Hey guys, so this is my first story ever. I'd love to know what you guys think and if I should continue with this story or not. By the way guys, this is AU. There was never an -A, the group lives in Philadelphia and are attending their senior year of University (I know its a bit of a time jump) I just thought it might make things a bit more interesting. Like most of you fanfic readers already know italicized font writing are for flashbacks. I hope you guys enjoy it.

Emily's POV

I was at home catching up on the latest episode of Hawaii 5-0 when Aria called me. I let it ring just long enough for McGarrett to catch the bad guy and then answered.

"Hello." I said while I picked up the remote and paused the show.

"Took you long enough! What are you up to?" She asked.

"Nothing why what's up?"

"Alison's throwing a party and wants to know if we wanna go. I think we should. Its been a while since we did anything fun together."

I knew she was right. Ever since Paige and I broke up I haven't been doing anything fun, or really anything at all.

"I don't know Aria. I just don't think I'm ready."

"Oh come on Em! It's been over a month. It's time you move on and start enjoying yourself again."

"You're not going to give up until I say yes aren't you?" From knowing Aria and being best friends with her since we were 14 I knew she would do anything she could to get me to give in and go.

"Yeah pretty much." Of course I was right.

"Ugh, fine! I'll go!"

"Okay good! I'm coming for you at 9. You better be ready!"

"Alright. See you then." I said hanging up my phone.

Looking at the home screen I saw that it was only 7:25. I took the next 15 minutes to finish the episode I was watching. Afterwards I grabbed a fresh towel and headed for the shower. My apartment for the most part was small. It was a one bedroom apartment but was a decent size. Then again I'm the only one that lives in it, well I'm the only one now, so I guess it's enough for me.

Heading into the bathroom, I took a quick shower and washed my hair. By the time I got out it was already 8:15. I dried off then wrapped my towel around myself and headed to my room.

It's hard some days being here without her. Paige said she just couldn't handle us anymore. The last few months of our relationship we mainly spent arguing. Things just weren't the same anymore. Every little thing turned into an argument. She just didn't seem to have time for me anymore. I on the other hand seemed to not have enough patience to deal with things anymore.

One night the argument got completely out of hand.

Another night she missed dinner and I was fed up. I was sitting on the couch drinking a beer when she finally came home.

"Hey babe." Babe! Babe? She had the nerve to come home and call me babe like she did nothing wrong.

"Oh well look who finally made an appearance." If she thinks I was going to let this one slide like every other time she had another thing coming.

"Great! What did I do now?"

"Hmm I wonder, how about this being the 3rd time this week that you've missed dinner."

"You know what I'm tired I don't want to get into this with you right now." Paige said angrily as she placed her keys on the hook. She doesn't have the right to be angry. I'm the one that had to spend dinner alone each night.

"Oh really you're too tired. Maybe that's why you didn't even have the decency to text me and let me know you were going to be late. You just let me sit there at the kitchen table waiting for you!" At this point I was fuming. How dare she come home and not even worry about my feelings at all.

"This is so exhausting. It's always something with us Em. You know what I can't handle this anymore!" She threw her bag and phone on the coffee table causing a bang.

"Fine if you can't handle us then why don't you just leave!" I sat up and slammed my bottle on the table beside her bag.

"You know what, maybe I will leave!"

"Fine, leave! All the time I've been spending by myself what difference will it make anyways!" I was standing up yelling at her and I knew there was simply no going back after that.

She picked her stuff back up from the coffee table, grabbed her keys and left while slamming the front door behind her. I hoped that she would come back after a few hours and we would fix everything. That wasn't the case though. She never came back. No matter how many text messages and phone calls I sent with apologizes it never happened.

I sank into the couch once the door slammed. I cried myself to sleep that night. I still went to all of my classes that week. I just couldn't handle sitting around the house where there were so many memories of us while trying not to think about how I ruined everything.

A week later, I returned home from a lecture to find all of her stuff gone from the apartment. The only thing that was left was her house key and a note. In the note she explained that even though she will always love me she has felt for some time that things just weren't the same. She just isn't in love with me anymore and it took our fighting for her to realize that. Paige said we had to stop trying to hold on to what we used to have and just let each other go.

If I'm being honest it took me until she left to realize that I wasn't in love with her either. However, it was Aria that helped me realize that Paige really was right and I had to let her go. Although, it didn't make her leaving any easier. I still spent every lonely night crying myself to sleep wishing she would come back to me.

Aria, like the great best friend she is, came by almost every day and checked on me. On the days she couldn't she would send Ezra along to at least make sure I wasn't a complete wreck. It only makes sense for her to want to get me out of this funk I'm in and actually have some fun.

I turned on my blow dryer and quickly dried my hair. My natural and slightly curled hair was just good enough to part and wear for the night. I went over to my closest and found the first easy yet appealing outfit to wear. I took my graphic print dress t-shirt off the hanger as well has my black leather vest. I paired the outfit with a basic black combat boot and was ready just in time. No later did I finish putting my boots on was Aria knocking at my door.

"Okay I'm just about ready to go." I said answering the door. Aria was wearing a cute outfit of a leather mesh crop top with a lemon printed skort.

"Great lets go!" Aria said a bit to exciting for just another one of Ali's parties. I quickly grabbed my purse and keys and headed back towards the door.

"Is Ezra not coming tonight?" I asked closing the apartment door behind me and locking it.

"No, actually he's not. He has a meeting tomorrow about the opening of the second location of The Brew here so he has to be well rested." Aria said while we walked down the hallway to the elevator.

We got in the elevator and no sooner did it close my worrying began.

"Aria are you sure this is a good idea? I just... I'm not sure about this." Seeing someone new while my brain is still so fresh with memories of Paige just doesn't seem right.

"Em relax. We are just going to have a good time. I'm not saying you have to marry one of the girls there. I'm just saying maybe it's time you at least get out there and start to mingle that's all." Aria said as we walked out of the elevator and to the front door of my building.

"Okay yeah. Yeah, you're right I should get back out there again." I said calming down a bit and walking towards Arias car.

"That's the spirit! Now hurry up and get in. Ali is probably waiting for us." Aria unlocked the car and we both got in.

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We got to the party at around 9:30. There was a good crowd of people already there and the music was blaring. Bodies were grinding, and drinks were being poured. We spent the first 10 minutes there just trying to find Ali. Coming from the kitchen with freshly poured drinks, from Ali's secret safe stash she keeps hidden for her close friends, like us, we headed into the living room. We finally spotted her in a circle talking to 4 other people.

"Hey Aria, isn't that your friend Spencer." I said pointing over to where Ali was.

"Oh yeah it is! We haven't hung out much this term though. I didn't even know she was going to be here. Let's go say hi." Aria being the confident person she was, was already walking over there before I even had a chance to open my mouth and say okay.

"Hey Ali, look who I managed to drag out of the house finally." Aria said to Alison while giving her a hug. Alison is a good friend of mine who Aria and I both grow up with back in Rosewood.

"Awe the ol' Montgomery charm hasn't seemed to fade yet has it." Alison said chuckling more so to herself. She alike myself knows just how Aria can be.

"Hey Ali, it's good to see you." I said also hugging her.

"Spence I didn't know you were going to be here! It feels like forever since we were study buddies complaining over Professor Abbots lectures." Aria said then giving Spencer a hug too.

"Oh my gosh, tell me about it. Man did that guy know how to give me a migraine! You remember my boyfriend Toby right and where might I ask is Ezra?" She said looking behind Aria to see if Ezra was close by.

"Of course I remember Toby." Aria said smiling at Spencers boyfriend. "Ezra couldn't make it tonight though. So I of course brought the next best thing." She then pointed to me and I just simply smiled.

"Hey um it's Emily right." Spencer said.

"Yeah it is. It's nice seeing you Spencer." I said politely.

"Likewise..." A cough then came from the other girl in the circle. "Well I guess that's her way of telling me I forgot my manners. Aria and Emily this is Hanna and Caleb." Spencer said while pointing to the other guy and girl that were beside us in the circle.

I looked over as she pointed and introduced them and that was when I saw her. Everything from that moment on changed.

Thanks for reading this chapter guys I hope you liked it. I don't know how many chapters this fic is going to have yet. Especially since I don't even know if anyone will even read it. Feel free to ask me questions, or leave comments and just your overall opinion in a review. Also, both Arias and Emily's outfits were both actually worn by the characters in the show just in case any of you are visual people and wanted help with what there outfits looked like a bit more.