AN: I'm so sorry I took so long to post a new chapter. I had a massive case of writer's block combined with a lot of lazyness. I hope you're still with me, in this chapter I tried to finally bring Naomi and Emily a bit more together. So, heads up, specially cute NAOMILY moment, but not yet with smut. With that being said, enjoy the chapter ;)

Disclamer: Skins UK doesn't belong to me (unfortunately), only my characters do.

CHAPTER 5

After both girls left the house, Emily followed Cassie into the small shed situated in the back garden to get their bikes. Each girl grabbed their own bike and went out into the road. They rode by an old trail that was next to a field with different trees with a variety of fruits. They loved the view; they had walked there hundreds of times now, since they were little kids. After the field with trees, there was a river with a bridge in between. While passing through the bridge Emily couldn't help smiling mesmerized with her surroundings. Cassie looked at her and smiled back, happy to see her cousin enjoying herself. A few minutes later she turned to Emily and said, "Ems the place we'll be having the picnic is right over there. We should stop here."

Emily nodded in agreement and followed right behind her cousin, as she stopped her bike next to a tree that was next to a straight way leading to the lake. "This is beautiful Cassie! I'd never guess we had this place so close to home." Emily said admired.

"Yeah I know, it is indeed beautiful! I love it so much." Cassie said smiling.

"Cassie! There you are!" A voice shouted not too far from them.

"Cookie! Hey!" She said approaching the boy to give him a hug.

He hugged her back and said laughing, "Ah! You do love my bear hugs!"

Emily stand there watching them a bit shy, but as soon as Cook noticed her, he said, "Emily girl! You too, come give a hug to the Cookie Monster!" Opening his arms.

She hugged him back, a bit reluctant at first, but eventually let herself go and immerse in his embrace. "I like it!" She thought to herself, smiling.

"Cookie, you are smothering the poor girl, give her some space." A girl said laughing behind Cook.

Emily gulped after seeing that it was Naomi. "She is beautiful with her hair tied back together; I can really see her amazing blue eyes…"

"Hey Emily! Are you all right? You look a little off…" She asked her with concern.

"Oh yes! I'm fine thanks! Just spaced out a bit!" Emily said trying to shut down her thoughts about the blonde-haired girl. Those kind of thoughts were strange to her.

"Well then let's go meet the others! Cassie is already with them." He said to both girls.

"Oh Emily! Effy was just telling me that Tony and Michelle are not coming!" Cassie said as she saw both girls and Cook coming towards her.

"Oh… Why?" Emily asked a bit worried.

Cook turned to her and said, "Oh don't worry little bird, he and Michelle just had other fun things to do."

Emily nodded to him, "Well I guess I'll see them another time then!"

"Wow Emsy! Look at you! Already thinking about a next time! I like what I'm hearing!" Cassie said to her.

Emily smiled shyly to them. "Well then, shall we sit with Effy then?" Cook asked looking at the girls.

"Sure! It looks like you're going to have some trouble today, seeing you're the only man here today." Naomi said jokingly.

Cook laughed loudly at that and said, "Naomi dear, you've never seen me complaining for having so many beautiful girls all to myself!"

Naomi lightly punched him the shoulder, laughing along, "You wish!"

After they were all seated in front of the lake, Cassie and Emily put down the towel and picnic baskets they had brought.

"Wow! You made all this? You are amazing!" Cook said excited.

"It wasn't that much trouble. It's just some sandwiches…" Emily said.

"Nonsense! They look really yummy and I bet they taste good!" Naomi said to Emily.

"It does look good girls, thank you!" Effy said to them smiling.

"Well then, dig in!" Both girls said to their friends.

As they were eating, the friends kept talking between bites, telling jokes and enjoying themselves together. The weather was a perfect clear and blue sky with the sunrays warming them up. After they finished eating, they laid down looking to the beautiful view in front of them. Cook ended up nodding off along with Cassie, and Effy had gone for a smoke, leaving only Emily and Naomi left awake.

Emily giggled turning to Naomi, "I can't believe they fell asleep!"

Naomi laughed along and said, "Oh those two always do that after a good meal, especially if it has a few special beverages involved." And winked at Emily.´

"Yeah, we probably shouldn't have brought so much wine."

Both girls laughed a bit loudly, "Shh, we must keep quiet. Trust me, you don't want to wake up Cook. He turns into a moody bloke if we do that."

Emily nodded and eventually they stopped with the giggles. Naomi turned her eyes again to the view in front of them, but somehow Emily found herself more interested in the view by her side. She couldn't help but cast a few glances to the blonde now and then. She liked how her nose, although long, fitted perfectly into her beautiful face. How she would bite her plump and rosy lips, while she was interested in what was in front of her. And her eyes, Emily couldn't help but stare in wonder at them, the two orbs of an azure so pure like clear water, where she would gladly swim. But she was taken back to reality as soon Naomi noticed her stare.

"Hum… Emily, you are staring…" Naomi said feeling awkward.

"Oh I'm so sorry, I was distracted!" Emily said trying to find an explanation.

Naomi laughed a bit embarrassed, "You can tell me. Is there something on my face?"

"No, you are perfect" Emily thought to herself, but she quickly answered the girl, "No, your face is fine! Really! I was just thinking. Don't worry!" She ended up saying, trying to shut up the voice in her head.

Naomi raised her eyebrows at her and with a smirk said to the girl, "Oh so my face is "fine". Well that's a way of putting it!"

"No! That's not… You're beautiful, not just fine!" Emily answered her, immediately feeling her cheeks turning bright red after realizing what she had just said.

The blonde started laughing, "Well will you look at that, you face just turned the colour of your hair!" She said pointing at Emily's face.

"Shut up… Didn't you say we should keep quiet?" Emily said trying to change the subject.

Naomi looked at her and smiled, "You're right. Let's take a walk then, so we can talk more."

"Oh… Ok." Emily said a bit unsure and got up following the tall blonde.

The two girls went through another path where there were flowers of every kind and colour. Emily couldn't keep herself from looking around at every step she took. Meanwhile Naomi's attention was on the petit red headed; she was quite amused with the look of wonder and happiness on Emily's face. Her eyes shining bright reminded her those of a child looking at a toy store. "She has such a cute face", Naomi thought to herself, but immediately cleared her throat to get Emily's attention.

"So Emily, like what you see?" She asked smiling.

The red headed turned her attention to the bright blue eyes staring at her, "Ah, yes! It's mesmerizing!" Emily answered smiling back.

"Indeed. I used to come here all the time with my brother and my mother when we were little." Naomi told her with a small smile, turning her gaze to the ground.

Emily thought for a while if she should ask her more about that, but eventually she decided to, "Oh you don't come here anymore?"

Naomi continued to look at the ground and answered her, "Not really. Eventually there came a time where it was just my mother and I coming here. She was the best person I had. My brother and I grew apart more and more every day, and my relationship with my father was never in the best terms."

"I'm sorry to hear that…" Emily said and touched her shoulder.

"It's ok. It was a long time ago anyway…" Naomi answered trying to brush it off.

They continued to walk after that, and when they reached a spot with a bench, they sat there together.

"You know Naomi; this is a very beautiful place. I'm glad you took me here, thank you!" Emily turned to her smiling kindly.

"I don't know why, but I had the impression that you would like it."

Emily laughed, "What? Like intuition?"

"Call it all you want honey, but I did have a feeling, and apparently I was right." Naomi smiled at her smugly.

Emily raised her eyebrows and replied, "Just good luck I guess…"

Both girls started laughing together and after the laughter subsided, they just stood there looking at each other.

"God her laugh is sexy as hell, with that raspy voice of hers", Naomi thought.

Emily eventually diverted her gaze to the flowers in front of them, bright red roses, lots of them, just the way she loved them.

Naomi followed her gaze and smiled, "You like them?"

"I do, very much. They're actually my favourite kind of flowers." Emily answered.

"Oh that's right! Naomi I almost forgot to tell you!" Emily turned to the blonde.

"What is it?" Naomi asked curious and also a bit nervous, although she didn't quite knew why yet.

"I wanted to tell you the other night, but I guess I didn't have the courage…" Emily tried to justify herself.

"It's ok, you can tell me now. Something the matter?"

"No, no! I just wanted to say that I really liked your concert; your voice is amazing!" Naomi laughed at her.

"Hey I'm serious! I loved your voice; you got me fixated on you through all the song." Emily confessed embarrassed.

"Well that is very nice to hear from you Emily! Thank you!" Naomi said getting up and walking to the roses.

Emily looked at her confused and asked her, "What are you doing?"

Naomi lingered down to pluck one of the roses, quickly standing up again and walking to Emily.

She extended the rose to the red headed and said with a serious tone, "This my lady, is a rose, for my number one fan!"

Emily looked at her with her eyes wide open, "You can't be serious."

Naomi started to laugh, "Come on Emily, I'm being a gentleman here. Just accept my rose, or do you want to break my heart?" She said in a mocking tone putting her hand to her chest.

Emily erupted with laughter, "I'm sorry! Yes my kind and handsome gentleman, I accept your gift! Thank you!" She said taking the rose in her hands and grinning at Naomi.

Naomi smiled back and sat down again next to her, both girls in silence just enjoying the landscape.

A few minutes passed and Emily spoke again, playing with the rose in her hands, "You know I have to confess, this is the first time someone gave me a flower."

The blonde looked at her admired, "Seriously? I'd never guess, a girl as beautiful as you."

Emily smiled shyly and said, "It's true. No one ever notices me like that, well… No one ever notices me at all." She laughed bitterly.

Naomi put a hand on the girl's shoulder, "Emily, look at me." The petit girl looked at her with sad eyes and Naomi said, "You are beautiful ok? Believe me! You caught my attention from the moment I set my eyes on you."

Emily gave her a small smile and Naomi talked again, "Hell I sounded like a creep just now."

This time Emily laughed a bit, "I'm serious, it sounded much better in my head! But anyway, I'm still right. You are beautiful." Naomi smiled kindly at her.

"Thank you Naomi, for making me feel better." Emily said putting her hand on Naomi's.

"Don't mention it." Naomi smiled happily, liking the warmth of the petit girl's hand.

Although both girls just had met each other for a few days, they already felt a connection. A connection that was different from the ones they have ever felt before.

AN: I know I'm going slow with the story, and that's why I want your opinions, because I need to know if you think I should advance a bit faster with the story, or if it's going at a normal rythm. Leave me all the opinions you can. Meanwhile I already started writing the next chapter and hopefully I will post it by the end of the week or in the beginning of next week. Thank you for reading!