Hey everyone! Going to update a lot on this story because I like it a lot and have a lot of ideas planned out for it, so stick with me here! Hope you enjoy this chapter! After all, everyone, especially an Emaya shipper, loves to hate Paige ;) Enjoy!
The first thing Hanna noticed about the figure approaching Emily's hospital room was red hair, which she knew meant trouble. For the red head anyways. "Oh hell no," she snarled as she approached Paige. "Hanna! I... I heard from the news about the accident, and I just... I heard from Emily's parents about the memory loss when they were talking in the lobby-" Hanna cut her off. "And I heard from a little birdy that you have a dykey little crush on Emily and I swear to god if you try anything I will pull out your tongue with tweezers mix your eyes into pulp with my heels and use your blood to paint my nails," Hanna growled shocking herself slightly at the violence of the threat. Paige looked genuinely terrified, which was understandable. While the blonde girl could be the most perky and fun person someone could know, when she got pissed, she was pissed. "Think about it Hanna, maybe this happened for a reason. Maybe this happened because they weren't meant to be-" again Hanna interrupted. "Think about this Paige- maybe this happened because it's going to prove to bitches like you that their love can withstand anything. Get your happy little red headed ass out of my sight before I rip you in half with my bare hands," Hanna snapped. Paige snorted. "I'd like to see you try. You'd stop after you chipped a fake nail," she laughed arrogantly to herself. Hanna glared and in one swift motion snapped all her nails off her fingers, pulling the glue off as well and letting them fall to the floor in front of her. Paige froze in shock and took a slight step back. "Any more concerns, Paigey?" Hanna asked, cracking her knuckles and taking a step towards her. Paige shook her head no wildly and backed up, running into the wall. "I'd leave while I still could. I'll snap a lot more than nails in half to protect them, and so would Spencer and Aria," Hanna warned. Once again getting an arrogant sense of confidence, Paige took a step forward. "Snapping nails isn't the same as snapping bones Hanna," she laughed. "Oh trust me, it's quite similar. I speak from experience," the voice belonged not to Hanna, but to Spencer. Paige snapped her head up and saw Spencer and Aria standing behind Hanna. Not having to look to know they were there, Hanna smirked. "Bye bye Paigey. If you go near them again, you leave in a body bag, got it?" Hanna asked strictly. Loosing all confidence, The swimmer nodded vigorously and Hanna stepped out of her way to let her walk quickly down the hallway, too afraid to look back. Paige had lost this battle, but she promised herself she'd find a way to win Emily's heart if it was the last thing she did.
As planned, as soon as they were out of the hospital Emily and Maya started making arrangements for a date. They decided to meet up at the movie theater, see how it goes, and wing it from there. Both girls arrived early, eager to see each other. Emily wore jeans, boots, a blue top, and a red scarf that her mother told her was from Maya, both the fields women hoping it would trigger a memory for Emily or Maya. Maya had on a pair of jeans, black flats, a white jean jacket and a colorful tank top underneath. They smiled when they saw each other. "Nice scarf," Maya complimented, not knowing why but somehow recognizing it. "Thanks. My mom says it was from you," Emily informed her. "Oh, um... Cool," Maya smiled, a bit embarrassed that she didn't remember it at all. "So you wanna head in?" she asked after a moment of silence. "Uh yeah, let's go," Emily answered. The girls walked in the movie theatre and took seats in the only available row at the back of the room. They were the only ones in the row and something about this setting had a familiarity to both of them. As they settled down their hands brushed, and the slightest memory came to Emily's mind. She saw a brief flash of their hands holding before. Maya looked over at her. "Did you see that?" she asked. Emily nodded slowly. They grinned in unison- they had just remembered the first thing about their relationship.
It was halfway through the movie and neither girl had made any move. Both had cast daring looks in the others direction, but it hadn't yet gone past that. When the were caught staring they blushed and looked away, only to look back minutes later. Finally Maya decided she wanted to go for it. "Emily?" she asked. "Yes?" the swimmer turned her head to look at Maya, and without thinking the darker girl connected her lips with Emily's. Emily was shocked for a moment, but something felt right about kissing Maya. But then again, she only remembered knowing her for a week. Finally Emily thought "screw it", put her fears away, and kissed Maya back.
As Emily and Maya kissed, a certain figure watched them from a spot in the theatre where she could see them but they couldn't see her. A stroke of jealousy stung her heart at she watched them kiss, and she clenched her fists in anger. "Not yet Paige," she comforted herself. "Not yet. Wait for the right time. Then you'll get what you want. All good things to those who wait."