Naomi´s Blog - Skins series 4

People (well, I say people but I mean tossers) often ask me why I like girls more than boys. Well today I think I just realized what the answer is. I bumped into Danny Seaborne, a guy who used to live near me when we were kids. He used to be really fit but now… well now he works in Greggs and looks like he's their main food tester. Danny was my first boyfriend. Kind of. We went on four dates. When I was fourteen. Back then I thought he was kinda of cool. He always wore this Kappa bomber jacket and his baseball cap at a jaunty angle (I was fucking young...)

We went to see Independence Day. Sat on the back row. I was shitting it cause I'd never kissed anyone before. Do I move the tongue around? Do I breathe in or out? What if he tries and has sex with me right here on the popcorn stained floor? But the film went on, White House blew up, Will Smith punched an alien in the face. And no kiss. He didn't even put his arm around me…

I thought that he didn't really like me but he took me out again. Bowling. And I really made the effort. Mum's makeup all over my face, trimmed my one skirt to make it look short (I did this with really blunt scissors - it looked like I'd been mauled by a bear). So we're bowling (He was shit and I was in strike city) and I started thinking again; Maybe he'll pretend to teach me how to bowl and put his arm round me. Maybe he's waiting for me to get a hat-trick (seriously, I'm that good) before he'll kiss me. Maybe he'll try and get freaky right here on the polished hardwood floor. But no. Fucking nothing.

We went on two more dates and the best I got was a firm handshake. So when he asked me on a fifth I told him to stick it.

So the first person I kissed.. properly kissed was... Emily. And she really took the bull by the horns. She swept me off my feet. Grabbed me and kissed me. I was used to all these chicken shit little boys and here was Emily... here was Emily just going for it....

Anyway when I met Danny today he told me that he'd always wanted to kiss me but never had the nerve and this made me realize. That's why I like girls. They've got balls. And boys? Well, boys are just pussies.

Nx