"Wait, where are you going?" Paige asked. She sat up slightly and pushed up her sunglasses. She shielded her from the sun with her hand, so she could appropriately glare at Charlie as she hopped up from her spot next to her on the beach.

"I have to take this!" Charlie waved her phone at her and sprinted towards the house.

"Ugh," Paige muttered as she put her sunglasses back on. She flopped back on their beach blanket, her hair fanning out underneath her.

The whole point of her sneaking away from her case today was to get some girl time in with Charlie. Lauren was supposed to join them, but she begged off at the last minute.

Paige told her fake boyfriend, Bobby Moi, that she had to go to her cousin's kid's birthday party on the beach. That way if he noticed she was tanner, she could remind him that she spent a few hours chasing after toddlers on the beach. Not that she intended for him to see if she had any new tan lines. Making out with a pig like him was one thing and she'd even let him cop a feel, but it wasn't going further than that, thanks to her trick of adding crushed up birth control to keep him from getting it up. That was the other reason why she snuck home today. She was going to need to figure out something soon, because there were only so many times he wouldn't be able to get it up before he would start wondering what was going on or expect her to do something else.

Paige shuddered at the thought of having to go further with Bobby. She wouldn't let things get that far. She would find her break and put him away. That was why this afternoon was so important. This case was driving her insane and she needed some quality time in the sun to recharge. She had been under with him for weeks and this was her first time home in four days. She hadn't even had a chance to meet the new roommate yet.

She rolled over so she was on her stomach and pushed her hair to the side. Since chatting with Charlie while laying out wasn't happening, she could use the time to take a much deserved nap. Paige untied her strapless bikini top and let the straps fall to her sides so she wouldn't get any tan lines. Paige reached out for her phone to set an alarm and groaned when she remembered she left it inside.

Not wanting to risk falling asleep for too long, Paige hastily retied her bikini top and sprung to her feet so she could go get it. She debated packing up her stuff, but she would only be gone for a few minutes.

The wind kept blowing her hair in her face, so Paige started twisting it into a messy bun as she rushed to the house. Before she realized what was happening she collided into some random guy. She stumbled slightly at the impact and his hands reached out to steady her. Paige narrowed her eyes slightly at the man responsible for their collision. If she was going to run into someone, at least he was attractive. He was a little pale, and needed to lay out more than she did. She quickly swept her eyes over his lean frame and got caught up for a second staring into his pretty blue eyes, grateful that her sunglasses hid her eyes.

"Sorry," he apologized, stepping away from her.

Before she could say anything, her bikini top fluttered to the ground. It probably only took a few seconds for the black fabric to hit the sand, but it felt like it was happening in slow motion.

He froze as he looked at her, almost as if he was a deer caught in the headlights.

Paige stood there in disbelief for a few seconds. Was this actually happening? She could see the heat rising to his face as he tried not to stare, but he was looking. Embarrassed, Paige swiftly grabbed her top from the sand and set about covering herself up as she frantically fixed her top. She wasn't a prude, but she wasn't comfortable being naked in front of a complete stranger! At least he wasn't openly leering at her, but she still didn't know him.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," he stammered, noticeably keeping his eyes on her face despite her bikini top being in place. "I should've watched where I was going."

"I was running back to my house from the beach because I forgot my phone and I wanted to take a nap and I wanted to set an alarm and FUCK, my bikini top fell off in the middle of this goddamn beach!" Paige ranted. What were the chances of that happening? Seriously? This had never happened to her before. Never!

"It's okay, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I'll let you go get your phone and I'll get out of your way. Bye."

He gave her a sheepish grin and a small wave that made him seem adorable, and she found herself waving back to him as he made his way into water.

Instead of heading to the house to retrieve her phone, she made her way back to her stuff to grab it. Forget tanning, she was going to the spa to get a massage. It was the least she deserved after flashing a complete stranger.

A/N: The prompt for this came from a list of holiday AUs (I was running back to my apartment from the beach because I forgot my my phone and FUCKING HELL I just ran into you and my strapless bikini top fell off in the middle of the goddamn beach AU) I saw on tumblr...this wasn't really AU, but I saw this taking place during 1x02. There are two more parts to this. Enjoy and let me know what you think.