"Emaya BBC (Before Boot Camp)"
I'm glad to see that you are still with me. I want to get this right and I hope you can be patient with me.
I appreciate all the suggestions but I haven't decided how this is going to play out as far as whether or not Emily will tell the girls that Maya knows about 'A'.
This chapter will continue where the last chapter left off and move into the next episode from the show with my own interpretation.
So thanks for taking this ride with me and enjoy the next installment of "Emaya BBC"…
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Chapter 3: Coming Out
Just then, the lights flicker off again, books start flying off the shelves! They're dodging them left and right running through the stacks yelling for whoever is doing this to reveal themselves. Then, just as soon as it started, it stops…
"Let's get out of here," hurries Maya.
"I just need to get my bag. Wait, it was right here and the letter! Maya, someone took them!"
"They've got to be around here someplace. There, on the table," points out Maya.
But before they can go any further, Wilden blocks their way…
Meanwhile in the girls locker room…
"Has anyone seen Emily?" asks Aria concerned.
"I haven't seen her since right before Maya came looking for her," responds Hannah worriedly.
"Maybe we should go back to the library to see if she's still there," suggests Spencer.
Meanwhile, back in the library…
"Emily, I think we found something that belongs to you. Is that your bag on the table?" asks Wilden.
"Where'd you find it?" she asks with Maya right behind her with one hand on her waist and the other hand on her arm giving it a squeeze of reassurance that she's not alone and that she's safe.
"I'm sure I don't have to tell you that leaving a bag unattended in a public place, not a very smart move."
Aria, Spencer and Hannah burst into the library with their own line of questioning…
"What is going on?" asks Spencer as she sees Wilden with Emily and Maya.
"Oh perfect, we can all be together for an update," offers Wilden sarcastically.
"Look, we're supposed to be in the girls locker room," states Hannah.
"Well yeah I'm guessing you girls are used to being in places you're not supposed to be."
They all look at Wilden like they just got caught in the act of doing something they shouldn't be.
"Did you tell your friends where you were last night? When you weren't studying for the test?" Wilden asks Emily like he already knows.
"She was with me," answers Maya while giving Emily a look that simply says 'I won't let you fall'. Emily smiles shyly acknowledging her look.
"Oh yeah, because I've got these really interesting photos and you're not in any of them," Wilden snaps at Maya.
Wilden hands Emily his phone showing her at Alison's destroyed memorial holding onto the sculpted figurines.
"Go ahead and pass it around there's plenty more where that came from at the precinct."
Maya sees the photo just before Aria takes the phone from Emily. Maya holds onto Emily a little tighter as the girls look at the photo in disbelief.
"I see you didn't get a chance to clean your shoes either huh?" notices Wilden.
"That's not why I went there," Emily tries to explain.
"Really, so you didn't go back to the memorial to finish up Toby's handy work? Or were you just there covering up his tracks."
"I found it like that. It was already destroyed," tells Emily trying to defend herself.
"Really," says Wilden as he digs in Emily's bag pulling out something wrapped in a dark cloth.
"If she said it was already destroyed then it was," shoots back Maya with an angry scowl.
"Then lemme ask you a question, what were these doing in your bag?" asks Wilden holding up one of the figurines from Alison's memorial.
The girls look at the figurine and then at each other wondering if Emily really did destroy the memorial.
"Souvenirs? Something Toby asked you to save so he could keep it for his trophy collection?"
Emily moves away from Maya to take the figurine out of Wilden's hand and says,
"This has nothing to do with Toby."
"Em, why do you have those?" asks Aria confused.
Maya sees the emotion in Emily's eyes and goes over to her to comfort her telling her,
"It's okay, I'm here for you."
Emily tries to smile through her tears as Hannah speaks up,
"You put those in there, you creep! Emily would never do that, the memorial was her idea."
Emily places the figurine on her bag as Wilden responds to Hannah,
"Yeah, so I heard. Nice cover huh?"
Wilden pulls out the letter from his coat pocket waving it in front of Emily's face.
"You want me to share this with them?" Wilden asks as Emily gasps trying to swipe it away from him.
"Give that back!" demands Maya.
Wilden snaps the letter away from Emily's reach and goes on to ask,
"Or would you like to?"
Emily falls back into Maya trembling.
"Go ahead and tell them Emily about the angry letter you wrote to Alison which is dated, by the way, three days before she disappeared."
"You had no right to read that," emotes Emily while Maya continues to console her.
"Emily, what is in that letter?" asks Spencer still trying to process everything that's happening at this moment.
"Tell her. Tell her how you wanted to punish Alison for rejecting you," demands Wilden.
Hannah can see how this is affecting Emily because she knows about her and Maya and this is not how she would want her other friends to find out.
"Tell her how you felt relieved at the funeral. That she wasn't going to be around to humiliate you anymore was she?" infers Wilden as he looks at the letter he's holding.
"I went back to that memorial to say I was sorry. There were horrible things in that letter and I didn't mean them and then suddenly she was gone and…"
Emily's emotions take over as she is barely able to get out the rest of her words.
"It's okay, Emily, we all care about you and we're all here for you," assures Maya with deep concern.
Emily does her best to get out what she's been holding in for far too long,
"I loved her as more than a friend."
Spencer and Aria watch with surprise as Emily tells them who she really is.
"I just never had the chance to tell her in the right way."
Emily turns to Maya crying in her arms as Hannah demands,
"Give the letter back. Give it back to her now or I swear to God that I will rip your head off!"
"Sorry, I can't. But we're not leaving this room until you tell me what you were doing carting around pieces of Alison's memorial!" shouts Wilden at Emily.
Emily spins out of Maya's arms shouting back,
"I took them because they were the only things that weren't broken!"
Mrs. Hastings walks into the library in the middle of all this. She steps up to the group and asks authoritatively,
"What's going on in here? Mona said she heard you girls talking about looking for Emily in the library. Well, it looks like you found her so why aren't they in the locker room with the other kids?"
She asks looking directly at Wilden.
"Who are you?" asks Wilden annoyed.
"Her mother," she states firmly pointing to Spencer. "If this is the school's idea of keeping my child safe, I'm glad I came back. Honey, why is Emily crying?"
"He accused her of killing Alison," answers Spencer angrily.
"What?" questions Mrs. Hastings furiously.
Aria begins to explain, "He went into her bag and now he's accusing…"
"Hold it, hold it," interrupts Mrs. Hastings. "You're questioning minors without an adult present? What police department do you work for? What century are you in?" barks Mrs. Hastings with a stinging sarcasm.
"Mam I would advise you…"
"No I would advise you to back off because anything that they said to you is inadmissible in a court room, period! Let's go. Emily honey, grab your things."
All the girls help Emily with the figurines and her personal belongings including the letter as she melts into Maya's comforting arms leaving the library together.
"What were you thinking?" demands Mrs. Hastings.
"I have a homicide to solve. Okay?"
"Not anymore you don't. You're done. You're done with this investigation unless you want to face me down with opposing council," threatens Mrs. Hastings as she walks away from a despondent Wilden.
In the girls locker room…
Emily sits on a bench with her head on Maya's shoulder. Maya holds her close telling her,
"I'm so sorry you had to go through all that. I can't believe that Wilden guy went after you like that. But Emily, you know you will never have to hide behind a letter or a memory ever again. I will be with you every step of the way."
Emily looks up at Maya and says,
"I don't think I could've gotten through it without you. Thank you for that."
"You don't need to thank me for anything. After all, it was my duty as your girlfriend to stand by you," she says with a wink and a smile causing a rush of warmth to fill Emily's body.
Aria looks at the two of them nudging Spencer and Hannah to join her as she decides to walk over to say,
"I wish I had known. Look Emily, Alison loved you and I don't know if it was in the way that you wanted her to but I know that she did. And right now I can see that you are in really good hands."
Aria smiles at Emily and places her hand atop Maya's squeezing it.
"Oh, I think she knows that already," smiles Maya with a wink at Aria.
"Hey, that wink is supposed to be only for me," pouts Emily.
"And it is, it so is," agrees Maya with an eyebrow arch.
"Maya, I'm so glad you were there for her but I wished we could have been there for you too," mentions Spencer compassionately.
"I already knew," boasts Hannah.
Spencer and Aria give her a look,
"Really Hannah, putting the spotlight on you," smirks Spencer.
"Well, it's true I have the pictures to prove it!" Hannah retorts proudly.
The girls share a laugh as they watch the two of them together realizing that Emily will have the strength to be who she was meant to be with Maya by her side. They are feeling relieved and so happy for her and for them…
And just like that the storm has lifted and the SAT exam is rescheduled…
The following weekend at Emily's house…
"Emily I'm going out for a little while, I'll be back soon," yells Mrs. Fields to her daughter.
"Okay mom," Emily yells back.
As soon as Emily hears her mom's car drive out of the driveway, she runs downstairs to open the backdoor for her girlfriend.
"So, now we have the house to ourselves," flirts Maya.
"Yeah we do, so what do you plan on doing about it?" Emily flirts back.
Maya presses Emily up against the wall looking deeply into her eyes as their breathing changes from being so close to one another.
"What are you going to do with me?" asks Emily with nervous excitement.
"For starters, I think I'm going to kiss you," Maya states the obvious as she presses herself more firmly against Emily.
"Then why don't you?" challenges Emily.
Maya's eyes go wide as she slowly moves in towards Emily who closes her eyes waiting with barely parted lips. Maya's lips graze Emily's slowly from side to side taking her bottom lip between hers pulling at it forcing her lips to part for her. Maya catches her lips with hers before she has a chance to close her mouth, slipping her tongue between her teeth giving Emily a taste of what she can have. Emily responds with excitement and delight to the feel of Maya's tongue exploring, tasting, enjoying this getting to know you stage of their relationship. Maya's hand slips under Emily's shirt caressing her bare skin gently sending shockwaves through her body heating up the kiss until they are both breathless…
They take their passion upstairs to Emily's room lying on her bed. Maya is leaning up against the pillows with Emily snuggled into her kissing her tenderly when Emily gets startled from the sounds of a car honking its horn. She sits up nervously and says,
"Maya, what if my mom comes back?"
"What if?" she asks stroking Emily's arm with gentle fingertips.
"I don't want her finding out like this."
"Then how would you like her to find out?"
"Dammit Maya. Telling you about 'A' was one thing. I mean, I think I knew or at least I hoped you would stand by me after I told you but this is different."
"Different how?"
"I don't think my mom will understand. I think she's going to be really disappointed in me."
"Emily, your mom loves you no matter who you are. It might take some adjusting but I think she'll come around if she doesn't right away."
"But what if 'A' tells her before I have a chance too?"
"Then you have to tell her sooner rather than later."
"I know you're right, but I'm scared."
"It was scary for me too. But my parents listened and accepted me. And I think yours will too," Maya says kissing Emily on her forehead.
Emily falls back into Maya's arms saying,
"Why do I feel like I could do anything with you by my side?"
"Because you can. I won't let you fall."
Emily looks up at Maya thinking how she could be so lucky to find this girl.
"What?" asks Maya sweetly.
"Nothing. I'm just glad that you're here with me right now."
Emily kisses Maya tenderly at first rolling onto her back pulling Maya on top of her not breaking away from the kiss for a second. She parts Maya's lips sneaking her tongue into her mouth exploring, tasting, enjoying the now moving forward stage of their relationship…
But unfortunately their intimate moment is interrupted by Emily's cell.
"Can you get that I think it's my mom."
"You really want her to know we're together?" Maya asks while her body fuses to Emily's.
"She can know we're together without knowing we're together."
Maya laughs as she reaches for the cell on the nightstand.
"Emily's phone, hello? Is somebody there, I can hear you breathing."
Emily takes the phone from Maya.
"Hello?"
No one answers but they hear the front door open and close and footsteps on the stairs. They get up off the bed quickly not wanting whoever it is to find them like that.
"Mom, mom?"
"Hello?"
They stand close together not knowing who is going to walk into her room…
But the fear washes away as Emily watches her dad walk in followed by her mom. Emily's dad gathers her in a tight hug as Emily's excitement cannot be contained. They all hug each other as Maya looks on.
"Maya? I didn't know she had company," says Mrs. Fields to her husband.
"Dad, this is my friend Maya," Emily introduces while still holding onto him.
"Emily talks so much about you I'm really happy to meet you," Maya says sweetly as she shakes his hand.
"I think we're ready for some family time here, Maya?" hints Mrs. Fields for her to get going.
"Oh sure," Maya agrees understanding their need.
"I'll call you later," Emily says before Maya goes.
As Maya passes by them, she turns to look at Emily who eye sexes her sending her a very clear message as she walks away...
Mrs. Fields goes downstairs leaving Emily and her dad to have a heart to heart. Emily decides she's going to tell him that she's gay but she's having trouble finding the words.
Her dad is trying to put the pieces together after hearing about what happened at homecoming. He questions why she broke up with Ben telling her it's an honor to be truthful. Emily understands this but questions her dad,
"What if we're not ready for the truth because maybe it will be too hard to hear?"
"Emmy you know it's always better to be honest than to tell a lie," he says seriously.
"Dad, I, I really missed you."
Mr. Fields embraces his daughter who wishes she had the courage to tell him who she really is…
Mr. Fields retreats to his bedroom to shower and change while Emily calls Maya,
"Hey."
"Hey, Maya, can we meet somewhere?"
"Sure, is everything okay?"
"It will be once I'm in your arms again."
"I like that. Where?"
"Our place."
"Our place. See you there."
Emily asks her parents if she can still go to Mona's Glamping Party with the girls. Mrs. Fields doesn't think she should go but her father insists.
"Thanks dad and I'm so glad you're home," she says hugging him before she leaves to meet Maya.
Emily packs up her car with her sleeping bag and overnight clothes to meet Maya on her way to Camp Mona. She parks her car and walks into the woods by the lake to the boat house where there she is waiting for her…
"Hey Maya."
"Hey, come here."
Emily joins Maya on the dock by the railing looking over the lake giving her a peck on the cheek.
"So, how did you get out of the house?"
"I asked my parents if I could still go to Mona's Glamping Camping thing and my dad said yes but my mom wanted me to stay home."
"Your dad is awesome."
"Yeah he is."
"So you're actually going to that Glamping thing huh?"
"Yeah. I have to."
"Why?"
"Because 'A' told us we need to be there for some kind of scavenger hunt and she's the prize."
"'A'? Emily I don't like this."
"I don't like it either but we have to."
"Well then it's a good thing Mona invited me too."
"What? You're going?" Emily asks excitedly.
"Yes I am. And you and I are sharing a tent. Got it."
"Oh yeah, I got it," Emily says kissing her girlfriend.
But before it gets too heated Maya pulls away.
"You didn't want to meet me to talk about 'A' so why did you want to meet me?"
"Maya, I wanted to tell my dad so badly but I couldn't. I lost my nerve."
"It's okay baby, you'll figure it out and I'll be there to help you," she says bringing Emily into her, holding her close.
"I know you will. I'm so glad I have you."
"Okay, so how about we take the night off from thinking about telling your parents about you, about us and we beat 'A' at this scavenger hunt thing and then we celebrate alone in our tent," Maya suggests with a wicked eyebrow arch.
Emily smiles widely at Maya, thinking about being alone with her in their tent, but also because she always knows what to say to her to take away the sadness in her heart. They kiss sweetly before getting in their cars to drive to Camp Mona's Glamping Campout…
Back at the Fields home…
Pam picks up the mail and notices an envelope with her name on it with no return address. When she opens it, she finds the pictures from the photo booth of Emily and Maya kissing. She can't believe her eyes as she sees her daughter kissing a girl, she's kissing a girl! But she's not just kissing any girl it's that new girl, Maya St. Germain...
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To be continued…
I hope this was long enough for you…
So a decision needs to be made, do you want them to have sex at the Glamping thing or do they wait until before Maya gets sent to boot camp or do they not have sex until after Maya comes back from boot camp when they say they love each other?
Persuade me…
