A/N: Sorry this has taken ages to update but I wanted to finish there's always a choice. Anyhoo, here is the next chapter, which I am a bit unsure about in terms of what happens and how it ends. But as usual I'm going to see where the story takes me. The rest of the chapters will hopefully be better.

As ever, reading it is great but getting a review really makes my day.

The world stopped as Emily gazed into the familiar blue eyes and saw them pass through surprise before they softened in recognition before settling on panic. Suddenly all the sound entered the room and Emily had to steady herself. She stared at Naomi whose eyes were pleading with her not to acknowledge they knew each other.

Doug's Welsh lilt shattered her consciousness. "Emily Fitch, I'd like to introduce you to our star pupil and Head Girl, Naomi Campbell. Naomi, Emily transferred here from Kingsmead which as you know has closed its sixth form."

Emily took the hand offered to her and smiled. Naomi Campbell eh? No wonder she was so evasive in Cyprus.

Suddenly Emily felt bold, "It's very nice to meet you Naomi Campbell. That's an unusual name, it must have given you a fair amount of grief over the years."

Naomi stared at her before returning her smile, "Yeah, which is why I very rarely tell people my surname when I meet them. I like them to get to know me first, you know before the piss taking starts."

"So teasing is ok when you're friends with someone? I'll have to bear that in mind." Emily answered. Fucking hell, I'm flirting with her, in public, in my new school, in front of everyone, Emily thought.

Naomi looked at her with a difficult to read expression on her face, "You should, I can be quite fierce with people who step out of line. Of course, I'm totally different with the few people I choose to become friends with."

Emily looked away, is Naomi trying to intimidate me? She turned back and looked at the blonde, she was still smiling and there was amusement in her eyes. No, she's flirting back, Emily thought as her heartbeat quickened.

"Is that a warning or an invitation?" Emily asked with a raised eyebrow.

Naomi bit her lip, "I haven't decided yet, I guess you'll just have to get to know me better and work it out for yourself."

Emily licked her lips, "I'll look forward to that."

They continued to stare at each other before they were interrupted by a cough from Doug, "Right girls, we've got quite a few more people to go yet so I'm going to have to hurry you along Emily."

The comment was enough to break the spell between them and Emily quickly let go of the blonde's hand, "Sorry I didn't mean to hog you like that." She mumbled apologetically looking at the floor.

As she walked away she heard Naomi call her name, she turned back to find the blonde still looking at her with a slight smile playing around her lips, "I hope you enjoy your time at Parkview, it looks like it might be an eventful year."

Emily began to blush as she smiled and nodded at the Head Girl. Oh God, I hope so, she thought as she walked away.

Naomi stared after the redhead's retreating figure, her head was a mess. She had thought almost obsessively about what it would be like to meet Emily again, but never in her wildest fantasies had it been on the first day of a new school term. She groaned inwardly as she thought back to their brief conversation, I was flirting with her and practically drooling, she thought. This was not good, she had a reputation for being a hard assed bitch, a reputation she had spent a long time cultivating. People couldn't see her turn to mush when faced with Emily's beautiful brown eyes, they'd all be at it then and how would she keep order and control? She looked around to see if anyone had noticed the exchange, she was glad to see most people were involved in their own conversations and weren't paying her any attention. She was about to sigh with relief when she caught Effy staring at her, the brunette had a smirk on her face and she winked before turning away.

Bollocks, she knows, Naomi thought, but at least it's only Effy, she always knows everything.

Naomi thought back to when she had returned from holiday.

After she had left Emily at the airport she made her way outside and got a cab back to her Mum's house. She couldn't face being on a bus with lots of other people and thankfully the cab driver had picked up the fact that she wasn't in a chatty mood so stayed silent for the majority of the journey. She stared out of the window, blinking furiously as she felt tears well up in her eyes. She had made sure she hadn't cried in front of the redhead but it had nearly broken her heart when she saw the tears flowing down Emily's cheeks. Over and over again she questioned why they hadn't exchanged numbers or e-mail addresses, anything so they could keep in contact. At one point she had nearly told the driver to turn back, but she knew it was too late, Emily would be long gone now.

She let herself into the house and was immediately met with a barrage of questions from her Mum. She loved Gina dearly but she could be overbearing at times and she really wasn't in the mood to tell anyone about her holiday or about the beautiful redhead she'd just left standing at the airport. Gina picked up on her reluctance and the questions petered out.

"I'm sorry love, you must be tired, why don't you have a nice hot bath and I'll make you something to eat. You can tell me all about your holiday when you're ready." Her Mum had said with a smile.

Naomi nodded and went upstairs to the bathroom, she ran the bath and when the temperature was cool enough she got in. She tried to clear her mind and relax but all she could think of was Emily, even when she closed her eyes all that appeared were red and brown patterns. Finally she gave in and let the tears that had been threatening fall freely down her cheeks.

After she had dried off and got dressed she made her way back downstairs, there was a welcoming aroma coming from the kitchen and she could hear voices. She walked into the room and saw Effy sitting at the table chatting to her Mum. The brunette looked up as she walked into the room and snorted.

"Fucking hell, remind me never to go on holiday with you. You're supposed to come back looking refreshed and radiant, you look like shit." Effy said studying her carefully.

"Piss off Eff, I'm not in the mood." Naomi had replied taking the seat next to her.

Gina tutted, "She's been equally as monosyllabic with me Effy love, maybe you can drag out of her what's wrong."

Naomi stared between them, "Who said anything was wrong? I'm just a bit knackered after the flight."

Gina placed two plates of food in front of the two girls, "I'll leave you alone to talk about whatever is bothering you. I imagine it's boy related and you don't want your old Mum hanging around embarrassing you."

Naomi found herself blushing as she thanked her Mum for the food. They ate in virtual silence before Effy said, "Come on then, what was his name and what did he do to upset you so much?"

Naomi shook her head, "It's not to do with a bloke and I don't want to talk about it."

"Oh come on Naoms, this is me you're talking to. Are you still upset about Cook?" Effy asked.

Naomi shrugged, "Only a bit but I haven't thought about him much actually."

Effy continued to stare at her, "Ok, so it's not Cook, but I saw you blush when your Mum mentioned boy trouble. So who is he?"

"It's nothing to do with a fucking boy ok?" Naomi snapped at her friend.

"Alright then, what's her name?" Effy said with a smile. She had meant it as a joke but the smile disappeared when she saw the look on the blonde's face. "Fucking hell Naomi, you're shitting me? You got it on with a girl?"

Naomi was defiant, "What's wrong with that? I mean you've shagged women."

Effy shrugged, "Yeah, but I'm a bit of a slapper, I'll try anything once, or a few more times if I like it. You on the other hand have always been straight as a die, Jesus you nearly knocked me out that time I kissed you after we'd downed that bottle of vodka."

Naomi slumped in her seat, "Yeah well it turns out I might have a gay side after all. Her name is Emily and I think she is the most amazing person I've ever met, male or female. I struggled a bit at first, you know because she was a girl, but honestly Eff, it felt so right and natural I couldn't fight it."

"So are you going to see her again?" Effy asked.

Naomi shook her head and once more she could feel the tears pricking in her eyes, "We've got no way of contacting each other. Her parents live in Bristol but she's off to uni in the autumn. Honestly Eff, it seemed like the right thing to do at the time but I can't help thinking I've just made the biggest mistake of my life."

She was forced out of her reminiscing by a loud cough, which made her look up. Doug is staring at her strangely.

"You looked miles away there Naomi, I want to introduce the next new student to you. This is Jonah Jones, Jonah this is Naomi Campbell." Doug says as he introduces them.

"Hello, I'm Jonah Jeremiah Jones, but everyone calls me JJ. Well not everyone, my Mum calls me Jonah, and Doug has just called me Jonah, but everyone else calls me JJ. I like JJ I think it's cooler than Jonah, not that I'm cool, I'm a bit of a geek, but I like computers so I wasn't ever going to be anything else." Finally he pauses for breath.

Naomi is staring at him with a slightly confused look on her face, why is his name familiar? she thinks before she smiles at him. "You're JJ, Emily's friend right? The one who gets locked on?"

It is now JJ's turn to be confused, "But I thought you'd only just met Emily. Did she talk about me?"

Shit, what an idiot of course we're only supposed to have just met, how could I have slipped up, Naomi thinks before replying, "Yes, she did. She said you were probably one of her best friends at Kingsmead."

"Oh wow, that's just brilliant. Emily is such a wonderful girl." JJ replies with a big grin.

Oh God, he clearly likes her and now I've made him think she was talking about him. Rapid subject change needed, Naomi thinks trying hard not to feel jealous because someone else likes Emily too.

"So you like computers, what did you think of the IT room here?" Naomi asked in a clear attempt to steer the conversation away from the redhead.

JJ suddenly grew animated, "Oh wow, it's brilliant and much better than our last school. I can't believe there is all the multimedia equipment as well..."

The blonde sighed as JJ continued to prattle on about the different hardware and software available at the school. She didn't really understand a word he was saying but she was relieved she'd managed to cover up her slip.

I'm going to have to be careful in future if I don't want the truth about how well I know Emily to get out, thought Naomi. She felt herself going slightly red as a wave of very dirty thoughts and images of the redhead naked popped into her brain, no it definitely wouldn't do if people found out exactly how intimately they knew each other.

Emily was watching Naomi and JJ's exchange with interest. JJ was clearly getting locked on at one point but Naomi seemed to bring him out of it by patiently waiting for him to finish. He then grew very animated not once but twice by what the blonde had said to him. Emily smiled to herself, she was very fond of JJ but knew lots of people thought he was weird but she was pleased Naomi had worked out who he was and was being nice to him. She was interrupted by a tap on the shoulder, she turned around to find her twin staring at her strangely.

"Just what the fuck was that all about?" Katie asked her with her arms folded.

Emily shrugged, "What are you talking about?"

Katie snorted "Don't play the innocent with me Emily, you know exactly what I mean. You and the blonde Head Girl, you were flirting with her and not very subtly."

Emily started to blush, "No I wasn't, I was just being friendly. It's what normal people do Katie, you should try it."

"Oh piss off, you were eye fucking her. I expected you to start twiddling with your hair and fluttering your eyelashes at one point." Katie replied.

"Katie, think what you want. I wasn't flirting, Jesus when do I have the confidence to flirt with someone as gorgeous as that?" Emily stated. As soon as the words left her mouth she inwardly groaned at her mistake.

Katie stared at her smugly, "Right so you admit you find her attractive, so now look me in the eye and tell me you weren't imagining what she'd look like naked."

I don't need to imagine what she'd look like naked, I can remember very clearly what she looks like without any clothes on, Emily thought with a smile.

"Alright Katie, you win. I think she's seriously fit." Emily replied.

"I'm sure you do." A voice behind them said and they both turned to see Effy standing there with a grin on her face.

"Who the fuck are you?" Katie asked with a sneer.

"I'm Effy and I already know you're Katie Fitch. You have quite a reputation, as many of the toilets in Bristol stand testament to." The brunette said with a smirk.

Emily tried very hard but she couldn't help the giggle escaping when she saw the surprised look on her twin's face. She watched as Katie turned to properly look at Effy.

"Listen bitch, you'd better watch what you're saying. You don't want to get on my wrong side, as I will unleash all sorts of hell into your life if you do." Katie spat.

Effy looked unconcerned, "Bring it on."

Katie's eyes narrowed and she pushed past the brunette as she stormed off, "Remember fucker, I'm watching you."

Once she was out of sight Emily burst out laughing, "Oh my God, I think you achieved something I've been trying to do most of my life, that's the first time I've ever seen Katie speechless."

Effy shrugged, "I can see why she's described as the evil twin, she's a bit of a cow isn't she?"

"She can be but deep down she's got a heart of gold." Emily answered.

Effy snorts, "It must be very deep down based on what I've seen and heard."

Emily frowned, "There's not really graffiti in the toilets across Bristol about her is there?" She knew her twin could be a bitch but she was still her sister and she'd hate to think people had written nasty things about her.

Effy shook her head, "No I made that up, but she doesn't know that."

Emily laughed again, "God, you two sound as evil as each other."

"So Emily, how did you enjoy your holiday in Cyprus this summer?" Effy asked with a smile.

The redhead spluttered before growing red, she quickly glanced at the blonde before she turned back to the brunette, "Er, how did you know I was in Cyprus?"

Effy studied her carefully, the look she'd seen Emily give Naomi before she answered her question had confirmed that her suspicions that the pair knew each other were right. It all slotted neatly into place but there was no point in embarrassing the redhead anymore than she had done. She might have been a bitch to her twin but Emily seemed nice.

"Just a lucky guess, it seemed to be the destination of choice this year." Effy replied.

Emily knew that Effy and Naomi were friends because Panda had told her but surely she couldn't just know. She thought back to the way the brunette had known instantly she was gay earlier and reassessed her opinion. Fuck she knows, Emily thought, how am I going to play this?

Emily sighed before looking directly at her, "Actually I enjoyed my holiday immensely, it was the best two weeks of my life."

Effy raised her eyebrow, she hadn't expected the redhead to be so upfront, well she's got balls, I'll give her that. "Hmmm, Naomi went to Cyprus and came back raving about it as well, she's hardly shut up about the fantastic time she had."

Emily blushed, "Really?"

Effy nodded, "Yeah I've never seen her so animated. You should compare notes later, somewhere private, the library reading room is always a safe bet as it's hardly ever in use."

Emily smiled at the brunette, "I was planning to go there after school today to check it out."

"That sounds like an excellent time to take a look." Effy said scribbling something on a piece of paper.

Once she had finished the brunette walked over to Naomi and handed her the note while whispering something in her ear. Emily watched as Naomi read the message before looking around searching for something. Finally her eyes rested on the redhead and she gave a small smile and a barely perceptible nod. Emily's stomach flipped as she smiled back. She looked away and stared at her watch, this was going to be the longest hour of her life.

Naomi walked quickly down the corridor towards the library, she had been held up tidying the common room after the meet and greet and she was late. She didn't want Emily to think she wasn't coming and for the redhead to leave. She paused and hovered outside of the library door, she was nervous about seeing Emily again, what if it was awkward and they had nothing to say to each other? What if she had built up what had happened in Cyprus into something more than it was and it was just a fling to Emily? She sighed, only one way to find out.

She tentatively pushed the library door and entered the room. The place was practically deserted, after all it was the first day of term and no one was that much of a swot. She was pleased when she saw Mrs Biggins the very nosy librarian was nowhere to be seen, she could do without the invasive questions. She made her way over to the reading room and slowly turned the doorknob. She opened the door slightly and softly gasped as she saw the redhead pacing up and down constantly checking her watch. She entered the room quietly and made her way up to Emily.

The blonde reached out and placed her hands over Emily's eyes causing her to jump, "Guess who?"

Even though she was facing away from her she could feel Emily smile as she finally relaxed, "I'm not really sure, can I have another clue?"

"Well, I'm blonde, have blue eyes and a very nice almost all over tan from a trip I took to Cyprus this summer." Naomi replied.

"Hmmm, don't tell me I'm already getting special treatment from the Head Girl, I'm honoured." Emily answered teasingly.

Naomi let her hands fall and smiled as the redhead slowly turned around. They looked at each other for a few seconds before squealing and embracing in a tight hug.

"What the fuck are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to be in Oxford reading English?" Naomi asked.

Emily raised her eyebrow, "Er hello, last time I checked this was Bristol not London and this is definitely a school not Goldsmiths Uni. You were the one who said we had to be honest and I recall you were the one who lied first."

"I thought you were older, I didn't want you to think I was some unsophisticated school kid. I didn't realise you were only 16." Naomi said sheepishly.

Emily scoffed, "Once again, hello. You were 16 too, I know you're 17 now, but so will I be in a couple of days. It's only the stupid academic timing that means we're in different years, we're practically the same age."

"Ok, it's a fair point. So we both lied and tried to make ourselves seem cooler, we're as bad as each other, deal?" Naomi suggested.

Emily nodded, "Ok it's a deal, but I was honest about everything else."

Naomi smiled as she finally released the redhead, "Me too."

They sat side by side on the table, awkwardly swinging their legs. "So Head Girl eh? Is that the only way you could make sure your authority issues didn't surface?" Emily asked with a smile.

Naomi laughed, "Pretty much, do you remember everything I told you?"

"Absolutely, I've got a memory like an elephant so all of the embarrassing things you shared are stored away just waiting to be revealed." Emily replied.

Naomi looked directly at her, "Hey, I've got my own ammunition on you as well remember and I'm not afraid to use it if I have to."

Emily paused before she licked her lips, "I guess we'll just have to trust each other to keep our secrets safe then."

Naomi gulped before she changed the conversation topic, "So what A levels are you doing?"

"English, naturally, with History and French. How about you?" Emily responded.

Naomi smiled, "It won't be a big shock, given your elephant like memory, to find out I'm studying Politics. But it might surprise you that I'm also doing History and French."

"Really, that's great, maybe we can study together sometimes, you know practice our French..." The redhead said playfully.

Naomi stared at her, "It's so good to see you, I missed you over the rest of the summer, I thought about you a lot."

Emily nodded, "Me too, I really regretted not getting your number. I didn't want to get caught out lying about uni but it started to feel like a more and more stupid reason the longer I thought about it."

"I know, and it seems even sillier now we've found out we were both lying." Naomi stated as she reached over and placed her hand on top of the redhead's.

Emily looked down at their two hands and gently rubbed Naomi's with her thumb, "So what's the deal with Effy then? Is she psychic or is it a trick? She guessed straight away that I was gay and it didn't take her long to work out we knew each other."

Naomi laughed, "I think it's a mixture of both, she's incredibly intuitive which can feel a bit like her being psychic. Of course the fact that I hardly shut up about you over the summer probably helped her out too."

"I didn't tell anyone about my holiday fling, not even Katie." Emily replied.

Naomi narrowed her eyes and pulled her hand away, "I see, I suppose it wasn't worth talking about if it was just a meaningless fling."

"Naomi, that's not what I meant." Emily pleaded.

"Really because that's what it sounded like." The blonde said as she got up from the table.

Emily sighed, "Where are you going?"

"I've got to meet Effy and I'm going out with Cook later, he's very demanding and hates to be kept waiting." Naomi spat at the redhead.

Emily looked like she had been punched, "Oh so it's back on with Cook is it? So tell me Naomi did you wait until you got home or did you phone him to arrange a fuck from the airport? You've got some nerve getting annoyed because I called what we shared in Cyprus a fling when it clearly meant nothing to you."

"I didn't think I was ever going to see you again, what was I supposed to do? Sit around moping and daydreaming about what would happen if we met each other by accident?" Naomi shouted at Emily.

Emily stared at her before going to the door, she turned to the blonde with tears in her eyes, "Why not? That's what I spent the rest of the summer doing."

Naomi watched her leave before she kicked the table in frustration, "FUCK IT." She screamed at the room, how the hell had that gone so spectacularly wrong?

Emily walked quickly to her locker and picked up her things. She wanted to get out of school as fast as she could, to go home and cry her eyes out. She strode purposefully out of the main entrance and towards the gates. Her mind was racing with a million thoughts but even they couldn't detract from the dull ache in her chest that was threatening to take over her whole body.

I should have known it was all one big experiment, she thought bitterly as she passed through the gates and out into the street beyond. That's why she had always been so strict with herself about not going for straight girls no matter how gorgeous they were, they always went back to cock in the end. She'd seen some of her friends get badly hurt when they fell for a straight girl, at first they loved the challenge of the chase and they'd be over the moon that they had managed to get the object of their affections to return their feelings. But eventually the novelty would wear off and they'd be left heartbroken as their 'girlfriend' would apologise and say she'd had a lot of fun but had decided she wasn't gay after all.

Emily thought back to Naomi's reaction when they'd first slept together in Cyprus, how ashamed and embarrassed she'd been. All the signs were there, she had just chosen to ignore them. She sighed, aware that she wasn't being very fair to the blonde, once they had talked and slept together properly Naomi didn't have any problem with being seen with her. She was happy to hold hands or kiss in public, she had told Emily that she wanted everyone to know the beautiful redhead was taken.

Emily shook herself, why did she always feel bad when she stood up to Naomi, it was obvious the blonde couldn't give a fuck about her feelings and what happened in Cyprus meant nothing to her. Except it wasn't obvious, up until the point Emily had referred to their romance, affair, whatever you wanted to call it, as a fling Naomi had been acting like she had missed Emily and wanted them to be together.

Yeah, well she's clearly a great actress because apparently it's Cook who she wants to be with, Emily thought. She wasn't really looking where she was going so she didn't notice the person come hurtling round the corner until it was too late. They collided and Emily landed in a heap on the floor before she heard a familiar laugh.

"Well, well Emily. I was hoping I'd run into you but not quite this literally." The girl said with a smirk as she helped the redhead up.

"Why would you want to run into me Melissa? Isn't what's her name enough for you anymore?" Emily said with a sigh.

Melissa frowned, "Look Em, I meant to apologise to you about all that. I tried calling you but Katie answered your phone and told me to fuck off and leave you alone."

Emily scowled, she didn't want to speak to her ex but she didn't want Katie making the decisions for her either. "Yeah, well Katie has always been protective of me, especially where lying, cheating bitches are concerned."

Melissa paused, "Emsie, I made a mistake. I should never have chosen Donna over you, she was all wrong for me and she never really cared about me the way you did."

Emily sneered at her, "Don't call me that, I told you only my family are allowed to call me that. What happened Melissa, did she cheat on you?"

Emily can see she has hit the nail on the head when she sees Melissa being to blush.

"It's not a nice feeling is it? Finding out you've been lied to and that someone else has been fucking your girlfriend when you thought you were the only one allowed to do that." Emily asks.

Melissa shook her head, "That's what made me realise how much I cared about you and how badly I'd treated you. I want you back Emily and I'll do anything to win you over."

Emily laughed, the irony of the situation wasn't lost on her. Two months ago she would have done anything to have Melissa standing in front of her telling her she wanted them to get back together. Now all she could think about was Naomi.

Melissa gave her an encouraging smile, totally misunderstanding the meaning of the laughter, "Does this mean we have a chance?"

Emily paused, "No Melissa, it doesn't, I've met someone else. You and I are finished."

"I'm not giving up Em, I will do what it takes to get you back. I'll see you at school tomorrow." Melissa stated.

"What do you mean, you'll see me at school? You didn't transfer to Parkview." Emily said with a confused look.

Melissa smiled, "Actually I did, I changed my choice over the summer. Let's see how long your resistance lasts when you have to see me every day."

Emily sighed, "It won't make a blind bit of difference."

Melissa blew her a kiss as she turned to leave, "We'll see Emsie, we'll see."

Naomi walked outside and went to find Effy finally admitting defeat. She had looked all over for the redhead since leaving the library but Emily had disappeared without a trace. It wasn't like she even had her phone number so she could call or text and apologise. She stopped, apologise for what? She wasn't the one who had dismissed what they shared in Cyprus as a 'fling', she wasn't the one who had reduced something special to a mistake.

She sighed and rubbed her temples, she knew she had overreacted but it had hurt her when Emily had said she'd kept their fling a secret, it was the one thing that had always scared her when she thought about the holiday - what if it had meant more to her than Emily. Her first thought was that the redhead was ashamed of her, that she had been fine as a fuck in the sun but Emily didn't want to be with her back in Bristol where she might have to introduce her to her family or something. But deep down she didn't really think that was true, she had seen the way Emily had looked at her once she had got over the surprise at seeing her again.

As expected she found Effy round the back of the school in the smoking area. She wearily walked towards her slumped against the wall when she got there.

"Give me one of those." She demanded.

Effy shrugged as she handed her a fag, "I thought you'd stopped."

"I have, I just need one right now." Naomi sighed.

She inhaled the smoke and drew it into her lungs before blowing out again.

"So I'm guessing things didn't go to plan with the redhead from Cyprus then?" Effy asked.

Naomi shook her head, "Not exactly. We were getting along fine, no better than that, until she decided to call what happened a 'fling' and mention she'd been too embarrassed to tell anyone about it."

Effy raised her eyebrow, "That's strange because she was fairly upfront with me earlier when she realised I'd worked out who she was."

Naomi shot her a dirty look, "Alright know it all, she might not exactly have said she'd been too embarrassed but she did call it a fling."

"And you made a meal of things and overreacted." Effy said.

Naomi sighed, "I was hurt, it wasn't a fling to me, it was special. I couldn't help lashing out."

Effy snorted, "Oh God, what did you do?"

Naomi shifted uncomfortably, "Nothing much."

Effy looked at her and waited patiently for the blonde to continue. Eventually the intensity of the brunette's stare got too much for Naomi.

"For fuck's sake, stop looking at me like that. I might have implied that I was back with Cook, ok?" Naomi said sheepishly.

"What the fuck did you do that for?" Effy exploded.

Naomi shrugged, "I've already told you I was hurt, I wanted her to feel some of the pain I was feeling."

Effy scoffed, "Oh way to go Naomi. All you've talked about since you got back from holiday is Emily. How she made you feel, how it felt different to anyone else you'd slept with, how much you regretted not keeping in contact with her. So what so you do on the day you meet her again? Get angry, throw your toys out of the pram and let her think you've been shagging Cook all summer. She might have mistakenly called it a fling, but right now I can guarantee she's feeling totally shit because she thinks you used her as some sort of holiday lesbian experiment before running straight back into the loving arms of your boyfriend."

Naomi is shocked, "Oh don't be so dramatic Eff, she knows it wasn't like that, Emily knows it meant much more to me than a stupid experiment."

Effy shakes her head, "Not at the moment she doesn't. Think about how you reacted at first, how upset and unsure Emily was when you kept pretending you were only interested in her when you were drunk. Even though you changed your behaviour don't you think Emily was always a bit scared you were lying, that it wasn't real?"

Naomi groaned loudly, "Oh fuck, what am I going to do?"

Effy shrugged, "I don't know, but one thing's for sure, she's not going to even talk to you if she thinks you're with Cook."

Naomi stares at her friend and knows she is right, she was stupid to make Emily think she'd forgotten about her so quickly. She can still picture the hurt look on the redhead's face when Naomi had said what she did about Cook, it was exactly the same as when she had pretended to be drunk before they had sex. Suddenly an idea comes to her, she knows what she is going to do.

Effy looked at her quizzically, "What are you smiling about?"

"It's Emily's birthday this week so I'm going to make her a present that shows her how much Cyprus meant to me and I'm going to write her a letter, telling her exactly how I feel about her." Naomi says triumphantly.

Effy linked her friend's arm as they began to walk home, "A love letter, how very old fashioned."

Naomi paused, "Hey, I think it's romantic. What?"

Effy shook her head, "I'm just annoyed with myself for not picking it up earlier. I'm usually far more perceptive than this."

"Picking up what?" Naomi asked.

"You are so gay." Effy said with a smirk.

Naomi thought of Emily and smiled, "I know."