Chapter 4: The Club
A/N: Sorry it took a while to write and there is one thing I'd like to tell you guys (I read this on the pll wikia) Varjack's phone number is:
(727)-242-7839 and that spells out "Sara Harvey" so there's another reason to not trust her. Okay with that said enjoy the chapter.
Emily's Pov-
I was happy to hear Spencer say that she was happy that I liked Paige, even if Paige and I wasn't a couple it seemed like my friends accepted her. It did feel a bit strange since asides from Hanna they haven't talked to her and I'm not sure that could be called talk.
"Hey, guys I'm glad that but I'd really like to find out for myself if I really like Paige and if she's right for me." I said.
"Well that's why it's called a semester fling, if she's not right you could show pics of her and you and brag about meeting a hot babe." Hanna said and sat down at the table.
"Short call?" Spencer asked.
"It was just Caleb telling me that he loves me." Hanna said.
"You guys are really clingy, isn't this your third phone call today?" Spencer asked.
"Fourth, and we love each other." Hanna said.
"Clingy." Spencer teasingly mumbled.
"I think it's sweet, I wish I could have it like that with someone." I answered.
"Well, how about Paige? You did say you got her number." Hanna said.
"Yes, but I can't call her now, she is jogging." I answered.
"Ok, but the second she's back you call her!" Hanna said, it almost sounded like she was ordering me.
"Wouldn't that make Emily seem like a stalker?" Spencer asked.
"Ok fine, wait for about an hour then call her that should be enough." Hanna said.
"Hi guys." Aria said as she returned.
"Where did you go?" I asked.
"I went to the receptionist and asked if there was any popular gay clubs here." Aria said.
"I don't think that's a smart idea for a first date." I said.
"Well you better act fast, a girl as hot as Paige won't stay single for long, I'm surprised you've stayed single for so long." Hanna said and Aria and Spencer nodded in agreement.
"Thanks a lot." I said sarcastically.
"What, you can't be single forever." Aria said.
"Guys, can we please talk about anything else than my dating life?" I said feeling tired about the conversation.
After I said that it immediately turned into an awkward silence.
"Seriously?" I said confused that they really had nothing to say other than that I should go out with Paige,
"Well, when Caleb called me before he proposed marriage." Hanna said.
"WHAT? REALLY?" ME, Aria and Spencer shouted.
"No, but that's probably the only thing that would be more interesting to talk about." Hanna said and Spencer glared at her.
"Sorry." Hanna said and dropped her head in shame.
"Well, thank for your motivation but I'm going to go for a walk." I said and got up.
"After Paige." Hanna said teasingly.
"No, just for a walk." I said and left.
I walked out of the hotel, I really felt that I needed to clear my mind, I was more conflicted if I should bet on Paige or not since I wasn't even sure I should start a relation now since I'm going to college in September.
I kept walking trying to clear my mind, usually I'd run to clear my mind but since I had just eaten breakfast I knew that running would be a very bad idea.
I walked around the streets checking out all the buildings. Some were stores, some were restaurants and I even saw a stage for dance performances, it was no one there since it was closed. As I walked my phone was buzzing like crazy, it was mostly texts from Hanna. In her texts she was either asking if I were mad or if I'd found Paige, but I didn't felt like answering the texts just yet. I turned off my phone incase she'd try to call me, I wasn't mad at her I just felt like I needed to clear my mind and that's much easier for me when I'm alone.
After a few minutes I reached a pier where I stopped and looked out over the ocean. It was an amazing sight. I could see dolphins laying in the water, I had always wanted to swim with dolphins ever since I was five years old.
I was very tempted to strip down to my bra and boxers and just jump in the water and play with the dolphins, but I didn't.
I sat down on a bench and continued to watch the dolphins.
Paige's Pov-
I had just returned from my jog, I was exhausted, sweaty and I loved it. I knew I had pushed myself to my limit or maybe even a bit past my limit either way I was satisfied with my result.
I unlocked the door to my room and kicked off my shoes as I walked in, I hanged up my cap and started to stretch to make sure I wouldn't get muscle soreness, I once forgot to stretch and my hamstring got so sore walking up stairs was a living hell, ever since that day I made sure to fully stretch.
I felt my tank top started to cling against my chest so I took it off as I started to stretch out my quadriceps. I stretched one leg for 2 minutes and then I switched leg and did the same for 2 minutes.
Then once I was done I took of the rest of my clothes and grabbed a towel. I went to my bathroom and started a hot shower.
I walked into the shower and the hot water that hit my skin felt like a blessing, I felt my body relaxing as the hot water was hitting me, I moved my hair behind my shoulders and leaned my head backwards as I felt my entire body relax.
After my very long shower I got out of the shower and I put on a robe then I started to think if I should order room service or if I should just get dressed and get a snack, either way now I just felt like relaxing for a while.
I fell down on my bed and looked up into the ceiling. As I rested my mind drifted to Emily, when her blonde friend said she was Emily's girlfriend I got a bit jealous since I thought Emily was very attractive but I wasn't sure Emily felt the same way for me so for now I was going to wait for Emily to make the next move so I'd know if she was as interested with me as I was in her.
Every time I was with Emily I sort of felt like I knew her, I didn't knew why, I just felt something familiar about her like I had met her somewhere before.
I tried to remember where I could have seen her before, but I couldn't figure out where I could have seen her before.
After a while I gave up, all this thinking hade made me hungry and I felt that my stomach was about to start growling.
I reached over to a remote and turned on the TV, there was an app on the TV where I could place an order for room service. I scrolled through the foods until I found something called Pipi Kaula, it was like a Hawaiian-style beef jerky. I ordered it and the Pipi Kaula and it said it'd be done in fifteen minutes. I took the time to get dressed since I was sure that they would appreciate if I got the robe stained with grease from the food.
It had once happened that I ate chili in a hotel robe and it since I was also slightly drunk at the time it got a bit messy, once the cleaner found the robe the hotel manager asked me to leave, so I wouldn't want to make that mistake again.
I put on a baggy t-shirt and a pair of gray shorts and a few minutes later my food arrived, I paid the guy who came with the food with some cash I had in my wallet, once he had left I started to eat the Pipi Kaula, it was served with rice and it didn't taste much different from beef jerky.
As I ate the food I found a brochure that the guy with my food must have brought, I saw that it was opened and that someone had drawn a circle around the word "Pride lounge" I took a close look at that page and saw that it was about a club.
Once I was done eating I took out my laptop and checked if I could find out more about that club, apparently it was a very popular gay club that was just a few blocks away from the hotel. I did like to go to clubs and as I read more about "Pride lounge" it looked like it could be fun to go there.
Emily's Pov-
I was in my room, I had returned to my friends after my walk and they seemed to have lost their interest in talking about how good couple me and Paige would make, thank god.
I sat down on my bed and grabbed my cellphone, I was about to text all the girls and ask if they wanted to go somewhere tonight when I suddenly got a phone call from Aria.
"Hi Ari, what's up?" I answered my phone.
"I'm good, just sunbathing a little. How about you?" She answered.
"I'm in my room." I answered.
"You mean your big room." Aria answered.
"I guess my parents were really proud of me for graduating and getting into a great collage." I answered.
"Anyway, I found this club online that seemed very fun and Hanna and Spencer have both agreed to come, so we were all wondering if you were in the mood to go clubbing with us tonight?" Aria asked.
"Is this a way for you guys to apologize for bombarding me with questions about Paige?" I asked.
I heard Aria sigh in the other end of the phone. "What gave that away?" She asked.
"Nothing, I just made a lucky guess." I answered.
"Come on Em, Hanna even offered to buy the first rounds of drinks if you'd come with us." Aria said.
Typical Hanna, once she thinks that she had gone a bit too far she gets really guilty and does anything to compensate for what she's done, even if it wasn't that big of a deal to begin with.
"Ok, I'll come with you." I answered.
"Great, I'll tell Hanna and Spencer that you're in and then we can all go together." Aria said.
"Ok, when do we meet up?" I asked.
"Around eight outside my room." Aria answered.
"Ok, I'll see you there Bye" I said.
"I know it'll be fun, bye." Aria answered and then we both hanged up.
After a few seconds I got two texts, one from spencer and one from Hanna.
Spencer's text said: Aria just told me that you're going to come with us to the club, I know it'll be fun with the four of us hanging out and clubbing just like we planned when we booked our tickets.
Hanna's text said: Whoooooo Em, I'm so excited that you're coming with us, don't worry I'll keep an eye out for you if you get too much to drink this time, I'm so happy you're not mad at me XOXO.
I smiled as I read my friends text, I wouldn't usually go to a club but it felt like it could be fun and this time Hanna promised that she'd keep an eyes on me so I was sure that I wouldn't get lost if I'd get too drunk, like on the luau.
That night:
We were on our way to the club, Aria insisted that she wasn't going to tell us the name of the club until we got there.
"Are we close yet?" Hanna asked.
"It's right there." Aria answered and pointed to the club.
Once I saw the club I got surprised, the club was called "Pride lounge" and I could tell that it was a gay club.
"Guys, you know that this is a gay club, right?" I asked.
"Yes, we all knew but we kept quiet about it since we wasn't sure you'd go if we said that it was a gay club." Spencer answered.
"That was very smart planned but I'll be going back to the hotel." I said.
"Come on Em, it'll be fun and when you see that Paige is there…"
"HANNA!" Aria and Spencer shouted.
"Why do you think Paige will be here?" I asked.
"I may have asked a guy in at the hotel to slip a brochure in her room… and I may have marked where the brochure mentioned this place." Hanna answered.
"You guys are crazy." I said not sure on how to react.
"Look, Paige doesn't know who sent that message so you could just go in there and dance a little and have a few drinks, I don't think that Paige is going to be able to pic you out from this crowd." Spencer said and she nudged me to the club.
"Ok fine." I said and we all went into the club.
It was full and the music was playing from speaker that was all over the place, everywhere there were couples dancing on the floor and waving with glow sticks. Spencer was right, if Paige would come here she wouldn't be able to spot me, not with the tons of people in this club.
My friends and I went to the bar disk and as we ordered our drinks the bartender winked to Hanna as she gave her a pink colored drink. "It's on the house!" The young bartender said to Hanna who smiled and emptied her glass very quickly.
"Sounds like somebody likes you." Aria said to Hanna.
"She just gave me a pink drink." Hanna answered.
"When you say it like that it sounds like a lesbian sex game." Spencer said and Aria and I laughed.
"You're just jealous that the bartender liked me." Hanna said.
"I can tell her that you're straight and that you've got a boyfriend then she might charge you double for the drinks." Spencer said.
"They can't do that." Hanna said.
"Actually, gay club are known to charge double price to straight people." Spencer said. "Right Emily?" Spencer asked and winked at me.
"Oh, yeah they do, sometimes they even charge triple." I lied.
"Ok, if that bartender suspects anything I'll just have to kiss her." Hanna said and it sounded like she was serious.
"Relax Han, I'm just joking with you they don't charge extra to straight persons… probably." Spencer said and Hanna just looked confused at Spencer.
"Hey Emily, can I borrow your phone I forgot mine at the hotel?" Aria asked me.
"Sure." I said and handed her my phone and Aria then disappeared among the dancing couples.
"Do you think she'll be able to find her way back? It's a very crowded dance floor." Hanna said.
"She's not a puppy, Hanna." Spencer said.
"Yeah, but still." Hanna said.
"Ok, I'll go with her." I said and got up to follow Aria, as I tried to walk through everyone on the dancing floor I got pushed from every directions by either elbows or knees as the dancers didn't seemed to notice me.
I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned around and saw that it was Paige.
"Hi, I didn't expect to see you here." She said.
"My friends talked me into going here." I answered.
"Ok, well since you're here now care for a dance?" Paige asked.
I panicked, I had no idea if this was something the girls had planned to get me to hook up with Paige or if it was just a fluke.
"I'm sorry but I have to make sure my friends doesn't get to drunk and start to flirt around with other girls." I said and started to walk back to the bar.
"Ok, but I'll still be here if you change your mind." Paige said as I walked back to Hanna and Spencer.
"Did you find Aria?" Spencer asked.
"No, but I found Paige." I answered.
"Oh, so she got here." Hanna said.
"Why didn't you ask her for a dance?" Spencer asked.
"I wasn't sure if I wanted to dance around all those people." I answered.
"Come on Emily, you only live once." Hanna said.
"Maybe later." I said and ordered a drink.
A few minutes later:
I was still at the bar trying to enjoy my drink but all I could think of was that Paige was on the dance floor surrounded by girls that wasn't me.
I tried to drown my jealousy in pink drinks but it didn't help. I just got more upset as I saw a girl walking up to Paige and dancing very close to her.
I tried to not look at them but it was impossible after a while I couldn't take it anymore, I got up and walked towards Paige.
Paige's Pov-
I was just finishing my fifth dance when I saw Emily walking up to me.
"Hey Em." I said with a big smile.
"Hi yourself." Emily said and she walked up very close to me.
"You're so good on the dance floor." She continued.
"Thanks, I've learnt a bit from everywhere." I answered.
"I can I have this dance?" Emily asked and smiled at me.
I walked up to her and she laughed as she leaned her head on my shoulder, apparently this was going to be a slow dance. Everyone else in the club saw us and they backed away to give us some space as the next song started.
I must be out of my head
Or just plain crazy for you
'Cause I've been turnin' my back
At all the things you do
"Hey Em, you do know that this isn't the kind of music you slow dance to?" I asked as my hand remained on Emily's waist.
"I know, but I don't care." Emily answered.
I want a feelin' that lasts much longer
Nothin' is bound to change
It's never the same for you
Well, I can't take it no more
'Cause you spell Trouble
Trouble
I try to please you
But I'm wastin' my time
You're nothin' but Trouble
Trouble
Trouble, baby
You're always on the attack
You know, you're too in love with yourself
So now I'm giving it back
Your time is overdue
Don't wanna be just a fascination
I need to feel secure
It's never the same for you
Well, I can't take it no more
'Cause you spell Trouble
Trouble
I try to please you
But I'm wastin' my time
You're nothin' but Trouble
Trouble
Trouble, baby
'Cause you spell Trouble
Trouble
I try to please you
But I'm wastin' my time
You're nothin' but Trouble
Trouble
Trouble, baby
A-ha that's right you're Trouble
So get out
You're nothin' but Trouble
You're nothin' but trouble- Yeah
Oh, Trouble
Oh, baby
Trouble baby
Trouble
Say Yeah, Yeah
Trouble
After the dance everyone was applauding us.
"Whoooo! That was so fun, let's dance again." Emily said and now I noticed that Emily was drunk, I could smell the alcohol on her breath.
"Ok there, you're too drunk to stay here." I said and helped Emily to walk off the dance floor.
"Ok, can you point to where your friends are?" I asked.
"At first they were here, then they were there." Emily slurred.
"Ok, I'll get you back to the hotel." I said and helped Emily to walk back to the hotel.
Once we reached the hotel Emily was almost sleeping.
"Hey Emily, where is your room?" I asked.
"43 Serenity Lane, Rosewood" Emily answered.
"No I meant which floor." I said but Emily wasn't answering. I brought Emily to my room and I got her in my bed and helped her take of her shoes then I put the blanket over her.
I started to walk to the sofa but then I hear Emily mumble something.
"What is it?" I asked as I walked back to Emily.
"Please, lay next to me, I don't want to be alone." Emily said.
I was going to say no but I just couldn't, I went to the other side of the bed and got under the blanket.
"Goodnight Emily." I said as I turned off the light.
A/N2: There you go, the address Emily said is her address in the show, the Pride lounge is a real gay club and the song Paige and Emily danced to is called "Trouble" it's an 80's pop song performed by none other than Nia Peeples (Pam Fields)