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I thought a night's sleep would do me some good and take away some of the stress and anxiety I was having. But as I was woken up by the alarm, I realize I was even more nervous than yesterday. Today was my date with Emily and I was bricking it. This date depended on dates to come, if it goes terribly then I'm fucked. I need this to go well, and I'm under loads of pressure.

I roll out of bed, and go into the kitchen to make myself some coffee, trying to take my mind off of tonight. I start reading the paper when my doorbell goes. Looking at the time, I see it is a little after 10. Seeing as though I wasn't expecting anyone, I get up, walking to the door and look through the eye hole. I let out a huge sigh and reluctantly open the door.

" Hey babes! " She greets, with a big smile and a brown bag, she holds it up and continues " Thought you'd be hungry, I know how you never have anything to eat except frozen pizzas, so I bought Muffins." She smiles.

" Thanks." I say, moving aside as she lets herself in, as she's passing, she places a chaste kiss on my lips, she then walks over to the kitchen table and rests the bag full of muffins on it. She walks towards me slowly and puts her arms on my shoulder nuzzling into my neck.

" I missed you." she whispers, I wait a moment to respond.

" Lauren...you can't keep doing this." I say gently, feeling bad.

Lauren is one of the few girls I've slept with more than once, we're sort of friend-with benefits, even though were not really friends. I guess you can call her my go to girl. I met her at a club, I noticed her right away, her wavy brown hair and her dark green eyes drew me in, and by the end of the night, I had her every which way. I did my usual, leave before they wake up routine, saves from the awkwardness of saying " Well, it's been fun." and gets the job done just as well.

Long story short, I saw her in the club a few days later and we just decided to go for it again, I mean why not. The sex was great, what would be so bad about a repeat performance. Well this was it, she'd got attached. I made it clear to her that it wasn't for me, and that I don't do relationships. After a few days of not seeing her, she said she was fine with just shagging, no strings attached, so we've been sleeping together from time to time since. And I liked it because it saves me from going to club and going through the motions just to pull, having a shag on hand is very handy. Though I know she likes it for an entirely different reason.

" I'm not doing anything, Naomi!" she pulls away roughly " I just wanted to see you, is that really so horrible?" There's a break in her voice.

"Lauren, we've talked about this.." I say, calmly not wanted to upset her anymore than she seems to be.

" Right." she says, harshly "Just shagging, I know." she takes off her shirt angrily revealing a sexy black bra underneath." Well, I want a shag now." she spits.

" Lauren..." I trail off shaking my head.

" It's hardly fair that you control when and where we fuck!" she's getting worked up , clearly upset "Whenever the mood hits you and you can't be bothered to put an effort in, you give me a call, because good old lauren's always at your beck and call." tears brim her eyes, words cracking " Yeah, well fuck you, it's my turn, and I want a shag right now!"

She moved toward me and crashes our lips together roughy, I let her kiss me for a moment and than pull her back by her shoulder just as roughly.

" Stop!" I shout getting frustrated, looking in to her angry eyes. " I'm don't want to, alright?" I say a little bit softer.

" Why not? " she whisper, anger replaced with sadness in a blink" Why don't you want me?"

" It's not that I don't want you, it's that I don't want a relationship, We've been over this Lauren.." I say gently

" Right, yeah.." She pulls away from my grip, wiping her eyes, defeated. " Well, I should get going."

" Lauren..." I try to comfort her.

" No, it okay, you've been honest from the start." she picks up her shirt from where she flung it somewhere on the couch, turns back around " If anyones to blame it's me, I knew what I was getting myself in to." She puts her shirt over her head and runs her hands over it trying to straighten the wrinkles " I just thought... " She trail off " It doesn't matter, I'm gonna go." she walks to the door and opens it turning around before she walks out " Enjoy the muffins." she forces a smile and leaves.

I feels terrible, I don't like hurting people if she could help it. But this wasn't my fault, I know that.

I walk over to the table picking out one of the muffins, taking a big bite ' oh, banana, my favorite' and I sit and continues to read the paper.

I wasted half my day lounging about, watching telly, as I usually do on my days off, except it isn't my day off, I am very much in fact working today. I have my date with Emily tonight and soon I'm going to have to get ready.

Showered and dressed to impressed, wearing black skinny jeans that show off my arse, and a white see-through blouse, which reveals my blacked laced bra underneath, I'm out the door. I drive around looking for the address Emily texted me last night, and get a little lost before I find my way, standing in front of a very expensive looking complex apartment.

I walk up to the complex,the door man holding the door open for me. I walk passed him and smile my thanks. I take the elevator to the 15th floor and walk down the hall until I find her room, 141b. I knock twice and wait.

" Just a minute! " she shouts to be heard through the thick door.

" Take your time!" I shout back, running my hands through my hair, nervous habit I suppose.

A moment later and she flings open the door, with the most adorable smile on her face, seemingly very happy to see me. And oh my god, does she look beautiful, dressed in a form fitting black dress, just below the knees, with her hair tied up, exposing her delicious neck, and she wearing dark red lipstick that matches her hair with black eyeliner to top it all off. Emily is quite a sight for sore eyes.

"Hi." The redhead rasped softly, her voice making a shiver run my back, which I choose not to read into.

" Hi... Emily... you look... fuck sake... you look absolutely stunning." I stutter, in awe of the goddess in front of me.

Emily looks down at her feet than back up, blushing, smiling shyly. Obviously very pleased with the effect she's had on me.

" Thanks. " she says, then returns the complainant sincerely, " You look gorgeous. "

" I try." I joke, rewarded with a giggle from Emily.

" Will you come in for a second? I just need a couple of more minutes to get ready." she ushers me in.

" Sure, yeah, take all the time you need." I smile as I walk in. " Holy fuck. " I whispers, when I get a look at just how rich Emily must be to afford a place like this. " Nice digs, maybe I should be a teacher." I joke, playing dumb, Emily sighs.

" My dad bought it for me, says he doesn't want his baby girl to have to leave in a shit hole after I showed him the original flat I was going to pursue." she finishes, shrugging.

" What does your dad do? I mean, that he can afford such a place." I ask, knowing exactly how he makes his money.

Emily seems to stiffen at the question and quickly started playing with her hands, nervous habit perhaps.

"He a... owns many gyms all over." she answer quickly, then " I'm gonna go get ready and than we can head out, okay ?" she takes off before I could answer.

She wasn't completely lying , Rob did own gyms all over, it was his cover.

I sit down on the couch waiting for her to finish up so we could leave, flipping through a magazine I found on the coffee table. I turn my head a bit and something catches my eye, so I move to the edge of the couch and reach for the frame that is resting on the lamp table. I look at it for a while, just smiling. It's a picture of Emily with a group of little kids all huddled around her. She has the biggest smile on her face, it's so endearing, Emily must really enjoy working with these kids and that is just adorable.

I'm still smiling when Emily comes walking in to the room, hearing her before I see her.

" That was taken on a trip to the gardens, they had such a fun time, so did I." She informs, smiling thoughtfully.

" Yeah, I could tell by the picture" I smile, putting it back on the table, standing up. " You ready to go, Miss fitch." I wink at her, as she giggles.

" Absolutely." She smiles, leading the way out.

" Naomi, no... This is way too expensive!" she protests, when she sees where I've brought her, she must have been here before because she know the prices by heart. " A salad alone is $25, and the portions are only enough for mini people. "

" So you'll be satisfied, than. " I joke at her size and get reward with a playful backhand to my stomach " Jeez, I'm only kidding." I continued " Look, I just wanted to take you to a nice place, I wanted it to be special, so please let me do that." I pout

She tried to hide her smile, obviously pleased with my answer, she finally says..

" Alright than, but I'm paying half" she demands playfully, giving me a little shove as we make our way in.

" No way Emily, you're paying for all of it. " I laugh, when she gives me another shove, this one a bit harder.

" Watch it, Campbell." she says, amused. " Otherwise you won't be getting lucky tonight."

I stop dead in my tracks, staring gobsmacked at her. She's laughing hard at me, clearly very happy by my response.

" Fancy restaurant, Naomi... The rules are clear, I have to put out.. " I can tell she's joking now, so I smirk at her.

" Very funny, Fitch" I say, as we enter the restaurant. " Very funny.."

We're seated right away, and brought out menus, I see how right she was about the prices $95 for steak and mash potatoes ' fuck sake' Emily orders the penne vodka and red wine, and I order a hamburger and fries with a coke, getting an amused look for both the waiter and Emily. As you can see I'm not a fine diner.

" So you've been here before?" I ask when the waiter leaves to place our order.

" Once or twice with my sister, she loves this place." she says, casually. " Have you ever been here before tonight?" she asks

" Nope, I'm more of a beer and frozen pizza gal, myself." I say, smiling. She bites down on her bottom lip.

" I like that about you" She states, with a beautiful smile " Plus, I would have been just as happy if beer and frozen pizza was on the menu for this evening, just so you know." she say, sincerely. I smile wide.

" Good to know." I say, still smiling.

" So Naomi, tell me about yourself" she says, curiously, intent on learning about me, but of course I can't be 100% honest with her but that doesn't mean I have to lie completely, so I tell her what I think she'd want to know, leaving out on some details, like I'm a cop trying to get to your father through you, but those are just minor details, right?

" Um let's see.. I'm 23, I practice Criminal law, the people I'm closest with are my mother, Gina and my best mate Cook. I work a lot, and I hate injustice, which is of course why I became a co-" I slip up a bit and pass it as a cough and finish with " Lawyer, which is why I became a lawyer" I repeat hoping it was smooth enough for her not to notice. " What about you? " I deflect.

She smiled and nodded

".. I'm 23 as well, you already know what I do, and I'm close with my whole family really, we all get along pretty well. " she shrugs, "but katie is my best friend" She smiles, then rolled her eyes when a thought came to her." she a bit overprotective though... if you were to hurt me, you'd better watch out." she's joking, but it doesn't stop me coughing on my drink.

" Really?" I ask, the redhead nods " Well I'll be sure not to hurt you then, won't I ?" you force a smile knowing that you will end up hurting her no matter what, maybe even breaking her heart, but you abort that train of thought when she says cheekily..

" That's all I ask. "she's smirking.

After that we ended up talking about everything and nothing all at once. We shared a dessert and fed each other all couple like, it was nice, it's different from what I'm used to, but I liked it.

I pull up, just outside her complex, and park right in front. Emily is already looking at me when I turn to her, she's gazing at me with uncertainty, like she wants to ask me something but scared of my answer, so instead she says.

" I had a wonderful time tonight. " She smiling, shyly but it quickly turns into a smirk. " Though I wish you would have let me pay some" I chuckle.

" I asked you out remember, it's a rule that the asker pays." I defend and than add " and I had a great time too." I smiled

She looks uncertain again and just when I'm about to ask her what's the matter she finally speaks ...

" Would you like to come up? " She speaks softly, biting her lip gently, nervous.

I think about it for a second, and though I'm extremely tempted, wanting nothing more than to rip her clothes off and shag her well into the morning, I realize that I shouldn't, and that I need to do this right, so I reach over and gently take her face into my hands stroking her cheek with my thumb. She closes her eyes at the gesture and lean in to me and sighs dreamily . I take this opportunity to move in a little bit more and gently caress my lips against hers. I pull back, her eyes remain shut, until I say her name softy.

" Hmm?" she answers, opening her eyes, I noticed they're a little glazed over, like she's in a dazes, it makes my stomach flutter that I already have this effect on her after just one date.

" I would love nothing more than to come up, but I honestly don't think I'd be able to control myself around you, and I don't want to rush this, okay? I wanna do this proper, you know. I think you're really something special and I would hate to screw that up just for a shag." I surprise myself with that little speech, it wasn't part of any plan it was sincere and that was not good, not at all.

She just stared at me for a long moment, with such intensity. After that she smiled in awe at me. And shook her head.

" That is the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me." she says, smiling softly at me.

" I find that hard to believe, Emily Fitch." I say, sincerely, looking her right in the eyes

Before I know it, she's crashing our lips together, kissing me so passionately, my stomach flipped as I couldn't help but respond. She pulls back, leaning her forehead on mine, breathing heavy.

" You're going to drive me crazy, you charming bastard." she sigh, chuckling softly.

" Is that a bad thing?" I ask, smiling.

" No... Just as long as you stick around." she said, smirking, but I could tell she wanted conformation.

" I'm not going anywhere." I say, giving it to her.

I lean in one last time, pecking her lip gently, barely touching.

" Goodnight, Emily." I say, pulling away.

" Goodnight, Naomi." she rasps, looking me in the eyes, than she turns to open the door and steps out.

" You'll call me, right?" she asks, small smile gracing her lips.

" Of course." I nod, returning her smile.

" Promise?"

" Promise."

She smiles even bigger, and starts walking to her complex. I watch her go, making sure she gets in safe, but before she's inside completely, she turns to see if I'm still there, and even from here, I see her whole face light up as she gives a cute little wave and finally enters her building.

And with a punch to your gut, you realize you miss her already, and with that you drive away with one though in your head.

' I'm fucked '

A/N - I hoped you enjoyed this one ! Let me know what you thought!