AN: As promissed here it is chapter 6. I have to confess, I would never thought I would finish it so early and quickly as I did. But the words and ideas just kept coming out of me. This chapter has a particularity, it's the first one where i write from a characters POV, so I hope I did well. Above all, I had fun doing it, and I hope that you also have fun reading it! Once again, I would like your reviews, they're the only way for me to know if I'm doing good or bad writing this story. Without further delays, enjoy!

Disclamer: As usual, Skins still doesn't belong to me.

CHAPTER 6

After enjoying the company of each other a bit more, Naomi and Emily returned to their friends, only to find they were not there anymore.

"You sure took your time walking." Effy said with a smug smile appearing from behind a tree.

"Yeah we just couldn't resist stopping for a while to look at the flowers." Naomi said nonchalant, asking right after, "Where the others anyway?"

"You took so long they went ahead to the lake for a swim." Effy pointed to the water.

"But they didn't have swimming clothes with them, did they?" Emily asked confused.

Effy and Naomi smiled to one another, with Naomi saying to Emily, "Ems, they don't need any swimming clothes, they just get in with whatever they have on."

"Or with no clothes at all, like it happens most of the times." Effy added.

"Oh, I see." Emily paused for a moment, "Are you two going to get in too?"

"Nah… I'm not up for that today." Naomi said, turning to Effy, "What about you Eff?"

"Maybe later."

"Later? It's going to be freezing by then." Emily said concerned.

"Relax; it's not a problem for me." Effy soothed her.

Emily decided she shouldn't insist more, it was not her place to.

"Do you want to go Emily?" Naomi asked her.

"Oh no! I can't, I haven't brought any clothes with me and I sure won't enter only in my bra and knickers."

"Who says you have to get in in your bra and knickers?" Naomi teased.

"Well how am I suppos…" Emily looked at her shocked as soon as she realized what Naomi meant, "Are you really suggesting that I go in without any clothes?!"

Naomi smiled wickedly saying, "Well if you insist, be my guest!" And burst into laughter.

Emily punched her lightly on the arm and called her a pervert.

"Wow, you have quite a punch! Almost left me bruised."

"Shut up!" The read headed said smiling at the blonde.

"Cute." They heard, suddenly noticing Effy staring at them smiling. Emily looked away embarrassed and Naomi cleared her throat.

Right after that, they heard Cook and Cassie got out of the water and coming to meet them.

"Lovely birdies, the water was fantastic!" Cook said enthusiastically and shaking the water of his hair.

"Cook! Watch out, you're getting us wet!" Naomi warned him.

"And would that be a bad thing? Getting three fine ladies like you all wet?" He said wiggling his eyebrows and showing his childish grin.

"Fuck's sake Cook." Naomi said slapping him in the shoulder. "And you say I'm the pervert!" She said whispering to Emily, which earned her a laugh from the petit girl.

"Gosh such a beautiful smile" Naomi thought to herself.

Cassie went to sit next to her cousin and linked her arm to hers, "Emsy you would love the water, it was so good. Promise you will go swimming with me next time!" She pleaded with puppy eyes.

"Ahah, how could I say no to those eyes of yours?" Emily smiled, resting her head on Cassie's shoulder.

The friends stood there until a bright full moon was up high in the night sky, and all through that time, Naomi couldn't help but cast a few glances now and then to Emily and Cassie, envying the proximity they had with one another. However, she decided to focus just on the beauty in front of her, with her perfect cute and little button nose. Those brown orbs of chocolate that reflected the beauty of the moonlight and her cute rose lips that curved into the most beautiful smile. For some reason, yet unknown to her, she wanted to know everything about Emily. What she already knew about that feeling was that she would have to work hard to get to that point. Moreover, for the first time, she was willing to make such effort.

After a few hours the picnic was over and the group of friends decided it was time to go home. Cook offered to take Cassie and Emily home, since he already was giving a ride to Naomi and Effy.

"Nah Cookie, there's no need to. Emily and I brought our bikes. Thanks anyway." Cassie said leaning in to give him a kiss on the cheek, making him blush.

"Wow, James Cook blushing? I guess there's a first time for everything." Naomi said smiling amused.

"Shut up!" Cook said embarrassed, making the others laugh.

"Cassie maybe we should get going, you know that it will be bad if we arrive too late." Emily asked her.

"Yeah you're right. Let's go then."

Cook, Naomi and Effy accompanied the two girls to their bikes. When they went to say their goodbyes, Naomi got closer to Emily and whispered, "Are you sure you don't want a ride?"

"Don't worry. As long as I'm with Cassie I'm good." Emily whispered back trying to reassure the blonde.

"Ok then. Have a good night." She said kissing her goodbye on the cheek, leaving Emily speechless and blushing.

Naomi then turned to Cassie, "Well have a safe trip ladies, call me when you get back alright?"

"Don't worry, I will." She said hugging the girl and the rest of her friends goodbye.

Half an hour passed and the two cousins finally got home. They left their bikes in the shed and went to the house.

"Cassie!" Emily whispered, "How are we supposed to get in this late without being caught?"

"Just follow me!" Cassie said going to the kitchen backdoor and stopping next to it to peek inside.

"I think the coast is clear!"

Emily started giggling, earning a disapproving look from Cassie.

"I'm sorry! It's just that we look like we are burglars trying to rob the house."

"Yes very funny, but it won't be so funny if we're caught. So shush you're pretty mouth."

Emily raised her hands in surrender smiling.

"Ok let's go now!" Cassie said grabbing Emily's hand and dragging her through the kitchen and into the stairs leading to their rooms.

"I can't believe we did it! We should do it more often." The read headed said.

"You're really getting hooked to these sneaking outs."

Emily just shrugged her shoulders, "Well we should go to sleep now, we have classes early in the morning."

"Oh that's right, I have forgotten." Cassie said rolling her eyes in desperation.

Emily gave her a know it all look, "You're going to skip it aren't you?"

"We'll see." Her cousin said shrugging her shoulders.

"Ok, good night then."

"Good night, sleep tight."

And with that the two girls each went to their rooms, for a well-rested sleep.

THE NEXT MORNING

EMILY'S POV:

I hear my alarm ring going off and have a sudden urge to hit the damn thing. Opening my eyes, I see the bright numbers marking the hour. "Seven-thirty", it says. God it's still too early! I turn to the other side covering myself with the duvet, when suddenly I hear a knock on the door.

"Miss Emily, it's time for breakfast!" my favourite maid says.

"I might be a bit late for that today! I think I'll just eat when I get to school!" I say trying to avoid the boredom that is the family breakfast.

"Oh but your father won't like that, you know how he gets!"

"Yeah well, he doesn't like it when I'm late for school either, so it's better this way." I say to her while getting the clothes out of my closet and making my way to the bathroom.

"You've got a point there miss. I'll let him know that you won't be present then!" She said leaving me to get ready.

After taking a refreshing shower I opt for a pair of jeans, a red blouse and black sneakers, grabbing my backpack on the way to the car.

"Good morning Alfred!" I say to the driver while getting in the car.

"Good morning Miss Emily! Fine weather today isn't it?"

I smile at him, "Yes it is! Such a shame I have to be stuck in class all day long…"

He smiles back at me, "I agree with you, you youngsters should be enjoying this time while it lasts." He pauses for a while, "Don't tell your dad I said that, he would kill me."

I laugh at him, "Don't worry, this stays just between us."

A few more minutes pass and we arrive at school. I say my goodbyes to Alfred and make my way to the entrance leading to the corridors searching for my locker. Once I'm there I leave some of my books and look at my schedule for the day.

Let's see… Maths first thing in the morning, ugh seriously? Dealing with problems after I just woke up? What's next? Oh English! That's more like it! After that… Ah lunch! Wonderful! And then in the afternoon… Biology! That's a good one too! Well today isn't going to be so bad after all and no special powers class either! Thank god… Really not in the mood for those!

I'm interrupted from my thoughts when I feel a light tap on my shoulder. "Hey Emily! Looking lovely today!" A boy with curly hair and a goofy smile says.

"Hey JJ! I was distracted looking through my schedule. How are you?"

"I'm good! See, I already memorized my whole schedule and I noticed that you and I have some classes together! Isn't that brilliant?" He says to me a bit too much enthusiastically, "So I thought we could sit together!"

"Yeah, sure. I would like that!" Why did I just lied? Me and my stupid need of pleasing everyone. I mean don't get me wrong, JJ is a sweet guy, but he is also boring. Most of the times I don't even know what he is talking about, since I've already spaced out half an hour ago.

"Well shall we go then? The class will start in a few minutes!" He says to me insistently.

I nod in agreement walking along with him. Sometimes I feel bad for finding him boring, not only because he is such a nice and kind person, but also because truthfully, I have no more friends in school besides him. Since I got to this school, he was the only one who gave me a chance to show my true self. It's really hard to make friends when you belong to the most important and known family of the city. Everyone just sees me as a cocky and rich bitch, which isn't even remotely true. That's one of the reasons I feel that I can't be myself around other people, because since everybody already "knows" so much about who I am, then why bother showing them my true self?

"Emily do you want to sit over there?" JJ asks me pointing to a desk near the window.

"Yeah sure, it's nice by the window." I give him a small smile.

We sit down next to each other, me staying next to the window. At least I can look outside at nature and be reminded of what a great weather I'm wasting while being bombarded with problems about how many melons Jimmy can buy if he has ten pounds and still wants to buy bubble-gum at fifty cents.

Suddenly JJ touches my shoulder and points with his head to the teacher and I realize he's introducing someone to class. No fucking way! I know those eyes, and that blonde hair… Naomi? What is she doing here? Suddenly my heart starts to beat profusely and I feel like it's going to rip of my chest. I stare at her with my mouth half open in surprise and when she notices me she suddenly goes silent.

"Miss Campbell, is something wrong?" I hear the teacher asking.

"Oh no, I'm sorry, I lost my train of thought." She explains a bit embarrassed.

"Well then, don't worry about that. Now that you already introduced yourself, you may seat and welcome to our class!"

She gives a small thanks and goes to sit in a table on the other side of the room.

I look at her giving her a small smile, which makes her smile back and wave.

I lay back in my chair and continue to smile happily, sighing. I think this is not going to be such a bad year after all.

AN: Well there it is, I hope you liked it. I wanna thank KayEff for her support since the beginning. Every review of hers gives me hope and confidence to always write the next chapter. If you could follow her example by also leaving a review just write it right below. I would really be thankful to you. Thank you for reading! :)