Chapter 1: During "That Night" of 3x01

Paige is watching Black Swan by herself in her living room, relaxing on one of the last nights of summer before school starts up again. Twenty minutes into the movie, she hears footsteps on her porch.

"What the hell?" she mumbles, craning her head towards the door then pauses the movie to listen closer.

Her parents aren't home for another couple of hours and she isn't expecting anyone to show up at her house at 11 at night. She sighs and gets up to go check it out, just in case.

"Emily?" she excitedly says when she sees Emily sitting outside on her porch. Her stomach starts fluttering; a feeling she thought would go away without seeing her all summer.

Emily stumbles when she stands and tries to walk towards Paige. "Oh shit," Paige catches her before she falls over. "Are you drunk?" she laughs and secures her arm around Emily's waist.

"Yeah…I was drinking at Spencer's with the girls and they just couldn't keep up with me," Emily half slurs out and Paige can smell vodka thick on her breath.

Paige laughs as she helps Emily inside, "It's great to see you, Em. I didn't know you were back. But…what are you doing here?"

Emily relaxes against Paige when she shuts the door behind them, "I missed you and wanted to see you." The words are still slightly stuttered but Paige can make out every single word.

Her heart beats faster and a smile tugs at the corner of her lips. Emily missed her and wanted to see her. She has wanted to hear that for so long, after losing her to Maya last year because she didn't fight hard enough for Emily and come out sooner; she had thought she lost Emily for good. She has dreamt and hoped for the day that Emily would show back up into her life like this. But, she can't get her hopes up when Emily is so drunk.

Emily wraps her arms around Paige and pulls her close. "I've missed you too," Paige whispers and she feels herself start to melt into Emily's arms.

She starts getting nervous at how close they are and Paige thinks she imagines Emily's eyes flickering towards her lips. It's her mind playing tricks on her, filling her with too much hope.

But, Emily leans in and presses her lips to Paige's, her heart immediately starts pounding in her chest, she isn't sure if this is real or just a dream. Emily keeps kissing her softly as her hand cups Paige's cheek.

Paige knows that she needs to stop it but her body won't physically let her as Emily's intoxicating lips keep urging her on. A vodka flavored tongue pushes into her mouth and Paige tightens her arm still around Emily's waist. This has been Paige's dream for months, minus the drunkenness and vodka tasting mouth. Now, Emily is here, kissing her, she's really here.

Emily breaks the kiss, ending Paige's dream and leaving her gasping for air. They stare at each other for a minute then Paige gets Emily to sit down on the couch in the living room."How about some water?" Paige asks, thinking of Emily's well being. Emily just nods in response.

"I'll be right back," she smiles and runs a hand over Emily's arm.

She smiles to herself as she fills a glass of water in the kitchen. The kiss replays in her mind the whole time, still not believing that all of this can really be true. Her smile falters when she walks into an empty living room.

"Em?" she calls out and turns the corner to see her front door wide open. She walks out and glances around her front yard and the road in front. No Emily in sight. She grabs her home phone when she walks into the house and immediately calls Emily's number, no answer.

Paige is worried, knowing how wasted Emily is. But, she knows Emily probably ran back to Spencer's, she hopes. As she flops down on the couch, Paige covers her face with her hands, trying to wrap her mind around what just happened. She eventually flips the movie back on to try to clear her head but all she can she is Emily's face, their arms around each other and Emily kissing her. A kiss that she has been dreaming about ever since Emily said she just wanted to be friends last year, when Paige was too scared to come out. Now, maybe she has another shot at being with Emily.

Finally, her eyes become heavy and sleep overtakes her with the movie still playing in the background. She hold her phone in her hand as she sleeps, incase Emily called or texted her if she needed help.