The first couple of chapters will primarily be based around Paige and Shana but this is pretty much going to be a Paily fic. Plus, I didn't want to put Paige and Shana as the two characters because Shana needs to leave…

"Em? Are you awake?" Paige had decided to spend the next few nights at Emily's after the fire. Emily was strong but the fire had left her worried and vulnerable.

"Em?" Emily didn't respond. Paige wanted to make sure she was sleeping before she left. Considering the four girls had been fighting an anonymous person for the last few years, Paige wouldn't stand a chance hiding from an alarmed Emily.

Paige got up from the bed where Emily was sleeping, careful not to wake her. She grabbed her boots and jacket and headed out the house, careful not to wake anyone.

As she shut the front door behind her she felt a crippling rush of guilt hit her. Emily needed her and she wanted to be there for her. Nothing mattered to her more than Emily, but right now she had to put her love for Emily to one side. As she put on her boots and jacket Paige's phone began to vibrate. She walked away from Emily's house to the road before answering it.

"Paige? We need to talk…" the voice explained down the cell phone.

"I know!" Paige hung up the phone angrily, she was close to being found out and the last thing she wanted was Emily knowing.

Paige walked to the house a couple of blocks away from Emily's. She had a lot of thoughts rushing through her head; she had a habit of over thinking in these situations, why was she doing this to Emily? She promised Emily she'd protect her. What if she gets found out, she'll lose her for good. Is this all really worth it?

After over thinking for the whole walk there, Paige walked up to the front door of the house. Taking a deep breath she walked in. Paige walked in through the living room to find the girls there.

The room was dark, they couldn't put any lights on at risk of being seen. The only light in the room was from the street lights in front of the house.

"Do you wanna tell me exactly where you went wrong? Because Emily isn't going to tell me anytime soon, is she?!" Paige walked over to the window looking out from the living room, checking to make sure no one was watching them.

"Look, Paige, we're sorry… we just… we didn't see her." Paige turned from the window, sitting on the couch in front of the two of them.

"Well, now she suspects something. And if she's suspecting you, Shana, she'll start suspecting me." Paige was careful and didn't joke around when it came to this, she had far too much to lose, she had to be careful.

"Paige, it was an accident. It won't happen again." Jenna interrupted, defending Shana.

"It won't happen again? Didn't you say that after you warned Emily about me? What was it you said, be very careful who you spend time with? Don't think I won't bite back Jenna." The way Paige stared at Jenna made her uncomfortable. "Lucky for you, Emily thought you were talking about Nate… or Lyndon or whoever he was…"

Paige turned to look at Shana, "so, you wanna tell me what happened?"

"I don't know, we were meeting at the Cavanagh house, she must've seen us while she was jogging or something." Paige sighed, leaning back into the couch. They couldn't mess up like this, Paige had the most to lose out of all of them and she couldn't lose, she couldn't be found out. They had to keep their heads down.

"Emily isn't stupid, if we keep messing up like this she'll figure it out in no time." Paige explained to the girls.

"So where is Emily now?" Jenna asked as if she were trying to catch Paige out.

"She's asleep…" Paige replied confidently.

"Are you sure?" Jenna smiled, pointing at Paige's cell that was sitting on the table in between them.

Paige grabbed her phone and walked into the next room before answering it. "Hey babe."

"Hey, where are you? I woke up and you were gone." Emily sounded concerned down the phone.

"Sorry, I needed a walk. I was going to get back before you woke up, I didn't want to leave you for too long." Paige replied convincingly. She hated herself for lying to Emily like this but she had no choice.

"You needed to go for a walk at 3am?" Emily's concern grew in her tone of voice.

"Yeah, I couldn't sleep and I couldn't stop thinking about what happened to you… I had to walk it off. I'm on my way back."

"Okay, don't be long." Emily said reassuringly before handing up.

Paige waited to make sure Emily had definitely hung up before walking back into the living room where the girls were still sat, waiting.

"I have to go. We'll finish this tonight…just keep your heads down."

Jenna followed Paige out of the front door of Shana's house, walking in different direction and watching their backs. Shana locked the door behind them.

Paige jogged back to Emily's house not wanting to keep Emily's suspicions up. She walked through the front door trying to be as quiet as she could knowing that Emily's mom was still asleep upstairs. She walked up to Emily's room where Emily was lying in bed half asleep, Paige took off her boots and jacked and climbed into bed with her.

"Paige?" Emily asked quietly, half asleep.

"Yeah, I'm here" Paige replied putting her arm around her, "I won't leave you again."