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Chapter 2

It was lunchtime and Naomi was sitting on a table with her friends Effy and Pandora. They'd known each other for quite a long time, but Naomi still wasn't used to Panda's perkiness and Effy's strangeness. The first day of college was no less boring than all the other days on her previous school, and she had spent all of her classes half asleep. Maybe totally asleep during one particularly boring History class. Many thoughts had crossed her mind during the morning, not one of them related to the classes. Some of them related to one particularly cute redhead, but she was ashamed to admit it even to herself.

Emily Fitch popped on Naomi's head once again. She could hear Pandora chatting very fast, but she didn't understand half of what the girl was saying. She never did. Effy was just sitting there, being Effy, quiet, mysterious, and with those eyes which could pierce through you body and look straight into your soul. Those eyes still creeped her out, and probably always would. She looked around and noticed one table where three boys sat, laughing and talking loudly. Boys. She also noticed one redhead and one exact replica walking past her table. Without thinking, she shouted "Emily!", and both girls turned to her.

Naomi was starting to blush, but managed to say "Hey, you can sit with us if you want to. These are my friends, Effy and Pandora". She pointed at the girls as she said their names, and they both waved and smiled.

Emily smiled back, and said while sitting "Hello. I'm Emily, and that's my sister Katie. Nice to meet you guys". The other twin wasn't so eager to sit, but she rolled her eyes and sat beside her sister with a sigh.

"Nice to meet you, too", said Effy and Panda together.

"How do you two know each other? I'm a little surprised; Emily isn't exactly the social type" Katie asked, not really interested in the answer.

"We bumped into each other a couple of times", Naomi answered.

"To be completely honest, Naomi saved my life", Emily said, and both girls laughed "and then made me look like a complete fool in front of the whole school this morning".

"Hey, I said I was sorry!" The blonde was blushing.

"Yes, quite a few times actually. And I forgive you" Emily joked. "But you still owe me a cup of coffee. I'm not gonna let you off the hook on this!"

"I haven't forgot. I will pay my debt, I promise".

They carried on talking, and a few minutes later the three loud boys Naomi had noticed earlier approached their table. One of them stepped up and said: "Hello, girls, I'm Cook. These are my mates, Freddie and JJ" the boy with curly hair, JJ, was as red as a tomato and looked down. Cook continued "now, my boy JJ would like to present you a magic show. He seems to think of magic as a good pick up line, and we'd like to test the theory, if you allow us". He stepped back and pushed JJ forward. He looked like he was about to faint. The third boy, Freddie, was staring at Effy, but she didn't notice. The girls looked skeptical as JJ began his magic show. Cook laughed and cheered, Freddie just looked at Effy.

When JJ was done with his tricks, Cook stepped forward and said: "So girls, what do you think? Any of you want to shag J here?" The girls stared at him. Cook just laughed. "Fair enough. Come on, Gay J, better luck next time." As the three boys walked away, the bell rang, announcing lunch time was over.

Naomi arrived at her house after the day of school, and was greeted by five strangers on her living room. She wasn't surprised. Her house wasn't hers for a long time now, always packed with weird people she'd never seen before. She went straight to her room and closed the door, happy to finally be alone.

She'd arrived to the last class of the day and spotted a familiar head covered with bright red hair. She'd sat beside Emily, and they'd talk for the whole hour. It was the best class of the day, and the only one that Naomi didn't feel bored at all.

Sitting alone in her room, Naomi decided that she liked Emily, more than just a little. They'd set up their coffee date for Thursday after school, and Naomi was really looking forward to that. She couldn't exactly explain why, but she was. She also decided that she was grateful for not watching where she was going earlier that morning. Bumping into the redhead was one of the high points of her day. Maybe even the highest point, she hadn't decided that yet.

Finally, she decided that Emily Fitch was the prettiest girl she had ever seen in her life. She struggled a bit with that thought. She wasn't used to thinking about girls like that. Or maybe she was, but she wouldn't admit it to herself, not yet. It didn't matter, anyway. All that mattered was that Emily Fitch was the prettiest girl she'd ever laid eyes on, and somehow she couldn't stop thinking about her.

She shook her head. She didn't have anything to do that night, so she decided to call Effy and Pandora, and an hour later they were in their favourite diner, eating burgers and pouring vodka in their Cokes. She noticed the three boys from college, Cook, Freddie and JJ, sitting across the restaurant. Cook waved and shouted something. Naomi gave him the finger, and he burst out laughing. Freddie was still staring at Effy, and he smiled when she looked back.

"I think he fancies you, Eff" Panda said, "and he's cute. Do you fancy him, Eff?" Effy just smiled.

They left a bit later, and the boys were still there. Naomi hadn't counted how many cups of beer Cook had drunk, but there were at least eight empty glasses in front of him. And he was already half way through a ninth. He blew them a kiss, and then burped.

Naomi came home, and as usual, went upstairs to her bedroom. She couldn't remember when the last time she saw her Mum was. Maybe last Wednesday. Or Friday. As she laid in her bed, tired and a bit drunk, the last thing to cross her mind before she fell asleep was a certain Fitch twin. And it wasn't Katie.