The sun is just coming over the City of Bristol. There's hardly anyone around as the morning light shines, casting beautiful colours over the magnificent landscapes and bringing with it another glorious, summers day.
The birds can be heard singing happily and a radio can also be heard with the DJ talking about the weather and how Bristol is expected to reach highs of 28 degrees.
A few people are out jogging through parks, fetching the morning paper and milk and a few early risers are already on their way to work and fishing by the canal. Two people on a brightly coloured moped zip through the City, quietly enjoying themselves. A young boy comes out of a newsagents wearing a bicycle helmet and jumps onto his bike to start delivering the papers whilst an old man changes the news stand with "BBQ weather set to last all weekend!"
The DJ introduces the next song: Dido – Sand In My Shoes (Above & Beyond Remix)
Two weeks away, feels like the whole world should have changed but I'm home now and things still look the same…
The two people on the moped round a corner and pull up outside a blue house. The person on the back still has their hands wrapped around the driver, as they look up at the house together.
I think I'll leave it till tomorrow to unpack,
Try to forget for one more night that I'm back in my flat on the road where the cars never stop going through the night to a life where I can watch the sunset,
I don't have time, I don't have time…
They get off the moped; the passenger leaves the driver, walks up to the door and lets herself in. She drops her rucksack onto the floor, takes her helmet off and turns round to hold the door open for the driver. She sees them take their helmet off and Emily turns round to give Naomi the beautifulest smile she has ever seen. Naomi watched Emily as she grabs the two bags, walks across the road and up to her with the sun shining brightly behind her.
Tomorrows back to work and down to sanity,
Should run a bath and then clear up the mess I made before I left here,
Try to remind myself that I was happy here before I could get on a plane and fly away from the road where the cars never stop going through the night,
To a life where I can watch the sunset and take my time, take all our time…
Emily walks in and closes the door behind her. They both walk into the living room where Emily drops the bags to the floor and the both sigh at the mess around them. Naomi wraps her arms around Emily who leans back into her, both wearing happy faces.
I've still got sand in my shoes and I can't shake the thought off you.
I should get on, forget you but why would I want to?
I know we said goodbye, anything else would've been confused but I want to see you again.
The person jogging through the park now runs up a street and stops to look up at a house. It's Thomas.
A car driving around the City stops abruptly when someone riding a bike comes flying past in front of them. The person is Panda, she looks angry and a little gobsmacked but shakes her head and carried on driving again.
I've still got sand in my shoes and I can't shake the thought off you.
I should get on, forget you but why would I want to?
I know we said goodbye, anything else would've been confused but I want to see you again.
JJ sits happily by a canal, fishing. He looks over to a small boat that is docked and smiles sadly.
The paperboy rounds a street, rides up to a house and gets off his bike where he then leans it against the wall. He lets himself into the house, takes off his helmet as he walks into the kitchen and throws it down onto the table with his newspaper bag in front of someone eating a bowl of cereal. Katie looks up at James, not impressed.
Panda pulls up and drives into the parking space in her front garden, where she hits the wheelie bin. She gets out of the car and stands starring at Thomas speechless as he sits on her front doorstep looking up at her.
A long, haired brunette is standing in front of a window, looking out across the Bristol Docks. She turns round and it's Effy holding a baby.
Naomi still has her arms wrapped around Emily and whispers in her ear, "Welcome home, Miss. Fitch."
Emily turns round and puts her arms around Naomi's neck and smiles, "Welcome home, Miss. Campbell."
Naomi smiles and leans in for a long and passionate kiss with her redheaded lover.
And take my time, take all our time…
Aww, short and sweet I know. This is just a quick intro set a year after Skins series 4 where Naomi and Emily have come back from their 3-month road trip in Mexico.
And I bet you are all wondering who the father is too Effy's baby now, aren't you?
Oh and because you can't see it, the small boat that JJ smiles sadly at is the boat that Cook's dad lived on…
Hope its ok, and if you've not read it already, then please read my other fanfiction - "Do You Feel What I Feel Too?" as these two fics kind of run alongside one another. Thanks for reading! x