Author's Note:
Hello this story came about due to my extreme love and fascination with the Black Mirror episode of San Junipero and PLL characters and Paige McCullers in general. It may seem like you are starting in the middle of something and to an extent you are. I have plans to add much more to this story to fill in the gaps BUT the premise for this is that Paige and the Liars are in San Junipero and those of you who know what that is will understand there are certain implications with that. I won't go into those details here, but please know that I am doing a certain amount of world building as the 1hr episode didn't elaborate on details needed to write a fully realized world. I have questions like: Are there other towns like San Junipero? Can inhabitants move from town to town? Do they have control over what they are wearing, look like and feel (ala pain sliders from the episode) OR is that all preset in the outside world? And more that I hope to answer for myself and maybe add onto via this story. BUT I am also mixing the world of PLL and the Liar's story. So for the purpose of this I will say that everything before the Flash Forward has taken place & maybe a bit more hinted at or suggested in the flash forward BUT this takes place as if we haven't done the flash forward and clearly due to the nature of the San Junipero storyline in the future. There may be mature content and murders in later chapters. This is of course an AU.
Sadly, I don't think Kelly and Yorkie (whom I ADORE and sort of wanna pair her with Paige in a one off) will be making an appearance though we might mention them or see them in the back ground.
Writing & Updating Note:
Bear with I have about 2 chapters I am working on right now & should have them up soon to give more to this world, but as those who follow my other stories know I am slow to update. BUT I will ALWAYS update unless they are 1 offs. (this story is not!)
Disclaimer: I do not own PLL, San Junipero, Black Mirror or the Characters (minus the new ones I introduce) only the words I choose to write about them
Stories from San Junipero:
Chapter 1 -Paige's encounter
In 1987 at Tuckers Club. Smooth Operator by Sade plays as the club doors open.
"Diamond life, lover boy. He moves in space with minimum waste and maximum joy City lights and business nights. When you require streetcar desire for higher heights. No place for beginners or sensitive hearts. When sentiment is left to chance. No place to be ending but somewhere to start. No need to ask he's a…"
People were dancing slow and sexy on the floor, the bar tenders were busy pouring drinks seemingly in time with the music. Paige was on the edge of the dance floor with her pink and blue plaid house dress on with a white thick belt and gold buckle barely fanning herself with a wooden Chinese fan, sipping a Sea Breeze and scanning the crowd. Her eyes went over all the dancers, the hunky hot blonde male bar tender & the casually aloof but dependable black & lace clad waitresses. She spotted her friends in their regular booth and bee lined to them flopping down next to Mika with a, "Ugh here you are, didn't quite see you through the fog of smoke. Man I forgot what it was like to be in a club with smoke, it's sort of gross good thing it is odorless." Clarke and Julian agree but Mika lights up saying, "It's my one vice guys," as she also takes a big gup of her Kamikaze. "Right! Your one vice…" Paige says and they all laugh raising a toast and downing their drinks and asking for more from a nearby waitress who nods with her lacey fingers jotting down the orders. Everyone watches the crowd as they wait for their drinks.
When they came Julian says, "What's the plan for tonight? Are we drinking or dancing?" The other two murmur took deep slips from their drinks and give no definite answer until Paige stood up fan waving at the non-existent heat and says, "Well I'm gonna DANCE! Who's joining me?" And before anyone can answer she drained her drink and ran out onto the dance floor to shake her thang! Julian and Mika joined her and they started to dance to Madonna singing "Get into the Groove you've got to prove your love to me". Paige grabbed people next to them to join in the pre-vogue era club dancing everyone here seemed to know instinctively dancing hard for hours. As the night wore on Mika and Julian left of course heading to Julian's house to while away the remaining hours of the night together and Clarke predictively headed for the Quagmire with a tattooed punk friend of hers Nessa. They stopped on the dance floor and asked Paige if she was interested in going but Paige was totally focused on the music and dancing so they left her on the dance floor walking like an Egyptian with the other permanent residents and tourists of San Junipero. But soon a slow tune comes on and Paige walks off the floor back to her regular booth as Madonna sings, "Swaying room as the music starts, strangers making the most of the dark. Two by two their bodies become one." She looks at all the people at Tuckers just there to hook up or hang out and she feels her old loneliness for the 1st time here in San Junipero.
She grabbed her bag and walked out towards the front door she thought that maybe she'd go down to the boulevard on the beach. As she is exits 4 girls are entering & Paige bumps into a tall dark haired girl with smooth light brown skin nearly knocking her down. They exchange "I'm sorrys" & "Excuse mes" but they also locked eyes and the girl smiled wide while her friends shouted, "Hey watch it!" & "Are you ok Emily?" The girl slid past Paige as the 4 went into the club, but Paige noticed that the girl lingered a bit keeping eye contact. After the door closed Paige stopped and thought she then looked at her Swatch watch with Edgar Allen Poe's face on it showing 10 mins till midnight. She turned around and went back in to scan the club for the girl, Emily she knew her name even before her friend said it. She saw her near the edge of the bar, her friends were ordering drinks & Paige closed the distance between them in no time. She tapped her lightly on the shoulder to get her to turn around. Emily turned with a bit of shock on her face that then softened when she saw it was Paige.
"Hi, do you remember me? I mean not from just before at the door, but from like before, before. Like before San Junipero?" Paige said as Emily's friends arrived with her drink, a Sea Breeze Paige noticed in hand. "I um…" Emily started as Hannah interrupted her, "Here you go Em," then she noticed Paige. "Wait you again, what do you want? You nearly ran Emily over earlier?" Paige started to shrink away as Aria & Spencer came up to as well. Again Emily started to talk but Prince's "U Got the Look" started to blast from the speakers & the other girls shouted & ran to the dance floor grabbing Emily who looked back with apologetic eyes to Paige who watched as the group danced until the clock hit 12:00am.
She woke up in her room at the Center looking out the window watching the rain fall down in Seattle on a cold Sunday morning.