Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to the characters of Glee or Pretty Little Liars. I also do not own the songs that will be mentioned.
A/N: I saw a story request for a Glee/Pretty Little Liars crossover about the Glee club coming to Rosewood to comfort Paige after Emily breaks up with her to figure out her feelings for Alison. It won't be all of the Glee club just the unholy trinity (those are the characters I like from the show.) I got an idea for it that just won't go away so here it is. I hope you like it. Sorry if there are grammar errors.
The New Directions just got off the stage after performing in the nationals. Finn had kissed Rachel and everyone was freaking out about it. This could cost them the competition. Brittany checks her Facebook page to distract herself from the nerves. Gasping Brittany grabs Santana's arm "What Britt? I'm trying to go all Lima Heights here." Brittany pushes her phone into Santana's hand who looks at the unsettling post from their friend in Rosewood. Brittany chokes out a "We have to go to her San. What if she hurts herself?" Quinn looks over to see what's going on looking at the post her eyes widen. Quinn pulls out her phone "There isn't a flight to Rosewood until tomorrow morning. There is a train going there in an hour and a half."
The three girls quickly gather belongings then head to the door "Where are you going? You can't leave." Santana turns to the person who spoke "Can it Berry. We aren't going too win because you and Frankenteen kissed. Our friend needs us so Quinn, Britt and I are leaving. Don't tell us what the results are." Santana turns to the door leaving Quinn and Brittany following.
Brittany got on her phone "Hello, Jenna Marshall. This is Brittany S. Pierce. Have you looked at Paige's Facebook page lately? Oh, that's okay. I saw something that has me thinking she might hurt herself. Oh that's great. Santana, Quinn and I are on our way but it will take a while before we get there. Yeah that's why I called. Thanks so much. See you later. I will. Bye." Santana and Quinn stare at Brittany expectantly "I just talked to Jenna she is going to stay with Paige until we get there. She told me to call when we get to Rosewood and she'll pick us up from the train station." Santana hugs Brittany tightly "It will be okay Britt" kissing her cheek.
Paige is in complete shock, she just lost the girl of her dreams to the person who made her life hell. How could this happen? Paige paces her room. It will be okay. Paige will just ignore them. Sure it'll hurt for a while but Paige doesn't actually have to be in the same room as them. Luckily when the school let Alison back in it wasn't into the twelfth grade. It was the tenth. That meant the two wouldn't share classes.
Paige was kind of glad she made other friends other then Aria, Spencer and Hanna, she wouldn't be completely alone. Paige's phone alerts her to a text 'Hey you ready for tomorrow? The witch is back.' Paige groaned 'Yeah I know. No, I'm not. She's already started torturing again.' The response comes quickly 'WHAT? What did she do or say? I'll crush her. I'm coming over.' Before Paige could respond Mona barged into her room "You didn't have to come Mona." Mona utters "The hell I didn't. Jenna's on her way to. That psycho thinks she can just show up and jump right back on the torture train. She's got another thing coming." Paige frowns "I won't let you stoop to her level Mona. It took me awhile to rise above. I'm not letting myself fall again. I won't let you either." Jenna pipes in "You're so noble Paige. That's why I like you. You keep Mona and I straight." Paige fiends hurt but before she can say anything Jenna adds "Not like that. Get your mind out of the gutter. What has the witch done?"
Paige opens her Facebook page showing all the comments Alison posted. Every single one was liked by CeCe who added her own words. None of it was nice. Most of it was Alison's threats on what would happen if Paige went near Emily, CeCe offered to back the girl up. Mona growls "This is incredible. She's barely back for a millisecond and Alison's back to her old ways. How could someone like that?" Paige looks down "It's easy when the person is completely different around you. Plus if she has any secrets on you it's kind of hard to leave."
The unfortunate thing about the school day was the breaks between classes that's when the group was together and Alison was all over Emily. Emily didn't mind the attention at all. Paige felt sick every time. Paige was eager to get in the water. She desperately needed to swim this away. Then her eyes landed on the one she needed to be away from. Every second out of the pool had the blonde groping or exaggeratedly laughing with the tanned brunette. After practice it was announced that Alison would be joining the team. Paige went to the coaches office to quit then rushing out of the locker room after.
At supper Paige told her parents about her decision to leave swimming. Her father was irate "You did what? Tomorrow you will go back and get your spot back." Paige shook her head "No. I won't. I'm done with swimming dad." Slamming his hands on the table Nick shouts "You will get back on the swim team or you will leave this house. Swimming is the only thing you are good at. I will not have a quitter in my house." Paige jumps from the table running to her room coming down the stairs with a duffle bag and her car keys in her hand. Nick shakes his head "Nope that is my car you just drive it, give me the keys. Hand over your cell phone to only family can be on the family plan, that's why it's called the FAMILY plan." Paige gapes at her father before handing her keys and phone over to the man.
Paige wound up at the train station where she left a message on her old motocross friend Brittany S. Peirce's Facebook 'Have you ever felt so engulfed in darkness you can't breathe? That's how I feel right now. It sucks.' Paige then tucked her laptop into her duffle bag wrapping herself around it allowing the exhaustion and stress to take her as she fell asleep.
Brittany pulls out her phone to call Jenna hearing a phone start to ring in the building. Brittany furrows her brow looking at her friends. Quinn points to a spot where three girls are, one is stretched out on a bench clutching a duffle bag, the other two are on the floor in front of the bench. All three with their eyes closed. One of the girls on the floor growls "Not interested. Get out of here" her eyes still closed. Brittany speaks "I was told to call when I got here. Did you still want me to call even though I'm looking right at you?" Both girls on the floor open their eyes "Oh hi, welcome to Rosewood" shaking Paige "Wake up our friends are here." Paige stirs moaning "What?" Opening her eyes "Hey Brittany. When did you get here?" Quinn answers "Just now. What are you doing here?" Paige blinks rubbing her eyes "I got kicked out for not wanting to rejoin the only thing I'm good at. Jenna called Mona because Mona is closer to my house then hers and I wouldn't be alone that long. I don't have a phone any more because I'm no longer part of the family plan my dad had. My car is gone because it was my father's, I was only using it. The only thing I have is my bike and although it would get me to my aunts it's a long ways away. Jenna told me you were coming so we came here. How was the ride?" Santana rubs at her neck "They really need to make the seats more comfortable." Paige frowns "I'm sorry guys. I shouldn't have written that message to you Brittany." Brittany shrieks "What? No. I'm glad you did. Asking for help is the hardest thing to do. That message was your way of asking for help. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be here." Quinn and Santana nod, Quinn adding "Yeah. We are always here for you Paige." At the car Paige secures her bike to the roof rack of Mona's moms SUV then puts the luggage in the back. Mona announces "Paige's aunt owns a hotel just outside of Rosewood so that is where we will go."
Pulling into the parking lot there is an anxious woman standing in the front of a parking spot directing Mona to it. When Paige gets out the woman rushes to her "Paige you are safe now. Your mother called you will be staying here. Your father is so weird some times." Paige smiles "Nice choice aunt Sheila." The woman bounces happily "Thank you. I have your suite set up. There are rooms available for your friends to. I will call Wilton High first thing in the morning and get you transferred there. You know how much I hate you on that motorbike of yours but there is simply no room in our schedule to be driving you around, nor is there another mode of transportation. You will work here from 4pm-10pm on weekdays and 8am-4pm on the weekends. I will put some money away for you to get yourself a four-wheeled vehicle. I don't care if you join a sports team. As far as I know every team plays the Rosewood Sharks so I'm not sure you will want to. Look at me I'm bombarding you with rules already and you aren't even under my roof yet. Come step six feet this way so I continue with the rules." Paige laughs shaking her head "Actually I'd like to go to bed if that is all right. I promise to listen to all your rules in the morning." Sheila nods her head "Oh and don't worry about school tomorrow your mother will have you excused until you are enrolled at Wilton." Paige nods whispering a soft "Okay."
With Paige gone Sheila turns to the guests "Good evening welcome to the Wilson Inn. Will you be needing one room or two?" Brittany's eyes widen "Wow you go from a loving aunt to a business woman really quick. How do you do that? Two rooms is all right. Can they be on the same floor as Paige? We are here to be moral support for her." Sheila smiles brightly "It took a lot of practice to go from parenting to business just like that. Thank you for noticing. Two rooms it is. I can see what I have on that floor. I will even give you the family friend discount because you're here for Paige. It's good to know Paige has people there for her. Won't your school worry about you being gone?" Santana steps forward "Nah. we will tell our cheerleading coach what we are doing and she will cover for us." Quinn adds "Yeah she may even insist Paige finish the year in Lima." Sheila furrows her brow "Wait, Lima. You aren't talking about Sue Sylvester are you?" Santana and Quinn look at each other confused before both tentatively saying "Yeah."
Santana's phone rings after the check in "Hello. A friend is in trouble. Rosewood. I can't Paige needs us. It's dark. Look at Brittany's Facebook messages. It's enough for us." Sheila opens and closes her hand asking for the phone, Santana hesitantly hands it over. Sheila greets "Hello Susan. Oh don't you start yelling at me Sylvester. You're damn right it's Sheila. They are here for my niece Paige. She just got kicked out for quitting swimming. I know the stupidest reason ever. I don't see that happening but I'll talk to her mother. Oh she is still very much involved. Great I'll let you talk to Santana." Santana takes the phone back "Hi coach. Okay. Thanks coach." Santana looks to her friends "Coach will give us two weeks. We will get our homework emailed to us."
The next morning Paige gives a tour of the Inn's grounds stopping in the music room to play a couple songs with the band that was practising. Quinn, Santana and Brittany each sang some of the song that was being practised, this was the first time they had seen Paige smile in the short time they had been with her. Brittany hugs Paige "You should sing you sound really good." Paige looks down shyly "I do when I'm here. The band does performances here Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Now that I'm here for a while I can be in them." Quinn shakes her head "There is no way we are waiting until tomorrow to here you sing again." Mona informs "There's an open house tonight at the Brew. I signed us up." Paige's eyes widen "What? No, no, no I'm not going. I can't. What if Emily is there? I can't watch her and Alison together. No." Jenna puts her hands on Paige's shoulders "You can't let Emily and the witch have that much control over you. You can do this Paige. Grow a set damn it." Paige nods "All right. Let's do this."
Before the performance Paige is sitting with Quinn, Santana, Brittany and a hotel employee Tasha. Paige can feel the burn of eyes on her turning she sees Alison on Emily's with her head on her shoulder. Paige turns back around her excitement having dwindled immensely. Brittany looks to see why Paige's mood had changed. Brittany leans close to Paige's ear "Ignore them Paige. I know it hurts but you can't let her see you're hurting. That's what is feeding Alison." Brittany skims her finger along Paige's side making her laugh. Santana and Quinn notice Emily's eyes dart and stick to Paige watching her. Tasha turns as well noticing Emily looking she puts her arm around Paige sliding closer and putting her head on Paige's. When Paige tenses slightly Tasha whispers "Just go with it." Brittany perfectly times the graze to Paige's side with Tasha's whispering causing Paige to laugh just as Tasha finished talking. Paige swats dangerously close to Brittany's butt "Stop." Santana glares at Paige "Watch your hands Paige. Britt is my girl. I will hurt you." Paige blushes looking down "Sorry." Emily stares daggers at Tasha while her heart pangs with jealousy and hurt.
The host of the night announces "Next up we have Paige McCullers performing two songs for us." Alison shouts "BOO. Get off the stage Pigskin." When Paige's friends turn, they notice Emily is not beside her and a woman that looks like an older version of Emily is glaring at Alison. Paige pulls a nearby stool up to the microphone sitting on it she starts to play the first chords of Vindicated on her guitar. During the song Paige's eyes connect with Emily's not looking away during "Let me slip away." Emily wipes away some tears biting her lips. Paige jumps right into Waiting for Superman wandering around the room and singing certain parts to people in the audience until stopping at her table where she sits on Brittany's lap singing directly to her. Before she leaves the table, she kisses Tasha on the cheek finishing the song on the stage. Paige did not stop at Emily's table at any point during her wandering. If she had, she would have noticed Emily's eyes never left her and the look Emily gave the two girls Paige focussed on.
Paige is washing her hands in the bathroom when Alison walks in shoving her away from the sink "What the hell do you think you're doing? You forgot where you belong Pigskin. Let me remind you it's at the bottom with all the losers like you." Santana yanks Alison away from Paige "You need to back off bitch. What has Paige ever done to you?" Alison growls "She was born. Isn't that reason enough?" Paige puts her hand on Santana's shoulder "She's not worth it. Let's go." Santana keeps herself between Paige and Alison as Paige exits the bathroom following her friend out. Alison kicks the garbage can before she stalks after Paige "Hey I'm not done with you Pigskin." Brittany steps between Alison and Paige "Her name is Paige you witch." Alison growls "Stay out of this you stupid . . . " Paige gently pulls Brittany back stepping in front of her "Don't call her stupid. Brittany is the smartest person I've ever met. You are a horrible person." Alison punches Paige "Don't you dare talk to me like that you insignificant little . . . " Pam booms "Excuse me. Who do you think you are? I will not let you talk to anyone like that little girl. How many of these people do you think will stick up for when you say you didn't punch Paige?" Alison looks around at all the shocked faces recognizing one of them as a police officer. Two police officers walk in "Alison DiLaurentis you are under arrest for verbal and physical abuse." The officer reads Alison her rights well putting handcuffs on her.
The other officer walks up to Paige "I'm going to need you to get checked out by a doctor. Once you're there, we will take a picture of the damage. Could you come with me please?" Paige nods following the officer out of the Brew. Pam follows "I'd like to go with her if you don't mind." The officer looks to Pam "I'm sorry ma'am only family can go with." Pam looks at Paige "I'll call your parents sweetheart." Paige shakes her head "Don't bother. They kicked me out last night because I quit swimming. I'm staying at my aunts." Tasha rushes to Paige's side "I've called your aunt she'll meet us at the hospital. Your uncle is calling a lawyer to handle Alison." Paige hugs Tasha "Thank you."
Paige walks out of the hospital room her aunt rushing to her wrapping her in a hug "Paige honey are you okay?" Paige hugs back "I'm fine. The doctor said my jaw was bruised. He gave me a prescription for some lotion on my eye. I don't want to use it though." Paige hands the prescription to her aunt "Hm we will look this up when we get back see if there's anything toxic in it and see if there's a natural way. Let's get going."
Emily walks to Paige reaching for Paige's cheek "Are you okay?" Paige pulls away "I'm fine Emily go back to your friends. Alison will need you now." Emily sighs "Paige I . . . " Paige shakes her head "I've got to go Emily. It's been a long night." Emily watches Paige walk away tears falling down her cheeks. How could she be so blind to what Alison is? Paige had told her but she didn't listen now Paige was gone.
Walking out of the hospital Emily notices her friends waiting for her. Hanna shouts out the window "Hurry up Emily we're losing them." Emily slides into the back seat "Losing who?" Spencer pulls out "Paige." Hanna claps happily "We got to get your girl back. You can't lose her to that ginger twig that was all over Paige." Emily sighs "Paige doesn't want to listen to me. I tried. She walked away." Hanna sympathises "Paige is hurt Emily. You and Alison were all over each other since Alison got back. It looks like you dumped Paige to be with Alison." Emily's eyes widen "That's not what I did." Aria informs "That's what it looked like. You dropped Paige and attached yourself to Alison. I can understand why Paige stopped doing everything she did. Everywhere Paige turned, she saw the person she loved with the person that made her think her life wasn't worth living. Alison won, she got everything." Emily shook her head "I was trying to figure out my feelings for Alison. I can't believe I didn't see who Alison was sooner. If I had seen it sooner, I'd still have Paige. I never meant to hurt her." Spencer comforts "It'll be okay Emily."
Spencer stops the car "I think we lost them. I don't see their car anywhere." Aria looks around "Where could they have gone? We were right behind them." Spencer turns to Emily "Do you know Paige would have gone?" Emily looks around trying to get her bearings "No. I don't even know where we are. Let's just go back I'll start looking tomorrow. I'm tired." Spencer looks at Emily through her rearview mirror "Don't give up Emily." Emily looks out the window "I'm not. I just need to figure out how I'm going to get Paige back."
Paige wakes up the next morning eager to get to work. She needed to take her mind off last night. Walking into the restaurant "Good morning aunty. Where do you need me to be?" Sheila looks up "Good morning Paige. I think I'm going to get you to man the dishwasher today. When your eye looks better I'll put you on the floor as either a waitress or the greeter." Paige nods "Sounds good. I'll head there now." Paige clears some dishes as she goes, when she passes a customer she smiles "Have a great day." The customer smiles "Thanks. You too."
Once in the kitchen Paige gets to work at the dishwasher having the section cleaned and caught up in no time. One of the kitchen workers walks up "Wow Paige you caught up fast." Paige smiles "Thanks." When her aunt walked into the kitchen Paige stood near by to listen volunteering herself when she finds her aunt short staffed. Sheila turns to Paige "Are you sure Paige?" Paige nods "Yeah. I'm sure. The band doesn't go on until eleven. I'll be off by then."
Paige headed straight to her room after her shift to get cleaned up joining her band for the second set. Paige hadn't noticed Emily, Spencer, Aria and Hanna sitting at a corner table. Paige steps to the microphone starting to sing How Come you Don't Want Me. Paige's eyes found their way to the back of the room landing on Emily's and staying there. After that song Paige spoke "All right now that I've got you all depressed how about we play something a little uplifting." The band kicked into songs they had written themselves that were much happier.
In between the second and third set Emily walked up to the microphone "Um hello everybody." The crowd stopped turning to look at Emily "I have a song I'd like to sing. You have to forgive me. I'm a little nervous. I don't sing in front of people at all until this incredible girl encouraged me to do it once during our first date. I haven't sung since then but now is the perfect time because I'm still needing that in my life." Emily closed her eyes taking a deep breath she started to sing I Love You her eyes never leaving Paige. When Emily started to get to nervous Paige grabbed a microphone joining Emily. When the song ended Emily kissed Paige with everything she had. When the kiss broke Emily put her forehead on Paige's "I'm so sorry for everything. I love you. I want you. No, I need you." Paige kisses Emily "I love you too. Do you want to go somewhere we can talk?" Emily nods "I'd like that a lot." Paige takes Emily's hand leading her to privacy. One of Paige's band mates grabs the microphone "Get your girl McCullers." Paige blushes a deep red that intensifies when the rest of the room starts to whoop and holler.