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Monday morning soon dawned Rita had to drag herself out of bed, the only thing that literally forced her not to fall back to sleep was the fact they were picking Connie up in half an hour. Rita sat of the edge of her and ran her hands through her hair. She had spoken to Connie a couple of times over the weekend but they had been able to meet up.

Rita pulled on her clothes and tided her shoelaces. After brushing her hair and shoving her books into her bag made her way down the stairs. Her mum had made her a drink and a piece of toast. She sat down ate and drank quickly. Then it was time to get into the car.

Rita sat staring out of the window the music on the radio running through her thoughts. 'I know cuz I've spent half this morning thinking about the t-shirt you sleep in' the sleepover was playing in her mind. She could feel the ghost of Connie's lips against her own. Things wouldn't be quite the same at school now.

They stopped outside Connie's house, Rita drew in a breath. Her mum sounded the horn. The front door opened. In the doorway stood Connie she was now using her crutches. Rita watched from the car window as Connie hobbled down the path. Rita's mum got out of the car and held the door open so Connie could slid herself in next to Rita. Connie's fingers brushed the back of Rita's hand as she buckled herself in. once the door was closed they set off to school.

Ritas mum pulled up just outside the school gates. And Rita got out first before taking the crutches from Connie and holding out a hand to steady her as her one fully functioning foot made contact with the ground. Rita said goodbye to her mum and the two girls smiled at each other. Connie looked at Rita's lips, they were soft and so kissable but not yet not here. Rita took Connie's bag from her and they set off down the drive. It seemed longer today, but that was probably due to the fact it was taking them a lot longer than it normally would have but Rita didn't care it was more time that she would be about the stare at her girlfriend. She is my girlfriend right? Rita thought to herself. Can I call her that? Rita pushed those thoughts aside and carried on walking. They soon made it to the doors. They walked into reception. They both had a free period first today. Connie had to go to reception to get a key for the lift.

Once the key had been acquired they made their way to Rita's locker which was on the lower floor and right near the end corridor. She shoved her folders into the locker and closed it again. Then they walked to the lift. Connie place the key into the hole and turned it. The lift came to life, the doors opened and they entered. As the doors closed behind them they were alone. Connie stepped forward taking an arm from her crutch to touch her fingers to Rita's cheek. She titled the blondes head up and kissed her. Her lips lingered on Rita's until the distinctive sound of the stopping lift filling the air. Rita smiled.

"Does this mean in your girlfriend?"

"If you want to be, you can be whatever you want to be, all I care about is the fact I love and don't ever want to live a day without you."

The lift doors opened and they were once again visible to the world. They walked towards Connie's locker and Rita bent down to place her things away. Then their next stop was to sign in. after letting the lady know they were here it was back to the lift and into the canteen.

They were pretty early so bagged a sofa in the corner. The plopped down. Connie took out her tablet from the bag Rita had been carrying. She unlocked it. 71114 she typed in. Rita took a second before realising that was the date of the sleepover, the date they first kissed. A smile graced her lips. Connie had moved onto a different screen she clicked on the videos icon and up popped the hunger games catching fire. Connie lifted up her bag again and took out a set of headphones. She plugged them into the device and handed Rita an earpiece.

"I thought as we didn't get chance to watch anymore id bring it to school with me." Connie smiled to Rita.

"You're amazing did you know that?"

"Well I definitely do now."

Connie pressed play and the girls slumped back into the seat the film resting between them. The next hour or so flew by and soon the canteen became something of a bustle of energy. People sat in groups eating and chatting, catching up with friends after the weekend. Connie and Rita stayed put. Rita now had her head resting against Connie's shoulder and Connie had placed her arm around Rita bring her body closer.

As the last break filter in, the film credits began to play. Rita sat up and stretched. They both removed the earpieces and Connie put the tablet back into her bag. Rita let herself fall back again and Connie did the same. Connie reached out and pushed the little bit of hair from Ritas cheek, smiling as she admired her beauty. She lifted her head and scanned the room, no eyes were looking their way she placed a quick kiss on Rita's nose. Rita responded by leaning closer and covering Connie's lips with her own the kiss was brief but it was enough until later. The bell sounded for next lesson to begin and the girls had to go their separate ways. They hugged goodbye, they wouldn't see each other until 2pm now meaning that would be when they could finally go home.

Rita walked along the upstairs corridor she looked down over the banister and saw Connie stating in reception waiting for her. She quickly picked up pace and made her way down the stairs. She flung her arms around Connie.

"Hello. Shall we be off?"

Rita led the way out of the school and up the drive. They reached the gates and soon were outside and free. They began to weak down the road. They chatted between them about lessons and random other things. Connie just followed Rita. They turned the corner and then went through the alley. Connie looked up. They were outside the milkshake shack. Connie smiled and then kissed Rita's cheek.

"I thought this might cheer you up."

"Seeing you cheers me up."

Rita pushed down the door handle and a little bell rang out as the entered. Alice was stood behind the counter. She let out a slight gasp when she caught sight of Connie's leg.

"Hello Girls. Connie dear what has happened to you?"

"I'm okay Alice. I just fell playing football."

"We'll get better soon. Now what can I get you?"

"I'll have an aero bubble one and Rita will have an Oreo one."

"Okay that's £4, take a seat and I'll bring them over in a minute."

"Thank you."

They went and sat down on the table in the far corner. Connie stood her crutches behind them. Rita sat opposite Connie, looking into her eyes. She has an overwhelming desire to kiss her right there and then. But tried to resist her urges. Connie placed her hand over Rita's that was resting on the table. Rita broke out of her daydream.

"Rita you okay?"

"Yeah sorry I got lost in your eyes."

"You're just too cute." Connie pressed her finger lightly to the tip of Rita's nose.

"And you're absolutely breathtakingly Gorgeous."

Alice had been listening to their little conversation. And she walked over with their milkshakes.

"Here you go. And by the way you two are so adorable. I'm so happy that you found each other."

The girls blushed both of them not sure how to respond. So just smiled and nodded. The sat the rest of the time in a comfortable silence. Both drinking and looking up for the occasional glance in the others direction.

Once their cups were empty they stood up said goodbye and left. Once outside Rita rang her mum to ask if she could come and pick them up, to which her mum said she would. The made their way to the car park in the next street. The sat next to each other on the little wall. Connie had her arm around Rita. Rita lifted her head and kissed Connie. Once, then twice and then she just couldn't stop. She kissed her over and over. Every kiss feeling that little bit more special than the last. Connie held Rita's face, kissing her back. They pulled apart, both of them trying to catch their breath. Rita kissed Connie one last time just as her mum turned the corner. They stood up off the wall and climbed into the car.

They drove home and Rita's mum questioned them about their day and asked how school was. And then they dropped Connie home. Rita waved out of the window. Then she took to watching the world flash by as she was taken home. Another night of dreaming about who they could be.