General POV:
"You talk to Emily, I'll handle Paige, she looks like she about to collapse at any moment," Spencer says, starting to walk in the direction Paige just went. "Oh, and don't forget to update me on Em."
"Yeah, okay, just take care of Paige, I'm really worried about her." Aria sighs sadly, starting to head towards Emily's hospital room.
"Yeah, I'll keep you posted," And with that their conversation ended.
Aria reaches opens Emily's door, and is immediately shocked to see Talia and Emily kissing.
"Oh, uh, sorry to interrupt, I didn't know-"
"It's okay," Talia cuts her off reassuringly. "I was actually just saying goodbye, I have to head home."
Aria justs nods, and looks at her feet, shifting uncomfortably. After 2 minutes of Emily and Talia saying their goodbyes. Talia finally leaves. Aria releases a large breath she didn't even realize she was holding.
"Emily, what the hell are you doing?" The short brunette questions her friend shaking her disapprovingly.
"What do you mean?" Emily asks annoyed.
"Talia? Really Em? She married for God's sakes!" Aria shouts frustrated by the whole situation.
"Look, I-"
"You know what that's not what I wanna talk about right now. I need to tell you something. Something, big, huge even, and you have to promise to not freak out, and only speak when I'm finished." Aria states calmly, through a wave of nerves.
"What is it?" Emily asks curiously.
"Promise to let me finish?" The shorter girl pushes, with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah fine, I promise to let you finish, now what happened?"
"It's about Paige..."
Emily POV:
As the words slip out her mouth I tense immediately. I open my mouth to speak but she beats me to it.
"You promised to let me finish!" She points out, and I snap my mouth shut, clenching my jaws, and looking away from her. "Look Emily, there's been a misunderstanding, a huge one. You said she broke up with you, but when I bumped into her, she said you broke up with her-"
"That's bullshit!" I shout in fury. How could she lie like that?
"Wait, listen. She said you did it over text, and so I checked the messages and there it was as clear as day. It was a text from you saying you want to break up with her a few weeks after she landed in California, way before you said she had broken up with you." She rushes, and I can feel her watching me, waiting for my reaction, as the words register in my ears. The tension leaves my body immediately, and I'm overcome with pure confusion.
"What? How is that even-"
"We think that A might have been involved. The theory is that A broke you guys up, with each other...if that even makes any sense." She finishes with a frown. I feel like my heart just dropped into my stomach, shattering into millions of pieces, as guilt starts to seep in. I was so horrible to her, even though we were falsely broken up, she still came to see me, and to see if I was , God, she must think I hate her now, who am I kidding she probably hates me now, I know I do.
"Does Paige know?" I ask shakily, and she nods her head looking at her feet. "Where is she now?"
"I don't know, she walked away saying not to tell you. Hopefully Spencer's with her now," She says with a heavy sigh.
"Why didn't she want me to know?" I ask, frowning.
"What do you think?" She answers pointedly, with an eyebrow raised, and I know she's referring to Talia.
"Shhit," I whisper to myself.
"Shit, is right. She said to not tell you because all she's ever wanted for you was for you to be happy, and she strongly believes you hate her. So, what are you going to do now?"
"What do you mean, what am I going to do? I can't do anything from this hospital bed! Thank god they're letting me tomorrow afternoon." I say closing my eyes.
"Emily, what do really want, because Paige, s-she just looked so broken, and worn out, like she's given up. I think she's going to try to move on, now I don't think it will be anytime soon, because she's hopelessly in love with you, but...if you're going to be with Paige, then be with Paige, and if you're not, just leave her alone, and give her time to heal, because I seriously don't know how much pain she can really handle." Aria says with sad big eyes, and I just stare at my hands in my lap. I'm a horrible person, really, I know I don't deserve Paige, she's just something that I can't even explain. I love her smile, and her signature head dip, with a hint of blush. I haven't seen any of them in a while, and I miss it, I miss it more than anything in the world.
"I want, Paige," I say with a single tear rolling down my face. "In the end it's always been Paige, it always lead back to Paige."
"Good now you have the rest of the time in here to plan what you're gonna do. Now, we have a lot of damage that we're going to need to repair, and we're going to need help." Aria says sitting in the chair near by bed side.
"You're calling, Hanna aren't you," I say with a small smile.
"Definitely," she say returning the gesture, and pulling out her phone.
Hanna's POV:
"You called Paige!" I shout at Caleb in anger, and he shakes his head frustratedly.
"Hanna, you don't understand, something's not right-"
"Of course! That's because you called up the girl who really fucked up my best friend," I huff, rolling my eyes.
"No, Hanna, just-" He's interrupted by a knock on the door, I sigh agitatedly, going to get the door. When I open Caleb's door I'm shocked but I soon snap out of it and narrow my gaze.
"What the hell are you doing with her Spencer?" I ask glaring at the both of them, as Spencer's holding a sleeping Paige, in her arms Bridal-style.
"Han, this is so not the time for this, can you move out the way please," She says huffs, and I step aside, as soon as I move Cale sees them and rushes to their side, and I just shake my head. Why is everyone treating her like she didn't break Emily's heart?
Caleb goes to put Paige on the couch and we all move to the kitchen.
"What the hell Spencer? She hurt Emily, or did you somehow manage to forget that?" I yell at her.
"Hanna, Paige, is sleeping keep your voice down," she warns, sharply.
"Why are you being so protective of her?" I nearly growl.
"She been through alot, Han give her a break," She says in an annoyed tone.
"What the hell is wrong with you 2? I mean Caleb, I can at least understand the slightest because they have like that brother-sister thing, but you Spencer, I just can't-"
"Okay, Hanna, look, I understand where you're coming from, but for now just stop talking okay?" she asks, and I huff before nodding in agreement. "Okay so Aria and I figure out something, at the hospital... "
10 minutes later after Spencer's explaining everything to me, I'm watching Paige sleep peacefully, and I start to feel the guilt start to seep in. I shake my head at myself, I had all this hate towards her for hurting Emily, but she'd been hurt worse, especially knowing Emily, she had some harsh words for her when she saw Paige.
"Hey, babe, you okay?" Caleb says touching my arm, and I immediately turn around to face him.
"Oh my God, Caleb, I am so sorry. I should've never yelled at you, I am so so so sorry, forgive me?" I say with a puppy face, and he chuckles softly.
"Of course, i forgive you Hanna, just let me explain next time okay?" He asks, giving me a hug, and I hug him tightly, nodding my head. "I love you." He whispers in my ear softly.
"I love you, too" I smile widely in relief.
"So what's next?" He asks, after giving me a peck on the lips.
"Well...if Aria's told Emily then knowing Em, she's going to want her girl back, so they'll be calling me for a plan, because let's face they're hopeless without." I say simply with a smile.
"You really think that going to happen?" He ask me curiously, and not a second later my phone rings.
"Definitely." I smirk, reaching for my phone.
"Hello Aria, I've been expecting you...So, what do you guys got so far?" I ask.
"How did you know?" Aria asks me in wonder, and I giggle a little.
"Spencer told me everything, and i've just been waiting. So, the plan, how far have you guys gotten?"
"Well, Emily says that she thinks the first step is to apologize deeply to Paige, and um...that's well that's as far as we gotten." Aria admits sheepishly.
"You guys are hopeless. Okay so here's what going to happen..."