So, I decided to write another story, not connected with 'Holding you closer than most', it was just an idea I came up with during my Philosophy lesson, so I decided to give it a try. ;) Hope you like it! :)))

"Yeah, I do understand that whole 'love from the first sight' thing, but, um… don't you think you just are not meant for each other?" asked Effy doubtfully, taking her books out of her locker. "I mean…"

"I know what you mean," answered Emily, who was resting her back against the locker next to Effy's one. "She likes to party… A lot… And I, um, not really that much, plus she might be straight, and she probably is, plus I don't know her and she doesn't know me, plus—"

"Hey, nononono, I don't want you to lose your hope completely, it's just, you know, I'm trying to make you look at it from another point of view."

Emily sighed. "Fine. God, Effy, you know me and you know that even if I try to forget her, I will not succeed. At least not that easily."

Effy shrugged her shoulders and closed her locker's door. "You can try."

Emily nodded and smiled.

"Party tonight at mine?" asked Effy, winking.

"Tempting…" Emily bit her lip. "Really tempting, but hey, it's Wednesday! You are going to go to school tomorrow?"

Effy pretended to be wondering.

"Uhm, not really, you?"

Emily chuckled.

"Okay, but you'll invite her."

Effy looked at her and raised her eyebrow.

"Are you kidding?"

"No! Otherwise I won't come."

"Invite her yourself."

"Now you're kidding."

"God, Emily, grow up! It's just a party and she's at our age and—"

"Effy," said Emily quietly. "I won't do that."

Effy shrugged her shoulders and rolled her eyes. God, she could be pretty annoying sometimes.

"Come on, Em, be brave!"

Emily sighed and shook her head.

"Please, Effy, be a good friend," she begged.

"Sorry, babe, but it's better for you. At least you'll find an excuse to talk to her, right?" she said and giggled. "You can say that I'm inviting her if you want to. Anyway…" her eyes moved slowly, observing the whole hallway. "Cook is coming, gotta go."

"You really can't do that?" Emily decided to try once again.

"Nope. God, Em, she's looking at me as at a piece of shit everyday! I tell you, I'm almost sure she fancies Cook! I can't invite her now, after almost a year of eyeing each other."

Emily sighed, trying not to show how much pain it actually caused her when she heard Effy accusing Naomi of fancying Cook.

"Fine. Um, will Cook be there? At a party?" she asked, hesitating.

Effy smiled. "Yeah, but don't worry, she won't have a chance to speak to him, not even for a second. I'll take care of it. Right, I really gotta go! He's waiting for me," she said and waved her hand to Cook, who was leaning on a wall not far from them. "Ciao," she kissed Emily on a cheek and walked away.

Emily shook her head to herself and sighed. God, so it was gonna be a hard task.

She directed her steps towards her Maths class, thinking about how much Effy has changed during last months. She used to be quiet and seemed not to care about anything or anyone and now she became happier, more open, and actually people really started to adore her company. Emily liked to think it was thanks to Cook, who despite being a real party monster, was also really caring and could be cute if he wanted to. While being with him, Effy seemed to find her own real self and it made Emily happy, because she really appreciated having a friend like that, though she would have never thought at the beginning of a school year that they'll ever get to be that close.

Emily smiled to her thoughts and noticed that she was looking at the floor, not ahead. She raised her eyes, thinking God, great, smiling to the floor, I must have been looking like a freak and then she saw her.

Naomi.

Fuck, she almost bumped into her and now Naomi was looking at her as if she was a really weird person (Emily, not Naomi, obviously).

"Sorry," Emily muttered and was about to walk away, when she remembered she had to invite her to that party. Who knows if it wasn't Naomi's last lesson, she might not have another chance.

"Actually…" she started and blushed when Naomi looked at her with sexy raised eyebrow, as if she was wondering if Emily was talking to her. Emily took a deep breath and forced herself to look her in the eye. God, she had to look away after few seconds to prevent herself from drowning.

"My friend, Effy, is organizing a party tonight, you wanna come?" she asked without breathing.

Naomi's eyebrow travelled even higher.

"Uhm, I don't really…" she started to say, but Emily felt she had to cut her off.

"Oh, come on, everybody is invited! Please?" Oh fuck, she didn't mean to say 'please', wait, yeah, she did mean it, but she didn't want to say that out loud!

"Uhm," Naomi let the air out of her mouth slowly and smirked. "Yeah, sure, why not."

Emily beamed.

"Great! So, I'll, um…" she said while penetrating her bag searching for any sheet of paper and a pen. "I'll give you her address and, um, my telephone number if you will… um… have any questions or anything," she finished, confused, handing Naomi a piece of her Math notebook.

"Fine. What time will it start?" asked Naomi, stretching her hand and Emily shivered uncontrollably when her finger accidentally brushed against Naomi's skin.

"Eight."

"Great. Well, be prepared for my message, I usually have… um… a lot of questions," Naomi said and smirked and Emily couldn't get rid of a feeling that she is laughing at her.

"Oh," Emily mumbled, pretending to be dumbfounded, but really she was so happy that she could fly actually. Did Naomi just say she was going to text her? Naomi Campbell texting Emily Fitch? What a beautiful day!

Naomi smiled and walked away and Emily didn't even notice when the school bell rang, announcing the beginning of the next lesson. Maths. Though Emily was a diligent student, now she spent the whole lesson thinking about these two blue perfect pools, so tempting to drown into.

"And then she said she'll text me!" Emily finished her story and smiled widely to her phone.

"Aww, cute!" she heard Effy's voie.

"But?" Emily asked, because she could feel Effy wasn't 100% sure if it really was cute.

"Um, Emily, I don't want you to think that I don't want your happiness or anything like that, it's just… Don't you think you should, um, wonder if you really want it to become a relationship? Or if it is just about, you know, curiosity and fascination, and you just want to snug her, or fuck her, or whatever."

Emily's jaw dropped and she could bet Effy could hear it even through a phone.

"Don't you even say things like that, Effy! You know me well enough to know that I would never snug anyone I care about, not to mention fucking! And as long as I care about her, I just hope I'll have a chance to get to know her better during that party, and maybe I'll make sure that it's not only about fascination, you know? 'Cause believe it or not, it's the first time I fell so easily and actually without any good reason. I mean, she's really pretty and I bet she's intelligent, but… um, you know what I mean?"

"I do, Em. Just… don't do anything you may regret later. Okay?"

"Fine. Right, gotta go and get ready! See you at eight!" she said happily and hung up. She put her phone away, opened her wardrobe and started to penetrate it to find anything suitable to wear to a party, when she heard her phone vibrating. She looked at the screen, surprised.

*You think we can meet at 7:30 near Vanilla Pub? I have no idea where Effy lives and I don't want to get lost. Naomi*

Emily smirked to herself.

Nice, Naomi, we can get lost together, she thought.

Review? I'd love to know what you think about it! :)