Sorry I didn't update yesterday, I was too busy revising, but here is the next chapter everyone's been asking for! I was originally going to write this chapter about the date, but I got distracted and the date will probably be the next chapter, so please let me know if you think I'm taking too long getting to the actual date! Enjoy

Col grinned to himself as he handed over the bus fare for him and Connie. As she followed him to the back of the bus, he could tell she was still puzzling over the location of their date. He stood back to let her take the window seat, then slid onto the seat next to her.

"So," he began "Any ideas where we're going yet?" Connie looked at him with a slightly annoyed, amused look on her face.

"Nope," she replied. "Maybe you should tell me."

"Aha!" grinned Col. "I'm not going to tell you that easily." Connie rolled her eyes in mock annoyance and Col couldn't help laughing. Suddenly, both of them were trying to stifle their laughter as they received several angry frowns from other passengers.

"Perhaps we'd better go upstairs," whispered Connie. Col nodded and got up, leading the way up to the top of the bus. To his surprise, nobody else was up there. He froze. Alone with Connie. Alone with her. His heart began to beat faster at the thought.

"Col!" hissed Connie. "Are you going to sit down or what?" Col jerked out of his thoughts, realizing he'd been standing at the top of the stairs holding onto the rail.

"Sorry," he said, cursing himself. He moved to the back of the bus and sat down, Connie next to him. Col turned to Connie, deciding to say something, but when he looked at her, his breath completely vanished. She looks so beautiful he thought. He knew Connie didn't think of herself as anything special, but to Col she was, and not because she was a universal. Wow. I'm really lucky to have a best friend- and girlfriend- like Connie. I can't think of the words to make her realise how special and amazing she really is.

"Are you okay, Col?" asked Connie, glancing up and noticing him looking at her.

"Uh, yeah, I'm fine," he stammered hastily. He was about to look away when Connie's eyes caught his. Looking into her eyes, all rational thoughts disappeared from Col's head.

"Col?" asked Connie softly, unconsciously shifting closer to him. "Is something wrong?"

Neither Connie nor Col could look away from each other's eyes.

"No, nothing's wrong," said Col, his voice barely more than a whisper as the words caught in his throat. Col tore his eyes away from hers, scared he would do something he'd regret. He looked down, then at Connie, and reached out to take her hand in his.

Suddenly, everything seemed to fade away. Col looked up again to see a sparkle in Connie's eyes that hadn't been there before. He smiled at her instinctively. Then he realised how close they had become, without even noticing it. Before he even realised what he was doing, Col lifted his free hand to Connie's cheek. Startled, both of them blushed, but neither pulled away.

Looking into her eyes, Col moved his hand to her hair, playing with it gently. He leant closer to her, meaning to kiss her forehead. Suddenly, their lips touched gently. The shock made both of them pull away.

"I'm sorry," stammered Col. "I don't know what... I know this isn't the most romantic of places but..."

"I know," smiled Connie, to let him know she didn't mind, although inside her heart was racing and the butterflies had returned. She leant in and kissed his cheek, then moved to his lips again. Col was stunned, reeling inside, but he kissed her back.

A few seconds later they broke apart, still looking into each other's eyes.

"Wow," murmured Connie, wrapping her arms around him and resting her head on his chest. Col felt like fireworks were exploding in his chest as he wrapped his arms round her and laid his head on top of hers, cradling her for the rest of the bus journey into Chartmouth.

Dun dun duuuuuun! I hope you like it!