A/N: This chapter is a tad shorter than the last but that's just the way it works out sometimes, I had to get it done while I've got the energy and inspiration. I'll aim to update soon but I have four big pieces of coursework to do and only four weeks to do them in so if I don't write as a form of procrastination you'll have to hang in there if it takes me a while to put up another chapter, I really appreciate that so many of you are staying with me through the story, it really is motivating me to update seeing all the views I've had. Anyway, I'll let you read, hope I don't disappoint!

Disclaimer: This story is mine but Skins is not, I'm not that imaginative.

Emily

I jolted awake, my heart was racing and I could feel myself sweating.
"Fucking hell," I muttered to myself, rubbing the back of my neck with my hand. I opened my eyes properly and frowned.
"Emily, you fell asleep on me, you've been out for about an hour." I jumped when I heard Naomi behind me, then I remembered her cuddling me and realised what had happened.
"Oh, sorry."
"It's okay, I fell asleep for a while too but you started wriggling and it woke me up, you said Katie's name a few times. Are you okay?" She looked at me with concern and pushed a stray hair behind my ear. I nodded and sighed.
"I'm fine, I don't sleep well when I fall out with Katie, well I don't sleep well when I'm upset but we always share a bed when one of us is upset so we feel safe and we can sleep, sometimes Effy stays over if she needs company and we push our beds together so there's room for three. Could we go to bed now? Should I sleep on the couch?" Naomi was smiling as I spoke and she stood up, ushering me towards the door.
"Nope, you're in my bed, it's a double so we can share or I'll go in the spare one if you want it all to yourself."
"I can't kick you out of your bed Naomi, but I'll share it with you if you're comfortable with that." She raised an eyebrow at me and rolled her eyes.
"Of course I'm comfortable with it, you're not going to jump me and maybe I can take Katie's place comforting you just for tonight." She smiled at me and I nodded, smiling back. I followed her out of the room and up the stairs, into a bedroom where she flicked on a small light next to the bed.
"I like your room." I said, taking in the sight of the very cosy looking bed before a thought hit me, "oh, I don't have any pyjamas."
"I don't have any either." Naomi winked at me, "I sleep in my underwear but you can borrow one of my shirts to sleep in, I'll be wearing one too, I can't do much about bottoms though. You don't mind do you?" I shook my head and struggled not to picture Naomi in just her underwear.

A white shirt with a photo of a pig printed on it hit me in the face, bringing me out of my trance.
"Stop picturing me in my underwear, Fitch." I shot her a confused look as I felt myself starting to blush, Naomi laughed as she saw my expression, "I'm just teasing you. Nobody in their right mind would picture me anything less than fully dressed." She pulled a black shirt with a big white tiger cub on the front put of the wardrobe. She bent over and yanked her socks off, chucked them at me and I squealed at her. Then she pulled her jeans off and I had to look away to avoid staring at the long legs that were revealed, I pulled my own jeans off to distract me and when I turned around I swear my heart stopped beating for a second, Naomi was stood in just her underwear smiling at me.
"Emily Fitch, you are adorable. You don't have to turn away while I get changed, I've already been seen by Effy and I'm comfortable around you." I swallowed and nodded slowly as she pulled the tiger shirt over her torso, hiding her gorgeous body once more. She smiled at me again, seemingly unaware of what she was doing to me, and dived into the bed, lifting the other side of the cover up for me. I quickly calmed myself and whipped my shirt off before pulling Naomi's over my head, it was soft against my skin and smelled of Naomi, I sighed and slid under the cover Naomi was holding for me. The bed was comfy and I could feel heat coming from Naomi next to me. I hummed contentedly and curled up before closing my eyes to go to sleep. I heard Naomi turn off the bedside light and felt her shift a little.
"Night Em," She mumbled, making me smile into the darkness.
"Night Naoms," I mumbled back.

Naomi

I heard Emily's breathing even out and guessed she would be asleep. Even her breathing was husky. I smiled to myself as I stared at the ceiling and thought of the way she was looking at me when I got changed, I was unsure of whether to test her or not but felt confident knowing Effy believed that something could happen between us, Emily had turned away when I started getting changed but turned back when I was in just my underwear and I had seen her take in the sight of my body in the split second before she realised I was looking at her, her eyes had been dark and they shone as she looked at me nervously, that was when I had decided that Effy could be right. I sighed and closed my eyes, ready for sleep to take me.

Just as I felt myself drifting off, the bed wobbled slightly as Emily moved in her sleep, I felt the warmth next to me increase and an arm reached across my lower abdomen and pulled us together. Emily's head rested on my shoulder and she mumbled my name, her voice seemed happy and I couldn't help smiling. I wriggled a little so I wouldn't get a dead arm, my arm was around her shoulders and her face nuzzled into my neck. I wondered if she was awake since she had said my name,
"Em? You okay?" I whispered softly, stroking her hair, making sure it wasn't in her face. She didn't respond, simply nuzzled into my neck and yawned, tickling my upper chest a little with her breath.
"You're beautiful Emily, you're lovely, caring, and everything I could ask for in a friend. I don't care that I don't know you that well, from this moment on I'll be here whenever you need me, if a friend is what you need then that's what I'll be. I'm ready to do what I never even imagined doing before I set my eyes on you. I'm ready to let go and have friends again," I whispered to the sleeping red head, gently kissing her forehead before settling down once more to go to sleep.

A/N: Aww I really enjoyed writing Naomi's little speech while Emily's sleeping, hope it wasn't too cheesy or anything, let me know either way!

Chapter Title – From This Moment On by Shania Twain (I recommend you guys actually listen to this song, all of it, it's perfect)