Title, is from a Elvis song. I'm still new to this, sorry if it bombs. I wanted to write a fluffy Paily piece, on the count of what we Paily fans are getting right now, which is nothing.
It would be super cool if you guys left a review? Thank you, it is very much appreciated.
Disclaimer: I don't own PLL.
-J
"Mommy. Mommy."
It was a whisper. Emily rolled around towards the source of the noise. She sat up groggily opening her eyes. The dark haired woman saw her three year old daughter standing there, with her Nemo stuffed animal. "Hey sweetie what are you doing up?"
"Bad dream," she answered. " Can I sleep with you?"
Emily smiled, "Of course." The woman picked her up and settled her on the empty side of the bed. Abagail snuggled closer, putting her little arm around her mother, while Emily wrapped her arm around her, Nemo in between them. The reason for her smile was because Abby looked just like a mini Paige. Abby has Paige's looks and most of her personality, with the exception of her caramel skin. When Paige was home Abby liked to follow her around and do things like her momma. The little girl always tried to keep the tears to a minimum, she'd never seen her momma cry, so she didn't want to cry either. Paige did cry but that was rarely, Emily could count on one hand how many times she had seen her wife cry, one was when their daughter was born, their wedding day, and the furnace scene in Toy Story 3. That's why the raven haired woman wasn't surprised when her daughter came to her with no tears. Yes, she was snuggled next to her mommy after a bad dream but no matter how brave she tried to act she was still a little girl.
Looking at her daughter always made her think of Paige. Emily missed her wife like crazy, she now understood exactly how her mother felt when her, Emily's, dad was in the Army. Emily and her mom have a good relationship but having their spouses in the service really made them bond on a different level. Paige was currently on her last tour in Afghanistan, she was coming home soon. They had meet when Emily spilled coffee on the front of Paige's white shirt, when they were 22. By that time they both had graduated college and Paige had recently signed up for the Army. Emily was hesitant when she found out about that fact because she saw on some level how it affected her mom. She herself worried and was sad when her dad wasn't there but she couldn't imagine what her mom went through, in till Paige came along. It was inevitable, their attraction too great, like two magnets.
Their relationship moved fast, they dated and married within the next year. The year after Emily had Abagail, that was two years ago. It was hard at the beginning with them trying to date and getting adjusted because they had to move around, but everything was settled now. Emily was sure looking forward to Paige coming home and not having to go back into active duty, it wasn't long. She snapped out of her revere when she heard the voice of her daughter.
"Wov you mommy."
"Love you too."
It didn't take long for both of them to fall asleep after that.
P&E&P&E&P&E
Emily jolted awake by a sudden weight on her stomach. "Ompf!"
"Mommy food!" Abagail exclaimed.
Emily let out a laugh. Just like Paige. Paige always wanted food the minute she woke up. "Ok, go downstairs. I'll be there in a minute." The little girl went running out the door. "No running, Abby!" Emily yelled trough the open door.
"Sowwie!" She replied.
After she got dressed in a simple pair of jeans and T-shirt, Emily went downstairs to see her daughter waiting by her booster chair. "What would you like to eat, sweetie?"
"Can I have pancakes?"
Emily went to look to see if all the ingredients were there. She knew Abby would want blueberry pancakes. "Yes." she answered her daughter. "Why don't you go play while you wait?"
"Ok, but can I play blocks?" Abby asked, while rocking on her feet.
"Yes, but don't forget to clean up after your done." Emily replied as she finished joining the ingredients together. The little girl walked quickly to the living room to play. The raven haired beauty poured the first batch of pancakes then started up the computer. Paige would be skyping today and she did not want to miss it. She was always excited when Paige called and today was no different. Paige always called around this time. Once all the pancakes were all done she called Abby to come eat. Emily plated both plates with Abby's cut into small pieces. Her daughter hurriedly came into the kitchen and like always Emily lifted her up into her booster seat. Emily went and got herself some coffee and Abby, orange juice.
"Thank you, mommy." She started eating right away.
Emily had a big smile on her face, "Your welcome sweetie." Emily had just finished work for a client so she had no current project. Working form home as a Graphic Designer sure has it's perks. She was contemplating calling up the girls and asking them if they wanted the take the kids to the park, but that would have to be after the skype session. "We're skyping with momma today are you excited?"
"Yeah!" her daughter answered with a syrupy covered face. Emily started eating with the computer right beside her. They talked about Finding Nemo, Toy Story, and Paige, it was mostly Abby asking different array of questions about them. After they where done Emily cleared up the plates and Abby went back to play with her blocks. The dark haired woman was washing the dishes, when she suddenly heard the sound on the computer, indicating that someone was calling from Skype. It was probably Paige, it would be about 7:30pm in Afghanistan. Emily dried her hands and quickly made her way to the kitchen table. She didn't really pay attention to the caller, she just accepted the call.
That was why when Hanna's face appeared Emily let out a disappointed "Oh."
"Well that was a nice way to be greeted, thanks Em," the blonde said sarcastically.
"Sorry Hanna, it's not you..." Before Emily could say anything the blonde interrupted.
"I see, your waiting for a call form solider girl," she waggled her eyebrows and smiled.
Emily smiled. "She usually calls around this time. But it's been about an hour from her usual time. She's told me that if she doesn't call within a hour of her usual time than not to wait around." Emily sighed. "I just miss her and these calls are like Christmas for me, when she's not physically here."
"Oh Em" Hanna said sympathetically. "I know you miss her, but try not to stay at home or work all depressed. I know you put on a brave face for Abby, but kids sense these things." Emily nodded and told Hanna that she was off work today. Hanna told her she was too.
"Why don't we take the kids to the park Amber has been asking me when she would be able to see Abigail. I swear she's got a crush on your spawn." Hanna rolled her eyes playfully. Emily chuckled and told Hanna she thought Abby had one on her daughter too, and she was going to ask if she and the other girls wanted to go to the park, but Hanna beat her to it. "I've already called Aria and Spencer to see if they wanted to join but they can't, work. Come on," the blue eyed girl encouraged. "I got a surprise for you, it'll cheer you up."
Emily looked at her skeptically, "A surprise? If it's anything like the last one, forget it, that was embarrassing."
"No, it's going to be an amazing surprise, you'll love it."
Emily relented, "fine. Give me 35 min I'll meet you there." Emily stayed by the computer for a while longer, hoping Paige would call. In all the time they had been skyping Paige had only missed one skype session. Paige usually told her the times she would call the next time. Emily worked around her schedule, to never miss one, it was more easier for her to work around her schedule than Paige. She eventually turned off the device and when to the living room. She found her daughter on the floor staking her blocks.
"Abby do you want to go to the park? Amber 's going to be there."
Abby got up and jumped, "Yes! Let's go," she took her mothers hand.
"Sweetie you need to put your blocks away first. Come on I'll help you." After they put away the blocks mother and daughter went upstairs so Abby could change out of her pj's. "What do you want to wear," asked Emily. The little girl went over to her clothes and picked out a blue 'Mommy's little trooper' t-shirt with a design of a storm trooper on it. She also got cargo army print pants and some black and white converse. Emily tied her brunette hair into a ponytail.
After getting Abby dressed Emily got her purse and car keys and they went on their way. They got there in no time, and go to their usual spot. Hanna wasn't there yet, and there was only a few people around. She would be able she see when Hanna arrived if she just turned around, and still keep a eye on her daughter. After about ten minutes Hanna arrived with her daughter, they were both wearing in dresses. The only difference is that the blonde had on heels and the little brown eyed blonde was wearing flats.
"Hey Em," The blonde greeted and they hugged.
"Hi Hanna. Hello Amber"
"Hi Missus MaCullus." The little girl replied. The grown ups laughed, the little blonde cold not pronounce McCullers.
"Abby is just over there playing by the slide," The raven haired woman pointed to her daughter. The brown eyed girl dashed to go play with Abagail.
"Be careful," Hanna yelled after her. Both woman sat on the bench. "So no phone call?" Hanna asked casually."
"Don't remind me," Emily crossed her arms.
"Well, remember how I told you I had a surprise for you?" Emily nodded. "Here it is." Hanna then proceeded to stretch her arms over her head and shake her head form side to side. Then she got up and sat down. Emily looked at her confused. Hanna then turned around and looked back at Emily. The brown eyed woman was looking at Hanna weirdly. Before Emily could ask anything Hanna told her to turn around. Emily did.
Her mouth dropped open in surprise. There standing by Hanna's car was Paige in her Army uniform complete with a cap and a big smile. After snapping out of her surprise, she ran to her wife. "Paige!" Emily wrapped her arms and legs around her, while the brunette held her around the waist. Emily started to cry.
"Hey babe," Paige whispered in Emily's ear. Paige stood with Emily like that, until the latter calmed down. Paige set her down but they still remained in a embrace, with Emily's arms around pages neck and Paige's around Emily's waist.
"When did you get here.? Why are you here? Why didn't you tell me? Is this why Hanna did that weird thing?" Emily asked question after question. She was in disbelief her love, her wife, her other half was right in front of her. Emily wasn't expecting this for another week or so.
"I just got here this morning. I asked Hanna if she could pick me up, so I could surprise you and my peanut, Caleb had to work." The Army Captain looked around for their daughter. The little girl was too busy giving a flower to Amber to notice her Mamma, the Captain smiled. Paige turned to face her wife, "That thing she did was a signal for me to come out from my hiding spot, just in case you turned around. As for why I'm here I thought it was next week I was coming home." Paige answered all of her wife's questions.
"So does this mean no more active duty?" Emily asked hopefully. Paige nodded and wiped the last of Emily's tears. They looked at each other intensely and leaned towards one another, their lips met in a passionate kiss. They broke apart after a minute and rested their foreheads together. They both signed in content. "I've missed this, I've missed you," Emily said.
"I've missed my girls," Paige replied and gave Emily one more hug and a chaste kiss. "Come on I want to see my little peanut." The Captain took her hand and led her to their daughter. They passed Hanna who was still sitting on the bench smiling at them and thanked her. Hanna informed them that it was no problem and that the spectacular acting was due to high school drama class in which she got an A. Paige laughed and Emily smiled.
They stopped a few feet away from Abagail and Amber, they had their backs to the two women. Paige put on a mock serious voice. "What are you girls doing?" Both girls turned around and Abagial screamed in joy.
"Momma!" Paige crouched down leaning all her weight on the balls of her feet, Abby jumped into her open arms. "Your here."
"Yes baby, I am." Paige hugged her daughter tightly while greeting the other little girl.
"You wanna play? We playing tangled. I'm Flynn and Amber is Punzle," Abagail asked excitedly. Paige looked up to Emily as if asking for permission.
"Fine, you big baby." Emily said with a smile. I'll go sit with Hanna then we'll discuss when we're having family time, then grown up time," Emily smirked.
"I'm looking forward to it," Paige said with a smirk of her own. "To both things," Paige added to make it clear, she was looking forward to both things.
As Emily walked away, Paige stared after Emily's ass knowing the raven haired woman was swaying her hips like that just for her. As much as she loved family time, Paige couldn't wait for grown up time.
"I'm so looking forward to it," Paige said out loud to herself, still staring after her wife.
