What felt like an eternity later Sian finally started making her way out of the college building towards the bus stop. It had been a long, exhausting day and her brain felt packed full of information. She hadn't seen Sophie since the end of the assembly and had felt disappointed every time she stepped into a new classroom and she wasn't there. Her head was still spinning from the way Sophie had made her feel, when their hands touched for the first time, the way she smiled at her, how she smelt and the way her blue eyes sparkled. Just thinking about it gave Sian butterflies in her stomach, something she thought only happened in television shows or movies. This needs to stop right now, I cannot have these thoughts about a girl, especially not the only girl in this college that actually seems to have an interest in being my friend. I will not ruin this with crazy feelings.

Sian quickly gave her head a shake and looked up as the rounded the corner towards the bus stop. She felt a smile creep across her face as Sophie stood there beaming back at her, leaning against the stop sign.

"Good first day?" she asked

"Errrm … it was a day." replied Sian as she walked over to join her at the stop.

"That bad huh?" said Sophie laughing.

"Well … its just so hectic! And there's so much to take in, I feel so stressed and I was only there a few hours."

"Now see I thought you might say that! Hence I didn't get on the bus that just went past so I could wait for you!" Sian felt the butterflies flickering in her stomach again at this information. "I thought that maybe, you'd like to go for a drink with me?" The butterflies became more intense.

"Yeah that sounds great!" Sian replied, grinning from ear to ear.

"Ah good! Well we'll wait for the next bus and there's a pub just round the corner from mine so we can go there and get some drinks in and I can get to know you a bit better." said Sophie winking.

Sian couldn't wait.

Sophie returned to the table and placed two drinks down, sliding one over to Sian's side of the table.

"Get that down ya neck and you'll feel much better!" she said laughing.

Sian took a sip of her drink and felt the warm sensation of the alcohol hit the back of her throat causing her to cough a little,

"Wow that was bloody strong! Are you trying to get me drunk?" she said, raising an eyebrow and grinning.

"Why would I want to do a thing like that?" laughed Sophie. "I just find that people tend to open up a bit more when they have a drink inside of them."

Sian smiled. "So what would you like to know?"

"Did you leave a boyfriend behind when you moved?"

"Errrm … no. I had one shortly before that but it wasn't working out so we had broken up before the move."

"Oh that sucks, how come?"

"It just never …. It never really felt right I guess. To be honest no one I've been with so far has ever felt right. I must have the worst taste ever!"

They both laughed. "I wouldn't say that," Said Sophie with a smile, "You just haven't met the right person yet!"

"Well maybe the move is a good thing then and I will actually find the right person."

"That's the spirit!"

"What about you anyway? Have you got a boyfriend?" Asked Sian, hoping that the answer would be no.

"Errrr no!" said Sophie laughing, "Every guy around here is an absolute loser! I mean the last guy I was with was so childish. All he cared about was his friends and his X box, no thank you!"

As time went buy the girls sat in the corner of the pub, drinking and laughing and getting to know each other better by the second. Both of them couldn't help but feel that they'd known each other for years. It was just … comfortable.