Poll #1488018 DEAR FLIST: Please Help Me With The Future
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Which University should I list as my first preference for going on a 6 month exchange?

Title: Tea And Sympathy
Pairing: Lily/Kat
Word Count: 4229
Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, anything related to Skins, nor do I think Lily Loveless or Kathryn Prescott would actually shag in real life. This is just waffle from my brain, my brain of three months ago at that, written after I saw the first part of their interview on E4 (obviously not the second or third boyfriend declaring parts). No offense intended!
Summary: Kat and Lily drink tea in their shared apartment and talk about how funny it is that people think they're actually shagging.
N.B. flister I blame you for this!


( I reckon they're shagging... )

Title: Between Daylight And Darkness
Chapter: 9/10 And I Never Wanted Anything From You, Except Everything You Had And All That’s Left After That Too
Pairing: Naomi/Emily
Word Count: 11916
Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, anything related to Skins. Borrowing the characters and throwing them into an entirely different universe altogether. I also don't own Twilight, and wouldn't ever want to. Chapter title from Florence And The Machine's 'Dog Days Are Over'.
Summary: Cyrus Jones, eighteen ten to nineteen thirteen, made his great grandchildren believe you could live to a hundred and three, a hundred and three is forever when you're just a little kid, so Cyrus Jones lived forever...
N.B. Again this is longer than I thought it would be and so split into two parts. A crazy amount of gratitude to doopits, and also to the daughter of my penpal.

Previous Chapters: Chapter One: Cause Anywhere Is Better Than Here
Chapter Two: Like Stars Burning Holes Right Through The Dark
Chapter Three: The Youth Is Starting To Change
Chapter Four: Happiness Hit Her Like A Bullet In The Back
Chapter Five: Who Is The Lamb And Who Is The Knife
Chapter Six: No More Dreaming Like A Girl So In Love With The Wrong World
Chapter Seven: It Tastes Like Death But It Looks Like Fun
Chapter Eight: But I Thought This Wouldn't Hurt A Lot



( And I Never Wanted Anything From You, Except Everything You Had And All That’s Left After That Too )

Title: Between Daylight And Darkness - Companion Piece
Part: 4/5 That The Sweetest Of Words Have The Bitterest Taste
Pairing: Freddie/Katie, Katie/Effy (hints of), Naomi/Emily, Everyone/Choir Girls
Word Count: 3378
Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, anything related to Skins. Borrowing the characters and throwing them into an entirely different universe altogether. I also don't own Twilight, and wouldn't ever want to. Chapter title from Florence And The Machine's 'Hardest Of Hearts'.
Summary: The fun sponge. Won't make much sense if you haven't read Between Daylight And Darkness as it's set around that timeline.
N.B. These companion pieces aren't completely necessary to enjoying the main storyline, however I think they shed light on a few things, as well as hinting at things to come. So don't read if you don't want to, but if you do, thank you!

Previous: Katie
Effy
Chris


( That The Sweetest Of Words Have The Bitterest Taste )

Title: Between Daylight And Darkness
Chapter: 8/10 But I Thought This Wouldn't Hurt A Lot
Pairing: Naomi/Emily
Word Count: 11736
Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, anything related to Skins. Borrowing the characters and throwing them into an entirely different universe altogether. I also don't own Twilight, and wouldn't ever want to. Chapter title from MGMT's 'Kids'.
Summary: Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone...
N.B. Because I'm a twat, I have yet to thank my beta for being so beta-ry and generally catching my mistakes and telling me to FIX THIS and DELETE THIS, and sending me word documents with italicised comments about the bits she liked. So thanks, doopits! (no homo) Thanks to everyone else who gave this a look, whatever your names are. Also, this is unintentionally long so I had to split it into two parts. And it's graphic, in both sex and violence. But you know, vampires.

Previous Chapters: Chapter One: Cause Anywhere Is Better Than Here
Chapter Two: Like Stars Burning Holes Right Through The Dark
Chapter Three: The Youth Is Starting To Change
Chapter Four: Happiness Hit Her Like A Bullet In The Back
Chapter Five: Who Is The Lamb And Who Is The Knife
Chapter Six: No More Dreaming Like A Girl So In Love With The Wrong World
Chapter Seven: It Tastes Like Death But It Looks Like Fun



( But I Thought This Wouldn't Hurt A Lot )

Title: Between Daylight And Darkness - Companion Piece
Part: 3/5 There Won't Be Time For All Of Us
Pairing: Chris/Jal, Sid/Cassie, Naomi/Emily
Word Count: 3060
Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, anything related to Skins. Borrowing the characters and throwing them into an entirely different universe altogether. I also don't own Twilight, and wouldn't ever want to. Chapter title from Josh Pyke's 'Memories And Dust'.
Summary: Chris has the best intentions at heart. Won't make much sense if you haven't read Between Daylight And Darkness as it's set around that timeline.
N.B. These companion pieces aren't completely necessary to enjoying the main storyline, however I think they shed light on a few things, as well as hinting at things to come. So don't read if you don't want to, but if you do, thank you!

Previous: Katie
Effy


( There Won't Be Time For All Of Us )

I think I've fractured my foot.

Either I have a mysterious bone disease, or the WORST LUCK IN HISTORY.

BRB - HOSPITAL

Edit: Not fractured! Six hours of waiting later. YAY

Title: Between Daylight And Darkness - Companion Piece
Part: 2/5 This Is A Gift, It Comes With A Price
Pairing: Katie/Effy, Naomi/Emily
Word Count: 2171
Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, anything related to Skins. Borrowing the characters and throwing them into an entirely different universe altogether. I also don't own Twilight, and wouldn't ever want to. Chapter title from Florence And The Machine's 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)'.
Summary: Effy remembers. Won't make much sense if you haven't read Between Daylight And Darkness as it's set around that timeline.
N.B. This is completely un-beta'd as she went to bed. All mistakes are mine, and this part could change if I wake up to 'BUT THAT AND THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE'. That being said, I decided to post it anyway because I'm in that frame of mind right now.

Previous: Katie

( This Is A Gift, It Comes With A Price )

Title: Between Daylight And Darkness
Chapter: 7/10 It Tastes Like Death But It Looks Like Fun
Pairing: Naomi/Emily
Word Count: 7573
Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, anything related to Skins. Borrowing the characters and throwing them into an entirely different universe altogether. I also don't own Twilight, and wouldn't ever want to. Chapter title from MGMT's 'The Handshake'.
Summary: Finally, it seems like Naomi is getting the hang of being a gay. Then, like so much rock on scull, Naomi gets hit in the head with reality. Again. (summary courtesy of doopits)

Previous Chapters: Chapter One: Cause Anywhere Is Better Than Here
Chapter Two: Like Stars Burning Holes Right Through The Dark
Chapter Three: The Youth Is Starting To Change
Chapter Four: Happiness Hit Her Like A Bullet In The Back
Chapter Five: Who Is The Lamb And Who Is The Knife
Chapter Six: No More Dreaming Like A Girl So In Love With The Wrong World



( It Tastes Like Death But It Looks Like Fun )

WHIP IT! IS THE MOST WONDERFULLY MEANINGLESS MOVIE OF MY LIFE



A beauty pageant contestant drops out to join a roller derby team, and doesn't kiss another woman once (I call bullshit)

So some of the acting was terrible (I'm looking at you Oliver), and it was completely unbelievable, but it was also adorable and TOTES RAD

Fo re re.

That's it, I need to join/start a roller derby team RTFN

Title: Between Daylight And Darkness - Companion Piece
Part: 1/5 Leave All Your Love And Your Loving Behind You Can't Carry It With You If You Want To Survive
Pairing: Katie/Effy, Naomi/Emily
Rating: M (violent imagination, horror themes, swearing)
Word Count: 2126
Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, anything related to Skins. Borrowing the characters and throwing them into an entirely different universe altogether. I also don't own Twilight, and wouldn't ever want to. Chapter title from Florence And The Machine's 'Dog Days Are Over'.
Summary: Katie misses the old days. Won't make much sense if you haven't read Between Daylight And Darkness as it's set around that timeline.


( Leave All Your Love And Your Loving Behind You Can't Carry It With You If You Want To Survive )

Title: Between Daylight And Darkness
Chapter: 6/10 No More Dreaming Like A Girl So In Love With The Wrong World
Pairing: Naomi/Emily
Word Count: 7788
Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, anything related to Skins. Borrowing the characters and throwing them into an entirely different universe altogether. I also don't own Twilight, and wouldn't ever want to. Chapter title from Florence And The Machine's 'Blinding'. Can you tell I've been listening to them a lot lately?
Summary: Emily, desperate to win Naomi back, opens herself up to Naomi's questions about being a vampire. The problem is, there are far too many before it can even begin to make sense. Before they can be answered, Naomi learns something that hurts, and realizes something that feels even worse.
N.B. I'm going away for a week, and won't have any internet whatsoever so the next part will have a bit of a delay being posted. I do apologise!

Previous Chapters: Chapter One: Cause Anywhere Is Better Than Here
Chapter Two: Like Stars Burning Holes Right Through The Dark
Chapter Three: The Youth Is Starting To Change
Chapter Four: Happiness Hit Her Like A Bullet In The Back
Chapter Five: Who Is The Lamb And Who Is The Knife


( No More Dreaming Like A Girl So In Love With The Wrong World )

Okay, so, wtf?

Just woke up. In Lightning Ridge. Had the weirdest dreams. Most involved a model and fashion show organiser being here, and I had to show them around the Ridge which was, you know, a bit painful on account of them being so snooty.

BUT I also dreamt that Riley, the guy who played Maxxie in Skins, his apparent boyfriend, Lily Loveless, Kathryn Prescott and Megan Prescott were over as well. I think we were going to go swimming, and then Riley and Maxxie!actor went off to have sex because they had erections, and the boyfriend was all 'blah' about it because he apparently had erectile dysfunction (which I think Megan was telling me and I was all "Shh he's right there, he'll hear you!")

The Prescotts and Loveless were being adorable, as per usual, but like laughing and joking and squealing about things I don't remember. But they had to leave cos it was getting late or something, although they promised me and Riley they'd come back (Maxxie!actor was gone, by that point, with his sad boyfriend). So then Riley and I rode to a 7/11 on this electric bike thing I had to buy three day old pastries for $1, and I remember thinking "I hope Lily likes apricot danishes."

When we got back, they hadn't arrived, but all of three of them had added me on facebook. Lily had updated with a message/status update thing saying she'd met me, had fun with me and Riley, wasn't happy that it was Tuesday meaning a week of filming and being perpetually tired was starting the next day so she had to be boring, that she liked surprise visitors, but also that someone was annoying her at that very moment by keeping her awake. She had one of those animated emoticons of the Prescott twins, with Meg pointing to Kat, even though that's livejournal and this was apparently facebook.

SO either I'm the biggest dork on the planet, because I dreamt that actors from my current favourite tv show added me on facebook, or I'm excited because Lily and Kat were totally banging in my dream.

Either/or, really.

Title: Between Daylight And Darkness
Chapter: 5/10 Who Is The Lamb And Who Is The Knife
Pairing: Naomi/Emily
Word Count: 8593
Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, anything related to Skins. Borrowing the characters and throwing them into an entirely different universe altogether. I also don't own Twilight, and wouldn't ever want to. Chapter title from Florence And The Machine's 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)'
Summary: After things have taken a completely unexpected turn, Naomi turns to some familiar and one unfamiliar, but lovely, source to help her make sense not only of the possibility of vampires, but also of being a great dirty lez. (summary courtesy of doopits thanks, friend!)

Previous Chapters: Chapter One: Cause Anywhere Is Better Than Here
Chapter Two: Like Stars Burning Holes Right Through The Dark
Chapter Three: The Youth Is Starting To Change
Chapter Four: Happiness Hit Her Like A Bullet In The Back


( Who Is The Lamb And Who Is The Knife )

Title: Between Daylight And Darkness
Chapter: 4/10 Happiness Hit Her Like A Bullet In The Back
Pairing: Naomi/Emily
Word Count: 8040
Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, anything related to Skins. Borrowing the characters and throwing them into an entirely different universe altogether. I also don't own Twilight, and wouldn't ever want to. Chapter title from Florence And The Machine's 'Dog Days Are Over')
Summary: Naomi and Emily have a hard time being just friends, and Katie speaks her mind. Naomi finally gets an inkling about who, or what, she's befriended.
N.B. Sorry for the delay in updating! The real world stepped in, momentarily.

Previous Chapters: Chapter One: Cause Anywhere Is Better Than Here
Chapter Two: Like Stars Burning Holes Right Through The Dark
Chapter Three: The Youth Is Starting To Change


( Happiness Hit Her Like A Bullet In The Back )

doopits made this for my story! Holy crap! I love it!


A VIDEO


She says, In my mind Emily turns Naomi during the lake scene. Which, you know, remains to be seen *cough*. But still! I also like that she put some Effy/Katie tension in there, considering I talked her ear off for an hour tonight on all my theories as to how and why they would be banging in my fic.

* Apparently the video is blocked in the US and Canada, so she's linked a download in the comments, and otherwise will hopefully fix it tomorrow.

Title: Between Daylight And Darkness
Chapter: 3/10 The Youth Is Starting To Change
Pairing: Naomi/Emily, Katie/Effy (or well, hints of)
Word Count: 8, 543
Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, anything related to Skins. Borrowing the characters and throwing them into an entirely different universe altogether. I also don't own Twilight, and wouldn't ever want to. The poem is T.S. Eliot's The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock. Nothing is intended as copyright and all that stuff. Just borrowing. Caring is sharing. Chapter title from MGMT's 'The Youth'.
Summary: Naomi wakes up with a cracker of a headache, and starts to think that Emily might be a bit gay. JJ and Cook play their own version of tug of war, and Thomas finally tells her what he thinks is going on.
N.B. You don't need to know anything about Twilight to read this. It isn't an homage, nor filled with in jokes. Hell, I don't even like Twilight. I just took some of it's ideas, and Skins themed the shit out of it.

Previous Chapters: Chapter One: Cause Anywhere Is Better Than Here
Chapter Two: Like Stars Burning Holes Right Through The Dark


( The Youth Is Starting To Change )