Under The Water
As soon as her eyes landed on the new girl, she knew that there was something special about the blonde. She knew that she wasn't like everybody else. Her baby blue eyes were shining and intriguing. Her smile was contagious and her body, perfect.
"Did you even listen to what I just said?" Spencer said, waving her hand in front of the swimmer's face.
"Frankly, no I didn't, but… I'm sorry?" Emily said with her most charming smile.
"It's okay, but what were you looking at?" the brunette asked, trying to look in the same direction Emily was looking a minute ago.
"Nothing really. Did you know there was a new girl?" the taller brunette asked.
"Yes, she was in my class this morning," Spencer nodded, turning back to Emily.
"Did she seem nice?" Emily asked tipping her head to the side, clearly curious.
"Does who seem nice?" Aria asked, walking towards her friends and stopping in front of the tall girls.
"The new girl," Spencer replied.
"Oh yeah, the blonde girl who seems nice but hasn't said a word since she stepped in school?" Aria asked already knowing the answer.
The swimmer looked away and smirked. She was convinced that she could make the girl talk.
"Why did you want to know that?" Spencer asked Emily confused.
"I don't know, because she's the new girl I guess," the tanned girl said with a shrug.
The bell rang and the girls all went their separate ways. Spencer and Aria walked toward their French class and Emily walked toward the natatorium.
…
Once the girls were all in their swimsuit, Coach Fulton walked in the locker room with a blonde girl walking behind her.
"Good afternoon girls, I hope you are ready to swim because I want you to give your maximum today. I want to see how much effort you put into swimming this summer."
School had started a week ago, but today was the first swim practice they had.
"Also I want to introduce you to your new teammate; Hanna Marin. I'm expecting nothing but kindness towards her." Coach Fulton turned towards Hanna and pointed Emily's way. "Emily Fields is the team captain and she will help you settle in for both school and with swimming." Emily was shocked and when their eyes met, she wasn't able to say anything. Emily only smiled and Hanna smiled back at her. They both then looked away, blushing.
"Enough talking, I want everyone in the water in two minutes. Emily, show Hanna her locker. She can take the one next to yours. After that go through the basics about training with her and then come out when you are done. If you don't have time, it's okay since it's her first day."
Everyone walked out of the locker room and Hanna and Emily were left alone, in an awkward silence.
"Hi," the brunette said awkwardly.
"Hey… So, which one is my locker?" Hanna asked trying to break the tension.
"Yeah, right. Follow me, I'll show you." Both girls started to walk towards Hanna's new locker. "Do you swim a lot?"
"Not really. I did when I was younger but I stopped at some point and my mom figured that being on the team now would help me make friends," Hanna said, looking at the floor.
"She's right. We all talk to each other here. Personally, my best friends aren't on the swim team but I still have friends here," Emily said, trying to keep the conversation going.
She stopped abruptly, realizing she was in front of the locker and Hanna bumped into her. The brunette lost her balance and wrapped her arms around Hanna's waist for support. They both looked at each other, not moving away from one another.
"This one is my locker and this one is yours," the taller girl said, pointing to each locker but never moving away from Hanna.
The blonde nodded her head but never took a step back.
"Do you have the combination?" Emily asked, although she didn't really care about the answer.
Once again, Hanna only nodded her head. Afraid that if she opened her mouth to speak, Emily would see how shaky her voice was and would understand the effect she had on her.
"What is it?" Emily asked.
Hanna reluctantly moved away from her to find the paper Coach Fulton had gave her. She bent down to look in her bag. Emily's gaze wonder to Hanna's back. Her shirt had rolled up when she bent down and Emily could see a little bit of skin. She then started slowly looking down. She stopped her gaze on Hanna's butt. Her jeans were tight so Emily could enjoy what she saw.
"I can't find it," Hanna said, frustrated.
The blonde looked behind her shoulder and caught Emily staring at her.
"Like what you see?" the blonde asked with a smirk.
"Very much so," Emily replied simply.
Hanna turned around, shocked about the swimmer's honesty. Both girls blushed as they looked at each other. Emily slowly walked towards Hanna, giving her time to back away if she wanted; which she didn't do. Hanna's back was resting against the row of locker and Emily stood in front of her. The brunette could feel Hanna's breath on her lips. The swimmer slowly reached behind the blonde's back and took something that was sticking out of her jeans' back pocket. She let her finger lingered for a second and then pulled the paper out, giving it to the blonde.
"Here's your combination," Emily said with a smirk.
Emily took a step back. Hanna blushed and turned around to open her locker. Emily was still really close to her and she could feel her pressed against her back.
"Where do you come from?" Emily asked the other girl as she was putting her things in the locker.
"Los Angeles," Hanna replied simply.
"And now you're in Rosewood – how come?" Emily asked curiously.
"My mom had a better job here," Hanna said shrugging.
"Any boyfriend back home?" Emily asked not so subtly while running her hand down Hanna's side.
"I broke up with my girlfriend months ago," Hanna said with a smirk.
She took her sweater off while purposely letting her shirt rolled up, showing off her muscular stomach. Emily's eyes looked down, blushing at the sight.
"So, what are the basics?" Hanna said, pulling her shirt down and sitting on the bench.
Emily sat down beside her, their thighs brushing against each other.
"It's simple. You'll see on your schedule that swimming replaced some of your other classes and the days that they don't we have a practice in the morning and after school," the swimmer said brushing her hand against Hanna's.
Hanna took the hint and interlaced their fingers. Both swimmers stayed silent for a while, gazing at their interlaced hands.
"So basically we have swimming every day?" Hanna asked.
"Exactly, it's only for the beginning of the season – after that, Coach usually gives us a day or two off depending if we have a swim meet on the weekend," Emily finished with a smile.
The locker room door opened and all the girls started to fill in. Emily and Hanna both jumped and let go of the other's hand. Then the bell rang and both girls got up, walking to their locker to gather their things.
"Do you need a ride home?" Emily asked, knowing it was the end of the day.
"Do you mind?" Hanna asked.
"Not at all, do you need to stop by your locker?" Emily asked her.
"No, I brought all of my things here," Hanna said with a smile.
"I did too. Let me just put on a shirt and pants and then we are good to go," Emily said pulling her t-shirt and jeans on top of her swimsuit.
They both closed their lockers and walked out of the locker room. When they reached Emily's car, she opened the door for Hanna and then walked to her side of the car and got in. She sent a quick text to the girls saying she would see them tomorrow and turned to Hanna.
"Would it be weird if I offer you to go eat somewhere before I drop you off?" Emily said unsure of her.
"That'd be nice," Hanna said with a huge smile plastered on her face.
…
Emily walked Hanna to her porch that night. The dinner had been amazing and both girls agreed to say it was their first date. When they reached the front door they stood still, not wanting to let go of the other girl's hand. They looked at each other for a while. The brunette then leaned in. Hanna took a small step back, never letting go of Emily's hand. The tall swimmer was afraid she did something wrong and Hanna could see it in her eyes.
"I'm not that easy, Fields. Not on the first date," Hanna said with a smirk.
She kissed Emily on the cheek and went inside. She didn't let her time to say anything. Emily turned around with a huge smile on her face while Hanna was up against the front door with a similar smile.
