bed and cleared her throat, "promise you won't take the piss?"

Emily shrugged, "Depends what it is."

"Please Em, this is really important to me and I need your advice." Katie said quietly.

Emily softened, "Ok, I promise I'll take you seriously. What's up?"

Katie pulled at a loose thread on the duvet cover, "When did you know you loved Naomi?"

Emily's eyes widened, she hadn't been expecting this, "Erm, I'm not sure, at some point when we were in Cyprus I suppose."

"So you didn't know straight away but not that long after you'd met?" Katie questioned.

Emily paused, "Actually I do know. We had a falling out and instead of going down to the pool the next day I went to the beach, partly because I didn't want to see Naomi and partly because I wanted to punish her. It was the most miserable day of my holiday, I just felt so lonely, like something was missing and I couldn't stop thinking about her. That's when I admitted my feelings were more than a crush or lust and I was certain I loved her when she came to find me that night because she'd missed me too and wanted to check I was ok."

"So thinking about someone all the time and missing them when you're not with them means you're in love with them?" Katie asked cautiously.

Emily shrugged, "It can mean that yeah, but there are plenty of other things too."

Katie finally looked at her twin, "Like what?"

"Do you think you might be in love with Effy?" Emily asked gently.

The twin's gaze dropped to the bed again, "I don't know, maybe."

Emily took her hand, "And you're scared in case she doesn't feel the same way back?"

"I just want to be sure before I tell her and I don't know how I can be certain." Katie said in a small voice.

"Look K, I get the fact it's scary, Jesus I was petrified I'd blurt it out too soon to Naomi and it would send her running for the hills. But having some time to get used to it myself was pretty helpful, so maybe that'll work for you too. Don't put any pressure on yourself, just really think how you feel when you're with Effy and probably more importantly when she's not there." Emily offered.

Katie nodded, "I suppose I can do that. But it doesn't stop me being terrified that she'll laugh in my face or something."

Emily tutted, "I'm not really the best person to ask about that, I mean after Naomi plucked up the courage to tell me she was in love with me, I walked away from her, sunk half a bottle of vodka and kissed her best friend. But I don't think Effy would ever be cruel enough to laugh at you Katie, she's he might not be ready to tell you she loves you but it's obvious she really cares about you."

Katie looked up with a small smile, "Really?"

Emily nodded, "She adores you, everyone can see it."

The smile widened, "Thanks Em, that's really helped."

Emily reached over for a hug, "Anytime."

"Anytime, except when you want to talk dirty to your girlfriend over the phone." Katie responded with a smirk.

Emily immediately began to blush, "I have no idea what you're talking about."

Katie snorted, "Walls have ears Em, James overheard you the other night."

"The little fucker, I'm going to kill him, JAMES, STOP BLOODY LISTENING TO MY PRIVATE PHONE CALLS YOU PERV." Emily shouted as she ran from the room.

Katie laughed to herself as she heard her brother's cries of pain, he'd never learn.

Katie was brought back to the present by a muffled scuffing noise and a shout of "fuck" from the other side of the bedroom door. She got up and gingerly opened it to find Effy standing the other side holding a tray in her hands.

"Get back into bed, you'll ruin it otherwise." the brunette commanded.

Katie left the door open and obediently did as she was told. That was another thing that pissed her off about being in a relationship, she didn't care when Effy bossed her around, in fact she quite liked it when her girlfriend took charge. It made her feel cared for but also a bit vulnerable.

Effy came into the room, kicked the door shut behind her and made her way over, "Here we are madam, one breakfast in bed."

The twin looked at the tray which was brimming with all her favourite things, "To what do I owe this honour?"

"Do I need a reason to spoil my woman?" Effy asked in mock indignation.

Katie shook her head, "Of course not, it's just no one has ever made me breakfast in bed before."

Effy kissed Katie's forehead as she sat on the bed next to her and grabbed a slice of toast, "Then I'm glad it's another first I can share with you, may it be one in a long line of many."

Katie continued to stare at the tray slightly flabbergasted by her girlfriend's attention to detail. Effy had remembered just how she liked her toast, buttered right up to the edge with a large dollop of jam in the middle because she loved spreading it herself but liked it to melt first. The rashers of bacon had the rind cut off but they weren't wasted just put on a separate plate so she could eat them first. The eggs were lightly poached and Effy had removed all the stray bits around the outside because she knew Katie found them too wobbly.

"Come on babe, eat up or it'll go cold and all that effort will be wasted." Effy said giving her a nudge.

Katie picked up the crispy bacon rind and crunched it in her mouth. Her brain was whizzing around at a million miles an hour as it had been ever since she and Emily had talked. Her sister told her to think about how she felt about Effy and it was something she'd done almost obsessively since. She could hear her girlfriend speaking in the background but she wasn't really listening because there was only one thought repeating loudly in her head. It was the same thought she'd had yesterday morning when Effy opened the door to her with such a perfect smile it instantly made her day better, it was the same thought she'd had when Effy's blue eyes locked on to her's when they'd had sex yesterday afternoon, it was the same thought she'd had when she fell asleep with the brunette's arms wrapped tightly round her and it was the only thought she had when she saw how carefully Effy had made her breakfast in bed.

I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her...

Katie looked up and stared at Effy like she was seeing her for the first time, the brunette stopped talking immediately and stared back. Tears welled up in Katie's eyes.

"What's wrong Katie?" Effy asked with genuine concern.

Katie shook her head, "Nothing, there's absolutely nothing wrong at all."

Effy looked confused, "So why are you crying?"

Katie shrugged, "I'm just a bit overwhelmed by how special you make me feel sometimes."

Effy shuffled over and enveloped her in a tight hug, "You are special Katie, all I'm doing is making you start to believe it."

She tipped her girlfriend's chin and softly kissed her, "and don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise."

Do it, tell her now, it's perfect, screamed Katie's brain.

"Eff, I...I...love...err I loved my breakfast, thank you." Katie mumbled while feeling like a total sell out.

Effy searched her girlfriend's eyes and could sense there was something different about her, but she could also see Katie was scared so she didn't push her, "Like I said I want to spoil you as much as I can, if you'll let me."

Katie smiled, "I think I'd like that a lot."

"Oh Naomi...God….yes...oh fuuuuucccckkkkk." Emily cried out, trying and failing to be quiet so Gina wouldn't hear. She collapsed forward against Naomi who was sitting with her back to the wall while the redhead straddled her.

Once her breathing had slowed Emily opened her eyes and stared into the amused blue ones that were fixed on her "You're a cruel woman Campbell."

"Who'd have guessed I could be so controlled?" Naomi said with a laugh.

"Not me." Emily replied with a grumble.

Naomi tilted her head, "Hmmm, what was it you said this morning? Oh that's right 'have some patience, don't you know good things come to those who wait?' I was simply testing that theory out on you."

The redhead sighed she should have known it was a mistake to tease the blonde earlier, pressing her tongue hard enough to drive her crazy but never quite going fast enough to make her come until Naomi pleaded with her and begged for release. Emily had felt pretty smug after that little performance, never dreaming her girlfriend had the will power to quickly reverse the roles. She expected to come quickly once she straddled Naomi and the blonde pushed two fingers inside her. Instead Naomi had moved her fingers agonisingly slowly and had held Emily in place with her free arm so she couldn't move her hips to try to create the additional friction she craved. Naomi's amusement had increased in proportion to the growing frustration from her girlfriend until Emily couldn't stand the torture anymore and implored Naomi to let her come. The look of victory on Naomi's face as she finally gave the redhead what she'd asked for was still grating on Emily which is why there was currently a pout on her face.

Naomi raised her eyebrow, "How can you be grumpy after the 24 hours we've just had?"

Emily smiled, "You're right, I'm sorry. So you got me to beg, meh."

They had spent virtually the whole of yesterday in bed, only surfacing to get something to eat late in the evening. Gina had offered to cook them dinner and mentioned a film that was on that night but Naomi had grabbed some things from the fridge, including a couple of beers, and muttered something about having to study. Emily had felt a bit bad because it was pretty rude of them but that feeling disappeared as soon as they got back to Naomi's bedroom. It was definitely a distant memory by the time the redhead found herself pressed against the door while Naomi knelt in front of her pleasuring her expertly with her tongue.

Emily jumped as there was a knock at the door, she stared at Naomi in panic and started to move off the blonde. She was surprised as she felt Naomi pull her closer.

"Naomi," Emily hissed, "We're both naked and your fingers are still inside me, bit of a give away don't you think?"

"You're not going anywhere," the blonde whispered before calling out in a calm voice, "What is it Mum?"

"Can I come in?" Gina answered from the other side of the door.

Naomi watched as the panic increased on Emily's face before replying, "Not right now, Emily and I are in the middle of a crucial piece of work."

"What if she walks in?" Emily asked breathlessly.

"This is my room, nobody comes in here unless I say so." Naomi said with a smirk.

"Sorry I didn't mean to disturb you it's just Effy and Katie are downstairs." Gina's voice travelled through the door again.

"Did they say what they wanted?" Naomi questioned as she lightly grazed her thumb across Emily's nipple causing her breath to hitch.

"Something about planning for Manchester." Came the reply.

Emily yelped slightly as she felt Naomi's fingers start to move inside her.

"Are you ok Emily love?" Gina's concerned voice enquired.

"Hmmmm, yes, I'm fine." Emily squeaked back, only partly able to disguise a moan that had crept out of her mouth.

"Give us five, ouch! Make that 15 minutes and we'll be down." Naomi stated.

As they heard Gina's retreating steps Emily leant down and kissed the skin where she made a mark when she pinched Naomi, "Sorry but five minutes was never going to be a goer."

Naomi was about to reply when the redhead entered her firmly causing her to gasp and roll her head back.

I wouldn't be so sure about that Em, this isn't going to take long at all was her last thought before she turned her full attention back to the redhead.

Gina walked back into the kitchen where Effy and Katie stopped their hushed conversation abruptly. Honestly all four of them acted like they were spies or something sometimes, creeping around and holding whispered conversations. She and Jenna had been having a laugh about it the other day when she went over for coffee. None of the parents could quite believe that Effy and Katie were still together, in fact they seemed to be getting closer by the day. But the most amusement was reserved for Naomi and Emily who in spite of all the indications otherwise were still trying to pretend they were 'just good friends'.

"They're in the middle of something important but will be down in 15 minutes." Gina relayed to the girls who shot each other knowing glances.

Gina helped herself to a cup of tea and sat at the table, "So how are things with the pair of you?"

Both girls reddened, "Ummm, good thanks, really great."

Gina smiled, she had known Effy since she was a little girl in pigtails, big toothy smile but always with an attitude, she was cheeky as anything, something that turned to a dry sarcasm as she got older. Unfortunately she and Naomi shared many of the same character traits so as you can imagine the pair of them caused quite a few headaches for both Mums when they became rebellious teenagers, once you added Cook into the mix it was every mother's worst nightmare. But these days Gina noticed there was a calmness about Effy that she hadn't seen before, a serenity no one was in any doubt had everything to do with the girl sitting next to her holding her hand tightly.

"So Gina, how do Em and Naoms seem to you?" Effy started cautiously.

Gina snorted, "I'm sure I had a daughter once called Naomi, tallish, blonde, bit of a moody cow. But these days the young woman who spends most of her time locked away in her room with a certain redhead is actually quite pleasant to be around. You Fitch twins must have some secret magical power if you can tame these two."

Effy smiled at her girlfriend, who shyly returned her smile "She has."

Katie looked a bit embarrassed and swiftly changed the subject, "So have they been locked away all weekend?"

Gina nodded, "I wasn't in when Emily arrived but I didn't get a peep out of either of them until late evening when they came downstairs for about five minutes to grab some food. They couldn't get back up to Naomi's room quick enough, giggling all the time. After that I haven't had any contact other than the quick conversation through the door. They must be studying very hard."

Katie snorted, "I'm sure they are, it's what they're studying I'm interested in."

Effy nudged her, "K, not now."

Gina laughed, "Come on girls, none of us are stupid enough to believe that 'just good friends' bullshit, we weren't born yesterday. In fact Jenna and I were having a good laugh about it the other day."

"I'm not sure Em would appreciate Mum taking the piss." Katie responded with a frown.

"It wasn't cruel love, it's just funny the way they think they're being subtle when they're all over each other most of the time." Gina replied gently.

"Come on Katie, we're hardly any easier on them. Seriously Gina they've been sneaking off together in school and we just know they're up to something but we haven't managed to catch them yet." Effy informed Naomi's Mum.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you..." Katie started before she glanced nervously at Gina.

"Don't mind me love, I'm sure I've heard it all before"

"James overheard Emily on the phone the other night, he said it was really filthy and even Gordon MacPherson didn't understand some of the words." Katie relayed excitedly.

Effy snorted, "See I told you they'd be doing more than kissing by now. Naomi looks like she wants to rip Emily's clothes off practically every time she sees her."

"Ems isn't much better, did you see that look she gave Naomi in school the other day? She looked like an animal stalking its prey. I'm surprised more people haven't picked up on it to be honest." Katie said with a grin.

"Yeah, well let's hope it stays that way, especially with people like Melissa sniffing around again." Effy responded thoughtfully.

Gina sighed, "Is she still on the scene. Jenna really can't stand her you know."

"None of us can Gina, she's a bitch and the sooner she realises Emily isn't interested the better, it just seems to be taking some time to get it into her thick head." Katie sneered.

Gina sighed, "I hope she doesn't cause too much trouble for them."

"She'd better not or she'll have us to answer to." Effy replied menacingly.

Gina smiled, she didn't think Naomi and Emily had much to worry about with the brunette and her girlfriend on Melissa's case, "it's been more than 15 minutes, shall I go and check where they've got to?"

Effy winked at Katie, "Nah, leave them be, I'm sure I know exactly where they've got to and they'll be even more grumpy bitches if we interrupt them doing that."

The pair of them burst into giggles and Gina shook her head, honestly they're like five year olds sometimes.

Naomi walked back into her room after having a quick shower to find Emily wearing only her underwear. She was bending down to put moisturiser on her legs which gave the blonde a perfect view of her arse. A low moan escaped from Naomi's throat.

"Jesus Em, do you have to be such a tease?" she said in a slightly annoyed tone.

Emily turned to her with a smirk, "Yep."

Naomi narrowed her eyes, "You planned this, just to get me all worked up again before we go downstairs."

Emily raised her eyebrow, "It might not have been a total coincidence I was in that position when you came back from the bathroom."

"Right, that does it, come here." Naomi strode purposefully across the room and pushed Emily onto the bed.

The redhead squealed as the blonde lay on top of her and started to grind against her leg, "Naomi, we really must talk about your voracious sexual appetite, I think you might be an addict, you need help."

"The only thing I need help with is stopping you taunting me in your underwear straight after you've made me shower on my own." Naomi replied with a scowl.

Emily snorted and pushed the blonde off her, "We could hardly shower at the same time could we? Not with the Thompson twins downstairs."

"I suppose not." Naomi replied grudgingly.

Emily reached over and undid Naomi's towel, "Anyway, I'm not the one lying on the bed wearing nothing but a frown."

"Hey! That's not fair." Naomi said in outrage.

Emily smiled sweetly and walked over to her girlfriend with the moisturiser in her hand, she squeezed a blob onto Naomi's chest and began to rub the cream into her skin, "Who said anything about playing fair?"

Naomi's eyes closed and she allowed herself to enjoy the feeling of Emily's hands massaging her. She was getting lost in a very nice little fantasy when she felt a sharp slap against her hip. Her eyes opened and she frowned, "I was enjoying that."

"I could tell by the whimpering noises coming from your mouth," Emily said with a smile, "now hurry up and get dressed, we've already been longer than 15 minutes. You don't want them to come up and find you like that do you?"

"I suppose we need to get downstairs, the gruesome twosome won't leave us alone otherwise." Naomi said regretfully.

Emily rolled her eyes, "Exactly. I suggest we get our story straight before we face the knowing looks and smug glances."

Naomi raised her eyebrow, "Would that be the story that we're still going slow and although you stayed over nothing happened last night?"

Emily nodded, "The very same."

"So we definitely didn't spend the whole day in bed yesterday?" Naomi said with a grin.

"No we didn't, although you'd better wipe that enormous smile off your face, it's a dead giveaway." Emily said with a roll of her eyes.

"And we definitely haven't had sex this morning, three times." The blonde enquired.

Emily shook her head, "Anyway we've only had sex twice this morning."

"So far..." Naomi said hopefully.

Emily tutted, "Seriously, you're a sex addict. Now get dressed."

"You can hardly blame me, it's been months since we had sex and we've got a lot of catching up to do." Naomi grumbled as she put on her underwear.

"Naomi, I don't want either of them thinking we've given in, we'll never get a moment's peace." Emily chastised.

The blonde paused, "You don't regret it do you?"

Emily studied her, trying to work out if she was joking, "Oh come on Naomi, you can't be serious?"

Naomi shrugged, "I just wanted to check. I'd hate for you to feel disappointed we broke the rules."

Emily laughed and took her hand as they left the room on their way to the kitchen, "Naoms, keep giving me orgasms this good and I doubt I'll ever be disappointed again."

Effy, Katie and Gina looked at the door as the pair of them walked into the kitchen desperately trying to look like they weren't a couple. They were trying far too hard, not touching at all at what they clearly thought was the 'correct' distance between them.

Gina got up, "I'll leave you to plan girls, if you want anything I'll be in the garden."

"Thanks Gina." came the chorus of replies.

"What kept you bitches?" Katie snapped once Gina had left.

Naomi shrugged, "We both needed a shower after we'd finished our work."

Effy glanced at their wet hair, "Did you shower alone or did you conserve water by showering together, like the good little environmentalists you both are?"

Emily shot her a withering glance, "we showered separately of course."

Katie raised her eyebrow, "Yeah right, course you did."

"We did!" Emily said indignantly, safe in the knowledge that she could be emphatic because she was telling the truth. Her only fear was how they would react if pushed on what they'd been doing the rest of the time she'd been here. Her fear was well founded.

"Alright we believe you, you didn't shower together, but I still bet you needed to wash because you were all sweaty from sex." Effy said knowingly while staring at the pair of them.

Emily could feel herself staring to blush but Naomi remained calm, "Believe what you like, we know nothing happened and that's all that matters, right Em?"

Taking her cue from the blonde Emily nodded, "Yeah, it's not our fault if your minds are constantly in the gutter. Cup of tea babe?"

Naomi caught her eye and winked, "I'll get it, you sit down."

Emily joined them at the table and secretly smiled when she saw their bemused expressions, "So Manchester, what's occurin?"

Naomi placed the mug of tea in front of her girlfriend and sat next to her. "God you two are obvious, you'd be crap at real espionage."

Effy snorted, "We're obvious? What about you two? That little 'we're a couple but trying to look like we're not' entrance was fucking awful."

Emily shrugged, "Whatevs, now back to planning Manchester."

"I've booked the train tickets, because it was early enough I've managed to get first class at only a couple of quid more than standard." Naomi confirmed.

Emily smiled and kissed her, "You're so clever baby."

Naomi grinned and kissed Emily back, "I know."

Katie rolled her eyes, "Oh Naomi, you're sooo dreamy. Please, you're so screwing."

Naomi and Emily ignored her, "So what about a hotel?"

Effy smiled at her girlfriend, "Actually we thought we'd book an apartment, that way if we want to eat in we can save a bit of money. As there's four of us it works out cheaper than two hotel rooms."

Emily slowly nodded her head, "Sounds fine to me."

A sly smile spread across her twin's face, "The best one we found has only got one bedroom, you guys would need to sleep on the sofa bed in the lounge."

"That's not fair, why do you automatically get the bedroom?" Naomi challenged.

"We'll you two aren't sleeping together right? I figured Katie and I would need the privacy more, so we get the room, simples." Effy responded innocently.

Emily scowled, "We might be having sex by then."

Katie sighed, "I know but let's not fight about it, we'll allocate the room on what's happening now, so unless you want to fess up and admit you're lying and really you've been at it like rabbits, then I'm sorry the room is ours."

Naomi shot Emily a look and they both pursed their lips, "Fine, we'll have the sofa bed."

"Excellent, as I've already booked it. So what are we going to do on the Friday night? I know it's an obvious choice but I fancy Canal street, I've always wanted to go since Tony made me watch Queer as Folk." Effy opined.

Emily nervously glanced at Naomi, "I'm not sure about going to a gay area, Naomi and I aren't really out as a couple."

Katie sighed, "Sorry guys, we didn't think about that."

Naomi shook her head, "Come on, Canal Street is legendary, we can't go to Manchester and not go. It'll be ok Em, I promise."

Emily looked surprised, "But I thought you didn't want anyone to know about us or the fact you were gay yet?"

Naomi turned to her, "that's here Em. I don't want to face that yet with people at school and stuff. It's different if we're somewhere where no one knows us, I was fine in Cyprus."

Emily considered Naomi's reply, it was true the blonde had been very open when they were on holiday. "I'd like that Naomi back for a bit, even if it's only a weekend. It was nice not having to sneak around."

Naomi smiled, "I know baby and I will be ok with it soon I promise, I just don't want the extra pressure before my exams that's all, there's a lot at stake."

Emily grew excited, "Shall we tell them?"

Naomi laughed as Katie and Effy's ears pricked up, "I don't think I have a choice now do I? I'll get my Mum."

She went out to the back garden and Emily sat fidgeting with Effy and Katie, "What is it?"

Emily smiled, "You'll find out in a minute."

Gina and Naomi returned and the blonde sat her Mum down next to Emily. "I, err, hmm, well I had a bit of good news yesterday."

Effy rotated her hand urging her to carry on, "Which was?"

"Before Christmas I did some exams." Naomi said.

"You didn't tell me that love." Gina frowned.

Naomi shook her head, "I didn't tell anyone, not even Emily, in case I failed."

"As if you'd fail," Emily said with a scoff and was rewarded with a smile from the blonde.

Katie looked bored, "So you did some exams and you passed, what's the big deal?"

Naomi paused, "I got into Oxford to study politics and history, I only need two Es because I got through their selection process."

The room fell silent as they processed what Naomi had just said.

"Aren't you going to congratulate her? It's really tough to get in you know." Emily said, clearly annoyed no one was making a fuss.

Suddenly the kitchen was filled with an ear piercing scream and Gina leapt up and threw her arms around Naomi nearly knocking her over. "My clever, clever girl."

"Whoa steady on Mum, it's not like I've won the Nobel peace prize or anything." Naomi replied as her Mum continued to hug her tightly.

"I'm so proud of you, I could cry." Gina said with a sniff.

"I know you're proud of me Mum, but I can't actually breathe." Naomi responded turning bright red, partly from the asphyxiation but mostly from embarrassment.

Gina let go and stood staring at her daughter, with tears in her eyes, "I love you Naomi."

Naomi turned a deeper red, this was definitely from embarrassment, "Love you too Mum."

She turned to her friend, "Say something Eff."

"Sorry, I'm just shocked you got in..." Effy said shaking her head.

Naomi snorted, "Cheers Eff."

The brunette got up and gave her a hug, "That's not what I meant, congratulations you secretive genius."

Naomi smiled shyly, "Thanks."

They were interrupted by a mobile phone ringing, Katie looked at her caller ID and mouthed Mum at Emily, "Hi Mum."

She paused and rolled her eyes, "Ha, ha, of course you still have two daughters."

Another pause, "Yes, she's with me now, we're at Naomi's."

"No Gina doesn't mind." she looked to the older blonde for confirmation.

Eventually she tutted, "Yes of course we were planning on coming home for dinner."

Emily pulled a face, actually she hadn't been planning on that at all.

"Ok Mum, see you in a bit." Katie stated as she hung up. "Apparently we're expected at home for a family Sunday lunch."

Emily looked apologetically at Naomi, "Sorry baby, I'd better go, we can celebrate another time."

Naomi pulled her into a hug and whispered in her ear, "I think we've done quite well so far."

"Hmmm, but I wanted to congratulate you again this afternoon." Emily murmured returning the hug.

"Now who's the sex addict?" Naomi said with a smile.

"I'll give you a lift if you like girls, I'm going out to buy some champagne, this deserves a proper celebration." Gina said still beaming at Naomi.

"Thanks Gina." Emily said with a sigh.

Katie kissed Effy, "I'll call you later ok?"

The brunette nodded, "Sure, enjoy your dinner."

Katie rolled her eyes, "This is my Mum's cooking we're talking about."

Gina ran excitedly to the car leaving Naomi and Emily free to kiss goodbye. The blonde and Effy watched them drive off before returning to the kitchen. Naomi pulled two beers from the fridge and handed one to Effy, they chinked the bottles together and sat back down, both lost in their thoughts.

"Are you ok? You seem a bit quiet." Effy eventually broke the silence.

Naomi nodded, "Just a bit knackered."

Effy smirked, "Oh yeah? Have you got something you want to share?"

The blonde pushed her, "Look we told you nothing happened."

Effy raised her eyebrow, "And I know you're lying, Katie told me about your little late night phone conversations."

Naomi panicked, "What do you mean?"

"James overheard Emily talking dirty over the phone, I presume it was you on the other end and not her other girlfriend." Effy replied.

Naomi sighed, she'd have to come clean, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing if it appeased them a bit, they might stop asking if she and Emily were having sex then.

"Alright, we might have been bending the rules a little bit." she confessed.

"Bending the rules?" Effy asked.

Naomi sighed and told her what happened after dinner the other week and how they'd found a room in school, finally she admitted what they'd been doing during their phone calls goodnight.

Effy shook her head, "You sneaky bastards, telling us nothing's going on when you're as good as having sex. Going slow my arse. Katie's going to kill Emily when I tell her."

"Don't tell Katie, Em will kill me, if she finds out I've blabbed." Naomi urged.

Effy tutted, "Naoms, I tell Katie everything and besides if it stops her feeling shit about herself I can't not tell her."

Naomi frowned, "Why does she feel shit about herself?"

"Because she's insecure about the fact that Emily is always holier than thou and she's the twin who's seen as the sex mad slapper. She feels like she's not good enough to have a relationship, I'm working on it slowly but it's pretty hard to stop her feeling like that overnight." Effy replied with a resigned sigh.

Naomi considered her friends words, "She always seems so confident, I had no idea she worried about things like that and I'm pretty sure Em doesn't have a clue either. Go ahead and tell her then if it helps her feel better."

Effy gave her a small smile, "Thanks, I'd have told her anyway but it's nice of you to give me your permission, even if Emily is going to go mental."

Naomi shrugged, "I know exactly how to get back in Emily's good books."

"I'm sure you do." Effy said with a smirk.

Naomi smiled, "hey, like Em said, get your brain out of the gutter. You really care about Katie don't you?"

For the first time in their lives Naomi saw Effy become shy, "I love her, I think on some level I always did."

"Wow, have you told Katie?" Naomi enquired.

The brunette shook her head, "No, but I think she was about to tell me earlier."

"Jesus Eff, maybe you need to say it first? If Katie is so insecure then perhaps you need to let her know you love her before she can say it back?" Naomi opined.

They jumped as Gina came back through the front door and deposited the champagne in the fridge.

"Mum, I need you to drive us over to Emily's." Naomi requested.

"But I've only just got back." Gina said.

Naomi smiled, "Yeah, I know but please Mum, Effy needs to go over, it's really important."

Gina stared at the pair of them looking at her beseechingly and rolled her eyes, "Well if it's important then I don't really have a choice, come on then."

Naomi hugged her, "Thanks Mum, I knew you'd understand."

Gina picked her car keys up from the worktop and shook her head, she wasn't sure she understood anything about her daughter and her friends anymore.

Emily and Katie stared at the bowl in front of them, it was a light green colour and very watery.

"What do you think it is?" Emily hissed out of the side of her mouth.

"Disgusting." Was her twin's reply.

"Come on girls, tuck in." Rob said with a smile.

"Er, what is it Mum?" Emily asked tentatively.

Jenna beamed at them, "It's a new recipe, spinach and cinnamon."

Katie took a mouthful and only just stopped herself gagging, "Hmmm, tasty Mum."

"This tastes like bollocky wank shite, Gordon MacPherson's Mum is a much better cook than you." James said as he slurped his first mouthful.

"Right that's it boy, on the bar now and I want ten of your finest. Your Mum feeds us like champions, absolute champions." Rob admonished.

Emily and Katie exchanged looks as their brother swore again and went over to the chin up bar in the doorway, their Dad must know how awful the soup tasted but he always ate everything their Mum cooked because he loved her. They finally understood that, both of them would eat shards of glass if Naomi or Effy made it for them.

"So girls how are things with you both, I hardly feel like I've seen you lately." J enna asked.

Katie rolled her eyes, "Mum, we've been here most of the week."

Jenna tutted, "Yes but you're always on your phones, talking or texting to your girlfriends."

Emily sighed, "I keep telling you Naomi and I are..."

Rob laughed, "Just good friends. None of us believe that Emsie."

Emily was about to defend herself when the doorbell went, "I'll get it."

Jenna was cross, "Get rid of whoever it is, can't we even sit down to a family lunch in peace?"

As Emily went to the door the bell went again, "I'm bloody coming alright."

She opened the door and found Effy nervously standing there, followed closely behind by a smiling Naomi and Gina. "Sorry to interrupt your meal, but I need to speak to Katie, it's urgent."

"Well you'd better come in then, although Mum is pretty pissed off." Emily said as the brunette walked past her.

The redhead shot a glance at her girlfriend but Naomi remained impassive as they trouped into the dining room.

"Jenna, Rob, I'm really sorry for barging in like this but there's something I need to tell Katie." Effy said in a slightly shaky voice.

They all turned to the twin who was looking nervously at her girlfriend.

Effy took a deep breath, "Katie Fitch, I fucking love you. There I've said it and it's ok if you can't say it back yet, because it might take time but eventually I know you'll feel the same way about me too."

All eyes were on Katie as she got up from the table and stood in front of Effy, "You love me?"

"Yes, I do." came the simple reply.

A broad grin appeared on Katie's face, "I love you too."

"Really? You're not just saying that?" Effy said in surprise.

Katie shook her head, "No you twat, I tried to tell you earlier but I chickened out. I love you Effy."

Effy smiled and kissed her girlfriend, "Thank God for that, I was worried I'd make a total tit of myself."

Katie laughed, "I think you might still have done that babe."

Naomi smiled at Emily and gave her a wink, the redhead smiled warmly back.

"Rob go and get some spare chairs, there's plenty to go round." Jenna instructed.

Emily looked at Katie in horror, it was one thing them pretending their Mum's cooking was ok, but they'd never inflict it on anyone else. "I'm sure Gina has already got food in Mum."

Gina shook her head, "Nothing that won't keep, we'd love to join you."

They sat around the table making small talk while Jenna and Rob brought in the plates containing the main course. Naomi glanced down and her eyes widened as she saw the messy food in front of her. She turned to Emily who was sitting next to her, "I can't even tell what meat it is, it's so cremated."

Emily rolled her eyes, "Better it's burnt than raw. Mum served us underdone chicken once, all I'm saying is it's a good job there are three bathrooms in this house."

"Ewwww, too much information Em. What should I do, I don't want to seem rude in front of your Mum." Naomi responded as she pushed some of the food round the plate.

"Then you need to do what Katie and I do and just grin and bear it." Emily said with a sigh.

Naomi picked up a forkful and tentatively put it in her mouth, her eyes watered but she swallowed it all the same. She looked over at Effy who couldn't tear her eyes away from Katie, the brunette was happily eating away but Naomi supposed nothing was going to spoil her mood today.

"Oh Jenna, I'm really sorry, but I'm a vegetarian so I can't eat this." Gina said with barely disguised glee.

"I bloody well wish I was." James uttered looking despairingly at the food.

Rob glared at him, "Another 10 reps for that."

James willingly got up, he didn't care if it meant he didn't have to eat his dinner, his face fell at his Dad's next words, "We'll keep your food warm for you."

They continued to eat in silence until Jenna spoke, "So Naomi, Emily told us your good news, congratulations."

Naomi swallowed another mouthful of food and stared at the redhead beside her, "Thanks, but I couldn't have done it without Emily."

Emily smiled proudly at her, "I think you can do anything you set your mind to."

Naomi smiled back shyly, "Thank you, that's really sweet."

Their moment was interrupted by Rob's gruff voice, "Right since this seems to be a day for confessions are you two finally going to admit you're together? A blind man could see it a mile off."

Naomi took Emily's hand and kissed it before turning back to the table, "Yeah ok, it's a fair cop, Emily is my girlfriend and I love her very much."

"I love you too baby," Emily replied leaning in for a proper kiss.

Jenna smiled at the pair of them, "At last, all this pretending we didn't know got quite tiring."

Effy whispered something to Katie and the twin glared at her sister, "Anything else to confess Em?"

Emily shot Naomi a glance but the blonde wouldn't meet her eye, "You told Effy?"

"About school and the phone calls." Naomi said finally looking at her, willing Emily to understand.

The redhead relaxed slightly, "Right, sneaking off in school and the calls."

"You two faced cow Ems, all this bollocks about going slow." Katie said with a sneer.

Jenna, Rob and Gina looked puzzled, "Going slow?"

Naomi nodded, "Emily and I aren't sleeping together. We decided we wanted to do things properly and wait."

Emily was impressed at how calm her girlfriend seemed lying through her back teeth, she was sure she wasn't the only one who kept having flashbacks of the previous 24 hours.

"I'm glad to hear you're treating each other with respect." Rob said approvingly.

Katie snorted, "Don't kid yourself Dad, they might pretend they haven't had sex again but believe me what they are doing isn't far off it."

Emily glared across the table, "We're only bending the rules, not breaking them."

"Oh fuck off Emily, how is engaging in phone sex not breaking the rules?" Katie scoffed.

"Girls, not in front of your brother, he's too young." Jenna hissed at the bickering twins.

"It's alright I overheard Emily the other night, she was being a right filthy bitch and telling Naomi how much she wished they were together." James called out from the other side of the room where he was lifting himself labouriously towards the bar.

"That's 10 more reps boy," Rob shouted.

Jenna dropped her fork and stared at Gina, "I can't apologise enough for my children, we're not normally this dysfunctional when we have guests."

Gina laughed, "Don't worry about it, it's nice to be part of a big group."

They turned their attention back to Emily and Katie, who were still trading insults while Naomi and Effy rolled their eyes at each other. "Girls, stop it right now."

Grudgingly the squabbling stopped but Katie still poked her tongue out at Emily causing the redhead to give her the finger.

Naomi shook her head and began to laugh, "My God you two are so childish."

"It was her and not me." Emily said with a pout.

Before the fighting could recommence Naomi cupped Emily's face and kissed her, when they pulled apart the redhead was smiling again and Naomi gazed adoringly at her girlfriend.

Naomi winked at Effy, "I think I've found the perfect way to stop them arguing."

"You're definitely shagging my sister." James said sagely as he returned to the table.

Emily coughed, "Excuse me? How would you know worm?"

James stared back at her, "Because Naomi looks at you the same way Effy looked at Katie right before she fucked her in the shower last weekend."

The room fell silent and Katie shot Emily a look before they turned to James. "You were perving on me and Effy in the shower?"

James got scared, he knew exactly what that stare meant and suddenly he realised her was in danger. He leapt down from his chair and ran from the room closely followed by Emily and Katie.

"Well girls let me introduce you to our way of stopping them arguing." Rob stated with a shrug as the howls of pain from his son echoed through the hall.

Naomi grinned at Effy, "Maybe my way wasn't perfect after all."

Effy smiled back as they heard James screech, "Maybe not, but from the sound of it, your way is a lot more fun."