After a long day of class, Spencer was glad to be able to relieve some of her stress and aggression at hockey practice. Having already had forty-five minutes of strenuous cardiac drills Spencer was in desperate need of a break and was extremely happy when the coach finally allowed the team to take a few minutes to rest. Spencer turned around and was surprised to see Emily sitting on the bench behind her. Happy to see her friend, Spencer quickly jogged over to meet Emily. Emily stood up to greet Spencer.
"Hey, Em." Spencer said as she lifted up the bottom of her own shirt to wipe the sweat from her face.
Emily couldn't help but let her eyes slip down to Spencer's now exposed, tight, black sports bra and lower still to Spencer's bare stomach. Emily watched the up and down motion of the brunette's body as Spencer worked to catch her breath. With her eyes, Emily followed a few small beads of perspiration as they dripped down Spencer's abdomen and disappear once they came in contact with the waistband of her shorts.
Emily was snapped out of her trance by the sound of Spencer's voice.
"Em, you okay? You seem a little distracted." Spencer said pulling her shirt back down.
"What? Oh yeah, I'm fine." Emily said as she handed Spencer a bottle of water that she had been holding.
"Thanks," Spencer said, as she took the bottle from her friend. "So…Em, it's not that I'm not happy to see you, but don't you have swim practice today?"
"It ended early, so I figured I'd come watch you work out... And I wanted to thank you."
"Thank me, for what? Spencer asked looking confused.
"Aria told me what you did this morning. How you stood up for me."
"She did?"
"Yeah and that was really very sweet of you, Spencer." Emily said as she lightly tugged on the bottom of Spencer's shirt. "But you don't have to defend me, I'm comfortable with who I am."
"I know, it's just that you're my friend and it really bugged me, that's all."
Emily and Spencer's conversation was cut short by the piercing voice of the field hockey coach.
"Hastings! We don't have all day to wait around for you! You waiting for an invitation? Get over here!"
Spencer frowned.
"Damn. Sorry. I gotta go. If you feel like sticking around, I'll drive you home."
"Sure, sounds great."
Emily sat back down on the bench. She couldn't help but let her eyes wonder up and down Spencer's toned body. Emily shifted her body on the bench as she felt an all too familiar ache and wetness growing between her thighs.
When practice finally ended, Spencer approached Emily once again. Emily followed Spencer into the gym, then into the locker room. Spencer groaned as she rubbed the base of her neck with her left hand, near her right shoulder.
"Muscles a little stiff?" Emily asked.
"Yeah. My neck and shoulder hurts like Hell. I have an appointment to see a chiropractor on Monday. Hockey has really been kicking my ass lately."
"I think you're way too stressed. Try to relax a little bit."
"I'll try, but right now I desperately need to go shower," Spencer said, her body dripping with sweat. "I promise I'll only be a few minutes, okay?"
"Sure, take your time. I just realized I forgot my phone in my locker, I'm gonna go grab it."
"Okay, I'll be back soon," Spencer said as she pulled her sticky, sweat soaked shirt over her head and grabbed a towel.
Emily felt a sudden rush of heat wash over her face at the thought of Spencer's naked body. Emily quickly turned away to be sure Spencer wouldn't see her obviously flushed skin.
Spencer finished getting undressed and stepped into the shower. She closed her eyes, letting the rush of hot water soothe her tired, aching muscles. Spencer's mind began to wonder back to what Hannah had said earlier.
*What if Hannah is right. What if Emily really was flirting with me? Is it possible that Emily could actually be interested?* Spencer thought. Spencer began thinking about what a relationship with Emily might be like. Her eyes snapped open upon hearing the locker room door slam shut. Spencer didn't think much of it, figuring it was probably just one of her teammates leaving. Spencer promptly finished her shower and returned to her locker.
When she opened her locker, Spencer found a small piece of notebook paper taped to inside of the door. She didn't recognize the handwriting on the note. Spencer skipped to the bottom. Her heart sank upon seeing the signature at the bottom, a large, angular capital letter "A." Spencer nervously hurried to get dressed, and gather up her things. She stuffed the note into her pocket and met up with Emily outside of the locker room.
"You ready to go Spence?" Emily asked taking Spencer's arm.
"Yeah. Let's go"
Emily and Spencer walked out of the gym and into the school parking lot. Spencer fumbled with her keys and finally unlocked the car doors. Spencer and Emily both slipped into the hot leather seats of Spencer's Mercedes and Spencer backed out of the parking space, heading toward Emily's house.
"Spencer?" Emily looked at Spencer noticing she had become suddenly less talkative since hockey practice ended.
"Yeah?"
"Are you okay? Is something bugging you?"
"I'm okay, just a little tired that's all." Spencer said.
Emily knew that there was something more that Spencer wasn't telling her, but she decided to leave it alone, rather than risk further agitating her friend.
Spencer pulled into Emily's driveway and parked the car.
Emily got out of the car and walked over to the driver's side of Spencer's Mercedes.
"Thanks for the ride." Emily said, putting her hand on Spencer's arm.
"You're welcome. Call me later, okay?"
"You bet." Emily smiled.
"Sounds good. See ya later."
After making sure Emily got inside, Spencer leaned her head back, closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths, then she took her phone out of her pocket and dialed Aria's number.
"Aria? Are you busy?"
"No, not really."
"Good can you meet me at my house and bring Hannah?"
"Sure, should I call Emily too?"
"No, don't call Emily."
"Why not? Is everything okay?"
"I'll explain when I see you guys."
Spencer drove home and was greeted with an empty house and a note from her parents informing her that they would be away for the weekend in Philadelphia with Melissa. Spencer sat down in the living room, spreading out her books. Not long after arriving home, Spencer heard the door bell ring. She opened the door to reveal both Aria and Hannah.
"Hey guys, come on in."
Spencer led her friends to the living room, stopping to pick up her books and other school supplies lying on the table.
"Were you studying?" Hannah asked.
"Yeah, a little." Spencer replied.
"What kind of a pervert studies on a Friday night? That's sick." Hannah responded.
"How does studying make me a pervert? That doesn't make any sense." Spencer said.
"Hannah, I don't think Spencer asked us here to talk about homework." Aria said.
"Okay, okay, fine. What did you need to tell us that Emily can't know?" Hannah demanded.
"Well, I got a note today..."
"From A!" Hannah exclaimed.
"Yeah..."
"Well, why can't Emily know about it?" Hannah demanded.
"Spencer, I thought we all agreed not to keep any A messages from each other." Aria said.
"I know, but let me explain, you don't understand." Spencer sighed.
"Well, what did the note say, Spence?" Hannah asked.
"Wait, should we be talking about this here? What about your parents and Melissa?" Aria asked.
"It's okay, they're all in Philly for the weekend." Spencer said.
"Good. Now, what did the note say?" Hannah seemed desperate to know.
"Well...you see...it's Emily."
"What about Emily?" Aria asked, nervously.
"I...I...I'm..." Spencer took in a deep breath and slowly exhaled. "I'm in love with Emily, okay."
"I knew it." Hannah whispered.
"Aw, Spence. Is that why you've been so on edge lately?" Aria asked.
"I guess so. I didn't want anyone to find out."
Why didn't you tell us sooner? You know we would never have a problem with you being gay, you should know that. We were totally supportive of Emily." Aria said putting her hand on Spencer's shoulder.
"Yeah, Spence, we love you no matter what. We don't care who you're in love with." Hannah said. "Besides, you guys should totally date, you'd make such an adorable couple!"
"Thanks, guys. It means a lot to me."
"So…I'm glad you told us this, but what exactly does it have to do with A?" Hannah asked, going back to their initial conversation.
"Oh, right. Well I found this note in my gym locker after hockey practice. It wasn't there before practice or when I came in. A had to have broken into my locker during the ten minutes that I went to shower."
"Does anyone else have access to your locker?" Aria asked.
"No…well, the coach has a master key, but that's it." Spencer replied.
"Do you think A could be someone on your hockey team?" Hannah asked.
"I doubt it, but we've been wrong before, so I guess anything is possible. I just don't understand who could possibly hate us that much to make our lives such a living Hell."
Aria and Hannah took the note from Spencer and read it over.
"Spencer, who ever wrote this obviously knows how you feel about Emily. Who else have you told?" Aria asked looking confused.
"That's the thing. I haven't told anyone, except you guys, just now. I don't know how A could possibly already know."
"Well, whoever A is must be watching you extra closely. Have you been acting differently around Emily?" Aria asked.
"I don't know, maybe a little. I guess I have been sort of flirting recently."
"Spence, you better tell Emily how you feel. A outed her and I don't want the same thing to happen to you." Hannah said.
"Yeah. Who knows what A will do next? The sooner you tell her the better, I'd hate to see A ruin your chance of having a relationship with Emily." Aria said.
"You know, this weekend would be perfect, Spence, since your parents are out of town and all. Just in case things go well..." Hannah winked.
"Hannah..." Aria sighed and rolled her eyes.
Spencer blushed and looked down at her shoes, unable to hold back a smile.
"I just…I don't know that I can tell her." Spencer said.
"Why not?" Hannah asked.
"What if she rejects me? I don't know that I can handle it."
"Spence, all you can do is try. Just be honest with her."
"Yeah, stop being so uptight and just talk to her." Hannah said.
"Uptight? I'm not uptight...am I?" Spencer asked looking at Aria.
"Maybe just a little." Aria replied. "Spence, I think it's just that you're so used to having control over everything in your life, but you can't help who you fall in love with."
"You guys are right. Emily may never see me as a potential love interest, but I want her to hear the truth from me and only me. Do you guys think I actually stand a chance?"
"Come on, Spence. You're cute, smart, athletic, funny and a whole lot more, Emily would have to be crazy not to want you." Hannah said.
"Yeah, you're a total catch, Spencer. You and Emily are already good friends, and that's the toughest part." Aria said, encouragingly.
"Thanks guys. I think I can do this. I'm going to call her, hopefully she can come over tonight."
"Good for you, Spence. Come on Hannah, let's go." Aria said as she stoop up and began walking toward the door.
"Good luck." Hannah said with a grin.
"Let us know how everything goes." Aria added.
"Okay. Thanks again for being so cool, guys. I appreciate it."
Aria and Hannah gave Spencer one last reassuring look before leaving. Spencer took her phone out of her pocket and sent Emily a text.
Having a little time before Emily would arrive, Spencer decided to go up to her room and change clothes. She was in the middle of fixing her hair, when she heard the sound of the door bell ring through the empty house. She took a deep breath and stared at her reflection in the vanity mirror.
"Well, here goes nothing," she whispered as she stood up and made her way downstairs.
She opened the door and was met with the sight of her best friend's warm smile.
"Thanks for coming."
"No problem. What did you need to talk to me about?"
"Sit down," Spencer said as Emily followed her into the living room.
Emily and Spencer both sat down on the couch and Emily vaguely caught the intoxicating scent of Spencer's perfume.
"Spence, what kind of perfume are you wearing?"
"It's...um, Burberry Brit."
"It's nice, I like it." Emily said.
"Thanks. It's my favorite." Spencer smiled sheepishly.
"Anyway," Spencer said clearing her throat. "Em, I asked you here because I need to tell you something important."
"You know you can tell me anything."
Spencer swallowed every last apprehension she had and somehow found the strength to continue. "Emily, this isn't easy for me..." Spencer said averting her eyes from Emily's.
"Spence, look at me." Emily said. "What ever it is, you can tell me, okay?"
Spencer took in one last deep breath and exhaled. Without thinking, and unable to hold back any longer, she leaned in, closed her eyes and kissed Emily gently on the lips. To Spencer's surprise Emily didn't break the kiss. When Spencer pulled away, she slowly opened her eyes to gauge Emily's reaction.
"Spence..." Emily said looking surprised.
Spencer swallowed hard, worrying about what Emily would say.
"Em, I'm sorry. I just..."
"Don't apologize." Emily said smiling at the brunette.
Before Spencer had time to respond, Emily reached up and tucked a stray strand of hair behind Spencer's ear.
"It's okay." Emily said as she put her hand on Spencer's knee and initiated a second, passion-filled kiss.
Spencer, almost in disbelief of what was happening, put her left hand behind Emily's head and brushed her tongue gently against Emily's bottom lip. Emily responded by opening her mouth and allowing Spencer to slip her tongue inside. Emily leaned hard into Spencer's body as she ran her fingers through the brunette's soft dark hair. Spencer shifted her weight and without breaking the kiss, carefully guided Emily's body downward until Emily was lying underneath her. Spencer moved her knee upward, between Emily's legs until it made contact with denim fabric of Emily's jeans. Spencer broke the kiss and hovered above Emily's body. Emily could now feel an all too familiar ache and sudden rush of heat between her legs as Spencer kissed her neck and throat.
"Spence, wait." Emily said, partially sitting up as she put her hand on Spencer's chest.
"Wha...what's wrong?"
"What about your parents?"
"Don't worry, they're in Philly with Melissa for the whole weekend, we're alone."
Emily looked longingly at the brunette and resumed kissing her as she reached to undo the buttons on Spencer's shirt. "Spence, can we go to your room? Please." Emily whispered.
Spencer couldn't believe what she was hearing. She stood up, despite the fact that she wasn't completely sure her legs would support her weight. Spencer took Emily's hand and led her up the stairs to her empty bedroom. Spencer hands sunk down to Emily's waist, as she searched for the button on Emily's jeans. Just as Spencer was about to undo Emily's jeans, they were interrupted by the sound of Emily's ringing phone. Spencer pulled away and looked toward Emily's pocket, where the sound was coming from. Emily pulled her phone out of her pocket and looked at the caller ID.
"You gonna answer it?" Spencer asked, trying to catch her breath.
"What ever it is, it can wait." Emily said as she silenced her phone and tossed it onto the end of Spencer's bed before putting her hands on either side of Spencer's face and kissing her once again.
Emily grabbed Spencer's shirt and dragged her over to the bed. Emily pulled Spencer down onto the bed with her and roughly kissed the brunette again. Spencer repositioned her body, straddling Emily's thighs. Spencer paused to look into Emily's dark eyes, as Emily reached up to finish unbuttoning the brunette's shirt. Emily then slipped the shirt off of Spencer's shoulders and let it fall to the floor, exposing Spencer's toned abdominal muscles. Spencer reached underneath Emily's body and slowly pulled her shirt upward. Emily sat up slightly, making it easier for Spencer to remove the piece of clothing. Spencer leaned down to kiss Emily again, this time letting her tongue explore the inside of Emily's mouth. Spencer broke the kiss only to move to Emily's neck. Spencer kissed Emily's neck, stopping to suck on her pulse point. Emily knew that Spencer would leave a noticeable mark that she'd most likely have a hard time hiding from her mother, but at this point she didn't care. Nothing would be able to ruin her night.
Spencer reached down, undid the button on Emily's jeans and slowly pulled them off. Emily softly groaned as Spencer began gently kissing her throat and chest. Spencer pulled back to look at Emily.
"Em, are you sure you want to do this?"
"I've never been...more sure of anything... in my entire life." Emily said between labored breaths as she quickly undid the buckle on Spencer's belt.
Emily unzipped Spencer's jeans and pulled them down as far as she could get them, Spencer then kicked her pants the rest of the way off and to the floor.
"Okay." Spencer whispered in a deep breathy voice.
Spencer took a moment to admire Emily's muscular frame before reaching her hand underneath Emily's body again. Spencer fumbled with the hooks on Emily's bra, when the garment finally gave way, Spencer pulled it down Emily's shoulders, dropping it off the bed and out of sight.
Spencer leaned down again and tentatively took one of Emily's already stiff nipples into her mouth. The gesture sent shock waves straight to Emily's core. Spencer sucked on the sensitive flesh, as she let her right hand wonder down to the waistband of Emily's panties. Emily felt a surge of wetness coat her upper thighs as Spencer dipped her fingers below the waistband of her underwear. Spencer gently slipped two fingers into Emily's center. Emily arched her back and moaned in response to Spencer's touch. Spencer then began steadily pumping her fingers in and out of Emily's center. Emily's moans soon became louder and more desperate, feeling that Emily may not be able to take much more, Spencer removed her fingers to slip off Emily's soaked panties. Spencer dipped her head back down and kissed her way down Emily's tanned stomach toward her heated core. Emily loudly moaned as she felt Spencer's tongue slowly slip into her center. Emily sunk down into the softness of the bed as Spencer's tongue worked hard against her clit. Emily sighed and loudly moaned Spencer's name.
"Spence...please. Don't stop."
Spencer could feel Emily drawing nearer and nearer to orgasm. Emily reached her hands down and tangled her fingers into Spencer's hair. Spencer sucked on Emily's sensitive clit, causing her to loudly climax. Spencer felt Emily's muscles spasm against her tongue. When the contractions subsided Spencer withdrew her tongue from Emily's body. She climbed back up and collapsed on the mattress next to Emily.
"You okay?" Spencer asked as she brushed a sweat soaked lock of hair from Emily's face.
"Yeah." Emily smiled, still trying to catch her breath.
Emily moved closer to Spencer and laid her head on the brunette's shoulder.
"Spence?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm so glad my first time was with you."
"Wait. What? You were a virgin?" Spencer said propping her body up on one elbow.
"Yeah. You sound surprised."
"It's just that I thought for sure you and Maya had slept together."
"Spence, if we had, I would have told you. I tell you everything. I thought I was in love with Maya, but I was never ready to take things that far. Was… that the first time you've ever..."
"With a girl, yes."
Spencer laid back down and softly ran her fingers through Emily's hair.
"Spence, you have no idea how happy I am right now." Emily said as she kissed Spencer, faintly tasting herself on Spencer's tongue.
"Em?"
"Yeah?"
"Stay with me tonight, okay? I don't want to be alone"
"I'm not going anywhere, Spence. I love you."
"I love you too." Spencer said as she kissed Emily on the forehead, before both of drifted off to sleep.