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Chapter 3

Emily and Naomi were sitting on a table at the coffee shop, talking and laughing. It'd been more than three hours since the two arrived for their coffee date, but they seemed to have lost track of time. Both of them were in awe of how well they got along, and how fast. It's not that either of them didn't get along with people, but it was the first time they felt so drawn to other person. The conversation flowed effortlessly, as if they'd known each other forever.

Emily had always felt like an outcast beside her sister. Even though they were identical physically, their personalities couldn't be more different. Katie was always surrounded by boys and got invitations to all the parties, and she dragged her sister along, against Emily's will. The later never felt comfortable on these parties, left aside alone as her twin disappeared with some boy she'd just met. Katie would always try to hook her up with the less attractive friend of her own date, but Emily always seemed to find something wrong with the boy.

With Naomi, it was different. She tried, but she couldn't find anything wrong with the blonde. In Emily's eyes, Naomi was perfection. She loved everything about the girl. The blonde hair that barely fell to her shoulders, the blue eyes, the way she smiled when she saw the redhead entering the coffee shop, the way she talked, the way her hand felt on hers when they both reached for the sugar at the same time. Emily would never say anything to Naomi. She was too afraid.

She wasn't afraid that she might be gay. She'd figured it out when she was 14 and looked at her wall filled with posters of hot girls in contrast with her sister's on the opposite wall, where the faces of shirtless men looked down on her. She'd struggled, but she finally came to terms with it. But she had never dated a girl.

As she watched Naomi laugh at some random joke, she knew she could never tell the blonde how she really felt, because she was scared to her death that she wouldn't say it back. She thought, she hoped, and for the split of a second she dared to believe that the girl sitting across the table from her felt the same way. But then the split of a second was over, and her insecurities came rushing like a landslide and buried that thought deep inside her.

"Em? Emily? Hello, anybody in there?" As Naomi waved her hands across her face, Emily realized she'd lost herself inside her head. Or maybe it was inside those blue eyes, she wasn't sure.

"Yeah, I'm here. Sorry, I kinda dozed off for a bit there", Emily came back to reality, blushing as she answered the blonde.

"It's ok. I didn't realize I was being so boring." She joked.

"No, no, you weren't. I just tend to do that eventually."

"Better get used to it then." Naomi smiled, and the redhead couldn't help but smile too. It was then that Emily saw the big watch hanging on the wall behind the blonde hair, and she realized how late it was.

"Fuck, it's late! I should probably be heading home."

"Already?" Naomi sounded surprise, but one quick look at the watch on her wrist was enough to prove the other girl right. "Oh, Jesus, I completely lost track of time! I should be going home too."

"I had a great time. Definitely made up for all the embarrassment you made me go through."

"I told I'd pay my debt." Naomi smiled proudly. "Hey, what are you doing?" She asked as Emily was grabbing her purse. "You can put that away, I'm paying today!"

"You really don't have to, I can split." Emily tried but the blonde insisted on paying the whole bill.

After the goodbyes, each girl headed home. When Emily arrived, later than she'd originally planned she was welcomed by her sister and questions regarding the first's whereabouts.

"I told you, I grabbed a cup a coffee with Naomi." Emily answered, annoyed by the twin's insistence.

"The whole time? Do you know what time is it?" Katie didn't let go.

"Yes, I do. We just got carried on the conversation and didn't realize how much time has passed." She explained.

"Right. Ok." Katie still seemed suspicious, so Emily just sighed and headed to the bathroom for a much needed shower. After punching her younger brother, James, for trying to sneak up on her getting dressed she decided to do her homework when her mobile started buzzing. It was a text from Naomi.

"Hey, Em, just wanted to let you know that you left your notebook in the coffee. Don't worry, I've got it here. Meet me tomorrow on the front door before first period?"

"Oh, fuck, I guess that's goodbye to homework" Emily swore to herself as she answered the text.

"Thanks, Naoms. Yeah, I'll meet you there tomorrow. Good night. " A few moments after Emily hit send the mobile buzzed again.

"It was nothing. See you tomorrow. 'Night."