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This follows immediately from the last chapter, taking place the morning after the love ball.
I must have fallen back asleep. I woke up for the second time that morning after feeling Naomi's lips against my forehead and the pad of her thumb running softly along my cheek. My lips curved at the end into a smile as I slowly opened my eyes.
"Morning." She whispered against my skin before pulling her face away from mine, lying on her side, facing me.
"Morning right back." I said, trying to disguise a slight yawn.
"Sleep okay?" She asked whilst tracing her thumb along my jaw and back up toward my cheek, her eyes following her wandering thumb.
"Yeah. Yeah I slept well thanks. You?"
"No." She snapped her eyes back to mine, giving me an evil glare. "You snore."
"Bitch, I do not!" I said laughing.
"I'm afraid you do babe. Don't worry though, I found it quite cute. You also do this thing where you scrunch your whole face up then sigh before doing it again. It get's quite funny after a while."
"You were watching me sleep. That's quite stalker-ish you know." I stuck my tongue out at her.
"Yeah well, what you going to do?" She said with a sigh, pretending to be hurt.
I leaned forward and placed a chaste kiss to her lips. "This." I smiled before returning to face her again.
"You should see your hair. You have total bed-head. It's nice though. Kind of makes you look like the not-so-innocent Emily Fitch. Makes you look like the real you. You know the one that I only I get to see." She winked at me as she said that.
I could feel my cheeks flushing, feeling slightly embarrassed as I recalled one of the rather heated moments that took place between us only hours before. A moment where I had perhaps become rather too vocal. Suddenly I felt really self-conscious and pulled the covers tighter to me that I didn't feel so exposed. Naomi noticed.
"Babe. You're with me remember. Just me." She said softly, making me feel at ease again. Her fingers had moved to my neck and she was lightly running them over the skin. Her eyes were fixated on them, as if she wanted to memorise everywhere her fingers touched. Her eyes were brighter than I'd ever seen them; they sparkled in the early morning sun. The curls of her hair had fallen slightly since last night, but they still looked great, hanging softly around her face. Naomi was beautiful.
"I like your hair like that. It's so soft. Really suits you. In fact it matches this new soft side to Naomi Campbell that I've been experiencing over the past few hours." I winked at her. Now it was her turn to feel slightly uncomfortable.
"Let's get one thing straight Ems." She laughed at the bad pun. "This soft side is for you only. I'm still going to be a bitch to everyone else." We both started laughing, knowing that was probably true. It was amazing how comfortable everything felt.
"Yeah well, you've still got the whole summer before college starts again, I'm sure you'll manage to perfect your bitchy streak before then." She laughed again.
"So what are your plans for the summer then? I won't be going to Cyprus myself since I don't need to do all that thinking by myself now. I never did get to hear your plans."
"Well I'd like to think I'll spend quite a lot of it in this bed recreating various moments from last night." I said feeling rather confident. Naomi licked her lips and grinned. "And unfortunately, I've got the annual Fitch family holiday to France."
"That sounds fucking awful." She said screwing her face up in disapproval.
"Oh it is. Mum and Dad either spend it loved up or at each other's throats, I'm not sure which is worse. Katie will be off shagging some random bloke she's just met and pretending she's in love. Whereas James spends most of his time trying to peer through keyholes in hope of catching a girl without her bra on. I think I might spend most of the holiday with James this year."
Naomi playfully slapped me on the arm. "Bitch."
"You are more than enough Naomi, trust me." I said closing the distance between us and meeting her lips with a kiss. I leant back again and smiled at her.
"So what are you up to today?"
"I was kinda hoping we could stay here Ems, just spend some time together. Do you want to?"
"Of course I do. Just I'll need to go home and face the music at some point. I'm not entirely sure what Katie will have told mum about last night. I pretty much told them all I was gay and my mother has got it into her head that it's just some phase. It's a bit fucking frustrating."
"I know Em." She gave me a comforting look before tucking a strand of hair behind my ear.
"What about your mum?" I asked raising an eyebrow, unsure of whether this was pushing this newly open Naomi slightly too far.
"She knows about you Emily. I told her. In fact she was the one that made me see sense and come to get you last night. She's probably standing right outside that fucking door just now listening to see what happened." She grinned at me. I smiled back at her.
"Well on that note, I have to say I like your mum. Maybe I don't have to go home right away. I could spend the day here with you. Besides, Katie owes me after her escapades over the past few days. She also owes you an apology big time."
"Let's leave it for now babe. I don't give a fuck about anyone else right now."
"So Campbell. When are you bringing me breakfast in bed? Or at least a cup of tea. I'm not sure if you remember but my energy levels are seriously lacking after some rather strenuous activity last night."
Naomi laughed. "Alright, alright. I'll go make tea." She pulled herself up and turned around. The covers had fallen and her bare back was on show. I could see the slight curve of her breast as she stretched and yawned.
"Naomi?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm going." She said as she started to stand.
"No it's not that. Just I think my energy levels are better than expected, perhaps I've still got a little too much energy." She turned round to face me, lowering herself back towards the bed. I reached up and put my hand around her neck, bringing her lips crashing down onto mine.
What a wonderful way to spend the morning.
