"I'm going to hop in the shower, I feel gross after that ride" Emily announced as she dropped her bags on the floor of their room at Spencer's cabin.
"Sounds good Em, Paige and I will put the groceries in the fridge" Spencer said as she stepped into the kitchen to drop the bags she was carrying on the table.
"I was hoping you and Paige might join me" Emily said as innocently as she could muster.
"Or you go take your shower and Paige and I will put the groceries in the fridge, we're miles from the nearest town, we can't let the food go bad…. Plus we have all night and all day tomorrow and all of tomorrow night" Spencer said with a wink as she left Emily to her shower.
Emily let the cool water run down her face as she rinsed herself, trying to think about how to approach this with her girlfriends, it was past time they had this conversation but things were just so good everyone was afraid to bring it up. But Emily knew it was only fair that they at least had the conversation and see where it lead. Emily toweled off and slipped into a pair of sweats and a UPenn t-shirt she had stolen from Paige a while back. She walked back out to the kitchen only to find Paige and Spencer huddled in a mess of limbs on the couch. Judging by the even rise of Spencer's chest and how her face was buried into Paige's front Spencer must be asleep. Paige had her eyes shut, but Emily could see her fingers moving slowly through Spencer's hair indicating she was awake. Emily took a moment to just watch her girlfriends on the couch, her confidence growing that after dinner she was going to bring it up. It wasn't fair that Spencer didn't get to have Paige in public like Emily did.
"Hey" Paige whispered, drawing Emily out of her thoughts.
"Hi" Emily said, walking towards the couch.
"What time is it? I should get dinner started" Paige said starting to shift
"No, you stay Spencer needs the sleep she drove all the way here and I don't think she's been sleeping well at school lately, I'll start dinner for us" Emily whispered as she leaned in to push Paige's shoulder back down to the couch.
"Okay" Paige said, settling back down bringing her hands back to run through Spencer's hair.
"She's so beautiful" Emily said softly watching Spencer sleep, letting one hand gently brush the girls cheek.
"She is" Paige replied while watching Emily's face she saw a look flash through Em's eyes, but it was gone as soon as it showed. "What's wrong Em?" Paige asked her girlfriend.
"Nothing, love. I just want to talk to the two of you after dinner" Emily said leaning down to give Paige a reassuring kiss. "I Love you" she whispered before pressing another kiss to Paige's forehead and walking to the kitchen to put dinner in the oven.
"I love you too Em" Paige called after her girlfriend.
Emily was reaching into the fridge for the bottle of wine so she could fill everyone's glass before headed back to wake Spencer when she felt a pair of small arms slide around her waist and a kiss pressed to her neck.
"Morning sleepyhead" Emily said, smiling as she turned in Spencer's arms to give the girl a kiss. "How was your nap?"
"mmgood" Spencer mumbled into Emily's shoulder as she tried to stop a yawn coming on. "Thanks for cooking dinner"
"Not a problem, you looked like you could use the nap so I told Paige to stay with you while I cooked" replied Emily as she turned back to the fridge to grab the wine and then grabbed Spencer's hand and pulled her to the table to sit down.
"This looks great Em" Paige praised Emily as she pulled the girls chair out for her.
"Thanks, I hope it actually tastes good" Emily said grinning, knowing full well that out of the three of them she was the only one who could cook something other than boiled pasta.
"Thank you girls for bringing us up here for the weekend, it's the perfect getaway before the end of the semester" Paige said looking to each of her girlfriends.
"It's the least we could do to show you how much we care about you, it seems like you're always four steps ahead of us before we ever get to do one nice thing for you" Spencer said grinning.
Paige blushed and looked down at the table, "I just like taking care of you guys, it makes me happy when you two are happy."
"You're really the best Paige" Emily said leaning across the table to press a light kiss to her cheek "I don't know how Spencer and I got so lucky, but let's eat up because I want to cuddle with my girls on the couch with some more wine."
After dinner was cleared and the dishes were washed, the girls had settled in on the couch Paige was sitting on the end with Spencer flushed against her and Emily cuddled into the other side of Spencer. Spencer and Emily both had books they were quietly reading and Paige was playing with Spencer's hair, all just quietly enjoying being in each other's company something they didn't get to do very often.
"Hey Em?" Paige asked from the other side of Spencer.
"Hmm?" Emily responded, not looking up from her book.
"What did you want to talk to me and Spence about?" Paige said with a nervous look on her face.
"Oh, yea." Emily said, bookmarking her page before turning to face her girlfriends. "Well I've been thinking for a while, and I think we should start telling people about us. All of us. Together."
"You do?" Spencer asked quietly, sitting up.
"I'm not saying we need to tell everyone, but maybe start telling some people like start with Aria and Hannah? What do you think Paige?"
"I'm not saying no, but what brought this up Em?"
"I guess I'm sick of hiding my love for Spencer, last time we were in Rosewood Hannah asked Spence who gave her the heart necklace she was wearing and I had to listen to her make something up, I just wanted to be able to hear her tell Hannah that it was me who picked it out for her. I just want to be ourselves around the people we love." Emily said exasperated.
"How long has this been bothering you Em?" Spencer whispered as she put an arm around the girl.
"A while" Emily said looking away from the girls
"Emily! Why didn't you let us know sooner? You know you can talk to us about anything" Paige gently reprimanded her.
"I know, it's just that this is a big deal and I wasn't sure how you guys would take it. But it's not fair that I can kiss Paige whenever I want wherever I want but I can't kiss Spencer"
"I'm okay with telling Hannah and Aria first if Paige is" Spencer said looking towards the girl in question.
"Yes, let's start there and see how it goes, and then we'll figure out how to tackle other people?" Paige said, figuring out what their best plan of attack.
"Thank you guys so much, and if you decide this isn't a good idea, please let me know. But I'm ready when you guys are to start telling people" Emily said, visibly happier than she was a moment ago.
"We're supposed to meet Hannah and Aria for a movie night later this week, what if we told them then?" Paige suggested.
"Perfect!" Emily replied "What do you think Spence?"
"I'm ready to tell, but I'd be lying if I said wasn't nervous or worried" Spencer stated looking at the floor. "What if Aria and Hannah get mad at me? They think that you and Paige have the perfect relationship, and now I'm about to ruin that."
"We do have the perfect relationship Spence, with you. And we'll be right beside you the whole time, we just need to explain to them that we're all equals in this, all or nothing remember babe?" Paige said as she wrapped her arms around Spencer.
"Paige is right Spencer, we love you just as much as we love each other and nothing is going to change that. Either we're all in this or no one is, Paige and I aren't going anywhere without you, we just need to explain that to Aria and Hannah. And honestly, Aria's the most understanding person ever and the only thing Hannah's going to want to know is how sex works between us." Emily said chuckling as she took one of Spencer's hands and brought it to her lips for a gentle kiss before leaning down to press a kiss to Spencer's lips. The kiss quickly got heated as Spencer pushed Emily's shoulders back so she was lying down and crawled up the girl, pausing to suck at the girls neck, hard enough so that she knew Emily would have a mark there in the morning before pressing her lips back to Emily's running her tongue along them, asking for entrance which Emily gladly granted. Their tongues were battling for dominance when Spencer felt a hand run from her ankle all the way up to cup her through her jeans. She gasped as she pulled away from Emily's kiss to look at Paige.
"Care to join me in the bedroom ladies?" Paige asked innocently as she started to slowly unbutton the flannel she had on, dropping it by the couch before turning to walk to the bedroom, knowing her girlfriends would be right behind her.