PROLOGUE

Emily barged into Paige's room startling the taller girl in the process. Paige, who had been about to change out of her dress when Emily abruptly opened the door, nearly fell off of her bed because she had been so scared.

"Em. What are you doing here?" Asked Paige curiously still recovered from the almost heart attack that her girlfriend had caused her.

Emily didn't address Paige's question. Instead she stared at Paige fuming with anger. She had been home studying for her AP history exam when Hannah had showed up at her house; her shirt soaked with tequila. The smell had been so strong Emily found herself clamping her hand over her nose and mouth. Before she could begin to ask Hannah what had happened Hannah told her that she had followed Paige to find out what she and Caleb were up to but instead of finding them in a abandoned building or cabin in the middle of nowhere Paige had led her to a gay bar.

Hannah explained that Paige had been all dressed up and was sitting at a table with some girl and the smiles, random touches of each others arm, and the other girls flirting were anything but subtle. To Hannah it had looked like they were together. At first Emily had been furious that Hannah would make something like this up. She had accused Hannah of not being over her dislike of Paige. She was furious but then Hannah showed her the picture that she had taken of the two girls on her phone and there is was, solid proof. Emily couldn't deny what was right in from of her face. The first thought that popped into her head was that Paige indeed was cheating on her.

So now she was standing in Paige's room starring at her in her beautiful blue dress. At any other moment she would be thinking about how gorgeous Paige looked right now. The blue dress complimented Paige's complexion perfectly and hugged her curves at all of the right places yet her anger masked all of this and all she saw was a cheater. The person whom she had trusted and loved had betrayed her. In her mind she was certain of this.

"Em!" Paige called louder breaking Emily out of her deep thought. "Is something wrong?"

Paige was becoming worried about her girlfriend. Emily definitely was not herself. Her expression was on that Paige has never seen before. She looked so angry but behind that there was something more; sadness...betrayal.

Her first instinct was to try and console her in some way. Paige stood up and walked over to her but when she tried to reach out to Emily she stood back and wouldn't let Paige touch her. Paige could only stand there with a hurt expression.

"How could you." Questioned Emily loudly.

"How could I what?" Asked Paige confused.

Emily rolled her eyes.

"Don't lie to me Paige! Don't you dare!"

At this point Emily was yelling and Paige knew that her parents would probably hear the noise and come to her room soon. Paige walked around Emily and shut the door turning when she was done so that her back was against it.

"I swear to you that I have no idea what you are talking about. Why won't you believe me?"

"Hanna told me that he saw you at a gay bar with some skimpy tramp and that you two were all over each other."

Paige, shocked by Emily's words, stood there with her mouth hung open a little.

" you think I am cheating on you?" Asked Paige dumbfounded.

"No I don't think; I know. Hannah showed me the picture."

"Why was hannah following me first of all? Are we really gonna have to deal with this again? Can't I go anywhere without you friends on my case?"

At this point Emily was beyond pissed. Why was Paige trying to deny this hen she had proof. Did she really think that she was going to get away with what she did.

" don't even use that excuse. You know that Hannah, Spencer, and Aria are my best friends. They aren't out to get you Paige. I thought I could trust you you. I thought that this is what we both wanted. To be together" yelled Emily angrily. She wasn't going to hold back anything.

" I do want us to be together. Emily that girl and I...there is nothing going on there."

Paige was pleading with everything she had. She loved Emily beyond words being as to explain. She had wanted Emily for as long as she could remember. Having her in her arms, sharing small kisses here and there, being able to boast to everyone that Emily Fields was her girlfriend. She felt like the luckiest girl in the world. She never thought that Emily would ever love her back but her dream had come true. But now it felt like it was being shattered into a million pieces.

"How long?" Asked Emily. Tears were beginning to well up in her eyes. She wanted more than anything to believe Paige. She wished that Hannah had never shown her that picture and that this was all a bad dream but she was so blinded by answer that everything coming out of Paige's mouth sounded like a lie to her.

"Emily the only reason that I was with that girl was because she works in some Halloween store and I was trying to find answers to who bought the costume from the crazy train ride on Halloween. I'm trying to help you and your friends. I'm tired of having to see you get hurt and not be able to do anything about it."

"I never asked you to do that. You shouldn't even have gotten involved."

Paige didn't know what else to say that would make Emily believe her. Never in a million years would she ever cheat on her. Especially not after she had gone through hell to get to where they were now. She truly believed that Emily was her soul mate. She was the only girl that Paige had eyes for. She adored her and wanted to grow old with her. She knew that what she wanted was far fetched considering they had dated on and off for a year at one point and were now going strong for eight months but this was what her heart told her. It was how she felt.

"It doesn't matter what I say. I'm still guilty to you." Argued Paige defeated.

Suddenly the room filled with silence. Emily was deep in thought and Paige was trying hard to figure out what was going through her head but she couldn't. Paige had never seen this side of Emily. The caring sweet girl that she loved dearly, this wasn't her. She knew that Emily was mad and the only thing that she could think of was to let Emily have a little space so that she could think a little and realize that Paige was indeed telling her the truth.

"Look maybe we should talk about this tomorrow we aren't going to accomplish anything when you are this angry. How about you go home and rest and we can talk about this ?" Suggested Paige.

Emily starred out the window looking out the window. Maybe this wasn't true. Maybe Paige was telling the truth. Deep down she knew Paige would never hurt her. They had gone through hell and back to find each other and there was no way she would just throw their relationship away like that. Tears began to well up in her eyes and as her mind shifted to A. As long as she and Paige were together Paige was a possible target. A would go after Paige just to get to her and she couldn't deal with that. She wouldn't let that happen to her. Not like what had happened to Maya.

As she realized what she was about to do a tear ran down her cheek. She looked at Paige and tried to take everything about her in. She had to do this. She had to be strong. This was the only way that Emily would be able to make sure that Paige was safe.

When Paige saw that Emily was beginning to cry she reached out to hug her. Unlike last Emily didn't push her away. She let Paige pull her body to her and wrap her arms around her. She let her hold her tight and comfort her but she knew it wouldn't last long. The longer she let herself be comforted by Paige the harder that it would be to let go. Reluctantly, against everything that her heart was telling her she pulled back and worked up just enough courage and energy to say two words.

"We're done."

Paige felt her heart break as soon as the words left Emily's mouth. "This couldn't be happening" she thought. It seemed as though her world was crumbling around her and she was about to break down.

"Emily...please don't do this." pleaded Paige as tears ran down her face, "I love you. Can't you see that. I love you with all of my heart and I would never cheat on you. I swear. Why won't you believe me?"

It took everything that Emily had not to pull Paige into her arms and hold her; to tell her that sh couldn't do this and that she did believe her. She repeated over and over that this for the good of both of them even though her heart was breaking. Her chest was literally hurting as she thought about what she was doing. She wouldn't be able to go back on her decision. She would have to let Paige go forever. There would be no more waking up to her good morning texts, no more movie dates, no more play fighting, no more training together, no more love. But she had to stay strong. In order to save Paige she couldn't be selfish.

"I'm sorry but we are over. I have to go."

Emily opened the door but was pulled back into Paige who crashed her lips against Emily. She didn't know what else to do and she couldn't just watch Emily leave without trying anything at all. If Emily walked out that door she knew that she wouldn't be back. Paige didn't want to lose Emily, she couldn't. Not after everything that they had been through. This couldn't be the end.

Emily wasn't fighting the kiss. It seemed as though she put every bit of emotion she had into this last kiss. She knew that this was wrong. She shouldn't be kissing Paige like this when it wasn't going to change her decision. She was leading Paige on but her heart was breaking and for a second, while she was kissing Paige, she felt complete again. She wanted this kiss to go on forever but she pulled away. Tears were running down both girls faces.

"I'm sorry." said Emily before rushing out of the room.