Title: Better With You
Rating: T with potential for M (Will warn if it gets to that)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything in relation to Pretty Little Liars
Summary: After spending a large portion of their Summer apart, the girls are back together for their senior year at Rosewood High. Mona is in Radley, Garrett's been arrested, Maya is dead, and emotions still run high. Emily returns from Haiti in hopes to move past what she's been put through, and finds happiness in an unexpected place. A Spemily focused story with mentions of Ezria and Haleb. Storyline with "A" but not the main focus. The story follows the regular season one and two storyline, and begins after the opening scene of season three, however the night ends differently.
A/N - Anything in italics is a flashback! Thank you.
Chapter Four - Teasing to Please
It was late into Friday afternoon as Spencer and Emily lay beside each other on Emily's bed. The two had been studying, or at least trying to study, but were constantly interrupted when either one would spontaneously try to steal kisses from the other. Of course one kiss led to five, which led to Emily on top of Spencer, their lips softly molded together like the perfect sculpture. It was as though their bodies were a perfect match for one another; legs tangled together as Spencer ran her hands up Emily's shirt to feel the soft bare skin that lay beneath it while Emily lost her fingers in the tendrils of Spencer's silk hair. Getting caught up in the moment, Spencer began to lightly dig her nails into the sides of Emily, which caused her to let out a moan while she pulled away. The two locked gazes as they breathed heavily, both trying to slow the quickened pattering of their beating hearts.
"You know, if I knew this was how study sessions with Spencer Hastings were, I'd have signed up a long time ago," Emily joked as she continued to look down at Spencer, moving a hand out of her hair so that she could prop herself up on an elbow. She felt Spencer's laugh underneath her as the girls were still pressed against each other.
"Well what can I say, we aim to please," Spencer replied with a smile on her face. Emily admired her smile momentarily while beginning to move off of the girl beneath her. A move to which Spencer attempted to stop.
"Come on, Spence we should really get back to studying. If I don't pass, I'm a junior once again. And if that happens then Mona the monster will be getting a new roommate pretty damn quickly," Emily stated. Spencer giggled at the beautiful girl hovering on top of her. She pulled her down for one more kiss before allowing the girl to move from her spot.
"Alright, pretty girl. Lets tackle some physics," Spencer suggested as she glanced at her watch. "We've got another hour before I have to go meet Wren for coffee."
"Ugh, don't remind me," Emily stated while rolling her eyes. The swimmer stood up and walked over to her desk, sitting in the chair as she opened her physics textbook. Spencer came behind her and placed her arms on her shoulders, gently massaging them.
"Believe me, I don't want to go any more than you want me to. But if I don't, I think Hanna will actually try and take my head off," Spencer explained to Emily before placing a gentle kiss on the top of her head.
"Yeah, I guess she was pretty mad the other day," Emily acknowledged.
"Maybe we're just misinterpreting what Mona meant. Maybe we're overthinking it," Spencer suggested as she paced around Hanna's room. Her three friends sat on the bed, watching as Spencer tried to rationalize the information that Hanna had just released to her. Hanna had just finished visiting Mona at Radley, and the girls were gathered together at Hanna's room for a debriefing.
"Spence, her exact words were 'you can't trust anyone these days. Not even family'. We have video evidence that easily puts Melissa in Ali's grasp the night that she went missing! What more do you want?! You need to talk to her, or talk to Wren or do something to find out what Melissa has been up to, because as far as I'm concerned she's the only one that could fit into the size 2 skinny criteria," Hanna shot back.
"Okay guys, you know what; I don't even know why you're getting so worked up about this, that new text was probably bogus anyways. It's not like we've gotten anything else." Aria suggested, trying to cool the conversation before Hanna and Spencer began to jump down each other's throats again. Spencer glanced over at Emily before looking to the ground, knowing that Aria's observation was inaccurate. Hanna picked up on the awkward silence that suddenly came over the two, and immediately began to worry.
"Unless… You two aren't sharing something?" Hanna questioned, looking back and forth between Spencer and Emily, aware that they were obviously hiding something. Spencer slowly looked up from the ground, trying to find Emily's eyes. The two locked eyes and Emily gave her a reassuring look, as though to let her know that she was ready to support the approach that Spencer would take towards this situation. Spencer let out a soft sigh before speaking.
"I, um… I actually got a text yesterday. Someone was watching me," Spencer stated quietly. Emily immediately stood from her spot on the bed and went to Spencer to comfort her. She put one arm around the girl, pulling her close in as she rubbed the side of Spencer's arm. She glanced at Hanna and Aria as if to tell them not to press Spencer on the topic at hand, something that was particularly difficult for Hanna. "What else did Mona say?"
"She also said some crap about apples," Hanna stated nonchalantly. The girls all sported a confusing look on their faces as they looked to Hanna for further explanation. "She said that normally people say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, but in this case the bitter apple was misplaced under its branch. Whatever that means."
Emily's eyebrows crinkled in response to the new information that Hanna revealed.
"Bitter apple misplaced… Like Jason? I mean he wasn't exactly a planned kid…" Emily trailed off in thought.
"It couldn't be Jason. Jason wouldn't put one of his NAT buddies in jail. Plus, Jason has been out of town since the fire," Spencer defended quickly. She couldn't stand it when people put her family in the line of fire. Jason may have been an illegitimate child, but he was her brother and that meant more to her than who conceived whom.
"Okay, well what about Jenna?" Hanna suggested as the girls turned to her direction with baffled looks. "What? Toby wasn't very happy when his dad married her into the family. She's bitter, and she's misplaced. Tell me how that wouldn't make sense." The others glanced at each other, trying to maintain their composure at Hanna's assumption.
"That's a great thought process and all Han, but you're forgetting one tiny little detail," Aria started. Hanna looked at her group of friends with a confused look, genuinely not understanding what she was possibly missing. Spencer noticed this and instantly rolled her eyes.
"She's friggen blind, Han! Not to mention someone literally tried to barbecue her inside of Jason DiLaurentis' house not long ago," Spencer elaborated.
"That's the point, Spencer! You didn't seriously buy her whole spiel the hospital did you? She's probably out for blood! Our blood! You don't think she could find another seeing-eye dog to do her dirty work for her? Look, if it's not Jason then what other bitter apple from the family tree could it be?" Hanna questioned. The girls remained silent at Hanna's inquiry, knowing there was no other logical answer. "Spence, why don't you bring it up to Toby the next time you see him and see if he knows if she spent her summer playing Chinese checkers with Mad House Mona."
Spencer froze in spot, not expecting Toby to be brought up. She quickly glanced over at Emily, neither knowing what to do or say. The other two immediately picked up on the tension that had been brought on by the mention of Toby's name.
"I think I'm seeing Toby tomorrow, I can bring it up to him," Emily piped in, hoping it wasn't too late to pull attention away from the awkwardness of the situation. Spencer let out an audible gulp in hopes that she wouldn't have to explain herself, but it was to no avail.
"What are you not telling us?" Aria questioned slowly. Emily focused her attention on the ground below her as Spencer tried to avoid eye contact with any of the other girls.
"Nothing," Spencer insisted. "I just don't see how getting him involved will get us anywhere."
"Cut the crap, Spence. You're keeping something from us. If we've learned anything from the past year, don't you think it's that we shouldn't keep things from each other?" Hanna stated firmly. Spencer sighed deeply, knowing Hanna was right. She shouldn't keep anything from any of the girls. But she didn't think she was ready to tell them the whole truth. That was something she was working towards. However, she knew they'd find out about Toby sooner or later. It only made sense she let them know before someone else did.
"Okay, fine. You're right. Look, the reason I don't want to involve Toby is because we broke up, alright?" Spencer took a deep breath. "So if it's okay with you, Hanna, I would appreciate us not going to Toby. I'll talk to Wren about Melissa and see if he knows anything about her and her baby, we can talk to Jenna, whatever. Just, no Toby. Please."
"At least they know the truth now though. Well, part of it," Emily stated optimistically. The girl began to flip through pages of her physics textbook while jotting down notes and answering questions to the practice tests Spencer had made for her. "Even if it ended up with you having to go on a coffee date with Wren."
"Is that a slight hint of jealousy I detect right now, Fields?" Spencer questioned jokingly. Emily rolled her eyes and tried to keep a stern look on her face. "'Cause if it is, it's kind of sexy on you."
Emily let out a laugh that filled the room. Spencer felt her heart swell at the sound, thinking it was the most beautiful sound in the world. She glanced down at her girl who was now scribbling down a world of notes. Emily could feel the girl's eyes piercing through her. She glanced up, trying to keep a serious look on her face.
"But in all seriousness, if he even thinks of touching you, I hope he knows how to put a cast on himself. Because I might break his legs," Emily declared. Spencer laughed once more before kissing the top of the girl's head and then proceeding to move in close behind her, leaning over her left shoulder to look at the work the swimmer had done. Emily focused on completing the problem in front of her, but the feeling of Spencer's body pressed against the back of her had sent her mind into a frenzy. The raven-haired girl held her pencil still to the paper, trying to calm the apparent nerves that Spencer had caused to build up inside of her. Spencer ran her fingers through Emily's hair, pulling back a small portion of it and placing feather kisses on the girl's neck. Emily's pulse began to race quicker and quicker as Spencer moved her lips to her ear.
"You know, you're ready for Physics. You haven't gotten a single question wrong," Spencer whispered huskily into the girl's ear before continuing to nip at Emily's exposed skin. Emily closed her eyes as she tried to maintain her composure, but Spencer was proving to be particularly distracting. Emily lifted her left arm to Spencer's head and began to run her fingers through Spencer's hair as the brunette moved to the swimmer's ear once again. "How about we move onto English?"
"How about we move onto the bed?" Emily suggested without skipping a beat. She turned and stood up, coming face to face with Spencer as she wrapped her arms around the girl's waist, pulling her in close. Spencer glanced to the ceiling as though she was pondering Emily's request.
"No no, Em. You wanted to study, remember?" Spencer reminded the girl as she threw a smirk on her face, knowing she was driving Emily insane. The swimmer's face went from desire to disbelief within seconds.
"You…!" Emily struggled to formulate words as she pointed a finger at Spencer. "You are such a tease!"
"I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about, gorgeous. We've got work to do though, Hemingway awaits us," Spencer replied back still maintaining the slight grin on her face. Emily rolled her eyes at Spencer, partly in irritation because she knew the two of them should be studying, and partly because Spencer got Emily completely riled up only to shut her down.
"You. Are cruel. And mean. And evil," Emily told Spencer as she took her hands off the girl's waist and crossed them over her chest in frustration. Spencer giggled at how incredibly adorable the girl in front of her was. She reached up to Emily's face with her palm and cupped her cheek, gently moving her thumb against Emily's skin.
"But Em, I figure if we conquer some English right now then it'll give you enough time to finish it tomorrow afternoon. Which means your evening will be free for me to take you out on a date," Spencer explained. Emily's face instantly lit up at the thought of going on a date with her. Spencer could see in her eyes the amount of excitement that was beginning to build up in Emily's mind, and it instantly made her smile. "So what do you say? Will you go out on a date with me tomorrow night?"
Emily couldn't contain the grin that was now plastered on her face as she let out a light squeal.
"Spencer Hastings is offering to wine and dine me? How could I say no to that? Tomorrow night, I'm all yours," Emily stated before pulling Spencer in for a warm, soft kiss. "As for English, I'll be perfectly fine to finish up by tomorrow afternoon. What do you say we just cuddle for a bit before you have to head out?"
Without answering, Spencer took Emily's hand and pulled her towards the bed. She climbed onto the bed and brought Emily to her side, wrapping her arm around the swimmer as Emily rested her head on Spencer's chest. Emily put her arm across Spencer's waist, cuddling in as close as she possibly could. The two remained silent and almost still for the rest of their study session, with Spencer brushing her fingers through Emily's hair as Emily traced circles on the small area of exposed skin on Spencer's waist. The sound of Spencer's beating heart soothed Emily as the two basked in each other's presence, able to appreciate the moment of calmness in their otherwise chaotic lives.
Thoughts? Comments? Reviews? Suggestions? Sorry for the late update, I should have the next one up to go on time though! Cheers to everyone who has shown support.