A/N: So last night's episode hit me right in the feels and I couldn't stop myself from writing a one-shot. I had this in mind for a long time, so here it is. Who knows…maybe with the right amount of notes I might continue.
It wasn't meant to last forever. She knows that. Nothing in her life ever does. So why can't she let go? Why can't she go back to the way things were before? She's done so plenty of times in her past seventeen years of life, so why is it that this time she simply can't?
Because this time…it's different. Because this time…there were memories. Good memories.
Memories of falling in love. A love so sweet…so platonic, yet so passionate. A love that changed her, into who she is now. Into a better person.
She tried telling herself that the process is like ripping a bandage off. Quick and subtle. Once the flimsy material is off, it's over and now the next step is to forget why it was on in the first place. But she won't let go. She will keep the bandage on.
Because she's afraid that once it's off she will forget. And she doesn't want to forget. She wants to remember those heart-pounding and breathtaking moments. Those times she couldn't wipe the face-splitting smile off her face or stop the tears rolling down her flushed cheeks from uncontrollable laughter. Even the bittersweet moments were pure because she experienced them with her and that was all that mattered.
That's why she's walking up these familiar steps on a familiar porch and knocking on a familiar door. That's why she patiently waits for the door to open and to reveal a very familiar, yet confused looking girl. Because Emily mattered.
"Paige? What are you doing here?"
And so maybe she won't be able to repeat those memories. Maybe she won't be able to find someone like Emily again. And just maybe the pain of losing the bronze beauty won't ever stop hurting. But that doesn't mean she can't at least try to help Emily from doing the same.
"Alison is in danger. And Spencer…I need your help."
Even if it means saving the life of a girl who almost ended hers.
A/N: Remember when I said this was a one-shot. Maybe with just the right amount of reviews, I'll continue...