Chapter 1

For Naomi, the start of college was a daunting but stimulating prospect. She couldn't wait to leave her secondary school or the people in it – hoping that none of them were too going to Roundview College, which was unlikely – and she was thrilled that she could take an A-level in politics as it was a topic she was passionate about.

For Emily however, the start of college was one that she'd been waiting for her whole life. She'd been over-shadowed by her twin sister for seventeen years. Her twin, Katie, was the confident one; the popular one; the one all the boys' fancied, whereas she was more of a doormat. Hoping that she could escape Katie this year, Emily was eagerly awaiting to get ready for her first day.

When Naomi walked up to the college, seconds away from stepping in there for the first time as a student, she sighed and stopped. You can do this, Naoms,she said to herself, it'll be easy. Don't talk to anyone, and it will be easy. It was a little less pleasant than she'd wanted as she went to sit down on the steps in the hall upon hearing a boy in front of her announce "I've got so much cock hair, I can back comb it and use it like a lure!"

"Nice." she stated. After avoiding long conversation with him, she sat down and tried to listen to the teachers' speeches. A woman with a rather nervous disposition started to call out names – the first name she called out quietly, "Emily Fitch?" at this, Naomi stopped her trail of thought. She recognised that name. Could it be? She thought, No, there are surely hundreds of Emily Fitchs around. So she stopped the thought and waited for her name to be called. Without a doubt, there was a flood of laughter was Naomi's name was called out. Naomi's parents had given her a rather unfortunate name; of which she'd been laughed at for over her teenage years. Naomi Campbell. "Fucking hell." she raised her hand, thus catching the boy's attention, who Naomi had learnt was called James Cook.

"Hey, Naomi, now I get it – you've got anger management issues."
"Only when I talk to wankers." she spat back at him.

"Cool," he replied numbly, "you gonna hit me with your shoe now, or...?" at this, she stuck a rather poignant middle finger up at him and he laughed "I like her."
Bored at the boy's attempt at conversation, Naomi gazed over to her right and noticed a red-headed girl staring at her. It was dyed a blazing red, so it was hard to miss her. Looking away Naomi said under her breath, "Oh Christ, same fucking form." She once again looked over to the girl, who was still staring, and watched her as her sister was whispering something in her ear.
It was Emily.

When Emily got out of Katie's boyfriend's car after dropping them at college, she stayed quite far back as her sister walked into a flock of Hair & Beauty students, boasting about her boyfriend. Emily was miles away, when suddenly her sister snapped her out of it, shouting "Christ's sake, Emz. Come on, you loser! What's wrong with you, you're always lagging behind me! Why can't you wear decent clothes?" Trailing along behind her, Emily stooped her head so she wouldn't have to make eye contact.

As she and Katie sat down and waited patiently for the teachers to start, she looked over to a blonde girl who was a little later than everyone else at sitting down in the hall. Is that... No it can't be. She thought to herself, and chose to ignore her thoughts. Her name was called by Miss Reedy, the Head of Communications, so she raised her hand up sheepishly, trying not to bring much attention to herself – unlike her sister, at which Emily rolled her eyes. Gazing her eyes back over to the blonde-haired girl, Emily was sure it was her – she couldn't forget the girl's quirky dress-sense.
"Naomi...er, Campbell?" Miss Reedy said, nervously.
The whole room roared with laughter, at which Emily was annoyed at.

"NAOMI CAMPBELL!" was screeched through a megaphone. Emily looked over to the girl, and sure enough she shot her hand up indignantly. She was still staring at her when Naomi looked over at her. She tried to look away, but couldn't – even when Katie was whispering something in her ear, her gaze was still firmly set on Naomi. Emily had been hoping that Naomi would be at college and that they'd be in the same form, as she hadn't seen her since the last day of secondary school.

The first day was a lot more tough than Naomi thought it would be, as she let herself into her house which her mother had open to about fifteen people. Her mother was into communal-living and helping out others. Naomi however, didn't support such a thing. Fighting her way into her room, she threw her bags on the floor and let herself fall onto her bed. She couldn't get Emily out of her mind. They had been exchanging looks all day, but neither one of them had uttered a word to the other. She felt that she should keep herself to herself this year and just concentrate on her school work, but if her and Emily were to be in the same classes and see each other every day, she was beginning to think it may be impossible. Exhausted from the experience today had imprinted on her, Naomi started to doze off and didn't wake until it was actually bed time. She packed her bag for the next day, put her pyjamas on and got into bed to try and sleep off the lingering thought of Emily.

The first day was a bit of a blur for Emily and she couldn't really remember much of what had happened. On the way home from college, Katie was bragging to her boyfriend about her hot new friend Effy, of which she'd spoken to for only a matter of seconds. When they got home, Emily rushed upstairs to the bathroom and locked the door behind her. She pulled a crumpled piece of paper out of her bag that had the names of the people in her form. Naomi's name was highlighted with green, and she stared at it for a while. Katie started to knock on the door and shout down to their mother that Emily had been in there for way too long. She hadn't noticed that she'd been in there for half an hour and gathered her things up quickly and ran to her room. They'd shared a room since they were babies, so Emily couldn't hide much from her sister. But before Katie could reach her, Emily had stripped off her clothes and clambered into bed. Upon seeing this, Katie decided it would be best to leave her sister for tonight. Emily closed her eyes, trying to rid the thought of Naomi.