I was rudely awoken from my dream about Emily by my dorm room door unlocking. I rolled over to look at my alarm clock it read 5am. "Allie is that you?" I said sleepily "yeah it's me, go back to sleep Paige" "where have you been?" "talking to coach about a few things ok?" she snapped back impatiently. "At 5 in the morning?" that seemed to be the end of that conversation as Allie got into bed and didn't say another word. I really wanted to get back to my dream of undressing Emily but that wasn't to be. As soon as I heard Allie's breath even out and I knew she was sound asleep silently pulled my lap top out of my bag.

I booted up my computer and went about checking my emails. I knew my dad would be in touch but I was surprised about the email from him waiting in my otherwise empty inbox. Dropping the gay bombshell right before I left probably wasn't the best idea in the world. It seemed like a good opportunity especially having the Atlantic between us. I knew if I had told him back home he would send me to some correction facility. The fact that he is a pastor at a church would never help my cause.

"Paige, I hope you are settling in well at camp. Your mother made me write this and as you know I've never been good with words" I was grimacing at the screen worried about what I was going to read next. "Your mother and I have known for some time about your sexuality, it didn't help that you've not once brought a boy home to meet us. I did hope it would be a passing phase" my father is clearly clueless I thought to myself. "Whilst I don't agree with this lifestyle choice you are my daughter and I will love you no matter what. I know I'm hard on you but always remember that I will never stop loving you" I know that would have been hard for my notoriously uptight dad to write "Just try your hardest and be the best you can be kiddo".

It was now 6am and the sunlight was streaming in through the curtains. I pulled myself out of bed, brushed my teeth, pulled my auburn hair into a loose pony tail and I changed into my swimming costume placing my sweats over the top. I made my way out of my room and headed to the pool, an early morning swim at Danby always got my day started. I followed the smell of chlorine in the air still unsure of my surroundings since arriving yesterday. I soon found the locker room; it was huge with lockers surrounding benches in the middle. There were single shower cubicles and I couldn't help but smile when I saw the doors reading gym, steam room and sauna. I took my sweat pants and team USA hoodie off and made my way to the pool deck.

I had hoped to swim alone but Emily was already submerged in the water doing lengths. Emily slicing through the water at such speed with such grace was mesmerizing. She was at one with the water and if I interrupted her the magic would be broken. Instead of diving into the pool from the blocks and doing my own lengths I made my way to the top of the seating area and took a seat where Emily wouldn't notice me. I must admit I felt a bit like a stalker but I could happily stalk Emily all day every day. I had never been so sure in my life that love at first sight existed. I was sat happily watching Emily swim up and down the length of the pool like some kind of half human half fish hybrid. I failed to notice the doors open and the assistant coach Zoe walk in with her clipboard in hand. She crouched down at the side of the pool and gestured for Emily to come to the surface meanwhile I tried to sneak back into the locker room. "Ah hi Paige, checking out the competition?" "I couldn't sleep" I stated. "Emily Fields meet Paige McCullers" by this time Emily had pulled herself out of the water and was holding out her hand. Her touch felt like electricity flowing through my body, I couldn't face being this close to Emily. I ran into the locker room trying not to slip on the wet floor. I put my sweats on as fast as I could and got out of there.

The cafeteria was already half full when I arrived. I noticed Allie out of the corner of my eye she was the centre of attention laughing and joking with the other girls. I grabbed some porridge a banana and a glass of oj and made my way to the corner where I sat alone the day before. The double doors opened and Emily entered she grabbed her breakfast and headed straight towards my table. The banana I had just started eating went down the wrong way and I started to choke. Was she really going to sit by me?

"Hey Emily over here I saved you a seat" Allie called out. I was really starting to dislike my room mate. Emily gave me a wave and went to sit by the other girls. My heart almost exploded. For the remainder of breakfast I thought about how I was going to prove myself in the pool after all this camp wasn't a popularity contest. After breakfast we were told to let our food go down in our rooms and meet at the pool in an hour.

Allie made it back before me and was sat at the end of my bed playing with her long blonde hair with a smile on her lips. This was not a friendly smile and I backed up to get away from her not realising the wall was behind me. Allie made her way towards me and placed her hand around my throat "Paigey Paigey Paigey" I was completely shocked and gasped for air. "You warned me about snoring but what about your sleep talking?" her smile broadened. "Get off me" I tried to scream but no sound escaped my lips. "Oh Emily stop oh Emily…please yes yes like that" Allie teased. "She is my friend now and if I see you talking to her we will be having another chat ok? She loosened her grip on my throat. I gasped for air and fell to the floor in the process "there is no room for your type here!" she screamed and kicked me in the stomach forcing the remaining oxygen out of my body. She stepped over me like I was nothing; she left me sobbing on the floor. This camp was supposed to be about making my dreams come true.

Thank you for reading, commenting and following. Leaving a comment will make me happy. I like to know people enjoy my stories.

Anyway when I started writing this I needed a name for Paige's room mate and my mind was blank so I decided to name her Allie after my American flat mate. Clearly not thinking of the PLL link but now I've realised the story can be even more fun!