I look down at her hand then back up at her.

Is this really happening? I could've sworn it was all a dream.

"Emily." I smile, reach out, and shake the hand in front of mine.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" She blurts out as soon as our hands return to our sides. I'm taken aback, obviously.

"What do you mean, 'do I have a girlfriend?'" I laugh nervously, and it shows.

She raises her eyebrows and takes another drag of her cigarette.

I sigh. I look at Katie, who is mouthing the word 'yes!' doing two thumbs up. I hesitate, before shutting my eyes and turning back to Naomi. I shake my head.

"No. I don't." Katie's going to kill me, she's trying to teach me 'how to play hard-to-get' at the moment. All of that went out the window when I laid eyes on Naomi though.

She smiles, and then looks at the ground shyly as she bites her lip. I suppose she's not all confident then. I kind of liked her confidence though. She was the perfect amount of confidence without seeming cocky. Well, okay, maybe a little cocky. Just as she's about to say something, the bus pulls up.

She hesitates again.

"Is this your bus?"

"Yeah. I tell her. Yours?" she grins.

She takes one last, long drag of her smoke before dropping it and standing on it.

"Katie," I say, remembering my twin who I had been with. "Have you got the bus card?"

"Do I look like an idiot or something?" She asks bluntly walking up to Naomi and I, standing in the queue to get on the bus.

Naomi sniggers then looks down, trying to hide it. Ha, I like her already.

Katie glares at us both and pushes us out of the way and gets on. She pays then passes the bus card to me before strutting ahead and sitting down at the back of the bus.

"Sorry, none left." The driver says to me when I put my card in the slot. Dammit.

"Argh, fucks sake, Katie there's none left do you have any change?" I yell to Katie, a whole busload of people staring at me, embarrassingly enough.

Just as she gets up, I feel a soft hand on my arm.

"It's okay, I've got it." I look at the hand then up and Naomi and smile.

"Two please." Naomi says politely to the driver, hands him the money and we move to the back of the bus.

I sit down next to Katie and Naomi sits in front of us.

What do I do? Do I talk to her? Fuck, I've never been good at this sort of shit. Flirting. Grrr, I hated it. I look at Katie with wide eyes. 'What do I do?' I mouth.

Katie shrugs her shoulders. A few seconds later Katie reaches out and grabs a hold of Naomi's blonde hair, curling her fingers in it.

Just as Naomi is about to turn around, she snatches her hand back and stares nonchalantly out the window, leaving my startled and staring at Naomi.

She raises her eyebrows and smiles at me.

"Something you wanted?" She asks teasingly, giggling a bit.

"Uh… yeah." I manage to stutter out. "Your hair," oh fuck… "It's um… it looks really soft." Seriously, what the fuck am I doing? "Just wanted to, er, you know… check…"

"Uh-huh" she says slowly, mocking me.

"Thanks for uh, paying me on, by the way."

"Hey, you would've done it for me, right?"

I nod shyly.

She smiles again and turns back around and I roll my eyes. Come on, Emily. For fucks sake.

The rest of the bus journey is spent in silence.

Katie looking out the window, Naomi doing what, from this angle, looks like writing in a journal. And me, sitting here, wondering how I could talk to Naomi again.

Until I see Naomi lean off and press the buzzer to get off, and I feel my heart sink a little.

The bus comes to a halt and she stands up and turns around to face Katie and I.

"Well, it was nice to meet you Emily." She smiles, then looks at Katie and nods appreciatively.

"Yeah, you too Naomi." Probably the least nervous thing I've said to her so far.

"Maybe I'll see you again." She smiles again before walking off the bus.

When the doors close and the bus starts moving again, I throw my head in my hands.

"Why, Katie, Why!" I cry out dramatically.

"Why what?" She asks. God she is a right fucking twat sometimes.

I sigh and shake my head. I don't think Katie is going to be much use right now.

I sit in silence, once again, until it's our stop, before getting up and grabbing my bag.

I'm about to walk off when I look at where Naomi had been sitting. I see a small piece of paper with 'Emily' written there.

I quickly grab it and open it.

'As a firm believer in fate, I decided to see if you could find your way to me without much help. I suppose this is somewhat of a 'help', but it's romantic, is it not?

020-7766-7300

X'

I melt a little bit when I read it. I grin widely, before I see the bus doors have closed and the bus is about to pull off again.

"Wait!" I yell and quickly get off the bus, chasing after Katie.

I walk with a spring in my step, as I wonder, maybe it's time?

Maybe it's time I finally moved on.

Sorry it's quite short, been really busy. Thanks so much for all the positive feedback so far – it means the world to me after such a long time without writing! Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas, and remember not to get too drunk on new years, as I think I will be drinking enough for the lot of us :P

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